Unstable Shapes

Thanks to Andre and Operation X-RAY for saying such nice things about our live cover of Rites Of Spring’s “For Want Of” and for giving it a spin. If you’re not already following Operation X-RAY, you’re missing out on some really excellently curated stuff so get to it!

Operation XRAY ep 222 - April 10, 2026

LINK: https://on.soundcloud.com/84qRgYfhvp5xkbLaWy

Classic Rippers
1. GLOOP “Salamander“
Album: The Tourist
(June 2018) Baltimore, MD, USA
2. These Arms Are Snakes “La Stanza Bianca“
Album: Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When It’s Antelope Go Home
(Sept 2004) Seattle, WA, USA

New Amazing

Chapter 1
NOISE ROCK 0hr5m36s
3. APE AMP “Worse”
Album: S/T EP
(TBR April 24, 2026) Bordeaux, France
Flippin' Freaks Records
4. Wealthy Women “Take This Back”
Single (April 3, 2026) SF, CA, USA
5. CS Cleaners “What’s That?”
Album: What’s This?
(TBR June 26, 2026) Brooklyn, NY, USA
6. Makeshift Art Bar “Chocolate”
Single (April 8, 2026) Belfast, UK
7. Hammok “Gooning For Free”
Album: When Does This Place Become Our Scene
(TBR June 1, 2026) Oslo, Norway
Sargent House

Chapter 2
POST PUNK 0hr25m48s
8. Bad//Dreems “Kangaroo Skull”
Album: Ultra Dundee
(Mar 20, 2026) Adelaide, Australia
9. Unstable Shapes “For Want Of (Rites of Spring Cover)”
Single (March 27, 2026) Minneapolis, MN, USA
Learning Curve Records Forbidden Place Records
10. Getdown Services “Scrub It”
Single w/ The Radiator (April 1, 2026) Bristol, UK
11. Edging “Scam Likely”
Album: Unload Your Shame
(TBR June 26, 2026) Chicago, IL, USA
Hex Records
12. My Wife Is An Angel “Lil Bug“
Album: keep honking i’m about to fu***ng kill myself
(TBR April 24, 2026) Philadelphia, PA, USA
Knife Hits, GRIMGRIMGRIM, Broken Cycle

Chapter 3
GARAGE NOISE PUNK 0hr43m12s
13. Iguana Death Cult “Reckless Running”
Album: Guns Out
(April 10, 2026) The Netherlands
14. Cairo Jag “Terminal Existence”
Single (TBR April 13, 2026) Indianapolis, IN, USA
15. Lacross Club “Spar Song”
Album: Blesh
(Feb 6, 2026) Tenby, UK
REPEAT RECORDS
16. Dion Lunadon “Dead Or Alive”
Single (March 27, 2026) Brooklyn, NY, USA
17. Stepmother “Vacant State”
Album: Absurdus Manifestus
(April 10, 2026) Melbourne, Australia

Chapter 4
WEIRDOS 0hr56m51s
18. SUGARHORSE “Ex Human Sheild”
Album: Not A Sound In Heaven
(April 9, 2026) Bristol, UK
19. Cheap Teen “Beach Death”
Album: Out Of Nothing
(April 3, 2026) Maisons Alfort, France
20. Orcutt Shelley Miller “Hot Head (featuring David Yow)”
Single (April 7, 2026) SF, CA, USA
21. Hyper Gal “Tinnitus”
Album: Our Hyper
(April 10, 2026) Japan
Skin Graft Records

Chapter 5
SCREAMO/SKRAMZ 1hr14m25s
22. Portrayal Of Guilt “Human Terror”
Album: Beginning Of The End
(TBR April 24, 2026) Austin, TX, USA
23. L’idylle “Phlegton”
Album: Pardon pour mon absence, je suis allé mourir a l’abri des regards
(TBR April 12, 2026) France
No Funeral Records
24. Knumears “One Light, sunshine”
Album: Directions
(April 3, 2026) CA, USA
25. Gravess “deconstruction patterns”
Album: losing everything that makes life beautiful
(Jan 21, 2026) Germany
Zegema Beach Records

