#independent — Public Fediverse posts

"subwoofer-testing bass, lazy, stripped-back but swinging beats and a taste of Lebanon permeate all the cuts"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/dj-plead-please-beats

Find Plead in the Slow World Playlist. Playlist:https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist

#beats #lebanon #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

“Fables” from Threnody, now available for Pre-Order on http://nihtgengapress.com, along with my two other volumes of poetry.

Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

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NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@JackTheCat/117218254151687579

And another one goes down:

And, btw @staff : why is the account of @JackTheCat hidden on mastodonsocial?

#TheCanary #fascism #left #censorhsip #journalism #independent #independentmedia

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1187831/ Burnham blames Brexit for ‘decade of low growth’ in UK #AndyBurnham #Brexit #Britain #Burnham #Commons #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #GreatBritain #independent #keir #KeirStarmer #Labour #MrBurnham #TheIndependent #UK #UnitedKingdom

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

Happy Birthday USerlandia 🎉🎂

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-206a-997e-cac6-267345556112

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

#Trump Fired the #Watchdogs. Their Replacements Have a Different Mission.

Trump is installing his allies in the offices of #InspectorGeneral, which are meant to provide #independent #government #oversight.

#GiftArticle

#law #corruption #RevengePolitics #LegalEthics #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/trump-inspector-general.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7lA.mZJ-.CdEXIhVgqg4R&smid=nytcore-ios-share

time for more coffee... ☕ ☕ :flag_scotlandparrot: ☮️ :yes_scotland:

I believe that #Scotland and the people of Scotland can be better served as an #independent Nation...

#ScottishIndependence... is the best way of having a progressive country and not have a corrupt #westminster pulling any of our levers of power...

"the UK is a #VoluntaryUnion" #myar*e

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tapeteberlin/117077897540858742

Die Story vom Grashüpfer- Teil 4 von 4

Songclip: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdxfGxFq/

„der grashüpfer ruft
der frosch solle sich zeigen es dauert nicht lange
und da stehen die beiden

frosch und fröschin köchin und koch
der grashüpfer verflucht der mücken stille post

vier rot funkelnde augen bereit ihn zu töten
er hat nichts mehr zu verlieren und springt in die höhe…“ …weiter in den Kommentaren

#rap #conscious #independent #grashüpfer

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tapeteberlin/117065924946353678

Die Story vom Grashüpfer- Teil 2 von 4

Song: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdxDvNaF/

„der grashüpfer weiß
jeder tag könne sein letzter sein und er spricht
gerade jetzt werde ich weiter feste feiern

die mücken schreien
die mücken reden auf ihn ein die mücken resignieren
und lassen den grashüpfer allein“ weiter in den Kommentaren:

#rap #conscious #independent #grashüpfer

Die Zeit der Debatten zieht an uns vorbei. Die Lunte war schon einmal leichter zu kappen, zu hassen ist gerade der heisseste Scheiß.

#rap #berlin #conscious #independent

https://youtube.com/shorts/vjMQ65fM7GQ?is=OQk4MocsjYAfx9AQ

They said it would never happen. They were wrong. The radio show is back.

https://hearthis.at/the-slow-music-movement-vs/01-tsmm-radio-show-84/

#slow #alternative #music #chill #downtempo #ambient #folk #soul #electronic #balearic #jazz #independent #artists

#Movie #Recommendations: I picked up #DustBunny (2025) from our #SomervilleMA library - it was a romp!
American #Independent #fantasy/#Weird #horror film, #BryanFuller's directoral debut, hitman #MadsMikkelsen enlisted to eliminate the monster that live under the bed of the 10yo next door. Kind of a Monsters Inc meets Twin Peaks in a lush Wes Anderson setting.

Sumptuous visuals, Sigourney Weaver, never knew where the plot was going to go, hadn't seen anything about it before we hit play. Not for kids, extended fight scenes with lots of flashing, lots of kid-dream-logic, 84/82% 🍅 .
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dust_bunny #film #WatchThis #Hannibal #PushingDaisies #DeadLikeMe #Wonderfalls #movies

https://www.fogolf.com/1318247/harry-kane-describes-surreal-golf-trip-with-donald-trump-2/ Harry Kane describes ‘surreal’ golf trip with Donald Trump #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #EnglandFootballTeam #Footballer #Golf #HarryKane #Independent #indy #news #PalmBeach #president #SurrealExperience #TheIndependent #trump #TrumpGolf

BIRTHDAY #SALE
15% OFF EVERYTHING ON KAIJURIOT.SHOP !

#ENAMELPINS #PLUSH + MORE!

NEW STOCK & PRE-ORDERS THAT HAS NEVER SEEN THE INTERNET!

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Ukraine update from Giorgio Provincialli:

What Russia can not claim, it destroys.
Desperate cruelty revealed in targeting civilian cathedrals and theatres. Since Russia can not rule Ukraine, they are trying to erase the culture and history of Ukraine.

Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help the world learn better: https://medium.com/@giorgioprovinciali/burning-cathedrals-losing-ground-russia-trades-territory-for-terror-aa9da7b01522?sk=0051cb532ef8e7d1767685e629d8868d

#ukraine #journalism #heroes #independent #news #press #war #russia #russiaisATerroristState #warcrimes #complicit #USA #trump #maga #cruelty #greed #billionaires #sociopaths #shame #fiends #evidence

"Chanson gets a nod, and so does hip hop, jazz and the blues, whilst soundtrack moments from classic Parisian cinema flash into view"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/philippe-lamiral-poirier-roméo-poirier-images-parlées-spoken-word

Find the Poiriers in the Slow Balearic Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#balearic #spokenword #alternative #independent #artist #brussels

@OklaBot This ⬆️ news from #Oklahoma once again shows that #politicians, and more importantly their handlers (aka #Lobbyists ), do NOT want you to be politically #Independent.

That tells you they fear #PrimaryFromTheCenter #StrategicVoting more than anything else. So…

*Just do it!*

#MATH #USpol

"It's a real end-of-night, smile-inducing, spirit-lifting joy"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sons-of-sevilla-forever-heaven-ubiquity-soul-balearic

Find SOS in the Slow Balearic Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#soul #balearic #independent #music #alternative #artist

"content to let the percussive loops and gentle ambient breeze elevate and usher the piano through the speakers"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/joris-voorn-michiel-borstlap-balearic

Find these gents in the Slow Balearic Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#balearic #paino #electronicmusic #music #independent #alternative #artist #amsterdam

"channeling his inner Bill Withers to go all gently funktified, Balearic yacht rock"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/gregory-ackerman-call-me-crazy-balearic

Find Ackerman in the Slow Balearic Playlist: Playlist:https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#balearic #yachtrock #music #independent #alternative #artist

"evoking lazy summer days, snuggly Sunday mornings and Balearic sunsets"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/fabiano-do-nascimento-e-ruscha-v-aquaticos-music-from-memory-balearic

Find the pair in the Slow Balearic Playlist.
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#balearic #electroacoustic #independent #alternative #artist #losangeles 

Rav x KB x Scuare – SKIN
#EXO #EXOCIETY #HipHopRap #KillBill #KillBill:TheRapper #Rav #Scuare #bedroomrap #experimentalhiphop #hiphop #independent #independenthiphop #indierap #melancholy #rap #undergroundhiphop #UnitedStates
CC BY (#CreativeCommons Attribution) #ccmusic
https://exocietymusic.bandcamp.com/album/skin

And #RussVought has refused to request money for the #CFPB from the #FederalReserve, which funds its operations. The bureau warned in court filings that it would run out of operating cash early next year.

The #Trump admin is pursuing a variety of changes to give it greater sway over how #independent #financial regulators, including the Fed, oversee #WallStreet. Trump’s appointees have slashed supervision staffing & curtailed the scope of agencies’ #bank exams.

#law #corruption #oversight

#Canadian political analyst @daviddoel.bsky.social is breaking down some highlights of the #NewYorkCity mayoral debate between #Democratic candidate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, #Republican candidate #CurtisSliwa, and #Independent candidate #AndrewCuomo. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🗳 #MamdaniNYC! youtu.be/s5nvBkI_72Y?...

Zohran Mamdani Dominates Wild ...

"The song doesn't waste any time getting straight into an easy, breezy yacht rocking groove that suggests the late seventies never went away"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/beach-for-tiger-a-matter-of-time-self-release-balearic

Find Beach for Tiger in the Slow Balearic Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#psychedelic #soul #balearic #slow #music #independent #artist #london

Hey everyone! I’m so excited to announce my brand new chapbook with Bottlecap Press! I’ve been working very hard on this for the past few months, and it’s finally here to share with you all!

SLT SHKR is an exploration of the memories that build the spirit, the life animating the body, and the fire inside the soul. It is a reflection of the ways we are bound to each other and a means of survival in daily fresh starts.

I’m so proud of this work, and I’m so proud to share it with you. You can purchase it today at https://bottlecap.press/products/sltsch

[ID: First image is blue crystalline book cover with white text for SLT SHKR by Carter Hemion on blue background with stars. Second image is poetry excerpt of "Last Stand" which reads: Blood pools in the sacred hourglass, / Salty sands dripping allegro con fuoco / (Consciousness fading just as quickly) / Knees knock locked in a deadly stance. / Fighting hopelessly, thighs quiver, / Last stand before worshipping dirt / (One stoned hit was all it took) / And all credit for walking was a ruse. End image description.]

