*** Michigan's yearn-and-burn emo skippers return with their third full-length album, and completely obliterate everything they've done before. Eleven expertly charted tracks from a band who definitely knows how to navigate the scene's most troubled waters. Re-cut for vinyl by Lucky Lacquers, this landmark, genre-defining, thin crispy pizza with a side salad rocks harder than ever! Hear it like you've never heard before!
LP $19.75
05/03/2024
The joyously unrestrained, genre-defining debut album by Bloomington's much-loved Defiance, Ohio—back in print for the first time in fourteen years. Remastered, re-cut, and reissued in an aesthetically-pleasing chipboard LP jacket with kraft paper inner sleeves and insert poster. Edition of 300 copies on 150-gram vinyl.
LP $19.75
04/05/2024
The highly revered, inspirational, and most recent recording by Bloomington's much-loved Defiance, Ohio. First pressing in eleven years! Remastered, re-cut, and reissued in an aesthetically-pleasing chipboard LP jacket with kraft paper inner sleeves and insert. Edition of 300 copies pressed on 150-gram vinyl.
12" $19.00
04/05/2024
The legendary, influential, celebrated, and inarguably debut release by I Hate Myself back in print after a twenty-year hiatus. Remastered, re-cut, and reissued in an aesthetically-pleasing chipboard LP jacket with kraft paper inner sleeves. Edition of 666 copies pressed on 150-gram vinyl.
12" $19.00
04/05/2024
***BACK IN PRINT ON GRAY MARBLE VINYL!!! Originally released by Hopeless Records in 2006, now remixed and remastered with love by JEFF DEAN (THE BOMB). Jeff truly ripped the lid off this record and brought a newfound clarity and immediacy! To all those who loved these songs already, allow us to reintroduce you. Includes a bonus song and shiny updated artwork by SERGIE LOOBKOFF.
LP $22.00
12/08/2023
***BACK IN PRINT!!! GOOD LUCK are friends who knew each other from playing in past musical projects like MATTY POP CHART, ONE REASON, ABE FROMAN, and MT. GIGANTIC. They used to live in Mississippi, Kentucky, and Michigan before something drew them all to Bloomington, IN. “Flat-out inspiring, wonderful people who immediately light up a room. Intricate and direct, raucous and thoughtful, noodley and restrained. This record puts me in a good mood. Some days it's all I need to get through."—Var (No Idea)
LP $19.75
12/08/2023
BACK IN PRINT!!! The To The Confusiom Of Our Enemies album from hard-charging Texas rock’n’rollers THE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS. Fourteen tracks of rowdy, raging rock for fans of Turbonegro, Dictators, Rocket From The Crypt, Johnny Thunders, MC5, and The Ramones. Pressed on opaque red vinyl.
LP $19.75
11/10/2023
***Another blast of politically conscious, stripped-down punk rock performed with acoustic guitars, violin, cello, banjo and upright bass. Total DIY action that has garnered the band a worldwide underground fanbase. For fans of This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Weakerthans, and early Against Me. Edition of 200 on pomegranate colored vinyl copies.
LP $19.75
11/10/2023
CD $13.00
12/24/2007
***The third full-length from SHIP THIEVES (formerly known as CHRIS WOLLARD AND THE SHIP THEIVES). No Anchor follows up the band's 2013 How Much Shit Can You Take? / Aliens 7" as well as their 2012 LP, Canyons. No Anchor is the favorite Hot Water Music record that you’ve never heard before. Ship Thieves now being his primary songwriting outlet, Wollard was free to go all in on No Anchor with CHAD DARBY (SAMIAM, HAWKS AND DOVES, AVERKIOU), ADDISON BURNS (QUIT, THE ENABLERS) and BOBBY BROWN each contributing fantastic elements to the record. There was a heavy emphasis put on space and the songs benefit from a large, organic sound devoid of over processing and ultra compression. These songs breathe, they are alive, and they never let up from the moment the needle hits the groove. They are quite simply the very best songs Ship Thieves have ever written.
LP $19.75
11/10/2023
CD $13.00
02/19/2016
***BACK IN PRINT!!! Note new price. The fourth record from each of these bands, so make it a split one. Floridian hardcore in the vein of angry and aggressive. First vinyl pressing in 13 years pressed in an edition of 220 copies on "panoply marble" vinyl.
