Violent Treatment

We return to the microphone to catch up on some recent gigs we've seen and then pick our favorite hc releases of 2025 thus far. Combust, Grand Scheme, Bulls Shitt, Age of Apocalypse, and much more.  Buy our zine: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/violent-treatment-fanzine-2 Intro song: Combust - "Belly of the Beast" (Live) Outro song: Told Not to Worry - "Tonight, We Die in Battle"

Vlad of Delayed Gratification Records joins us to talk about his label's past, present, and future. Then, we argue for which Mental release is better: 'Get An Oxygen Tank' or 'Planet Mental.'  Buy vol. 2 of the Violent Treatment zine: https://violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/violent-treatment-fanzine-2 https://delayedgratificationrecords.bandcamp.com/ Intro song: Innervision- "Ties" Outro song: Mental - "Hate Me Now" 

Writer and Endless Scroll co-host Miranda Reinert joins us to look back on "the wave" of post-hardcore from the early 2010s: Touché Amoré, La Dispute, Defeater, etc. and how all of those groups helped filter our generation into hardcore.  Buy Miranda's magazine: https://www.twoflatpress.com/shop/p/portable-model-issue-2?ref=aplan.fyi Subscribe to Miranda's newsletter: https://www.aplan.fyi/ Intro song: La Dispute - "Damaged Goods" Outro song: Drug Church - "Slide 2 Me"

It's just the two of us this week as we tackle a few new releases: Jivebomb's 'Ethereal,' Ingrown's 'Idaho,' and the D-Bloc/Bad Beat split. Then, we dig into the archives and review the 1989 Dischord Records comp, 'State of the Union' -- feat. Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Scream, and many other D.C.-area groups.  Intro song: Ingrown - "Bullet" Outro song: Shudder to Think - "Let It Ring" 

Michael of new Pittsburgh hardcore band Madman joins us to talk about some late-career albums by classic hardcore bands: Black Flag, Bad Brains, Warzone, Integrity, and Sick of It All. Intro song: Bad Brains - "Long Time" Outro song: Warzone - "Countdown"