{"title":"Clearance","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"dumspellst12","title":"Dumspell: S\/T 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is Dumspell, a post-punk band coming from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I was pretty quickly swooned by the somber, fuzzy and reverb-heavy tunes, and oddly lethargic-yet-melodic songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks like \"Cowboy\" or \"Spin\" drone on with tantalizing monotony, drilling it's fantastic riffs, uninterested vocals, and refreshing bass n' drums into your earholes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI don't know what this Hattiesburg post-punk group has been up to since the release of their debut tape way back in 2015, but if the eleven songs they dropped on this 12\" this year are any sort of clue, I'd say it's probably great, GREAT things. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn LP full of songs that will make you feel instantly comfortable - you might have seen this movie, you've just never seen it acted quite this well, and the production this time around is sheer perfection. You are welcome to dismiss this as some more of that melodic punk that you are too cool to admit that you like, but you would be a fool. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can only hope that they've got more stuff coming down the pipeline, because they've only heightened my opinion of their work by releasing new songs that are just as memorable as their steller demo -- and that's saying a LOT. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCool punk for sad people, check it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur take\u003c\/b\u003e: Debut vinyl from this band out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. While Hattiesburg has developed a reputation as a town that produces an unlikely number of raging hardcore bands, Dumspell is more of a straightforward punk \/ post-punk band. Their sound is heavy and melodic with huge-sounding guitars that might remind you of anything from the Buzzcocks to the best and\/or punkiest 90s grunge, alt-rock, and Brit-pop (think Supergrass, Ash, Elastica, and others that had a palpable punk influence). With a clear and powerful recording, songwriting chops, and dynamics for days, this feels like something that they would have plastered all over \u003cem\u003e120 Minutes\u003c\/em\u003e back in the 90s, but in 2019 this is a band from a small town in Mississippi that has released a short-run LP on a tiny German punk label. What a time to be alive! Seriously, though, this LP is top-shelf stuff, so give it a whirl if it sounds like something you’d like to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erste Theke Tontr‚àö¬ßger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30945868087347,"sku":"191015910","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/03040774c4c4b36890fbbc8b6db2d38dbfe677be.jpg?v=1571692479"},{"product_id":"210222900","title":"GG King: Remain Intact 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur take: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemain Intact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the 3rd full-length from this Atlanta band. Here’s the quick rundown on GG King: while he’s played in projects going back to the 90s, I came to know Atlanta’s Greg King as the singer for Carbonas, for my money one of the best punk bands ever to come out of the American south. In Carbonas, Greg honed his pop chops to a razor sharp edge (though not without punk intensity… I remember when Carbonas’ second LP came out everyone was talking about how much it sounded like Zero Boys), but when Carbonas dissolved in the late 00s and Greg started GG King, the sound was a little different. (Well, at least after the first few GG King singles, which someone once told me were largely songs written for Carbonas). One big change was a prominent black metal influence, which is not something one thinks of as a natural fit with the upbeat, song-oriented punk that also informed GG King’s sound. Even beyond that jarring stylistic juxtaposition, GG King felt looser and artier, wide-open to lots of different styles, and every few years they would weave a bunch of these threads into an eclectic tapestry of an album. Which brings us to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemain Intact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which strikes me as GG King’s masterpiece. I love—LOVE!—GG King’s first two albums and the singles, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemain Intact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e one-ups them. The melodic songs like “Remain Intact” and “Melt on You” are among the band’s best songs, while the other songs—everything from the 00s-era-Fall-ish “Dekalb County Endless” to the brooding “Cul de Sac” to whatever the fuck “Golden Horde Rising” is (Norwegian black metal meets early Magazine?)