NØ MAN

In Arabic, the word “sumud” translates to the word “steadfastness”or “perseverance,” and has expanded in Palestinian culture to represent strength based on these tenets in the face of political and cultural subjugation. The presence that Washington D.C. quartet NØ MAN emanates and the message they’ve continued to deliver has been of survival, an outright refusal of erasure, of sumud. Vocalist Maha Shami, a daughter of Palestinian refugees, details her worldview, shares her lived experiences, and purges her inner turmoil in NØ MAN, contributing an essential voice to the traditions of their home city and the global punk canon. Their towering new LP, Between The Sword And The Neck, will be their second album with Iodine Records.