***Taking nods from Sisters Of Mercy and Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, SAFEWORDS burn the drum machines and chorus pedals on the altar and combine equal parts Wipers and Christian Death to bring you (post-mortem) 11 tracks of catchy death (rock)-(post) punk that will have you locked in your bedroom flipping this piece of wax over and over again ‘til the sky’s gone out.
LP $16.00
10/29/2013
On the follow-up to their 2 song EP on Katorga Works (which features both songs off the EP), PLEASURE LEFTISTS have expanded upon the moody post-punk they're known for. With these songs, however, the chorusy bass is much more prominent than on their 12 inch debut EP and brings a darker feel to the sound. On first listen it seems easy to compare that sound to that of bands like Masshysteri or Terrible Feelings, but give it a few more spins and you begin to find a lot more depth and weirdness than the often straight-forward approach of the aforementioned. The most notable standout of PL for me is the rare and fiercely original vocal approach of lead singer HALEY. Prior to being recruited, Haley was known for her radio show, and since has begun her own solo project called KIERMAN PARADISE, which sheds light on a more electronic synthy background. Her often incoherent banshee croons set a mood which envelops and entrances you, and the guitar and bassist are smart enough to back it up subtly and simply with jangly leads and dutiful rhythms. Not at all what one might expect from two former members of 9 SHOCKS TERROR, but good enough to make you forget any comparison or dissection. "Hunger Split" accents the rest of the songs perfectly with its surprising brightness in the midst of the otherwise-broody record. The ensuing "Not Over" conjures some Twee elements with its soft loose guitars and driving bass.
12" $13.00
10/08/2013
***“TERRIBLE FEELINGS are somewhat of an outlier on the Deranged Records roster. While the label is mostly known for loud, noisy, occasionally nihilistic punk and hardcore, the Malmö, Sweden-based group create tightly-wound rock music with heavy influence from '80s post-punk and goth. Their new 7-inch Backwoods more or less picks right up where 2012's excellent Shadows LP left off. The driving force of Terrible Feelings' sound continues to be the smoky vocals of MANUELA IWANSSON; her voice inflections impressively travel from low to lower in ‘I Don't Even Know You’ as darkly jangly guitars swirl around her rasps. ‘Word Travels Fast’ is a bit more energetic, with an almost power pop-esque stomp between its tight riffs and quick drumming; Iwansson displays her underrated range here as well, expertly hitting high notes as the song comes to an end. ‘Black Winter Night’ is the longest and darkest of the three songs on Backwoods; a somewhat slow burner relying on occasionally surfy-sounding guitar work and Iwansson's vocals a little more isolated than on the previous two tracks, it's essentially a synth away from sounding like a Blondie song...”—Bryne (PunkNews.Org)
7" $6.00
09/10/2013
***BACK IN PRINT ON VINYL!!! “Lightning. Pure, white-hot, hot-streaking, sizzling, punk lightning. It’s punk that people who’ve ‘given up,’ ‘don’t get,’ or ‘moved on’ from punk have the highest percentage of liking. It’s just so obviously scorching, beautiful, and crackling music, regardless of genre. And I was reluctant to admit that lightning could strike twice. One of the driving forces behind RED DONS is DOUG BURNS, the lead singer and guitarist of the untouchable every-member-made-it-greater band, THE OBSERVERS. The Red Dons first LP, Death to Idealism, while it had its bright spots, sounded covered in blankets, a little restricted and restrained, a little awkward, a little tentative. Getting used to new skin. Not so with Fake Meets Failure. The burka’s ripped off, faces are revealed, and those faces are screaming. Analogous to the transformation of the Vicious to Masshysteri or Sexy to Future Virgins, it took a little time from the dusk of one band to the dawn of another, but the newer band, exhibiting similar genetic code to its predecessor, has developed its own personality, its own habits, and has accomplished what many, including myself, didn’t think was possible: release more music that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with some of their own legacy’s finest work. One of the best punk records of 2010, hands down.”—Todd Taylor (Razorcake)
LP $16.00
09/10/2013
***“Someone call Elliot Stabler because I feel violated and dirty. Think of a full body massage with a baseball bat full of nails, my body is oozing with filth and tetanus. When I think about you, I don’t wanna, don’t wanna touch myself, I wanna do bad things. This is not the one that got away, it’s the one that changed my ways. Bring this one to the bank because it’s the last time you will live out your fantasy’s, Divine right is done. I’m about to bust, my parents are in the next room and I"m afraid they are going to walk in on this ‘Freakshow’. You can ‘Play this at my Funeral’ or while I’m turning blue.”—Clay (8/1/13). Hardcore punk rock.
