Come gather round children and I’ll tell you a tale of a band they called Cheekface. America loved them well. Borrowing a melody from Woody Guthrie’s “Pretty Boy Floyd,” or some other ancient folk tune, Cheekface’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” and all of It’s Sorted for that matter, would no doubt find favor in the baby faced gangster’s collection of 78s.

After several years of lovingly reissuing classic albums by 7 Seconds, Circle Jerks, and others, Trust has done the impossible and made many a hardcore fan’s dreams come true here by reissuing The Kids Will Have Their Say by SS Decontrol (aka SSD).

Daniel Johnston’s live recordings never fail to evoke intimacy, the artist’s quivering vocals never less than honest and vulnerable. The difference with Alive in New York is that it was clearly performed at a point in his life where Johnston exudes what could pass for confidence, contentment, and conviviality in front of an expectant and rapt audience.

Los Angeles hardcore mainstays Touché Amoré first unleashed Is Survived By’s cathartic, brittle and abrasive rumination on personal legacy a decade ago, but it continues to hold its own in a screamo universe so often either lyrically impenetrable or light on melody.

For what is essentially a synth-pop band, Future Islands sure deal in some wild and cathartic emotions, thanks to uber-expressive frontman Samuel T. Herring.

Katy Kirby’s follow-up to her dazzling debut, Cool Dry Place, is equally captivating in spite of a few less lustrous moments.

Alkaline Trio’s 10th album stays true to its roots while demonstrating a subtle growth to keep things interesting.

Lou Reed’s last released solo recording before his untimely death in 2013 is this gorgeous, quiet, all-instrumental New Age-inspired set.

If you think an album by two distinguished drummers—Lol Tolhurst (formerly of The Cure) and Budgie (formerly of Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures)—would be a beat heavy sonic assault, you would be correct.