NØ MAN "Glitter and Spit"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $8.00
LP UPC: 724399772453
CD UPC: 724399772460
STREET DATE: 3/29/24
CAT#: IOD-59
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

"Will you die with your eyes open?"

Washington D.C.'s NØ MAN is a necessary and much-needed voice in modern hardcore. Formed in 2017, the four-piece punk band has been alchemizing the personal and the political from the jump. Composed of members from Majority Rule, the band's current aims go hand-in-hand with their past, sonically and thematically.

Their upcoming album Glitter and Spit is the band's third full-length LP, solidifying their furious hardcore into a weapon of a record. Album opener "Eat My Twin" twists and refracts a mid-tempo riff into a sonic hammer, cracking open the record's heaviness to come. Singer Maha Shami has fully come into her own as a frontperson, snarling out the most vicious vocals of her career on "Poison Darts."

As the daughter of refugees, returning home to Palestine included witnessing first-hand the casual atrocities inflicted on her family. Though written before the current conflict's boiling point, Glitter and Spit synthesizes the 70+ years of systemic violence carried out against Palestine and her own lived experiences. From school teachers and classmates telling her Palestine doesn't exist, to being humiliated by soldiers at checkpoints when she visited her family, these many moments fuel the album's lifeblood, coalescing on "Can't Kill Us All."

"They want to silence us," Shami said at a recent benefit show in D.C. "We will be louder. We aren't fucking going anywhere. Because Palestine will never die." Glitter and Spit is a much-needed fire of an album, fueled by the anxieties and anger of the now, erupting in a cathartic inferno.

The band's members Matt Michel (guitar/vocals), Pat Broderick (drums) and Kevin Lamiell (Bass) helped lay the foundation for hardcore and screamo in Majority Rule from 1996 to 2004. Alongside the band, vocalist Maha Shami has been a longtime friend, giving a "cameo" guest vocal performance on Majority Rule's "Packaged Poison" in 2004. When Majority Rule reunited in 2017 to perform multiple benefit shows, it ignited a desire to keep creating, and no one was better equipped to step in as front person than Shami.

Their energy and spirit have brought them together on tour with bands like Portrayal of Guilt, Darkest Hour, FAIM, Entry and more. In 2023 they collaborated with former tourmates and fellow iconoclasts The HIRS Collective on the song "Sweet Like Candy." They've also contributed to Secret Voice's (the label of Touche Amore frontman Jeremy Bolm) compilation Balladeers, Redefined.

Glitter and Spit was recorded and mixed by Matthew Michel at Viva Studio, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Eat my Twin
2. Glitter and Spit
3. Poison Darts
4. Eye Spy
5. God's Neighborhood
6. March of Ides
7. Can't Kill Us All
8. Monument to Pleasure
9. Burning Skulls
10. Damaar

MARKETING POINTS:

• Features ex-members of Majority Rule
• Guest vocals from Kat Lanzillo of FAIM
• Previous touring history w/ Portrayal of Guilt, Darkest Hour, The Hirs Collective, Strike Anywhere, Pg.99, Jeromes Dream, FAIM, and more.
• Previous album "ERASE" listed as one of the Best Punk Records of 2020 by Brooklyn Vegan
• Mastered by Brad Boatright (The Armed, DRAIN, Code Orange, Defeater)

FOR FANS OF:
Gel, Tragedy, Gouge Away, Nausea, Scowl

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Leaving "Liminal"

LP - $14.65
STREET DATE: 3/29/24
CAT#: PRO-095
LABEL: Protagonist

Leaving, who hail from Oakland, CA, meld the heavy distortion of doom metal with the ethereal textures of shoegaze, forging an audio landscape that is devastatingly hypnotic and dripping with sorrow. Founded in 2021, they are a seasoned group of sonic architects who include members of Noothgrush, Amber Asylum, Graves at Sea, Lycus, and Funerary among them. Leaving weaves a musical tapestry that plunges listeners into the abyss with shadowy vocals adding emotional depth and somber undertones to their enormous sound. Lyrically they delve into themes of desolation, depression, loneliness, introspection, and the shadows that lurk within the human psyche. Leaving’s music paints a bleak but vivid, almost gossamer picture of a world consumed by decay. This interplay of light and shadow, coupled with an underlying heaviness, creates an atmosphere that is bound to envelop the listener in a shroud of mesmerizing gloom. With each note, the band invites you into the liminal space they’ve crafted – a space between worlds, emotions, and musical genres. Anticipate a profound sonic journey as Leaving sets the stage on their debut album, promising an immersive exploration of the thresholds of emotive heavy music. Are you ready to leave?

