The Shape of Blue LP

Arankai came up on Hopeless Records the honest way, grinding riffs somewhere between metalcore, punk, and pop until 2025's debut A Portrait of Red and the record that followed it turned heads. The songs don't posture: verses about walking away from a relationship that's already dead sit on top of riffing sharp enough to draw blood. Hopeless has kept pressing this band's catalog in one colored vinyl after another, and collectors have kept buying it, which tells you something.