Rip Room’s debut album Alight and Resound comes out in just over two weeks! We’re stoked to team up with Post Trash to premiere the new song “Dead When It Started.” Some highlights:• Rip Room trade between muscle and melody, dexterity and wonkiness• Rip Room play post-hardcore music with an air of art pop exuberance• Rip Room’s songs are tightly wound and serrated at the edges• The new single bounces with a circular post-punk guitar groove reminiscent of the Devo classic “Girl U Want”If that’s not enough, the song also features drummer Gracie Malley pounding away on a car fender...

Mountain Time's new single “Meet The Kid” is streaming everywhere now! The song is a joyous Kinks-ian romp through the kaleidoscopic visions of lead-provocateur Chris Simpson’s mind and pen. The scene opens under a Big Top and proceeds through a vast cornucopia of dioramas (from the crush of middle school hallways to the Christmas markets of Old Berlin; past angel choirs, Siren Songs of soul-stealing thieves, and peril at sea) all in search of an elusive Golden Child, who isn’t paralyzed with fear or uncertainty at the weight of it all. In the end it’s never clear if the “kid”...

Please welcome Florida indie/emo heroes Pohgoh to the Spartan Family! The new J. Robbins produced album du und ich is the foursome’s most ambitious outing yet, a confident, eclectic release that showcases the band’s strengths in a bright new light. It’s more than another great album; it’s a collective anthem of survival, a refutation of all that would break us down. Look for it everywhere this fall and stay tuned for more news and music in the months to come!

Unwed Sailor's The Faithful Anchor (20th Anniversary Edition) vinyl has finally shipped and to celebrate, we’re excited to share a live performance of “The House of Hopes” from the band’s new Live at CommVess EP. Grab a copy of the newly remastered The Faithful Anchor on limited edition vinyl and Live at CommVess on yellow cassette in the Spartan store.

Spartan Records proudly introduces 84 Tigers, a new project from Michigan punk/post-hardcore mainstays Mike and Ben Reed and Jono Diener. After nearly two decades of perennial touring and releases with their previous critically-adored outfits, Small Brown Bike and The Swellers, 84 Tigers has emerged as the musicians' new platform for both collaboration and performance. The demoing process began in early 2021 based on song ideas Mike had been working on through the COVID quarantine in 2020. In October 2021, after months of preparation, 84 Tigers recorded 10 songs with Marc Jacob Hudson (Against Me!, Taking Back Sunday) at Rancho Recordo...