Weird Nightmare, the power pop-leaning project from METZ guitarist and singer Alex Edkins, has shared an official video for the new single “Forever Elsewhere,” available today on all digital service providers. Co-produced with Jim Eno of Spoon “Forever Elsewhere” is an upbeat and invigorating blast of rock guitar and irresistible hooks. It illustrates a clear departure from the lo-fi bedroom recordings of the Weird Nightmare debut LP and a big step forward into wide screen high-fidelity, shout-along anthems.
Edkins says about the song: “‘Forever Elsewhere’ is the most optimistic song I’ve written to date. I wanted to send an unequivocal positive message into the world. The line ‘Love, it will come,’ summarizes the overall theme: if things feel hopeless and the world is bleak, don’t give up, keep pushing. I like to think of it as a pep talk wrapped in fuzzy guitars.
I recorded with Seth Manchester (he engineered the last two METZ records) and Jim Eno (Spoon), and we tracked this one really quickly. Drummer Loel Campbell (Wintersleep) and Roddy Kuester (Julianna Riolino/Sadies) nailed it in 2 takes, and you can really hear the ramshackle energy in the song where the wheels almost fall off a couple of times. We tried to keep it loose.”
You can watch the charming and very fun new video here and now, shot on Super 8 film, and directed by long-time collaborator and friend, Colin Medley.
The band is confirmed to perform live on Oct. 10th at Nowadays Festival in Halifax and Oct. 11th at Sportsmans in Charlottetown, Canada with more North American touring to follow in 2026.
Best known as the vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of Toronto noise rock legends METZ, Edkins has allowed his pop sensibilities to flourish under the Weird Nightmare moniker, releasing a full-length album in 2022 and a series of ultra-catchy singles on Sub Pop Records. Imagine The Breeders covering Big Star, or the gloriously hissy miniature epics of classic-era Guided by Voices combined with the bombast of Copper Blue-era Sugar—just tons of red-line distortion cut with the type of tunecraft that thrills the moment it hits your ears.
What people have been saying about Weird Nightmare:
“Weird Nightmare is all about hooks and melody. Still delivered with levels in the red, but these are ultracatchy powerpop songs first and foremost, and really good ones at that.” - Brooklyn Vegan
“The debut Weird Nightmare album from METZ guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins is a hook-filled set of blown-out power-pop with distorted guitars, punchy rhythms and bright pop melodies.” - KEXP
“‘Wrecked,’ Weird Nightmare’s third and latest single is a driving and ardent guitar pop anthem centered around big hooks, enormous power chords and sweetly, lived-in lyricism.” - [“Wrecked”] Joy of Violent Movement
“All chiming chords and smart harmonies, ‘Wrecked’ is a boisterous ode to ’90s indie-rock and everything that followed.” - [“Wrecked”] Guitar World
Sub Pop is currently accepting resumes from energetic, responsible, detail-oriented, and dependable candidates for a Part-time sales clerk, weekends, seasonal (temp) for the holiday season at our terribly impressive store at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. This guy.
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Friday, December 5th, 2025, Sub Pop will release a new physical version of The Gits’ Enter: The Conquering Chicken, the group’s second, and final studio album. The newly remastered album, which has been available digitally, is now available to preorder on CD and LP from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe, The Gits’ official website, and select independent retailers worldwide. LP orders of the vinyl will receive the limited Loser edition on Clear with Black + Red Hi Melt (North America) and Pearl / Sunrise (UK/EU) vinyl (All vinyl colors while supplies last!)
This new physical reissue of the ferocious Seattle punk band’s second album is remastered by legendary producer Jack Endino and features new album cover art and packaging by Sub Pop’s VP of Creative, Jeff Kleinsmith. Also included are expanded liner notes by journalist and former Atlantic Records A&R Tim Sommer who heralds, ‘The Gits were an angry, inflamed slinky fully in tune with and tuned by the Bessie Patti Smith of her time, truly the only singer who could summon Joplin, Poly Styrene, Sam Cooke, Iggy Pop, and Ian MacKaye all in the same goddamn song.’
Watch the official video for “Sign of the Crab” directed by Chris Kraft.
“‘Sign of the Crab’ was the last song we created together as a band” says Gits’ bassist Matt Dresdner. “Based on Andy’s diabolical composition and Mia’s brilliant creepy lyrics, the music was punchy, complex, and full of a fun, twisted rage. The songs on …Chicken provide just a glimpse of what we were onto.”
Enter: The Conquering Chicken is The Gits’ final, full-length studio album. The Gits’ vocalist, lyricist, and frontwoman, Mia Zapata, was murdered in Seattle during the few weeks they spent recording the album that summer of 1993. Produced by the band and longtime friend Scott Benson, Enter: The Conquering Chicken was released posthumously on C/Z Records in 1994.
