Smoking Cat Records – 20 Feb 2026
After three-and-a-half years, Indiana punk quartet The Distractions release a new LP with Dying to Live. This is their fifth studio LP, and follows Aug 2022’s self-titled album. Out via Smoking Cat Records, it is available on physical media, downloads, and streaming.
Bandcamp (CD, digital DL, vinyl), Spotify
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.