V/A – “Continental Drift”
We’ve got a killer RECORD OF THE WEEK Blog this week to tide you over for the next two weeks until we’re back at it on Sept 2nd!
Four great bands, two great labels and two continents meet on this stellar mini-LP. Frequent collaborators SLUMBERLAND RECORDS and FORTUNA POP! team up to bring you “Continental Drift,” a smashing sampler of some of the finest pop out there in 2016! Get one of these ‘Aqua Blue’ inside ‘White’ color in color records from SLUMBERLAND today!
ALBUM NAME: Continental Drift – V/A
LABEL NAME: Slumberland
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RAFTER ROBERTS stands no taller than your average human male, yet his fiery red-haired head is filled with the minutiae of music, swirling and churning constantly. Fortunately this leaves little room for fear, of which RAFTER has nearly none. One of the most intense and powerful music nerds you may ever meet. His 7th Studio release but now paired up with JOYFUL NOISE RECORDINGS to bring you ‘XYZ’ in some glorious vinyl colors!
BAND NAME: Rafter
LABEL NAME: Joyful Noise Recordings
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In a music industry full of ever-changing digital trends and fads, there’s one thing that still rings true – the indie DIY scene is as alive and well as ever. This is the case with two bands that are blazing their own trails on opposite sides of the country: Nashville’s SECRET STUFF and Phoenix’s SUNDRESSED. This summer, the bands will hit the road together and SPARTAN RECORDS proud to help commemorate the tour with a split EP that consists of two new songs from each band. If you know SPARTAN, you know that the vinyl colors are out of this world!
BAND NAME: Secret Stuff / Sundressed
LABEL NAME: Spartan Records
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CHAPTER MUSIC is here with a deluxe vinyl reissue of ‘A Love Affair With Nature’, the 1989 second album by Australian DIY icons THE CANNANES. The reissue comes as a picture disc with new liner notes, an extensive PDF booklet and a full 13 digital bonus tracks from early singles and unreleased sessions. First formed in Sydney in the mid 1980s, THE CANNANES are one of the most celebrated underground bands of the Antipodes, with a book, a documentary and even a pair of limited edition Converse sneakers devoted to them. Find out more at CHAPTER MUSIC!
BAND NAME: The Cannanes
LABEL NAME: Chapter Music
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Three years in the making! ‘HorrorHound Presents: It’s Only a Movie’ is a vinyl release boasting 11 tracks – all covers from soundtracks throughout horror-movie history – by 11 different popular horror rock and punk acts. These acts include THE CREEPSHOW, ARGYLE GOOLSBY (formerly BLITZKID), PSYCHO CHARGER, STELLAR CORPSES, BLACK CAT ATTACK, HARLEY POE, FOR THE WOLF, THE BIG BAD, THE HEATHENS, DEAD DICK HAMMER, AND SHADOW WINDHAWK … featuring songs from such films as Return of the Living Dead, The Lost Boys, Pet Semetary, Scream, The Crow, and more … Plus, two bonus downloadable tracks from MISTER MONSTER and THE HEATHENS!
ALBUM TITLE: HorrorHound Presents: It’s Only a Movie
LABEL NAME: HorrorHound Records
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TANGENT is an electronic music duo based in Holland that combines electronics with more traditional instruments in a highly contrasting manner. Their music takes its audience on a journey through sonic fields that seem infinite. Matter seems to be formed and collapsing simultaneously, much like a new universe being created on the ashes of a previous one. Head over to the n5MD headquarters to grab a copy before they sell out!
BAND NAME: Tangent
LABEL NAME: n5MD
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LARVAL PRODUCTIONS is a vinyl-only label founded in 2016, focusing on high quality and/or limited edition releases in the domain of chaotic, noisy, and dissonant black metal. Orginally released on cassette and CD, LARVAL and the bands wanted to give the vinyl treatment to ‘Atomic Regurgitation from the Three Mouths of Humanicidal Hate’, featuring LORD OF DEPRESSION, INFERNAL SACRAMENT and TETRAGRAMMACIDE! Head over to LARVAL if you dare…
BAND NAME: Lord of Depression / Infernal Sacrament / Tetragrammacide
LABEL NAME: Larval Productions
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Don’t get in too much trouble over the next few weeks!!
