3 October 2026 – Harker Leave Nothing Behind on Third Album All That Remains

Brighton punk quartet Harker released third album All That Remains yesterday through Disconnect Disconnect Records, with Shield Recordings handling Europe and Fixing A Hole covering Japan. The record pushes the band's melodic punk roots further into fuzz-heavy 1990s indie-rock territory, combining the urgency of punk with the useful discovery that a large hook does not automatically invalidate your DIY credentials.

Previous singles "Dislocation," "Redacted" and "I Ruin Everything" established the record's emotional terrain. "Dislocation" in particular grew from vocalist and guitarist Mark Boniface's memories of driving around alone in his twenties when negative thoughts became difficult to quiet, eventually recognising that talking to somebody would probably have been more productive than repeatedly starting the car at three in the morning. That combination of self-awareness and restlessness runs through Harker's work.

Their reference points include Superchunk, The Get Up Kids, Against Me! and The Replacements, but All That Remains does not behave like a checklist assembled from somebody's record collection. Instead, Harker use those melodic-punk instincts to address anxiety and isolation with considerably more warmth than the distortion initially suggests. Sometimes DIY punk's most radical message is not destroying the system. Sometimes it is admitting you should probably have called a friend.