LP $16.00
08/20/2013
***VOIGHT-KAMPFF began as RUN DOWN in 2005 when SULLER (MO.) and SWANSON-WHITE (MN.) came together due to a shared love of darker moodier punk. After both had been in hardcore bands they decided to try something a little weirder. A 2 song 45 was done after passing songs back and forth and was belatedly released in 2012 on Baltimore’s Firestarter Records. At this point the songs were already written for their debut full-length and the two decided to make a clean break from RD with a name change and stripped down format which would involve only the two of them for recording purposes. VK has played roughly a show a year since ‘07 recruiting different friends to flesh out live line-ups including Doom Town’s Ashley Hohman and Tom Valli, Bryan Clarkson and Shaun Morrissey from The Humanoids, Matty Coonfield of Bug Chaser and Tone Rodent, Phil Schwarz of Rock Bottom Records, Ted Howard of the 86’ed, and Brad Stiffler of Condominium.
LP $16.00
07/16/2013
***"Colorado boys who say they want to sound like Formaldehyde Junkies or Government Issue and then they go and cover Discharge. Their bassist is probably the only dude to ever wear a bandana or flip up hat that you don't feel like throwing your drink at. There may or may not be some fingerless gloves going on."—Drew Ailes/Brain Tumors
7" $6.00
07/09/2013
***NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS lead by vocalist JENNY ANGELILLO (THE ORPHANS), are a punk rock band from Los Angeles by way of San Francisco. Their debut EP, recorded after only 5 initial rehearsal sessions in 2011, became an instant classic in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the band honed their sound and became known for out of control, spastic live shows. After releasing two subsequent, well-received singles, Angelillo and guitarist GEORGE RAGER relocated the band to Los Angeles in late 2012. Birth Right is their debut EP on Deranged and features 3 new ragers and a cover.
7" $6.00
07/09/2013
***BACK IN STOCK!!! MIKE HALIECHUK and JONAH FALCO from FUCKED UP team up like Jonesy and Paul Cook to tap the melody and simplicity of what they already know about writing music and fire it even further into the endless prism of the late ‘70s. Ribbony Bowie-esque vocals over big guitars and heavy drums nodding to Northern Ireland, Northern England, and other anachronistic punk pleasures.
7" $6.00
07/09/2013
***Bottle chucking youth-punk from Toronto, Ontario; WASTOIDS rip an early ‘80s Boston vibe with an Oi! influenced stomp. The culturally sanitized wasteland of the west end of their city breeds boredom and socially fucked mutants who puke in your venues and ruin scenes.
