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This Friday was a big one for La Vida Es Un Mus / Sealed as they announced three new releases for pre-order! The biggie, of course, is the long-awaited reissue of Rudimentary Peni’s The E.P.’s of R.P. LP, which compiles the band’s legendary first two EPs… literally two of the best punk/hardcore records of all time. If you’re looking for something new to you, Sealed Records digs very deep with this reissue of the 1983 demo from Aylesbury’s Effigy, an obscure but killer group who played post-punk informed anarcho punk (or vice versa). And if you’re looking for something new, La Vida Es Un Mus brings us the second album from Prisonnier Du Temps. We have limited color copies available for Rudimentary Peni and Prisonnier Du Temps as usual, but unfortunately due a mix-up at the pressing plant, we only have black vinyl for the Effigy LP. It still sounds great though! Read on for the official descriptions.
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New releases from Rudimentary Peni, Effigy, and Prisonnier Du Temps up for pre-order on La Vida Es Un Mus / Sealed
Rudimentary Peni: The E.P.'s of R.P. 12" (Sealed Records)
Unavailable since its original release on the CRASS side label Corpus Christi in 1987, the much bootlegged compilation The E.P’s Of R.P. finally gets an official reissue on Sealed Records.
The LP collects both RUDIMENTARY PENI 7” releases pre-Death Church LP, completing the trilogy of RUDIMENTARY PENI’s first era recordings before their first hiatus.
The A side contains the band’s stunning debut. A breakneck 12-song 7” EP recorded in 1981 at Street Level Studios and originally released on the band’s Outer Himalayan label. From the first track RUDIMENTARY PENI pull you in and aurally assault your ears creating the template for many to follow. It’s abrasive, sharp, intricate with supreme musicianship and a unique dark sense of humour. They created a perfect, demented universe of twisted, poetic and needle in the red punk often imitated and truly never matched.
Flip over for the follow up, the 11 track 7” Farce that was originally released in 1982 on CRASS Records. Like most records on such label it benefits massively from John Loder’s engineering and Penny Rimbaud production. Farce never lets up the intensity with twisted melodies, a locked in rhythm section and Blinko’s much copied anguished vocals that he sings like his life depends on it. It energetic, manic and 40+ years later nothing comes close to both EP’s.
While both EPs were originally packed in Nick Blinko’s artwork, he created a masterpiece of dark and intricate art with microscopical detail to house their collection. You can literally get lost for hours in it. This reissue replicates it, adding a new printed inner-sleeve and lyric insert.
Effigy: Burnt Offerings 12" (Sealed Records)
The early 80’s in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, was hardly the place where music dreams came true. It had an amazing venue called Friars which was on the touring circuit, but very few local bands. There was the VICE CREEMS fronted by Kris Needs and there was the notorious yet terrible SORE WILLIES. EFFIGY came from the ashes of the SORE WILLIES and formed in 1983. EFFIGY came fully formed and instantly became popular in the local area, where they put on a weekly night at the Uptown Coffee Bar. The band hardly left Aylesbury though, and when they did it was to play in nearby High Wycombe and Bicester. They played bigger gigs with everyone from ALIEN SEX FIEND, BILLY BRAGG, UK DECAY, THE SCARS and SPIZZ. The band recorded one 5 track demo in October 1983 and it is simply unbelievable that it has never been re-released, but then again the bands legacy seems to have banished without a trace, with literally no mentions anywhere. Making their demo one of the hardest ones from 1983 to track down, or even hear, since it is not even uploaded on YouTube.
EFFIGY’s sound is so instant. It’s driving, tight female fronted post punk with hooks, style, and had it been released at the time would have made them a household name. Think a straight ahead version of SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, early X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND, THE A-HEADS or the SKELETAL FAMILY but with a more pop edge. The songs lyrically were around the obsession with paganism and old black and white horror films, the name EFFIGY was taken from a book Roger was trying to write about witchcraft and the Pendle witch trials called Effigy of Isobel, which was never completed (due to his very low attention span) but a song on this recording did emerge.