—make the album feel epic in scope and are often great art-punk songs in their own right. It’s rare that a current band releases something that feels as ambitious and as important as albums like Wire’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChairs Missing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e or Guided by Voices’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBee Thousand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, but that’s the vibe I get from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemain Intact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePlease Note: Due to shipping, some copies may have a bit of a dinged up corner. We apologize for any inconvenience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Total Punk Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39114286137529,"sku":"210222900","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/IMG_E5843copy.jpg?v=1614892053"},{"product_id":"210818909","title":"Gameface: Three To Get Ready 12\"","description":"In 1995, struggling to recover from the tragic death of their original drummer, Southern California's Gameface created their most beloved album, solidifying a place in the underground music scene. With heart-on-sleeve lyrics and infectious melodies, \"Three To Get Ready\" connected with fans on an emotional level, crossing genres from pop punk to emo to rock, and remains a mid-'90s classic. This long out-of-print full-length is back as a remastered, expanded, 25th-anniversary edition - including the B-sides from their \"A Day In June\" 7\" plus an alternate recording of \"Time After Time\" featuring a very young and less famous Gwen Stefani on backing vocals - all in newly updated gatefold packaging.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Doctor Strange Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40778534191289,"sku":"210818909","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/IMG_E8793copy.jpg?v=1629404204"},{"product_id":"211124905","title":"Gentleman Jesse: Lose Everything 12\"","description":"After ten long years away from the studio, Gentleman Jesse returns to us bearing a new ten-track album that benefits greatly from the wisdom and heartbreak that a decade of life on this planet affords. An album titled \"Lose Everything\" is bound to have its dark side, and behind the powerful melodies and jangly guitars a hint of sadness hangs in the air. But Jesse makes a bad time a good listen—after all, he's responsible for tunes like Carbonas' \"Phone Booth\" and his debut single \"I Don't Wanna Know.\" While age tends to water down the output of older musicians, it's had the opposite effect on Jesse. Gone is any semblance of kitsch or power-pop convention. Also gone are his band—he's flying solo this time. What remains is a dazzling, mature earworm of a guitar-pop album. Each record comes in a matte jacket adorned with the photography of Riley McBride and also includes a lovingly assembled booklet featuring lyrics and original woodcut prints made by the Gentleman himself.","brand":"Beach Impediment Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098970427646,"sku":"211124905","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/gentleman-jesse-updated.jpg?v=1637809871"},{"product_id":"jane-gregory-do-not-go-12","title":"Jane Gregory: Do Not Go 12\"","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJane Gregory’s infamous ‘Do Not Go’ is a beautiful operatic drama, one seeped in a level of expression and passion rarely found across other genres. Rare too are the original pressings, with as few as 90 copies released by Crass Records in 1985 it’s now one of the hardest on their back catalogue to find. One Little Independent release it as part of a new vinyl single reissue series of the Crass Label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe origins of this record lay a long way from classical music. The band Crass put anarchy to use in a positive way in the post-punk era from 1978 with a mixture of brilliant records and a willingness to educate and engage with their followers through their collective-living mentality, concerts and concerns over a range of issues from animal rights to anti-nuclear campaigning. To be honest, such a summary does not do justice to the powerful effect of Crass, who offered up a sense of empowerment to themselves and their followers, and the influence then extended to the music business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs for Gregory’s identity, she was (according to Rimbaud, who produced the single at Southern Studios) an “operatic and classical singer who acted as Sarah Brightman’s understudy, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem”. Requiem was actually a classical piece of music rather than a musical that came together in 1984 (with three soloists, Brightman, Placido Domingo and Paul Miles-Kingston and was premiered early in 1985. According to Rimbaud: “Crass wanted to do a crossover single and the idea was to make a popular, classical record, which it isn’t – but it is nevertheless very beautiful.” By the time Rimbaud had produced the single, Crass had split (1984) and their label – the Crass Records arm – was winding down as a viable concern. This probably accounts for the Jane Gregory single Do Not Go\/ After A Dream being issued on the D Sharp imprint in late 1984 or early 1985. It would be fair to say that the record limped out rather than being released and there is web speculation that as few as 90 copies were pressed, so you were very lucky to pick one up. Like the\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOur Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esingle (which sells for up to £300), the Jane Gregory record is now one of the most sought-after and collectable records in the Crass and Crass Records catalogue. It is in the Rare Record Price Guide at £150 although copies have sold for up to £300 in competitive online auctions. The A-side of this single also appeared on the 1992 Crass records compilation A Sides Part 2 1982-84.