Q4 2025 Releases In Rotation
Jason Gordonjason@releasewave.comHere are some of our Q4 2025 new releases currently in rotation: Armor For Sleep, Home Front, Tape Trash, Excide, Glitterer
There Is No Memory
November 7, 2025Seminal New Jersey emo/post-hardcore rockers Armor For Sleep's new album, "There Is No Memory," is set for release on November 7, 2025 via Equal Vision Records. The album follows their comeback LP "The Rain Musuem" from 2022 and is said to explore personal struggles and memories with a more literal and grounded approach than their previous work. The album delves into themes of betrayal, loss, and acceptance, with each song creating a narrative that reflects on the power of memories in shaping our lives. Latest single "Breathe Again" is now streaming everywhere along with previously released singles "What A Beautiful World" and "In Another Dream" all taken from the forthcoming LP.
Armor For Sleep's new album "There Is No Memory" delves into raw emotions and personal reflections, exploring themes of loss, regret, and acceptance. Produced by Sam Guaiana, the album offers their classic emotionally charged post-hardcore sound with introspective lyrics and big hooks, that fans of both their earlier material and latest output should enjoy. From the cathartic single "Breathe Again" to the haunting track "All The Best," each song delves deep into the power and impact of memories on our lives.
Watch it Die
November 14, 2025Canadian post-punk band Home Front's upcoming LP "Watch it Die" is set for release on November 14, 2025 via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos. The lead single "Light Sleeper" showcases their energetic post punk/new wave/street punk sound, similar to bands like High Vis and Spiritual Cramp, and with influences from bands like Joy Division and New Order. The album reflects the band's passion and drive, offering anthemic, danceable and honest music that embodies themes of hope and transformation in challenging times.
Home Front's second LP "Watch it Die" released on November 14, 2025 via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos. The songs blend their trademark post punk, new wave, and street punk influences with impactful energy and big hooks. The album embodies hope and introspection, addressing themes of loss and societal issues while offering a roadmap for moving forward. RIYL: High Vis, Spiritual Cramp, Joy Division
Bastard Hymns
November 28, 2025South Carolina post-hardcore band Excide is set to release their second album, "Bastard Hymns," on November 28 via SharpTone Records. " The band drew inspiration from late '90s post-hardcore bands like Cast Iron Hike and Snapcase, as well as incorporating elements from bands like Quicksand, Cave In, and Queens of the Stone Age. Across 12 brand new tracks, and described as a fuzzy and groovy record, the album reflects the band's growth and creative exploration following their debut release and signing with SharpTone Records. Three new singles from the forthcoming LP are now streaming everywhere.
Excide released their sophomore LP "Bastard Hymns" on November 28 via SharpTone Records, offering a blend of late '90s post-hardcore grooves with influences from bands like Quicksand and Snapcase. The album showcases a distortion fueled groove-heavy sound, exploring new sonic territory with more elements of 90s alt rock, nu-metal and post hardcore. Excide's evolution from their debut album "Deliberate Revolver" is evident in this next chapter, highlighting their growth and creative exploration.
Erer
November 21, 2025Glitterer, a Washington, D.C., post-hardcore band led by Ned Russin of Title Fight, is releasing a new album titled "erer" on November 21, 2025. Recorded by producer Arthur Rizk, the band's revamped lineup presents a thematically urgent and ear-pleasing work that dives into emotions of resignation, anger, and community. The album is described as a blend of post-punk, melodic alternative rock and post-hardcore with catchy, melodic hooks, synth textures, and passionate vocals, building on the more collaborative and cohesive full-band sound introduced on their previous record, Rationale. Singles like "Stainless Steel" and "Not Forever" showcase the band's ability to mix introspective lyrics with a powerful, dynamic musical arrangement and big hooks.
The new album "erer" by Washington, D.C. alt-rock band Glitterer (Ned Russin from Title Fight), showcases a thematic urgency and slick production not previously seen in the band's previous work. This is their best song-writing to date with their most fleshed out full band sound and it absolutely rocks. Pummeling drums, massive guitar sounds, intense vocal delivery and big melodies should make for an awesome live experience.
Eden
October 31, 2025Norwegian indie rock duo TAPE TRASH have announced their new album "EDEN" set for release on October 31, 2025 via Tiny Engine Records. The album blends their singer-songwriter influences with their hardcore influences, and everything in between, offering a mix of early 2000s indie/emo punk and guitar fueled alternative rock and 90s inspired shoegaze and dreamy fuzz-pop. Through a communal approach and a focus on sincerity, TAPE TRASH's "EDEN" stands out as a heartfelt and fearless musical statement in a landscape often marked by cynicism. RIYL Mew, Jimmy Eat World, Broken Social Scene, Japandroids
The album "EDEN" by the Norwegian indie rock duo TAPE TRASH delves into the aftermath of losing faith and the transition from Christianity to the secular world, exploring themes of freedom, grief, beauty, and ecstasy. Musically, the album blends their singer-songwriter influences with big melodic rock influences, offering a mix of indie-punk, shoegaze-punk, and '90s fuzz-pop reminiscent of artists like Mew, Jimmy Eat World, Japandroids, and early 2000s records.