Virginia post-hardcore band pulses. have announced a new album, It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This, due September 29 via Oh Word? Records (pre-order). It was recorded, produced, and mixed by the band’s own Caleb Taylor, and it features guest vocals from Carson Pace (The Callous Daoboys), Hansel Romero (Nightlife), Joey Lancaster (Belle), Gavin Cole, Sierra Binondo (With Sails Ahead), Ben Rockwood (Granite State), and more, plus horns by JER.
It includes recent singles “Run The Ghouls” and “Different Strokes,” as well as the just-released “Loafers With the White Socks,” which features Hansel Romero, Joey Lancaster, and Gavin Cole. While the first two singles embrace the chaotic hardcore/mathcore/sasscore vibes that this band is best known for, “Loafers” takes pulses. in a more theatrical direction with soaring clean vocals. All three singles have brought something different to the table, and they’ve got us excited to hear what the rest of this album has in store. Listen below.
Tracklist
1. Different Strokes
2. Run the Ghouls
3. Loafers With the White Socks (feat. Hansel Romero, Joey Lancaster, & Gavin Cole)
4. Ain’t Got No Ceiling
5. Honesty, Honestly (feat. Sierra Binondo)
6. Ask A Unc
7. Take A Look, Y’all (feat. Ben Rockwood)
8. Them Phones (feat. JER)
9. Kupo!
10. Heaven or Helvetica
11. It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This
12. But It Is (feat. Carson Pace)