GRAVE MISTAKE RECORDS AND MAILORDER
Webstore Update / 11.12.15
The
year is winding down but the great new releases keep on coming! Still
not much to report on the label front just yet, but you'll get a pretty
decent update before the year is up so keep your eyes peeled for that!
Planning my Black Friday action now too so that's something to look
forward to as well.
Let's get right into this week's update …
First up is the latest LP from NJ's own (and Grave Mistake alumns) NIGHT BIRDS! This new record is KILLER! Mutiny at Muscle Beach is everything
you've come to expect from these Jersey boys, cranked up to 20. I think
that this might be my favorite Night Birds release yet! Definitely
check this record out - Night Birds are a band that only get better and
better, and a powerful third LP can be an arduous task for most punk
bands, yet they seem to pull it off effortlessly.
Two more LPs I'm extremely stoked about in this update are the Your Face Sideways 12" from Baltimore's WILDHONEY and the debut LP, The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us, from Philadelphia's BEACH SLANG.
Both bands have been on constant rotation here at GMHQ since their EPs,
so it's great to see new material from these bands and these new
releases do not disappoint one bit. Wildhoney picks up right where their
debut LP on Deranged left off, and the Beach Slang full length is
warmly welcomed after two incredible EPs.
Grabbed all three PROMISE RING reissues from Jade
Tree - one of the best indie/"emo" bands from the late 90's and these
LPs definitely deserve the reissue treatment. I also picked up a few
other assorted odds and ends releases that I've really been digging over
the past year or so - like the AYE NAKO The Blackest Eye 12", the debut LP from Toronto's ALVVAYS, the FIELD MOUSE Hold Still Life LP, all three PEACH KELLI POP LPs. All great stuff that's highly recommended!
I was able to get my hands on a few copies of the BLACK PANTIES and PATSY
7" on Total Punk, which are already both sold out from the label so act
fast if you've been meaning to pick up copies! I also finally picked up
the latest GOLDEN PELICANS LP from Florida's Dying, as
well as restocked their first LP; Picked up a few copies of the EP
reissue from 70's Belgian rippers STAGEBEAST, a brand new repressing of the classic BATTALION OF SAINTS Second Coming LP, and a few copies of the BIKINI KILL Revolution Girl Style Now LP that was released not too long ago, as well as restocks on some other essential Bikini Kill vinyl.
Some great demos in this update worth checking out - the 2nd demo (and first on tape) from DC/RVA's I.C.E. - sick, hard-as-nails-dancefloor-violence-inducing hardcore featuring members of Red Death and Pure Disgust; the LINE OF SIGHT demo - new DC hi impact posi-core featuring members of Mindset, Barge, Red Death, and Protester; the ODD MAN OUT Demo 7" - six tracks of hard pittin straightedge from Olympia / Seattle; the BLANK BODIES
demo - new D-Beat/Scandi-Hc out of Denver. I also picked up a ton of
tapes from Voices From Inside records from the Ukraine! This label has
been doing tape pressings and reissues of a lot of your favorite US
bands' (as well as a few awesome non-US bands') demo tapes and EPs, and I
was able to import a few copies of each (these quantities are VERY
limited though). So, if you missed getting tape versions of releases
from bands like Savageheads, Bloodkrow Butcher, Die, WKSJ?, Koward, or
Eel (to name a few), then check these out!
Finally, a few restocks of note - the Tenement Predatory Headlights 2xLP is back in stock (in case you've been slacking), the Protester No Identity
7", the Absolut / Paranoid split LP, and a ton of Dischord titles back
in the store including the Faith/Void split, SOA demo 7", Embrace LP,
Egg Hunt 7", Artificial Peace reissue LP, Marginal Man LP, Rites of
Spring LP, and Teen Idles demo 7".
That's it for this update, thanks for reading!
Alex / Grave Mistake
New Titles in the Webstore for November 12, 2015:
NIGHT BIRDS "Mutiny at Muscle Beach" LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
In
2009 NIGHT BIRDS resuscitated the surf-inspired 80’s hardcore sound and
have been cranking it to a new level ever since. Mutiny at Muscle
Beach, the band’s third full-length and first on Fat Wreck Chords, is an
unrepentantly raw blast of punk rock that evokes the spirit of
Adolescents, Dead Kennedys, Germs, D.I., and Circle Jerks. The 12 tracks
are further developed with NIGHT BIRDS’ integration of modern
influences, a referential aesthetic, and a healthy dose of passionate
innovation. From “(I’m) Wired” to “In the Red/In the Black” to the title
track, Mutiny at Muscle Beach brims with an epileptic energy that
defies the listener to sit still. Just like NIGHT BIRDS’ live show, this
album is an unbridled onslaught of throwback-meets-modern hardcore that
never stops to take a breath.
