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Sam Burton is a singer/songwriter from Salt Lake City, now based in Los Angeles. After several years circulating homemade cassettes on labels like Chthonic and embraced by blogs like Cassette Gods, Sam has recorded his first proper debut album with producer Jarvis Taveniere (Purple Mountains).

Due in mid-2020, Sam's debut LP will be preceded by two limited edition 45s, one which will be available exclusively for Record Store Day in the UK.

Sam is slated to tour the UK and Europe in 2020 with fellow Tompkins Square artist Gwenifer Raymond.

Release Date: 31/01/2020

Very limited vinyl pressing, 500 copies in a full colour single sleeve housing eco mix vinyl colour and effect vinyl. Exact colour and effect will be a surprise. Plus an 8 page lyric booklet with a download included.

Without doubt, they are 'the real deal'. Fierce and committed in what they believe in, as how they play. This is shit kicking UKHC full of youthful anger and shorn of vacuous posturing, which continues gaining fans with every gig. 

Now at last Shooting Daggers are ready to drop their first major brace of songs with their debut EP 'Athames'. Six tracks of visceral hardcore punk (including first single 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl') with a message, full of spit and fury, venom and hooks, and coupled with enough twists and turns to go way beyond  a straightforward heads down mosh and thrash. 

Add to that an in-your-face Riot Grrl attitude, fat grunge licks, speeding 'SST band' riffs, and the artful and political angst of DC Hardcore and you have a cracking debut EP. Three women storming the barricades, pointing the way to bigger things ahead. So what else is there to say but, dip into 'Athames' and dig the new breed.

Tracklisting:
Side A
1. No Exit
2. Liar
3. Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Side B
1. Carnage
2. We Will Live
3. You Can't Kill Us

New Heavy Sounds is super stoked to announce a very very special team up between our favourite punk sisters, Shooting Daggers and Death Pill.

Both bands have recorded a brand new song, and what better way is there to present them (or any kind of punk) than a good old split single. 

So kicking off the Shooting Daggers/Death Pill split, is this never before recorded Death Pill track 'MONSTERS'.

Ukrainian punk trio Death Pill certainly made a stir when they hit the UK as part of their first ever European tour. Articles in the likes of the Guardian and Sunday, featured in all the music mags, plus the band showed that they were a pretty ferocious musical outfit, as those who were witness to the full on live experience can testify.

Whilst in London, the band also had time to cut 'MONSTERS'. Recorded live in the studio with Wayne Adams (Pet Brick, Big Lad and producer of Green Lung) at the helm, MONSTERS is a short, sharp shock. An angry, sardonic and skewed amalgam of riffs and full on blast beats … it growls and it rips.

The band says ..

“This track is about how our parents knowingly or unknowingly lose their children. As an example - here are the most painful things you could hear from your folks: "When will you finish your music games?”

"You will never achieve anything!”

"When are you finally going to do something useful?"

Therefore, when there was an opportunity to record a one live song in London, the choice of a song became obvious.

Just imagine the "surprise" on the faces of our mums...

Many thanks for Ged and Paul from the NHS label for supporting this idea, and to Wayne from Bear Bites Horse for the sick and fat sound”

What makes this release all the more exciting, is that Shooting Daggers are dropping their first new music since last year's EP 'Athames'. 

Sal, Bea and Raquel are most definitely on the way up, their exciting blend of hard as nails hardcore, punk attitude and a neat melodic sense have made them a much sought after outfit, for gigs and festivals here and across Europe. They are slowly but surely proving themselves to be one of THE bands to watch in 2024.

If the EP left their growing legion of fans gagging for more, new track 'NOT MY RIVAL' will not disappoint. It's a catchy, pogo-tastic, queercore punk banger, full of feminist grit and a killer earworm chorus.  

The band says ...

"Not My Rival, is a song about dismantling the male gaze, fighting against the internalised patriarchal messages that we all unconsciously absorb. It's about breaking the cycle of female rivalry. We want to encourage lifting each other up instead of tearing each other down"

The Shooting Daggers debut album is due in the new year .... you have been warned, this is the shape of things to come.

Special 7” single strictly limited to 250 copies.

The 7” comes in classic black vinyl, with a reversible foldover sleeve with artwork from each band on each side so you can choose your own cover,  full colour printed labels housed in a poly overbag. It's available only by mail order.

Limited to 1000 copies.

