highlighting new music by Moreish Idols, Knitting, Car Seat Headrest, & MORE
An overwhelming amount of music is released daily, and we're here to help you weed through it all. Every week, we share select releases we are all looking forward to and personalized picks from a few of our editors.
Welcome to our new releases guide featuring the most notable music released the week of March 7.
BLIGATORY Picks
Moreish Idols - All In The Game
Indie Rock, Art Rock, Post-Punk
via Speedy Wunderground / Play It Again Sam
write-up by Peter Doherty
Moreish Idols release their long-awaited debut album All in the Game. Lead singles in the run-up to the records release included: "Pale Blue Dot," Speedy Wunderground's 50th single—"Slouch," and "Dream Pixel," the latter of which was my personal favourite.
All in the Game is pop of the dense variety, both in sound and in layers. The production packs this viscous punch. Lush vitality, like being lost in a lucid dream. Odd happenings unfold. Hands fall through dinner tables as family dinner dissolves into chaos. Uninhabited shoes tap dance as your dad does somersaults. A mysterious, seductive energy radiates out of the reverberant essence of All in the Game and sexy sourness airs out of the material.
All in the Game has all the elements of "pop" music without abusing them. A love for the craft of song is apparent. These tracks ooze care and commitment to immersive, deeply rewarding material. As far as I can make out, the album ends on a bit of a cyclical loop, a bookend reprise of sorts. When it ends it begins again.
Moreish Idols more than impress on their first full-length outing.
Subversive treacle.
All in the Game is out now via Speedy Wunderground.
Knitting - "Nite Lite"
Indie Rock
via Mint Records
write-up by Peter Doherty
Knitting return for their first release since last year’s Some Kind of Heaven. The closed-teeth, tight-jawed, anxious state that the band seem to capture so well—it may be a reflection of the band more than a 'capturing' of a sound—finds itself in a sombre, semi-secluded being once more. The Montreal-based four-piece may just be warming the way towards their second album in as many years.....
"Nite Lite" is out now via Mint Records.
Dominick's Picks
Consumables - Infinite Games
Art Punk, Indie Rock
via We Are Time
Brooklyn band Consumables share their debut album. Tapping a fellow art-punk for their first record, Infinite Games was co-written and produced by Bodega’s Ben Hozie.
Downward - Downward
Shoegaze, Alt. Rock
via NEW MORALITY ZINE
No, not their 2018 debut. This is a second album named Downward, by the band Downward, of course. The Oklahoma four-piece sit under the vast umbrella of shoegaze with a mix of fuzzy melancholy and crunchy riffs. Their song structuring and ability to build—and release—tension is especially evident on the standout “Perfect Food.”
Eel Men - Stop It! Do Something
Art Punk, Indie Rock, Jangle Pop
via No Front Teeth (UK) / Big Neck Records (US)
London’s Eel Men make chippy and jangly punk on their debut album, Stop It! Do Something. Still very much a forward-facing record, but there are definite echoes of English post-punk pioneers (Wire, Gang of Four, and the like) sewn into the framework of their sound.
get a life! - demos '25
Screamo, Emocore
Self-Released
wake up! a new Philly screamo band by the name of get a life(!) just released a three-track demo! this sampler is a brief, but thoroughly studied and refreshing modern take on the classic emotional hardcore sound.
PAL - Under Your Radar
Art Punk
Self-Released
Punchy and eccentric art punk from the Cleveland four-piece PAL. Do not let this EP fly Under Your Radar…
Tape/Off - Fort Sensible
Post-Punk, Noise Rock
via Coolin' By Sound Records
After a six-year hiatus, Brisbane, Australia’s Tape/Off share their first record since 2018’s Broadcast Park, and their third overall. Alongside a precise, booming, and razor-sharp flavor of noisy post-punk, Fort Sensible presents a fierce look at Australian politics and social life.
Bedridden - "Chainsaw"
Shoegaze, Noise Pop, Emo
via Julia's War Recordings
Following last month’s “Etch,” Brooklyn band Bedridden share the second single from their upcoming debut album with the charged but semi-woozy “Chainsaw.”
About the new single, bandleader Jack Riley had this to say:
“The song is written from my perspective about a time when I made an uncertain decision to move in with a partner and her friend and a slew of manic stories that ensued after the fact. One of the stories was that of the roommates incessantly searching to buy a new lamp and how it bothered me. The video is me trying to break through that anger by destroying the lamps.”
Moths Strapped To Each Other’s Backs is out April 11 via Julia’s War Recordings.
Dutch Interior - "Beekeeping"
Alt-Country, Americana
via Fat Possum Records
Los Angeles alt-country band Dutch Interior have already shared two singles from their latest record in “Sandcastle Molds” and “Fourth Street.” This week, the six-piece returns with a somber, dream-like excursion titled “Beekeeping.
In vocalist Shane Barton’s words, the track “is a reflection on personal flaws. It cautions against maintaining stagnant relationships and serves as a reminder that doing so is more akin to an act of cruelty than a favor.”
Moneyball is the band’s third album, and their first since signing to Fat Possum Records. It’s out April 11.
Leopardo - "Île d’Ogoz"
Art Rock, Psychedelic Pop
via Chrüsimüsi Records / Dot Dash Sounds
“Île d’Ogoz” is the first offering from Leopardo’s new album, SIDE A / SIDE B. It is an immediately disarming track; tenderness and sincerity ring out in the song’s lyrics and soft delivery, but playful and mildly discordant melodies create an interesting dynamic.
In an interview with Joe Massaro for Hot Sounds Magazine, bandleader Romain Savary spoke a bit about Leopardo’s journey; beginning as a solo recording project in 2016, the ensemble has continued to flesh out their collective sound as a unit in the years since.