LP $19.75
11/10/2023
***BACK IN PRINT ON NEW GOLD VINYL!!! A blast of politically conscious, stripped-down punk rock performed with acoustic guitars, violin, cello, banjo and upright bass. Total DIY action that has garnered the band a worldwide underground fanbase. Edition of 370 copies.
LP $19.75
08/18/2023
CD $13.00
05/08/2006
***BACK IN PRINT ON MARBLE VINYL!!! “DEFIANCE, OHIO return with their third full-length album with No Idea! Were we super excited to get the call where they said they were recording? You bet! Eleven new songs.”—No Idea
LP $19.75
08/18/2023
CD $13.00
07/06/2010
***No Idea is pleased to announce the newly remastered, re-cut and one-song-longer version of the (perhaps) classic I HATE MYSELF album from 1997! Now on polar bear summer white vinyl!
LP $19.75
06/17/2022
Founded in Seattle, Washington, by vocalist and songwriter John Maiello in 2013, Dead Bars had a very specific plan: play one show, record a demo, and tour only Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. After four years of playing more shows, releasing five seven-inches on three different labels in three different countries, and never touring outside the continental United States, they are releasing Dream Gig, their first album, produced by Eric Randall of TacocaT. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned, and sometimes you don’t get what you want. Keep on dreamin’. “Like it or not, hardcore punk is now classic rock. So with John Maiello’s jarring, gravel-gargling vocals and C.J. Frederick’s full-throttle guitar, Dead Bars’ debut carries a Rainier-scented whiff of nostalgia for more aggro, string-busting times. Dream Gig is a feel-good epic about feeling bad, the self-described ‘aging rocker’ of its chorus the musical missing link between then and now.” —City Arts Magazine “Recommended for fans of bands like Dear Landlord and Iron Chic and other throaty punk bands who sing about not having any money and being romantically inept.” —Noisey “If Bruce Springsteen took a wrong turn at the New Jersey Turnpike and ended up joining a gang of chain-smoking bikers, he might sound a little like Seattle’s Dead Bars.” —Seattle Weekly
LP $17.50
08/25/2017
CD $13.00
08/25/2017
“Ripped Together, Torn Apart is Whiskey & Co.’s first record in seven years and their strongest release to date. With the addition of piano and pedal steel, their sound feels like it’s finally come home. “This band isn’t interested in labels and classifications. Are these sounds new? Hell no, and they’ll be the first to tell you that. Sure, fans of stuff like John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Gram Parsons, Uncle Tupelo and Lucero will find this record right in their wheelhouse. But this is Saturday night / Sunday morning music. Made by folks informed just as much by the rock and roll and punk they cut their teeth on as the country and bluegrass they’ve always been surrounded by growing up down here. “The band was born in Gainesville, Florida almost twenty years ago. Between backyard parties, clubs, dive bars where ‘bands don’t usually play,’ house shows, cookouts, and hell, even my own wedding—it’s weird when Whiskey isn’t playing a show in Gainesville. “Their songs have always oozed authenticity and honesty. Have always carried the warmth and familiarity one looks for in the good shit. But this time around, the songs sound fully realized and lived in—as if the songs have been dragged around and made to stand up and meet the weird world that birthed them. And running themes are no mistake here. Hearts won. Hearts broken. Babies born. Upheaval. Migration. Growth. Another hangover. Hope. The folks in this band have somehow kept their heads above water all this...
LP $17.50
08/25/2017
CD $13.00
08/25/2017
Blitz-rock quartet Black God leap back into the fray for another collection of two minute punk rock blasts gloriously pressed onto seven inch vinyl. Since 2011 No Idea and Black God have teamed up each year (or two) to release a new six song edition of to-the-point melodic punk/hardcore via the cleverly titled EPs One, Two, Three, AND Four. On Four, Black God further refine their sound while carefully preserving its immediacy and the spontaneity from which it initially sprang to life. This Louisville, Kentucky supergroup has created and/or navigated many highlights of the Louisville music scene over the past two decades and with Black God they continue to chart new and exciting roads ahead. Features members of Coliseum, Young Widows, Endpoint, By The Grace Of God, Black Cross/Black Widows. Limited edition one-time pressing of 300 copies on blue vinyl. Includes digital download.