The release comes with a lyric sheet, a new interview with the band and as much archive as we could dig out, which in this case wasn’t much.
Prisonnier Du Temps: Prendre Le Pouvoir Par La Force 12" (La Vida Es Un Mus)
This is the second album from PRISONNIER DU TEMPS, and from the cover alone you can tell that its sole member, Jacky Cadiou, wanted to surprise and not just deliver a pointless follow-up. You can already feel a desire to break the usual codes just from that image.
Breaking the rules is exactly what he does across these eight new tracks. There’s a lot of boldness here, and a clear urge to move away from a French Oi! scene that’s becoming more and more uninteresting. This record pushes beyond that boredom and goes much further. It’s no less angry or brutal, both in the music and the lyrics. But alongside that violence, there are plenty of catchy, infectious, and overall anthemic moments. This is far from dull, simple minded Oi!. That sense of daring opens the door to huge, epic melodies that might bring to mind CRIMINAL DAMAGE, and if we’re talking Portland bands, you can also hear the wild melodic intensity of TRAGEDY and POISON IDEA all driven by a raw, bulldozing post-punk hardcore sound.
You can really feel that this album was created out of Jacky Cadiou’s need to release his anger against those who oppress us. It’s the frustration and pain of the forgotten turned here into music: “The world moves forward with its eyes closed and Gaza burns, forgotten… In pain and tears, children fall unarmed…” With this second album, PRISONNIER DU TEMPS delivers the record you didn’t expect but absolutely need. (Nico)
Yleiset Syyt's Saitte Mitä Halusitte out today!
This is just a quick note to inform you that Yleiset Syyt's new album Saitte Mitä Halusitte is officially out today! That means the record is streaming in its entirety on Sorry State's Bandcamp and streaming service, and I really hope you'll give it a listen. As awesome as the preview tracks were, Saitte Mitä Halusitte works great as a full album listen with a lot of variation in tempo, mood, and texture. There are a handful of copies left on limited purple vinyl, but don't sleep because those will be gone soon!
SSR Newsletter April 29, 2026: Burned Up Bled Dry / Spiritual Law / Kaaos / Esperanza + lots more!
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State newsletter! We’re arriving in your inbox super late this week. Part of that is because this is a pretty darn massive issue of the newsletter. That tends to happen when we take a week off like we did last week, since there’s twice as much to cover in terms of new releases. But also it’s a busy and kind of difficult time for me (Daniel, who puts together this newsletter and writes most of it), so apologies if you’re waiting on me to reply to an email or get back to you about something. I’m doing my best to get on top of things, and I’m sure I’ll reply to everyone soon.
In the meantime, though, there’s SO much to tell you about this week. Our Record of the Week and both of our Featured Releases this week are all pretty unique, each of them super punk, but not in the early 80s hardcore way we focus most on here at Sorry State. They’re all worth checking out, so I hope you’ll read what we have to say and perhaps give them a listen. This week we also have news on some cool European imports, including a new distribution partnership with Spain’s Discos Enfermos that means just about all the label’s currently in print releases are now available from Sorry State, as well as two new releases on the almighty La Vida Es Un Mus from the UK. The new arrivals section is bursting with new and reissued punk music from all over the globe, and we also put a ton of fresh used stock on the website this week, with lots of great bargains to be had. We also have a fresh round of staff picks and other punk junk for you to read, so let’s get into it.
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Pre-order report: April 28, 2026
We’re back with another rundown of the pre-orders that hit the Sorry State website this week.
First up this week, we have new releases from a couple of bands who started out broadly in Sorry State’s world and are now (apparently) trying to make the jump to a bigger pond. Cincinnati’s Artificial Go have released a couple of excellent records on Feel It, and now they’re moving on to big indie Carpark Records and their first release for them is a new 7” single called “Triple Ones.” Along similar lines, Denver’s Public Opinion are moving on from their previous home on Convulse Records for their new album Perpetual Motion Machine on SideOne Dummy.
A couple of 90s hip-hop classics get new reissues this week, and we have both available on standard black or limited color vinyl. Pick up Scarface’s Diary and Geto Boys’ We Can’t Be Stopped now.
