*** HORSE FUNERAL exclusive song premiere ***

HORSE FUNERAL

"Sazerac Drinker"
exclusive album/song premiere

For fans of: Usurp Synapse, Missouri Executive Order 44, Aim Of Conrad and Lower Automation

Bandcamp
(becomes active upon its July 31st release)

Instagram

     HORSE FUNERAL are a math/sass band operating out Little Rock, Arkansas. Their email was the first I've heard of them but when they cited: Usurp Synapse, Febuary, .GIF From God, Terry Green, Euclid C Finder, Nerver, Antioch Arrow, The Locust, and generally from the 90's San Diego scene, Gravity Records, and 31G as influences I immediately dug in whilst salivating.

     I was tempted to premiere "Casket City" because it's the best track, but as it is partially already out there in various promo videos I'll stick with penultimate track "Sazerac Drinker", which leans a bit more to the screamo side while the former mixed in a lot of noise rock ala fellow Illinoisians Lower Automation. This track is fire and the mixture of drunken sassy rambling alongside piercing screams is awesome. They 've already booked a two day run in August, and are planning on touring further afteward. The debut record release show is planned for July 31st with tapes coming from texasheartusa and cds from Vamonos Records.

(2026) HORSE FUNERAL "Sazerac Drinker" (from 'Horse Funeral')

https://youtu.be/Kx2fBS4-No8

*** PODCAST #199 Paul (Persistent Vision, Perpetual Motion Machine) ***

    I was always a huge fan of Perpetual Motion Machine, so when I found out that the new incarnation Persistent Vision was doing great things I began following them closely. They've released a ton of awesome stuff since 2023 and with an upcoming...thing happening with Paul and the label I figured it was high time to have him on. A few choice things discussed: skate punk, everything after page 98, band t-shirts are the best introductions, Paul makes me upset, creating/running Perpetual Motion Machine and playing in Operation Latte Thunder, Sweat Lodge and Wilderness Medicine, the screamo dead years, a top five best word, Dark Days Bright Nights festival, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Assfactor 4, Ecorche, Heiße, Planesmistakenforstars, and Torches To Rome. Listen to podcast #199 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

PERSISTENT VISION RECORDS

Bandcamp

1 You Need to Stop Talking

~ no music

2 Everyone DOESN'T Get Their Money Back

TORCHES TO ROME "Young Arsenal" (Paul)

ECORCHE "Song # 6" (Dave)

3  Dark Days Bright Nights and future Persistent releases

ASSFACTOR 4 "I reckon" (Paul)

HEIßE "Tensusaiga" (Dave)
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS "End Me in Richmond" (Paul)

~Dave

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PODCAST #199 linked here

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*** PODCAST #198 Gus Caldwell (Ostraca, Absent Light's Guerdon) ***

photo by @psyop_snaps

    Goddamn I've known Gus for about a decade at this point, and with OSTRACA playing ZBR Fest 2026 and then releasing a new full length the next month, this podcast was a no-brainer. I had spoken with Gus, Brian, and John as a full band back in 2017 (video interview linked here) but I wanted to pick his brain, specifically. You can check out a podcast that I did with drummer John by clicking on this text. Some things we touched on: Weird Al and our favourite UHF scenes, at time when Gus could not be outskanked, Gus' Red Hot Chilli Peppers cover band, a fallow period for the screamo genre, the June Paik effect, Black Metal and Medieval Associations 101, "big" vs. "meaningful", the Zach Hill school of drumming, the lowdown on 'Thread', recording and songs that aren't meant to be played live, album release show, remember Horny Al?, etc. Bands played in this podcast: A Recorded Dawn, Gregor Samsa, I.O., Mercy Necromancy, Peter Rehberg feat. Dennis Cooper, and Sangre De Muerdago. Listen to podcast #198 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

OSTRACA

Bandcamp

ABSENT LIGHT'S GUERDON

Bandcamp

1 The Sound Of Music is Poison
GREGOR SAMSA "Pseudonyms" (Gus)

MERCY NECROMANCY "Fawn" (Dave)

2 I Liked How You Stood Really Still While You Played

SANGRE DE MUERDAGO "A Chamada da Néboa" (Gus)

A RECORDED DAWN "Lost to time unkind" (Dave)

3 A Window Into Your Mind

PETER REHBERG feat. DENNIS COOPER "ML3" (Gus)

I.O. "these dreams are too big to hide and too doable not to do" (Dave)

~Dave

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PODCAST #198 linked here

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