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Hi and thanks for reading. Today I am shamelessly using this space to promote two new releases on my label Prescription. I am honored to release this split 7” with two of my favorite d-beat/kängpunk bands: DESTRUCT and SVAVELDIOXID. DESTRUCT has just embarked on a short tour with Japan’s LiFE. If you are anywhere close to one of their gigs, you’d be a fool to miss it! The standard covers have killer artwork by Wombat of SMT. They were beautifully screen printed by Monolith, based out of Oakland. A local friend, Jeff from PARANOID MANIAC, screen printed some bonus mail order sleeves, which were done with silver ink on black paper. I am super happy with the result. Of course, Sorry State will have copies of the split soon, but if you fancy the limited version, you can order from bunkerpunks.bigcartel.com and secure your copy before they sell out. This record took much longer than I expected to come out. The original prints were lost in the mail back in May. Then that printer I normally use happened to be shut down for two months. Maybe one day they will show up… haha. The screen-printed alternative was much more expensive, but in the end, I am happy to have more deluxe packaging.
Alongside this split is a debut cassette from Uppsala’s SHITCONTROL. If you haven’t heard this tape yet, you can check it out here. While SHITCONTROL isn’t doing anything new if you ask me, the execution is simply perfect. They deliver eight tracks of absolutely raging DISCHARGE style Swedish hardcore. They even recorded on a 4-channel Portastudio, the same way MOB 47 did! I got very excited when I learned the bassist Robin was previously the guitarist of ANGER BURNING. I wrote about ANGER BURNING some years ago. All of their records are so good, and I think When is a modern masterpiece. If, for some reason, you haven’t heard that LP, do yourself a favor and check it out immediately. When talking to Robin, he informed me that their drummer Calle played in the ‘90s band DISCONTROL. I had never heard of them, but holy shit their side of this split smokes. The tone is so gnarly, it’s insane. They weren’t from Uppsala like SHITCONTROL is, but they definitely sound like something you could have heard on the Uppsala Crust Compilation. Because of this compilation and the label Your Own Jailer, I always thought Uppsala was the coolest place ever for 90s hardcore. While most countries had whack and/or boring hardcore through the ‘90s, Sweden had some of the best shit I have heard to this day. Japan obviously follows the same theme as well. Anyways, Sorry State will have copies of this tape as well, so stay tuned! That’s all for today then. Cheers and thanks for your support.