Ligatures are a band that sound like tension made physical. Coming out of Washington D.C., they fuse classic D.C. hardcore aggression with the jagged rhythmic dissonance of Chicago noise rock, filtered through the grimy experimentation of UK post-punk and the raw nerve of outsider garage rock.

Imagine Drive Like Jehu if they’d grown up on Dischord records instead of Southern California - that’s Ligatures’ sweet spot. Songs lurch and snap, driven by angular riffs, nervous rhythms, and a sense that everything could come apart at any second. It’s confrontational without being retro, chaotic without losing purpose.

Featuring ex-members of Pressgang and Crucial Unit, Ligatures bring serious pedigree, but zero nostalgia. This is music made by people who understand hardcore as an idea, not a formula - pushing it sideways, roughening the edges, and leaning hard into discomfort.
 
Ligatures incredible new ‘Agency’ 12" features 7 Songs of DC post-hardcore infused with noise-rock and post-punk in beautiful DIY packaging on solid blue vinyl, hand-numbered to just 100 copies.
 
IGN482 LIGATURES – Agency 12” Pre-order your copy now. Shipping late June.
 
Tracklist:
1, All Kindsa Guys
2, White Rose
3, Eyes Wide Open
4, Currency Museum
5, Position Paper
6, Sheer Terror
7, Naval Observatory
 
Words & music by Dan Goldberg, Mike Wolf, JD Foster
Recorded & mixed at Viva Studio in Fairfax, VA, December 2025
Engineered & mixed by Matthew Michel.