Suedehead – “Constant Frantic Motion”
The vinyl train keeps on moving on our RECORD OF THE WEEK Blog!!!
It’s hard to fathom how an amazing band like SUEDEHEAD came and went so quickly. In their short time, this Southern California band playing Northern Soul released a handful of EPs but never got their proper due yet fans clamored for years for a physical product. Thanks to SIMBA RECORDS and PIRATES PRESS RECORDS, fans will no longer have to search far and wide to get their hands on these songs. Compiling all of these EPs and putting them onto a 12” vinyl, fans can choose either the classic ‘BLACK’ vinyl or the BRAND NEW ‘NEON ORANGE’ vinyl that we’ve recently debuted to the world! The ’NEON ORANGE’ shines so bright you’ll need to wear sunglasses when it sits on your turntable! And if that wasn’t enough, this gatefold jacket also contains a slit with a bonus 7” inserted into it! Get one now in your local record store or online through PIRATES PRESS RECORDS now before the holiday madness kicks in!
NAME: Suedehead (Store / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: Pirates Press Records (Website / Store / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram) / Simba Records (Instagram)
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Four years since the release of their debut full length, ‘Scared To Death’, New York’s own KING NINE deliver ‘Death Rattle’ to the masses! Produced and engineered by Arthur Rizk, this album is 11 metallic hardcore tracks of raw aggression. Check out the insane color combos available over at CLOSED CASKET ACTIVITIES!
BAND NAME: King Nine
LABEL NAME: Closed Casket Activities
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DRAINER is a band from San Francisco, CA and Melbourne, Florida. They were started by Vincent Flores and Joe Putnam in the Spring of 2018 after their previous band, Double Skeleton, called it a day. They were later joined by Vincent’s brother and Florida resident, Jon David, on drums. Their live band is rounded out by Daniel Becker of the Bay Area hardcore band George Crustanza and pop punk outfit Throwing Rocks on bass. They play indie/punk rock influenced by grunge, power pop and shoegaze. You can grab ‘Dirty World’ direct from their bandcamp page!
BAND NAME: Drainer (Bandcamp / Facebook / Instagram)
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BLANKENBERGE is a shoegaze/dream pop band based in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. The band came together in 2015 to create dream-weaving and warm reverb-drenched, drone raging songs that swell into soaring ethereal harmonies. Nostalgia, longing and hope has seldom sounded this alluring. Feeling lost has never sounded this liberating with Yana’s swooning, soft vocals serenely ascending and sweeping the skies, unveiling an afterglow, lacing emotion through a blazing, hazy swirl of loud droning guitars that swell and subside in an all-embracing ocean of sound. “Radiogaze” was release by ELUSIVE SOUND and immediately sold out! Keep an eye out for the second pressing!
Band Name: Blankenberge (Website / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Instagram / Bandcamp)
Label Name: Elusive Sound (Website / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Instagram / Bandcamp)
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CABINFEVER is a multi-disciplinary performance company that specializes in site-specific work designed for and inspired by the location of each performance. Formed in 2011 in Seattle with the goal of reaching new audiences with contemporary dance and music, the company has distinguished itself by creating original multi-media performance art across the United States. Currently based in Chicago, the company has been led by Founder and Executive Director Elana Jacobs since its inception. CABINFEVER’S upcoming album “Respire” is a collection of studio and live recordings documenting the eponymous modern dance performance that occurred at the Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago (MCA) in April 2017 in collaboration with sound artist Stephan Moore. Find it over at DEAD DEFINITION today!
BAND NAME: CabinFever (Website / Facebook / Instagram) / Stephan Moore (Website)
LABEL NAME: Dead Definition (Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter)
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To celebrate ten years since the release of this iconic album, TIGERS JAW & RUN FOR COVER RECORDS created a deluxe anniversary reissue! This limited LP is packaged in an O-Card that reimagines the original S/T artwork a heavy-duty gatefold jacket. The LP also includes a picture flexi 7″ with an alternative version of “Chemicals” as well as a full-color zine featuring write ups from friends and fans of the band about the record. The zine includes pieces from Phoebe Bridgers, Georgia Maq (Camp Cope), Nick Hamm (Citizen), Will Yip, Jeff Casazza and more!
BAND NAME: Tigers Jaw
LABEL NAME: Run For Cover Records
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Formed in 2011, BENT KNEE met while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston. Their second album, “Respire” is is now available again!. Having toured relentlessly for the last 7 years, doing a number of headlining tours and opening for bands like Dillinger Escape Plan, Thank You Scientist, Haken and Leprous. The album is all about contrast. Bombastic dynamic shifts, rapid changes in texture and constant alternation between emotions. We really went to town with the instrumentation on this album, recording things as diverse as harpsichord, church organ, berimbau and a string quartet. Currently out on tour, they flipped their van a little more than a week ago in a Wyoming snow storm! Everyone was OK, but their beloved van was destroyed. Currently continuing the tour in a rented minivan, with the headliners generously transporting our gear/merch in their trailer – remember what musicians do to bring you live music!!!
BAND NAME: Bent Knee (Website / Twitter / Facebook / Instagram)
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Stay warm out there and we’ll see you next week!