There’s a solid grip of new hardcore and metal releases announced this week. Quicksand has a new album called Bring on the Psychics coming out on Equal Vision Records and we have the indie exclusive coffee swirl vinyl as well as the blue/white swirl. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats just announced their new album, and while that’s not available to order yet, we have the lead single “Don’t Let It Control You” available on blue, red, or black vinyl. 100 Demons has a new album called Embrace the Black Lightand we have it available on indie exclusive onyx marble vinyl. Mortiis has a new one called Gates of Europa and that’s out on clear, clear smoke, or black vinyl. And finally, 20 Buck Spin brings us the final album from Spirit Adrift.
We have a couple of new punky reissues up for pre-order this week. AFI’s breakout album Decemberunderground is coming back into print and we have an RSD Essentials version and a standard version available. The collection LP from San Diego punk legends the Zeros has a new pressing… an essential grip if you love 70s punk. And speaking of 70s punk, Fred and Toodie’s punk band the Rats’ self-titled album has a new pressing out on Mississippi.
Two big indie albums were announced this week too. We have Modest Mouse’s new album Eraser & A Maze on standard black and ocean floor blue vinyl and Boards of Canada’s new one Inferno on standard black and transparent red vinyl.
Finally, we have a new items for the normies in your life… or maybe you’re a normie? We don’t judge! Shaboozey has a new album coming called Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales , Nsync’s No Strings Attached has a new pressing, and Songs in the Key of Springfield is a double LP collecting music from _The Simpsons_’ long history.
As usual, that’s just the highlights… there’s plenty more available in the pre-orders section of the site.
Over 300 used punk/hardcore/metal records added to the used section
Hot tip: we just added several hundred new items to the used section of the site. It’s mostly new releases and reissues from the past several decades or so, and there’s lots of cool stuff, including limited / color versions, long out of print titles you may have missed the first time around, and even a couple of test pressings. Everything is priced super cheap, so if you’re looking to refresh your playlist on a budget, it’s a great time to have a look!
Lots of releases on Discos Enfermos now in stock
We just got in a huge shipment of Barcelona’s Discos Enfermos! We’ve brought in copies of nearly every one of their currently in print releases, including new records from Spiritual Law, Spont Ar Stad, Anti-Regimen, Die in Vain, Traumatizer, and Sakura, amongst numerous other recent and restocked releases and a handful from like-minded labels like El Mascarat Records. See below for a full list. We plan to carry future Discos Enfermos releases too, so hopefully you can rely on us as your hub for Discos Enfermos’s releases in the United States. And if you’re looking to dig deeper into what Discos Enfermos is all about, we recommend perusing the Discos Enfermos Bandcamp, where most of these releases are streaming.
Also, if you’re reading this and you’re a shop or have a distro, all these titles are available for wholesale through Sorry State Distribution.
Here’s the full list of everything that just came in:
Anti-Regimen: Demos 86/87 2x12"
Die in Vain: No Time to Revive 7"
Traumatizer: Nuclear War Machine 7"
Fuckin' Lovers: Crucifixion of the Masses 7"
Sentimiento Fatal: demo cassette
Flying Ladies: Pop Contra El Enemigo 12"
Crimen: El Problema Eres Tu 12"
Histeria: Discografía cassette
N.E.S.: Nuevo Ejército de Salvación 12"
Derrumbe: El Animal Humano 12"
Juventud Podrida: Control/Encierro 7"
Argh!: Se Pudrio Todo… Adios 12"
Shaved Ape's Loveletter to Hardcore 12" officially out now!
Shaved Ape's Loveletter to Hardcore 12" is officially out today! That means you can stream the whole album below or on the Sorry State bandcamp site. Of course many of you who picked up the vinyl have been spinning it already, but if you were waiting to see if the rest of the record lived up to the blazing preview track, it's time to make your assessment!
Pre-order report: April 21, 2026
We’re back with another rundown of the pre-orders that hit the Sorry State website this week.
