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Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly was the one and only full-length album by experimental post-punk innovators, Moss Icon . Recorded in 1988, Lyburnum would not be released until 1993 - several years after Moss Icon 's demise. Originally released on Vermiforn - the esoteric noise label founded by Sam McPheeters of Born Against - the vision that Moss Icon 's Tonie Joy had for Lyburnum failed to manifest in its finished product. Of the process of preparing Lyburnum for its eventual release, Joy recalls, "My creative mind was well into its next chapter, onto an apocalyptic order [referring to Joy's post- Moss Icon band, Universal Order of Armageddon ]. Getting Lyburnum to look like what I envisioned in my mind became an uphill battle that involved misplaced photos, misunderstood instructions by the printer, increasing apathy, and lack of advanced printing knowledge (on my part), amongst many other technical and creative issues. With a deadline near it ended up being an it-is-what-it-is situation. Some corrections were attempted for the second pressing the following year, but a further lack of coordination between various parties saw it losing even more of the original vision." Despite these challenges and shortcomings, Lyburnum Wits End Liberation was instantly cherished as a feral masterpiece - a singular entity that would become a defining influence on post-hardcore and emo in the 1990s and beyond. Nothing before sounded like this, and nothing since has quite captured the same mysterious fury. Now, finally, Moss Icon 's seminal Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly LP will be released exactly as it was always intended to look, sound, and feel. The artwork has been fully restored, and includes previously unpublished photos that were inadvertently missing from the original release. Brilliantly remastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, the vinyl has been newly cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service, and pressed onto audiophile-grade vinyl at Record Technology Inc.

News From The Front: Algara's First Lp Is Here. From Barcelona, The Land Where The Cnt-Fai Shined In 1936, Now The Anarchist Bombs Explode Again Through The Twelve Tracks Of "Absortos En El Tedio Eterno". Ever Wondered What Would Have Happened If The Rondos And Crass Had Joined Forces At The Conway Hall Or If Aviador Dro And Esplendor Geometrico Never Had A Couple Of Judo Kicks And The Four Started A New Band? Well, Then You Are Close To Imagining How Algara Sounds. At Times Sparse Militant Punk A La Crisis/ Fallout Filtered Thru The Kgb/ Siniestro Total Machine. At Times Minimal Synthetic Idealist Anthems, But Always Revolutionary, Forward Thinking, And Making The Sound Their Own. The Anonymous Collective Self Recorded "Absortos En El Tedio Eterno" In A Barcelona Squat While Engaging In Their Agitprop Campaigns. With Songs About Poor Working Conditions, The Constant Evictions, Youth Unemployment, And A City Consumed By Tourism And Other Forms Of Gentrification, The Lp Is A Cold Call To Arms For Today's Political Punk. The Lp Sleeve Shows Members Of The Collective At One Of Their Rendezvous Point Looking Cool. Comes With An A2 Double Sided Poster, 14 Page Manual For Sound Guerrilla Booklet And A Sticker. Ffo: Antorcha, Futurisk, Siniestro Total, Total Control, Aviador Dro, Crisis, Crass, Rondos.

20 years ago DISCLOSE released their response to the greatest hardcore 12" ever released: DISCHARGE's Why. At the time the band was at the peak of their DISCHARGE era and had perfectly crafted a trademark sound, which shows through on the recording. The chainsaw-sounding double-toned guitar, Kawakami's unmistakable vocals, and a rhythm section firmly based on the Stoke-On-Trent's beat melded together to create a repetitive mantra-like noise chant. Recorded at Grove Cargo and mastered at Studio D-Takt by Jan Jutila, the production is a perfect example of noise not music pressed into vinyl, with both high and low frequencies cutting through the mix without losing any power. Lyrically Nightmare Or Reality focuses on the tragic sights of war while aurally the record is a full-blown attack on all senses. D-Beat Raw Punk at its best. 20 years on and many times imitated but never duplicated. Originally released by MCR Company, this 20 year anniversary official reissue comes in a printed inner sleeve and heavy board outer sleeve.

close to NM. 2019 reissue

White vinyl

2010 release from the critically acclaimed Punk trio. Last year, Screaming Females toured relentlessly in support of their critically acclaimed third album Power Move. Their hard work landed them spots opening for Dinosaur Jr., Throwing Muses, and Jay Reatard, plus dates touring with Arctic Monkeys and the Dead Weather. The year brought them to a wider mainstream consciousness, gaining attention for their Punk Rock sensibilities and their raucous live shows driven by front woman Marissa Paternoster’s famed guitar heroics. On Castle Talk, the trio proves their abilities as more than just a pint-sized guitar shredder. Castle Talk showcases their growth together as a unit, as a band, with some of their most complex and confident songwriting to date.

