Sorry State Newsletter: March 30, 2023

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This week we have Record of the Week from Singapore’s Sial, French oi! from Rixe, French Canadian oi! from Ultra Razzia, Persian-language hardcore punk from Eteraz, ambitious 80s anarcho punk from Rudimentary Peni and Alternative, and a lot more!

New and Recommended Hardcore/punk Ragers!

  • Toxic State Records
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  • Iron Lung Records
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  • Black Water Records
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  • Black Water Records
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  • Test Subject Records
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  • Warthog Speak Records
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  • Kick Rock Records
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  • Beach Impediment Records
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New Releases from La Vida / Sealed

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Recommended Punk Reissues

  • Southern Lord Records
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  • New Red Archives
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  • Limited Reissue
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  • Euthanasie Records
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  • Mäkitie 8
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  • Radiation Records
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  • Limited Reissue
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  • Pirates Press
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Zorn: S/T LP out now

Finally, the long-awaited debut album from Philadelphia’s Zorn. While Zorn’s theatrical, (literally) scorching live shows are the stuff of legend, it would be a grave mistake to think the chaos they summon is all about the flaming swords, makeup, and leather corsets. Like Alice Cooper and David Bowie before them, Zorn knows you gotta have the songs to back up the image. Zorn’s metal-punk draws on death rock melody, intricate thrash riffing, and the bulldozing power of Discharge-inspired hardcore bands, but the songs are as infectious as they are intense. As with early Metallica, tracks like “Already Dead” and “Delco Devil Mosh” are built on memorable melodies that, in another time and place, might have formed the backbone of a killer glam rock single. I’m happy with my current reality, though, where Zorn is the kind of band who puts a devil standing atop a pile of flaming skulls on the cover of their album.

Each copy comes with a full-size poster, sticker, lyric insert, and download.

Click here to buy it!

Illiterates: No Experts LP out now!

Here at Sorry State we were huge fans of Illiterates’ debut LP, and when the Pittsburgh band offered to let us release the follow-up, we jumped at the chance to climb into bed with the self-described “dumbest band in hardcore.” No Experts is a scorching follow-up to the self-titled debut, with even faster, shorter, and tougher songs, plus catchy gang vocals that, along with vocalist Lawson’s rabid cat delivery, recall Youth of Today at their most primal. While No Experts is about as straightforward as hardcore can get, Illiterates’ way with a tune makes tracks like “Tricks of the Trade,” “Nice Things,” and “Weather Capital” hard to dismiss as anything like “generic thrash.” Another track is called “As Old As You Feel,” and No Experts makes me feel like a teenager, exploding hormones and a short attention span ensuring that music this loud, fast, and action-packed is the only thing that makes sense in this world.

Click here to buy it!

Recommended books, zines, and other reads

  • Neon Taste Records
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  • zines
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new on sorry state

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