US / UK based cybergrind group THOTCRIME has today shared a new single and music video, titled Garden Court, featuring bagel rabbit. Garden Court is the third track to be taken from THOTCRIME‘s forthcoming third album, CONNECTION ANXIETY, due out via Prosthetic Records on August 16. The video features footage from the bands first ever full line-up headline US tour dates, filmed in June 2023.

Stream Garden Court (feat. bagel rabbit) via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify
Pre-order CONNECTION ANXIETY here.

Speaking on the single, Hayley Elizabeth (vocals) comments:  “Garden Court is about drastic changes I’ve made in the last year, while also reflecting on the things I didn’t think I’d miss about Philadelphia as much as the big things I thought I would. It’s named after the beer store me and my friends would always go to down the street from my apartment to get snacks and ciders and sometimes breakfast sandwiches from. Learning they don’t have bodegas or papi stores like that out here in the midwest was a jarring realization, and I’ll never forget the memories I made getting odd European chocolates or Asian import snacks from that place.

“The song also, however, dictates that I’ve made my choices because I made a conscious effort to change my life regardless if it was for better or for worse. It personifies an inner fight between wanting to prove to yourself that you were right and wanting to shape your own reality despite it not seeming the way you wanted it to be.”

Garnering praise from outlets such as Metal Hammer, Kerrang! and Metal Injection, THOTCRIME’s sophomore effort, D1G1T4L_DR1FT, was the beginning of a self-actualization for the young band. Two albums under their belts and countless hours spent collaborating via online servers and the first ever full member line-up tour soon followed in the United States, with Hayley Elizabeth (vocals), Melody Jane (guitar) and Dottie Homler (drums) meeting co-founding member Les Beaux Plastiques (production) for the first time in person.

Affirming THOTCRIME’s evolution from a studio project into something altogether more tangible, writing for CONNECTION ANXIETY took place throughout 2023. With the group’s voracious creative appetite rarely letting up as things took a more collaborative turn on the production front as Elizabeth soon found herself taking on shared duties with Beau across the 10 songs. Homler also took the lead on all drum programming on hir final work with the band and Melody’s approach to guitar saw the use of live instrumentation compared to THOTCRIME’s previously digitally inclined tendencies.

THOTCRIME‘s propensity for whiplash-inducing breakdowns and edge of your seat blast beating is still there in songs such as We Hope Some Good May Come of This (feat. Bottom Surgery) and the title-track, whilst lead single The Wrong Way positively brims with saccharine hooks as Hayley posits “Is it wrong to try something new?” in a chorus fit for the most intoxicating of PC-Music artists.

Emancipating from past sores and pains is a necessary path of growth, which makes CONNECTION ANXIETY’s gravitation towards positivity and a warehouse rave informed sonic palette singular in its creators earnestness and sanguinity. Elizabeth’s heart-on-her-sleeve lyricism is less an abandon of THOTCRIME’s previous works fraughtness, so much as a perspective shift into the self-affirming and proactive.

Tied together by returning digital artist Yam Lynn, CONNECTION ANXIETY’s smile beneath the cracks rather than over them is a testament to resilience by way of dancing with and for those dearest.

CONNECTION ANXIETY tracklist:
1. A Better World Is Possible
2. Behind the Cracks
3. We Hope Some Good May Come of This (feat. Bottom Surgery)
4. This Podcast Could’ve Been Four Seasons
5. Garden Court (feat. bagel rabbit)
6. The Wrong Way
7. Connection Anxiety
8. Existent
9. Beyond the Journey’s End
10. My Final Escape

Upcoming THOTCRIME shows:
Connection: Disrupted West Coast w/ Anita Velveeta

August 24 – Howdy – Kansas City, MOAugust 25 – Seventh Circle – Denver, CO
August 27 – Las Vegas, NV
August 29 – Knockout – San Francisco, CA
August 30 – Scribble – Los Angeles, CA
August 31 – The Nile – Phoenix, AZ
September 1 – The Minnow – Albuquerque, NM
September 2 – Andy’s Bar – Denton, TX
September 4 – LCY Media – Birmingham, AL
September 5 – Healer – Indianapolis, IN
September 6 – Pillar Forum – Minneapolis, MN
September 7 – Subterranean (downstairs) – Chicago, IL