After causing seismic shifts in the underground earlier this year with their debut album Neither Virtue Nor Anger, Sonic Jesus are back with a limited edition 7' featuring a brand new track, and remix by Sonic Boom aka Pete Kember from Spacemen 3 and Spectrum, due for release November 20th on Fuzz Club Records.

On Side A the remix of 'Locomotive' maintains the track's beautiful abstract vocals which evoke some kind of religious ritual or perhaps a lonely lament. The song is then propelled into the heavens as the band crashes in and Sonic Boom's psychedelic treatment takes effect.

The B side, 'Never In My Mind', starts off like a call to arms full of violence and energy, and continues its rampage pace like an adrenaline shot to the heart. The marching snare drum is overlaid with fuzz-heavy guitars and dark distorted vocals to produce a sound that is distinctly Sonic Jesus.

From their two releases to date (Neither Virtue Nor Anger and a self titled EP released by Fuzz Club in 2012) Sonic Jesus has earned the adoration of much of the alternative music press including Consequence of Sound, The Quietus, Drowned In Sound, Clash Music, and Exclaim! who have praised their unique sound of intense industrial darkness, built from vast and myriad influences.

The Quietus says Sonic Jesus have conclusively proved themselves the contemporary masters'.

Drowned In Sound says Sonic Jesus can lay claim to releasing one of the scene's - and this year's - finest collections.'(Referring to Neither Virtue Nor Anger).

Tracklisting:
Side A:
Locomotive (remixed by Sonic Boom)

Side B:
Never In My Mind

Limited transparent blue vinyl 7” single for RSD, 500 copies only. Rsd 22 Brings You A Ltd 7” Pressing Of Single ‘You Ain’t Got It Bad’ By Teenage Waitress. An Electronic, Melancholy Hum Along Number.

You Ain’t Got It Bad ‘ is a danceable, upbeat track with trippy psych production and a strong positive message. It features. both a vocal cameo from Blue Canary’s Harry Burgees and as close to a happy ending as you’ll probably get from Daniel.

The Record is backed with an exciting Pale Sabres (of Colorama Records) remix of ‘I’m Leaving Berlin’ also from the Love & Chemicals album. Teenage Waitress is the solo project from Daniel Ash.

The debut album, ‘Love & Chemicals’ is a fresh hybrid of infectious 60’s inspired pop melodies, blippy synths and fuzzy guitars all set to short lyrical vignettes. Some are funny, some are mysterious but all have a story to tell.

Tracklisting:
Side A:
You Ain't Got It Bad - 4:02

Side B:
I'm Leaving Berlin (Pale Sabres Remix) - 4.25

Clear Vinyl 7" Ltd to 150 copies.

Is Anybody Out There? is taken from New York trio The Ballet's critically acclaimed third album I Blame Society, their first for new label Fortuna POP! and is backed by a new track "Time Machine" exclusive to this format.

The single is part of Fortuna POP!'s Jukebox 45s Singles Club and is press on clear vinyl with a jukebox hole, with only 150 copies available to non-subscribers. Unashamedly sissy and explicitly queer, The Ballet marry the DIY queer ethos of the Hidden Cameras with the wry poeticism of The Magnetic Fields to create literate, infectious pop gems. The band recently played the Indietracks Festival, followed by a UK tour culminating with two London shows.

I Blame Society is a continuation of the lyrical themes and songwriting style found in the band's two previous self-released albums (Mattachine! [2006] and Bear Life! [2009]), though with slightly pared down arrangements and a nuanced production, which highlights songwriter Greg Goldberg's strengths. Inspired by Stephin Merritt's body of work, Goldberg draws from an array of pop artists and periods, from 60's bubblegum to 80's synthpop and 90's indiepop, fusing these in sophisticated and novel ways which rewards repeat listening.

Avoiding autobiographical or confessional modes, Goldberg nonetheless mines his own psychological constitution and intellectual interests to craft songs whose overt musical prettiness is often contrasted by a dark and complex subtext.

I Blame Society addresses a number of queer themes, offering a nuanced and refreshing perspective on contemporary queer issues, subtly balancing queer melancholy with self-deprecating humour and stubborn utopianism. While some queer musicians shy away from articulating a connection between their sexuality and musicianship, The Ballet have often contended the opposite: that they are a bunch of queers who just happen to be in a band.

