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new records by least, showbread, floorbird, turquoise, eugenius, wet tropics

I received some records from the US from friend club records, most of these are kinda hard to come by over here in europe and I only got small quantities

On a quite important sidenote German Post is reconstructing their policies, so smaller orders including LPs can no longer be sent through media mail. There are some petitions trying to fight this, but it seems from july postage prices for orders of single or few LPs will increase drastically. This is out of my hands, so if you want to order just an LP or two please do so today or tomorrow. cheers

least – folding my hands, accepting defeat LP
“Folding My Hands, Accepting Defeat is about finally giving into my gender dysphoria. It’s about my darkest moments as a trans person stuck in the closet, but also the revelation of figuring out that it’s possible to move forward and live a fulfilling life.” – Taylin Willis

showbread – cancer LP
Cancer, Showbread’s latest studio outing, follows the story of a downtrodden and rebellious rock icon of a protagonist as he attempts to use a punk rock band to lead a revolt against inter-dimensional fascists called “The Principalities” in a not-so-distant American future.

floorbird – fall apart anywhere LP
Floorbird channel’s the best of Dashboard Confessional, The Maine and Cartel into a glowing polished embrace that is sure to warm your heart

turquoise – fermented fruit LP
Fermented Fruit is an eight song journey laced with debauchery that bounces along with a joy and passion rarely heard.

eugenius – midlife 2xLP
dark, aggressive hip hop, a chaotic, angular and melancholic soundtrack to the enlightening, and sometimes isolating, act of reaching the midpoint of life.

wet tropics – everybody get in LP
Wet Tropics  has the Gen-X slacker charm firmly in place, but it’s also hotwired with key elements of garage rock, power pop, and post-punk

ORDER HERE

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new amid the old wounds 7″ and 2×7″, lacing CDs…

…as well as war honey 12″, world’s fair LP, groupie LP and restock of matte black LP
 
amid the old wounds second single ‘rebreather’ is out now and available on its own as well as in a very limited 2×7″ boxset including the debut 7″ ‘rebreather’ from 2020. you can stream all three songs now whereever music can be streamed, you’ll find some general streaming links on the bottom of the offical artist website or here’s some streaming platform links too. If you’re not subscribed to any you can always use youtube for free.
 
 
furthermore some records have arrived in the distro from handstand records:
 
war honey – shard to shatter 12″ EP
reamy slowcore indie influenced by Slowdive, Crumb, Cigarettes After Sex, Modest Mouse, and Nick Cave.
 
world’s fair – we can’t be magic LP
Continuing to build upon the hook laden, guitar driven indie rock  “We Can’t Be Magic” adds to its sonic repertoire  with layered pop structures, a stronger focus on vocal arrangements to slower tempos and even “quieter” moments
 
groupie – ephemeral LP
A glorious and riotous amalgam of Patti Smith, Roxy Music, Velvet Underground, Bikini Kill, and The Raincoats
 
lacing – bummer CD
The mind-bending, bone-shaking debut album Bummer from the Chattanooga quartet LACING starts in the realm of shoegaze, taking influence from legendary bands such as My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive
 
lacing – without CD (restock)
Dreamy, heavy shoegaze with dramatic post-rock swells and nuanced noisy outbursts. Ethereal vocals compliment the icy clean guitar lines in a series of swirling waves before the storm of dark hooks and trembling discord.
 
matte black – psyche LP (restock)
In the four years since the release of Dust of This Planet, Brooklyn all-wave trio Matte Black has been honing its sound into something more direct and organic than ever before.
 