It's going off and The Chisel are back to cause a bit of bovver. Following a trio of explosive singles, the band finally bring us their debut full-length album, Retaliation, on the London-based punk institution La Vida Es Un Mus. Having formed in early 2020 and featuring a crew of members with long-term associations to the London punk scene, The Chisel quickly secured a reputation as one of the most exciting bands from a pool of contemporaries that includes Chubby & The Gang, Stingray and Big Cheese. Their sound is rooted firmly in Punk but with influences that run across the board to create a distinctive blend of Oi!, anarcho, UK-82 and hardcore. Retaliation is an unmistakably British record that draws a line from 1982 up to the present day, pushing its way into your collection and torching your stereo. Opening with the agitated force of 'Unlawful Execution', the tone is firmly set by a song that addresses the brutality of the Met Police ("Tell me what's the difference between right or wrong / When a copper gets to blast a lad who did nothing wrong"). 'Come See Me' is a ferocious ode to camaraderie in the face of mouthy boneheads and bellends. 'Shit Life Syndrome' is a poisoned reference to the same cynical phrase used by physicians to describe the effects of people living under poverty and in the grips of substance abuse ("How can you expect people to act nicely, they've all been left on the edge of society"). It's one of many songs influenced by singer Cal's experiences of growing up in the working-class town of Blackpool. Cal states: "Blackpool as a town is often overlooked or even looked down upon, I wanted to write lyrics which gave the people of my town a voice". With tunes like these The Chisel show that they'll never pull any punches. However, beyond the fury and the swagger there's another side that plays to an additional strength; the ability to write a memorable hook. Songs like 'Retaliation', 'Tooth & Nail' and 'Not The Only One' could be described as modern day anthems (the latter has...

With all eyes seemingly on the international street-punk scene during a time of boundless creativity, Guadalajara’s Mess stands poised to make a global impact. Influenced by the classic sounds of Oi! and Uk82, the band brings a raw but catchy sensibility to their street-level, rock ‘n’ roll anthems, sung mostly in English, with a little Spanish. After making a huge impression with their opening salvo of singles and EPs, as well as a split with UK heroes THE Chisel, the 14-song LP Under Attack is Mess’s most fully formed creative vision to date, showcasing a timeless sound across songs like “Leave Me Alone,” “Fueled By Rage,” and the impossibly catchy, mid-tempo anthem “In The City.” Taken together, this is the sound of the streets, tough as nails, but with an appeal to the human spirit of survival in a bleak society. Under Attack is the world according to Mess.

Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly was the one and only full-length album by experimental post-punk innovators, Moss Icon . Recorded in 1988, Lyburnum would not be released until 1993 - several years after Moss Icon 's demise. Originally released on Vermiforn - the esoteric noise label founded by Sam McPheeters of Born Against - the vision that Moss Icon 's Tonie Joy had for Lyburnum failed to manifest in its finished product. Of the process of preparing Lyburnum for its eventual release, Joy recalls, "My creative mind was well into its next chapter, onto an apocalyptic order [referring to Joy's post- Moss Icon band, Universal Order of Armageddon ]. Getting Lyburnum to look like what I envisioned in my mind became an uphill battle that involved misplaced photos, misunderstood instructions by the printer, increasing apathy, and lack of advanced printing knowledge (on my part), amongst many other technical and creative issues. With a deadline near it ended up being an it-is-what-it-is situation. Some corrections were attempted for the second pressing the following year, but a further lack of coordination between various parties saw it losing even more of the original vision." Despite these challenges and shortcomings, Lyburnum Wits End Liberation was instantly cherished as a feral masterpiece - a singular entity that would become a defining influence on post-hardcore and emo in the 1990s and beyond. Nothing before sounded like this, and nothing since has quite captured the same mysterious fury. Now, finally, Moss Icon 's seminal Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly LP will be released exactly as it was always intended to look, sound, and feel. The artwork has been fully restored, and includes previously unpublished photos that were inadvertently missing from the original release. Brilliantly remastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, the vinyl has been newly cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service, and pressed onto audiophile-grade vinyl at Record Technology Inc.

There was plenty of genuine discontent in Britain at the tail end of the 1970s, and it had little to do with bin strikes or dark rumours about overflowing morgues. In the world of popular music, the most liberating after-effect of the Sex Pistols was that anyone with something to say now felt they could make a 7” single. “Winter Of Discontent” is the sound of truly DIY music, made by people who maybe hadn’t written a song until a day or two before they went into the studio. It’s spontaneous and genuinely free in a way the British music scene has rarely been before or since.

