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Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! We’re still here, plugging along, doing our thing, trying to keep our heads above water like everyone else. As usual, we have a bunch of cool records to tell you about this week. Our three featured releases for this week are all fast hardcore punk, just the way we like it ‘round these parts. We also have a new tape from Fugitive Bubble (whose first two LPs we released on Sorry State), some left-of-center 80s Finnish hardcore reissued, some scorching hardcore from the UK, and a bunch of crust. Even if you’re not looking to buy anything, I think we have a strong newsletter this week, with everyone’s staff picks going particularly deep. So get comfortable and dig in…

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Cover photo of Early Grave by @i_was_a_teenage_fuckup

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! We have a lot of cool stuff for you this week. It’s not one of the biggest updates we’ve had in terms of quantity of releases, but in terms of quality it’s difficult to think of a recent time when so many killer new releases hit the shop at once. Our Record of the Week is the new tape from Chris Ulsh’s solo d-beat project Bloody Flag, but we also have the highly anticipated debut LP from Philly’s early Grave, a new tape from Sorry State’s own Plastique Pigs, a new release from New York rippers Mercy on Roach Leg Records, a couple of very cool new titles on Feel It, some sick Dutch imports, good old-fashioned American hardcore, and lots more. And we have a big stack of staff picks this week to let you know what the SSR staff has been rocking this past week. Let’s do the thing!

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Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! We just sent out the last newsletter on Friday, so it feels a little quick to be sending out another one, but we gotta get back on schedule. Plus, we have some pretty big news: Totalitär’s new LP just landed at the shop! We have a pretty solid stack of other new arrivals as well, so this ain’t the newsletter to skip.

If you missed Friday’s newsletter, don’t forget to check out the new Prisão 7” on Sorry State. Usman gives his opinion on it in his staff pick this week. We also have some pretty cool featured releases this week, including a weirdo ripper I didn’t see coming from Chicago’s Daddy’s Boy and a total mind-melter from longtime faves Brain Tourniquet.

Let’s dive in!

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Prisão photo by xmoroccox

Hello and welcome another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! It’s been a busy week here, which is why the newsletter is two days late. A bunch of new arrivals landed in those two extra days, so this is an extra bulky one as far as new releases go. First up, we have a new release on Sorry State: the third EP from Stockholm, Sweden’s Prisão! We also have pre-orders for three new titles on La Vida Es Un Mus, including a new LP from Straw Man Army. As usual, we have limited color versions of the LVEUM releases while supplies last. We also have new releases on Iron Lung Records, Drunken Sailor, Radio Raheem, Kick Rock, Static Shock Records, Phobia Records, and many more. So let’s get started!

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Hello and welcome to the latest installment of the Sorry State Records newsletter!

We’re a bit frazzled over here at the Sorry State warehouse. Danny has moved on to his new job and being down a person right when the K.O.S. and Rat Cage pre-orders came in has us scrambling to keep up. Your order might take a couple extra days at the moment, but hopefully we’ll be all caught up by Monday. Don’t let that discourage you from ordering, though, because as usual there is lots to tell you about.

The new Kohti Tuhoa album on La Vida Es Un Mus is up for pre-order. I’ve heard it and it is a MONSTER. Read more about it below. Also on La Vida Es Un Mus is our Record of the Week from another one of our current favorites, Rat Cage. We sold out of the limited Rat Cage LPs but the black vinyl rages just as hard. In the Featured Releases section, we go a little deeper on recent standouts from New York’s Baby Killer and Richmond’s Dream World and Subversas. And then there are a ton of new arrivals in the distro to tell you all about.

Hopefully we’ll have some label news to share with you next week, but until then let’s get in to today’s business…

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Hello and welcome to the Sorry State Records newsletter! Sorry the newsletter is a day late this week. Yesterday got away from me and I wasn’t able to make it over the finish line. But better late than never, right?

