the rundown

Get your new music fix with these brand spankin’ new tunes from all over the world – you can also find these songs on our Limited Time Offer Spotify and Soundcloud playlists.

Dead Hands – “The Moth”

Country: Denmark

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: Moving from heavy, atmospheric verses to a fierce, uncompromising climax, “The Moth” balances haunting melodies with visceral aggression. It’s big, it’s gritty, and it refuses to be ignored. This is alternative rock built for the shadows.

C.O.F.F.I.N. – “Sleep In It”

Country: Australia

Genre: Garage Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: Rambunctious, yet addicting, C.O.F.F.I.N. provides another high energy punk rock track that will leave you wanting more. “Sleep In It” features earth-shattering guitar hooks and intense vocal snarls from Ben Portnoy, which contrast excellently with the track’s Beach Boys-adjacent background vocals. A melange of chaos and occasional beauty, the track is the first taste of their fourth studio album, Out In Oslo.

Professional 101 – “Liar”

Country: UK

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: New single ‘Liar’ is a study into the psychology of self-belief and a look at what happens when confidence isn’t innate, but constructed – and the line between conviction and self-deception collapses entirely. The track explores imposter syndrome as a quiet survival mechanism: lying to yourself just long enough to act it out, inhabiting belief before you’ve earned it. It asks how thin the margin really is between genius, delusion, and success and whether the difference is simply who commits hardest to the story they’re telling themselves. Speaking of the single, Mani says, “‘Liar’ is another song dripping with grunge nostalgia. Lots of distorted chorus effects on the lead and a really murky tone on the rhythm which counteracts the high energy of the riff and keeps the mood ominous.”

The Upsides – “Say Follow”

Country: US

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: Built around driving guitars and an insistent chorus, “Say Follow” examines the pressure to succeed on your own and the pride that can keep people from asking for help. The repeated accusation, “you don’t want it enough,” captures the exhausting cycle of ambition, comparison, and constantly feeling the need to prove yourself. As the narrator follows the rules and plays the game, the song questions whether going it alone is really a sign of strength or simply another form of isolation.

Adam Jensen – “All My Friends”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “All My Friends” is the second single off my debut full length album “Hymns for the Damned”. I wrote and produced the album myself in my garage. The song is about not having any friends because they’re all dead or in jail or make believe. It’s essentially about living by the sword and dying by the sword.

atmos bloom – “It’s Enough”

Country: UK

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: “It’s Enough” features crystalline guitars intertwined with driving drums and Tilda’s serene vocals, reflecting the themes about struggling to be enough for different people’s demands.

ARK IDENTITY – “Social Dopamine”

Country: Canada

Genre: Indie Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: Written about the constant search for approval through social media, “Social Dopamine” explores the strange cycle of external validation that has become second nature for so many. “We’ve all curated our personas online so heavily. We’ve become so consumed by how we’re perceived that we start to lose touch with who we actually are,” Noah explains. At the heart of the song is the fleeting rush that comes with attention, a momentary high that quickly disappears, only to be chased again.

ever,ending – “Lavender”

Country: US

Genre: Alt Rock

Words From the Artist/PR: Lavender is about watching as the one person holding you together finally leaves. They were tape over cracked porcelain, bound to break yet still clinging on as hard as it could