TRACK LISTING:

1. Slow Motion Collapse
2. Broken Flame
3. I’m Just Resting My Eyes (Interlude)
4. Downturn
5. Hollow Ache
6. Liminal

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring members of Graves at Sea, Noothgrush, Lycus, Funerary, Amber Asylum.
• Recorded by Greg Wilkinson (Deathgrave, Autopsy, Graves At Sea, Necrot) at Earhammer Studios.
• Mastered by Nick Basset (Whirr, Nothing)
• Cover painting by the late Mariusz Lewandowski.

FOR FANS OF:
Nothing, Holy Fawn, Windhand, Hum, Grivo, Whirr

Frail Body "Artificial Bouquet"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $8.00 / CASSETTE - $8.00
LP UPC: 723314784113
INDIE LP UPC: 791689666150
CD UPC: 723314784106
CASSETTE UPC: 723314784120
STREET DATE: 3/29/24
CAT#: DW240
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

Frail Body is a three piece band from Rockford, IL.

"Artificial Bouquet" is an eleven song album by Frail Body. Produced, engineered, and recorded by Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Recording, and mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden (Deafheaven, Joyce Manor, Loma Prieta).

Opening track "Scaffolding" explodes out of the gate with dizzying speed before descending into a wash of discordant melody. "Berth" and "Critique Programme" then inject pulse-pounding tempo shifts and unorthodox heavy riffing into the fray. "Devotion" plays as a stunning ebb and flow epic that shows method to their musical chaos. "Monolith" and "Refrain" then blur the lines between post-hardcore and melodic black metal in their frantic approach. These lead to "No Resolution" and "Runaway"; two slow build numbers that showcase the otherworldly dynamics Frail Body possess. "Horizon Line" follows this path as it builds to a bone-shaking crescendo. Lastly "Another Year Removed" serves as an instrumental bridge to closer "A Capsule In The Sediment". A song that empties the emotional tank for all to bear witness. All of it so raw and beautifully out of control.

Without question, "Artificial Bouquet" establishes Frail Body as leaders within the modern "screamo" movement. A shining example that the once dormant sub-genre continues to evolve and thrive for all the world to see.

Lowell Shaffer - Guitar, Vocals, and Piano
Nic Kuczynski - Bass
Nicholas Clemenson - Drums

Recorded at Bricktop Recording
All Songs Written and Performed by Frail Body
Produced, Engineered, and Recorded by Pete Grossmann
Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden
Artwork & Design by J. Bannon

TRACK LISTING:

1. Scaffolding
2. Berth
3. Critique Programme
4. Devotion
5. Monolith
6. Refrain
7. No Resolution
8. Runaway
9. Horizon Line
10. Another Year Removed
11. A Capsule In The Sediment

MARKETING POINTS:

• US Tour scheduled for March w/ Heavenly Blue
• EU Tour scheduled for April w/ Knoll
• Artwork by J. Bannon (Converge, Cave In, American Nightmare)

FOR FANS OF:
Deafheaven, Touché Amoré, Jeromes Dream, Liturgy

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Bastard Noise "Incineration Prayer - Self Righteous Suicide"

LP - $15.95
STREET DATE: 3/29/24
CAT#: AL-041
LABEL: Armageddon Label

Bastard Noise is a noise project founded in 1991 by musicians Eric Wood, Henry Barnes, and W. T. Nelson. The project started as a type of sister band to the trio's previous group Man Is The Bastard. Man Is the Bastard broke-up in late 1997 but Bastard Noise continued on as it's own entity and has been Wood's ongoing project.

Early recordings from the group's extensive discography were mostly self-released and predominantly featured only electronics and vocals. Since its formation, however, Bastard Noise has made releases with underground labels such as Three One G, Relapse Records, Gravity Records, Deep Six, Vermiform Records, Robotic Empire, among others.

During live performances, Wood often recruits other musicians to perform with him, the likes of which have included Merzbow, Justin Pearson, Keiji Haino and many other collaborators.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Incineration Prayer
02. Self Righteous Suicide

MARKETING POINTS:

• Bastard Noise is a noise project founded in 1991 by musicians Eric Wood, Henry Barnes, and W. T. Nelson
• Bastard Noise has made releases with underground labels such as Three One G, Relapse Records, Gravity Records, Deep Six, Vermiform Records, Robotic Empire and more

FOR FANS OF:
Merzbow, Man Is The Bastard, Masonna, Incapacitants, Neanderthal

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Deaf Club feat. HIRS Collective / Fuck Money "Split"

7"EP - $6.50
7"EP UPC: 667758960971
STREET DATE: 3/22/24
CAT#: 31G142
LABEL: Three One G

For this split, The HIRS Collective combine chaotic forces with Deaf Club on an original track, "Biblical Loophole" as well as a Nirvana cover of "Tourette's." The HIRS Collective exists to fight for, defend, and celebrate the survival of trans, queer, poc, black, women and any and all other folks who have to constantly face violence, marginalization, and oppression. They are "a collective of freaks and faggots that will never stop existing. Infinite and never ending. No one is going to kill us, we are going to live forever."

