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Victim 1 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Killer’s Confession tells it out loud on their fourth full-length offering and MNRK Music Group debut LP, Victim 1. Fronted by vocalist and mastermind Waylon Reavis, the band plunge past the point of no return, channeling the captivating repugnance of true crime set to a soundtrack of melodic hard rock dosed with fits of pummeling metal and insidious industrial.A near-decade journey led to this point. After three seminal albums with Mushroomhead, Waylon retreated from music, only for it to draw him back in 2016. He resurfaced at the helm of A Killer’s Confession, delivering three cult favorite albums—Unbroken [2017], The Indifference of Good Men [2019], and Remember [2021]. Along the way, the band tallied tens of millions of streams in addition to collaborating with everyone from Brian “Head” Welch of Korn and Love And Death to Chad Gray of Mudvayne and HELLYEAH.During 2022, Waylon hit the studio with collaborators and producers Dusty Boles [Make Me Famous] and Evan Mckeever [Nine Shrines]. Shocking this vision to life, he emerged with the ten-track equivalent of “falling down a YouTube rabbit hole of unsolved mysteries.” In the end, A Killer’s Confession tells a story you won’t be able to turn away from. 1. Tongue2. Sun3. Greed4. Voices (ft. Aaron Nordstrom)5. Purpose6. Martyr7. Kill Or Be Killed8. Filth9. Rain10. Wasteland

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A Killer's Confession

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Mnrk Heavy)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rookie)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Deer A Horse

Texas Math

20,99 €*

LP | 2011 | US | Original (Victory)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brooklyn alternative metal band A Deer A Horse will release their new album, Texas Math, via Rookie Records. Texas Math will be A Deer A Horse"s second full-length LP and the first featuring their new lineup. In addition to longtime members Angela Phillips (vocals and bass guitar) and Dylan Teggart (drums), this album introduces Marissa Mazzotta (lead guitar) and Ripley Shultz (guitar and backing vocals).Following their 2022 LP Grind, Texas Math captures the band as they reflect inward musically and lyrically, blending a wide range of influences, including metal, punk, industrial, and stoner rock. As bass player Angela Phillips steps into her role as the sole lead singer, she explores lyrical themes such as suicide, hallucination, isolation, denial, and religious indoctrination.

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A Day To Remember

Homesick

32,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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It All Comes Down To This Neon Pink Eco Vinyl Ediiton

A Certain Ratio

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Mute)

Closer To Home Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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It All Comes Down to This, for now at least, is the sound of the current incarnation of A Certain Ratio. Indeed, in many senses, it is the purest distillation of their essential sound ever committed to tape. Their thirteenth studio album, it is the first time ever they have recorded strictly as the core trio of principle band members – multi-instrumentalists Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson.

From the moment the rattling, call-to-arms drumroll intro of opener ‘All Comes Down to This’ gives in to a wall of slithering, watery guitar squawks and bounding, rubbery bass notes, it is obvious that A Certain Ratio have once again been able to tap into a new artery of life. The record’s ten tracks present ten distinct moods, from the urgent, muscular, foreboding groove of ‘Keep It Real’ to the open, breezy, melodic synth of ‘God Knows’, every bursting moment of It All Comes Down to This is defiantly, resiliently alive.

The essential difference between It All Comes Down to This and its immediate predecessors is that for this recording process, the band turned to the doyen of contemporary underground rock producers, Dan Carey (Black Midi, Kae Tempest, Black Country New Road).

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A Burial At Sea

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pelagic)

32,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pelagic)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Inimitable post-rock outsiders A Burial At Sea return with `Close To Home', a soaring sonic love letter to the places and people that shaped them, the collective's first new music since the eponymous debut full-length in 2020, `Close To Home' is a breathtaking evolution of their unique, brass-led blend of shoegaze, math-metal and blissed out afro-jazz that draws inspiration, influence and insight from the rich Gaelic cultural heritage of their Irish homeland. First making waves in 2018 with unbridled bombastic creativity of `_And The Sum Of Its Parts' EP, A Burial At Sea turned the traditionally austere post-rock frown upside down. Quickly catching the attention of like-minded, international genre-benders And So I Watch You From Afar (asiwyfa), This Will Destroy You ,Caspian and Some Become Hollow Tubes (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), the band subsequently spent months on tour in support, honing their incendiary craft and gaining a loyal fan base across Europe in the process. Despite being landlocked by forces outside of their control, A Burial At Sea continued their adventure by looking inwards to produce `Close To Home': a staggering refinement of the band's already singular instrumental sound. The confidence, experience and sheer musical assuredness behind this album renders any generic labels of post rock immediately obsolete. `Close To Home' proves without a doubt that A Burial At Sea are indeed more than the sum of their parts; positioning the band on the crest of a truly progressive wave of uplifting, anthemic post-rock.

