Oakland post-punk trio Street Eaters return with Opaque (out September 5 via Dirt Cult Records), a raw and blistering album that transforms personal pain into explosive sonic release. Across seven cathartic tracks, the band dives deep into themes of isolation, motherhood, medical trauma, queerness, and survival—all channeled through thunderous drums, guttural basslines, and righteous fury.
Lead single “Tempers” opens like a gut punch—jagged, frantic, and unrelenting. It thrashes against the numbness of a broken system, echoing drummer/vocalist Megan March’s own harrowing childbirth experience in an understaffed hospital, exposing the cold efficiency of America’s healthcare machine. The track’s video hammers the message home as the band smashes a symbolic hospital waiting room where help never comes.
March and bassist/vocalist John No are now joined by guitarist Joan Toledo (a former Maximum Rocknroll editor and radical organizer), adding searing new textures to the band’s already potent sound. Together, they wield Opaque like a scalpel—cutting into the scars of the past while searching for healing, identity, and chosen family in an increasingly hostile world.
Street Eaters don’t just play loud—they play with purpose. Opaque is as much about confrontation as it is about emergence. It’s the sound of shedding old skin, of finding community in chaos, of screaming your truth until it resonates.
Catch them live this fall—these songs weren’t meant to sit still.
Watch “Tempers” video below:
Listen / Pre-order Opaque:
https://dirtcultrecords.bandcamp.com (link to be confirmed when live)