'The Refrigerator' (Crystal Pink Vinyl)

Frontperson Carmen Perry wrote much of the record while working as a teacher during the pandemic, channeling that surreal mix of exhaustion, nostalgia, and rediscovery into songs that feel both raw and reassuring. “It feels like a Saturn return record,” Perry says. “Messy, hard, crazy-making, but ultimately healing.”

Recorded at Chicago’s Electrical Audio just after Steve Albini’s passing, the album carries a quiet sense of reverence while still pulsing with the band’s trademark sound. Songs like “Roadkill,” “Cut Fruit,” and “Thumb” swing between bratty catharsis and tender reflection, capturing that push-and-pull between chaos and clarity. It’s also the first Remember Sports record the band fully produced themselves, leaning into experimentation (yes, there are bagpipes) and the freedom to make something that feels entirely their own.