San Francisco hardcore wrecking crew, announce their self-titled new album of ultra abrasive hc, due out September 13th via Convulse Records. Upcoming Shows w/ GEL, MSPAINT, Sunami and more.

The album is 14 tracks in 15 minutes, with no distortion pedals in sight: just guitar amps turned up so paint-peelingly loud that the notes turn into knives. This is fast, primal, genuinely abrasive hardcore–not in a “your parents won’t like this” way, but rather in a “your friend with a Black Flag tattoo who regularly attends basement punk shows might still find this to be a bit too much” way. To mark the announcement the band have shared three tracks from Fentanyl, ‘Or So I Thought’, ‘Blind’, ‘Detached’. All three songs combined still clock in well under three minutes, but pack a punch of razor sharp riffs and spit-flecked vocals that are sure to hit the spot for any fan of properly unhinged hardcore. Featuring members of Spiritual Cramp, SPY, World Peace, Fentanyl brings some of the California punk scene’s best players into one wildly intense band. It is a reminder of the innate divisiveness still at the heart of hardcore a world of music that, at its best, welcomes anyone, but also just isn’t for everyone. “I would say the record is a racket,” explains vocalist Kenneth Turner. “It’s loud like any hardcore record should be, it’s jarring, it’s hella bright, and even though the guitars aren’t very distorted, it still has moments where it’s heavy.” Distortion might seem like a key component to most music under the wide umbrella of punk, but Fentanyl favor sharply shiny, treble-cranked tones that somehow scratch the same caustic itch as a dimed out drive pedal. “I grew up listening to punk on shitty, tinny stock car speakers so I always kinda always wanted Fentanyl to sound like you were listening to it in a 2003 Honda Civic” says Turner. “I do think I’ve taken that a bit to the extreme in terms of tone, but at the end of the day it sets us apart.”

Fentanyl tracklist:
1. Or So I Thought
2. Blind
3. Ever Ending
4. Further
5. Avoidant
6. I Can’t Recall
7. Hyper Focus
8. Stress Starve
9. Detached
10. Real Me
11. Brackish Water
12. Spiral
13. Gazes Back
14. Silver Hour

Upcoming Shows:
10/02 Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge #
10/06 Boise, ID @ El Korah Shrine %

# w/ GEL, MSPAINT, Destiny Bond, The Mall, Mexican Coke
% w/ Sunami, Ingrown, Torn, Apex Predator, Mexican Coke, Asbestos