📧 Tuesday Email — “The Chart” (preview)

Sent every Tuesday 9 AM ET to all users. Monday 8 AM ET a short “Voting is OPEN” email goes out first.

1. Forge & Flood — Iron Meadow (▲3, 1,910 votes)

2. Detention Hall Anthem — Sleepover Champions (▲4, 1,842 votes)

3. Floor Punch Summer — Concrete Youth (▼1, 1,760 votes)

4. Gas Station Roses — Highway Palms (▲1, 1,733 votes)

5. Cassette Weather — Velvet Static (▼4, 1,675 votes)

6. Safety Pin Season — Detention Radio (▲2, 1,598 votes)

7. Food Court Heartbreak — Mall Rat Summer (▼4, 1,530 votes)

8. Cathedral Static — Coffin Bloom (▲5, 1,425 votes)

9. Anvil Choir — Iron Meadow (▼2, 1,340 votes)

10. Two Minutes Hate — Riot Act Reading Club (▲6, 1,302 votes)

Pop Punk: Detention Hall Anthem — Sleepover Champions

Indie: Cassette Weather — Velvet Static

Metal: Forge & Flood — Iron Meadow

Hardcore: Floor Punch Summer — Concrete Youth

Punk: Safety Pin Season — Detention Radio

Rock: Gas Station Roses — Highway Palms

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