PNEUMONIA BREATH

Maggie, Nathan and Spencer from First Day Back join us on the pod today!We discuss their debut album “Forward” and their overnight blow up, we chat about everything from environmental studies to music enjoyers, origin stories, their Santa Cruz scene, hotstuff productions, their recording process, lyrical journeys, becoming hood famous, best friends forever, property destruction, arson, a good sock up, breakcore, German hard style & tinnitus.

Debuting a new HKFY song on the podcast with Christian Hell this week.Christian Hell from Hong Kong Fuck You / All You Need Is Kill is back to fuck the show up with a new song debut and many laughs. We discuss everything from marx maxers to his recent Japan tour, hentai, tengas, getting naked, goatse, jenkem, the Hellverse, merchcore, zoofiles, Godzilla, Calvin Kleins, art inspo, contrabass, negative IQ caveman music, a rig & gear rundown, pew pew noises, gospel chops, the hellbell, romance, Mongolian throat singing and the upcoming HKFY plans for 2025.

Crochet guitarist Zach Tarzi joins us this week for a chat.We discuss the latest Crochet album “Cherish” and their 2025 plans. We also chat about everything from practicing Italian to political philosophy, law school, origin stories of the band, danger music, music industry exploitation, the feeling of war, hateful birds, the composition process, the different kinds of effort, Jake’s back, best friends forever, nostalgia, corporate structure in the genre, meditative modes, throwing glass, recession pop, metronomes, being too twinked out, affliction and so much more.

New Iowa city screamo act thisworldisnotkind kicked off my new year on January 3rd with a heavy EP release that’s been nominated for two Skrammy Awards this year, thisworldisnotkind, or TWINK for short, is being nominated for "Best New Jacks of 2025" and "Best Screamo EP of 2025" for their release titled “death”.Today I’m beyond excited to chat with Laela so we can get into their lore and find out where TWINK is headed.We proudly present to you our first episode in a new series of NJAP content..NOT JUST A PHASE: THIS HOUR HAS 30 MINUTES OR LESS WITH THISWORLDISNOTKINDTHE UPCOMING 2025 SKRAMMY AWARDS SHOW AND BONUS CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR FREE ONLY ON PATREON.COM/NOTJUSTAPHASEWORLDWIDE

Chelsea from the Sadder Star radio show is on the podcast this week to chat with us about her origins and her love of emo music.We get into her lore and everything else from mall emo to “real emo”, jocks, vans warped tour, Arizona & Texas scene, suburbia, online songs, live journal, blink 182 chat rooms, fourfa, what the heck is emo anyway, long walks to the record store, trivia, common wealth, top shelf records, new DIY venues, Midwest emo, “emo rap”, rare physicals, revolution summer, Craven Moorehead, 90s emo art aesthetic, words of no small intent, emo archiving, deep cuts & doing normal stuff.

Gus and Brian from Ostraca join us on the podcast for a chat this week.We discuss everything from the Big O to Steve-O, the wild west of the internet, rocking and wrenching, the shed, the warehouse, the hole, homemade merch, committing to strange dating apps, pirating legends, psychedelic jazz, Oanon, their writing process, a potential Ostraca cover, the secret formula, the rig rundown, the Danny sauce, skronky saxs, so soft hit syndrome, the tourachnid, nightcore Jones, 60s folk and #ostracaforever

The fabulous four from Febuary are on the show this week to chat with usRila, Abby, Airon & Steph join us to chat about DDR and being goofsters, stacking clips, origin stories, best friends, the growing DIY Vegas scene, black bear diner, first bands, best friends forever, sound and fury, the shed, emo demon possession, dreams and almost reunions, SoundCloud rap, smoking a bean, being a gatherer, Ouija boards, shoegaze, overrated songs, acompliments and a shoutout to #febnation.

This week from Dylan and Nick from Pneumonia Breath come on the pod to chat.We discuss everything from pit injuries to foot fetishes, headbangers ball, non derogatory metalcore, cringey content, good morning PB, yappers by default, being a diva, Ontario hardcore scene, music videos, wormwood records, arena metalcore, cop chases, OSHA violations, wrasslin & freeballin.

Grady Allen of Anxious returns to the show this week to discuss the bands new album “Bambi” and the bands plans for 2025.We discuss everything from school to touring plans, full circle moments, inspirations behind the upcoming album, art aesthetics, their writing and recording process, Japan, adjusting to changes, unique merch, jankxious, Connecticut straight edge, I think you should leave, fire ants, rocking with Christ and so much more.

Lemus and Ben from Stateside join us this week for a chat.We discuss everything from zoboomafoo to origin stories, podcasts, coffee, the long beach scene, quarantine productions, future goals and plans, letting the food speak for itself, tour memories, hotel shenanigans, scooby doo, TikTok hardcore, using the amenities, Twitter while driving, murder porn, guilty pleasure music, ancient phones and more.