7" $6.75
06/02/2017
***"Summer is not generally shoegaze season—it’s hard to really submerge in a sea of guitars when you’re already swimming in humidity to begin with. But the best dream-pop isn’t weather-dependent, and Everywhere Else, first full-length from Easthampton, Massachusetts sonic storm-chasers KINDLING, is worth diving into even on the thickest of August afternoons. Everywhere Else pairs vocals as sweet as the best Pity Sex or My Bloody Valentine jams with a heaviness that goes beyond black-metallic, drums and guitars bringing the attack as much from below as above”—SPIN
LP $16.00
08/26/2016
***One part Minneapolis and two parts San Diego, members of DAN PADILLA, MADISON BLOODBATH, DEAR LANDLORD, and GATEWAY DISTRICT got together for beers and accidentally started a band. On the quest for an endless summer or at least a late night burrito. Includes a download.
LP $16.00
07/15/2016
***Debut album from amazing bands with members of THIS BIKE IS A PIPE BOMB, FUTURE VIRGINS, SEXY, HIDDEN SPOTS and others. The band's previous single on Drunken Sailor was named Single of the Week by Maximumrock'n'roll (Sept. 1, 2015).
LP $16.00
11/13/2015
LP+7" $17.75
11/13/2015
***New split 7-inch. One song from RADON—"Volume 1, Brooklyn"—and two from SHALLOW CUTS—"Winter Song" and "Ocean. Pressed on colored vinyl with a download.
7" $6.75
11/06/2015
***RADON delivers "Headaches and Bullshit," while WORTHWHILE WAY offers "After the Rain Comes Sunshine." A split release with Eager Beaver in Japan. Pressed on colored vinyl with download.
7" $6.75
11/06/2015
***At long last, this record explodes into frantic existence in a hailstorm of awesome vinyl colors and an unrelenting download code!
8" $13.00
08/25/2015
***Resurrected from the vaults just in time for the upcoming 20-Year Anniversary Assholeparade shows. Features guest vocals from ALLISON MOSSHART (THE KILLS, DISCOUNT), TRAVIS FRISTOE (REACTIONARY 3, TRUE FEEDBACK STORY, MOONRAKER), CHUCK RAGAN (HOT WATER MUSIC), MATT SWEETING (ASSHOLEPARADE, TRUE NORTH, STRIKEFORCE DIABLO), DAVIE DIEM (True North, TWELVE HOUR TURN) and ERIC OWENS (BOOKS LIE, THE END OF THE CENTURY PARTY). Pressing of 300 on black vinyl with an etched B-Side! This record was originally released in 1999.
LP $16.00
08/25/2015
***BLACK TOWER hails from Ottawa, Canada, but it might as well be Middle Earth. Or at least a Middle Earth as filtered through heavy metal. Tolkien would probably not approve, but generations raised on his books—as well as Iron Maiden and assorted black metal records—will nod their longhaired heads in appreciation. In short, Black Tower is metal that wears its nerd credentials proudly on its sleeve. You don’t sing “Under the Lonely Mountain!” loud and proud in your opening song, or marry the sensibilities of Slough Feg to early Dissection and an almost Bad Religionish punk catchiness, without knowing exactly what you are. A lot goes into the mix, but as with any good recipe, what comes out has a flavor all its own. With only a self-titled demo under their belts, the three members of Black Tower (who have played in many other outfits, most notably punk bands CRUSADES, THE CREEPS, and THE VISITORS), entered Apartment 2 Recordings in winter 2014 to track their debut LP The Secret Fire with fellow Ottawan and Fuck The Facts mastermind TOPON DAS. Includes download code.
LP $16.00
07/24/2015
***With members distributed between the northern German towns of Hamburg and Kiel, punk-pop five-piece NO WEATHER TALKS is set to release their debut-album Undoing Defeat in 2015. Following two EPs and extensive touring, with shows from Athens to yearly appearances at Gainesville Florida's FEST, their first LP sums up the band's first years and gets to the heart of their sound. Equipped with plenty of experience from respective members' past hardcore and punk projects, the band draws inspiration from the vast musical landscape between '90s indierock, postcore or contemporary postpunk. Their songs attempt to rephrase the political within personal issues, reflect upon their own privilege and sometimes scream it out loud. Edition of 300 copies on black and white marbled vinyl.