7" $6.00
07/09/2013
***“YOUTH AVOIDERS are from Paris, France; well, all except one of them, who is from Germany, so for all intent and purposes it's okay to refer to Youth Avoiders as a French group. They make a highly desirable racket courtesy of the instruments and voices at their disposal and should be complemented on those efforts. Following a couple of 7-inches and a variety of demos released on vinyl and/or cassette over the last few years, it was definitely time for this five-piece to take that leap onto a larger slab of vinyl, one which would allow it to cement the group's status as probably the best French-based band around at the moment. There are a number of identifiable record labels that spring to mind when listening to Youth Avoiders, such as Sorry State, Dirtnap and Grave Mistake. This is frantic, trebly, guitar-based music that relies on a sense of chaos blended with just a hint of melody to create an irresistible punk rock sound. Think unequal measures of Royal Headache, Low Culture and the Shirks and that's sort of how Youth Avoiders come across (and give it a working title of Royal Culture Shirks!). The first 35 seconds of opener ‘Cold Mines’ does not in any way provide a clue of what's to follow, as it's quite a relaxed opening that changes from calm to bonkers as if a switch is flicked. It's a whole new ballgame from then on in for around twenty minutes. There are a number of...
LP $16.00
07/09/2013
***A compilation LP of the first three NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS releases: Neighborhood Brats EP, We Own the Night 7" and Ocean Beach Party 7". Also includes two unreleased studio tracks. Often described as Black Flag meets the Avengers with a Killed By Death and Dangerhouse-inspired method of attack, this is the complete recorded output of the band's first year of existence, prior to their relocation from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Helmed by vocalist JENNY ANGELILLO and guitarist GEORGE RAGER, and featuring the Brats' original rhythm section lineup consisting of bassist JASMINE WATSON and drummer KIRK PODELL (both pulled simultaneous double-duty in NEO CONS).
LP $16.00
06/25/2013
***Hailing from Vancouver, B.C., high-energy punks WHITE LUNG pull references from every era of punk remaining unforgiving yet melodic. Their debut LP It's the Evil (Deranged) was named Punk Album Of The Year by Exclaim! and their sophomore LP Sorry (Deranged) has managed to top the last. Spawned from East Vancouver’s dirty DIY Emergency Room scene, White Lung formed in 2006 with guitarist KENNETH joining in 2009. From the beginning they were road warriors, touring regularly, even contemplating selling their underwear just to get on the road (they eventually opted for the more practical route of saving up funds.) White Lung broke out of their incestuous local scene and brought their music across Canada and the US. They continue to tour fanatically, their live shows have been called, “effortlessly engaging and enigmatic, harnessing a controlled violence that managed to be passionate without going the least bit over-the-top” by Exclaim! Magazine.
7" $6.00
05/21/2013
***‘‘Okay, 1st off, the LP is NOT called ‘The Return of Culo’, look at the spine of the LP for proof of that. But in a sense, its almost a return record since the guys took a good amount of time prepping it. This LP was recorded over a weekend in mid March 2012 with their man of choice Kevin up in Lansing MI. This is definitely not a concept record, but it can almost be called a ‘time and place’ record since the album is a reflection of everything in the band’s life when writing it, but what bands don’t? If you only loved the fast stuff the band has done before, that’s still present on tracks here but also the band offers more variety then ever before. To be blunt, the fast songs are faster, the mid tempo tracks are more punchy and the the rest are just downright catchy as hell. I see the ‘Ramones songs made ugly’ as a comparison nowadays made about a select few, and finally someone’s pulls it off, even though the boys go for their own thing but that certain band is a large influence. This is a true PUNK record. And damn John’s voice almost is an exact cross of Jerry and John Brannon, its so eerie the semblance. This album was just meant to happen and even if its release experienced a few delays, it’s a timeless record. Nothing was spared from the record down to the look, layout and...
LP $16.00
04/02/2013
***“Best demo I heard in 2011 and here we finally have their debut record. For those who heard the demo (Fashionable Idiots just released the demo on vinyl), this is more of the same chaotic hardcore. A more snarly Deep Wound? Excellent.”—Deranged
7" $6.00
03/12/2013
***The ferocious post-punk 5 piece bands, EAGULLS based in Leeds, England are pleased to share their 5 track EP on Canada’s prestigious punk label Deranged. A few lucky folks have been able to catch the band’s European shows. The shows received high accolades as some of the most thrilling and visceral performances ever. Eagulls has shared the stage with Iceage, Milk Music, Ceremony, and Fucked Up. Drawing from a wide variety of influences, Eagulls manage to create something new, while still paying homage to classical punk.
