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New arrivals to Friday 17th February, 2017
Crypt Episode Sounds SDZ Records Upset The Rhythm
By crikey did the fine stuff arrive this week. You might notice I've highlighted most of the new arrivals as recommended - that's cos they truly are special! That Les Crotales 10" is somethin' else, as is the new Pierre & Bastien and basically every Episode Sounds release I had a chance to listen to.
Message us if there's something you would like to order that has not been entered online and we'll get it done and notify you immediately.
NEW ARRIVALS
[AUST / NZ] BITS OF SHIT “Make Room” 7”
Highly recommended, natch.
Released to coincide with Japanese Tour, June 2016.
Numbered out of 500.
FRANTIC STUFFS “Last Wave” LP
Highly recommended.
From Osaka, Japan. Last Wave is a collection of 10 songs that condense all of those punk rock influences from the 70s to today with all of its blood, sweat and other bodily fluids.
This ain’t no fake KBD shit, it’s the real deal!
[AUST / NZ] GENTLEMEN “Good Omen / Bad Husband” 7”
Brand new 7" from this Australian band on the great Japanese label Episode Sounds. “Gentlemen are a bit heavier than the stuff that Episode Sounds typically puts out, but this 7" is a total rager. It has the simple, creepy synth lines that reminds of bands like The Intelligence or Lost Sounds, but rather than being laid over garage rock, the rhythm section is pounding out something that's more like a combination of dense noise rock and hardcore.”
LES CROTALES “s/t” 10”
Highly recommended.
Limited to 307 copies only. Silkscreen cover. French import.
Excellent , fucked-up punk noise with English lyrics, includes a cover of “Hard Candy Cock” (GG Allin). Extremely limited copies (and I’m grabbing one for myself!)
LOUDER “Get Out” 7”
Highly recommended.
2nd 7" from this Japanese '77-style punk band, released on Episode Sounds.
“They remind quite a bit of Rough Kids... they have a similar '77-influenced punk sound with melodic yet aggressive vocals (and great backing vocals). If you're a fan of the early Jam stuff, the Lurkers, the Users and similarly awesome '70s UK punk you will dig this.”
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS “Collection” LP
Highly recommended.
Japanese press of this collection LP featuring all of Lumpy's early material.
Includes 12 page colour booklet with flyers, lyrics and photos.
Extremely limited stock. Covers slightly dinged.
PIERRE & BASTIEN “Musique Grecque” LP
Highly recommended.
Great follow up to their 2015 album. Musically, the band is more powerful and intense as ever: guitarist Baptiste Nollet is particularly dazzling and Frédéric Trux pounds an almost industrial rhythm to the songs. One could see in their sound, derivations from bands like Wire, Wipers, Dogs, Metal Urbain or Reich Orgasm. The sheer brutality or depraved psychedelics of some tracks is offset with pop-like vocal harmonies of others.
SICK THOUGHTS “Stabbed In My Back” 7”
On the great Episode Sounds label outta Japan.
Sick Thoughts are from Baltimore, featuring the eternally young Drew Owen. Since the debut on Goodbye Boozy, Sick Thoughts have released 8 7"s, 3 cassettes and 2 LPs, sounding like early Reatards, Persuaders and early Oblivians.
TVTV “I’m Trouble” 7”
Highly recommended.
“Really good garage song that fits well in the vein of Episode Sounds' roster, reminding somewhat of the Reatards. That guitar makes this a whole different thing though and I'm into it. Imagine doing a ton of poppers and then cranking the treble on your stereo all the way up.” – SS Records
v-a – "Tendres Ténèbres" LP
Highly recommended.
The following blurb doesn’t totally do justice to how good this French comp is. Suggest you head to sdzrecords.bandcamp.com for a full listen. Extremely limited quantity available.
“Once again, at the crossroads of our wanderings there is a dark, bottomless well. From this the true horrors of the world arises over and over. It is also the source of our fantasies, either dreams or nightmares, and the world of imagination in which we all grew up. That darkness reveals our common humanity, that speaks of our very creation and finitude. Today, tenderness is our only guide through the unfamiliar night now thick with multiple states of unconsciousness that extend beyond our vital need and into the unknown. Thus we are all insiders and investigators to understand what is reality and what is beyond us.
