The Pickup

Bands and new music for fans of isis

  • Abrasive post rock?

Providence in Exile EP

by Caretaker

Caretaker are a band that could never quite split up - Here's an EP of session tracks and demos from our last album to mark the tenth anniversary of its release, but I got the date wrong so it came out on the eleventh anniversary...

For fans of
  • Post-Metal, Sludge, Post-rock, Post-hardcore

Beautiful Desolate

by KOLLAPS\E

We present "Beautiful Desolate" the 2nd single from our upcoming album, Phantom Centre. Its about the idea of looking glass self and how a distorted view can make your mind wander off to unhealthy places. And the difficulty to break out of that state of desolation.

For fans of
  • Post-Metal

Seek the Unkindred

by Wren

Seek the Unkindred is the first song we have released from our forthcoming new record GROUNDSWELLS, which is out on June 26th - some experimental post-metal for your ears.

For fans of
  • Post Metal, classic Dischord hardcore

Pelican

Pelican, the instrumental quartet whose singular vision of heavy music eschews classification, have announced their first full length in six years, Nighttime Stories, is due June 7th via Southern Lord Recordings.

For fans of
  • Doom, Sludge, Shoegaze,

Spotlights

Spotlights, the Brooklyn-based band are set to release second album "Love & Decay" on 26 April via Ipecac Recordings. Their music is iron tone in a velvet glove: striking with full force, perfectly balancing a weight that's also sublime in it's beauty.

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