12" $13.00
02/26/2013
***This release marks the first 12" release from premier NYHC act CREEM. The band jumps light years ahead of the recording session that spawned a demo cassette and 7" single and creates a piece of music that is far and away its best material. Six originals and a cover of Black Easter. A split release with Katorga Works.
12" $13.00
02/19/2013
***CASANOVAS IN HEAT are a punk band from Boston, MA. Formed in 2010, neighborhood chums, DAVY & CON (also of MALE NURSES) decided to take a whack at high-energy, sweat-induced, melodic punk that they had been screwing around with since they were teenagers. They recruited fellow mavericks, STEVE & SEAN, to complete the dream team. Sparked by a wide-range of influences, the Casanovas want nothing more than to turn every day into a night, and every night into a crusade. Think the Replacements and Naked Raygun mix matched.
7" $6.00
02/19/2013
***Every once in awhile the underground music world gives birth to a new band that reminds some of us why we're still here in the first place. I'm not just talking about a breath of fresh air. I'm talking about being handed a ticket to ride a time machine, gaining telekenetic powers, and some Spock mind-meld-type shit. Absolute emotional possesion with mental and physical reprecussions. If you've ever witnessed their untouchable live set, read the suggestive / provocative lyrics to "I Am Love," or admired their flower power aesthetic you know I'm talking about the mother lovin' GIVE! Singles Going Confetti is the second chapter in the history of this Washington, DC quintet and not un-like Aliens, Empire Strikes Back, or Batman Returns—the sequel is better than the original. These 11 songs collect all five of their singles released on Youngblood, PainKiller, Triple B, React, and Deranged Records with one brand new track exclusive to this record.
LP $16.00
01/22/2013
***Raw hardcore from Vancouver B.C with a solid D-Beat backbone that doesn’t bore you to tears. Searing guitar work and a vocalist that can actually manage to convey his live frustration through recorded media, a rare feat. A distinct sound is hard to pinpoint. Influences range all over the place from Death Side to Poison Idea. Everyone will tell you something different, make your own judgement. Members of Unlearn and Vacant State. After the break-up of UNLEARN the guitarist set out to get another project started as soon as possible, actually only within a few days he and Isaiah (vocalist) started working together. After a few months, a few bassists and a few drummers, a solid lineup developed and a demo was recorded in Dec.2011. The S/T LP was recorded in April.2012 in Portland with STAN WRIGHT while touring the West Coast.
12" $13.00
01/22/2013
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Singer DENNIS LYXZEN and bassist DAVID SANDSTROM—formerly of Sweden’s REFUSED, one of the most innovative and influential bands of the ‘90, have reunited. AC4 is clearly a hardcore band: old-school, stripped-down, and apparently minus the radical sonic tinkering and texturing of Refused.
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! When GIANT HAYSTACKS parted ways a few years back, two of the three members went on to form AIRFIX KIT. The three songs found on this debut 7” are pretty consistent with the aforementioned band with a heavy Minutemen influence byway of UK post punk a la Wire and Gang Of Four.
7" $6.00
12/31/2012
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! After a stunning demo last year, Boston’s BLOODY GEARS return with a brilliant 7-inch. Imagine a more aggressive Wipers mixed with early Articles Of Faith and you get something pretty close to Bloody Gears. This is a no-brainer—top notch hardcore punk.
7" $6.00
12/31/2012
BURNING LOVE started in 2007 as a side project to CURSED and OUR FATHER, with the intention of making some loud and riff driven punk songs and mixing together the sounds of their varying favorites (from Black Flag and Hot Snakes to Kyuss or Turbonegro). BL has since taken to the front burner, touring at home and overseas and releasing two EPs—and now, their Songs For Burning Lovers LP. Produced by IAN BURTON and mastered by Mammoth Sound. Twelve tracks of fierce hardcore punk.