#bottlecappress #amwriting #book #books #writing #smallpress #chapbook #chapbooks #independent #diy #zine #zines #bookstagram #books #poetrycommunity #poem #poems #poetrygram #poetrycollection #writerscommunity #writingcommunity #newbooks #bookclub

"strings float in and out of the soundscape adding a hint of heart wrenching melancholy to the warm guitar layers that evoke simpler Southern lifestyles"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/alucuo-regulus-self-relese

Find Alucuo in the Slow Balearic Playlist: 
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-balearic-playlist

#balearic #folk #artist #slow #music #independent #artist #sweden  

Nuclear Dudes – “Truth Paste” https://www.byteseu.com/1341488/ #Cybergrind #DeathMetal #grindcore #hardcore #independent #industrial #Metal #Nuclear #NuclearDudes #PelvisPresley #synthmetal #synthwave #TruthPaste #washington

Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025

By Angry Metal Guy

There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!

The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.

Runner(s) Up:

…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.

Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”

#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary

Harvested – Dysthymia Review

By Tyme

Despite a waning stigma, mental illness remains an oft-closeted topic, as those suffering from it struggle not only to cope but to discuss their struggles with others. Here to shed some of their death metal light on the matter are Canadian upstarts Harvested, with their independent debut full-length Dysthymia, which, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, is defined as a long-lasting form of mild depression. Touching on topics ranging from submitting to one’s long-bottled-up ‘shadow self’ (“Repressed Neurosis”) to the gluttonous way humans abuse the earth (“Unanchored”), something Harvested consider a form of mental illness, they’ve dialed back the lyrically gorier aspects of their eponymous 2022 EP to intensify the focus on their chosen theme. As evidenced by the beautifully rendered CJ Bertram cover art, which main guitarist Mitchi Dimitriadis says depicts ‘an individual in great mental turmoil’ and represents ‘the abstract visualization of the chaos that is the human brain,’ it’s clear that Harvested are committed to the subject. The only question left to answer is whether it’s worth reaping what Harvested’s Dysthymia hopes to have sown.

Nostalgically anchored in 1990s and early 2000s death metal, Harvested also incorporate modern elements of slam and tech-death into the mix to achieve Dysthymia’s goal. This is one brutal fucking record, and from the get, you realize Harvested aren’t messing about, as Dysthymia mashes the potatoes and pulls the meaty steaks off the grill, a muscle-bound manifestation of their Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, and Deicide (“Harvested,” “The Infestation”) influences. Dimitriadis’ and Vitto Oh’s guitar harmonics are pinched harder than Grier‘s butt cheeks at an enema convention, ensorcelled by viscerally blistering riffs, technically proficient leads, and tornadic, swirling solos. Jacob Collins’ drums1 crack skulls and pummel sternums with whirling fills and destructive double-kicks while Eric Forget’s bass lines remember everything necessary to keep things rumbling along. Adam Semler’s vocals, primarily an homage to George Fisher’s chesty aggression and Glenn Benton’s demonic discernibility, also share elements with Cattle Decapitation’s Travis Ryan at his most high-pitched and raspy. For such a young band, Harvested have planted a flag on the death metal scene, and Dysthymia is the wind through which that flag furls, filled with exuberant, energy-filled performances and solid songwriting.

With highlights aplenty, Dysthymia demands attention by way of its genuine songcraft and near flawless execution. I found myself stank-faced and sweaty through many a listen, whether basking in the glow of galloping riffs and percussive bass on “Unending Madness” or taking in the detailed technicality of the Soreption and The Zenith Passage influenced “Designed Dilemma,” a song that chugs so hard through its last ninety seconds I nearly gave myself whiplash. My favorite track, “Gathered and Deluded,” is a Cattle Decapitation-tinted slammer with pinched harmonic progressions that have been living rent-free in my head for weeks as Forget’s bass marches in flurrying lockstep with Collins’ robotically precise drums, and Selmer channels his best inner Travis Ryan. Harvested is one tight-knit outfit, belying their relatively brief existence and sounding like a band that’s been together much longer.

I’d argue the efforts of Harvested’s “sixth member” deserve as much credit for the success Dysthymia should garner as the band themselves, and that is the excellent work Joe Lyko performed from the booth at Darkmoon Productions. Lyko’s mix and master slathers Dimitriadis’ and Oh’s guitar work in a tone that, for me, defies obvious comparison, as bright and bouncy as it is deadly and devastating. Like a calculated throat punch, it was the first thing that hit me when album opener, “Harvested,” launched, holding my rapt attention all the way through to “The Infestation,” an excellent close to Dysthymia’s very manageable thirty-two-minute runtime. Each instrument exists within its own space, breathing freely and intertwining with high-definition clarity, thereby topping this auditorily successful sundae with a big, fat, juicy cherry.

Lyrically poignant, brutally heavy, and bursting with engagingly twisted, hook-filled instrumentation, Dysthymia is a helluva debut, and one Harvested should be proud of. As poetically as I have waxed, I still believe there’s room for Harvested to grow. God help those who might lay their ears on a sophomore effort from this line-up, should they remain intact. Rest assured, I’ll definitely be watching and waiting. For now, however, I wholeheartedly recommend you spend some long-lasting, quality time with Dysthymia.

Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320kbps mp3
Label: Self-Released
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: August 1st, 2025

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