First up, what is likely to be one of the big pop events of the summer: Madonna’s new album Confessions II. We have three different versions available: standard red vinyl, an indie exclusive version on white vinyl with alternate cover artwork, and an expanded edition on translucent pink vinyl that features another cover art variation and an extra 12”.
One of my favorite 80s metal bands, Florida’s Nasty Savage, get a pair of reissues this week, both on color vinyl. We have their classic debut self-titled 12”… You've got to have the song “Metal Knights” so you can scream along with the falsetto “poseurs will DIIIIEEEEE!” in the chorus. There’s also a 2x12” reissuing the band’s next two records, Indulgence and Abstract Reality, which are a bit more mature and are some of the first stirrings of technical metal in the sub-underground. Essential stuff IMO.
Spy’s new 12” Seen Enough has a new pressing coming on black/orange/white splatter vinyl courtesy of Closed Casket Activities.
Numero Group reissued the Jejune full-lengths individually a few weeks ago, and now they have a deluxe 5x12” box set collecting the band’s work in one spot. Numero boxes are always killer and they’re reasonably priced considering all they pack in there, so grab this if you’re a fan. We have it on red vinyl or slightly less expensive black.
Voivod has a new album coming out called Symphonique, which features the band playing a greatest hits set accompanied by the Quebec Symphony Orchestra. If it’s good enough for Metallica…
If you’re a lover of weird and progressive music, I have a few hot tips for you. We have reissues of two albums by the brilliant 70s French space rockers Heldon, both of which originally came out in 1976: their fourth album Agneta Nilsson and their fifth album Un Reve Sans Consequence Special. And if you’re looking for something even quirkier, reissue kings Superior Viaduct have a new pressing of This Heat’s first album… some of the headiest, most out-there post-punk music you can find.
Hunx and His Punx has a new single called Punkettes.
Finally, there are several cool new jazz reissues this week. Bobby Hutcherson’s 1966 album Components gets the Tone Poet treatment, while Miles 56 is a new box set containing all the material Miles Davis recorded for Prestige Records that year, when he knocked out a series of brilliant albums in quick succession in order to complete his contract with the company. And my personal pick, John Coltrane’s late-period masterpiece Ascension has a new pressing on the Verve Vault series. This reissue collects both versions of the album; initial pressings contained a completely different take of the title track (which is spread across both sides of the album), but was changed when someone (Coltrane? the label?) decided they liked the other take of the song better.
That’s just the highlights. Check the pre-orders section of the site for over 300 titles currently available for pre-order!
SSR Newsletter: April 15, 2026: Record Store Day / Yleiset Syyt new LP / GISM DVD / Raw Distractions + more!
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! It’s a busy week with a ton to tell you about. We have a pre-order for a new release on Sorry State from Helsinki, Finland’s Yleiset Syyt. Record Store Day is this Saturday, and we’re carrying a couple hundred of the Record Store Day exclusive releases. Alongside helping us release the new Yleiset Syyt album, La Vida Es Un Mus brings us another new release of their own: the new album from Tokyo’s UK82 rippers Raw Distractions. We also have some tour news, a bunch of new pre-orders, new distro stock, some staff picks… all the stuff you come to Sorry State for. So let’s get to it!
Read the full newsletter here!
Record Store Day 2026 at Sorry State
Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 18, 2026, and once again Sorry State is participating! One thing I like about Record Store Day is that every store is free to make it whatever they want it to be, and we definitely do things the Sorry State way… super chill and with the focus on the records rather than the hype.
We open at noon and we’ll have a big selection of RSD exclusive releases. Folks usually start lining up in front of the store hours before that, and everyone will be admitted and served in the order in which they arrived.
Below is a list of all the RSD Exclusive titles we ordered. There is no guarantee we will get all of these, but we should have most of them. Some titles we’ll only have one copy; others as many as a few dozen. As usual, we tried to order heavier and the punk and metal titles are customers care most about.
Also as usual, our remaining stock of Record Store Day exclusives will go live at 8AM Eastern US time Sunday, April 18, 2026. Feel free to bookmark this page, though products won’t be visible until that time.
