Sorry state newsletter: April 28, 2025

This week we have a killer comeback from New York's Kaleidoscope, a fresh round of Staff Picks, and new and reissued punk from all over the globe!

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New and Recommended Punk & Hardcore Ragers!

  • Sympathy Flowers: Through The Veil cassette
    Vendor
    Harshara
    Regular price
    $8.00
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    $8.00
  • Bart and The Brats / Jacket Burner: Good Cop Bad Cop Split 7"
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    $10.00
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    $10.00
  • Dru The Drifter and The Back Alley Hookers: The Intimidator 7"
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    $10.00
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    $10.00
  • Jail: Rotations of Rot on Stations of Fear 12"
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    $20.00
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    $20.00
  • I Pentiti / HDPE: Split 7"
    Vendor
    CCP Records
    Regular price
    $14.00
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    $14.00
  • Private Hell: Wake Up Screaming 7" flexi
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    self-released
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    $8.00
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    $8.00
  • Cheap Heat: Blank Void 7"
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    $10.00
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    $10.00
  • Oust: Rather Be A Fuck Up 12"
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    $25.00
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    $25.00

Recommended Reissues

  • Mercenarias: Bau 83-87 12"
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    $30.00
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    $30.00
  • Mercenarias: Demo 1983 7"
    Regular price
    $18.00
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    $18.00
  • The Endtables: S/T 12"
    Regular price
    $28.00
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    $28.00
  • 7 Seconds: New Wind / Change in My Head 12" (yellow vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Vendor
    Trust Records
    Regular price
    $45.00
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    $45.00
  • The Nerve Agents: The Butterfly Collection 12" (deluxe edition; red marble vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $30.00
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    $30.00
  • The Nerve Agents: Days of the White Owl 12" (green marble vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $30.00
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    $30.00
  • The Nerve Agents: S/T 12" (deluxe edition) (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $28.00
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    $28.00
  • Robert: Robert The Record 12"
    Regular price
    $25.00
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    $25.00

Recommended books, zines, and other reads

  • 185 Miles South of Somewhere zine
    Regular price
    $15.00
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    $15.00
  • Love Letters 2 - From Christina's Flyer Collection zine
    Vendor
    zines
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Artcore #43 zine + Zany Guys 7"
    Vendor
    Artcore
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    $20.00
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    $20.00
  • Weird Music That Goes on Forever: A Punk's Guide to Loving Jazz book
    Regular price
    $18.00
    Sale price
    $18.00

new batch of markdowns!

  • Lebenden Toten puzzle
    Vendor
    self-released
    Regular price
    $40.00
    Sale price
    $20.00
  • Sistema En Decadencia: Nuestro Legado 12"
    Regular price
    $28.00
    Sale price
    $15.00
  • Heavy Metal: V - Live At The Gas Station 12"
    Regular price
    $17.00
    Sale price
    $12.00
  • Eve of Darkness book
    Vendor
    UXB Press
    Regular price
    $52.00
    Sale price
    $35.00
  • Rolex: Live In Orange County 6/30/19 cassette
    Vendor
    No Solution
    Regular price
    $6.00
    Sale price
    $3.00

Sealed Vintage Vinyl

We recently acquired a large collection from a former major label executive, which included several hundred sealed original pressings from the 70s and 80s. There are rare and pricey items as well as a ton of cheapies priced well below what you'll pay for a new release. Most of these records have been sealed for 40+ years.

Click here to check out the collection!

Record Store Day exclusive releases now 25% off

  • Slint: Tweez (Tweethan Mix) 12" (RSD 2025)
    Regular price
    $30.00
    Sale price
    $22.50
  • Bill Evans: Further Ahead - Live In Finland (1964-1969) 12" (RSD 2025)
    Regular price
    $55.00
    Sale price
    $41.25
  • Guttermouth: Gorgeous 12" (RSD 2025)
    Regular price
    $42.00
    Sale price
    $31.50
  • U-Roy: Right Time Rockers 12" (RSD 2025)
    Regular price
    $35.00
    Sale price
    $26.25
  • Neurotic Outsiders: S/T 12" (RSD 2025)
    Regular price
    $35.00
    Sale price
    $26.25

recently restocked

  • Masturbation: Discography 12"
    Vendor
    import
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Argh!: Se Pudrio Todo... Adios 12"
    Regular price
    $22.00
    Sale price
    $22.00
  • Dominación: Punks Ganan 7"
    Regular price
    $12.00
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    $12.00
  • Motorhead: Live in Minneapolis 12"
    Vendor
    euro import
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00