Guitarist Andy Kessler shares, “The Gits are pleased to finally present listeners with the definitive edition of this recording to celebrate a taste of where Mia and their band might have gone.”
Formed in 1986 at Antioch College in Ohio, The Gits moved together to Seattle in 1989 as the world was taking notice of the local scene. Although their raucous, blues-infused punk, powered by Mia’s indelible vocals, didn’t quite fit the mold being cast by their Pacific Northwest peers, the band immediately found a tight foothold and strong following.
Enter: The Conquering Chicken showcases The Gits at the peak of their powers. Captured at the end of a packed west coast tour, they were on fire. Creative, inspired, and driven by the promise of a new musical chapter, you can it hear in these recordings.
Remixed by Jack Endino in 2003, ‘Songs like Bob (Cousin O.),’ ‘Guilt Within Your Head,’ ‘Seaweed,’ ‘Sign of the Crab,’ ‘The Drinking Song,’ and Mia’s jaw-dropping rendition of Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ reveal a distinct evolution in direction following their successful 1992 debut album, Frenching The Bully.
Late last week, The Gits announced the rerelease of the 2005 independent documentary The Gits’ 20th Anniversary Edition directed by Kerri O’Kane. The film is distributed by Factory 25 and will stream online through Veeps starting on December 16th, with theatrical screenings to come in November, December, and January. The Gits’ 20th Anniversary Edition features footage of Mia and the band, along with Kathleen Hanna, Selene Vigil and Valerie Agnew of 7 Year Bitch, Joan Jett, and more (see Brooklyn Vegan news story September 25th).
The Gits’ Frenching the Bully is also available now from Sub Pop Mega Mart in North America, MegaMart2 in the EU/UK, The Gits website, and independent retailers worldwide. Enter: The Conquering Chicken and Frenching the Bully, along with the rest of the Gits’ entire discography, Kings & Queens, Seafish Louisville, and Live at The X-Ray – are also available digitally on all DSPs from Sub Pop.
Revisit Evelyn McDonnell’s interview with The Gits’ band members Andy Kessler and Matt Dresdner in The New York Times (see November 12th story “A New Set of Gits Releases Gives Mia Zapata Her Voice Back”). You can also read Tim Sommer’s extensive liner notes on The Gits reissues here.
The limited Loser US LP & CD editions of Enter: The Conquering Chicken
The Gits Enter: The Conquering Chicken
1. Bob (Cousin O.) 2. Guilt Within Your Head 3. Seaweed 4. A Change is Gonna Come 5. Precious Blood 6. Beauty of the Rose 7. Drunks 8. Italian Song 9. Social Love I 10. Social Love II 11. Daily Bread 12. Drinking Song 13. Sign of the Crab
On January 16, 2026, Ya Tseen (pronounced Yacht Seen) will return with their new album, Stand On My Shoulders, digitally available worldwide from Sub Pop. Led by multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin, Stand On My Shoulders is an incandescent exploration of existence, a celebration of love and connection to Land.
Galanin says of the song, “‘Twilight,” the third single from my forthcoming album, Stand On My Shoulders, “holds the tenderness of a moment that will never return.” It’s a song of love and presence, where two souls move together in rare alignment. The music pulses with shifting light as chords open into evolving textures. My voice offers a quiet invitation, met by Sidibe’s graceful harmonies, and Pink Siifu’s verse bends the song into another dimension. We close with the lines: “The twilight never blossoms twice. The twilight in your eyes is all I see.” For me, it’s a reminder that beauty is fleeting and often unforgettable.”
Ya Tseen has confirmed a 7-date run supporting Portugal. The Man. These dates will begin on November 6th in Portland, OR, and end on November 19th in Denver, CO. See below for a complete list of shows.
Thu. Nov. 06 - Portland, OR- Revolution Hall # Fri. Nov. 07 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall # Sun. Nov. 09- Seattle, WA - Showbox (SoDo) # Tue. Nov. 11 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater (OAK) # Sat. Nov. 15 - Pomona, CA - Glass House, # Sun. Nov. 16 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern # Wed. Nov. 19 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom #
# w/ Portugal. the Man
Stand On My Shoulders is now available for pre-save on all participating DSPs. Click here to pre-save the entire album.
Galanin is a musician and visual artist who has been creating music, customary Tlingit carving, and interdisciplinary art for over two decades. His sculpture and video work have been shown at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Desert X, Art Week Miami Beach, and by the New York Public Art Fund. Galanin’s visual and sonic work are interconnected streams of creative flow, integral to the watershed of work he creates.