Formed in 2005 by Greg Goldberg and Craig Willse (who are both professors and met whilst at graduate school), acquired bandmates Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Michael O'Neill left in 2007 to join JD Sampson in MEN. Indiepop luminaries such as Linton from The Aislers Set and Ramesh from Voxtrot have also made guest appearances on previous albums, as have Kaki King and Scott Matthew. 

"Recalling Holiday-era Magnetic Fields, these songs bop with heady buoyancy, yet are underpinned by complicated but universal themes: self-deception, infidelity without shame, war fatigue and finding love in a world of online hookups." Time Out New York

Tracklisting:
Side A:
Is There Anybody Out There?

Side B:
Time Machine

LTD pressing of AA 7" single. 1000 pressed.

'No strangers to a cover, The Lemonheads perfect the art' NME

Limited edition pressing of AA 7' single, Can't Forget'is the lead single, and Yo La Tengo cover, from the new Lemonheads album. AA-side is unreleased cover of Lou Reed's Wild Child'this is an exclusive and not on the album.

Produced by Matthew Cullen and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Beastie Boys, Nirvana, The Ramones).

It's nearly ten years since The Lemonheads strummed to a halt on their ninth studio album, a perky well received set of covers that brought together many unlikely bedfellows (Gibby Haynes produced, Kate Moss did a cameo vocal).

The band's follow up repeats the formula with Evan way out upfront, his emotive slow maturing vocal making sense of another wide-beam playlist. He really has become one of the great expressive singers.

'Heartfelt songs and a honey voice with which to sing them' GQ

'Boppy, overcast alt-rock delivered at a fast clip and sung in a whiskey tenor' Pitchfork

Tracklisting:
A. Can't Forget
AA. Wild Child

The Lemonheads’ long-awaited return, a slice of perfect pop, with a grittier Evan Dando at the helm.
 
Playing all the instruments on the lead track, the new single was recorded and produced by Apollo Nove in São Paulo, Brazil.
 
Evan is currently working on the first Lemonheads songs since 2006.
 
This limited seven-inch is backed with another piece of carefully selected outsider pop, a cover of Eugene Kelly’s (Vaselines and Eugenius) bittersweet ‘Seven Out’, on which Evan is joined by Jeff Berg on bass and Erin Rae on backing vocals.

Tracklisting:
Side A
Fear Of Living

Side B
Seven Out

Very limited 7' on the lack of the last sold out single.

The Moons return with their second single TODAY from the forthcoming new album Pocket Melodies.

Keeping with a summer feel Today is an upbeat feel good track written by singer Andy Crofts adding more light and sunshine on these surreal times.

The perfect follow up to the first Riding Man. "The song is about finally finding some happiness and not letting it go. Years of dreaming, years of hard graft all come to one point and you want to share it with your love". Andy Crofts.

Tracklisting:
1. Today
2. The Old Brigade

7" Heavyweight Cream Vinyl 250 Ltd Edition includes download with extra track.

Debut release from London's newest and heftiest Stoner/Doom trio.

Very limited but very deluxe packaging including gold embossed sleeve and heavyweight cream vinyl.

Slow burning, bone crushing riffs, dark and scary, six minutes a-piece of metal, stoner, sludge, doom, all these but accessible too with rich vocals.

The recordings were masterfully crafted by Jaime Gomez Arelliano (Angelwitch and Ghost amongst many others). The band have already played or been invited to SxSW, Great Escape, Radfest, Desert Fest in 2012 as well as playing gigs with the likes of TurboWolf, Conan and our own Black Moth and they launch the single at London's Old Blue Last alongside Empress.

Tracklisting:
Side A:
Heavy Lies The Crown

Side B:
The Loser Must Bow

Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts is an American rock band from Nashville founded and fronted by former Biters leader Tuk Smith, originally from Atlanta, now living in Nashville. The band released their debut single "What Kinda Love" on January 10, 2020 and were also added as an opening act for The Stadium Tour with Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe on the same day.

Then came the onset of Covid 19. “When the pandemic hit, it was like hitting the reset button on my music career” recalls Tuk, “everything got taken away…album campaign, stadium tour, record deal. The world was in lockdown, and the only way to escape was to throw myself into writing. My thoughts began exploring the past, and the inspiration for the songs just came in tidal waves.”

