***DIRECT HIT is back with their second full-length album in just 3 years. Never known for idle hands, they even found time to release the killer 2017 split LP Human Movement with their friends and labelmates PEARS. Crown of Nothing was largely constructed in the shadows, with little information of its creation being shared with the public. This 14-track collection proves to be Direct Hit's most challenging, elaborate, and downright catchy work to date. As with previous albums, Crown of Nothing is thematic: the idea that heaven and hell might be the same place. While the concept sounds serious and heavy, fear not, the band's unique strain of “fuck you, get pumped” party punk reigns supreme throughout.
LP $25.50
10/26/2018
CD $13.75
10/26/2018
***DIRECT HIT has been pumping out their own brand of pop-punk infused mind altering tracks for about a decade now. In 2011, after half a dozen EPs and dozens of demos released to the DH faithful on the internet, Direct Hit threw together a collection of these songs that would comprise their debut full length Domesplitter. Two albums later, the latter of which being the acclaimed Fat Wreck debut Wasted Mind, we felt it was due time to give Domesplitter a proper release. With new artwork, and an extended pressing (originally limited to 500 copies!), the masses can finally hear the songs that formed the enigma that we call Direct Hit in their entirety. (STREET DATE - 4/14/2017)
LP $25.50
04/14/2017
***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! DIRECT HIT isn't a punk band so much as a collection of pureed grey matter. But this summer the Milwaukee-based group will make those mushy brains useful by releasing Wasted Mind: a 12-track concept album inspired by the warped sensibilities of such savage works as Burroughs' Naked Lunch and Thompson's Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Produced by All-American Rejects guitarist MIKE KENNERTY, Wasted Mind follows a cast of drug-addled, medicated and insane characters who check in and out of reality with reckless abandon. Musically it delivers on everything Direct Hit fans have come to expect: clever lyrical content, catchy hook-laden riffs, and driving pop-punk anthems. From “Forced to Sleep” to “Promised Land” to “Artificial Confidence,” the massive polished sound of Wasted Mind begs to be sung/screamed along with. An April tour supporting NOFX and relentless dates to follow throughout 2016 will give fans a chance to do just that.
LP $25.50
06/24/2016