US grunge/alternative/noise-rock outfit Knub stream their debut album »Crub«; available now on limited edition vinyl and digital!

Baltimore, Maryland based grunge/alternative/noise-rock outfit Knub has just released their debut album »Crub« on June 20th, 2025 via The Ghost Is Clear Records / Hex Records / Expert Work Records.

Tracklist:
01. At The Same Time
02. Bogus Remedy
03. 15 – 51
04. Broken Eyes
05. Meat Me
06. No Spoon
07. Wet Lung

“Knub are currently sinking the city of Baltimore into the Chesapeake Bay as a result of the seismic riffs they create. They completely nail those enormous riffs worthy of »Meantime«. Add to that a singer with a set of pipes potentially lifted from a church organ and you get the huge sounds that make you full-body handbang and then curse them for how stupid catchy it all is.” – Hex Records

Courtesy of The Ghost Is Clear Records:

Baltimore’s KNUB return with their first full-length offering, »Crub«, after several years of perfecting their low-end heavy rock through a demo EP and a split LP with Ohio’s Brain Cave.

Photo by Mike White

»Crub« is an expansion of the KNUB sound of those last two releases. More three-dimensional, you could say. The band explores the juxtaposition of hooky melody and harmony against heavy dissonance and odd rhythms, and they push that juxtaposition even farther on this record.

Sonically, »Crub« is darker and more aggressive than previous recordings, and quite intentionally. There is more grit and less sparkle compared to past records, and much more time was spent with Justin Day in the studio honing the tones and getting the right sound and mix. Justin at New Noise Recording and Mat at Mobtown Studios were absolutely instrumental in executing the band’s vision of »Crub«.

The album is being co-released by The Ghost Is Clear Records, Hex Records, and Expert Work Records.

»Crub« limited edition vinyls available here:
theghostisclearrecords.limitedrun.com
expertworkrecords.limitedrun.com
expertworkrecords.bandcamp.com

Written and performed by KNUB.
Recorded and mixed by Justin Day and New Noise Recording.
Mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman at Mobtown Studios.

Knub is:
Dave Ort – Vocals
Nick McIntosh – Bass
Greg Woodward – Drums
Ben Zamzow – Guitar

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well