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A Burial At Sea

Closer To Home

24,99 €*

CD | 2011 | US | Original (Fat Possum)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Inimitable post-rock outsiders A Burial At Sea return with `Close To Home', a soaring sonic love letter to the places and people that shaped them, the collective's first new music since the eponymous debut full-length in 2020, `Close To Home' is a breathtaking evolution of their unique, brass-led blend of shoegaze, math-metal and blissed out afro-jazz that draws inspiration, influence and insight from the rich Gaelic cultural heritage of their Irish homeland. First making waves in 2018 with unbridled bombastic creativity of `_And The Sum Of Its Parts' EP, A Burial At Sea turned the traditionally austere post-rock frown upside down. Quickly catching the attention of like-minded, international genre-benders And So I Watch You From Afar (ASIWYFA), This Will Destroy You ,Caspian and Some Become Hollow Tubes (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), the band subsequently spent months on tour in support, honing their incendiary craft and gaining a loyal fan base across Europe in the process. Despite being landlocked by forces outside of their control, A Burial At Sea continued their adventure by looking inwards to produce `Close To Home': a staggering refinement of the band's already singular instrumental sound. The confidence, experience and sheer musical assuredness behind this album renders any generic labels of post rock immediately obsolete. `Close To Home' proves without a doubt that A Burial At Sea are indeed more than the sum of their parts; positioning the band on the crest of a truly progressive wave of uplifting, anthemic post-rock.

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A.A. Bondy

Believers

5,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

LP | 2024 | US | Original (American Dreams)

9t Antilope

Horro Vacui

19,19 €* 23,99 € -20%

Emergency At The Old Waldorf 1979

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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In Horror Vacui, Paris-based, Iran-born 9T Antiope use a sparse palette of octave mandolin, violin and octave violin, synthesizer and vocals, to build a dynamic world that seems to exist outside of the bounds of time and place. Cinematic, spare, heavy, gossamer, and informed by the band’s work as sound designers and composers for theatre, film and performance art, Horror Vacui is a concept album that explores what sounds have been, what they’ll become, and the nature of memory, dementia and decay. As 9T Antiope attempt to reconcile different worlds, they create the sound of arriving in a new world all your own.

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999

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Liberation Hall)

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We Blame Chicago Super Illuminary Orange Vinyl Edition

90 Day Men

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

97,99 €*

We Blame Chicago Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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90 Day Men spent a decade boldly in conflict with the world, catering to no one and careening toward its own abyss. Forged by Midwestern teens amid a late-90s spike in angular indie rock, the band wrote itself into the lexicon of Chicago music history. Eschewing trend and time, 90 Day Men was as ornate as it was alienating, transcending genre and embracing the strange. This 5LP set, remastered by Heba Kadry, collects the band's three studio albums and a previously unreleased 2001 Peel Session, plus EPs, singles, and outtakes, all detailed within a 68-page oral history curated by Joan of Arc's Tim Kinsella.

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90 Day Men

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

84,99 €*

Normal Song Daybreak Blue & Yellow AB Effect Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7ebra

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (PNKSLM)

13,29 €* 13,99 € -5%

Cancel The Rose Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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PNKSLM Recordings proudly present "Normal Song / Daybreak” from rising stars of the Swedish indie scene 7ebra. The twin sisters' first new material since releasing their critically acclaimed debut album "Bird Hour" in 2023. In a natural continuation thematically from "Bird Hour", the new release sees the duo not only embracing their melancholy, but celebrating it.

7ebra are 27-year-old twin sisters from Malmö Sweden, who grew up playing music together. Inez plays electric guitar and sings, Ella plays a keyboard, organ and Mellotron - whilst manually playing drum samples with her feet - as they both sing haunting harmonies in a way that only twins can. Beautiful but punk, minimalist but epic.

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7 Minutes Of Nausea

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (F.O.A.D.)

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cancel The Rose Black Red Swirl Vinyl Edition

7 Minutes Of Nausea

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (F.O.A.D.)

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD | 2011 | CH | Original (HRP Records)

7 Dollar Taxi

Well, It's About Time

4,99 €*

Release: 2011 / CH – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Nordic Notes)

6hunesseq

Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Weltschmerzen)

52 Hertz Whale

Present Sense Impression

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Capitol)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Bratislava-based band 52 Hertz Whale release their new album Present Sense Impression in a collaboration of the labels Weltschmerzen and Full Moon Forum.

