Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems (March 25, 2022; Epitaph/Secret Voice)

this is the best album of 2022 get into it



Track Listing:
01. Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)
02. Coming Correct Is Cheaper
03. Thumbsucker
04. Fucked Up If True
05. Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future))
06. Driponomics (ft. Mother Maryrose)
07. (Five Years And) My Family
08. The Thangs I Carry (ft. Bearcat)
09. We Wants Revenge
10. John J (ft. Kathryn Edwards and Zula Wildheart)
11. GODBLESSYALLREALGOOD
12. Spiritual Level Of Gang Shit (ft. Mckinley Dixon and Lojii)

Late December 2020 found Soul Glo holed away in an unfinished warehouse, beginning to find drum tones for their upcoming full length, Diaspora Problems. They had just begun to accept that they would be in talks with Epitaph Records, and that it was likely they were going to go with the label as they hadn’t even begun to reach a place where they could consider shopping it to other record labels. Working with Epitaph was far and away the best case scenario that the band could’ve hoped for, but they simultaneously wondered if the label had any understanding of what they were getting into.

From 2016 to 2021, Soul Glo conceptualized and produced Diaspora Problems nearly completely alone. The demo and tracking process was handled exclusively by the band’s bassist GG and engineer/close friend Evan Bernard. The final tracks were recorded in that same unfinished warehouse and the band’s practice space during the hottest parts of summer 2021.

Thematically, Diaspora Problems is a simple analysis of where Soul Glo currently finds themselves: poised to leap into their future, for better or worse, with nothing but their life experience and lessons learned to communicate, and only each other to rely on. Lyrically, the album deals with analyses of the music industry as it exists through the eyes of people who are experiencing it for the first time. Aside from that, the concepts explored include an artist and individuals’ self-doubt and self-hate, past traumas that can only be worked out in adulthood, financial instability and how it affects an artist, the effects of institutional and state violence, and the power of community that delivered Soul Glo through each struggle the band has endured from their inception and before.

Diaspora Problems is only the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a bright future for Soul Glo, as well as a forecast for what the band is capable of musically. Hardcore punk is at the precipice of a sonic revolution as a higher variance of people find room for themselves and the expression of their lived experience within the genre. More and more people will be injecting a cultural identity and offering a narrative previously unheard and/or underappreciated by punk rockers and kindred spirits the world over. Diaspora Problems is not aiming to be the only album like it that exists, but instead one of many entries in a new dawn for rock music.

pre-order: https://soulglo.ffm.to/diasporaproblems

 

100% here for it

 

should be getting the link shortly, can't wait

 

here for it

 

mm yes

 

Soul Glo are paving the path to punk's future

 

oooh cool - my interview with the band should be live in the next few days

 

honestly kinda feel like the EP is the preferred format to me for this band. i lose steam a bit like six songs in here. they back so much punch it can be a bit exhausting for the full listen. they’re so talented though

 

Getting my first listen of this now, and I totally get that, although I think after a few listens I'll get accustomed to it and it won't feel so draining. I also need to dive into the lyrics, which I feel like will also help with that.

 

This slaps so hard best "punk" album I've heard in forever

 

I have been so hyped up for this to come out, especially for the song with McKinley Dixon on it. And it's FANTASTIC.

 

Easily one of the best albums of the year. Transcendent.

 

This rules

 

Good album.

 

Whoa this is AOTY material

 

this record positively whipped my ass earlier

 

im about it

 

Yeah, this rules

 

This is not only blowing my mind, but it is blowing my ears off as well.

 

the fucking siren in we wants revenge, jesus fucking christ

glad i decided to read the lyrics while i listened to this album. i honestly feel like i just experienced something big.

 

On VERY crowded slate of releases, this one is really sticking out after a couple of spins.
I can't wait to sit with it for a bit.

 

Cannot believe how good this is. This album is seriously special.

 

Finally listening to this. Holy fucking shit I love this opener so much

 

Who gonna beat my ass!?

 

yeah the opener is my favorite here