Two sides of the same wound.

Street Sects and Street Sex deliver a seismic one-two: Dry Drunk and Full Color Eclipse drop on August 15, 2025, both co-produced by Ben Chisholm and released via HEALTH’s new label, Compulsion. While the names may differ by mere letters, the creative duality between them is immense. One album is a clenched fist, the other an open wound.

On Dry Drunk, Street Sects return after a seven-year silence with their most feral, blood-letting material to date. The album rips through industrial punk, noise rock and extreme metal with abandon. Sharpened textures, unrelenting double kicks and vocals that scream more than they sing. “Spitting Images” and “Eject Button” are standouts, blending tightly sequenced sonic violence with raw emotional volatility. It’s an album crawling with regret, self-hatred and the unbearable tension of holding it all in.

Flip the record and Full Color Eclipse steps into the spotlight. The same core duo with different rules. Under the new Street Sex alias, Leo Ashline and Shaun Ringsmuth lean hard into melody, synths and sex. The result is slick, sleazy and unshakably catchy. “Rock Salt,” “The Squeeze” and “The Arrangement” deliver throbbing synth grooves, warped guitars and vocal lines dripping with lust and danger. The lyrics are hyper sexual, often graphic, yet carefully crafted. Fucking, choking, begging and surrendering all unfold in vivid technicolor. “Fuck until your face turns blue,” Ashline commands on “Turn Blue,” sounding less like a partner than a demon wearing lip gloss.

Together, these albums don’t just showcase range, they reveal an artist split down the middle, pulled between self-destruction and self-indulgence. Dry Drunk tightens its jaw and rages inward, while Full Color Eclipse opens wide and asks for more. This is not a left turn or a reinvention. It’s a full exposure. Two sides, one voice, just spelled differently.