{"id":99104,"date":"2025-06-06T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=99104"},"modified":"2025-06-06T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:51:09","slug":"newmusicfriday-june-6th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/newmusicfriday-june-6th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"#NewMusicFriday: June 6th 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Content Breakdown<\/h3>\n

Turnstile – Never Enough<\/a>
\nVolbeat \u2013 God Of Angels Trust<\/a>
\nThe Prestige – Amer<\/a>
\nWhat is out on this #NewMusicFriday?<\/a>
\nTake me to the Playlist<\/a>
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\nLast Friday’s Recommendations:
\nIndifferent Engine – Speculative Fiction<\/a>
\nKusanagi – Paramnesia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The first #NewMusicFriday <\/b><\/b>of the month is packed with a handful of notable releases. For starters, Turnstile<\/b> deliver one of the year’s most anticipated albums, ‘Never Enough’<\/i>. You can read my thoughts on this alongside releases from Volbeat <\/strong>and The Prestige<\/strong> below.<\/p>\n

Alongside Turnstile<\/strong>, The Prestige<\/strong>‘s ‘<\/em>Amer’\u00a0<\/em>is an album I think is worth spending time with. The French quartet unleash a ferocious and chaotic barrage of sound, blending punishing heaviness with fleeting moments of brooding introspection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, the likes of Katatonia<\/strong>, Mother Mother<\/strong>,\u00a0Battlesnake<\/strong>,\u00a0Stateside<\/strong>,\u00a0Soccer Mommy<\/strong>,\u00a0Lowswimmer<\/strong>, and G\u00f6sta Berlings Saga\u00a0<\/strong>all drop new releases today. While\u00a0My Chemical Romance <\/strong>gives their classic\u00a0‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’<\/em> record the deluxe edition treatment.<\/p>\n

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If you didn’t notice, I missed last week’s #NewMusicFriday<\/b> round-up (congrats Neal and Kirsti). So here are some recommendations:<\/p>\n

Indifferent Engine – Speculative Fiction<\/h3>\n

Hailing from Cambridge, post-hardcore quintet Indifferent Engine<\/strong> delivers a dynamic debut with ‘Speculative Fiction’<\/em>. The album captures the band\u2019s chaotic live energy while weaving soaring, emotionally charged melodies. Wrapped in a sci-fi aesthetic, the record bursts with textured urgency, most vividly through Adam Paul’s visceral screams. At times reminiscent of early 2000s post-hardcore greats like At The Drive-In, and with melodic flourishes that nod toward Deftones\u2019 more atmospheric moments, ‘Speculative Fiction’<\/em> thrives in tension.<\/p>\n

Tracks like ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’<\/em> strike with unrelenting force, contrasted by the ambient mystique of ‘Bitcrush.’<\/em> ‘Modern’<\/em> bulldozes forward with intent, while ‘Crescents’<\/em> closes with a pensive rumble that echoes long after it ends. Balancing volatility with vulnerability, Indifferent Engine<\/strong> craft a debut that\u2019s as confrontational as it is cathartic, setting a high bar for what comes next.<\/p>\n

Listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

Kusanagi – Paramnesia<\/h3>\n

‘Paramnesia’<\/em>, the third album from Liverpudlian instrumentalists\u00a0Kusanagi<\/strong> blur the lines between reality and dreams. Thriving in soaring post-rock riffs and intricate math-rock rhythms, the quartet crafts expansive compositions that ebb and flow with cinematic scope. Over 50 minutes, tracks such as ‘Polymorph’<\/em> and\u00a0‘<\/em>Equilibria’ <\/em>unravel<\/span> into richly textured soundscapes, subtly shaped by electronics and angular guitar work.<\/p>\n

‘Spatial Awareness’\u00a0<\/em>encapsulates the album\u2019s ethereal concept, shifting effortlessly between ambience and intensity. ‘Physics of Colour’<\/em> bursts forth with a progressive groove before softening into a lush, melodic warmth. And with ‘Dream Projector,’<\/em> Kusanagi<\/strong> bring everything full circle in a satisfyingly cohesive finale.<\/p>\n

Drenched in sci-fi atmosphere, ‘Paramnesia’<\/em> is a transportive, finely layered record that proves Kusanagi<\/strong>\u2019s ability to turn abstraction into something deeply affecting.<\/p>\n

Listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

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