“We all have a price tag, we all sell each other out.”

Street Sects—a duo comprised of multi-instrumentalist Shaun Ringsmuth and vocalist Leo Ashline are streaming with us today their new EP Rat Jacket—a tangential sidestep to their sideswiping Post-Industrial Hardcore debut LP End Position.

The pair hailing from Austin have—despite maintaining their sample based sound—made a more Post-Punk sounding record that combines industrial textures and post-punk guitars into a synth-punk chimera that transcends the traditional sounds of both genres.

The record’s harsh electronics are tempered through its melodic compositions that cathartically convey the themes of loyalty, trust, betrayal, and paranoia—leaving behind the kind of sadness and regret you would expect to find circling a drain below a cracked bathroom mirror.

Rat Jacket is out October 6th via The Flenser.

Listen to the full EP below:



Pre-order here

STREET SECTS — ON TOUR:

September 27 Omaha, NE @ Milk Run

September 28 Lincoln, NE @ Lincoln Calling Festival

September 29 Kansas City, MO @ TBA

September 30 St. Louis, MO @ Way Out Club

October 1 Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlies

October 2 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter *

October 3 Fayetteville, NC @ Drunk Horse *

October 4 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *

October 5 New Orleans, LA @ Poor Boys *

October 6 Dallas, TX @ Curtain Club *

October 7 Houston, TX @ Walter’s *

October 8 Austin, TX @ Lost Well *

October 10 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad *

October 11 Tempe, AZ @ The Underground *

October 12 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar *

October 13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Resident *

October 14 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar *

October 15 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *

October 17 Denver, CO @ Marquis *

October 18 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews *

October 19 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen *

October 20 Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Yacht Club *

October 21 Cleveland, OH @ Locker Room at Mahall’s *

October 23 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck *

October 24 Syracuse, NY @ Sparks Art Space *

October 25 Boston, MA @ Once Ballroom *

October 26 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory *

October 28 Norfolk, VA @ Charlie’s American Cafe

October 29 Asheville, NV @ Static Age Records

* w/ Dälek