bloodsports share pummeling new single, "Calvin" - debut album arrives this fall
BLOODSPORTS
SHARE NEW SINGLE “CALVIN”
DEBUT ALBUM ANYTHING CAN BE A HAMMER
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 17, 2025 VIA GOOD ENGLISH
APPEARING AT SABU TITLE FEST THIS SATURDAY,
SUPPORTING TOTAL WIFE AT NIGHT CLUB 101 LATER THIS MONTH
New York City rock group bloodsports are excited to share the second preview off their upcoming debut album, Anything Can Be A Hammer, available digitally and via Cassette and Vinyl on October 17, 2025 via Good English Records. “Calvin” is out now, a blistering, disjointed track filled with vignettes of dreamstates, sewn together by churning guitars and unrelenting urgency.
“It’s definitely the most standard “rock” song on the record, it kinda feels like a Pixies song to us, bandleader Sam Murphy explains. “This one was written in like an hour with a couple of simple riffs I had in my head for awhile and really hasn’t changed since. Lyrically, it takes place during a dream I had so a lot of the lines are kind of disjointed from one another and ambiguous, which I think reflects a dream state pretty well.
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Since the band’s inception in 2023, bloodsports has been on the cutting edge of disjointed, hard hitting guitar music, making a name for themselves within Brooklyn’s DIY scene for their dynamic performances. Earlier this summer, bloodsports announced their signing to Good English Records, a new independent label based out of New York, NY and Nashville, TN. With the announcement, they unveiled their debut record and shared “Rosary,” a slow building track that explores regrets through reminiscing about the past, patiently wading through the emotions, working towards a huge sonic payoff.
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Last year they shared “Canary,” a standalone single that exposed the band’s tight edged inclinations and sentimental songwriting. Their eponymous debut EP arrived in 2023 via Candle Pin Records, with string oriented slowcore track “Sky Mall” leading the release. On their imminent debut, bloodsports are more refined and empowered than ever, fearlessly tearing through nine tracks of clean cut guitars, orchestral arrangements and transformative lyricism.
Earlier this spring, bloodsports toured around the American South and East Coast, hitting closeknit DIY scenes in Chicago, Asheville, Philadelphia and more. Last month, the band toured up and down the east coast with Boston group Main Era. Known for their explosive live shows, the group has played shows with Flooding, Split Chain, Kal Marks, Aunt Katrina, All Under Heaven, Terraplana, and more.
This Saturday, August 23, bloodsports will appear at Sabu Title Fest in Brooklyn, NY Later this month, the band will perform at Night Club 101 with Total Wife, Make Yourself at Home and Glaring Orchid. For information on upcoming live shows, see follow bloodsports on Instagram at @bloodsportsonline.
BLOODSPORTS LIVE 2025
AUGUST
23 - Sabu Title Fest - Brooklyn, NY
30 - Night Club 101 - New York, NY
BLOODSPORTS
ANYTHING CAN BE A HAMMER
GOOD ENGLISH RECORDS
Release Date: October 17, 2025
1. Trio 1
2. Come, Dog
3. Themes
4. Calvin
5. Trio 2
6. Rot
7. Rosary
8. A River Runs Through It
9. Anything Can Be A Hammer
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Taking over the sweaty New York venues and curbside congregations that came to be synonymous with the name, bloodsports is set to release their long awaited debut LP Anything Can Be A Hammer via brand new New York/Nashville label Good English Records on October 17, 2025. bloodsports has become an undeniable force amidst their latest line up, where members Sam Murphy (guitar/vocals), Jeremy Mock (Guitar), Liv Eriksen (bass/vocals) and Scott Hale (drums) find solace in the capitulation of sonic strain; where angular sedition blends with economical melodies that lighten the load of the self-destruction that these songs embrace. But as bold as their landscapes have been prior, Anything Can Be A Hammer finds the band embracing a more dynamic approach, maturing in their techniques as these songs brim over with subtle fixations – balancing a steady pace of experimentation and curiosity that linger amongst the rhythmic blows and befuddling depths that the band confidently explores. Fragile, yet abundant, bloodsports leans into that patience that plays to our own interior designs, where Murphy’s lyricism is a notion of both what we know and what we think we know, as it all comes to the fore when our obsessions are at large. It’s an album that’s got blood in its veins and a finger on the pulse.
ABOUT GOOD ENGLISH RECORDS:
Good English Records is an independent record label and arts collective based in New York City and Nashville. Founded by artists and music lovers in 2025, we connect talent with their potential by developing artists with a DIY ethos.
Good English’s mission is to empower independent artists to create work however, whenever and wherever they want. We are advocates for artists — prioritizing equity, creative freedom and stability to build partnerships that work for everyone.
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