NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 4, 2026
Brutal Minimalist Noise Rock BAT LEATHER’s New Album “Dark Arts” Now Available on Vinyl From NO LIST RECORDS
+ New Video “Technical Aggression”
+ Alberta Tour Dates
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No List Records announces that brutal minimalist noise rock duo Bat Leather’s new album “Dark Arts” is officially available today on limited‑edition vinyl (150 white vinyl copies, 50 rare black editions). These runs capture the band’s confrontational, genre‑breaking sound, a collision of punk abrasion, noisy garage chaos, and sludgy heaviness that refuses to sit still or fit neatly into any box.
Bat Leather marks release day with a brand‑new video for “Technical Aggression”, a track that twists feedback into structure and pushes their hyper‑distorted aesthetic to its breaking point.
Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwRKswfI94
Hailing from Calgary, AB, and Vancouver, BC, the duo known as Bat Leather’s music hits in short blasts, overdriven vocals, feedback woven directly into the songwriting, guitars pushed past the red, and a heaviness that somehow keeps getting heavier.
Tracks like “Technical Aggression” showcase the band’s ability to weaponize noise, while “Dance Craze” drags listeners through a slow‑burn haze of pounding drums and smoke‑thick atmosphere. It’s punk, but not. It’s garage rock, but not. It’s sludgy, but not entirely. It’s all of it at once, and then noisier.
Bat Leather resists comparisons, scenes, and tidy genre labels. Their music is complicated, confrontational, and strangely addictive. If “heavy rotation” counts as a genre, Bat Leather owns it. Drop the needle, and you’re immediately confronted with something puzzling, uneasy, and addictive.
No List Records continues its tradition of supporting uncompromising, boundary‑pushing artists. The “Dark Arts” vinyl release reinforces the label’s commitment to music that challenges, confronts, and refuses to be simplified.
Vinyl Order – https://nolistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dark-arts
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/album/2P4ILZIWkuI5cfd2bJP13y
Listen to “Dance Craze” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXr23p8FBI8
Bat Leather will support “Dark Arts” with a run of Alberta shows this September, bringing their confrontational, genre‑breaking sound directly to Western Canada. Tour dates listed below.
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Tour Dates:
Sept 21 – Drumheller, AB – Heller Good w/ The Polite Stripes
Sept 22 – Calgary, AB – Palomino Smokehouse w/ Unsane
Sept 23 – Lethbridge, AB – Theoretically Brewing AA
Sept 24 – Calgary, AB – Blox Arts Centre R4$ AA
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Track Listing:
1. Dance Craze – 2:00
2. Thursday Inn Sylvan – 1:42
3. Misguided Projects – 1:51
4. Then He Was Pulled Into A Machine – 2:26
5. Technical Aggression – 2:39
Credits:
Cory – Guitar, Bass, Drums, Noise
Luke – Vocals, Noise
Recorded January 2026 at Red Volume Audio in the Badlands, ab by Cory. Vocals recorded in Vancouver, bc by Luke.
Mixed by Cory. No master, no god.
Cover photograph and layout by Cory.
More info: https://www.instagram.com/batleathernoise/
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