All right, you know what time it is. It is time for that convulse records update on their new releases.

Just about the best label going around right now. So let's get into it. We got a new EP from punitive damage. It is called hate training.

Picking up with the 2022 LP, this is the blackout left off. This EP delivers enormous direct hardcore across six tracks. Lyrically,

hate training addresses historic cycles of oppression and their echoes today. Sonically, it gives you

everything you want from hardcore without any bloat or excess. It is fast, aggressive, and loud.

Up next we got the debut LP from Public Opinion. It is called

Painted on Smile, one part ultra catchy punk, one part exorcism. It's an album that

reckons with self-loathing and self-doubted so thoroughly that by the end of it, maybe

things don't seem as cursed after all. Painted on Smile somehow draws together the melodicism of early Otts Rock, the intensity

of hardcore, and the spiky swagger of primordial punk into a surprisingly cohesive blend.

Lyrically, the album hinges on Hart's ability to capture existential frustration without

stumbling into self-pity. You can order these incredible records and see what else Convulse has to offer

when you visit convulse records.bantamp.com.

First ever podcast. first ever podcast.

Normally, this ever podcast.

Normally, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences

and their art form that led them to where they are today.

But that is not what we are doing for episode 221.

For this episode, it is a mailbag.

That means people were nice enough to write in via email, Patreon, Instagram, etc. Submitting questions to have me answer.

This episode is co-hosted and moderated by our editor-in-chief. Mr. Ryan Rainbow, the Little King. You'll understand that joke in a little bit.

This is only the second time I've

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