Listen to the melodic Post-Industrial sidestep that is Street Sects’ ‘Rat Jacket’ EP

“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