Deaf Club is a savage sound bath dripping with sardonicism: a blastbeat-centric hardcore punk assault channeling crust, thrash, and grind (un)sensibilities. Justin Pearson (The Locust, Dead Cross, Planet B), Brian Amalfitano, Scott Osment (Glassing, Planet B), and Jason Klein (Run With The Hunted), approach music as an opportunity to confront our collective sicknesses.

Fuck Money is an American scrape rock band based in Austin, TX. The group debuted in October 2021 consisting of members TaSzlin Trébuchet, Alton Jenkins, Bill Kenny, and Jeremy Humphries. Their sound draws on punk rock, noise, industrial, extreme music and other transgressive subgenres. The merciless & melodic stick-work of Alton Jenkins paired with the visceral intensity of frontman TaSz Trébuchet guides listeners down a path of challenging yet awe-inspiring sonic behavior.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Biblical Loophole - Deaf Club feat. HIRS Collective
2. Tourette's - Deaf Club feat. HIRS Collective
3. Alley Tricks - Fuck Money
4. Rat Queen - Fuck Money

MARKETING POINTS:

• Deaf Club & Fuck Money EU tour 4/4 - 4/27
• Deaf Club & HIRS Collective West Coast tour this summer

FOR FANS OF:
The Locust, Nirvana

Blanket "Ceremonia"

LP - $20.65 / CD - $11.35
STREET DATE: 3/22/24
CAT#: CRR214
LABEL: Church Road

Building on the success of their critically acclaimed album 'Modern Escapism,' Blanket solidify their place as one of the UK's finest with their latest album 'Ceremonia'.

'Ceremonia' is a testament to the band's artistic evolution, seamlessly blending elements of post-rock, shoegaze, and alternative rock. Drawing inspiration from bands such as Cave In, HUM, Swervedriver, and Ride. Blanket have managed to craft their own musical identity that is both ethereal and powerful, resonating with fans across the globe.

The band's previous release, 'Modern Escapism,' garnered widespread praise for its innovation and emotional depth. With 'Ceremonia,' Blanket continues to push their creative boundaries, exploring new sonic landscapes while staying true to their essence.

"We were trying to capture an excitable vibe in the room with the 4 of us jamming, in the past when writing in studios and on laptops it can all change once we're playing those tracks live, so we wanted to capture that.

We wanted to capture the music we loved as kids like britpop etc and make it heavier.

A new method for us going into this album at Motor Museum Studios, Liverpool (Al Groves, BMTH, Elvis Costello, Ian Broudie) was to track the album song by song. This gave us the ability to really mess with tones and vibes to suit each track instead of having a record which all sounds the same. The feeling we wanted to capture is an Indie Rock band loud in a room, which I think comes across well in "Ceremonia".

Lyrically the content on Ceremonia really ranges from tracks like "Nuclear Boy Scout" which is about a kid in America that made his own nuclear reactor in his Mums back garden, to tracks like "Porcelain" and "Sea Of Bliss" which are more focussed on a feeling or emotion. To be honest I'm really proud of what I wrote for this album and lyrically it has one-upped Modern Escapism for sure. " - Bobby Pook [Vocals/Guitar]

TRACK LISTING:

1. Nuclear Boy Scout
2. Ceremonia
3. Porcelain
4. Kaleidoscope
5. Sea Of Bliss (reprise)
6. Loom
7. The Lucky Ones
8. A Sea Of Bliss
9. Euphoria
10. Final Call

MARKETING POINTS:

• Vinyl features a slip case die-cut cover

FOR FANS OF:
Cave In, Hum

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Modern Life Is War "Tribulation Worksongs"

12"EP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 3/22/24
CAT#: DW243
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

"Tribulation Worksongs" was recorded by Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studios, mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. The session was originally released as a series of three 7"EPs between 2018 and 2021. In their initial presentation, the lyrics/credits of each song were typed by vocalist/lyricist Jeff Eaton on his 1950's Royal "Quiet De Luxe" typewriter. These were later hand stamped on the front and back covers of the EP by artist J. Bannon, making each cover totally unique. The labels of the vinyl were also hand stamped before final assembly by the people at Deathwish.

