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LONG TIME NO SEE, and welcome back to Fourth Strike Monthly Roundups! A moment of silence for the half a year we've been gone; I (roundup writer) have just been extremely busy irl. But hey! There's now six months of sick tunes to catch up on!

There's a LOT here, and it's Bandcamp Friday (!!), so we've divided the roundup into two parts, and we'll go through these pretty rapid-fire. This is Part 1: MUSIC!

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NEW IN MUSIC:

1. Loads of our musicians have been playing live! All of these gigs are now past, but here's an assortment of shows from the last half year:

keep an eye on these folks! We'll be posting new gigs as people land 'em, including a few in today's roundup below!

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2. @robnotes released their debut EP, How To Feel, along with a videos breaking down its production and lyrics!

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3. @thwackamabob 's band Yuppie Supper put out a track on T4T2! : A Mutual Aid Compilation by Trans People for Trans People! 100% of album proceeds go to The Trevor Project. Check it out below!

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4. Ceri released a music video for her song "Murderer." Watch it now on YouTube:

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5. Nia's done a drum 'n bass mix for the FieldFX shader jam. Mix, tracklist, and song links available on her blog here:

They then came back for a second one, this time with the goal of using as few breakbeats and as many four-on-the-floors as possible👀 Recording and tracklist below!

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6. @thwackamabob and Yuppie Supper are back! This time with the release of their second EP, The Mondegreen. Check it out on bandcamp and streaming! Not really linking to a certain streaming service here anymore, but it's there if you use it:

You can also get YupSup shirts on the bandcamp, now in black AND white:

If you happen to live in Leeds or the surrounding, keep track of upcoming shows at their linktree:

And finally, the band did an interview with Slutsplosion over on YouTube! Watch it here:

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7. @raccoonfink's sorted his project across his various styles into his own label on Ampwall! Check his music out here:

Rick's put his entire electronic back catalog up for PWYW. If you're a fan of techno, electronica, ambient, and/or chiptune, this is the place to be!!

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8. LCS released a new album! Hymns and Deviations is a deliberately nebulous concept album, open to the whims and interpretations of the listener. What will you find within its synthwave electronica?

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9. Seb put out their final uni project! Self-described as "weird plunderphonics-y vaporwave-y nonsense," The Wheeler-Langley Experiment is available now on Bandcamp:

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10. Shmucku put out a "ethereal x dreampop x Silent Hill type beat," available on YouTube under A Liminal Life! 🤩

They've also got a little jam sess up, if you'd like to hear some SICK guitar:

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11. Fans of music about horror games rejoice! Sci-fi's written an entire EP (seven songs!) of music for an experimental enormous game of Mothership that ran for Mothership Month 25. Check it out on Bandcamp:

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12. Resni's released the full soundtrack for Videonauts on Bandcamp! What's Videonauts? Keep scrolling and you'll find more on their indie horror game (sensing a theme, this month) in the Not Music (But Still Cool) section 👾

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13. Amelia released her first big album on Bandcamp! It's called GLAM, it's a concept album about identity, community, and the cycle of mental health recovery, and garages fans might recognize a certain track, formerly about a certain Atlantean....🎸🔱

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15. Julien compiled, mastered, and has a song on Causerie: A Compilation Album Benefitting YRC ATL:

Y'all Rock Camp ATL puts on a summer camp for girls and other trans/gender-expansive kids to learn to play and make music! All artists on the comp are local to Atlanta and past/present counselors and organizers🎸

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16. Skul Girl did a remix of the new Femtanyl. In her words: "It go squeaky glitchy now!!!!"

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17. datasaab put out a song! Available now on YouTube and streaming:

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18. Gabi's got a new single coming out on Tuesday! Presave "When the lights go out (in my eyes)" below:

Faer last track with faer former band Glitt, "Party," also came out recently! Listen to it on YouTube/streaming:

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19. We had our annual Song Jam here at Fourth Strike at the end of 2025! As always, everyone brought out some truly incredible music, and there's another compilation album in the works. More info to come when we've got news!