Three years since their album I've Met a Lot of People, the band brings forth a lot of new ideas, finding a new resonant space, and utilising the fierceness // savageness of their live shows, in an intimate stare at contemporary guitar music.

52 Hertz Whale is a band well known in the Central European music context. Their ferocious sound, mixing the intensity of post-punk, heavy guitar wails, and melancholic // stark vocals of Dominik Prok has been tearing down the fixtures of many festivals and venues, all the while being a great example of a band driving at 200mph nonstop. On Present Sense Impression, the band, composed of Dominik Prok, Dominik Fabian, Patrik Nagy, Tomáš Tabiš and Adrián Krišák, have arrived at a record full of manifold manifestations of their live sound, but at times recalling the more marginal waves of 80s pop // rock sound. Resolute drums, heavyweight guitar and bass riffs now deem closer to the lightness of early ethereal darkwave, just to indulge in the classic melancholic heaviness they are known for only seconds after.

Some of the songs have been produced by "Prague's favorite rock'n'roll enfant terrible" Lazer Viking as well as Pulp Studio's Jakub Hríbik, and one features a special guest - the cemballo virtuoso Marcel Comendant. The traditionally stunning artwork was created by the accomplished Martin Mesaroš.

Present Sense Impression is the 20th album released under the Slovak romantic // experimental label Weltschmerzen focused on emotionally hypercharged, humanely intertwined, and acutely sounding contemporary music. This time in collaboration with the czech label Full Moon Forum. It releases August 26th on limited edition baby pink, standard edition black vinyl and on all streaming platforms.

The creation and release of this record have been supported using public funding by the Slovak Arts Council, and Soza. Fullmoon Forum project was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

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5 Seconds Of Summer

Sounds Good Feels Good

37,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Neon Colored Vinyl Edition

4lyn

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Backbite)

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Backbite)

4lyn

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (New West)

49 Winchester

Leavin' This Holler

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (New West)

49 Winchester

Leavin' This Holler

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Pirates Press)

45 Adapters

Unstoppable

27,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fishers Folly)

40 Watt Sun

Little Weight

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Wonderful World - The Best Of The 4-Skins Blood Red Transparent Vinyl Edition

4 Skins

LP | 2024 | Original (Step 1 Music)

The Original 4 Skins Vinyl Edition Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2024 re-release of the one of the original and biggest and best selling UK Oi! bands of the early 80s which still continues today!All of this amazing early 80s Oi! band's most popular early tracks are included... SIDE 1:1. One Law For Them2. Yesterday's Heroes3. Clockwork Skinhead4. A.C.A.B.5. I Don't Wanna Die6. Seems To me7. Low Life8. On The Streets SIDE 2:1. Plastic Gangsters2. Evil3. 19844. Sorry5. Five More Years6. Jack The Lad7. Wonderful World8. Chaos

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4 Skins

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Captain Oi)

37,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Riot In The Ghetto: Unreleased Radio & Studio Sessions Black Vinyl Edtion

4 Skins

LP | 2024 | EU (Radiation Reissues)

17,09 €* 18,99 € -10%

Zeitgeist Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Containing the hits that were only deemed misses by the critics that condemned Oi! as some kind of subcultural fad that favoured football and violence way above the bloody good tunes that should by rights occupy the higher rank, 4 Skins, The Unreleased Radio & Studio Sessions encapsulates that energy at its finest. From formidable swarms of police brutality and political injustice, the underlying (and unyielding) socio-political messages experienced from the streets that resonated with every estranged clockwork skinhead of the day are bound to be ticked on every track. After the atmospheric crash of One Law for Them, dropped in amongst the Radio and blistering Bumper Sessions with Evil sitting squarely in its unpolished centre is the ska-inflected gallop of Seems To Me, an unreleased tune reinforcing the notion that there was more to Oi! than meets the laces.

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4 Promille

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Vier Promille)

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Zeitgeist Black Red Vinyl Edition

4 Promille

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Vier Promille)

26,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Im Nächsten Leben Yellow-Black Marbled Vinyl Edition

4 Promille

LP | 2024 | Original (Vier Promille)

26,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Extranos Casos De La Vida Real

3d & The Holograms

LP | 2024 | US (Roachleg)

25,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Rock & Indie

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4LP | 2024 | US | Original (Ba Da Bing!)