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Crass Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42594366914814,"sku":"220325900","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/donotgo.jpg?v=1648326220"},{"product_id":"220412900","title":"The Bleeding Hearts: Riches to Rags 12\" (RSD 2022)","description":"Almost thirty years after it was recorded, a great long lost record album is seeing the light of day. The Bleeding Hearts’ Riches to Rags is a remarkably solid collection of rock ’n’ roll songs featuring the guitar work of Bob Stinson, lead guitarist and founding member of the Replacements. This Record Store Day 2022 release is pressed on red vinyl with liner notes from Grammy award-winning journalist Bob Mehr, who wrote the definitive Replacements biography Trouble Boys. He describes Riches to Rags as “the final piece to the puzzle of Bob Stinson’s musical career.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Record Store Day 2022","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42668295717118,"sku":"220412900","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/IMG_E2974.jpg?v=1649879814"},{"product_id":"220927918","title":"Dadar: Iron Cage 12\"","description":"DADAR are back on GB with new recordings!!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8 tracks Recorded \/Mixed \/ Mastered by Piff\/Frizzer!!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor a Killer Album !!!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e!! Raw-Punk \/ Synth- Punk \/ Garage-Punk !!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArt-work by Fereno Silly !!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Goodbye Boozy Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43523480846590,"sku":"220927918","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/dadar.png?v=1722374881"},{"product_id":"221025807","title":"The Apostles: Best Forgotten 12\"","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorn of Plenty presents Best Forgotten, the first-ever survey of early tapes by avant-anarcho-punks The Apostles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFounded in London in 1979 by a rotating cast of characters who came and went around its eventual frontman, Andy Martin, The Apostles were a product of their moment; a group of friends grappling with the political, racial, and cultural tensions of the time. Embracing unfettered creative experimentation, while exploring the personal as poetic, themes of queer liberation, radical leftism, and anti-racism, Best Forgotten – drawn from tapes recorded within the limited means of bare necessity in Islington \u0026amp; Hackney squats between 1981-1983 – offers a rare window into this lost world. 40 years on, within an eerily similar political and economic climate, its message remains as relevant and urgent as it was then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImbued with immediacy, the artefacts of lo-fi and DIY, and the spirit of chance, the material comprising Best Forgotten captures a fledgling band evolving through various line-ups, styles, and techniques with the means at hand: ramshackle instruments, rudimentary electronics, basic tape recorders and boom boxes, bookending a period of constant experimentation that defined their early years. While associated with other anarcho-punk bands of their\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e moment like Crass, Poison Girls, Conflict and Flux of Pink Indians, this 86 minute collection of rare material – incorporating the early tape collages of fellow traveller Ian Rawes (later famed for his London Sound Survey project) and other avant-garde practices and approaches – sits more comfortably with the output of experimental post-punk bands like Lemon Kittens, Alternative TV or The Door \u0026amp; The Window.