Ostraca - last

Ostraca - lastAfter blowing minds and making best of lists across the world with their debut full length, Deathless, and a jaw dropping split with Denton, TX foursome Flesh Born, Richmond, VA based trio Ostraca is back with last, a 30 minute sonic assault developing further on their impressive atmospherics and chaotic abilities that we've all come to know and love. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Lance Koehler (Municipal Waste, Cloak Dagger, Chuck Ragan) at

and punk rap album

Sofia's steady register anchors the madness

and drummer John Crogan pick up where their last record left off

Designed by Jesse Feinman

lyric insert and colored vinyl

with contributions from vocalists Annie Nero and Mark Duplass

The album tackles themes of emergent loss

and represents everything the genre should be: raw and sexy

and including numerous modes of percussion and engineering techniques

the acrobatic back-and-forth between the guitars

For this batch of songs

details the disorientation caused by the disappearance of the person you would normally call on to help work through these huge feelings and not only that––they’re the reason you’re feeling them in the first place