 
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new amid the old wounds 7″ and 2×7″ boxset available for preorder

Idioteq.com are streaming a new song by amid the old wounds, the title track of the upcoming ‘rebreather’ 7″. Please check out  the article and stream here:

https://idioteq.com/branching-into-soaring-acoustic-and-sad-emo-amid-the-old-wounds-knows-how-to-bring-emotional-hooks/

after reading and listening you can PREORDER THE 7″ HERE

we also made a limited 2×7″ boxset combining the first two atow singles on white vinyl (vinyl color is exclusive to this release). comes in an off white cardboard box with shaped sticker on front, artist name handstamped to the back and includes two lyricsheets. 100 copies made

PREORDER 2×7″ BOXSET HERE

K.C. Milian discography available for streaming
10 years after its physical release we made the k.c. milian discopgraphy entitled ‘all sorts of things’ available on all major and minor streaming platforms, so in case you missed it please check it out!

International postage rates increase
Sadly german post reorganizes the entire media mail system, so from june this year new dimension limits apply, which will sadly make it impossible to ship 10″ and LP records as cheap as I have for the last 15 years. They will have to ship as packages, which cost significantly more. I will slowly implement the new shipping method into the shop system, and the old one will be shut off once german post deceases it. So if you are considering placing a small order including LPs, do so before june!

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new LPs from kantine, okay, bye and alienate!

have arrived from schädelbruch platten and can be ordered now:

kantine – rosa LP
garagy poppy alternative rock with a punk edge from germany reminiscent of bands like madsen

okay, bye – personal hell / s/t LP
guitar/drum duo from exeter/uk playing pop-punk like a smarter, less polished version of no doubt or paramore

alienate! – …they said “no future” LP
hardcore-punk from münster, germany, anti-capitalistic, politically engaged debut LP from this diy band

on other news chalk hands have just released a live session video to  a song from their upcoming LP on dogknights productions, please give it a watch:

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new vinyl from chivàla, la quiete, hexis, riah, storm(o), féroces…

… phoenix bodies, drei affen, demersal, coma regalia, det är därför vi bygger städer and more:

A sensational screamo split with Spain and the U.S. uniting to create a stunning collection of songs. Spain’s DREI AFFEN (members of OsoLuna) follow up their 12″EP with two more songs of punishing, screamy and crusty hardcore while the almighty COMA REGALIA offers up another three tracks of themed screamo very much in line with Funeral Diner and Orchid.
 
screamish emo from sweden, ex careless
 
four of North American’s top underground screamo acts teamed up to deliver this awesome 4-way split record
 
Feroces bring you stunning cinematic post-rock from france with ex-members of Gantz, Asidefromaday and Hiro.
 
Split 10″ featuring two great Italian post-hardcore/emo bands
 
Through an aggressive performance, their music explores feelings of grief and meaninglessness, communicated through passages of chaotic, expressive hardcore, and melancholic post-rock, joined with vocals that seem both powerful and fragile.
 
With the songs Exstirpo and Exorbeo the band follows their distinctive blend of black metal that is influenced by doom-ish sounds and the furiousness of hardcore-punk without only adapting the stereotypes of the mentioned genres.
 
college-rock-ish emo-indie 5-song EP featuring shawn decker (coma regalia)
 

storm(o) – finis terrae LP
Darkness and storminess reign the sound of Finis Terrae, which will rouse you within no time. Once again, Storm{O} proof their skill in doing chaotic, hardcore-driven mathcore, wrapped in a doomy, blackened robe.

phoenix bodies / la quiete split 5″
one short song each of these classic screamish emo bands from the early 2000s

chivàla – EP II 12″
Chivàlas second EP of chaotic punky screamish emo, that has its twinkly and even singalong bits, too. comes on a single sided 12″ record with a screen print on the B-Side.

riah / postvorta – riahpstvrt LP
Chivàlas second EP of chaotic punky screamish emo, that has its twinkly and even singalong bits, too. comes on a single sided 12″ record with a screen print on the B-Side.

furthermore to clear some storage space and help fund upcoming releases  a few hundred records (some merch as well) are still on sale, mostly 30-40% off, for now it’s everything that has been added to the shop in the year 2016 (busy year, fyi…). the shop doesn’t offer a way to filter for items on sale, so you will have to browse a little, maybe you’ll find something you’d have never thought of… sale ends december 31st.