For 2024, Modern Life Is War present the "Tribulation Worksongs" sessions as a one 12"EP/Digital album. This release combines all three 7"EPs with "End Times Dub", a dub version of "Feels Like End Times", reimagined by Urian Hackney (Rough Francis, Iggy Pop, The Armed, etc). The packaging of the release is a combination of visual work from Jeffrey Eaton, Thomas Hooper, and J. Bannon.

Credits:
Modern Life Is War is: Jeffrey Eaton, Chris Honeck, John Eich, Luke Rauch, Bo Becker

Recorded by Luke Tweedy at Flat Black Studio
Mixed by Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studio
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege Engineering

Matt Hoffman played guitar on Feels Like End Times, Revival Fires, and Lonesome Valley Ammunitions.
Piano on FEELS LIKE END TIMES by Ben Driscoll
SURVIVAL lyrics adapted from Marcia Griffiths, Queen of Reggae. A Protest Song for the ages...
Backup Vocals on SURVIVAL by Sarah Cram Driscoll and Brooks Strause
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG written by James Osterberg, Scott Asheton, Ronald Asheton, David Alexander
Otherwise known as THE STOOGES...2021 Motor City is bleeding...
END TIMES DUB mixed at The Box, Burlington VT by Urian Hackney

Dove Artwork by Jeffrey Eaton
Paintings by Thomas Hooper
Design by J. Bannon

TRACK LISTING:

1. Feels Like End Times
2. Revival Fires
3. Survival
4. Lonesome Valley Ammunitions
5. Indianapolis Talking Blues
6. I Wanna Be Your Dog
7. End Times Dub (Urian Hackney At The Controls)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Assembling all tracks from their "Tribulation Workings" EPs + a bonus track
• Supporting Hot Water Music on select dates in May

FOR FANS OF:
Bane, American Nightmare, Blacklisted

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Holydanger "The Ethereal Beauty"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 3/22/24
CAT#: SDR-116
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Somewhere along an intersection between new-wave, post-punk, and indie rock, lies Holydanger. The band formed in Paris, France in 2021, and in little time, already formed their full-length, debut LP, "The Ethereal Beauty". They recorded with UK producer, Jim Spencer (New Order, Electronic, The Charlatans) and the songs were mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios by engineer, Frank Arkwright (Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura). After a year or so, the LP came to fruition and resulted in a refreshing take on this sound. Approaching new-wave/post-punk from the members' hardcore perspective gives even the softer songs a bit of edge, and ensures that each track has a catchy hook. Tracks like the opener, "Nowhere Near Prepared" or "Radiant You" showcase this the best, showing the range of an anthemic pop song to an emo-inspired ballad song. "The Ethereal Beauty" was released in the fall of 2023 independently, and is now being reissued on Sunday Drive Records, and available for the first time on 12" vinyl.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Nowhere Near Prepared
02. Acting Real Nice
03. 700m²
04. Satin Fields
05. Zeinot
06. Radiant You
07. Mausoleo
08. Vacation From Ourselves

MARKETING POINTS:

• Produced by Jim Spencer (New Order, Electronic, The Charlatans)
• Abbey Road Studios by engineer, Frank Arkwright (Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura)
• Reissue of the LP, available on vinyl for first time

FOR FANS OF:
New Order, The Cure, Blitz

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Prisoner "Putrid | Obsolete"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 765464057099
STREET DATE: 3/15/24
CAT#: VIS010
LABEL: Persistent Vision

In the six years since Richmond VA quintet Prisoner released their first LP, "Beyond The Infinite", the entire world fell apart. Already somewhat apocalypse-curious, the band decided to ride the current wave of doom as far as it would take them, adding synth player Adam Lake in order to bring a greater emphasis on noise, samples, and electronic sound textures. The result is their new full-length, "Putrid | Obsolete", which layers the nightmarish crust/hardcore and blackened metal of their earlier material in a thick coating of harsh industrial noise and gloom.

Floating amid a polluted sea of atonal samples and ominous synth soundwaves, crunching guitars lay down brutal 100mph riffs over a powerful rhythm section crunch, even as multiple demonic voices unleash anguished roars. With apologies to TS Eliot, this is the real way the world ends: amid an unrelenting wave of industrial metal/punk brutality.

