A couple years ago I was able to find probably the most eclectic band in my local hardcore scene that I could and by a long shot that band was Inconvenience Store. They drew from a ton of similar influences that the metalcore revival kids were taking from like Converge and Poison the Well but they utilized them in the noisiest and most unhinged ways they could gather.
Across a string of EPs and tapes released over the last decade or so, every Inconvenience Store release has contained something new as the band thrusted every instrument they could get their hands on to create a sonically varied discography. Founder and lead singer Jonah Asher Feintuck also drew from bands like Full of Hell during these years, incorporating noisy techno beats into their mix and completing all these releases in his bedroom.
Their drive for experimentation showed on their previous EP, I Don’t Want To Miss You Forever, released in 2023 which was their most focused and visceral release at that point. With that release they played a handful of shows in 2024 and 2025 as they sought to bring their noisy assault to the live crowds throughout New England.
Jonah expanded on the happenings with the band stating, “We finally managed to play the South Shore last year which I’ve wanted to play ever since I started going to shows in Hingham back in 2018. That’s a win. We also played at an arcade in Taunton, which was cool. Never done that before. And the Uxbridge VFW last fall, which was the first show I booked myself. Also the first VFW we’ve played, which I know sounds like a silly thing to be happy about but function halls like that are really my favorite places to play.”
After playing in some new locations around Massachusetts they were also able to get out and play Connecticut for the first time which Jonah stated “I’ve wanted to play there for years too and I’m all about traveling and branching out and doing out-of-state shows. (The 3 and a half hour drive was kinda fucked though.) I think that’s an important risk to take as a band. That was the second farthest show we’ve ever played, first is still Philly.”
Finally their ambitions became realized when they sat down this past year and decided to record an album's worth of material which dropped back in September titled The Fumes of Everything I Hate In the World. The album comprises 11 tracks that display Will and guitarist Jonah’s insane metalcore oriented riffage as well as Jonah’s experimental side with noisy ambient and electronic tracks that dash any expectations you might have of the album:
Starting off with a bang is the track “N.L.F.” a brief minute and a half of filthy metalcore riffs tuned to the lowest fidelity that all build into a massive breakdown at the midpoint. Just this track alone shows that they’re well studied in all matters concerning the riff but they figure you’ll need a few more reminders. “What Was Never Mine” is where the experimentation starts to take hold as the continued riffs and manic vocals are interrupted by an almost free jazz bridge section with Jonah rapping a dizzying manifesto into your ears.
Talking about his lyrics on the new album, Jonah explained his technique was done in a similar fashion to the last album. “It’s a continuation of what was explored on I Don’t Want to Miss You Forever, which was mostly done using the cut-up technique. Although this time I feel like the lyrics are a bit more refined. I’m really influenced by people like Cedric Bixler-Zavala, MC Ride, and Anthony DiDio of Vein.fm; just a lot of really dark abstraction and surrealism. I use pretty much anything to get words and phrases. I cut up zines, lyrics from unreleased songs, magazines, and flyers.”
Elaborating further on his lyrical topics, Jonah stated that he looked inward to discuss things that a lot of hardcore bands don’t really touch on despite being placed in such an extreme scene. “I can’t really say for certain what the lyrics are exactly about cause they’re so esoteric
and I can get lost in the process, but I have general concepts in mind. Porn addiction, sex, socializing and dating, mental illness, paranoia. All of those are in there somewhere. And that’s also an extension of what I’ve written about in the past, but obviously it’s different now. I’ve always tried to write something different from other bands."
These lyrical topics branch into the more repressed mindstate that many in the scene might not be comfortable with tackling in their songs but speak to a more broad experience than the usual tough guy posturing or the more homicidal lyrics found in death metal.
Inconvenience Store also recently released their first music video for the track “Bullets Dodged, Bullets Caught.” I feel like this track is almost a centerpiece for the album as it encompasses every facet they’ve sprinkled into their music previously and melts it into this concoction of wicked metalcore riffs, harsh vocals and even tosses in some rapped bridge sections before continuing the slaughter with the closing riffs. The videos aesthetic presents their identity perfectly as it looks like an old YouTube video posted in 2007 with VHS quality camerawork, video game graphics and typed out lyrics onscreen. Check it out below:
One of the moments where we get a break from their onslaught of riffage and maniacal lyricism is the track “West Pyongyang Station” which sounds like a bunch of toying with feedback and pedals to create a schizophrenic headache. I’ve never been to North Korea’s West Pyongyang Station but I feel like if I was standing there everyday my head would be sounding a lot like that. Later in the album they give us “East Pyongyang Station” which follows some similar sonic experimentation and shows how much of an influence Full of Hell had on Inconvenience Store’s sound.
A major aspect of the band is also their aesthetic with Jonah providing the artwork that comes in their packaging. When he sent me their last EP it came with polaroids of a graveyard along with pins and keychains that also featured some cut up artwork which has become his trademark. “Our aesthetic constantly changes. Our first three (?) releases were more vibrant while the stuff we did during COVID was more somber and minimalistic. Now it’s a lot more kinetic and gritty. Although again this time I wanted to make something by hand since the last four releases were all digital. I had done that before with our first two releases, which were also collages, but they weren’t as visually dynamic and versatile as this piece. And coming up with that was difficult cause I wanted to make something like what I made in the past, but also have it be so different that I wasn’t repeating myself,” Jonah explained.
For now, they're looking for a new bassist and guitarist in the Massachusetts area to bring into the fold and hope to tour in support of their record in 2026. Keep an eye out on their socials for any updates on merchandise and shows in the near future.
Inconvenience Store is one of the most expressive bands in the Massachusetts scene, even outside their music their artistry is uncompromising and they’re able to ransack items from the world around them to translate it into their dark, funereal identity. Their debut album, The Fumes of Everything I Hate In the World, is their most dense expression yet and whatever avenue they travel down next will certainly be a wild ride.
Inconvenience Store would like to shout out: Knives, Greyloch, CHOPCHOPCHOPCHOPCHOPCHOPCHOP, Couch Crash, Assbeaters Anonymous, Marc for recording us, Sam Haley Macaris, Discipline Records, William S. Burroughs, Sylvia Plath, Tim McDonald, Bleed for putting out my favorite release this year, and a bunch of others I don’t wanna make this 700 pages long.
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