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
CD $12.00
12/31/2012
"This is ADAM from DIRT BIKE ANNIE’s current band. Heart-breakingly great garage pop with a timeless vibe. Perfect guitar power pop to die for, beyond infectious. Check it out if ya like the Beat, Shoes, Pointed Sticks, Exploding Hearts, etc. We got tapped to release this CD a mere 3 weeks before it needed to be out. Totally worth re-arranging our release schedule to accommodate this gem! We had also said we were done with CD-only releases, but this was worth making an exception for. Vinyl on Deranged!"—Ken (Dirtnap)
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
MATURE SITUATIONS was borne of the need to trivialize the grievances and tribulations of the elderly, (in a sexual manner where possible), so as to anger karma and preemptively flip off the inevitable pants-shitting, Viagra-snorting, hip-replacing, sour-milk-smelling future of all men. Is nothing sacred? 4 new songs, featuring CHRIS COLOHAN (LEFT FOR DEAD , CURSED).
7" $6.00
12/31/2012
After the break up of EPILEPTIC TERROR ATTACK these Umea punks decided to go back to the roots and start a new band with more of an emphasis on roots hardcore punk sounds. Looking to the early LA punk scene and late ‘70s Swedish punk for inspiration, REGULATIONS have the raw energy of hardcore with the catchy and memorable songwriting of early punk.
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
Canada is so proud of their native sons that the country erected a massive golden monument to the STATUES in the middle of their hometown and sent all cops on holiday so that the punks could dance around it singing 'Hurray Hurray! a new Statues album saw the light of day!' On this third album, the three Pop-Punk scientists refined their formula in these 10 brand new songs and poured in some drops of Devo, Spits and Futureheads that lets the test tube eruptively foam over with joy, heart, guts and splendid melodies!
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
“Sudbury Canada's STATUES return with their second full length and this time around they up the volume and aggression a bit while still retaining a great power pop sound. Taking cues from traditional influences like the Jam, Chords, Plimsouls, and adding in some Husker Du, this is a record that’s sure to turn some heads. New People Make Us Nervous could hold it's own next to the debut of The Futureheads or the latest from The Adored. This is a must have for fans of any of the above mentioned bands.”
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
North American pressing of their superb Impending Doom 7”. Someone described the music as “Loud, dark, therapeutic, and rough around the edges”, and ANTON once said he played “black angst-ridden power pop.” Both quotes sum up TERRIBLE FEELINGS pretty well. Doomsday pop with punkrock roots. Place their sound somewhere in the wastelands between Wipers, Masshysteri, Ebba Grön and Murder City Devils.
7" $6.00
12/31/2012
Posthumous album by Vancouver’s noisy raw punks. If you’ve witnessed this bands’ live set you already know what to expect. A loud and noisy fury of raw punk leveling everything in their path. Vocals distorted in anguish and a wall of guitars tweaked to ear splitting frequencies held down with an impressive d-beat attack. These guys are definitely into Disclose and Meanwhile.
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
7" $6.00
12/31/2012
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! The third 7” from Vancouver’s WHITE LUNG featuring three new songs. More of the same excellent Riot Grrrl meets early UK punk.
7" $6.00
12/31/2012
Experience. It’s a Catch 22. Those young enough to make music in their free time rarely have any unique life experiences to sing about. Those with the battle scars and broken bones put down their instruments and capitulate to “real life.” THE YOUNG OFFENDERS guitarist JASON recently asked: “When you get to a certain age and you’re a creative person, you’re like, ‘How can I make a fuckin’ living and still not hate myself?’” San Francisco’s Young Offenders’ answer comes in the form of their first record that’s not a split LP or a 7”, inside of eight tightly-knit, dancey, not-scene-or-subgenre-specific songs. You like a little bit of melody in your punk? You like sexy bald brains? You like songs with definite parts, weight of thought, sharp edges, and punch? You like cohesion, the feeling of “Fuck yeah. This is an album. This all fits together”?