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile interest in the Apostles’ activities has only grown over the years, particularly after being namechecked by Ty Segall in a 2014 interview, these early explorations have largely remained inaccessible until now. In a 2009 article charting the band’s history, Andy Martin gives these early tapes a mere footnote and stated that, in his opinion, they are ‘Best Forgotten’. With respect, we beg to differ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur take\u003c\/b\u003e: The short history of 80s anarcho punks the Apostles on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/261294-The-Apostles-3\"\u003etheir Discogs page\u003c\/a\u003e sums up the band’s unique approach very well: “The Apostles were an experimental post-punk band who developed within the confines of the 1980s Anarcho Punk scene in the UK, but did not necessarily adhere to the aesthetics of that movement.” While the Apostles eventually, once they moved from releasing cassettes to vinyl, evolved into a somewhat more conventional anarcho-punk band (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/blogs\/news\/ssr-pick-daniel-april-28-2022\"\u003eI wrote about their excellent second single, \u003cem\u003eBlow It Up Burn It Down Kick It Till It Breaks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, in our Staff Picks section a while back), the tracks on \u003cem\u003eBest Forgotten\u003c\/em\u003e compile an earlier era for the project when they sound less like a band at all, and more like a container for a wide range of musical experiments. In that way, this era of the Apostles reminds me of groups like Alternative TV, Television Personalities, and Cleaners from Venus… all of them very different from one another, but united by the approach of following their curiosity and pushing at the edges of their respective sounds. \u003cem\u003eBest Forgotten\u003c\/em\u003e does a great job of documenting that approach, feeling less like an album and more like a documentary, and while it’s hard to imagine anyone saying that \u003cem\u003eBest Forgotten\u003c\/em\u003e contains a wealth of great songs, it is rich with vibe. It practically smells like a squat in early 80s London, cold and damp and desperate, but at least with the free time to get weird and creative (even if the means to document that creativity are of the make-do variety). I imagine this era of the Apostles’ music flies way over the heads of Conflict and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/collections\/all\/products\/190812920\"\u003eCrass\u003c\/a\u003e-loving crusties in both their time and ours, but this is tailor-made for punk intellectuals with a taste for the artistically confrontational music of groups like Alternative TV (particularly their second album, \u003cem\u003eVibing Up the Senile Man\u003c\/em\u003e), Virgin Prunes, and early Cabaret Voltaire.","brand":"Horn of Plenty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43642488488190,"sku":"221025807","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/apostles.png?v=1666820503"},{"product_id":"gg-king-evoker-12","title":"GG King: Evoker 12\"","description":"Vinyl version of our sold out Evoker tape that came with copies of \"Remain Intact\". This line up was paired down to the core of Greg, Ryan and myself and augmented with a guitar solo by Human Pony Boy Kelly Stroup. Includes a Television Personalities cover and a reworking of \"Leigh\" from Unending Darkness, reimagined by myself in my basement...added synth, words and a new end which is an Easter egg to another forth coming State Laughter release. At the encouragement of our boss at Total Punk, this project spawned our new entity Glittering Insects, based around the same trio that recorded this record. Self Titled LP is at the plant and should be out early next year.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur take\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cem\u003eEvoker\u003c\/em\u003e originally appeared as a limited edition cassette that came as a freebie with some copies of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/collections\/all\/products\/210222900\"\u003eGG King’s latest proper album, \u003cem\u003eRemain Intact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The cassette garnered an enthusiastic reaction (including the offer of a future release on Total Punk experimental offshoot label Mind Meld Records), so State Laughter pressed up some copies on wax for us lucky GG King fanatics. On GG King’s main releases, they have a unique style I’d describe as classic punk stretched out with influences from black metal and krautrock, styles that provide a counterbalance to punk’s short and to-the-point songwriting style. \u003cem\u003eEvoker\u003c\/em\u003e, however, has an even more experimental and playful atmosphere. There are genre experiments like the pure second-wave black metal of “Evoker 2 (Circling Starmount)” and the hardcore punk of “Punxx Picnic Destinations,” a cover tune (the Television Personalities’ “Silly Girl,” which stretches that compact pop tune in drone-y and weird directions), and stylistic departures like “Leigh’s Castle,” a fuzz-drenched psych-pop song with a drum machine that sounds like it could have appeared on an early \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/collections\/all\/products\/guided-by-voices-alien-lanes-12\"\u003eGuided by Voices\u003c\/a\u003e record. There’s also more out-there experimental tracks like “Evoker 1,” an excellent atmospheric sound collage piece, and “Evoker 3 (Wotever Happens Next),” which channels the WTF qualities of Celtic Frost’s \u003cem\u003eInto the Pandemonium\u003c\/em\u003e, minus the self-seriousness. Perhaps there are people who like GG King’s albums but find this looser version of the group too weird, but given how quirky and unprecedented GG King’s sound is, I imagine that group is a pretty small