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JAGALCHI
August 7, 2025

JAGALCHI tell a story of entropy, time, and resistance on “You Will Know True Loss”

Naturalist
April 14, 2025

What We Carry and What We Leave Behind – Oklahoma emo post hardcore band NATURALIST return with reflective new album “You Don’t Have to Worry”

Gloomer by Darin Milliner
October 6, 2023

Pennsylvania’s grunge-gazers GLOOMER share “Embrace The End” on Friend Club Records

neighboring sounds
October 6, 2023

Scandi-emo band NEIGHBORING SOUNDS premiere new song and video “Polis”

PACK SOUNDS
August 22, 2023

Emotion etched in punk: the arc of PACK SOUNDS

Neighboring Sounds
June 30, 2023

NEIGHBORING SOUNDS’ quest for a harmonious world: listen to new single “Holiday Palaces”

Spaceships by Jenna Vargo
March 24, 2023

Post-gaze outfit SPACESHIPS unveil epic fourth full-length, Ruins

Spaceships
March 16, 2023

Post-gaze rockers SPACESHIPS deliver epic new single “Sinews”

Spaceships
February 14, 2023

SPACESHIPS blend ethereal and hypnotic with epic and crushing in new single “Spillt” (feat. Ryan Osterman of Holy Fawn)

Drowningman
April 29, 2022

Vermont post-hardcore vets DROWNINGMAN release new double single ‘Later Day Saints’

Naturalist
February 23, 2022

Hearty post hardcore act NATURALIST premiere new single “I Was Happy Here”

All Hallowed
November 10, 2021

Mellow alt indie rockers ALL HALLOWED premiere new song “Souls”

You Could Be A Cop
August 23, 2021

Norwegian emo band YOU COULD BE A COP checks in with new split release; discuss local scene in Trondheim and more

All Hallowed
July 29, 2021

Ohio dance punk alt duo ALL HALLOWED premiere new video for “POET”, new EP coming up

Bares His Teeth band
September 23, 2020

”Hope Like The Ocean” – alt post hardcore band BARES HIS TEETH drops new excellent single

Friend Club Records is a Buffalo, New York tape label that describes itself as a community, a mutual-support project and a place for people to heal together.

All Hallowed released their second EP, “TWO”, through Friend Club in November 2021. Drowningman connected the label with veteran post-hardcore, while Spaceships moved toward post-gaze. Neighboring Sounds brought Scandinavian emo into another part of the catalogue.

In 2023, Gloomer released “Embrace The End” through the label. Oklahoma band Naturalist connect emo with post-hardcore. In July 2025, Jagalchi built “You Will Know True Loss” around entropy, time and resistance.

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