The Crudités label, affiliated with SDZ Records, presents "Tendres Ténèbres", fifteen variations on the themes of lullabies and sleep. Within a song, complex landscapes are built in the shadows of our waking life. The songs are sometimes delicate (Gabrielle Maes of Shake Shake Bolino, Charlene Repetition of Rose Mercie, Renka of Kartei or Space Blue and Mulan Serrico), sometimes cosmic explosions (Jolie Boue, a new band formed by Èlg & Catherine Hershey, Hess of Feeling of Love), sometimes intense nocturnal insights (Ray Yours & The F, new project of 11ieme étage; Kaput) sometimes displays of furious insomnia (Nicolalala, ex Bobpopkillers, Maria Violenza ex Capputtini I Lignu) or deep tranced melancholic meditations (Elatu Nessa, Discombobulatrix). The listener enters a world inspired by lullabies and formulates the visual dreams that would usually follow. In doing so, they gain a new perspective and experience carrying them back into the real world.”
XL-FITS “Hakata Slasher” 7”
Highly recommended.
Sold out at the source.
“FLAT TIRE PUNK RELEASE OF THE YEAR: XL-FITS "Hakata Slasher" 7" - FTP deserved it's own category this year, as there seems to be a new wave of bands obsessed with raw KBD sounds, of which this XL-Fits platter was the perfect example of.” – Terminal Boredom, Best of 2016.
RESTOCKS / OLDER TITLES JUST IN
Message us if there's something you would like to order that has not been entered online and we'll get it done and notify you immediately.
NEW ARRIVALS
[AUST / NZ] BITS OF SHIT “Make Room” 7”
Highly recommended, natch.
Released to coincide with Japanese Tour, June 2016.
Numbered out of 500.
FRANTIC STUFFS “Last Wave” LP
Highly recommended.
From Osaka, Japan. Last Wave is a collection of 10 songs that condense all of those punk rock influences from the 70s to today with all of its blood, sweat and other bodily fluids.
This ain’t no fake KBD shit, it’s the real deal!
[AUST / NZ] GENTLEMEN “Good Omen / Bad Husband” 7”
Brand new 7" from this Australian band on the great Japanese label Episode Sounds. “Gentlemen are a bit heavier than the stuff that Episode Sounds typically puts out, but this 7" is a total rager. It has the simple, creepy synth lines that reminds of bands like The Intelligence or Lost Sounds, but rather than being laid over garage rock, the rhythm section is pounding out something that's more like a combination of dense noise rock and hardcore.”
LES CROTALES “s/t” 10”
Highly recommended.
Limited to 307 copies only. Silkscreen cover. French import.
Excellent , fucked-up punk noise with English lyrics, includes a cover of “Hard Candy Cock” (GG Allin). Extremely limited copies (and I’m grabbing one for myself!)
LOUDER “Get Out” 7”
Highly recommended.
2nd 7" from this Japanese '77-style punk band, released on Episode Sounds.
“They remind quite a bit of Rough Kids... they have a similar '77-influenced punk sound with melodic yet aggressive vocals (and great backing vocals). If you're a fan of the early Jam stuff, the Lurkers, the Users and similarly awesome '70s UK punk you will dig this.”
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS “Collection” LP
Highly recommended.
Japanese press of this collection LP featuring all of Lumpy's early material.
Includes 12 page colour booklet with flyers, lyrics and photos.
Extremely limited stock. Covers slightly dinged.
PIERRE & BASTIEN “Musique Grecque” LP
Highly recommended.
Great follow up to their 2015 album. Musically, the band is more powerful and intense as ever: guitarist Baptiste Nollet is particularly dazzling and Frédéric Trux pounds an almost industrial rhythm to the songs. One could see in their sound, derivations from bands like Wire, Wipers, Dogs, Metal Urbain or Reich Orgasm. The sheer brutality or depraved psychedelics of some tracks is offset with pop-like vocal harmonies of others.
SICK THOUGHTS “Stabbed In My Back” 7”
On the great Episode Sounds label outta Japan.
Sick Thoughts are from Baltimore, featuring the eternally young Drew Owen. Since the debut on Goodbye Boozy, Sick Thoughts have released 8 7"s, 3 cassettes and 2 LPs, sounding like early Reatards, Persuaders and early Oblivians.
TVTV “I’m Trouble” 7”
Highly recommended.
“Really good garage song that fits well in the vein of Episode Sounds' roster, reminding somewhat of the Reatards. That guitar makes this a whole different thing though and I'm into it. Imagine doing a ton of poppers and then cranking the treble on your stereo all the way up.” – SS Records
v-a – "Tendres Ténèbres" LP
Highly recommended.