If you have any other questions about Record Store Day, use the live chat on our website or email sorrystatecontact@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: WE ARE NOT LIVE (RSD)
A-HA: ANALOGUE
AGAINST ME: NEW WAVE B-SIDES
AIKO,JHENE: TRIP
AIR: AIR MOON SAFARI: THE ATHENS CONCERT
ALCATRAZZ: NO PAROLE FROM ROCK 'N' ROLL (RSD)
ALICE COOPER: REVENGE OF ALICE COOPER
ART OF NOISE: SEDUCTION OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY - BLUE VINYL
AYERS,ROY: DADDY BUG
BAD BRAINS: LIVE (RSD)
BENNETT,TONY: MTV UNPLUGGED
BLACK SABBATH / IOMMI,TONY: SEVENTH STAR
BLASTERS: RARE BLASTS: STUDIO OUTTAKES AND MOVIE MUSIC
BLUR: LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN
BOWIE,DAVID: EXCERPTS FROM OUTSIDE
BOWIE,DAVID: HALLO SPACEBOY
BROWN,DANNY: GROWN UP (RSD)
BUCKLEY,JEFF: LIVE A L'OLYMPIA
CAIN,ETHEL: INBRED
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN: TUSK
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART / MAGIC BAND: LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY
CARS: HEARTBEAT CITY LIVE
CARTER, JAMES, CYRUS CHESTNUT, ALI JACKSON & REGINALD VEAL: GOLD SOUNDZ: A JAZZ TRIBUTE TO PAVEMENT
CHAMELEONS: CASSETTE BOX (RSD)
CHARLES TOLLIVER ALL STARS: RIGHT NOW… AND THEN (DELUXE EDITION
CHARLI XCX: PARTY 4 U
CHERRY,DON: BLUE LAKE (RSD)
COLTRANE,JOHN QUARTET: FRANCE 1965: THE COMPLETE CONCERTS (RSD)
COLTRANE,JOHN: TIBERI TAPES: A PREVIEW OF THE MYTHIC RECORDINGS
COPELAND,STEWART: RHYTHMATIST - TRANSLUCENT BLUE VINYL
CREAM: WHEELS OF FIRE: LIVE ATT THE FILLMORE & WINTERLAND
CURE: ACOUSTIC HITS
CURE: GREATEST HITS
DACUS,LUCY: (NEW LUCY DACUS SONG)
DADA: EL SUBLIMINOSO
DAVIS,MILES: NEW SOUNDS
DEAFHEAVEN: KEXP SESSIONS
DEAN,OLIVIA: BBC RADIO 1 LIVE LOUNGE
DEF LEPPARD: SLANG
DIJON: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
DINOSAUR JR.: LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD 1991
DJ KOCO AKA SHIMOKITA - CUBAN 45 / VAR (RSD): DJ KOCO AKA SHIMOKITA - CUBAN 45 / VAR (RSD)
DOORS: STRANGE DAYS 1967: A WORK IN PROGRESS PART 2
DR FEELGOOD: OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL - O.S.T.
DROPKICK MURPHYS: KNOCK ME DOWN
DUFF,HILARY: (MINE)
DURY,IAN & THE BLOCKHEADS: LIVE IN LONDON 1980 - ORANGE VINYL
ELECTRONIC: 1996 REMIXES 1999
EN VOGUE: EV3 (RSD)
EUPHORIA: A GIFT FOR EUPHORIA
EVANS,BILL: AT THE BBC (RSD)
FALL OUT BOY: SO MUCH FOR (2OUR) DUST: LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE
FLAT DUO JETS: BOOGIE ON YOUR HEAD
FLYING LOTUS: 1983
FOR SQUIRRELS: BAYPATH ROAD
FOREIGNER: FOREIGNER 4 LIVE TOUR 1981-82
FRANK,JACKSON C.: JACKSON C. FRANK
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD: RADIO ONE SESSIONS 1982-1983
FREEMAN: FREEMAN (RSD)
GARCIA,JERRY: REFLECTIONS (50TH ANNIVERSARY) (RSD)
GITS: ETCETERA (RSD)
GOATSNAKE: DOG DAYS
GOBLIN: SINGLES COLLECTION 1975-1979
GONG: FLYING TEAPOT (RSD)
GOTAN PROJECT: BEST OF (RSD)
GRANDE,ARIANA / ERIVO,CYNTHIA: WICKED: ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT (LIVE) - O.S.T.
