Regulate Unleash Self Titled Album

Breaking onto the hardcore scene in 2013, New York’s Regulate have shown a resillent and earnest approach in everything they do. This rings true on the band’s self titled full length that drops today via their new label home, Flatspot Records. The ten tracks on the album developed organically throughout the brunt of the pandemic, inspiring vocalist Sebastian Paba‘s most personal lyrics to the date. Regulate’s self titled full length follows on from 2018’s In the Promise of Another Tomorrow, an album that shone with commentary on identity and power structure complimented by explosive musicianship.

Regulate takes the band to another level, teetering between a traditional hardcore sound and something more striking, pulling additional inspiration from Latin music and R&B. Paba effortlessly handles both screams and what might be the catchiest clean vocal delivery in the entire genre while pushing forth thoughts on serious topics like genocide against indigenous peoples and more light-hearted notes of just loving making music.