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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!

Welcome to Part 2 of our roundup for the back half of 2025!

Today in NOT MUSIC (BUT STILL COOL):

1. @clemkesh featured on the podcast Game Master Monday playing Ball Game, an absurdist horror baseball game (ttrpg). Which, of course, isn't something she or any of us here at Fourth Strike have any experience with.

Check it out on Youtube/streaming:

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2. Resni's game Videonauts is out! If you've read previous roundups, you'll know Videonauts is inspired by classic rpgmaker horror games, and 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! Now available on Steam:

and Itch:

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3. @robnotes did videos covering his best and worst albums of the year!

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4. @clemkesh again, this time on the podcast The Heart is a Dungeon as Reve! Check it out below and/or everywhere you get your podcasts:

https://redcircle.com/shows/4a77b44e-52f9-48d0-bb56-d66e8cb64b3b/ep/deee3d24-102b-4345-8cd7-a5a259f4e82d

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5. Sci-fi, Lex, and their local theater are making a comedy radio theater anthology called Bindle Wireless Playhouse! Sci-fi's doing sound design, some of the music, and mixing. Available wherever you get podcasts!

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6. Resni and their partner have another game releasing soon! Crescent Break is an action-roguelike platformer that takes place in a futuristic world. Traverse the peculiar surroundings and collect new weapons, character upgrades, and special items to unlock new areas and secrets. Permadeath, procedurally generated levels, and randomized abilities mean that each run will be unique and interesting! Links and clips below:

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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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(It's Bandcamp Friday. 100% of today's proceeds go towards California wildfire relief)

Hey everyone! It's 2025 now, and while January was tied up with prepping and releasing we've been the garages, it's February now, which means: Roundup time!

Our first roundup of 2025 is absolutely FILLED with new music, podcast appearances, and disintegrating perceptions of the self, brought to you with love from Fourth Strike. Also, cool shirts.

Let's jump into it:

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The Garages released another EXPANSION single! "I'm Starting to Lose My Sense of Self," by @rosieeeeeeeee is out now on Bandcamp.

It'll be up on Spotify as a double single with Shark Hunter soon, so keep your eyes peeled and your ears primed! And pre-order the album if you haven't yet :)

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2. Two years ago, Skates wrote an indie horror game about women's rowing team. Now, in the wake of increasingly hostile sentiment and policy against trans folks, especially trans women (including a new American executive order ban on trans women in sports), they're giving 100% of game proceeds from this month to Athlete Ally and Callen-Lorde.

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3. Resni released a whopping 62-track soundtrack for their game, Stardust Demon. Let me say that again: 62. Tracks.

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4. @girltentacles and friends made a Christmas song! It came out on Christmas; we're just late to the party. Don't waste any more time not listening to it!

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5. New @girlballz music! Demos, covers, and new originals, oh my!

Fae're also doing February Album Writing Month, where it's challenged to write 14 songs in 28 days. You can follow along with faer progress here:

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6. Bertie's new band, Cardboard Chords, released two singles in the last three months, with another one set to drop on Valentine's Day. Pre-orders open now!

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7. If you missed them last time around, Yuppie Supper ( @thwackamabob ) shirts are back! They'll stay up until sizes run out... or a new EP releases 👀

The band's also migrated to BlueSky--you can catch up with them here!

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8. Sister Sickness released its new single "Break My Bones" on SoundCloud! Check it out here:

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9. @clemkesh is doing a guest run on the podcast Quest Friends! as the singing voice of player character Sparky! Her first appearance is on Episode 46: "Swanshine!"

There're also extended versions of the songs released as separate cuts--you can find those over on the Quest Friends! website:

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10. Louisa also wrote, co-sang, and produced a duet for this year's Secret Samol, a Friends at the Table annual fanart exchange:

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10. @robnotes's part of a 48 hour charity stream for Children on the Edge! They're managing the stream today--at the top of the hour, actually-- and they'll be hosting the feed on Sunday, Feb 9th from 10am - 3pm GMT. Come say hi!