Philadelphia cult favourites Nyxy Nyx are excited to share the latest preview of their first proper studio record, Cult Classics Vol. 1, due out September 12, 2025, via Julia’s War Recordings. Out today is “Ashtray,” an intensely noisy track that insulates contemplative lyricism in layers of fuzzed-out guitars. The almost six-minute-long song breaks down into a cacophony of noise, before melting into an interlude of silence, a hurricane of riffs, and then a calming array of instrumentals.
Last month, the band announced the incoming record with world-tilting lead single “in haze” acting as a first taste for what the band has in store—the song twinkles and trudges on slowly through drones of guitar and delicate ripples of melancholy vocals.
A prolific member of the Philly DIY scene, Nyxy Nyx began in 2014 as a performance art project, slowly morphing into a legendary scene go-to and gaining a cult following along the East Coast. Earlier this year, they shared a standalone single, “the cauldron” and full-length project Real Life, adding to their ever-changing, eclectic discography.
Cult Classics Vol. 1 Track Listing:
1. Empty Gesture
2. They Called U Wild
3. Hold Me (I’m Shaking)
4. I Don’t Know Much About Love
5. Ashtray
6. The Stray
7. In Haze
8. Endless Hex