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Kentucky hardcore band Knocked Loose will release their debut full-length album Laugh Tracks on Pure Noise Records in September 2016. Named one of Alternative Press's "16 Bands To Watch In 2016," Knocked Loose is on track to takeover underground hardcore this year with one of the most intensely delivered records in recent memory. The band's debut features 11 catastrophic tracks, as witnessed with lead single "Deadringer," that bleed with unfiltered passion and precise rage. Bryan Garris says, "Laugh Tracks is a long time coming for Knocked Loose, a new chapter so to speak. A project we all equally put time into, something we are extremely proud of. We hope you enjoy it.

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The cover of Spite House’s sophomore full-length, Desertion, is a piece of visual art that was constructed, then destroyed, then re-constructed and destroyed several times over. Its final form is just as dependent on the carnage it is the restoration. This deeply deliberate image was created to present 11 songs that wouldn’t be possible without immense pain or hardearned growth. Desertion is post-hardcore at its most visceral and moving, a concept album that explores loss so vulnerably and unsparingly that it’s sure to inspire catharsis and stagedives in equal measure.

As Knocked Loose chipped away at what would become their third album, they felt the pressure from all sides. Internally, there was the need to challenge themselves as songwriters while retaining the merciless intensity and unflinching honesty that have always been their calling cards. Externally, there was a whole new set of eyes on the hard-touring Louisville quintet, following a banner year in which they’d brought their underground-seasoned sound to some of the world’s biggest stages, finding themselves the unlikely viral darlings of both Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Slow Crush have announced their new album, Thirst, on which the dynamic four piece further cement themselves at the forefront of rock and shoegaze. On Thirst, Slow Crush’s dynamic textures, propulsive rhythms and gauzy riffs glow bright as ever, but this time with more grit. Thirst’s overarching theme is what Isa describes as “the romance of being with a loved one”. Although being away from someone close for long periods might strain that bond at times, the return can feel glorious, the connection sparkling new again for a while. Slow Crush set out to capture the feeling of being tethered yet feeling weightless, absorbed in the surreal beauty of the quiet moments with someone.

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To is the third studio album by the American hardcore punk band Knocked Loose. It was released through Pure Noise Records in 2024, and produced by Drew Fulk. It is the band's first album to feature rhythm guitarist Nicko Calderon.