“At first, our music was more psychedelic pop and the lyrics were all about love. Now, the music has become stranger, we love what’s a bit wrong, out of tune, weird... and the lyrics are perhaps a bit more about sociology,” Savary says. “My partner told me that boys writing about love is has-been, and I had to admit there are other interesting subjects.”
SIDE A / SIDE B Is out April 4 via Chrüsimüsi Records / Dot Dash Sounds.
The Ophelias - "Salome"
Indie Rock
via Get Better Records
Last month, Cincinnati indie rockers The Ophelias announced their new album Spring Grove. This week, they’re back with “Salome,” a shorter and punchier offering than lead single “Cumulonimbus.”
The band’s Spencer Peppet offered the following in regards to the new track:
“Salome” loosely follows the biblical story of (you guessed it) Salome, who danced for King Herod at his birthday celebration and was told she could ask for anything in return. She asked for the head of John the Baptist. While I personally have never facilitated someone’s beheading, I find the story and the way it has resonated with playwrights, filmmakers, and artists fascinating — a real depiction of “female biblical rage,” as the TikTok girlies would say. The video is our campy camcorder take on that.”
The Ophelias’ latest record is their fourth to date and the first album to be produced by Julien Baker (other than her own, of course). Spring Grove also marks the band’s label debut for Get Better Records, and it comes out April 4.
TVOD - "Uniform"
Post-Punk
via Mothland
In December, Brooklyn-based band TVOD released “Car Wreck.” This week, they share “Uniform” and announce their first full-length Party Time.
“Party Time is our first full-length album,” TVOD write. “The songs span the band’s history, most being written in the past year, a collaborative effort from the whole band, while songs like ‘MUD’ and ‘Wells Fargo’ go back to the very beginning, when it was just Tyler. It’s definitely a party-themed album, with a lot of nods to our more light-hearted late nights, but it leans into the darkness of depression, isolation and addiction that partying can bring. Going through heartbreaks, using partying as a way to cope, whether it’s in a positive or a negative way, is up to interpretation. The album has a lot of chaotic feelings of melancholy, nostalgia, longing, pain, euphoria, and self-reflection. In short, it’s hangxiety-induced punk to dance or mosh to. Like taking a shot of tequila and doing cardio.”
Party Time is out May 9 via Mothland.
MORE ALBUMS:
Star 99 - Gaman
Power Pop
via Lauren Records
Two-Man Giant Squid - Two-Man Giant Squid
Dance-Punk, Art Punk
via Mint 400
MORE SINGLES:
Clutter share their second single of 2025, “Brideshead.” The Stockholm four-piece are gearing up to release their debut EP, Loves You, which is set for an April 11 release via PNKSLM Recordings.
Following “Madison” and “Behind,” Los Angeles band Kills Birds share “Trace.” It’s taken from their upcoming Crave EP, out April 11 on Lucky Number Music. Watch the video here.
New England art-punk trio Perennial announce a new five-track EP and share the title track, “Perennial ’65.” Said to expand upon the mid-60s garage-pop influences heard on last year’s Art History, Perennial ’65 is out April 4 via Ernest Jenning Record Company.
Just two weeks ago we got word about new record from Enjoy—the solo project of twin duo The Garden’s Wyatt Shears. This week, Fletcher Shears (aka Puzzle) shares a new single and sparse details on a new project of his own. "Bankrupt (i hear it makes you smile)” is the dreamy and woozy lead single from a new album (name yet to be revealed) set to drop on April 4.
Skate punk lives this week on D.C. duo Teen Mortgage’s latest single “Party.” Their debut album, Devil Ultrasonic Dream—announced alongside “Box” last month—is out April 11 on Roadrunner Records. Watch the video for “Party” here.
Alongside the previously shared “hear a whisper” (featuring Winter) and “charlie,” Brazilian shoegazers terraplana round out a stellar trio of singles with their final advance track, “amanhecer.” Hear more on the band’s sophomore album, Natural, which is probably out already (March 11 release; via Balaclava Records) by the time you’re reading this.
We get a folktronica slant on the final single to Weatherday’s new album with “Ripped Apart by Hands.” Hornet Disaster is out March 19 via Topshelf Records.
Peter's Picks
Black Country, New Road - "Happy Birthday"
Progressive Pop, Art Rock
via Ninja Tune
The artsy endeavors of Black Country, New Road step forth and arrive in the form of "Happy Birthday." The band find themselves firmly in singles mode as they build on "Besties" and bring us closer to their next full-length Forever Howlong. The single's music video features stop motion animation courtesy of Lesley-Anne Rose.
Forever Howlong, BC, NR's upcoming studio album and first full release after the departure of frontman Isaac Wood, releases April 4 via Ninja Tune.
BC, NR will be playing a handful of intimate shows around the UK in accordance with Forever Howlong's release before heading to Mexico for a lone stop—and finally, the United States for many more, beginning in May.
Car Seat Headrest - "Gethsemane"
Indie Rock, Art Rock, Rock Opera
via Matador Records
Car Seat Headrest release the 11-minute "Gethsemane" and announce their upcoming album in one fell swoop. This extended cut makes use of the build-and-release movements that dominated 2010's Car Seat Headrest material—use Twin Fantasy and Teens of Denial for a point of reference. Like a seesaw of musical momentum, the track rides wave-like cruxes to position itself behind and ahead of itself simultaneously. The current state of the song is always in a shifting, transformative state.
"You can love again; you can try again."
The first CSH album in five years, The Scholars, is out May 2 via Matador.
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