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20. Speaking of news, we know people are probably curious about what's happening with EXPANSION. While we're not quite ready with a new release date yet, progress is being made, and we're hopeful we'll have more info to share soon!

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And that's everything music from the last six months! If you're looking for new music, or artists to support this Bandcamp Friday, we hope you found something new and exciting here!

I tried to write a review one bandcamp but there’s a 500 character limit and that is apparently not enough to express my reaction and feelings about this wonderful set of four songs that I will be lost to non stop for the foreseeable future.

Musically speaking each song hits hard in its own distinct way and each song has different things that make me go feral. I don’t want to spoil any of them for anyone so I gotta figure out how to explain the things I love about it without doings that. For context I went in blind on all of these and that added to the experience of being blown away.

So go listen to it first before clicking the read more but there’s small context if you need more info to pick a starting song:

Track list

SCATTERBRAIN (if you’ve got brain fog or any memory issues this is a good start)

PREY (are you considered a rebel? Is spite your main motivator? Start here)

MURDERER (My fellow trans peeps this is my recommended starter song.)

UNDERSTUDY (if you feel out of place at all I’d recommend starting here)

Links time:

Bandcamp: https://apink.bandcamp.com/album/deadnames

Spotify (ugh): https://open.spotify.com/album/2MCiPEvWSBR1TDtaAewkzT?si=R8DJk6KXQ1eEaHZWkqcItA

YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m-Gy256CQEr05eit7IbpBVTN5-447-kFc&si=tEIalyFgGIp4mAqM

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/deadnames-ep/1822881107

It's BANDCAMP FRIDAY! 🎉 Here's what Fourth Strikers have been up to the last couple months. Where we can, we're putting Bandcamp links up top—if you've got the change and the interest, as always, take a look and consider supporting all our wonderful artists!

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NEW IN MUSIC

1. Gabi and Navi performed in the Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble's summer concert series, Forever Here, Forever Queer. You can watch back the vod here:

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2. The soundtrack for Resni's last game, Mythic Mire, is out now on Bandcamp!

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3. Ceri's K-Pop inspired, trans, experimental concept album DEADNAMES released in July!! Available on Bandcamp here:

And on streaming (we're linking Spotify):

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4. Gabi's back with a new Girl Ballz ( @girlballz ) track, "World Waking," out on Bandcamp and streaming!

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5. Yuppie Supper ( @thwackamabob ) had some really fantastic shows this summer—playing Brudenell Social Club and opening for Weatherday!—and now they've got a new single, out in a week! It's called "Neocanine," and you can preorder on Bandcamp/ share on Bluesky below:

(Bandcamp orders come with a secret bonus track! 👀)

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6. The lead single off of @robnotes' DEBUT EP is out today!!! It's called "Pure Propaganda," and anyone who's been following our song jams might recognize it—initial reactions include "omggggg these words" "i need to get some rollerblades, grind on a rail, and fall about this" "i just know the ddr routine for this kills" and "please form a pop-punk band rob. please."

The EP itself comes out on the 15th of August! You can find the full tracklist below on Rob's Bluesky:

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7. Gabi's back for a threepeat with upcoming show dates for faer band, Glitt! You can catch them at The Lab @ 1010 on August 14th or opening for TREASVRE at Hidden Hall on the 24th:

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NOT MUSIC (BUT STILL COOL):

1. New game demo from Resni!!! Videonauts, self-described as "like classic rpgmaker horror games... but cartoony animal people," has you escaping a mansion chock-full of dead traps and a collection of bizarre videos. There are tons of secrets to discover and multiple endings to stumble across! Check out the demo/wishlist here:

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2. Bellatrix made a zine about book bans targeting queer literature and communities. You can read it here—feel free to share and distribute to your local! (It's a discord link for now, but we're working on getting something more permanent.)

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