THOTCRIME is:

Hayley Elizabeth (she/her) – Vocals
Les Beaux Plastiques (she/her) – Producer
Melody Jane (she/her) – Guitar
Dottie Homler (sie/hir) – Drums

THOTCRIME have announced their third album, CONNECTION ANXIETY, due for release this summer via Prosthetic Records on August 16. Alongside the album announcement, the US / UK based cybergrind band has shared the two lead singles, The Wrong Way and Behind the Cracks. On CONNECTION ANXIETY, THOTCRIME all out embrace jubilation and celebration, pulling influence from rave, J-rock and J-Metal, electronicore and pop.

Stream The Wrong Way and Behind the Cracks via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify
Pre-order CONNECTION ANXIETY here.

Speaking on the album announcement, Les Beaux Plastiques (producer) comments: “When we started working on a follow up to D1G1T4L_DR1FT, we decided that we wanted to explore our favourite aspects from our past while exploring more of where we were at the time. All the guitars are real, all the drums were written by our drummer, the mixing and production has taken a big step up, and there’s a lot more 90’s and 00’s rave elements, to inform a more unified direction, while still maintaining the THOTCRIME ethos of chaos and genrefluidity.”

With vocalist Hayley Elizabeth adding: “CONNECTION ANXIETY is a lot of things. This record feels like a proclamation that we’re holding out for hope. I hope the record is as fun as it is proactive. I hope that our third entry solidifies our existence in a world that is constantly changing. I also hope that our fans listening to this record resonate with it’s message: “a better world is possible, and it’s okay that change happens even if it’s scary.”“

Garnering praise from outlets such as Metal Hammer, Kerrang! and Metal Injection, THOTCRIME’s sophomore effort, D1G1T4L_DR1FT, was the beginning of a self-actualization for the young band. Two albums under their belts and countless hours spent collaborating via online servers and the first ever full member line-up tour soon followed in the United States, with Hayley Elizabeth (vocals), Melody Jane (guitar) and Dottie Homler (drums) meeting co-founding member Les Beaux Plastiques (production) for the first time in person.

Affirming THOTCRIME’s evolution from a studio project into something altogether more tangible, writing for CONNECTION ANXIETY took place throughout 2023. With the group’s voracious creative appetite rarely letting up as things took a more collaborative turn on the production front as Elizabeth soon found herself taking on shared duties with Beau across the 10 songs. Homler also took the lead on all drum programming on hir final work with the band and Melody’s approach to guitar saw the use of live instrumentation compared to THOTCRIME’s previously digitally inclined tendencies.

THOTCRIME‘s propensity for whiplash-inducing breakdowns and edge of your seat blast beating is still there in songs such as We Hope Some Good May Come of This (feat. Bottom Surgery) and the title-track, whilst lead single The Wrong Way positively brims with saccharine hooks as Hayley posits “Is it wrong to try something new?” in a chorus fit for the most intoxicating of PC-Music artists.

Emancipating from past sores and pains is a necessary path of growth, which makes CONNECTION ANXIETY’s gravitation towards positivity and a warehouse rave informed sonic palette singular in its creators earnestness and sanguinity. Elizabeth’s heart-on-her-sleeve lyricism is less an abandon of THOTCRIME’s previous works fraughtness, so much as a perspective shift into the self-affirming and proactive.

Tied together by returning digital artist Yam Lynn, CONNECTION ANXIETY’s smile beneath the cracks rather than over them is a testament to resilience by way of dancing with and for those dearest.

