Punk Underground - April 2026
20 new punk releases for April's edition of Punk Underground (Spotify playlist UPDATED)
Featuring Homebase, Polevaulter, Cassius Wolf & Das Abs, General Chaos, Drakulas, Regal Foul, JAYSDEAD, The Real McKenzies, Frenchy and the Punk, Still Insane, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mad Tab, Jaguero, Five Bucks, Poo Poo Talks, Noir Addiction, GrimSkunk, Black Market Heart, Belvedere, and Troubles.
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Homebase - Close to Something
Taken from the EP Close to Something, this New York/New Jersey heavy pop punk-hardcore blast runs like someone sprinting through their own head. "I am close to something / I can't stop I'm running" lands with the desperation of a late-night confession shouted over downstrokes and sweat.
The vocals crack with pressure, while the hooks hit like open doors, finally giving way.
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Polevaulter - Dogtrack
From the EP Descending, Dogtrack drags dance-punk into a flickering industrial alley where bodies move even when minds resist. Leeds trio Polevaulter balance machine pulse and live-wire abrasion, with that deep baritone voice sounding half-warning, half-invitation.
It feels like bad news delivered under strobe lights.
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Cassius Wolf & Das Abs - I Can’t Reply
Taken from the upcoming album An Afternoon in Bedlam, this Liverpool post-punk/new wave return turns relationship collapse into a room with no exits. "As the accusations fly around the room / I can't reply" is sung like someone pinned against the wall by memory itself.
Nervy guitars and tense rhythm give the track a bruised, late-night glow.
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General Chaos - The Idiots Have Taken Over
From the upcoming LP Can't Please 'Em All - Montreal's teenage punks swing mid-tempo and mean, proving speed isn't required to hit hard. "There's a problem and no one there to fix it" comes with zero disguise, just disgust and determination.
Tight harmonies sharpen the attack, while the groove stomps forward like boots on pavement.
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Drakulas - Singin' With My Tongue Cut Out
The first transmission from Midnight City sounds like protopunk, garage rock, and new wave got trapped inside a neon nightmare. Drakulas build a strange urban cinema of twitching guitars, cold synth shadows, and vocals that grin while everything burns. Danceable, uneasy, and gloriously off-center.
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Regal Foul - WTWTA
From This Inferno Is So Mesmerizing, Banff's Regal Foul deliver punk rock shaped by defeat, reflection, and the long road back to self-acceptance. There's mountain air somewhere behind the distortion, a sense of trying to breathe after weeks underground.
The track swings between bruised melody and clenched-jaw drive.
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JAYSDEAD - God Save America
A furious pop-punk protest shot across continents, God Save America turns outrage into chorus-sized fire. "We're all just in this fucking boat / It's got a hole" sums up the panic, while the repeated title sounds less like patriotism than a distress call. Taken as a standalone single, it hits hard because it refuses comfort.
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The Real McKenzies - Black Agnes
From the upcoming album, On Yer Bike (May 29), Black Agnes charges in with Celtic punk swagger, bagpipes slicing through guitars like steel through fog. The lyrics turn grotesque folklore into pub-floor theatre: "You stole the hearts of Scotsman / And cleaved them right in two."
It’s rowdy, weird, and built for spilled pints and bruised voices.
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Frenchy and the Punk - War on War
The NYC post-punk/new wave strike feels like a siren in the middle of a burning street. "One voice, two voices three hundred more" builds into a collective roar, turning anger into movement and grief into resistance.
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Still Insane - Ride The River
Québec punks Still Insane return with a track that turns loss into motion. Written in memory of their friend Simon and leading toward their upcoming 2026 full-length, Ride The River hits with melodic street-punk force while carrying grief in its bones.
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A Place To Bury Strangers - Song for Girl from Macedonia
Taken from Rare And Deadly, this tribute glows through static and ache. "Now that time is poison / I just really need a friend" cuts straight through the distortion, while the band's usual wall of noise becomes something ghostly and tender.
A memorial written in feedback, where love keeps flickering after impact.
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Mad Tab - Awake
Photo credit: Roxy Wheeler
From the forthcoming Alas! The Bomb Voyage..., Orange County's Mad Tab come out swinging with technical SoCal punk muscle and zero hesitation. Built around breaking self-destructive cycles, Awake sounds like someone kicking open a locked room from the inside.
Dual vocals, sharp turns, and a band playing like they've waited years for this exact moment.
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Jaguero - Rn Rn
Photo credit: David Sarappa
Taken from Make Me Feel Alive Again, this Italian punk/grunge/emo blast thrives on alienation instead of hiding it. "I don’t belong here" repeats like a scar being touched again and again, while the band crashes melody into abrasion with real force. It feels like pacing outside a party you never wanted to enter.
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Five Bucks - Metal Fumes Fever
From the upcoming split 12" with Poo Poo Talks, this one stumbles beautifully through cheap synths, broken hooks, and garage-punk nerve. Everything sounds ready to fall apart, yet somehow keeps crawling forward. Like sparks in a junkyard at midnight.
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Poo Poo Talks - Culo Rotto
Also from the split release, Rome's absurdist egg-punks deliver repetition as a weapon and joke at once. Culo Rotto is blunt, bratty, and confrontational in the best basement-show sense. It feels like getting laughed at, shoved, and invited back in the same thirty seconds.
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Noir Addiction - Serve Me Some Crime
Photo credit: Valerio Fanelli
From Pretty Things Don't Last (out July 16), this post-punk/alternative rock hit smirks at routine while lighting the curtains. "I don't wanna live like I'm told on a miserable Sunday" lands like a heel through a locked door. Sleek but restless, the vocals tease while the guitars grind under fluorescent tension.
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GrimSkunk - United & Strong
Photo credit: Carl Thériault
Part of the new double single United & Strong / Nice Dice, Montreal veterans GrimSkunk come in swinging with chant-heavy punk force and street-level purpose. It feels built for arms over shoulders and boots hitting concrete in time. A unity song without softness; direct, loud, and meant to be shared in the open air.
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Black Market Heart - What Happens in the Dark
Taken from What Happens in the Dark - this Los Angeles post-punk burner lasts only 1:40 but leaves tire marks. "I don't have to be alone for a little while" cuts through distortion like a thought you didn't mean to say aloud. It sounds like freeway lights, stale smoke, and bad decisions made beautifully.
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Belvedere - Crimson
From Seven Years of Bad Luck (out June 19), Calgary's technical melodic hardcore lifers turn anxiety into velocity. "We're lost in these echoes all around" captures the modern sickness of noise, lies, and isolation, while the band tears through twists and turns with precision.
Furious, intelligent, and painfully human.
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Troubles - Promises
Taken from debut album Red Alert, this garage punk strike says more in under two minutes than many bands do in ten. "Why are all the horrors calling me baby girl" is brutal, bitter, and unforgettable - a confrontation of harassment and violence with no sugar coating. The guitars slash, the drums sprint, and the rage feels fully earned.
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