Weakened Friends - Feels Like Hell (Nuclear Splatter Vinyl)

The Portland trio Weakened Friends returns with Feels Like Hell, their most self-assured and emotionally charged record yet. Despite the title, the album is a celebration of personal growth, creative freedom, and defiant joy in the face of a chaotic world.

Coming off the burnout and frustration captured in their 2021 album Quitter, Feels Like Hell finds Sonia Sturino (vocals/guitar), Annie Hoffman (bass/vocals), and Adam Hand (drums) leaning into clarity, gratitude, and renewed purpose. Sturino's lyrics are as raw and honest as ever, but now they reflect strength rather than despair. It's an album that drags existential dread into the daylight and sets it on fire.

With driving guitars, unflinching lyrics, and a renewed sense of purpose, Weakened Friends prove that it's possible to stand in the wreckage and still find something worth singing about.

Highlights include "Smoke and Mirrors" and "Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out)". 

Limited Edition NUCLEAR SPLATTER vinyl produced by Don Giovanni Records in 2025. 

TRACKLISTING:

1. Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out)
2. Lightspeed
3. Nosebleed
4. Weightless
5. Interlude 1
6. NPC (feat. Buckethead)
7. Smoke and Mirrors
8. Queen of Town
9. Not For Nothing
10. Interlude 2
11. Great Expectations
12. Torn