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! The fifth and final BRUTAL KNIGHTS 12-inch, Blown 2 Completion delivers their fastest and possibly their most retarded album to date. As with previous records, the influences at play involve a mix bag of stupidity, juvenile humor, bad television, terrible food, imbalanced hormones, and believe it or not, some great hardcore punk. Most of the tracks on here are scorching fast hardcore with two mid-tempo stompers which are undoubtedly the result of a series of shows with Negative Approach. If you were a fan of their previous releases, Blown 2 Completion will not disappoint, it’s their fastest and best record. If you didn’t get the humor or cared for what they were doing before, good luck with this one!
LP $16.00
12/31/2012
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Toronto punk rock heavyweights FUCKED UP present another single of raw-ass music and thought provoking lyrics. "Dangerous Fumes" is another charged, mid-tempo hardcore punk anthem picking up where the "Litany" single left off. The B-side, "Teenage Problems" incorporates more melodies while still maintaining the punk attitude that Fucked Up has become known for.
7" $6.00
12/18/2012
***BRAIN TUMORS deliver Midwest hardcore punk venom. Fast and retarded, and sure to please.
7" $6.00
10/16/2012
***“It used to be easy to describe CRIMINAL CODE. From the onset, they came across as straightforward sounding mid ‘80s Midwest hardcore styled three piece with TAIGA on guitar ANDREW handling the basslines. Hook filled and moodily earnest, proudly wielding a love for Husker Du. Crim Code quickly became favorites of the Northwest hardcore scene. After a handful of west coast tours and a couple of limited self released rarities, Crim Code added MILES on second guitar and JAWISH on drums.... This is where the comparisons to other acts ends. Having saw them play three times in the past 10 days I can only describe them as themselves. Once in front of a group of black clad doom punks they came off as a tightly wound psychedelic nightmare, as if My Bloody Valentine grew up playing Middle Class covers. The next, in a room filled with knucke dragging skinheads the doomiest pop you could imagine at a deafening level. The third still a pounding set of shouted agit-punk anthems that could have been the best record SST never released. With this, their third vinyl release, and the first for Deranged they continue to push the boundaries of what it means to be a a modern hardcore punk band. Oh yeah, and they aren't from Olympia.” Follow up to their excellent 12-inch. Full length in the works for 2013. Three new moody hardcore tracks.
7" $6.00
10/16/2012
***“NO MORE ART is comprised of people from rather dissimilar backgrounds in music, but the elements are easy enough to lay out. There are the surf-drenched guitars, the complementary female vocals, and the rock‘n’ roll frenzy of X (Los Angeles), some of what has been brewing in Denmark and Sweden over the last decades with bands like Masshysteri / Vicious and No Hope For The Kids, but also with lots of melody and leads that is reminiscent of ‘80s LA bands like Social Distortion and Adolescents, all infused with a unique quality of their own. Lead singer MILO has been around for some years now as a singer song writer in her own solo project ROSIE TIE. Drummer JUAN MIGUEL has been busy on the heavier side of music, playing guitar in bands like LOS DOLARES, LEADERSHIT, ETACARINAE, and PELIGRO!, in Barcelona over the past decade. WILL has also done time in many bands over the past decade with groups BORN/DEAD, DESOLATION, SUICIDE BOMB, DOPECHARGE, and most recently Portland's RED DONS.”—Thomas Haug
7" $6.00
10/16/2012
***Pissed off punk from Ottawa, Ontario. Building from the chaos of their 2011 demo tape, PREGNANCY SCARES’ debut 7” represents a band that have spent the past year honing their craft without sacrificing the relentless rhythms, vocal venom, or “Born Against aggro-in-the-raw, art-wracked Circus Lupus styling”, that’s become synonymous with Pregnancy Scares since their inception.
7" $6.00
10/16/2012