Street Sects are back — And they’ve brought Street Sex with them

After seven years of silence and a hellish personal detour, Street Sects are coming in hot with not one, but two albums—and a whole new band.

Industrial hardcore shapeshifters Street Sects have just announced ‘Dry Drunk,’ their first full-length since 2018, landing August 15th via COMPULSION RECORDS. But that’s just half the chaos. Enter Street Sex, the duo’s shiny new alter ego and namesake band, also dropping its debut LP ‘Full Color Eclipse’ the very same day. Two records, two identities, one brutally honest evolution.

Both albums were produced by Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), and they’re a study in contrasts. On ‘Dry Drunk,’ Street Sects’ signature abrasive intensity is sharpened to a serrated edge, fueled by vocalist Leo Ashline’s recovery from a crack cocaine relapse and the emotional wreckage that came with it. It’s harsh, raw, and unflinchingly personal.

In Ashline’s own words, lead single Spitting Image channels “a man in the absolute depths of Dry Drunk Syndrome… he’s stupid and hateful. He might have gotten sober, but he hasn’t changed.” Brutal stuff—but if you’ve followed Street Sects, you know they’ve always been about pulling back the curtain, even when the view is disturbing.

But on the other side of this emotional wrecking ball is Street Sex, and things are looking neon-bright and unhinged in all the best ways. Full Color Eclipse is pure, high-gloss pop chaos—still dark, still twisted, but wrapped in melody, hooks, and sweat-slicked euphoria. The debut single Turn Blue pulses like a dancefloor exorcism. It’s part satire, part liberation anthem: “a comical, hedonistic anthem… about letting go of repression and feeling a weight lift off you,” Ashline says.

Listen to Spitting Image and Turn Blue, and watch the double video animated by Ben Carlson now.

Think of the two albums as dueling sides of the same scorched coin—one caught in a loop of self-destruction, the other exploding with reckless abandon. ‘Dry Drunk’ is the crawl through glass. ‘Full Color Eclipse’ is the wild sprint into a fluorescent-lit unknown.

Behind the music is a deeper story of resilience. After splitting in 2020 during Ashline’s relapse, Street Sects went silent for over a year. But rebuilding their connection while working on both albums (with the guidance of producer Chisholm) reignited the fire. “Ben brought a fresh perspective that saved the band in many ways,” says Ringsmuth.

Now, they’re not just back—they’re doubling down. Both albums are packed with meticulously crafted extremes, and the tension between them gives each one even more weight. Ashline describes ‘Dry Drunk’ as a possible closing chapter on addiction narratives, while ‘Full Color Eclipse’ opens a door to a more fearless future.

‘Dry Drunk’ and ‘Full Color Eclipse’ both drop August 15, 2025, via COMPULSION RECORDS, the new label imprint from HEALTH. Pre-orders are open now, and if the dual singles are anything to go by, these two albums are set to be some of the most powerful, unfiltered work either project has put out.

Street Sects and Street Sex aren’t just releasing new music—they’re mapping out a new identity in real time, and it’s as bold, brutal, and bizarre as ever.

Pick your poison. Or take both.

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‘Dry Drunk’ track list

1. A List of All Persons I Will Harm
2. The Glass Shithouse
3. Entertainment Law
4. Spitting Image
5. Love Makes You Fat
6. Playboy Body
7. Baker Act
8. Eject Button
9. A Dying Wage
10. Riding The Clock
11. Murphy Artist
12. The Rooms

‘Full Color Eclipse’ track list

1. Timing Belt
2. Coming of Age
3. Perpetuity
4. Turn Blue
5. Half Laugh
6. Rock Salt
7. Going Up
8. New Braunfels
9. Short Cut
10. The Squeeze
11. The Pretense
12. The Arrangement
13. The Big Heat

Album pre-orders are now available: Street Sects’ ‘Dry Drunk’ and Street Sex’s ‘Full Color Eclipse’.