LP $16.00
07/14/2015
***"THE TIM VERSION’s love for The Replacements is no secret. Not only does the Florida band’s name seem to reference The Replacements’ album Tim, the group has appeared on a Replacements tribute album. But there’s more than Paul Westerberg worship happening on The Tim Version’s new album, Ordinary Life. Equally reminiscent of the grizzled twang of Lucero and the tattered anthems of Against Me!, Ordinary Life is a raucous yet brooding document of rootsy punk, best heard on the tear-stained, bittersweet track ‘Funny Movies,’ which is being debuted here. The Replacements influence is faint, but there’s no denying The Tim Version is achin’ to be as smart, spirited, and shambolic as its hero."—AV CLUB. First pressing on colored vinyl with bonus 7-inch.
LP+7" $17.50
12/23/2014
***Pour is the 12-song debut album by Gainesville, Florida's SUNSHINE STATE, featuring past and present members of AGAINST ME! and WHISKEY & Co.! Beautiful art by SEAN MAHAN. Picture Disc LP includes download code! “...Sunshine State started as part of a “musical roulette” project at Oakes’ Boca Fiesta restaurant/venue in Gainesville, Florida, and there’s a definite melting-pot-of-influences feel that permeates the dozen songs on Pour, their debut full-length. Vocalist/bassist Troy Perlman’s melodic yet scratchy vocals and the galloped frolic of the majority of these poppy punk songs give this an immediate placeholder in the No Idea Records catalog—but wait, there’s lots more to come. Things get decidedly ’80s at times; we’re not talking ’80s hardcore, but rather poppy, new-wave-tinged rock in the vein of the Cars and Gary Numan (“Friends Of The Deceased” is especially John Hughes soundtrack-worthy).”—Alternative Press (4.5 of 5 Stars)
CD $13.00
12/16/2014
PICLP $16.00
12/16/2014
***Two tracks by each band. BIG EYES’ “Asking You To Stay” was streamed on Pitchfork the week of April 28. Colored vinyl pressing with download.
7" $6.75
06/17/2014
***"I was raging through the last layout pieces of the ‘Partycrasher’ album, getting inserts nice and tidy and the like. Busy times; lots of early mornings working while the world was all quiet (except for Europeans who were on the same schedule, haha). Anyhow I was in a fixed position and on this day I received not one, but two demos. I superstitiously worried that they would be awful and that I might be quizzed about this later. Regardless, I played one of them. Then I played it again, twisting the earphones a little tighter, turning it up another click. Hmmm… that one song reminds me of something… not overtly, but there's a vibe in there… is it… 1982 Psychedelic Furs?!? Ha! The next one up… now this one HAS to be awful, just to balance the Earth's axis. Nope, 30 seconds in I pause it. Jennifer needs to hear this one! And she said, ‘This sounds like something I'd listen to,’ Dear Landlord, Mean Jeans, Brutal Knights, and unhinged pop-punk in general? Yes please! Right then and there I decided that the fates had indeed aligned. I asked both bands on the spot if they would do a split. Both agreed without even hearing the other band… or even knowing the other band's name! A blind date between SUNSHINE STATE (Gainesville) and DEAD BARS (Seattle) was born! (Members of these bands have been guilty of involvement with WHISKEY & CO., BIG EYES, and AGAINST ME!)" —Var. Colored vinyl; includes...
7" $6.75
06/17/2014
***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! "Their self-titled sophomore LP has more in common with '90s slowcore bands like Red House Painters or Low than it does with most of their labelmates. They can still get intense, but in a different way. Clean guitars and dreamy vocals make up most of the album, pulling you in via entrancement rather than full-throttle attack. And though they can pile on the distortion in some parts (like the psychedelic-sludge drone at the end of ‘Tired Eyes’), it's more of a rare secret weapon than their main tool to fall back on." —Brooklyn Vegan. LP pressed on colored vinyl and includes a download.
LP $19.75
04/22/2014
CD $13.00
03/11/2014
***"Adrenaline-powered and instantly catchy, Partycrasher is a straight for the throat, melodic hardcore rampage, clearing a path with signature ‘Did they just land that?’ transitions and breaks. The long-awaited, much anticipated new album delivers exactly what the legions are craving! Technical wizardry wrapped in a singalong, kickflipped and covered in a rich tomato sauce, then topped with a layer of tasty cheese."—Var. Produced and Engineered by TREVOR J. REILLY and MIKE SUPINA at Black & Blue Studio in New Bedford, MA. Mixed at The Blasting Room. Pressed on red vinyl. Includes a poster.
