The 90s post hardcore revival continues with WorldWorldWorldWorldWorld by sassya-, an album that recalls early emo and metal influences on the scene and deepens them further with contemporary styles and production.

Suddenly, we wonder how and why we got here, and we realize with a jolt we’ve been sucked into the beautiful dream world of Thauma by Big Hands.

Johanna Warren reflects on this fundamental loss on The Night of the Wind, an experimental synth pop collaboration between this adult artist and her toddler self.

As the title suggests, Flummox returns to familiar themes of political adversity that arises from growing up queer in Tennessee, using their intense, theatrical style to place us in the pews next to them as the millionaire megachurch pastor damns us to hell.

The kernel of folk music always lived within old-school post hardcore, but Which Direction Goes the Beam by Index for Working Musik flips post hardcore on its head and shakes until every last strand of hidden folk styling falls out into the open.

Typically, punk uses this simple, streamlined design to funnel its entire spirit into cathartic energy, but Swedish experimentalists Neutral strip punk of its richeous anger and energetic exorcisms, leaving behind nothing but the pure essence of austerity.

Standing at the evolutionary precipice of progressive rock, the final form of a style characterized by the union of highly technical hard rock and melodically intense British folk, the wild, whimsical virtuosity of The Heart Is in the Body by Lost Crowns screams out its unbridled joy at every turn.

The absurdist experimental twee of Perfect Hit! by Buffet Lunch celebrates these odd memories we collect in life, as objects like the floors and chairs of a maternity ward permanently live alongside the crippling anxiety of childbirth in our minds.

Back with a new lineup, fresh sound, new writers, and new influences, Black Country, New Road marks their triumphant return to the studio with Forever Howlong, a simultaneously natural progression and radical departure from the band’s beloved past work.

On the new experimental release IOX by LA Timpa, demons visciously haunt every attempt at straightforward indie pop, with the record’s unique mixing style placing the singer in the far background as ominous, atmospheric noise dominates the center.

Psychedelic yet energetic, noisy yet pointed, anxiety-inducing yet endlessly fun, the experimental Latin grooves on the self-titled LP by Los Thuthanaka convert sounds in our everyday lives into a horrifying yet fascinating sonic funhouse.

The new experimental hip hop record Only Dust Remains by Backxwash begins at this confluence of internal and environmental negativity, examining this self-perpetuating cycle and beginning the excruciating climb out of this emotional pit.

Best conceptualized as two distinct musical statements released concurrently, this record uses two clearly demarcated styles to tell two separate stories.

London post rockers The Orchestra (For Now) pick up on this pandemic of anxiety on their explosive debut EP Plan 75, a dense, orchestral work with an extreme emotional range.

From your seat in the theater, you watch as the orchestra tunes up, playing a few notes to establish the sound of the room and set the tone for the evening. And then… that’s it.

These peaks represent that iconic moment of reveal in a body horror film, the instant when we realize how much worse things are than we possibly could have imagined, when our sense of security shatters into a million pieces as we imagine ourselves decimated in such a way.

Abstract hip hop artist PremRock forces us to ask hard questions on his new record Did You Enjoy Your Time Here…?, an album pointed not towards those whose will has been forcibly compromised, but instead towards those who seemingly possess no will at all.

Straining to break free from that suffocating existence, New Orleans sludgy experimentalists Guts Club forge towards collective liberation on their new album Please Come Back To The Farm.

Übers Jahr by Schatterau meditates on the rigid nature of time through a series of tracks which find their backbones in hypnotic tape loops, each of which captures a moment in the seasonal transition.

While experimental rock continues down its trend of increasingly dark, dissonant sounds inspired by no wave, New York noise rock outfit YHWH Nailgun counter with their own brand of chaos, a sound no less experimental yet decidedly unafraid of the light.