Before we get into things this week, I wanted to mention something I should probably say more often: we would love to buy your used punk records (and maybe your punk cassettes and CDs too)! If you’ve been thinking about getting rid of some records, now would be a great time to hit us up. We can travel to you when it makes economic sense (i.e. we’re buying enough to offset the cost of travel), and we can also work through the mail. Selling us used records is one of the best ways to support Sorry State, so if you’re ever looking to unload, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Now, onto the show. This is a heavy week for new arrivals, with two new scorchers from Active-8 Records (including our Record of the Week from Intensive Care Unit), three new ones on General Speech, a highly sought-after early Italian punk reissue, a new split tape from Sorry State’s own Dream World, and lots more. So let’s get to it!

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cover photo of the Nu-Viles by @wgm.world

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! I have some sad news for you this week… after a couple of years in the vinyl trenches, Danny is going to be leaving us for greener pastures (and a much more substantial paycheck). I want to thank Danny for all his work during his time at Sorry State and wish him all the best in his new job.

While Danny is leaving us, this week we have our first staff pick from a new staffer! Cameron has actually been working here for a month or two and shipping out most of your orders, but I let him settle in before I started bugging him to contribute to the newsletter. I wouldn’t have expected a Frank Zappa record as his first staff pick since Cameron plays guitar in Plastique Pigs and listens to Regulations almost as much as Trevor did when he worked here, but I’m happy to have someone in the mix whose tastes are a little different from the rest of us. Welcome Cameron!

Turning our attention to the business at hand, as usual we have a fresh batch of records to tell you about this week. I have been totally obsessed with this Nu-Viles single that is our Record of the Week. They’re a new band and I think they’re totally killer, so check ‘em out if you aren’t familiar. Our other featured releases from XUI and Man&Error are also really cool, and as usual we have a bunch of fresh new arrivals in the distro for you too and a fresh round of staff picks. So let’s dive in…

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Ferocious X photo by @yasuhiro_1623

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State newsletter! I’m totally exhausted from traveling to Pittsburgh and back this weekend for Skull Fest and working way too many hours so far this week, so I’ll keep this preamble brief. As usual, we have a whole bunch of new and old punk rock from around the world to tell you about. We don’t often highlight super poppy releases as our Record of the Week, but this new Plastic Tones album has really been doing it for me. However, if you’re looking for something a little grittier, you know we have plenty of options for you. So let’s get into what’s new this week…

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Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! It’s funny, you may have noticed last week’s newsletter was a little light on staff picks. I cracked the whip oh so very gently at our weekly staff meeting yesterday and the crew turned out for you… this week we have a full slate including a VERY long one from me about an interesting house call I went on today. Of course there’s plenty more to tell you about too. All three of our featured releases this week are killer… I had a lot of trouble deciding which to name Record of the Week. There’s also a bursting New Arrivals section with loads of killer new international punk, a couple of very cool reissues, and the usual stuff we fill your inboxes with every week. So, let’s get to the nitty gritty…

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Photo of the high-flyin' Invertebrates by the legend Chris Boarts-Larson.

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! It’s been a busy week of driving around and catching gigs for me, all of which I detail in my staff pick below. You might think all this traveling would make things slow down at SSR, but instead I’ve chosen to deprive myself of sleep and rest in order to keep bringing y’all the latest and greatest in international punk. And we have some pretty cool stuff in this week, including a very cool 80s US hardcore reissue as our Record of the Week, two totally killer featured releases, and new arrivals from all over the world and all throughout punk’s history. We get into it all below, so keep reading!

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Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! After last week’s abbreviated edition, we’re back in full force with a fresh round of staff picks alongside the featured releases and new arrivals. As usual, there’s a ton of great international punk and other cool music to tell you about, so let’s get to business.

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Rat Cage photo by @vogonlaundromat

Hello folks and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! We just have a short one for you this week as I’m supposed on vacation, but there are a bunch of new arrivals that you probably want to know about, including two new pre-orders on La Vida Es Un Mus and a big ‘ol heaping helping of the 80s punk reissues we all love. We’ll be back with all our regular newsletter features next week, but in the meantime let’s get into what I have for you this week.

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