"Putrid | Obsolete" was produced, recorded and mixed by Ricky Olson at the Ward (Enforced, .GIF From God) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Flesh Dirge
2. Pool Of Disgust
3. The Horde
4. Shroud
5. Leaden Tomb
6. Pathogenesis
7. Entity
8. Nanodeath

MARKETING POINTS:

• Produced by Ricky Olson (Enforced, .GIF From God) and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (From Ashes Rise, No Man)
• PR Campaign by Curran Reynolds at The Chain PR
• Decibel Magazine premiered first single "Leaden Tomb"
• Prisoner will be doing select US tours in March, June, and September 2024

FOR FANS OF:
Neurosis, Nails, Candy, Godflesh

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Gouge Away "Deep Sage"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $8.00 / Cassette - $8.00
LP UPC: 791689665672
INDIE LP UPC: 791689665962
CD UPC: 791689665689
CASSETTE UPC: 791689665696
STREET DATE: 3/15/24
CAT#: DW249
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

Deep Sage, Gouge Away's third studio album, started coming together in 2019 during sound checks and in small pockets of downtime between tours. In early 2020, they demoed with Brok Mende in an unassuming storage unit in Orlando. They pulled influence not only from the nostalgia of the bands they grew up listening to but also developed the sense of urgency, noise, and introspective lyrics they felt most represented them. Those demos helped shape the songs into the finished record that Deep Sage would become.

Then everything came to a halt in 2020 when a full year of plans were canceled in an instant. With the rug pulled out from under them, their backs against the wall, and no way to change the situation they were in, the members of Gouge Away had no choice but to go on a hiatus. They moved to different parts of the country and focused on their personal lives, accepting that those songs were never going to see the light of day.

But the songs lived as files waiting to be rediscovered and every once in a while, they'd get the urge to listen to them again. On New Year's Eve just before 2022, they decided to reconnect and finish writing the album with Portland, OR becoming their new writing location. While everyone was in town for a writing session, Militarie Gun had a show down the street at Mano Oculta and invited Gouge Away to play a couple of songs during their set as a surprise. It was the first show the band had played in three years and the live debut of "Maybe Blue". Energized by the reaction, the band finished writing. They had an overabundance of material, slashing songs from the final tracklist left and right. They not only elaborated on the urgent and abrasive qualities they were known for but broadened their melodic traits too.

Deep Sage was recorded with Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden East in March 2023 completely analog and almost entirely live. The band recorded together in a live room while Christina was in an isolation booth. Her vocals projected from a monitor so the band could hear her. The goal of recording live was to sound like five friends playing in a room together, just like where they started in Florida. Unpolished and far from being over-produced, this is what the heart of Gouge Away has always been.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Stuck in a Dream
2. Maybe Blue
3. Idealized
4. Deep Sage
5. A Welcome Change
6. Overwatering
7. No Release
8. The Sharpening
9. Spaced Out
10. Newtau
11. Dallas

MARKETING POINTS:

• First new music since 2020
• Produced by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Oathbreaker)

FOR FANS OF:
Drug Church, Fiddlehead, Angel Du$t

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Greed Worm "Ritual Onslaught"

LP - $13.35
STREET DATE: 3/15/24
CAT#: PRO-093
LABEL: Protagonist Music

At the violent intersection of tech noir and old-school metalcore is where we find Greed Worm, a Chicago-based quintet in the business of serving dank, mean-spirited riffs for the disenfranchised since 2021. With "Ritual Onslaught" they've fused outright ignorant doses of musical dissonance and noise with lyrics condemning the artificial constructs that create and perpetuate human suffering. This approach conjures an almost mechanized brutality across the album that sees fit to reflect, and in turn, destroy, our collective societal malaise. Featuring Mike Lundin from Sarin, Karly Soto from Snuffed, and Nick Ayala from Break the Cycle, this is Greed Worm's most anticipated and mature release yet.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Pirate Signal
2. Chaos Theory
3. Hand Over Your Flesh
4. Ritual Onslaught
5. Machine Learning ft.Nick Ayala
6. Crypto Fascist Arcology
7. Holographic Prison ft. Karly Soto
8. Broadcast Diaspora
9. Reap & Devour ft. Mike Lundin
10. Survive The City

MARKETING POINTS:

• Features members of Crowning, Snuffed, Shrivel Up, Modern Nun
• Recorded and Mastered by Pete Grossman (Frail Body, Mouth For War, Gates to Hell, Inclination) at Bricktop Studios

FOR FANS OF:
Disembodied, Slipknot, Cult Leader, Pig Destroyer, Nails

Shock Withdrawal "The Dismal Advance"

LP - $17.25 / CD - $7.50 / Cassette - $7.50
STREET DATE: 3/15/24
CAT#: BPR-99
LABEL: Brutal Panda

Death metal newcomers, SHOCK WITHDRAWAL, make extreme music for extreme times. Comprising a trio of diehards from the heavy music scene (Maruta, Mos Generator, Nitesoil, etc.)