GRATEFUL DEAD: BOSTON MUSIC HALL BOSTON MA 6/11/76
GUARALDI,VINCE: IT'S ARBOR DAY, CHARLIE BROWN / CHARLIE BROWN'S
HARDY,FRANCOISE: FRANCOISE HARDY IN ENGLISH
HARRISON,GEORGE: DARK HORSE
HARRISON,GEORGE: EXTRA TEXTURE
HENDERSON,JOE: CONSONANCE: LIVE AT THE JAZZ SHOWCASE (RSD)
JAMAL,AHMAD: AT THE JAZZ SHOWCASE: LIVE IN CHICAGO (RSD)
JAYHAWKS: 2 METER SESSIONS (RSD)
JAZZ DISPENSARY: MAGIA BRASILEIRA / VARIOUS: JAZZ DISPENSARY: MAGIA BRASILEIRA / VARIOUS
JENNINGS,WAYLON: WHEN THE BALLADEER MET THE DUKES
JESUS & MARY CHAIN: SOME CANDY TALKING (RSD)
JETT,JOAN & THE BLACKHEARTS: LIVE AT THE RITZ NYC 1981 (RSD)
JUDAS PRIEST: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES '90
JURASSIC 5: QUALITY CONTROL
KHRUANGBIN: WHITE GLOVES II / M. BLANC (RSD)
KING,FREDDIE: FEELIN' ALRIGHT: COMPLETE 1975 NANCY (RSD)
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD: BIG FIG WASP
KISS: SPECIAL KISS TOUR
LANEGAN, MARK: BUBBLEGUM
LATEEF,YUSEF: ALIGHT UPON THE LAKE: LIVE AT JAZZ SHOWCASE (RSD)
LEMONHEADS: CREATOR
LENKER, ADRIANNE: LIVE AT REVOLUTION HALL
LIL PEEP: CRYBABY
LINCOLN,ABBEY: THAT'S HIM
LONDON SUEDE: COMING UP AT THE BBC - HOT PINK VINYL
LUNACHICKS: WE CAN BE WORSTER
MADONNA: CONFESSIONS TOUR: LIVE FROM LONDON
MARS,BRUNO: COLLABORATIONS
MC 900 FT JESUS: WELCOME TO MY DREAM - 35TH ANNIVERSARY (RSD)
MCGREGOR, FREDDIE: SHOWCASE
MEGADETH: HIDDEN TREASURES
MISFITS: FAMOUS MONSTERS
MITCHELL,JONI: FOR THE ROSES
MODERN LOVERS: MODERN LOVERS
MOONEY SUZUKI: PEOPLE GET READY
MOTLEY CRUE: LIVE WIRE
MOTORHEAD: LOST TAPES VOL. 7: LEMMY'S 50TH BIRTHDAY, LIVE IN
MOTORHEAD: ON PAROLE STEVE WILSON
MOULD, BOB: BODY OF SONG
MUFFS: LIVE AT FORT APACHE
MUTEMATH: MUTEMATH
MY SOUL IS LOST: UNKNOWN & FORGOTTEN (RSD) / VAR: MY SOUL IS LOST: UNKNOWN & FORGOTTEN (RSD) / VAR
NEW YORK DOLLS: ONE DAY IT WILL PLEASE US TO REMEMBER EVEN THIS
NGOZI FAMILY: GATE CRASH '78
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK: UNRELEASED ARCHIVE 1
PANAMA LATIN TREASURES / VARIOUS: PANAMA LATIN TREASURES / VARIOUS
PARAMORE: ALL WE KNOW IS FALLING
PATTON,CHARLIE: PRIMEVAL BLUES RAGS & GOSPEL SONGS (RSD)
PAVEMENT: PERFECT SOUND FOREVER
PEACHES: NO LUBE SO RUDE
PETTY,TOM & THE HEARTBREAKERS: LIVE AT THE PARADISE ROCK CLUB, 1978