subset of the band’s following. Thus, if you’ve followed our previous recommendations and gotten hip to GG King’s vibe, there’s no reason to pass over \u003cem\u003eEvoker\u003c\/em\u003e without a listen.","brand":"State Laughter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43679712182526,"sku":"221108900","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/ggking.jpg?v=1668470162"},{"product_id":"haevner-kaldet-fra-tomrummet-12","title":"HÆVNER: Kaldet Fra Tomrummet 12\"","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHævner is a Copenhagen-based post-punk band formed in 2020 by current and former members of Motorsav, Kold Front, Metro Cult, Moth, Sunken and St. Digue. Their sound is dark, chaotic and stabs the listener like a frozen dagger. With biting guitars, ice-cold synths, throbbing bass, hard-hitting drums and desperate screams, Hævner forces you into a distorted dimension where 2 + 2 is 5 and the exit is only wide enough for one of you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur take\u003c\/b\u003e: Symphony of Destruction Records brings us the debut record from this band from Copenhagen, Denmark. Knowing where Haevner was based, \u003cem\u003eKaldet Fra Tomrummet\u003c\/em\u003e’s packaging had me wondering if they were a hardcore band… they are, kind of, but if I was looking to compare them to a Danish band, it wouldn’t be anyone from the Adult Crash Records roster, but Ice Age, specifically what they sounded like on their first album. Like that record, \u003cem\u003eKaldet Fra Tomrummet\u003c\/em\u003e sounds like a mash-up of hardcore and post-punk, with dark and complex chords from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/search?q=the+cure\"\u003eCure\u003c\/a\u003e and Siouxsie \u0026amp; the Banshees records delivered at tempos more befitting \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/search?pf_v_vendor=Havoc+Records\u0026amp;q=discharge\"\u003eDischarge\u003c\/a\u003e. I also hear a lot of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/products\/210602948\"\u003ethe Wipers\u003c\/a\u003e in Haevner’s sound, both in the dense, precise, and melodic riffing and the manic darkness that hangs like a violent storm cloud over the record. 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Anywho, since their inception as Flea Collar with 2021's 'A Hole Is A Hole' on Tetryon Tapes, the gang landed at Rumpus Room Recording with Poopy Necröpondé (Sockeye) engineering their full length effort. Whether your opinion of Cleveland leans more towards r'n'r mecca or mistake on the lake, there's clearly something in the water supply and BOY, is it baked into what Flea Collar have created across these twenty-six odd minutes. Taking cues from the Non-Commercial side of CLE punk, British heavy metal, Japanese hardcore insanity, and good old fashioned Midwest rock'n'roll - Flea Collar have turned in an epic debut that lands somewhere between tongue-in-cheek \u0026amp; the impending dog bite illustrated on the front cover. Where this album fits into the utterly confounding cesspool of twenty-twenties culture is a coin toss, but the true heads out there may just GET IT. Flea Collar fucking rules!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Feel It Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43738619183358,"sku":"221204900","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/fleacollar.jpg?v=1670173124"},{"product_id":"230111902","title":"Gaffer: Dead End Beat 12\"","description":"After releasing a demo back in 2020 and then heading into hibernation for a few years, only to pop their head out briefly for the occasional show, Perth’s Gaffer drop their debut LP. And it doesn’t disappoint! They’ve churned out twelve tracks of hard-edged punk, post-punk harking back to the scenes of the UK (the mother-land) in the 80s. Bricks, mortar, boots, rain, factory lines, and the pub. However, not a whole lot has changed and so the content of this record is also remarkably modern. It addresses the current crushing stagnation surrounding life, work, and wages today. It’s undeniable: life is tough. We’re all tired, and we’re unsure of the future. But at least we can put back a few drinks and chuck on a record like this. It’s hard to keep up in the modern world, but you get through by the skin of your teeth.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Piles of ear popping punk rock from inside a locked vault where former members of DiE and Cold Meat have been stewing in their own juices and listening to nothing but The Zeros, Blitz, and Chron Gen. This musical escape is a pummelling bop, dragging all and any good graces through a glorious puddle of fuzz, grit, saturation, and agitation. Of all the possible musical notes you can choose on a song, you’re not gonna wanna miss THESE three chords.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJonah Falco.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Drunken Sailor Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43805711859966,"sku":"230111902","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/gaffer.jpg?v=1673907306"},{"product_id":"230125900","title":"Helta Skelta: S\/T 12\"","description":"Part of the original concept of Bad habit records was to delve into the past of Australian underground music and dig out important releases and reissue them with a real eye to keeping the atmosphere of the original time and circumstances. Records that every should have in their collection. High water marks of Australian punk.