Season to Risk’s pivotal, genre-bending record In a Perfect World returns for its 30th Anniversary on Record Store Day Black Friday on November 28th. Fully remastered with updated artwork, a handwritten lyric innersleeve, and newly discovered line drawings by Derek Hess, this special edition is pressed on Baby Blue vinyl and limited to 1500 copies. Contact your local independent record store now to reserve your copy and get more info about the re-issue here.

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Boys Life is back with brand new music. The legendary Kansas City band returns with the Ordinary Wars EP, a powerful new chapter from a band that never stopped playing the blues…even when they were called something else. We're thrilled to premiere the new music video for the first single, “Ordinary War" today at SPIN. Watch the video and pre-order the EP on limited edition vinyl at the link in our bio. Each copy of Ordinary Wars is a work of art: housed in a numbered, die-cut letterpress jacket crafted by Hammerpress...

Forged through grief and grounded in brotherhood, 84 Tigers return with Nothing Ends, a towering, emotionally charged album that explores the tension between sorrow and hope. Led by brothers Mike and Ben Reed (Small Brown Bike) and Jono Diener (The Swellers), the Michigan trio channels epic melody and crushing heaviness into songs that feel both urgent and timeless. Written in the wake of personal loss and spiritual reckoning, the album features contributions from Rocky Votolato and Seaweed’s Aaron Stauffer and stands as a raw, cathartic reflection on love, mortality, and the will to keep going. Watch the music video for...

Shiner’s brand new album BELIEVEYOUME arrives September 26th. It’s their most dynamic and devastating work yet, a career-defining statement three decades in the making. Over the past thirty years, Shiner has redefined heavy, melodic rock, evolving from the raw power of their early years into something more layered, dynamic, and emotionally resonant.On BELIEVEYOUME, the band channels that evolution into a set of songs that feel immediate yet timeless, balancing their signature heaviness with newfound space and vulnerability. Recorded largely live at bassist Paul Malinowski’s Massive Sound studio and shaped with the help of mixer Mario Quintero (Spotlights), the record captures a...

We’re excited to welcome Vancouver’s By A Thread to the Spartan Records family. Their first new album in 15 years, Mirrored Life, arrives September 12th. Originally forged in Vancouver’s late-’90s post-hardcore scene, By A Thread first left their mark with Last of the Daydreams, a Revelation Records cult favorite that paired soaring melody with raw emotional weight. Now, after lineup changes and years of quiet, the band returns with their most dynamic and cathartic record yet. Heavy, brooding, and drenched in reverb, Mirrored Life channels grief, growth, and hard-won perspective into a sound that feels both vital and timeless. The...