“Winter of Discontent” has been compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, the latest in their highly acclaimed series of albums that includes “The Daisy Age”, “Fell From The Sun” and “English Weather” ("really compelling and immersive: it’s a pleasure to lose yourself in it" - Alexis Petridis, the Guardian). The era's bigger DIY names (Scritti Politti, TV Personalities, the Fall) and the lesser-known (Exhibit A, Digital Dinosaurs, Frankie’s Crew) are side by side on “Winter Of Discontent”. Mark Perry’s Sniffin’ Glue command – “Here’s one chord, here’s another, now start a band” – was amplified by the Mekons and the Raincoats, whose music shared a little of punk’s volume, speed and distortion, but all of its obliqueness and irreverence.

The discontent was with society as a whole. No subject matter was taboo: oppressive maleness (Scritti Politti); deluded Britishness (TV Personalities); gender stereotypes (Raincoats, Androids of Mu); nihilistic youth (Fatal Microbes); alcoholism (Thin Yoghurts); self-doubt and pacifism (Zounds). The band names (Thin Yoghurts!) and those of individual members (Andrew Lunchbox!) had enough daftness to avoid any accusations of solemnity.

“Winter Of Discontent” is the definitive compilation of the UK DIY scene, and a beacon in grim times.

They came from some of the most popular, if not polarizing hardcore bands of the early ’90s (shelter, 108, Ressurection), but by the time Texas IS THE Reason formed in 1994, a new aesthetic crystallized almost instantly and reduced its members’ previous efforts to history. Indeed, it was only a year later, when Revelation Records released the band’s selftitled EP—their name derived from a lyric in the Misfits song “Bullet”—that Texas IS THE Reason were already headlining their own tours in America and well on their way to defining a new moment in post-punk. In April of 1996, the band reinforced that initial success with their first and only album, produced by JAWBOX’s J. Robbins and named after the last words that John Lennon was alleged to have heard: Do You Know Who You Are? In the years since, Spin, Alternative Press, and Paste would all go on to call Do You Know Who You Are? an essential ’90s album. Unfortunately, after a year of heavy promotion and touring for the record, inner-band tension came to a head, and Texas IS THE Reason officially split in 1997. Its members would go on to form Jets TO Brazil, NEW END Original, and Atlantic/pacific. Since then, the band had only reunited once—for two sold-out New York City shows in 2006—but their presence has barely waned: Newer generations of bands like Spitalfield, Into IT. Over IT., and Transit have covered Texas IS THE Reason songs over the years, and even vets like Thursday, Taking Back Sunday, and Armor FOR Sleep have all publicly cited their influence. Marketing / Selling Points • New pressing on opaque purple vinyl • The complete recorded discography featuring the Do You Know Who You Are? LP & the self-titled EP, as well as two B-sides, and two previously unreleased tracks written in 1997 and recorded in 2012 with J. Robbins • Packaging includes never-before-published photos, a comprehensive concert history for the band from 1995-2012, and complete lyrics • Fully remastered by Vlado Meller (muse, Jeff Buckley, Kanye West, Weezer) • Two-LP set, gatefold jacket, mastered and sequenced for high-fidelity

On the A side the Madrid power trio puts music to a poem of José María Gabriel y Galán (1870-1905) turning its melancholic prose into a mid tempo punk beauty with surf guitars and deep bass tones. A chance meeting of Spanish Costumbrism and kitsch as seen on the song's video. The flip side "Problemas, No" brings back to life VIDEO's minor hit from 1983 updating the Synth Pop of the original to a sharp upbeat punk jam which will have you dancing your shoes off. Includes a lyric insert.

After 2 albums and an EP on Southern Lord and Svart Records, Finland's Kohti Tuhoa are ready to unleash their brand new 12-track LP on LVEUM. The new album Ihmisen Kasvot presents killer songwriting with influences ranging from powerful Killing Joke -like tom-tom beats to fast-paced hardcore punk á la Impalers, with several nods to classic Finnish Hardcore Punk bands such as Varaus. The 12 tracks paint a picture of an overpopulated dystopian world that's being slowly destroyed by self-centered human behavior, delivered with Helena's piercing yet versatile vocal work. Recorded at VR Studio in Turku, Finland and mastered by Jack Control (Enormous Door) Ihmisen Kasvot comes with a sleeve painted by Kohti Tuhoa's trusted cover artist Jaakko Karjula.

A furious 4-track EP by the UK hc outfit.

ALGARA's first communiqué vomits in the face of moderate leftism; encouraging class war and insurrection, and wanting the total annihilation of police forces. Home recorded in a Barcelona Squat, the production of their debut four-track EP is minimal. ALGARA deal in stark and sparse sounding post-punk that hints at CRISIS, early DECIMA VICTIMA and JOY DIVISION in equal measures. The lead guitar is brittle and skeletal, and sits perfectly on the driving rhythm section, made up of a primitive drum machine, creating a sonic background for their message to be heard. ALGARA has expanded into a four-member band since this recording and is currently performing live while working on an upcoming LP.

