Spirit Door

Tapes limited to 75 from Plate XII Records. Soundaltar: Over the course of the pandemic, varying degrees of isolation have taken their toll on most of us, and offered us space for internal reflection. On this split, you see Soundaltar pondering destructive tendencies in “Ego” Blistering electronics pulsing in the underbelly as the push and pull from talking to shrieking, spinning howls of bridge burning and the desire for nothing. On Familiarity, you see Soundaltar returning to a lot of the subject matter of their last full-length, Bargaining. Written during the same sessions, it observes the stone you roll around inside of yourself after a loss. The desire for more, to make up for lost time, to get more than what you already received, and just having to live with it continuously. Pope Boner: Hailing from the southeastern United States, Pope Boner has carved out a jagged place for themselves in the heavy music scene. It’s not pretty. The band doesn’t fit perfectly anywhere but instead fire grappling hooks and ballista bolts into the collective hulls of punk, hardcore, and power violence, pulling all into a whirlpool of gross tones and frank, unfiltered lyrics. Pope Boner is laughing into the void and you’re invited to laugh along.