More about Ya Tseen Ya Tseen is a continually evolving musical collaboration guided by Nicholas Galanin/Yeil Ya Tseen. Born into the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (Tlingit) Galanin is L’uknax.ádi (Raven Coho clan). He began learning music from his father, Dei Kee Tla Tin (Dave Galanin, 1955-2021), an accomplished Blues guitarist who performed under the name Strummin’ Dog. In 2013 Galanin was in a serious boat accident while returning home from a hunting trip that broke his back and ribs. He recalls the stars overhead as he was airlifted from the boat, connecting him to his earliest memory of looking up at the night sky, and his connection to Land. Galanin has returned to this experience of intense connection to Land throughout his career, in many ways it guides his creative practice. Following the accident, his father gave him the name Yeil Ya Tseen, meaning Raven be alive, an affirmation of Galanin’s survival and an acknowledgment of his experience. After his father’s passing, Galanin renamed his musical project Ya Tseen (to be alive) as a connection to his lineage and responsibility to live and create as a part of Lingit cultural continuum.
Yeil Ya Tseen/Galanin has been creating music, customary Tlingit carving, and interdisciplinary art for over two decades. Galanin’s sculpture and video work have been shown at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Desert X, Art Week Miami Beach, and by the New York Public Art Fund. Galanin is a member of the artist collective Black Constellation. In 2018 Galanin raised his first Kooteeya (totem pole) as lead carver in Juneau Alaska, followed by a second in 2023. Galanin’s visual and sonic work are interconnected streams of creative flow, each integral to the watershed of work he produces and contributes to. Ya Tseen (previously Indian Agent, Silver Jackson) has performed across North America, Europe, and Australia, most recently with Portugal the Man and Samantha Crain to fund the rebuilding of a Tlingit clan house in Sitka. As Ya Tseen, the band has expanded into a musical project, a fluid collective woven from numerous voices and sonic signatures.
Ya Tseen’s first album with Sub Pop Indian Yard included collaborations with Shabazz Palaces, Stas THEE Boss, Nick Hakim and continued his long term collaborations with O.C.Notes, Zak D. Wass, Tunia, Jesse Hughey, supported by Derek Haukaas (drums), Nikko Van Wycke (Bass), Jase Ihler (drums).
With their second release on Sub Pop Ya Tseen expands their collaborative approach, featuring Portugal The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, dreamcastmoe, Anel Figueroa, Jahon Mikal, Pink Sifu, Sidibe, Hanna Ben, and Ashley Young.
Ya Tseen’s newest album, Stand On My Shoulders, builds on connection and revolutionary love as the foundation for collective liberation that ran throughout Indian Yard. The album cover art is a monoprint created by Galanin, based on a photograph of his father in Tlingit regalia. The regalia remains, but the wearer isn’t visible, leaving space to be filled by future generations. With Stand On My Shoulders, Ya Tseen uplifts the gifts given to us by our ancestors and the collective responsibilities we have to future generations. The album is an incandescent exploration of existence and a celebration of the persistence of love and connection to Land.
SPRINTS’ sophomore effort, All That Is Over, is a remarkable second effort that pushes the band’s dynamics into richer territory, finding new space and nuance while also going harder than ever.
Written on tour buses, in soundchecks, and very much in real time, it’s an album set against the backdrop of a litany of atrocities - the war in Gaza, the wildfires in LA, Trump’s executive order denying the rights of trans people - that sees SPRINTS trying to make sense of a society gone mad. The 11-track long player features the standout singles, “Descartes,““Rage,”“Beg,” and “Better,” and was produced by Daniel Fox of Gilla Band at La Frette studio outside of Paris.
Since the SPRINTS’ inception, they have established a name for themselves, crafting a ferocious live show that echoes the band’s recorded sound, equal parts raw and refined, catapulting listeners into controlled chaos.
SPRINTS’ previously announced international tour dates are currently underway with a series of in-store/out-store performances in the UK and Germany, September 27th-October 3rd. The band will embark on a headline and festival run in the EU/UK tour October 17th-Nov. 20th.
SPRINTS will then visit America with a headline run in early 2026, beginning on January 28th in Minneapolis, MN, and continuing through February 14th in Seattle, WA. Then from March 10th through April 2nd, 2026, the band will on their full EU headline tour. Please find a complete list of dates below.