Chapter 6
SHOEGAZE 1hr28m21s
26. The Same Sky “Sad Songs”
Album: Haunting In The Mountains
(April 2, 2026) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
27. Airline “Tourniquet”
Album: Koi
(April 11, 2026) Sydney, Australia
28. Cherry Pick “Aster”
Single (April 7, 2026) Vancouver, BC, Canada
29. Weird Nightmare “Where I Belong”
Single (April 2, 2026) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Classic Rippers 1hr43m24s
30. These Arms Are Snakes “Big News“
Album: Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When It’s Antelope Go Home
(Sept 2004) Seattle, WA, USA
31. Gloop “Who Ate The Sun?“
Album: The Tourist
(June 2018) Baltimore, MD, USA
22. These Arms Are Snakes “Darlings of New Midnight“
Album: Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When It’s Antelope Go Home
(Sept 2004) Seattle, WA, USA
33. Gloop “Samurai Birthday“
Album: The Tourist
(June 2018) Baltimore, MD, USA
34. These Arms Are Snakes “The S**t Sisters“
Album: Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When It’s Antelope Go Home
(Sept 2004) Seattle, WA, USA



LINK: https://on.soundcloud.com/84qRgYfhvp5xkbLaWy

Our live cover of the Rites of Spring classic “For Want Of” is available now wherever you listen to music.

This recording is taken from our 4th show ever (April 26th, 2023 at Icehouse Mpls) and was originally engineered and mixed by Ryan Mach with post-production mixing and mastering by Knol Tate. It first appeared on the Learning Curve Records & Forbidden Place Records compilation Escape to Weird Mountain Volume 11 (and we still encourage you to pick up that rad slab of rock on Bandcamp) but we got such nice feedback about it, we wanted to give it a wider release. We hope you enjoy it. If you do, share it around or whatever.

All revenue from this song will be donated to MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee.

Hello from the frontlines of Minnesota!

As you (hopefully) are aware, the Twin Cities, specifically our immigrant community, have been under a prolonged siege of terror by ICE thugs for several weeks now. Innocent people have been abducted in the most brutal way and 2 people have been murdered simply for standing up for our neighbors. While national news coverage has seemingly gotten bored and moved on, things are still very bad here.

To that end, our label, Learning Curve Records, is teaming up with Forbidden Place Records (both of which are based in Minnesota) to release a compilation called Escape To Weird Mountain Volume 11 which will benefit MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, an all-volunteer, grassroots, multiracial, and multinational immigrant rights mass-movement organization. MIRAC fights for legalization for all, an end to immigration raids and deportations, an end to all anti-immigrant laws, and full equality in all areas of life.

The list of artists on this comp is unreal: Chat Pile, Blacklisters, In Lieu, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Christy Costello, Buildings, Scrunchies, and about 20 more!

We contributed a live cover of Rites of Spring's “For Want Of” (with a tiny nod to Soul Asylum’s “Somebody To Shove”) from our 3rd show ever. As all the jazzbos might say: “It’s a fun piece.” We couldn’t be more proud to stand with the other artists on the album in support of the people who contribute so much to our community.

You can (and should) purchase it today (since it’s Bandcamp Friday) in the comments below👇

Stay strong, stay loud, we love you!
US

P.S. If you're in Minnesota, we'll see you tomorrow at Cloudland Theater for the Battery Eyes album release show with In Lieu and Laura Larson. It's going to be a real scene!

I (Cahak) was thrilled and honored to lay down some hot vox on the new Battery Eyes track. Czech it out wherever you get your music and come to the album release show next Saturday at Cloudland Theater with us, In Lieu, and Laura Larson. All ticket sales go to support MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee and this will probably sell out so get ‘em now. Event link in the comments.

This song RIPS!
I can say that without sounding conceited, right? I had very little to do with it.
It was written and sung by Johnny and our good bud, Andrew Cahak of Unstable Shapes.

You can find it on any streaming service now, or on our new LP, Zero Three out next week!

An incalculably large thanks to Brad Gunnarson and Cardinal Sun Records for all of the support throughout the years, especially 2025 which was our biggest year yet. Make sure to follow Cardinal Sun Records for lots of cool stuff coming down the line.