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Portland, Oregon-based garage rock band Gondos has released their third album, Anatomy Of A Hornet’s Nest. The new release is the result of extensive sessions recorded live to ½ inch tape by Gondos’ lead guitarist (and member of local heroes The Macks) Ben Windheim. It also serves as the band’s first full-length offering with new bassist Elisabeth Zarnick joining singer Aidan Trueheart Case, Windheim, and drummer Grant Anderson.

The source material, scoured from Aidan Case’s notebooks and demos, stretches as far back as 2022 and right up until the month leading into the album recording sessions in spring of 2025. It’s eclectic, and frantic, while focused and direct. From recalling terrifying and thrilling acid trips at Oregon Country Fair, surrendering to the void to find purpose, channeling anger into a healthy outlet, stream-of-consciousness diss tracks at cheaters, reclamations of power, to evil-noise-krautrock drum machine jams.

Case shared the following about the new release:

“This is an album intended to explode in your face, trash your car speakers, fill you with adrenaline, terrify and confuse you. Gondos want as much of the world as we can bite off, and this album is the pure source of motivation for that goal. Anatomy Of A Hornet’s Nest is Gondos driving as fast as we can, and we need you to get in the car.”

Stream the new full-length album below and make sure you grab your copy today!