*** OSHERA exclusive song premiere ***

OSHERA

"Wave Bye, Bye to the Bureaucrat"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: People's Temple Project, Matsuri, A Recorded Dawn and Coma Regalia

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orders open October 6th, 2025 at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

      Today I am stoked to bring you the new OSHERA jam from their upcoming October 6th 'Tamsen split' which Tomb Tree and Tiny Sounds Collective will be dropping tapes of. The four-piece band formed in September 2023 and hails from Austin, Texas. After few lineup changes they are now locked in with a super solid team featuring Jordyn on vocals/guitar, Shoni on bass, Jacob on guitar, and Emily on drums. They had the following to say about the song and band:

"Wave Bye, Bye to the Bureaucrat" is about the killings of corrupt, hateful people and putting that on display as a warning. We, the people, have the power to make change. Real change only happens when we remind those in power how fragile they are. How dare they try to shame us and try to humanize evil people after their deaths.

All of us in the band have different music backgrounds. While Jordyn is very much a skramz-head, Shoni and Emily grew up blasting Death all the time, and Jacob is huge into shoegaze and experimental music. We feel we’ve found a great way to blend all of our influences into something beautiful, heavy, and cathartic."

(2025) OSHERA "Wave Bye, Bye to the Bureaucrat" (from 'Tamsen split')

https://youtu.be/KuxmrNghJqw

      This 1:36 banger opens with everyone in the band going full-tilt, featuring some wicked guitar interplay right off the bat. There's a slowdown just before the minute mark that, despite being short-lived, works as the perfect transition to that epic ending. Hot damn this is awesome.

*** PODCAST #188 Leda XO (Jisei, Sissy XO, Hallowed) ***

    Leda and I have known each other for a few years, and after seeing her play numerous shows in Jisei in conjunction with knowing she was in more projects, I reached out in hopes of getting her on this podcast. That was like...more than six months ago. We then played tag for a good few months before finally settling down last week to get this done, and it was great. Leda also plays in The Hallowed Catharsis and Sissy XO, which we discussed, as well as: Raffi, military moving, living in the year 2000, Psyopus as a salvia trip, tying music to memories, playing with Your Arms Are My Cocoon, token CIS man, a pillar of hope, gerunds'n'shit, inciting spiritual violence, the nightmare question, ugly catharsis and the darkest of mirrors, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Admiral Angry, Cloudkicker, Daitro, Mouthing, Omega Massif, and Potence. Listen to podcast #188 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.

JISEI

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THE HALLOWED CATHARSIS

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SISSY XO

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1 Bubble of Memory
DAITRO "Laissez Vivre Les Squelettes" (Leda)

POTENCE "Meurs Et Ressuscite Encore" (Dave)

2 The Hallowed Catharsis

CLOUDKICKER "You and Yours" (Leda)

OMEGA MASSIF "Wölfe" (Dave)

3 Jesei

ADMIRAL ANGRY "Bug Vomit" (Leda)

MOUTHING "He who will never find his way" (Dave)

4 Sissy XO

~no music

~Dave

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PODCAST #188 linked here

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*** TERRIFYING GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL exclusive song premiere ***

TERRIFYING GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL

"My Body Is A Weapon"
exclusive song premiere

For fans of: Snack Truck, These Arms Are Snakes, Diva Plavalaguna, Lower Automation and The Blood Brothers

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Emocat Records

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     Vancouver's longest running screamo band is back with a brand new jam from the upcoming 'Sad Boys' Swimming Hole' album, which there's more info from the band about below. It'll be out on Emocat on tape and digital/streaming etc. on September 26th, 2025! Mixed and Mastered by legendary breakcore dj: Goreshit // Insta. Recorded at Rain City Recorders with cover art by: Carrion Blossom (who did the Spooky Girls' album cover). The band had this to say:

This is a collection of unreleased tracks that span over a decade of writing. The first song the founding members ever wrote is in here, as well as the newest material. This is the first full release with songs written with our bassist Edward. There are a few songs in new tunings, and some sounds and ideas we may never try again. We are halfway through writing the next album, and continue to think of ways to defend screamo. There is new merch coming, and perhaps an album release show in the near future.

(2025) TERRIFYING GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL "My Body Is A Weapon" (from 'Sad Boys' Swimming Hole')

https://youtu.be/a4D1XVotnOE

     This wonky, sassy, obtuse affair begins with warbled instrumentals (think Lower Automation) before the snarky, tongue-in-cheek vocals come in (somewhere between screaming and sarcastic rambling). At 50 seconds we are treated to the closest thing to Snack Truck candy I've ever heard, but then the song veers into the darkest recesses of the band's psyche to date at the 1:17 mark and rides the shadow wave into oblivion. The song concludes at 2:09, leaving me wanting much, much more.