CONNECTION ANXIETY tracklist:
1. A Better World Is Possible
2. Behind the Cracks
3. We Hope Some Good May Come of This (feat. Bottom Surgery)
4. This Podcast Could’ve Been Four Seasons
5. Garden Court (feat. bagel rabbit)
6. The Wrong Way
7. Connection Anxiety
8. Existent
9. Beyond the Journey’s End
10. My Final Escape

Upcoming THOTCRIME shows:
Connection: Disrupted West Coast w/ Anita Velveeta

August 24 – Howdy – Kansas City, MOAugust 25 – Seventh Circle – Denver, CO
August 27 – Las Vegas, NV
August 29 – Knockout – San Francisco, CA
August 30 – Scribble – Los Angeles, CA
August 31 – The Nile – Phoenix, AZ
September 1 – The Minnow – Albuquerque, NM
September 2 – Andy’s Bar – Denton, TX
September 4 – LCY Media – Birmingham, AL
September 5 – Healer – Indianapolis, IN
September 6 – Pillar Forum – Minneapolis, MN
September 7 – Subterranean (downstairs) – Chicago, IL

THOTCRIME is:

Hayley Elizabeth (she/her) – Vocals
Les Beaux Plastiques (she/her) – Producer
Melody Jane (she/her) – Guitar
Dottie Homler (sie/hir) – Drums

THOTCRIME have shared two new remixes of Tweet This!, taken from their latest album D1G1T4L_DR1FT. The remixes shine a light on the cybergrind group’s electronic hardcore influences, with drummer Dot Homler’s Sacred Fawn project also providing a remix of the track.

Stream Tweet This! (Remixes) via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify

Speaking on the remixes, Malady Jane (guitar) comments: “For these remixes we wanted to showcase some of our own work on this song. The “hardcore mix” is a version of the track closer to what you might hear if you see us live, with the electronics pared back and heavy drums and guitar brought to the fore. Sacred Fawn is the alias of our very own Dot Homler, who reworked the track into a lo-fi footwork/breakcore style.”

THOTCRIME’s prolific output to date has seen the band generate a buzz in online music communities and garner praise from Bandcamp Daily in the publication’s profile on the burgeoning cybergrind movement at large. D1G1T14L_DR1FT, the follow up to 2020s ønyøurcømputer, sees THOTCRIME continue to gleefully abandon genre convention in favour of boundless individuality and invention. Of the 13 tracks, THOTCRIME boast features from Carson Pace of The Callous Daoboys, Katie Davies of Pupil Slicer, Aki McCullough of Dreamwell and diana starshine.

Upcoming THOTCRIME tour dates:
March 25 – TBA – St. Louis, MO+ March 26 – Come Together Space – Bloomington, IL+
March 27 – The A Hole – Ames, IA*
*+w/ The Sound That Ends Creation & Blind Equation
*w/ The Sound That Ends Creation

THOTCRIME is:
Hayleyy Sparxx – Vocals
K. Salmon – Producer
Malady Jane – Guitar
Dot Homler – Drums

Cybergrind group THOTCRIME have shared two remixes of their D1G1T4L_DR1FT album track Motherfucker Unlimited, by both Ari Liloia and exjaynine. Motherfucker Unlimited (remixes) is available on all streaming platforms now and showcases further electronic elements to THOTCRIME’s eclectic sound of grind, mathcore, hyperpop and more.

Fans can participating in remixes Motherfucker Unlimited by signing up to the band’s mailing list for stems here.

Stream Motherfucker Unlimited (Remixes) via
Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify

Speaking on the remixes, Malady Jane (guitar) comments: “Both artists took a very upfront and confrontational song and took it in very different directions, but their respective takes carry the same energy. Ari’s more ambient and contemplative approach really lends itself to stewing in the emotions in an organic and ethereal way, where exjaynine really hits you over the head with the aggression and outright onslaught. Both are amazing and different takes that convey the same feeling.”