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe first Helta Skelta Lp was self released and sold out quickly. We always get asked at the shop if we have it. Whenever we get a 2nd hand copy the next person to come in buys it straight away. It's became a mythical record.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEverything about this record is perfect. The cryptic cover is aesthetically pleasing, but also has the aesthetics of 1 thousand bugs crawling all over your skin. Nick Blinko but he only ever watched kids cartoons. The music is this 60's garage inspired punk but played with the aggression of hardcore. The guitars are nearly surf rock at times, minimal distortion. The vocals are beamed in directly from the dimension of angry father yelling at his crying family for not turning off the lights or putting the water back in the fridge. Hes taking out his frustrations and confusion of a cruel and uncaring world by being cruel and uncaring towards you, the listener.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA perfect punk album that's disorienting and absurd in a perfect way.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur take\u003c\/b\u003e: Australia’s Bad Habit Records brings us a reissue of Helta Skelta’s debut LP from 2011. Sorry State carried the original self-released pressing way back then, so a few of you who have been buying records from us for 10+ years might already have this one in the stacks. However, by the time Helta Skelta put out their second album on Deranged Records in 2015 and toured the US, this first album was long gone. On this record, Helta Skelta’s style is one I don’t hear too much these days… punk rock with big, catchy riffs inspired by ’77 and garage-leaning bands, but played with the intensity of hardcore. If this had come out in the mid-2000s, people might have called it diagonal line hardcore, referring to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sorrystaterecords.com\/collections\/all\/products\/buzzcocksanothermusicinadifferentkitchen12\"\u003eBuzzcocks\u003c\/a\u003e-inspired sleeve designs on Social Circkle and Career Suicide records, but that’s only a rough comparison, as Helta Skelta had their own thing established here. The riffs are excellent, and while y’all know I like the fast shit, I think Helta Skelta is even more powerful on slower tracks like the almost bluesy “Submit” and the standout track “Disco Junkies.” Maybe there’s some AC\/DC gene encoded in these Aussies’ DNA that makes them unstoppable with a big, mid-paced riff? Helta Skelta’s vocalist is also charismatic, the intensity of their performance emphasized by rough production that finds the vocal track frequently peaking way into the red. While this might fly under the radar for folks in the US, I’m glad Bad Habit allowed us to get this one back on the shelves for the curious to discover its riches.","brand":"Bad Habit Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43826192974078,"sku":"230125900","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/products\/heltaskelta.png?v=1674675457"},{"product_id":"230125902","title":"Cursed Earth: S\/T 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoward got in as prime minister of Australia and really turbocharged the \"economic rationalism\" set in motion by the previous Labor government. Regional cities really suffered the wave of the offshoring of manufacturing, the privatisation of services like the railway and in the case of ipswich, the closing down of the coal mines. Pauline Hanson's inarticulate racial bitterness became mainstream. Born out of this climate, came Cursed Earth. Named after the lawless lands outside of the major city in the Judge Dredd comic. Its really a reflection on their surroundings more than anything. 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This is the first ever coloured vinyl in Bane's catalogue of work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"You Can Be You Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44054173679870,"sku":"230531917","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/files\/honeybane.png?v=1686179320"},{"product_id":"the-bqs-s-t-12","title":"The BQ's: Stand In The Jam 12\"","description":"Featuring hand painted jacket\u003cbr\u003eLocal band from Raleigh recorded by Mike Dean.\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing Brian Quast, former member of Polvo.","brand":"Brian Quast","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44057617367294,"sku":"230603400","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0255\/7539\/files\/thebqs.png?v=1686178181"},{"product_id":"230912914","title":"Coupe Gorge: Silence De Mort 12\"","description":"Splatter Vinyl\u003cbr\u003eFive years on from MLP \"Troubles\", COUPE GORGE are back with an album entitled \"Silence Mort\". 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