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new vinyl from ef, the low frequency in stereo, zinnschauer…

…zilp zalp, karina kvist, Антенна, früchte des zorns, probably not, palila, herr paulsen und das zeitproblem and more, plus a new amid the old wounds video!

furthermore to clear some storage space and help fund upcoming releases  a few hundred records (some merch as well) are on sale, mostly 30-40% off, for now it’s everything that has been added to the shop in the year 2016 (busy year, fyi…). the shop doesn’t offer a way to filter for items on sale, so you will have to browse a little, maybe you’ll find something you’d have never thought of… sale ends december 31st.

from another mother – atatoa LP
The song arrangements are characterized by multi-rhythmic grooves, sudden breakdowns, active dynamics, all covered with melodic guitar and vocals, influenced by the indie rock of Biffy Clyro, the math structures of The Dillinger Escape Plan and the energy of And So I Watch You From Afar.

palila – tomorrow i’ll come visit you and return your records LP
From calm grooves and Neil-Young-references through lighthearted grunge patterns up to their post-punk airiness which reminds one of Built to Spill, Urge Overkill or Wilco.

the low frequency in stereo – s/t LP
The self titled first album is a pure instrumental record.
Pure and energetic, with beautiful soundscapes that establish their trademark “catch & release” style of building tension to explore and release by their own rules. While a bit shy by the band´s later standards, many of it´s tracks are still on the bands live set serving as a constant reminder of the qualities of the first album.
An instant classic.

the low frequency in stereo – travelling ants who got eaten by moskus LP
The second album “Travelling ants who got eaten by moskus” took on a different direction. While building on their post-rock fundations, there is a hunger for new styles and sounds that push the songs into indie-rock territories. The tracks are dirtier, bolder and introduce vocals to the mix, including the untamed “Man don´t walk” which became a hit on the european alternative scene.
The obvious differences between these records are undermined by the strong and carachteristic sound that makes The Low Frequency in Stereo so special.

zinnschauer – das zimmer mit dem doppelten bestand LP
Zinnschauer sing, shout, speak about responsibility, about growing up and about the ratio of the generations. They call it Fairytale-Emo: Death-Folk meets orchestral indie.

ef – mourning golden morning 2xLP
It’s a revisit to the strengths of Mogwai, the tones and soundscapes of Explosions In The Sky, and the more successful vocal inclusions in the genre – a distant Sigur Ros comparison is fair, though more in line with The Album Leaf and recent Eluvium

früchte des zorns – kaleidoskop (20 jahre) 2xLP
This radical left anarchist antifolk triple from Berlin celebrates its 20th anniversary with this beautiful double vinyl compilation including 19 of their most important and remastered songs of the band’s history. Comes in high quality printed cover, on white vinyl and with extensive inlay.

zilpzalp / probably not split LP
melodic and influenced by 90s emotional Hardcore vs rough and melodic Post Hardcore

Антенна (antenna) II LP
punky garagy screamy emo-indie with german lyrics
one-sided LP on black vinyl

herr paulsen und das zeitproblem – aufgewacht verlaufen LP
emo punk with german lyrics

karina kvist – nur was, ist die frage. 12″
Auf fünf Tracks prügeln und schreien sich Karina Kvist die Seele aus dem Leib und treffen mitten ins Herz. Man fühlt sofort mit den Protagonisten und sehnt sich nach einem erfüllenden Moshpit. Bei aller vorhandenen Aggression schwingt auch immer ein Prise Gefühl mit, und genau das macht guten Screamo-Punk aus.

oaken heart – alluvium LP
blackened sceamo with sludge and hardcore influences from Leipzig.

also amid the old wounds‘ video to the song ‘a friend in need’ from the recently released split LP with you could be a cop has been released on youtube, check it out!