Chaos And Punishment Battle For Supremacy In The Battlefields Of Albion Once Again As The Unyielding Carnage Of Stingray Overloads Your Stereo And Stains Your Brain. Putrefacting Punk Gnashing Between Metal Stained Flourishes Of Hateful Competence And A Touch Of Total Rhythmic Lobotomy. Tin Savage's Fantastic Growled Vocals Trample His Unmistakable London Drawl Across The Five Muscular And Sickening Tracks, The Result Of Which Is The Musical Child Of Asid, Ent, Shok, Bgk, And A Musical Representation Of Two Skeletons Strutting Through An Alleyway On An Early 80s Chuy-Designed Agnostic Front Flyer. Boasting An A-Team Of London Punk Minds, A Real Lust For Metallic Punk A La Gbh And Enough Panache To Make An Ear Piercing Racket Sound Stylish: Stingray Are Simply On Fucking Fire. (Jonah Falco)

Nyc's Porvenir Oscuro Are Back With Their First Full Length After A Very Distant Demo And 7". Made Up Of 13 Tracks "Asquerosa Humanidad" Doesn't Let The Foot Off The Gas For A Second. It Is Relentless Pogo Inducing Attack That Falls Somewhere Between Fertil Miseria, Rip And Early Chaos Uk. With Tunes Full Of Aggression, Melody And Fuzz In Equal Measure, Laying The Foundation For Vocalist Sara To Spit Her Vile. Lyrically The Album Deals With Modern Day Frustration, Showing Little Faith In Humankind And A Massive Dis-Respect Towards Authority Like Any Self Respecting Person Should. While Stand Firmly In The Punk Terrain Porvenir Oscuro Borrows From The Rich Worldwide Sounds Of The Underground Delivering A Fully Formed Sound And Aesthetic Which Is Their Own. "Asquerosa Humanidad" Sleeve, Labels And Double Sided A2 Poster Were Designed By Guitarrist Gage Allison And Was Recorded, Mixed And Mastered By Sasha Stroud At Artifact Audio. Credits

Breakneck Audio Level Destruction From Quarantine On Their First Full Length Release. The Demo Was A Glimmer Of Perfected Ushc Pastiche But "Agony" Pushes The Limits Of Aggression To Some Kind Of Land Speed No Man's Land Where United Mutation, Gudon, And "My America" (Fu's) Are Firing Live Ammunition Into Each Other's Boomboxes In A Bid For Hardcore Punk Long Play Supremacy. Instant Classic From A Group Of Utterly Blue Chip Musicians On The Label That Can't Be Beat. (Jonah Falco)

The Hardworking Helsinki 4-Piece Are Back With A New Ep, Which Shows The Band Experimenting With Different Sounds On Each Side Of The Record. On Side A The Band Draws Inspiration From Early Spiderleg Records Eps And Killing Joke, With Raw, Catchy Guitar Parts And Vocals Nicely Layered On Top Of A Heavy, Driving Beat. Side B Offers 3 Tracks Of Catchy Yet Relentless Hardcore Punk Where Intense Screaming, Pogo Beats And Broken-Sounding Guitars Create A Backdrop For A Great Mix Of Finnish Hardcore, Disorder And Modern Bands Like Colombia's Muro. The Lyrics Illustrate A Violent World Plunging Into Chaos At An Alarming Rate, Which Seems To Be The Case In All Parts Of The Planet In 2021. Väkivaltaa 7" Was Recorded And Mixed By The Band And Mastered By Their Trusted Engineer Jack Control At Enormous Door Mastering. The Record Comes With A Booklet-Sleeve, Lyrics And Original Artwork From Jaakko Karjula And C.S.M 101.

Formed in the northern industrial city of Sheffield, Mau Maus were reputedly one of the first British hardcore bands, first comprised of frontman Chris Taylor, guitarist ‘Lev’ Levick, bassist Kevin ‘Bunny’ Warren, drummer Paul ‘Podge’ Baker, with Alf then taking over the bass, once Bunny shifted to backing vocals. Following singles on local punk label Pax that hit the Indie charts and concert album Live At The Marples, the group launched their own Rebellion label with ‘Tear Down The Walls,’ paving the way for the excellent debut Fear No Evil, produced with zest by The Mission’s Simon Hinkler. Another top-rated LP!

Formed in the northern industrial city of Sheffield, Mau Maus were reputedly one of the first British hardcore bands, first comprised of frontman Chris Taylor, guitarist ‘Lev’ Levick, bassist Kevin ‘Bunny’ Warren, drummer Paul ‘Podge’ Baker, with Alf then taking over the bass, once Bunny shifted to backing vocals. Following singles on local punk label Pax that hit the Indie charts and concert album Live At The Marples, the group launched their own Rebellion label with ‘Tear Down The Walls,’ paving the way for the excellent debut Fear No Evil, produced with zest by The Mission’s Simon Hinkler. Another top-rated LP!