UK In-store + Outstore Performances September 2025 Sat. Sep.27 - Liverpool, UK - Jacaranda (Outstore at Baltic) Sun. Sep. 28 - Manchester, UK - Piccadilly (Outstore at Night & Day) Mon. Sep. 29 - Brighton, UK - Resident (Outstore at Chalk), Tue. Sep. 30 - London, UK - Rough Trade East Wed. Oct. 01 - Bristol, UK - Rough Trade Thu. Oct. 02 - Kingston, UK - Banquet (Outstore at Fighting Cocks) Fri. Oct. 03 - Berlin, DE - Rough Trade (Outstore at Mikropol)
EU/UK October/November 2025 Fri. Oct. 17 - Saint Brieuc, FR - Carnavalorock Festival Sat. Oct. 18 - Le Havre, FR - Ouest Park Festival Sun. Oct. 19 - Joué-lès-Tours, FR - Le Temps Machine Tue. Oct. 21 - Nimes, FR - Paloma Wed. Oct. 22 - Lyon, FR - Marché Gare Thu. Oct. 23 - Etagnières VD, CH - Croc the Rock Festival Sun. Nov. 02 - Belfast, UK - Empire Mon. Nov. 03 - Huddersfield, UK - The Parish Thu. Nov. 06 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3 Fri. Nov. 07 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Beckett Student Union Sat. Nov. 08 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall Mon. Nov. 10 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - Newcastle University Student Union (NUSU) Tue. Nov. 11 - Sheffield, UK - The Fondry Wed. Nov. 12 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Fri. Nov. 14 - London, UK – Troxy Sat. Nov. 15 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy Bristol Sun. Nov. 17 - Southampton, UK - The 1865 Tue. Nov. 18 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy 1 Oxford Thu. Nov. 20 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
North America January/February 2026 Wed. Jan. 28 – Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry Fri. Jan. 30 – Detroit, MI - Sanctuary Sun. Feb. 01 - Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall Mon. Feb. 03 – Boston, MA - The Sinclair Thu. Feb. 05 – New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom Fri. Feb. 06 – Washington, DC - The Atlantis Sat. Feb. 07 – Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s Tue. Feb. 10 – Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Wed. Feb. 11 – San Francisco, CA - The Chapel Fri. Feb. 13 – Portland, OR - Mission Theater Sat. Feb. 14 – Seattle, WA, - The Crocodile
EU March 2026 Tue. Mar. 10 – Tourcoing, FR - Grand Mix Wed. Mar. 11 – Brussels, BE - Botanique Thu. Mar. 12 – Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg Fri. Mar. 14 – Cologne, DE - Kantine Sat. Mar. 15 – Hamburg, DE - Uebel & Gefahrlich Tue. Mar. 17 – Copenhagen, DK - Loppen Wed. Mar. 18 – Berlin, DE - Metropol Thu. Mar. 20 – Warsaw, PL - Voodoo Fri. Mar. 21 – Prague, CZ - Akropolis Mon. Mar. 24 – Zürich, CH - Bogen F Tue. Mar. 25 – Milan, IT - Arci Bellezza Wed. Mar. 26 –Munich, DE - Strom Fri. Mar. 28 – Paris, FR - Cabaret Sauvage Sat. Mar. 29 – Luxembourg, LU - Den Atelier Tue. Mar. 31 – Münster, DE - Skaters Palace Cafe Wed. Apr. 01 – Wiesbaden, DE - Schlachthof Thu. Apr. 02 – Schorndorf, DE - Club Manufaktur
All That Is Over is now available on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop in North America and City Slang for the rest of the world. LP orders from both labels will receive the album on limited-edition marbled coral pink vinyl (while supplies last).
What People Are Saying About SPRINTS All That Is Over: “The anger remains palpable, the lyrics ever relatable, and All That Is Over injects enough ingenuity to keep SPRINTS right at the top of the class” - ★★★★★ DIY
“Every track lands with intent, every lyric sharp with lived experience and righteous fury.” ★★★★★ DORK
“The race to rock stardom is a marathon, not a 100-metre dash. But with this superb record, Sprints – sometimes fast, sometimes furious, always fucking fantastic – prove they’re in it for the long haul.” Kerrang!
“Chubb’s lyrics are so sharp they could pierce the skin like a sword” ★★★★ The Skinny
“‘All That Is Over is direct, furious, sometimes messy, but always alive. It sounds like a band using every ounce of their strength to stay upright, and in that struggle, they’ve made something exhilarating, becoming unrecognisable in the best way.” The Line of Best Fit
“An anthemic yet melancholy track, “Better” is fueled by buzzy electric guitars and a soaring energy.” New Noise
“Noise-makers Sprints, fronted by the fierce and smart Karla Chubb, are making a dash to the front of the rock queue.” [Glastonbury live review] The Telegraph
“a feverish slasher…” [“Decartes”] Stereogum
SPRINTS All That Is Over
Tracklisting: 1. Abandon 2. To The Bone 3. Descartes 4. Need 5. Beg 6. Rage 7. Something’s Gonna Happen 8. Pieces 9. Better 10. Coming Alive 11. Desire
