DETACH THE ISLANDS: Brooklyn Mathcore/Hardcore Outfit Releases “Refugee Anatomy (2026 Mix)” Video; Concrete Jungle EP Which Includes Poison The Well And Death Grips Covers Out Now

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Dispatching a ravenous and twisted brew of sound somewhere to the left of mathcore, hardcore, powerviolence, and screamo, DETACH THE ISLANDS issues a new video for “Refugee Anatomy (2026 Mix),” found on their Concrete Jungle EP, out now on Tomb Tree Tapes.

DETACH THE ISLANDS’ Concrete Jungle features a mix of new tracks, remixes, and covers of both Death Grips and Poison The Well. The tunes infuse discordant, technical, and emotive guitar work that often avoids genre norms with up front and filthy bass that glues the band together. Desperate, cathartic, and multidimensional vocals meet deadly precise, dizzying, and expressive drumming. Lyrical subjects range from religion, politics, existentialism, and living with Crohn’s Disease. The music’s moments of beauty and release keep the listener from being fatigued from the songs’ otherwise unrelenting discordance.

Originally released on The Burden To Become Fact, the remix/remaster of “Refuge Anatomy” brings the song its fullest potential. “Refugee Anatomy” explores a life with chronic illness, and for Ceglia, his is Crohn’s Disease. The panic of medication suddenly becoming unusable; the fear of being betrayed by your body; the uncertainty of a life that can be on borrowed time. These are described as a civil war in a grotesque empire whose lyrics end with cries for a coup d’etat to end the internal struggle and pain. This song is for anyone who lives life with chronic illness and walks the knife’s edge between normalcy and collapse.

The song’s explosive nature is further heightened in this music video’s kaleidoscopic journey through DETACH THE ISLANDS’ history – a further reflection on the Concrete Jungle EP’s mission of bringing together where the music has been and where it will be headed. The “Refugee Anatomy (2026 Mix)” was mixed by Garret de Block/Soundwork International and mastered by Magnus Lindberg/Magnus Lindberg Productions, and the new video was created by David Brenner (Gridfailure, Diminishing, Earsplit), utilizing chaotic DTI live footage filmed over the past several years.

DETACH THE ISLANDS’ fever dreamlike video for “Refugee Anatomy (2026 Mix)” is now playing on YouTube HERE.

The Concrete Jungle EP is available digitally on DETACH THE ISLANDS’ Bandcamp HERE, and on cassette via Tomb Tree Tapes HERE.

The band is currently working on new material and continues to perform throughout the NYC region, including a show this Thursday, November 12th in Brooklyn.

DETACH THE ISLANDS Live:
11/12/2026 Gold Sounds – Brooklyn, NY [info]