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Alabama hardcore coming straight for your neck. Photograph by Nick Chance On July 10th, No Cure will release their debut album, It Is Going To Get Dark, via SharpTone Records, and much like the album title suggests, lead single Convulsing In The Dark introduces a downright punishing, emotionally charged listen rooted in harrowing subject matter. This is one record ripe for the live setting, and with dates set across the summer (dates below), chaos awaits. Vocalist Blaythe Steuer comments on...

In celebration of the sharp, emotionally charged blend of post-hardcore intensity and melodic vulnerability. Out now via Century Media.