Dreamloops

84,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sony Legacy)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Presenting the first vinyl release of Dreamloops, a collection of long-form tracks that form a stunning two-and-a-half-hour suite over four LPs. The box set has been created, mixed, and designed by Dennis Huddleston, who, as 36 (“three-six”), is among the most celebrated electronic musicians operating today. Praised for his ability to imbue songs with strong, relatable undercurrents, Huddleston achieves a new level of subconscious connection with Dreamloops.

First appearing in 2019 as a series of cassettes, Dreamloops was revisited by Huddleston in 2023 to bring newfound clarity, focus, and cohesion. There are eight pieces, each an 18:00 minute standalone self-contained work. In each song, time slows as an ensemble of sounds builds on themes and develops emotional power. Much like epic works such as The Sinking Of The Titanic by Gavin Bryars, LaMonte Young’s Well-Tuned Piano, Daughters Of Darkness by Natural Snow Buildings and Morton Feldman’s String Quartet II, each fragment of Dreamloops culls developing melodies towards hauntological steps forward. Sound spectrums don’t spread wide but instead focus on a precise musical statement, exploring its absolute potential.

That said, Dreamloops does not exist in its own idealized sphere. Deep listening reveals tape hiss, oversaturation, wow and flutter, and similar imperfections. The fingerprints deepen part of these tracks’ emotional impact. Henryk Gorecki’s humanity meets Max Richter’s sense of grandeur meets Deathprod’s absolute sound mining, as Huddleston deftly maneuvers his songs toward momentous epic impact. “Emotions get tied in our mind with specific sounds,” Huddleston says. “The whole point of creating music is to explore and discover those frequencies.” A simmering nostalgia is ever present.

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311

Grassroots

52,99 €*

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Feral Child)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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311 / GRASSROOTS - 311's second studio album, Grassroots, celebrates it's 30th Anniversary with an expanded 2-LP edition containing 5 bonus tracks on clear vinyl with brown swirls.

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30 Door Key

The Autumn People

13,29 €* 18,99 € -30%

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Phobia)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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New out on Feral Child is a super limited 7” EP from Italian Kosmische | Library artist Alessio Bosco, under his 30 Door KEY moniker. A wonderful 5 trk 45 heavy on Hauntology vibes, samples, nods to minimal electronica and kosmische. With one foot firmly within the “long lost ‘70s supernatural TV themes” camp, the record is superbly and consistently fresh and ambitious- and comes hugely recommended to devotees of all the above, Trunk records heads and minimal synth, electronica nuts. It looks as cool as it sounds too; screened black board sleeves, with inserts galore and hand numbered to 187 copies on black wax.

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3-Way Cum

1993-1998

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | Original (Republic)

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3 Doors Down

The Greatest Hits

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Self-Titled And Self-Reflection

2minute Minor

Tape | 2024 | Original (Steadfast)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

24 Grana

Underpop

46,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Noisolution)

24/7 Diva Heaven

Gift Black Vinyl Edition

26,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dust: Recordings 1980-1984

22 Beaches

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Seated)