PHOENIX: ALPHABETICAL
PHOENIX: UNITED
PINK FLOYD: LIVE FROM THE LOS ANGELES SPORTS ARENA, APRIL 26TH
PRIMAL SCREAM: 1987 EPS
PRINCE BUSTER: BLUE BEAT LABEL PRESENTS PRINCE BUSTER ON TOUR
PRINE,JOHN: BBC SESSIONS
PRINE,JOHN: FOUND DOGS (RSD)
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR: LAST MARDI GRAS
RAMONES: LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO
RZA / JUICE CREW / BIG DADDY KANE / CRAIG G: BOBBY DIGITAL PRESENTS: JUICE CREW (RSD)
RZA: MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS - O.S.T. (RSD)
SAKAMOTO,RYUICHI: END OF ASIA (RSD)
SCOTT-HERON,GIL: REFLECTIONS (RSD)
SEX PISTOLS: JUBILEE
SISTERS OF MERCY: FIRST AND LAST AND ALWAYS THE JAPANESE EDITION
SKID ROW: LIVE AT THE MOSCOW MUSIC PEACE FESTIVAL
SLINT: UNTITLED (ALBINI ROUGH MIXES) (RSD)
SONIC YOUTH: DIAMOND SEAS
SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS: ROASTED RIGHT: EXPANDED EDITION
SRC: MILESTONES
STALK-FOREST GROUP: ST CECILIA: THE ELEKTRA RECORDINGS
STAX: KILLER B'S / VARIOUS: STAX: KILLER B'S / VARIOUS
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: LIVE AT ROLLING ROCK 2001
STRANGLERS: RARITIES
STRAY CATS: RUMBLE IN BRIXTON (LIVE) (RSD)
STRINGS,BILLY: TINY DESK
STRUMMER,JOE & THE MESCALEROS: GLOBAL A GO-GO
SUGAR: FILE UNDER EASY LISTENING - THE SINGLES COLLECTION
SWAMP DOGG: SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED (RSD)
SWIFT, TAYLOR: ELIZABETH TAYLOR 7”
T.REX: SONGS FROM MARC - OPAQUE ORANGE VINYL
TALKING HEADS: CBS/COLUMBIA DEMOS
TAYLOR,CECIL UNIT: FRAGMENTS: COMPLETE 1969 SALLE PLEYEL (RSD)
TEARS: HERE COME THE TEARS
TEENAGE FANCLUB / FAIR,JAD: WORDS OF WISDOM & HOPE (RSD)
THIEVERY CORPORATION: CULTURE OF FEAR (RSD)
THIN LIZZY: LIVE IN CLEVELAND 1976
THIRD EYE BLIND: RARITIES & FIRST DRAFTS
TV GIRL: NIGHT IN QUESTION: FRENCH EXIT OUTTAKES
U-ROY: FEEL JAH SPIRIT: U-ROY MEETS THE AGGROVATORS
VAN HALEN: LIVE IN NEW HAVEN CT 1986
VARIOUS: SALAD DAYS: MUSIC FROM THE DOCUMENTARY FILM
VARIOUS: POWER POP! AMERICNA POWER POP FOR THE NOW GENERATION 1977-81
VARIOUS: STUDIO ONE SOUND
VERLAINES: READY TO FLY
VIDEO GAME LOFI: POKEMON LULLABIES / O.S.T.: VIDEO GAME LOFI: POKEMON LULLABIES / O.S.T.
