DRY SOCKET – SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES (RUBY & BLACK GALAXY VINYL) - LP •

DRY SOCKET – SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES (RUBY & BLACK GALAXY VINYL) - LP •UPC: 634457246713 Label: GET BETTER Format: LP Release Date: April 24, 2026 In stock items ship within 48 hours Dry Socket is a politically charged hardcore band from Portland, Oregon, known for blistering performances and emotionally uncompromising songwriting. Rooted in the raw aggression of classic hardcore, their sound channels the urgency of early Ceremony, G. L. O. S. S., and Negative Approach while carving out a distinctly modern, inclusive

UPC: 634457246713
Label: GET BETTER
Format: LP
Release Date: April 24, 2026
In stock items ship within 48 hours

Dry Socket is a politically charged hardcore band from Portland, Oregon, known for blistering performances and emotionally uncompromising songwriting. Rooted in the raw aggression of classic hardcore, their sound channels the urgency of early Ceremony, G.L.O.S.S., and Negative Approach while carving out a distinctly modern, inclusive space within the genre, one where anger, grief, and survival are not just themes, but lived realities.Their music confronts systems of violence, coercion, and control with unflinching honesty, creating room to be unapologetically furious, vulnerable, and alive at the same time. Every riff lands like a strike; every lyric feels torn from experience rather than abstraction.Since forming, Dry Socket has toured extensively across the U.S., Europe, and Mexico, sharing stages with Gorilla Biscuits, The Hope Conspiracy, Torso, and more. Their latest record, Self Defense Techniques, centers on survival under constant pressure. Inspired by the practice of dehorning rhinos to protect them from poachers, removing a vital part of the animal in order to keep it alive, the album examines the compromises people are forced to make to endure a hostile world. Horns are tools for protection, communication, care, and identity. To survive, so many of us are taught to remove our own.Across the record, Dry Socket interrogates life inside systems that demand silence, obedience, and self-erasure. Songs wrestle with exhaustion, spiritual betrayal, and economic violence, oscillating between fury and grief. Self Defense Techniques isn't about triumph, it's about endurance, documenting the cost of staying alive while refusing the lie that softness is weakness or that silence is peace

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