March 1st, 2013
Hello Everyone!
Another crazy week has passed here at Pirates Press, and we’re here to bring you another vinyl-packed RECORD OF THE WEEK blog! Starting it off this week is not one record, but ALL FIVE releases of BLIND PIGS’ 20 year discography, in 10″ format! If you haven’t heard of BLIND PIGS (Porcos Cegos), they’re a super awesome punk band from Brazil who decided that their back-catalog needed a proper reissuing in honor of their 20th Year Anniversary Tour! Heart Bleeds Blue Records and Zona Punk did an amazing job with these beauties, and the colored vinyl choices are spot-on! Kudos to a fantastic looking catalog, guys!!
BAND: Blind Pigs (Porcos Cegos)
LABEL: Zona Punk / Heart Bleeds Blue
LABEL WEBSITE: www.zonapunk.com.br
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The first honorable mention this week is a killer new release from San Francisco’s GLITZ, courtesy of Grazer Records! GLITZ’s blend of power-pop and punk is accompanied nicely by this awesome gloss varnish triple pantone jacket! Definitely an awesome release, both the music and the packaging! Don’t sleep on this one…
BAND: Glitz
LABEL: Grazer Records
LABEL WEBSITE: www.grazerrecords.bigcartel.com
If you are/were a fan of hardcore in the early 2000s, you’ll undoubtedly remember NO WARNING’s amazing full length, “Ill Blood”. That being said, we were super stoked to be able to press this piece of wax for Bridge 9 Records on the only acceptable (and obvious) choice… Transparent ‘Blood Red’ vinyl! Time to mosh, kids…
BAND: No Warning
LABEL: Bridge 9 Records
LABEL WEBSITE: www.theb9.com
Next up is a brand new split 7″ between AMERICAN VERSE and THE TIRED AND TRUE. Get a load of those insane colored vinyl configurations! The ‘Oxblood’ / ‘Beer’ Half-n-Half vinyl w/ Black Splatter looks amazing, as does the ‘Coke Bottle Green’ / ‘Grey’ Half-n-Half w/ Baby Blue Splatter! Those reverse board gatefold jackets top it off nicely as well…. Now THAT’s a 7″ record!!
BAND: American Verse / The Tired and True
LABEL: Broken Rim Records
LABEL WEBSITE: www.brokenrimrecords.com
Check out the latest from PESANTA URFOLK! This double LP from SUTEKH HEXEN includes a crazy ‘Coke Bottle Green’ / ‘Milky Clear’ AsideBside piece of wax with Ultra Clear Splatter as well as a custom etched B-Side! WHOA. Those matte gatefold jackets also feature flood printing on the inside pockets and Spot UV Gloss Varnish on the outsides…. What a beast!!
BAND: Sutekh Hexen
LABEL: Pesanta Urfolk
LABEL WEBSITE: www.pesanta.com
The latest LP from Finland’s grind-masters in ROTTEN SOUND came out fantastic! Relapse decided to go with three different vinyl configurations for this one (Classic Black, Grey, and Ultra Clear), ALL featuring a badass silkscreened design on the B Side! The 11″ insert and heavyweight jacket top it off to make this one hell of a release…Awesome!!
BAND: Rotten Sound
LABEL: Relapse Records
LABEL WEBSITE: www.relapse.com
We had to include simply because of how god-damn METAL it truly is. Look at that logo and album title! The cover photo! It doesn’t get much more headbangin’ than this. All hail GATEKRASHOR!!
BAND: Gatekrashor
LABEL: Fuel Injected Records
LABEL WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/FuelInjectedRecords
Struggletown Records and Broken Arrow Collective did a great job with this new split 7″ between LAST CALL and WOLVES AT HEART. It’s always rad to see two solid colored vinyl configurations, and then a combination of those two! Case in point: the ‘Grimace Purple’ and White’, and then the ‘Ultra Clear’ w/ Grimace Purple and White Splatter! Definitely fitting choices to match up with the album cover and packaging. Keep it up, dudes!!
BAND: Last Call / Wolves at Heart
LABEL: Struggletown Records / Broken Arrow Collective
LABEL WEBSITE: www.struggletown.co.uk / www.brokenarrowcllctv.com
SWEATBAND Records killed it with this new 7″ from The MANX! Everything from the ‘Blood Red’ in ‘Milky Clear’ Color-in-Color vinyl to the printed innersleeves and Semi-Gloss jackets make this one unique and impressive release!
BAND: The Manx
LABEL: Sweatband Records
LABEL WEBSITE: www.sweatbandrecords.tumblr.com
Last but certainly not least is a RIDICULOUS and AMAZING repress of TORCHE’s ‘In Return’ 10″! ROBOTIC EMPIRE went ALL out on this one, pretty much doing every colored vinyl configuration under the sun. When you have Tri-Color, AsideBside, Striped, Splattered, and Swatched vinyl, what else do you really need? The answer: NOTHING. You gotta’ give it up to Robotic Empire for absolutely ruling it with this one!
BAND: Torche
LABEL: Robotic Empire
LABEL WEBSITE: www.roboticempire.com
That’ll do it for this week’s blog! As always, do us a favor and repost this link on your FB, and share the love of RECORD OF THE WEEK with all your vinyl-fanatic friends! Until next week… VINYL RULES ALL.
-PP