TRACK LISTING:

1. Constant Fear of Annihilation
2. Sullen
3. Autonomian
4. Built to Suffer
5. The Dismal Advance
6. Oblivion Seeker
7. Unfit For This World
8. Resentment
9. Nightmare Conduit
10. The Luxury of Accepting Failure
11. Pain Absorption Threshold
12. Misery Calibration
13. No Closure

MARKETING POINTS:

• Mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Code Orange)
• Artwork by renowned gore photo collagist Adam Medford (Cadaver, Fester Decay, Lymphatic Phlegm)

FOR FANS OF:
Pig Destroyer, Gorguts, Rotten Sound, Discordance Axis, Cattle Decapitation, Soilent Green

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Hollow Suns "Free Fall"

12"EP - $15.30
STREET DATE: 3/8/24
CAT#: SDR-115
LABEL: Sunday Drive

Following their debut 2022 LP, "Otherside", Hollow Suns returns with the EP, "Free Fall". Tokyo band, Hollow Suns are no strangers to U.S. hardcore/punk and have always had elements of it in their music. For the most part, Hollow Suns pulled more from 90's alternative rock bands like Foo Fighters or Jimmy Eat World; creating catchy guitar-hook-driven music. On "Free Fall" which is still present, however, Hollow Suns are diving more into the post-hardcore mix of things, pulling inspiration more from bands like Quicksand, Jawbox, and Helmet. This is a natural evolution in sound for Hollow Suns, which primarily shines on the title track, 'Free Fall'; while a track like, 'No Progression' displays their talent for writing a perfect guitar alt-rock song. Like their previous LP, "Free Fall" is also mixed and mastered by Will Yip, which adds his signature touch on each of these songs, with artwork from Kyle Niland (Scheme Records) to present these songs with a nod to 90's post-hardcore artwork. "Free Fall" is available in the USA from Sunday Drive Records and on Ice Grill$ in Japan.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Free Fall
2. Fear
3. No Progression
4. All You Got

MARKETING POINTS:

• Mixed and mastered by Will Yip
• Upcoming Japan tours with Koyo, Superheaven and Citizen in the winter and spring

FOR FANS OF:
Quicksand, Foo Fighters, Jawbox

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Fange "Perdition"

LP - $17.50 / CD - $8.00
STREET DATE: 3/1/24
CAT#: THRT091
LABEL: Throatruiner

France's FANGE has navigated through their most active year yet defending "Privation", engaging in two European tours and making multiple appearances at festivals throughout 2023. Far from dampening their creative fire, the band was in parallel writing "Perdition" -- six new tracks and a creeping cover of Bernard Lavilliers. The entire recording and production process was executed by the band, with mixing and mastering duties once again handled by Cyrille Gachet and Alan Douches.

Conceived as a spiritual successor to 2020's machine-driven "Poigne", "Perdition" expands upon the concept of a less riff-focused release while also embracing the cleaner, more desolate atmosphere explored on "Privation". Built and refined during the summer of 2023 upon foundations made of mutilated death industrial loops and grievous melodic guitars, the album serves as a testament to the band's distinctive identity, placing emphasis on the gloom and the martial -- spleen and discipline.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Césarienne Au Noir
2. Mauvais Vivant
3. Toute Honte Bue
4. Foudres Fainéantes
5. La Haine (Bernard Lavilliers)
6. Lèche-Béton
7. Désunion Sacrée

MARKETING POINTS:

• Mixed by Cyrille Gachet (Year Of No Light, Verdun, Chaos Echoes)
• Mastered by Alan Douches (Converge, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan)

FOR FANS OF:
The Body, Author & Punisher, Youth Code

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Emma Ruth Rundle "Engine Of Hell: Live At Roadburn 2022"

2xLP - $28.75
BLACK GALAXY LP UPC: 843563165959
RED / BLACK GALAXY LP UPC: 843563165966
STREET DATE: 3/1/24
CAT#: ERR002
LABEL: Self-Released

"Tilburg, NL's Roadburn Festival has been such an important place for me and my evolution as an artist. The opportunity to perform Engine of Hell in full there in 2022 was the end of something… and the beginning of this whole new chapter in my life and art. I really do feel free in so many ways. I wanted to commemorate and honor the experience by making my Live at Roadburn album my first self-release in 13 years." - Emma Ruth Rundle

TRACK LISTING:

1. Return (Live at Roadburn 2022)
2. Blooms of Oblivion (Live at Roadburn 2022)
3. Body (Live at Roadburn 2022)
4. The Company (Live at Roadburn 2022)
5. Dancing Man (Live at Roadburn 2022)
6. Razor's Edge (Live at Roadburn 2022)
7. Citadel (Live at Roadburn 2022)
8. In My Afterlife (Live at Roadburn 2022)
9. Pump Organ Song (Live at Roadburn 2022)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Available for the first time to retailers
• Recorded live at Roadburn 2022

FOR FANS OF:
Chelsea Wolfe, True Widow, Zola Jesus

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N8NOFACE and Planet B con .MS.BOAN "N8NOFACE and Planet B con .MS.BOAN"

7"EP - $6.50
STREET DATE: 3/1/24
CAT#: 31G141
LABEL: Three One G

N8NOFACE has been described as a Chicano Flannery O'Connor playing chiptune Ministry, the Sleaford Mods of the American Southwest, Suicide for the 21st Century and Ghostmane meets darkwave synthpunk dashed with early Ween's glue-huffing pop. Lyrically, his sometimes romantic, oftentimes violent storytelling tunes lean toward Narcocorrido, the bloody ballads of Mexican drug cartels. It sounds dark on the surface, but really N8NOFACE's music is a lot of fun, and as exciting and cathartic as the birth of punk rock and hiphop.

Sharing the split is Planet B, which is Justin Pearson (Dead Cross, Deaf Club, The Locust), Luke Henshaw (Sonido de la Frontera), Kevin Avery (Field Day, Retox) and Scott Osment (Deaf Club, Glassing). The band was formed with the shared purpose of creating music subversive in sound and sobering in message. Their music is rooted in hip hop, hardcore punk, turntablism, and 70s-80s horror movie scores. For this release, Planet B teams up with Ms.BOAN (Medio Mutante, //TENSE//), the moody, mysterious & experimental, visionary synth-pop legend Mariana A Saldaña, who brings to the collaboration, the stormy emotions of coldwave, the ecstatic energy of EBM, and influences absorbed through her Mexican-American heritage. Serving up intense dance-pop, Ms.BOAN performs with a dramatic, emotional spirit.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Torture - N8NOFACE
2. Makes Me Wanna Scream - N8NOFACE
3. Punk As Fuck - N8NOFACE
4. Connective Tissue - Planet B feat. Ms.BOAN
5. Cumbia Mundial (Sonido de la Frontera cover) - Planet B feat. Ms.BOAN

MARKETING POINTS:

• Planet B features Justin Pearson (Dead Cross, Deaf Club, The Locust), Luke Henshaw (Sonido de la Frontera), Kevin Avery (Field Day, Retox) and Scott Osment (Deaf Club, Glassing)

FOR FANS OF:
The Locust, Planet B , Sonido de la Frontera

Graduation Speech "Arcane Feelings"

LP - $13.35
STREET DATE: 3/1/24
CAT#: PRO-094
LABEL: Protagonist Music

As musicians change, so does their music. It's an unavoidable truth that some fans hold against their favorite artists, but an artist's evolution also yields some of their most powerful music. Case in point: New Jersey's Graduation Speech was conceived when Kevin Day sought a quieter creative outlet separate from his band Aspiga. Though the intimate acoustic project differed dramatically from Aspiga's brand of blown-speaker pop-punk, it opened new doors for Day as a songwriter. Now, after six years of releases, Graduation Speech is ready with Arcane Feelings, an EP that noticeably features six full-band songs, building on 2021's Maintenance Required. On that EP, Day called on friends to add guitars, drums, keys, and percussion, showing what Graduation Speech could look like with more rhythm and layers. Where previous Graduation Speech releases were quiet, personal -- perfect for an acoustic house show living room -- the songs on Arcane Feelings are written for a small stage in the back of a bar, the crowd knocking shoulders, nodding to the beat as they nurse their beers. That's in no small part due to the addition of Billy Bollinger, Brandon Iacometta (both of Crucial Dudes), and Pat Pie rounding out this new lineup. It's different from what fans might initially expect, whether in the quieter moments which now seem to pack more weight, or in the resounding guitars and choirs of vocals, but the added instrumentation and layers transform these songs into something powerful in an entirely new way.

TRACK LISTING:

1. No Confidence
2. Henry
3. 09-12-20
4. Break The Curse
5. Get Lost
6. Follow

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring members of Aspiga, Crucial Dudes
• Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Dave Downham (Beach Slang, mewithoutYou, Into It Over It, Plow United)

FOR FANS OF:
The Weakerthans, The Get Up Kids, Jets to Brazil, The Menzingers

Unsufferable "Unsufferable"

7"EP - $7.00
STREET DATE: 3/1/24
CAT#: IOD-55
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

Formed in early 2023, Unsufferable features Robert Fish (108, Ressurection, The Judas Factor, etc.), Dave Buschemeyer (Omen Astra, New Day Rising, Spread the Disease, etc.), and Ryan McInturff (The Fault of Man, Bloodjinn, etc.). Loud, heavy, and unrelenting; Unsufferable creates a soundtrack for the collision of one's aspiration for a free and loving world against the reality of a world seemingly determined to destroy itself and any sense of humanity and compassion that remains.