Growing up as an outsider in rural Georgia, Tuk found solace in hardcore punk acts like Black Flag and The Exploited. From there, Smith branched out into exploring seventies New York bands like The Dead Boys and New York Dolls, which lead him across the sea where he embraced first-wave British acts like The Buzzcocks and the Clash. Smith wasn’t just a casual fan of these acts, he was obsessed with them and traced their lineage with fervent dedication. “I was always into the Clash growing up and Mick Jones’ favorite band was Mott The Hoople, so through the years I ended up developing a love of the first wave of British glam, power pop and things like that,” he explains.

Soon Smith was forming his own acts, touring relentlessly and building a following with his high-energy live shows, including his tour of duty as lead singer for the Biters, who he fronted for nearly a decade. He offers “Then after being on the road for years, I had a reckoning about where I was at and the future ahead. …I realized the only way to achieve something meaningful was to be a good songwriter…that clicked. I went on a musical diet where I stripped the obscure stuff away, and I really started focusing on the greats. When I started clicking that it was just about the songs, things changed. I had already put my 10,000 hours in the van to play in the dive clubs, but then I put my 10,000 hours into figuring out how to write. I also started working with other songwriters. I humbled myself… it was an education, like going to school.”

Tuk elaborates, “I wanted to kind of branch out musically and do different things, and I figured to go solo would be better. My manager actually suggested I call my new band “The Restless Hearts” and that's what he would call me all the time. It was the title of a Biters song that people loved and I’d seen a few restless hearts tattoos at our shows along the way… and so Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts was born. I was in a period where I changed everything including the way I lived my daily life. I experimented with different ways to tap into positive/creative energy…it was an evolving overall process (and still is).”

Tuk summarizes, “Things used to be about debauchery, and now they’re more about dedication. I mean, I was always driven, but I was sometimes focusing on the wrong things. Now I focus on the music and the craftsmanship of writing and producing and performing.“

Tracklisting:
Side A
Everybody Loves You And Your Dead

Side B
Ain’t For the Faint

Two PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED songs from the 'unfinished' archives of late-80s urban guerrilla noise-pop nutters WORLD DOMINATION ENTERPRISES. Go Dominator
https://soundcloud.com/user-718688070/go-dominator/s-5EttQ8TONfS
Woke Up Just In Time https://soundcloud.com/user-718688070/woke-up-just-in-time/s-VOr0V3gJzgG

VERY limited edition of only 300 copies in see-through orange vinyl. GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST! WDE, noted for their unpredictability and wild guitar sound, featured on the covers of NME, Melody Maker, and The Catalogue (the Indie version of 'Music Week'), among others, back in the day.

Their one studio album sustained a top three Indie Chart position, and was the number one new entry on US college radio playlists at the time of its release. Regarded as an influence on DAVID BOWIE's 1989 project 'Tin Machine', Bowie invited the band to support Tin Machine on their UK tour that year. Later in 1989 'Go Dominator' was recorded and co-produced in London by Bowie's bandleader and collaborator, Kevin Armstrong.

However, drummer Digger's new friends at the Jehovah's witnesses disapproved of some of the lyrics. Digger refused to play on the song, and soon after quit the band. The song was never properly finished or released until now. 'GO DOMINATOR' is pinned to a bouncing hip hop beat. The INFECTIOUS chorus, destined to become a chant for the rising throngs of human rights protesters across the globe, is punctuated by the clanky rock 'n'roll guitar break from HELL. While in between Dobson totally does his nut about some (presumably important) shit. In July, 2020, WDEcorp Records was formed.

WDE's first 2 tracks from the unfinished archive, Paint the Curtains'and Trashing'Around', were unleashed, and were well received, marking up thousands of digital plays on BandCamp alone, as well as some radio plays. On 14th August, the album Let's Play Domination'was re-released across all online digital platforms. A new vinyl remaster release of Let's Play Domination is scheduled for April, 2021.

'The most exciting show I've ever EVER seen' (Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 1987).

'This is probably the heaviest album of the 1980s. Nobody has produced a more fucked-up guitar sound than Keith Dobson's on the Let's Play Domination'LP. Pettigrew [Alt-Press editor-in-chief] will concur.

'WDE indulged in a stylistic promiscuity that reanimated funk, dub, hip hop and Birthday Party-esque blues rock.' (Dave Segal - The 99 best albums of the 1980s - Alternative Press anniversary edition, 1995).

'Asbestos Lead Asbestos clang merchants are back'back'back'after a lengthy absence spent at home watching detergent adverts' (Jon Doran, the Quietus, July, 2020).

World Dom continue to enjoy the support of fans in high places. Go Dominator'will surely see them voicing their approval once again.