LP $19.75
11/19/2013
CD $13.00
11/12/2013
***Two new rock'n'roll jams, in your face from the first beat to the last! Blending the intensity of The Wipers and Motorhead. I am totally not kidding. Colored vinyl; includes download code!
7" $6.75
11/19/2013
***Ottawa, Canada's CRUSADES began in late 2009. Comprised of current and ex-members of SEDATIVES, THE CREEPS, BURIED INSIDE, STEVE ADAMYK BAND, LAST COMMUNION, ZEBRASSIERES, THE VISITORS, PREGNANCY SCARES, BLACK TOWER and others, Crusades initial (and ongoing) goal was to provide the somewhat accessible vehicle that is melodic punk rock for decidedly less than accessible ideas—namely atheism, antichristianity, secular humanism, satanism, and a vehement disdain for the crippling disease that is organized religion. Thematically, Perhaps You Deliver this Judgment with Greater Fear than I Receive It. is a meditation on the life of philosopher, heretic and antichristian martyr Giordano Bruno as an archetype for the modern atheist, freethinker, artist, poet and lover. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by MIKE BOND at Pebble Studios and his own compound The Bond Cave. Crusades will celebrate the album release with performances at The Fest 12 in Gainesville (as well as Pre Fest in Ybor) and a handful of Canadian dates. Colored vinyl; includes download code!
LP $16.00
11/05/2013
CD $13.00
11/05/2013
***"Bands are like romances: when you first get together you don’t know if it will last years or just one night. What seems like a great prospect may prove to be a total disaster, and what begins as a messy mistake may end up with a mortgage and kids.That was the scene in the summer of ’97 when I called up PADDY to see if he’d be interested in starting something new. A mutual fondness had developed between us on trips I’d done with his band, DILLINGER FOUR. I’d roadied for them and played in a band they were touring with. But Paddy and I hadn’t made music together—yet. CLEVELAND BOUND DEATH SENTENCE was plagued by annoying tags like ‘recording project’ or ‘supergroup’ right out the gate. Sure, all the members carried baggage as well as influences from the people we’d been with before (among them: PINHEAD GUNPOWDER, OSWALD ARMAGEDDON, SALTEENS). But why dwell in the past—or predict what might come from a fresh start? CBDS began organically, with songs and friends, like everything good does, and we took it from there. Paddy was borrowed and I was blue, so we brought in SPITBALL (old) and EMILY (new). The songs were the same mix: some that had been kicking around for years and others we pulled out of thin air. We sweated and screamed every night in the basement, and Spitball recorded it all on his broken 8-track. When we were done, THD Records offered to release the results as...
LP $16.00
10/01/2013
CD $13.00
10/01/2013
ON MARBLED VINYL!!! The SAMIAM record that never saw a proper vinyl release in the USA finally occurs, fully remastered and better than ever!! In the words of an upstanding band member, "hmmm....shitty old band of losers....how can we effectively promote that....." Yes indeed, No, wait a minute—this record is crucial!
LP $22.00
04/30/2013
CD $13.00
04/23/2013
***LIMITED EDITION UK REPRESS!!!! "This new record has been in the works for what feels like a long time. So long, in fact, that it seems like a lot of people, us included, stopped believing it was really going to happen. The challenges of geography, too many bands and tours, and other more mundane aspects of adult life, all conspired to delay and discourage us. But here we are, despite these obstacles, with a new record and a renewed sense of purpose. And in a way, that’s what these new songs, and this band, are really all about. This music, and the culture and community that surround it, don’t really have an expiration date, even though the larger world around us would have us believe that these are childish things, to be put aside as we become responsible, productive citizens. Now, that is obviously bullshit of the highest order. But this isn’t about avoiding adulthood; it’s about redesigning it so that it doesn’t clash so violently with our most deeply held beliefs. It’s about the compromises we refuse to make, but also about the subtle negotiations between ideals/aspirations & day-to-day pragmatics. It’s about figuring out how to keep making noise even when life quiets down. Yes, it’s about parenthood, but it’s also about deliberately resisting corrupt mainstream value systems, even (especially) when they’re bombarding you from all sides. It’s about brutal, devastating loss. More than ever, it’s about alienation and outrage. We can’t wait to share it with you." Pressed...
