HOME FRONT: Watch It Die CD

Edmonton, Alberta is not a city that gets name-dropped in post-punk conversations very often. Home Front are doing something about that.

"Watch It Die" lands in 2025 with the kind of sound that suggests these people spent a lot of time with their Sisters of Mercy and Wipers records before deciding to fold in some synth-punk grit and Oi! bluntness that keeps the whole thing from floating off into goth-cloud territory. It's a dark aesthetic record that actually has bones to it, the electronics feel menacing rather than decorative, and the punk foundation keeps it grounded in something physical. For anyone whose alternative fashion instincts run toward black on black but whose record collection is messier and more interesting than that implies, this one makes sense. A strong 2025 release from a corner of Canada that deserves more attention from the international underground.

Format: CD (Digipack). Origin: Canada (Edmonton, Alberta). Genre: Post-Punk / New Wave / Synth-Punk / Oi!. Released: 2025.

Fans of: Wipers, The Sisters of Mercy, Algiers.