Crucial Releases: February 13
New music from PONY, Converge, Remember Sports, Brent Faiyaz, and Katzin. A little indie pop, metal, alt country, R&B, and indie rock for your ears.
TLDR: This Week's Featured Albums
Clearly Cursed by PONY
Released: February 13, 2026 on Take This to Heart Records
FFO: Charly Bliss, Beach Bunny, Velocity Girl, Momma, illuminati hotties
Your first song: Clearly Cursed
Love Is Not Enough by Converge
Released: February 13, 2026 on Epitaph Records
FFO: Botch, Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Terror, Coalesce
Your first song: Bad Faith
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What a fun week for new music! I’ve got a handful of new releases I think you should pay attention to… and I don’t think you could possibly pick two featured albums as different from each other as these two records.
Featured Picks
First up is the new PONY record, Clearly Cursed, out on Take This To Heart Records. Clearly Cursed is their third full length record, following up 2023’s Velveteen and their 2021 debut, TV Baby. Fans of indie pop like Beach Bunny, Velocity Girl, and Charly Bliss will love this record.
The second featured record is Love Is Not Enough from metalcore/mathcore legends Converge. Their 11th (!!!) full length record since 1994, it’s my favorite from them in over a decade and definitely a top 5 record in terms of their entire discography. If you love the genre, you most definitely know Converge… but don’t sleep on this release regardless.
Honorable Mentions
The Refrigerator by Remember Sports
- 💿 Released: 13 February on Get Better Records
- 🤘 FFO: alt-country x indie rock, Ratboys, Adult Mom, Cayetana
- 🎧 Your first song: “Across the Line”
- 💰 Support: Bandcamp
Icon by Brent Faiyaz
- 💿 Released: 13 February on ISO Supremacy
- 🤘 FFO: R&B/soul, Daniel Caesar, Frank Ocean
- 🎧 Your first song: “wrong faces.”
- 💰 Support: Official Site
Buckaroo by Katzin
- 💿 Released: 13 February on Mexican Summer
- 🤘 FFO: Sword II, Dirt Buyer, Cardinals, atmospheric indie rock
- 🎧 Your first song: “Wild Horses”
- 💰 Support: Official Site