7" $6.75
04/16/2013
***GRABASS CHARLESTONS played their first show on December 30, 2000 in a little box of a house nestled in the heart of Gainesville’s student ghetto. At the time of this writing, the band has never once taken a hiatus and has played 551 more times (yes, they’ve kept count) all over America and nine other countries. From its inception, the band existed as a trio until WILL THOMAS, who served as both drummer and lead singer, passed the sticks to RYAN QUINNEY in late 2010. Since, Quinney’s fluid yet spot-on drumming and bassist DAVE DROBACH’s crawl-across-the-floor, flowing tones have melded to form a solid, lock-step rhythm section. Guitarist PJ FANCHER’s distinctive, soaring style has only been bolstered now that Will has moved to the front and picked up a second guitar. The measured effect of this role shift is one of breadth—not just in the overall sound of the band—but in its ability to paint in broader strokes, to really dig deep and bring more intricate structures and disparate deliveries that help the songs breathe and move in new ways. Ten, even five years ago, it would have been relatively easy to simply dub Grabass a really great punk rock band. Today, this would be somewhat of a misnomer. This is not because the band itself doesn’t have its roots firmly planted in that soil, because without question, it does. But in rock and roll as in life, there’s far more than one ingredient in the stew of Grabass’ sound....
LP $16.00
11/13/2012
CD $13.00
11/13/2012
***NOW AVAILABLE ON CD!!! CHRIS WOLLARD defied expectations with the first SHIP THIEVES record, turning in an album of varied songs ranging from rockers akin to his other band HOT WATER MUSIC to acoustic gems, to sleepy soundtracks for an all-night drive. In amongst the traditional sounds were tasteful flourishes and touches that were noticed more each with every spin. The album was a sleeper that seemed to hit people at just the right moment and garnered a large following, which continues to percolate and grow. The Ship Thieves have been playing in their current form for several years and are pistol tight! Canyons delivers wall-to-wall rockers, soaring melodic guitar leads, and a rock solid rhythm section. The Ship Thieves are versed in Motown and soul records, and whip up a tasty batch of swampy, gritty rock'n'roll steeped in the warm smoke of delta blues. Honestly, I can’t think of a better description than the one that came off the cuff from Chris Wollard himself, “Southern punks playing rock and roll!”
LP $14.00
11/13/2012
CD $12.25
11/20/2012
***PLEASE CHECK STOCK!!! CHRIS WOLLARD defied expectations with the first SHIP THIEVES record, turning in an album of varied songs ranging from rockers akin to his other band HOT WATER MUSIC to acoustic gems, to sleepy soundtracks for an all-night drive. In amongst the traditional sounds were tasteful flourishes and touches that were noticed more each with every spin. The album was a sleeper that seemed to hit people at just the right moment and garnered a large following, which continues to percolate and grow. The Ship Thieves have been playing in their current form for several years and are pistol tight! Canyons delivers wall-to-wall rockers, soaring melodic guitar leads, and a rock solid rhythm section. The Ship Thieves are versed in Motown and soul records, and whip up a tasty batch of swampy, gritty rock'n'roll steeped in the warm smoke of delta blues. Honestly, I can’t think of a better description than the one that came off the cuff from Chris Wollard himself, “Southern punks playing rock and roll!” First LP pressing on translucent blue vinyl with download card.
LP $17.50
11/13/2012
CD $13.00
11/20/2012
***SHORES was never intended to be a “band.” It had been a sound/style that had been obsessed over since the band members’ high school days. Formed by drummer JOHN MASSEL and guitarist/vocalist BRIAN PRZYBYLSKI somewhere in mid-2008, practicing in rogue basements around the Grand Rapids area and forming in the ashes of band members’ prior bands NORTH LINCOLN, WORMBURNER and THE HARTFORD WHALERS. Shores immediately embarked on their first album Coup de Grace tracked in just 16 hours over two days that fall. After a fairly inactive 2009, the band completed their critically acclaimed 2010 release To Volstead, adding members SEAN STEARNS (guitars) and BILLY BARTHOLOMEW (bass) to join the fold “for a few shows.” Bartholomew’s pop sensibility and love of all things “space rock” , and Stearns’ penchant for noise and sad bastard balladry were perfect complements, even almost missing pieces, to what Massel and Przybylski had already started, and led to an album described as reminiscent of slowcore champions Codeine, Red House Painters, Low, Slowdive, June of 44 and others. Leavening is a perfect reflection of Shores’ spectrum of influences, exploring loudness, playing with effects and noise, and raising the bar the band had previously set for themselves.
LP $14.00
08/14/2012
CD $13.00
08/14/2012