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Latest Releases

		Double Negative: Hits 7" - Three new tracks, the last recordings with the mighty KC on vocals and the first recordings with new drummer Bobby M. If you had any doubt that Double Negative are still Double Negative, this three-song banger will dispel all of them. Like every new -/- release so far, this one subtly expands your expectations of what the band is all about while still sounding like nothing but Double Negative. All copies on "pink smoke" vinyl. Includes digital download. . Listen to this record on BandCamp
		Bukkake Boys: S/T 12" - After a slew of small vinyl, Atlanta's Bukkake Boys finally deliver their debut LP. Over the years since their last EP for Sorry State, Bukkake Boys have expanded to a five-piece and grown increasingly heavy, intense, and pummeling, leaving behind their scraggly, noisy hardcore for a sound that takes the best parts of huge-sounding Japanese HC like Framtid and Kriegshög and combines it with the simplicity and urgency of classic USHC. If you like your hardcore to fit neatly in a subgenre, you might not get it. If you like your hardcore delivered with maximum possible venom and bile, get this immediately. Includes digital download. 100 copies on magenta vinyl for mailorder. Listen to this record on BandCamp
		Whatever Brains: Whatever Brains 12" - Less than a year after their first LP, North Carolina's Whatever Brains are back with a brand new full-length. This time they've put away the electronic drums and weird home-recorded tracks and concentrated on making a "rock" record, and the results are both more focused and more expansive than anything in the band's quickly-growing discography. There are short songs, long songs, weird songs, angry songs, punk songs, rock songs, quiet songs, and loud songs, but everything flows together seamlessly. It's something of a cliche to say that listening to an album feels like a journey, but in this case it's absolutely true. Includes digital download. Listen to this record on BandCamp
		Stripmines: Crimes of Dispassion 12" - Debut LP from the most rugged and uncompromising band in North Carolina hardcore. Since their earliest days Stripmines have been combining crushing crust punk rhythms, Skitkids-esque rocked-out riffs and leads, and pit-annihilating breakdowns, but the monstrous production and ambitious, non-intuitive songwriting on Crimes of Dispassion bring their sound to new levels of intensity, while vocalist Matt Lavallee still emits a Brannon-esque bellow that is one of the most intense and identifiable voices in punk today. The mailorder version is limited to 100 copies and features smoke-colored vinyl and a hand-screened obi strip with metallic silver ink. Listen to the track "Years of Dread" on SoundCloud
		Joint D≠: Strike Gently 12" - Originally known as Joint Damage but forced to change their name because of the threat of legal action, Joint D≠ is a new project from Nick Goode, who you know from his guitar work in NC's Logic Problem and Brain F≠. While Nick's trademark vocal stylings and wall-of-treble guitar sound are familiar, Joint D≠ have a different sound than his other bands thanks to the muscular rhythm section, which is equally comfortable with a Wipers-style propulsive lurch as they are with Gauze-esque stop-on-a-dime changes. Guest vocals from Elise and Bobby from Brain F≠ make this essential for fans of that band, while the music itself makes it essential for anyone who can appreciate ambitious, atmospheric, and dynamic hardcore. The mailorder version is limited to 100 copies and features crimson colored vinyl, a hand-screened obi strip with metallic silver ink (the regular press has an obi with black ink), and black dust sleeve. Listen to the track "(I'm) Haunted" on SoundCloud
		Pure Scum: Demo cassette - Pure Scum is a band of 15- and 16-year old kids from Raleigh, NC playing pure, undiluted hardcore. After being blown away by them at their first show, I knew I had to get these ragers' set on tape before they started wearing skinny jeans, listening to Joy Division, or whatever else it is that keeps modern hardcore from being this good. Nine songs about hating school, not being cool, and wanting to kill your family. Highly recommended for people who think that the Negative Approach and SOA EPs are the absolute pinnacle of human cultural achievement. Limited to 100 pro-printed cassettes with 2-color, screen-printed j-cards and digital download. Listen to the track "Disaster" on SoundCloud
		UX Vileheads: Hardcore XI 12" - After two killer 7" EPs, Umeå, Sweden's UX Vileheads unleash their debut LP. While the Vileheads have always played a killer mix of straight up 80s USHC and UK82 punk, the latter element is even more conspicuous on this material, making it the band's catchiest to date. No other current band so effectively combines the gritty energy of Minor Threat and early Black Flag with the fist-pumping singalongs of the UK Subs. Those who are familiar with the band and its members no doubt have high expectations, and Hardcore XI summarily exceeds them. Quite simply, this is a perfect hardcore LP. Mailorder version on gold vinyl with black dust sleeve limited to 110 copies. Sorry State Records Listen to the track "UX Vilehead" on SoundCloud
		The Shitty Limits: Speculate/Accumulate 12" - After one of the most impeccable runs of vinyl in modern punk, this 12" EP sadly marks the Shitty Limits' swan song. It's been a long road from Limits Appear to here, but if, like me, you have thought every Shitty Limits record was better than the last then you'll be wild about this 12". While there are still spastic hardcore bangers like "Survey Says," the quirky, Fall-esque influences apparent on the last few releases come to the fore with songs like "Medication Time" and "Future Mantra." I'm still crushed that this band decided to call it quits, but at least Speculate/Accumulate assures that I'll have a great soundtrack when I cry myself to sleep each night. Limited to 300 copies. Sorry State Records Listen to the track "Future Mantra" on SoundCloud