Upcoming Releases

California punk band Human Issue share the final preview off their upcoming album In Flesh, set for release June 5th through Smartpunk Records. "The World Is Your Oyster" delivers a positive message over breakneck riffs and roaring dual vocal delivery from Hunter Martinez and Matthew Watkins. The high speed video for the song was shot and edited by Justin Eckley and Dylan Buck at Psychic Youth Large. 

Speaking further on the track’s lyrics, Martinez shares: “It took a long time for me to make a change for myself because I felt like I “needed” to be stuck to something I wasn’t happy with. The song is about feeling the sense of freedom that change can bring when you let yourself free of burden - letting go of something that you don’t care to hold onto anymore.”

Fast, direct, and stripped of excess, In Flesh pairs short-burst songwriting with sharp, poetic lyrics and a strict “get in, get out” approach. Most songs land under two minutes, packing hardcore aggression, flashes of melody, harsh riffs, and relentless drums into a tight nine-track, fifteen-minute release. In Flesh was produced by vocalist Hunter Martinez, Bryan Lothian (of A Global Threat) and Alex Jacobelli (Negative Blast), who also engineered and mixed, with mastering by Nick Townsend at Townsend Mastering.

In Flesh track listing:

1. In Flesh
2. The World Is Your Oyster
3. Vice
4. Circles
5. Clocks Bow. Trees Frown.
6. Waking
7. Medicate
8. More Of The Same
9. Observer