The following blurb doesn’t totally do justice to how good this French comp is. Suggest you head to sdzrecords.bandcamp.com for a full listen. Extremely limited quantity available.
“Once again, at the crossroads of our wanderings there is a dark, bottomless well. From this the true horrors of the world arises over and over. It is also the source of our fantasies, either dreams or nightmares, and the world of imagination in which we all grew up. That darkness reveals our common humanity, that speaks of our very creation and finitude. Today, tenderness is our only guide through the unfamiliar night now thick with multiple states of unconsciousness that extend beyond our vital need and into the unknown. Thus we are all insiders and investigators to understand what is reality and what is beyond us.
The Crudités label, affiliated with SDZ Records, presents "Tendres Ténèbres", fifteen variations on the themes of lullabies and sleep. Within a song, complex landscapes are built in the shadows of our waking life. The songs are sometimes delicate (Gabrielle Maes of Shake Shake Bolino, Charlene Repetition of Rose Mercie, Renka of Kartei or Space Blue and Mulan Serrico), sometimes cosmic explosions (Jolie Boue, a new band formed by Èlg & Catherine Hershey, Hess of Feeling of Love), sometimes intense nocturnal insights (Ray Yours & The F, new project of 11ieme étage; Kaput) sometimes displays of furious insomnia (Nicolalala, ex Bobpopkillers, Maria Violenza ex Capputtini I Lignu) or deep tranced melancholic meditations (Elatu Nessa, Discombobulatrix). The listener enters a world inspired by lullabies and formulates the visual dreams that would usually follow. In doing so, they gain a new perspective and experience carrying them back into the real world.”
XL-FITS “Hakata Slasher” 7”
Highly recommended.
Sold out at the source.
“FLAT TIRE PUNK RELEASE OF THE YEAR: XL-FITS "Hakata Slasher" 7" - FTP deserved it's own category this year, as there seems to be a new wave of bands obsessed with raw KBD sounds, of which this XL-Fits platter was the perfect example of.” – Terminal Boredom, Best of 2016.
RESTOCKS / OLDER TITLES JUST IN
13th FLOOR ELEVATORS "Easter Everywhere" LP
CHARLIE FEATHERS "Jungle Fever" LP
CHEATER SLICKS "Skidmarks" LP
CRAMPS "Ohio Demos" LP
GORIES "I Know You Fine But How You Doin" LP
GORIES "Outta Here" LP
HEADCOATS "Beach Bums Must Die" LP
IGGY AND THE STOOGES "Raw Power" LP
[AUST / NZ] OLD MATE “It Is What It Is” LP
NEW BOMB TURKS "Destroy-Oh-Boy" LP
NEW BOMB TURKS "Information Highway Revisited" LP / CD
NEW BOMB TURKS "Pissing Out The Poison" 2LP / CD
OBLIVIANS "Play 9 Songs With Mr.Quintron" LP
PAGANS "Shit Street" LP
QUESTION MARK & MYSTERIANS "96 Tears" LP
REVELATORS "Let A Poor Boy Ride" CD
RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (O.S.T.) LP
SHANGRI-LAS "Volume 2 - Remember (Walking InThe Sand)" LP
SHANGRI-LAS "Leader Of The Pack" LP
STANDELLS "Dirty Water" LP
STANDELLS "Try It" LP
[AUST / NZ] TERRY “HQ” LP
[AUST / NZ] TERRY “8 Girls” 7”
v-a - BACK FROM THE GRAVE Volume 1 LP
v-a - BACK FROM THE GRAVE Volume 3 LP
v-a - GO DEVIL GO! LP
v-a - JUNGLE EXOTICA Volume One 2LP
v-a - JUNGLE EXOTICA Volume Two lp
v-a - LAS VEGAS GRIND Volume 2 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 1 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 2 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 3 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 4 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 5 LP
[sold] v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 6 LP
[sold] v-a - SONGS THE NEW YORK DOLLS TAUGHT US LP
[sold] v-a - TREMBLIN’: Steamy and Atmospheric Female R&B LP
WIRE "Pink Flag" LP
X-RAY SPEX "Germ Free Adolescents" LP
AUST / NZ
BITS OF SHIT “Make Room” 7”
OLD MATE “It Is What It Is” LP
TERRY “HQ” LP
TERRY “8 Girls” 7”
