Weakened Friends - Common Blah LP (purple vinyl)

Engineered and produced by Hoffman and perfected over the last year, the record broadcasts heavy feelings amid screech and feedback with little more than a distortion pedal to clog up the signal chain. For Sturino, writing in Weakened Friends is more of a physical process than a mental one. "I have to feel the vibration or sound coming out of my body. I need the physicality to do it, to enjoy singing it," she says. "People probably hear the vocals and think, 'she just puts on that weird voice,' but it's really just what comes out. It's my body making that sound."