LP | 2011 | DE | Original (Ritchie)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Glasgow based Seated Records return with more 1980s Scottish Post-Punk / New Wave material. In this 8-track mini compilation the label introduces the work of Stirling band 22 Beaches, offering a deep dive into music recorded between 1980-1984 - the majority of which has never seen the light of day! 22 Beaches formed in Stirling in the late 1970s as an evolution of the short lived group ‘Alone at Last’ - drummer Fred Parson’s and guitarist Stephen Hunter being the two who spanned the divide. Out of the six members of 22 Beaches, many were school friends, and the rest naturally fell together. The band toured extensively and played at a truly diverse set of venues across the UK: from a local swimming pool boiler room, to small nightclubs and university parties, to several fundraisers for the miners strike. Maybe most notably of all, drummer Fred Parsons described playing at what he calls “the Grangemouth International”, organised by local promoter Brian Guthrie and which featured an all-star lineup of 22 Beaches, The Exploited and the first incarnation of The Cocteau Twins. A coach was hired to ship the audience to Grangemouth from Stirling, the cost of which was included in the ticket. The gig then paused halfway through for a 'help yourself' buffet. Young promoters take heed. This is how it's done! Over the course of the 80s the band released music on three different, and now sought after, various artists compilation cassettes. “What Day Is It?” and “Sadie When She Died” were released on a compilation of local Stirling artists 'The A.N.K.L.E File'. The track from which the current record takes its namesake - “Dust” - was initially released on a compilation-tape for the fanzine 'Another Spark'. And ‘‘Zoo” (also featured on this record) was first released on Glasgow label Pleasantly Surprised via compilation, 'An Hour Of Eloquent Sounds', where 22 Beaches rubbed shoulders with early music from Scottish names Primal Scream, Cocteau Twins, The Wake and Sunset Gun. Unfortunately, 22 Beaches never met the same level of commercial success as these others and decided to retire the project in 1984 - leaving their recordings and demos to gather dust (hehe)…until now! This compilation, “Dust: recordings 1980-1984” follows the band's journey and the changes in their sound over the years. It moves from the raw, punk energy of early DIY recordings through to the A Certain Ratio style Balearica of their later pieces. The record's opener and title track “Dust” is perhaps the most shining example of the latter. Characterised by the plenitude of sonic space in the mix, “Dust” has an almost dub sensibility that is communicated through centrality of Parsons’ drums, McChord’s percussion, and Fildes’ Bass while the harmonising vocals of Sharkey and McGregor chant over the top to give the track its distinctive psychedelic edge. This is an atmosphere only exacerbated by the lofi quality of the recording which sits the vocals in the same aural realm as much 1960s psych-folk. On “Cartoon Boy”, the band strips things down further. A droning bass line persists through the tape fuzz and is accompanied by the sounds of a sole looping guitar chord sequence and McGregor and Sharkey’s vocals - respectively and carefully dancing around one another before harmonising in the most beautiful way. The result is a haunting and abstract Marine Girls style heartbreaker. ‘That Girl’ again delivers a dub adjacent rhythm section similar to that of “Dust”. However, on this instance crisp guitar chords, a distant, phased organ and blue-eyed soul vocal delivery, produce a track that could easily have been a lost Orange Juice recording from their sessions with Dennis Bovel. On “Somebody Got It Wrong” and “One Of Us” the band employ a more macro approach where a jangling guitar with an almost highlife-influenced tone, vocal ad-libs and syncopated percussion give the music a Talking Heads-esque swagger. Taken together these tracks illustrate a clear trajectory in the band's sound, moving from from the high energy no-wave quality of early recordings towards a more dub influenced, and stripped-back sound - a sonic trajectory followed by so many bands of the time, not least those emerging from the diaspora of Manchester’s Factory Records. On “Breathing’’ we hear the beginning of this transition, with the strong influence of the oddball NYC disco styles of Was (Not Was) and ZE records. All of this is meshed together with the residual punk rock energy of 1980s UK. This combination is employed to excellent effect with the addition of the distinctly Scottish (and what the band confirmed to me to be spontaneous) vocal delivery of: “Do you love me? Do you want me?” “Aye!” “Do you love me? Do you need me?” “Naw!”. On the record’s closing tracks, “Zoo” and “Talent Show”, we hear early examples of the band’s work, playing with their rawest all-in-one-take live energy where Hunter’s spiralling guitar riffs and McGregor's distorted vocal exclamations lead the charge. The band recalls that these initial-forays did not always translate so well into multitrack recording and overdubbing: “the deconstruction took away some of the band's natural feel”. On “Talent Show” the record ends with Sharkey delivering an almost unintelligible spoken word section over the top of the track, making for one final, disorientating, almost manic slice of post-punk. These tracks from 1980-1984 chart the progress of a unique contribution to the world of Scottish Post-Punk and New Wave, encapsulating not only the musical trajectory of 22 Beaches but also echoing the broader sonic landscape of 1980s UK, a testament to the adaptability and creativity of the UK’s underground music of the time.

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Republik Der Heiserkeit

14,99 €*

Manual Manic Procedures Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2011 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs

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200 Stab Wounds

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sony Music/Metal Blade)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Drop Out Custom Merge With Splatters Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | Original (Relapse)

27,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dream Squasher Custom Tri-Color Merge With Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | Original (Relapse)

27,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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13 Of The Best Of The 13Th Floor Elevators Lysergic Splatter Vinyl Edition

13th Floor Elevators

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Charly)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Krakenduft)

13suns

22,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Wolf & The King Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

1349

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Season Of Mist)

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Wolf & The King Black Vinyl Edition

1349

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Season Of Mist)

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2024 | US | Original (Phameless)

13 Cavities

Gum Rot

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Phameless)

13 Cavities

Gum Rot

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Ripple Music)

1000mods

Cheat Death

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2024 | Original (Ouga Booga And The M)

1000mods

Cheat Death

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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All Quiet On The Final Frontier

000 Years 10

LP | 2024 | Original (Ripple Music)

32,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2011 | JP | Original (POT)

シャムキャッツ

渚

19,99 €*

Release: 2011 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+