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You’re never going to believe this, but there’s a new Guided By Voices album on the way. I know we all assumed that they’d said everything they had to say when they released their 42nd LP Thick, Rich And Delicious last year. It’s been, what, four months since that one came out? And five days since guitarist Doug Gillard announced his solo album Parallel Stride? I just pictured them with their feet up on the table, toasting to a complete career. But no, the GBV train rolls on.
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Ex-Dillinger Escape Plan frontman stresses split with Better Lovers was drama-free, urging fans to celebrate past work and support the band.
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American Football have just unveiled the first single from their highly-anticipated LP4.
Ahead of the record’s release on May 1 via Polyvinyl, the beloved Midwest emos have dropped lead track Bad Moons in all its eight-minute glory.
“Bad Moons is actually a Frankenstein of two different demos we’d been passing around for quite a while: one playful, with children playing and toy-pianos plinking; one brooding, with guitars screeching and drums bombasting,” explains Mike Kinsella.
“I had already been singing the ‘in the dark’ mantra over the latter, so the biggest challenge for me was thematically bridging the innocence and buoyancy of the first act with the deep despair of the second. I decided to begin the song as a child. Or, rather… two. Stacked up in a single trenchcoat; secretly, reluctantly living the life of a grown man, accruing all of his missteps and guilt along the way. By the end, these missteps are almost spilling out of the boys.
“A cathartic confession, hopefully at least somewhat relatable to anyone listening who’s ever lived a life.”
Watch the video, directed by Alex Acy and Rémi Belleville, below:
See the band live this year at the following:
American Football 2026 tour dates
May
15 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
17 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
18 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
19 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater
20 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
22 San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
24 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
June
19 Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
20 Stuttgart, Germany @ Im Wizeman
21 Cologne, Germany @ Die Kantine
23 Brussels, Belgium @ La Madeleine
24 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
26 Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
27 London, UK @ O2 Kentish Forum
28 London, UK @ O2 Kentish Forum
July
8 Boston, MA @ Royale
9 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
14 Richmond, VA @ The National
15 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
16 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
August
7 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
8 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
9 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
10 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
12 Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
13 Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe at Old National Centre
14 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
15 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
16 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
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Posted on February 25th 2026, 4:01p.m.
Reviewed by Matthew Williams
There was absolutely no way that I was passing up on the opportunity to review a band called Blunt Knife Castration, as the name intrigued me massively. However, what intrigued me further was that they are UK sludge metal band, and let’s be honest, who doesn’t like a bit of sludge now and again to clear out the senses.
Blunt Knife Castration is the metal project led by Kent based Simon Bryant, and they draw out aspects of metal, noise rock, doom and crust punk, and engulf them in thick musical layer of sludge, to produce some highly creative and filthy sounding songs. Opener “Miasma” guides you down the hole with what appears to be an extract from some sort of 70s/80s horror or sleaze movie, which they draw influence from. This gives way to “Gunshot Selfie” and the scream instantly hits you before the bass line pops up to lead you further into their darkened evil lair. Its riff heavy, with strong drums, blistering sounds, and a rhythm that gets your head moving.
They have a range of musical influences, Eyehategod, Neurosis, Swans, and this is evident on their tracks, as you’ll hear on “Degeneration” which is superb from start to finish. The tempo is spot on, with scary vocals and a brutal edge to the music, allowing the solos to flourish. “Lone” has a similar sinister feel about it, but I get a bit of blackened thrash in this one, as the pace sounds faster, which is great to hear. You then get properly bludgeoned with a blunt knife on the opening to “Guilt Pig” which is one of those songs that needs to be played obnoxiously loud to annoy your neighbours.
I’m enjoying the depraved and threatening sounding aspects of their music, however they mix it up at the start of “Swallow” as it’s a bit slower over the spoken word, but then a third of the way in, they are back with more evil intent. Their love of sleaze and general smut of video nasties is clear on “Play Victim” as it’s a hard-hitting song which rips along at a frantic speed, before the slow impending doom kicks in. Album title track, “Blood & Oil” is another nasty sounding song, bleaker and more depressing, especially the bass, which further enhancing their fearsome reputation.
“Menial Mutt” covers all areas, pounding drums, heavy bass and hostile guitars, before the vocal teases you in a threatening manner. “Coward” has more of an edge to the song that some of the others, but again, the rhythms are excellent and an enjoyable listen, ahead of the final song “Skinny Fingers”, an almost eight minute journey of ups and downs, full of slow foreboding eeriness which keeps you enthralled.
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Five years have passed since Nick Steed joined , making the move which made him slow down with other projects – and leaving and as only albums by, respectively, NS5 and THR33 – but the keyboard player continued his solo … Continue reading
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