THOTCRIME’s prolific output to date has seen the band generate a buzz in online music communities and garner praise from Bandcamp Daily in the publication’s profile on the burgeoning cybergrind movement at large. D1G1T14L_DR1FT, the follow up to 2020s ønyøurcømputer, sees THOTCRIME continue to gleefully abandon genre convention in favour of boundless individuality and invention. Of the 13 tracks, THOTCRIME boast features from Carson Pace of The Callous Daoboys, Katie Davies of Pupil Slicer, Aki McCullough of Dreamwell and diana starshine.

THOTCRIME is:
Hayleyy Sparxx – Vocals
K. Salmon – Producer
Malady Jane – Guitar
Dot Homler – Drums

Prosthetic Records are thrilled to announce the signing of multinational cybergrind band THOTCRIME. Composed of members hailing from Champaign-Urbana, IL, Philadelphia, PA and Nottingham, UK, THOTCRIME will be releasing their second album, D1G1T4L_DR1FT via the Los Angeles label on October 28. Lead single, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, is streaming now along with an accompanying music video.

Stream Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify
Pre-order D1G1T4L_DRIFT here.

Speaking on the album announcement, K. Salmon (producer) comments: “The new album represents us moving into new territories musically. Over the last few split releases we’ve been exploring the world of heavy guitar music and electronic music a lot further outside the field of the sounds on our debut album. We really feel that this album brings together all those new sounds in a powerful and cohesive way.”

Of the lead single, Malady Jane (guitar) adds: “Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria shows the sort of approach we’ve taken with our new album, drawing from our loves of both heavy guitar-oriented music and more electronic pop and dance styles. Lyrically, the song deals with the way that neurodivergence and mental illness can make you feel the world is out to get you.”

THOTCRIME’s prolific output to date has seen the band generate a buzz in online music communities and garner praise from Bandcamp Daily in the publication’s profile on the burgeoning cybergrind movement at large. D1G1T14L_DR1FT, the follow up to 2020s ønyøurcømputer, sees THOTCRIME continue to gleefully abandon genre convention in favour of boundless individuality and invention. Of the 13 tracks, THOTCRIME boast features from Carson Pace of The Callous Daoboys, Katie Davies of Pupil Slicer, Aki McCullough of Dreamwell and diana starshine.

Self-produced by the band before being mixed and mastered by the group’s very own K. Salmon, the usual pitfalls and tribulations of getting a group of people into a room to write and record an album do not apply here. THOTCRIME’s approach to crafting D1G1T4L_DR1FT is an embrace of technological advances and DIY collaboration via Discord servers, instant messengers and online community – with collaboration already playing a large part in THOTCRIME’s growing discography thanks to remix releases of their debut album in its entirety and their 2021 Remixes effort. D1G1T4L_DR1FT is tied together aesthetically in arresting fashion thanks to digital artist Yam Lynn.

On their second long player THOTCRIME continue to shun all that is conventional whilst cohesively blending together disparate influences from 100 Gecs to The Locust, D1G1T4L_DR1FT finds the international act steadfastly embracing exultation and conquering all that stands in their way. Stop the doomscrolling, THOTCRIME are the perfect antidote.

D1G1TAL_DR1FT tracklist:

1. This Isn’t Foundation, Now Give Me Your Skin Please?
2. There Will Come Soft Rains
3. Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
4. trust://fall
5. 4V3R4GE_TU35D4Y.exe (ft Aki McCullough)
6. You’re Like A Black Hole, The Way You Expect My Life To Revolve Around You
7. Tweet This!
8. Broken Rib
9. Critical Codependence (ft diana starshine)
10. This Is My Breakdown, I Get To Pick The Music (ft Carson Pace)
11. Central Dogma
12. MOTHERFUCKER UNLIMITED (ft Kate Davies)
13. I Couldn’t End Me, So I’d Like To See You Try

THOTCRIME is:
Hayleyy Sparxx – Vocals
K. Salmon – Producer
Malady Jane – Guitar
Dot Homler – Drums