Philadelphia’s Sims Hardin is back with a new Society LP, Reign Of Flies, which makes for a fitting follow-up to 2024’s All Flies Go To Hell 7 inch. In a time where even basement punk production is reasonably professional and sterile, this sounds like it was recorded on 4 track and mixed to a boombox— what a relief!
Hardin’s newest offering ranges from Crass style little-drummer-boy beats, to more experimental VU/kraut jams, with a bit of pop sensibility tying everything together quite seamlessly. Each song a scathing critique of modern… Society, with heavy emphasis on foreign affairs. While the debut EP lightly tapped into the general hopelessness of 2024, Reign Of Flies lyrically constructs a hall-of-mirrors around an undeniably bleaker 2026. Thematically it’s a reality-check, but musically the LP maintains an underlying fist-pumpin’/foot-stompin’/head-bobbin’ groove to keep even the most politically timid listener’s head buried deep in the sand.
Out July 31st on Under The Gun Records from East Los Angeles.
-Vinny Earley
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PRE ORDER EXPECTED TO SHIP ON OR AROUND JULY 31st 2026
