Surface Noise Weekly: 13 June 2026
Issue 1 — June 2026
New vinyl you need to know about
A strong week anchored by two of the most significant new releases of the year so far. MONO return with their most emotionally weighted record in 25 years, and BIG|BRAVE push further into devastating guitar territory than ever before. Alongside them, fresh records from La Sécurité, YHWH Nailgun and Angine De Poitrine make this one of the most interesting weeks for new music in a while.
Snowdrop
MONO
Recorded at Electrical Audio with Brad Wood stepping in following the death of longtime collaborator Steve Albini, Snowdrop carries an extra emotional weight without ever being crushed by it. A 10-piece orchestra and 8-piece choir surround eight pieces that feel like grief slowly becoming gratitude. One of the most significant records in MONO’s 25-year history.
In Grief Or In Hope
BIG|BRAVE
The Montreal trio push further into guitar-oriented territory on this new record, layering vulnerability inside frenetic storms of electro-acoustic sound. It’s a denser, more guitar-focused record than anything they’ve done before, without losing the devastating emotional precision that makes them one of the most compelling bands working right now.
Magazine
YHWH Nailgun
Ten tracks in eleven minutes. YHWH Nailgun’s debut on 4AD pulls jazz fusion, noise rock, post-punk and grindcore down to the bone, leaving only what’s essential. Pitchfork gave it an 8.0 and called it a structural marvel; the Line of Best Fit said it barely sounds human. The LP and CD follow on August 21.
Bingo!
La Sécurité
The Montreal five-piece’s second album is out now on green splatter vinyl. Polyrhythms, counter-intuitive chord changes, and harmonic dissonance, shaped into something that feels urgently alive. MOJO called it a gleeful revival of the kind of post-punk pop that Le Tigre once made their own.
Vol. II
Angine De Poitrine
Brothers Klek and Khn de Poitrine return with a second album of densely packed psych-rock and disco-funk that plays like techno in its constant subtracting and adding of evolving motifs. Bonkers in the best possible way. Piccadilly Records have stock but note some copies are still on their way.