***"Portland's Collate play music that recalls late ’70s/early ’80s minimalist post-punk, and loops through the styles and genres influenced by that music a million times until you end up with a sound that is evocative of the past but also modern—kind of like when you photocopy and re-photocopy something until it distorts and becomes something new and weird. The lyrics are sometimes blatantly political but always wry and clever. There are still plenty of the danceable, catchy bass-forward kind of songs you heard on their previous recordings, but in songs like 'Stocks,' there's a hint of more straightforward punk and it starts to kinda ROCK. Just a bit. But in the end, Collate always handles themselves with cool restraint, even when frustration, anger, and joy are palpably bubbling under the surface."—Rachel Courtney. 500 copies pressed, recycled chipboard jacket with two paste-on CMYK risograph prints, includes photocopied insert and Bandcamp download code.
LP $18.50
10/06/2023
***Two new songs from Collate—no wave for the now; desperate sounds for desperate living. "Shards of glass guitar punctuate a rhythm section that wants you to dance that anxious bedroom dance you did when you first played that Au Pairs mixtape your cousin made. Each song is delivered with minimal fanfare and maximum intent: music by people who know what they're doing and know what they want." (Allan McNaughton)
7" $8.50
01/28/2022
***"COLLATE are a simmering & often sparks-sputtering modern post-punk trio, all right angles and sharp turns, with their chaos & often uptempo blast restrained only by the very loosest of leashes. Fans of bass-driven, ear canal-cleaning agitprop from the likes of the Au Pairs and the more contemporaneous Household will find much to crave here. It's a real treat to see them finally capture that dissonant, formerly tape-only sound on lovely, wide-grooved 12"EP vinyl."— Jay Hinman, Dynamite Hemorrhage
LP $17.75
08/31/2018