The Alt Weekly Roundup (8/11/25)
Posted: by The Alt Editing Staff
The Alternative Weekly Roundup is a column where our staff plugs a variety of new releases in a concise, streamlined format: albums, singles, videos, live sets. Check back each Monday to see what we were jamming the week prior.
atcitdio – We’ve All Made Mistakes
Texas has produced quite a few great examples of this style of post-hardcore so far this year (Rosasharin, Kill or Be Killed, Of Eden), and atcitdio’s newest EP is a great addition. We’ve All Made Mistakes is more melodic than most of their contemporaries, and songs like “Blindside” are genuinely catchy. Still, atcitdio absolutely rips; look no further than the opening title track for proof.
Zac Djamoos | @gr8whitebison
Field Medic – “simply obsessed”
In 2024, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, the LA musician behind Field Medic, took a ‘mental retirement’ from the music industry. Bouts of sobriety, relapse, and treatment ultimately led him home to himself. He brings a renewed sense of clarity to his newest album, surrender instead. After toying with synths and harsh vocals over his career, he’s returned to earnest folk rock form on “simply obsessed.” “It had been a long time since I wrote a full-on love song, which is something I used to really enjoy,” Sullivan says.
Giliann Karon
Blankenberge – Decisions
Few bands in shoegaze sound quite as euphoric as Blankenberge. On their fourth LP Decisions, the Russian four-piece turn in some of their dreamiest, lushest material to date; these songs have the joyful weight and tenor of a deep sigh of relief. It’s a nice reminder that, as crowded as the genre can be, there are still ways to stand out.
Zac Djamoos | @gr8whitebison
Model Martel – “Mitt”
“Mitt” is the lead single from Model Martel’s upcoming debut LP A Couple Thousand Times, and it taps into that sort of punk sound that cropped up toward the end of the orgcore wave. There’s some of that heartland muscle, a bit of powerpop gleam, and a lot of scruffy charm, landing somewhere in between On the Impossible Past and Awkward Breeds.
Zac Djamoos | @gr8whitebison
Killing Me Softly – To Forever Fall Through God’s Safety Net
When Killing Me Softly burst onto the scene in 2023, they were doing a great approximation of 2000s metalcore. With their new EP To Forever Fall Through God’s Safety Net, they turn back the clocks, drawing heavily on ’90s Converge. It’s an unexpected turn for the Leeds group, but they do this sound even better. There are a ton of bands now playing the same style that Killing Me Softly did on Autumn Lost in Silence, and admittedly few of them touch the heights of that album, but To Forever Fall Through God’s Safety Net is fresher, more exciting, and straight-up better than almost all of them.
Zac Djamoos | @gr8whitebison
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