VIOLENT FEMMES: BLIND LEADING THE NAKED
WALKER BROTHERS: NITE FLIGHTS
WEEN: EUROPE 90
WEEZER: 1192
WEILAND,SCOTT: LIVE (RSD)
WELLER,PAUL: WHEN YOUR GARDENS OVERGROWN / BOY ABOUT TOWN
WESTBOUND SOUND: SINGLE MINDED (VARIOUS): WESTBOUND SOUND: SINGLE MINDED (VARIOUS) (RSD)
WHITE,IKE: CHANGIN' TIMES
WHO: QUICK ONE
WILLIAMS,BUSTER: PINNACLE (RSD)
WILSON,BRIAN: ON TOUR (LIVE) (RSD)
WIRE: READ & BURN 03 (RSD)
XMAL DEUTSCHLAND: PEEL SESSIONS
XTC: LIVE BOOTS: LIVE AT EMERALD CITY 1981 - 200GM
Pre-order report: April 14, 2026
We’re back with another report on the latest titles to hit the pre-order section of the website.
First off, I have to note that both albums from the viral sensation are now up for pre-order! Grab their first album Vol. I and their second album Vol. II now. Street date on these is June 12.
There are a couple of cool comps in this week. La Contra Ola is a collection of post-punk and synth wave from Spain, 1980-1986, while the subtitle for Up in My Mind say it all: “15 Fuzzed Out Acid Tabs From The Lysergic Sixties.”
A couple of big mainstream and mainstream-ish titles are up for pre-order this week. Top of the heap in terms of popularity is Olivia Rodrigo’s third album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. The Strokes also have a new album; it’s called Reality Awaitsand we have it on regular black or indie exclusive black ice glitter vinyl. Danish indie / post-punk darlings Ice Age also have a new one called For Love of Grave & the Hereafter and that’s available on black or “blessed shore blue” vinyl.
There are a couple of cool items for fans of old, weird, below-the-radar music this week. J.A. Seazer’s Kokkyo Junreika is one of my all-time favorite albums, and one of the shining highlights of 70s Japanese avant-rock. It’s always been near-impossible to find, so grab this new pressing if you like that kind of thing. Also up for pre-order is a new pressing of Rock for Kropp Och Sjal, the final album by Swedish post-psych (if that’s a thing?) legends Gras Trad Och Stenar. And the always-reliable Guerssen Records brings us a split single from two Zamrock pioneers: Ngozi Family and Crossbones.
Neil Young’s MTV Unplugged album is getting a repress. Previous pressings sell for hundreds, so jump on this if you need it.
Lastly, for the indie / alternative old heads we have a new pressing of Meat Puppets’ 1991 album Forbidden Places and a new split 7” from Mike Watt and J Mascis where the two legends cover one another’s song.
Check the pre-orders section of the website for over 300 pre-orders we’re currently running!
SSR Newsletter: April 9, 2026: a HUGE Thank You! / Early Grave / + lots more new releases
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Sorry State Records newsletter! Sorry the newsletter is a day late, but I didn’t manage to finish things up before the Indikator B / Totalna Tama gig in Raleigh last night. Both bands were great, and I strongly recommend catching the tour if you get a chance.
I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with bated breath to hear about the results of last week’s big sale and I’m pleased to tell you it generated the money we needed! To say I am overwhelmed and humbled is a massive understatement. I wish I had the time to write personal thank-you notes to everyone who stepped up and bought something, but things are just too crazy right now. But seriously, thank you to everyone who helped us out. Many of you made some very big purchases and many also just gave us money rather than or in addition to buying something, which I never would have expected. The whole thing is not yet a done deal as we still have to get approved for the loan to cover the rest of the sale price, but hopefully my next message you to about this will be in a few months’ time when the sale has closed and Sorry State officially owns the shop. I hope everyone who helped us out gets a chance to visit the shop sometime and see what you helped to make happen.
I got a lot of really nice messages of encouragement, but in general I’m taking the huge response to the sale as an endorsement of what we’re doing, especially with this newsletter. It seems like y’all want us around for a long time, doing our best to stock the latest and greatest punk rock from across the globe and giving you our personal opinions and recommendations in your email every week. I’ll do my best to keep up my part of the bargain.
Speaking of which, we’re back to business as usual this week. The Shaved Ape LP is still up for pre-order, but if you want the limited color vinyl, you probably shouldn’t wait too much longer. We also have some big preorders that are now shipping and a heap of other new arrivals to tell you about. So let’s get back to doing what we do…
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