Wax Bodega US Vinyl & CDs

Review: Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Free Throw are one of the finest examples of midwestern fourth wave emo revival (or simply modern emo), known for their cathartic blend of angst-riddled heart-on-sleeve punk and earworm indie-rock sensibilities, providing soundtracks to alcohol dependency, traumatic break ups and familial discord for well over a decade now. Pre-dating their 2014 debut full-length and modern classic within the scene Those Days Are Gone; this 12" compilation houses both the band's self-titled debut 2012 EP and 2014's follow up Lavender Town onto one definitive LP experience.

Review: Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, Holy Fawn have become quickly renowned thanks in no small part to their acclaimed debut LP Death Spells, released in 2018. Combining overwhelming levels of reverb-drenched shoegaze with blackened metallics whilst avoiding the obvious blackgaze assumptions, their unique brand of cathartic post-metal has been refined and polished to a severely impressive degree on the much anticipated sophomore effort Dimensional Bleed. Arriving toward the end of 2022, the work builds upon the melancholic grandiosity of their The Black Moon EP with shimmering ease, conjuring levels of emotive despair usually occupied by acts of the more extreme metal variety. Atmospheric, forlorn and utterly crushing, this is doomgazing at both its most ethereal and punishing.