STREAM AND ORDER LP HERE

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news and restocks on vinyl by cady, coma regalia, la luna, iris…

as well as majorel, agak, we had a deal, the sordid states 7″ and coma regalia’s intense vau auspei 5xCD boxset:

desolate hands move the hour 10″ (cady / majorel / agak / coma regalia)
Some of the best bands from all over the world team up to bring you 11 tracks of emotional dissonance across dark screamo and emoviolence

coma regalia – vau auspei 5xCD
This 5 CD collection is every Coma Regalia song recorded over the span of their first 10 years as a band. They are professionally printed CDs that come in an Amray DVD style case and includes a paperback lyric book / photo diary.

coma regalia / we had a deal split 7″
This solid gray vinyl comes in a magazine size spiral bound silk screened cover complete with in glued 6 page booklet.

sordid states 7″ (anodes, the story changes, gas up yr hearse!, acidic tree, dessa sons, coma regalia)
6 Middle Man Records bands! You know the deal!

la luna – always already LP
La Luna are a four-piece screamo/punk/hardcore band from Toronto, Ontario that formed in 2009. For the first few years of their existence they were known as Brain Fever. This changed in 2013 when they reissued their first LP, which had been recorded a year prior, and self-titled it under their new name. La Luna play a dark and aggressive brand of screamo akin to Ampere or Loma Prieta, with the technical side of things leaning towards Off Minor.

iris – haunt me 10″
If you’re looking for a band that’s a suiting fit to play aloud at your funeral, then look no further, because Toronto’s 4-piece Emo-Shoegaze band iris delivers a haunting and depressing soundtrack.

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chaviré and woodwork LPs added to the shop

chaviré - maintenant que les flammes sont partout LP
woodwork - age of concrete LP

chaviré – maintenant que les flammes sont partout LP
An explosion of emotions and rebellious punk poetry that is Nantes’ band Chaviré, they come back with a brand new record. Part of the beauty that makes Chaviré’s sound so fascinating comes from their ability to make uplifting punk music in a time of desperation and despair. When there’s nothing left to lose, there comes a song like this pumping you with hope and opening your radical imagination for thousand of possiblities.

comes in beautiful red/white a-side/b-side pressed vinyl

woodwork – age of concrete LP
political hardcore from france

also amid the old wounds recently released a video to the song 'anywhere' (originally by wishes on a plane), which appeared on their latest split LP with you could be a cop:
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new release: you could be a cop / amid the old wounds split LP

norway’s you could be a cop and amid the old wounds from germany team up to deliver 4 emo songs each on this beautiful split LP. ycbac provide almost 20 minutes of dreamy, heart on your sleeve, nostalgic indie-emopop with postrock-bits not unlike rainer maria or jejune. atow offers up 4 songs at roughly 12 minutes, 3 of which have been written almost 18 years ago but mostly left unnoticed (although one of them has originally been performed by wishes on a plane), the fourth being a cover version of no use for a name’s ‘let it slide’. musically you can again expect living room athmosphere recordings of an acoustic guitar and a voice, heavily influenced by early 2000’s emo heroes like the get up kids, the new amsterdams or bright eyes.
records have RPM speed numbers handstamped onto the center labels (33 for ycbac, 45 for atow) and come in a beautifully designed cut-and-paste-collage-style gatefold cover. available in sky blue and black vinyl. this will officially release august 23rd, you can order it now for a chance to hold it in your hands on release day.

we also made some videos to some songs:

WATCH, STREAM AND ORDER LP HERE

as always, labels and distros please get in touch for trades and wholesale

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wishes on a plane – self titled ep out now and tricktape restock

after receiving great response on the posthumous wishes on a plane record “unreleased” in spring 2020 the band decided to unearth more songs that were self-released back in 2003, mostly to a small audience of friends, family, and visitors of local shows. this self titled EP was their first actual release and shows the band’s earlier songwriting stages with a softer and more straight forward, introverted, almost shy style of songwriting, arrangement and production. The songs were remixed and remastered keeping both an eye on portraying the soul and feel of the original recording, but also providing modern sound aesthetic.

this is a digital release only, available via bandcamp and all big and small streaming platforms, you can either visit your preferred platform directly or check out this following page which includes some links:

FIND ALL DETAILS HERE

finally tricktape is back in stock! please click the picture to the left to order your pack now!