New Releases on La Vida Es Un Mus up for pre-order

Kaleidoscope: Cities Of Fear 12" (PRE-ORDER)
Regular price
$25.00
Sale price
$25.00
Tàrrega 91: Ckaos Total 12" (PRE-ORDER)
Regular price
$25.00
Sale price
$25.00

two new releases on Sorry State up for pre-order

Fugitive Bubble: What Will Happen If We Stop 12" (Sorry State Records) What Will Happen If We Stop is the second album from Olympia, Washington’s Fugitive Bubble. If you heard Fugitive Bubble’s first record for Sorry State, 2024’s Delusion, you won’t be surprised by the creative restlessness the band displays on their new record. While the core of Fugitive Bubble’s high-energy art punk style carries forward from Delusion, What Will Happen If We Stop expands and upgrades their sound. Harley’s vocals are recorded more clearly and delivered with even more power and authority. New drummer Typhoid Mary—whom you may know from their other band Physique—plays at even more blistering tempos, frequently laying down jaw-on-the-floor moments of percussive pyrotechnics. Fugitive Bubble’s songwriting has also grown more expansive and ambitious. On first listen, the speed and melody will floor you, but as your ear untangles these songs, you’ll notice how dense they are with ideas, each one overflowing with cool parts that flow seamlessly from one to the next. Other new wrinkles include sprinkles of acid country guitar a la Meat Puppets, the climactic CCR-ish rave-up “Ego Drip,” the two-part piano piece “Demodex in Situ,” and “Your Loyalty to the Flag Lies Beneath My Boot,” the solo guitar piece that ends the record on a meditative note. Throughout these twists and turns, Fugitive Bubble proves it’s still possible to make punk rock that’s politically relevant and musically ambitious without losing sight of the youthful energy at the genre’s core.

Plasma: Mua Et Voi Omistaa 12" (Sorry State Records) Sorry State is proud to present Mua Et Voi Omistaa, the debut vinyl from Helsinki, Finland’s Plasma, released in partnership with Nunchakapunk Records in Finland and Little Jan’s Hammer Records in Spain. Plasma carries forward the power, ferocity, and craftsmanship that has been Finnish punk’s calling card since the genre’s inception, fusing it with the bouncy energy and razor-sharp execution of modern hardcore punk. Songs like “Mata Pilvilinna,” “Satkynukke,” and “Mua Et Voi Omistaa” are full-bore, punk-as-fuck attacks, but the intensity belies how dialed-in everything is: the insanely catchy bass lines, the way the drummer perfectly balances building tension with eruptions of energy, the guitarist’s furious downpicking, and the vocalist’s ability to weave melody into a confrontational punk snarl. Meeting the high bar for musicianship set by contemporary Finnish groups like Kohti Tuhoa, Yleiset Syyt, and Foreseen, Plasma really shines on “uptempo mid-tempo” songs like “Ei Oikeutta” and “Syvemmalle Sisaan” that evoke (and will surely inspire) heaving masses of writhing, sweaty punk bodies. For what seems on the surface like a monolithic blast of punk fury, Mua Et Voi Omistaa is a varied, layered masterpiece of hardcore craftsmanship that sinks its hooks in quickly and refuses to let go.

more of this month's best sellers

Axon: S/T 7"
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$8.00
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$8.00
Ultimate Disaster: For Progress... 12"
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$22.00
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$22.00
Lifeless Dark: Forces of Nature's Transformation 12"
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$24.00
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$24.00
Misanthropic Minds / Häpeä: Split 7"
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$10.00
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$10.00

new arrivals

  • Lung: The Swankeeper 12" (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $20.00
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    $20.00
  • Wasted Space: Running On Empty cassette
    Regular price
    $8.00
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    $8.00
  • Who Remembers: Demo cassette
    Regular price
    $8.00
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    $8.00
  • Wretched Rite: Demo cassette
    Regular price
    $8.00
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    $8.00
  • Walk Alone: A Cruel Promo cassette
    Regular price
    $8.00
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    $8.00
  • Face The Pain: Demo 7"
    Regular price
    $12.00
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    $12.00
  • Bulls Shit: This Is... 7"
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    $12.00
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    $12.00
  • G.I. Jinx: Mind Freak 12"
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    $22.00
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    $22.00
  • Scarab: Seeking Chaos And Revenge After Betrayal 7"
    Regular price
    $12.00
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    $12.00
  • 185 Miles South of Somewhere zine
    Regular price
    $15.00
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    $15.00

latest used items

  • Witchery: In His Infernal Majesty's Service CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Votum: :KTONIK: CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $10.00
    Sale price
    $10.00
  • Flotsam And Jetsam: S/T CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Darkher: Realms CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00

new on sorry state

The Hell: S/T 7"
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$9.00
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$9.00
Subculture: Fred 12"
Regular price
$20.00
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$20.00
Zorn: Endless Funeral 12"
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$18.00
Sale price
$18.00
Lasso: Parte 12"
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$20.00
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$20.00

new on la vida es un mus

EXO: S/T 12"
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$25.00
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$25.00
Puñal: Buscando La Muerte 12"
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$25.00
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$25.00
Rixe: Coups et Blessures 7" (green vinyl; 10th anniversary press)
Regular price
$10.00
Sale price
$10.00
Malignant Order: This Is Mankind? Demo cassette
Regular price
$8.00
Sale price
$8.00

Who We Are and What We Do

Sorry State Records has the best selection of DIY punk and hardcore vinyl in the world, with well over 2,500 unique titles currently in stock. We're a great music discovery tool, with blogs and other features to help you discover great new music you'll love. We have the fastest, most professional mail order service in punk, with most orders shipping within 24 hours. We're also a great brick-and-mortar record shop based in Raleigh, NC, specializing in collectible and hard to find titles in all genres.

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