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SELF-SURGERY by MRS.PISS is now available in a new vinyl color version in their EU/UK store Evil Greed, and for pre-orders at Hello Merch. 

The third album from the Detroit collective is an exceptional melding of hardcore, noise, and pop. Abstract concepts aside, the Armed makes thunderous and discordant music move with great finesse.

Read the full review via Pitchfork

The Armed are a band known for their elusiveness. The mystery surrounding the extreme group is made up of things like fantastical music videos, Ford commercial nods and intentionally deluding the media about who they really are, all for a…

Imagine: a monster truck bedazzled in rhinestones. Or maybe, rather, Freddy Krueger singing Lady Gaga. No, actually picture getting the wind knocked out of you by a pink stiletto. These are all crude approximations of what it’s like to…

Ultrapop. Sugar and spice. 
Detroit’s the Armed follows its breakthrough 2018 set Only Love with Ultrapop, a daring collection that mixes the fury of hardcore punk and the disorienting riffage of math rock with a dollop of accessibility that…

A new exclusive pink vinyl version of Emma Ruth Rundle's album 'On Dark Horses' is now available for pre-orders in both her USA and EU/UK stores.

USA: https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/emma-ruth-rundle

EU/UK: smarturl.it/EGerr

Get some DIIV merch. Both their shops ship worldwide.

The Armed have occasionally frustrated but mostly fascinated the press with constant misdirection about their intentions and identity — the confounding post-hardcore collective’s exploits are well-documentedand worth reading in full, but the sum total portrays them as something…

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Brutus ended up third in Belgium’s Heaviest List “De Zwaarste Lijst”, a national radio playlist consisting of the 666 favourite songs by the national radio Studio Brussels.

More info via stubru.be

In January, I received a package in the mail. The return address was from Detroit, Michigan and the sender’s name was Kanye West. I knew exactly what this was before I even opened it, and it most certainly was not…

A chat with the singer of the elusive band that's determined to push the limits of hardcore.

Full interview: https://danozzi.substack.com/p/the-armed-adam-vallely

We are closing our former UK merch store. All items are on sale while they last. Sizes are limited with a lot of now discontinued items.  Going forward all our Euro stores will be at Evil Greed.

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Lukas Frank (Storefront Church) and Zachary ‘Cole’ Smith sit down with Alexis Marshall of Daughters to discuss Jiu JItsu, 12 step programs, the bachelor, and building community through music.

Storefront Church is the alias of Lukas Frank, a Los Angeles artist who’s been making music for a while now. Frank released his first Storefront Church EP in 2017, and he collaborated with his friend Phoebe Bridgers on a 2017 song called “Shame.” Mostly, though, Frank has been working in a supporting capacity.

Following his signing to Sargent House earlier this year and the release of his first single with the label ("The Gift," which was featured on the soundtrack for Netflix series The Queens Gambit), Lukas Frank has announced his debut…

Storefront Church, the Lukas Frank helmed Los Angeles-based band has announced their debut album As We Pass via the venerable label/management company Sargent House. 'As We Pass' is a sweeping artistic statement that paints dark, weathered landscapes paired…

Was the whole thing really just a dream? The Armed, one of the most exciting and innovative experimental hardcore bands of the past decade say maybe it was via their new video for “AN ITERATION”. Featuring a voice-over and…

Alexis Marshall will be a guest of Thought Seize Interviews, the new show hosted by Lukas Frank AKA Storefront Church and Cole Smith of DIIV. They will ask her some meaningful questions while playing Magic the Gathering. Tonight, March 29th…

New Lingua Ignota M.Y.B.W Patch and Knife Pin only available at Hello Merch for now. They ship worldwide. 

https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/lingua-ignota

Due to the ongoing pandemic and continued border restrictions for international travel, we have had to reschedule the upcoming Chelsea Wolfe & Emma Ruth Rundle Australian & New Zealand tour for 2022. 

All tickets will be valid for…

TTNG tab books for all four of their albums are now available in hardcopy and in digital PDFs. Reserve yours soon only at Hello Merch.

"The Armed are poised to unleash their genre smashing new record into the world and we’re proud to feature them on the cover of issue 57."

Full article via New Noise Magazine

Patrick Clarke speaks to a member of notorious Detroit hardcore collective The Armed to discuss the band's cult-like following, how they underwent gruelling bodybuilding diet plans for the sake of art, and how they hope to re-draw the boundaries of…