Black Guy Fawkes - The Misery Suite (2025) [Hi-Res]

In a country where every week feels like another swing of the political wrecking ball, Black Guy Fawkes steps in with The Misery Suite, a record that refuses to turn away from either personal or collective grief. Written after years of therapy and self-reconstruction, the album echoes the exhaustion of American life in 2025, where rising authoritarianism and constant cultural combat grind us down to the bone. Fawkes doesn’t pretend he has the answers. Instead, he opens a vein, offering a brutally honest document of one man fighting for his life, his community, and his ability to remain himself in a world that rewards conformity and cruelty.

These songs are messy, cathartic, and alive. This is the sound of a human being clawing their way out of despair while watching the country around them stumble upon the ruins it has created for itself. “It’s safe to say… I know I’m not alone, now,” he admits, a reminder that solidarity is still possible, even when the system profits off the manufactured divides.

Releasing 19 September on Asbestos Records, The Misery Suite will be streaming exclusively one day early at TGEFM, where readers can also catch a full review here. For those trying to breathe through the suffocating weight of 2025, this album offers more than music… it offers proof that survival itself can be an act of defiance.