Happy birthday to "The weathervane is my body," the first Flenser release from Montreal's Truck Violence.
The Canadian quartet share the final single from their upcoming record.
In a world increasingly shaped by disposable content, Chat Pile answers with something defiantly real and organic, a mentality that permeates Who Loves the Sun, their third full-length record, incoming September 4, 2026. Since the band's formation just over six years ago, the Oklahoma City-based quartet has grown from a scrappy passion project of four local film and music enthusiasts into one of the defining heavy acts to emerge from the 2020s underground. Ray B. (vocals), L. Manhole (guitar), Stin (bass), and Cap’n Ron (drums)’s crushing, crass, and cathartic take on noise rock resonates in this cracked reality. It captures a raw, undeniably human essence that’s increasingly fleeting in an age marked by ceaseless torrents of algorithmic slop, technological overreach, and the cold, crestfallen state of society. Nothing about Who Loves the Sun feels synthetic.
Rhododendron's debut album for the Flenser is an angular work inspired by the legacy of '80s and '90s underground rock.
Kathryn Mohr's sophomore LP Carve came out last Friday.
Recorded alone in a trailer in the Mojave Desert, the album is sparse and sweltering as the landscape that incubated it. Warped field recordings hover above a bed of thick, distorted guitars. Her voice, layered in wavering harmony, brings to mind the brusque delivery of early Cat Power and PJ Harvey. Meanwhile, her lyrics leap out with knives and barking dogs, threats invoked in repeating patterns - for instance:
Again again, the very second I leave
A knife coming up from the ground
Clinging rung to rung up this ladder chasing
A pinpoint of light from above
Please welcome to the Flenser family: Truck Violence. The Montreal-via-Alberta band melds post-hardcore, sludge, noise rock and anti-fascist rage with folk, bluegrass, and small-town country pride. Their new record, The weathervane is my body,comes out June 26.
The first single, "New Jesus," is out now, with a video by Kirill Sommer linked below. The new track, recorded and produced by the band, is a searing rebuke of the US right's dominion over information and culture, as well as the apathetic mainstream response from below.
You can preorder The weathervane is my body on Iridescent White with HB Blue Blend, Coke Bottle Clear, or Black Vinyl; Sky Blue cassette tape; or CD
The Flenser's 9th edition of the membership series is available for purchase now in vinyl and a new CD format.
At long last: Bosse-de-Nage. Hidden Fires Burn Hottestis out now on The Flenser.
Rhododendron's new single "Firmament" marks the beginning of the band's collaboration with The Flenser.
Kathryn Mohr's new single "Property" is out now via The Flenser in advance of her album, "Carve," out April 17th.
Crippling Alcoholism's Camgirl is now available at Evil Greed in an exclusive vinyl colorway.