Straight out of the Crescent City, BRAT released their debut album Social Grace in March 2024. Since forming in 2021, the New Orleans deathgrind/hardcore band has ascended quickly with relentless US touring and two head-turning EPs already under their belt.

Between an intense touring schedule with GWAR, Napalm Death, Crowbar, and grind contemporaries like ACxDC, Full of Hell, and No/Mas, the band recorded Social Grace over a year and a half at HighTower Recording (Thou, A Wilhelm Scream, Eyehategod). Tracking songs in batches allowed BRAT to sharpen their craft, resulting in a crushing blend of death metal, thrash, and powerviolence.

BRAT’s self-described barbiegrind/bimboviolence aesthetic stands in intentional contrast to their sound, carving out space for outsiders through jubilant authenticity. Feral, ferocious, and defiantly anti-purist, Social Grace is a cataclysmically heavy party that everyone’s invited to.