In the spring of 2023, Unsufferable recorded a 2-song self-titled ep. Enemy of the State offers an unapologetic challenge to those who seek to mandate what a woman can and cannot do with her body. "Picking rights off, one by one, it's easy to feel free until you're the one." stands as a reminder that the assault on a woman's right to choose is but the beginning. The second song, Revisionist, makes the case that, as a society, we cannot heal or prosper until we acknowledge and learn from our blood-soaked history.

Unsufferable recently partnered with Iodine Recordings to release their self-titled EP followed by an LP, which will be recorded over the coming months and released in 2024.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Enemy of the State
2. Revisionist

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring Rob Fish of 108 on vocals
• Ex-members of New Day Rising and Bloodjinn
• Debut 2-song EP
• Limited edition color vinyl
• Full PR and Marketing campaign

FOR FANS OF:
108, Unbroken, The Hope Conspiracy, Most Precious Blood

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The Hope Conspiracy "Confusion/Chaos/Misery"

12"EP - $17.25
12"EP UPC: 791689666082
STREET DATE: 2/23/24
CAT#: DW254
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

"Your mind is not your own
Manipulated just like everyone else
What you think, what you know
A poison seed will grow and grow"

After nearly 14 years The Hope Conspiracy have emerged from their bunker to a reality entangled by this unwavering truth.

Since their last release (True Nihilist, 2009) members have been active in a multitude of bands; All Pigs Must Die, Hesitation Wounds, Lies, Paint It Black, Spiral Heads, Ways Away and more. Efforts in the above may have kept them musically sharp, but it was the pressures and stresses of our present day dystopia that awoke The Hope Conspiracy. Serving as the catalyst for some of the most vicious songs they have ever created in their legendary career.

"Confusion/Chaos/Misery" is a four song EP by The Hope Conspiracy, engineered by Kurt Ballou and Zach Weeks at God City Studios. Artwork for the release was created by acclaimed artist Alexander Heir (Death/Traitors).

The title track is a sonically violent return to form for The Hope Conspiracy. Lyrically reading as scorched-earth policy for the sociopolitical nightmare that entangles us all.

"A Struggle For Power" is a near perfect D-Beat ripper, super-charged with palatable lyrical vitriol. While "Nail In The Coffin" ominously rumbles before bulldozing forward with immense power. The closer is a cover of the deep-cut classic "Dogfight", penned by Swedish crust legends Anti Cimex. A fitting track to revisit amid these turbulent modern times.

When all is said and done, this new chapter of The Hope Conspiracy comes into focus. Time passing has stripped away the unnecessary to reveal a hardcore band in their most primal form yet.

And this is just the beginning...

TRACK LISTING:

1. Confusion/Chaos/Misery
2. A Struggle for Power
3. Nail In the Coffin
4. Dogfight

MARKETING POINTS:

• First new music 2009
• Features 2 tracks from unannounced LP and 2 exclusive tracks
• Recorded by Kurt Ballou (Converge, High On Fire)

FOR FANS OF:

• Integrity, Modern Life Is War, American Nightmare

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Kairo "After Forever"

12"EP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 2/23/24
CAT#: SDR-113
LABEL: Sunday Drive

"After Forever" is the second EP from Pensacola, Florida's alternative rock band, Kairo. This EP follows their 2022 debut, "Wither" released on From Within Records, which established their sound somewhere between emo and alternative rock with a mix of grunge and shoegaze. Sharing members of Statement of Pride and Glazed Eyes, Kairo is a very different band than the aforementioned, however, similarities exist with the attention to melody focused in alt/indie rock, and heaviness shared in hardcore and alt-rock from the sound of Les Pauls. "After Forever" is over in just about 14 minutes; each track hits and delivers with tons of melody--something that is difficult to attend to within the huge wave of sound. Kairo has crafted these four tracks to flow seamlessly into each other, making it catchy and easy to leave on repeat.

TRACK LISTING:

1. How Nice
2. Bliss Bliss
3. Bittersweet
4. In Time

MARKETING POINTS:

• Featuring members of Statement of Pride and Glazed Eyes

FOR FANS OF:
Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate

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