BEACH SLANG "The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us" LP (Polyvinyl Records)
Over
the past two years Beach Slang have proved themselves as a band who can
write memorable songs, share that energy live and create a community of
like-minded fans but they've always been missing one important element:
An album. Luckily the band's full-length The Things We Do To Find
People Who Feel Like Us is the culmination of their collective career
and picks up where their two critically acclaimed 7-inches, 2014's Cheap
Thrills On A Dead End Street and Who Would Ever Want Something So
Broken? left off. The feelings of youth and vulnerability lie at the
core of Beach Slang's music, which is part punk, part pop and all
catharsis. It references the ghosts of the Replacements but keeps one
foot firmly rooted in the present. It's fun and it's serious. It's sad
but it isn't. It's Beach Slang. While The Things We Do To Find People
Who Feel Like Us further expands on Beach Slang's unique sound, it also
showcases their sonic diversity. From the shoegazing sheen of "Noisy
Heaven" to the downbeat dreaminess of "Porno Love" and refracted rage of
"Young & Alive," the album is a fuzzed-out masterpiece that takes
influence from the past while staying rooted in the present.
WILDHONEY "Your Face Sideways" LP (Topshelf Records)
Wildhoney
chooses to use songwriting and melody as primary vehicles on their pop
excursions, a traditional approach they first proposed on Sleep Through
It and wholly celebrate on Your Face Sideways. The five songs on Side A
of the EP were recorded at Marlborough Farms by New York pop legend Gary
Olson (Jens Lekman, Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose, Literature,
Architecture in Helsinki), and are steered by Shusterich's vocals. Like a
sculptor, Shusterich molds her voice to carry sweet melodies against
uptempo instrumentation, poetically exploring loss and depression
through her lyrics. The long, slower composition "FSA II" comprises the
entirety of Side B, expanding on what was explored in "FSA" from Sleep
Through It. Recorded directly to tape by Jordan Romero in his Baltimore
bedroom, the track uses sparse repetition, minimal guitar, glockenspiel,
flute, synths, and field recordings to remind the listener that while
noise and effects may come and go, Wildhoney holds a map to pop
magic—taking the alternate routes, guided by heart and mind.
BLACK PANTIES "Prophet of Hate" 7" (Total Punk Records)
Following
a debut single on Lumpy Records and coinciding with a brand new 7” on
Windian, Total Punk’s got a brand new hit single on their hands from St.
Louis’s, black masked crybaby jerk master, Black Panties. “Prophet of
Hate” is a three and half minute plodding, feedback laden, punk punisher
covered in scraping guitar, reverb soaked vocals and all means of
obnoxiousness. The b side is a blown out ode to Violence. Violence and
hate! Black Panties definitely knows the way to our heart and is 100%
TOTAL PUNK!
PATSY "Tuley Tude High" 7" (Total Punk Records)
Debut
single from New Orleans/ Chicago punk outfit Patsy. Patsy features
members of Mystic Inane, but the connection ends there. Nothing
“mutant” about this. Two tracks of straight ahead rumbling punk rock
highlighted by Candice’s Darby style drawn out growls and killer vocal
hooks. Look for another single on Total Punk later this year. All killer
no filler 100% TOTAL PUNK!
STAGEBEAST "Belgium Ain't No Fun Anymore" 7" (Belgian Waffles Records)
Stagebeast
was a band from the north coast ( our only coast ahah ) of Belgium.
Ostende , the ferry town which took all the Belgian punks to the punk
Mecca of London, to be exact. So it's no surprise that shitty holiday's
"sun-hole" became the birthplace for one of the very first punk 7"s , a
7" that was more a legacy than a starting point. Stagebeast started
beating the bars and other anonymous places in late 76 , but didn't
record their sole 7" till late 77. A short story much like Sex Pistols ,
signed with a label, destroyed the manager's office like good fucked-up
punks , and were then banned. It became difficult for them to find
dates, so Willy Willy,cwho was thinking about a real career as a
musician leaves the band, the split is inevitable . Willy joined the
Scabs who will take a "colder" direction , Frank Dubbe and his Ostende's
contingent soon form Revenge 88 ,a wavy punk sound perfect for the
desperate early 80's and his numbers of dead.. and Stagebeast becomes
another bookmark in punk history. Now lovingly reissued by Belgian
Waffles in nearly identical color cardboard sleeves. Turn this beast up
and annoy your neighbors.
BIKINI KILL "Revolution Girl Style Now" LP (Bikini Kill Records)
Originally
released in May of 1991, Revolution Girl Style Now was Bikini Kill's
first demo. For this reissue, the songs have been remixed by Guy
Picciotto (Fugazi) and remastered by John Golden. This version also
features three previously unreleased tracks: "Ocean Song," "Just Once,"
and "Playground
BATTALION OF SAINTS "Second Coming" LP (Nutrons Records)
Newly
reissued version of Battalion of Saints' classic LP, done by the band
on their original Nutrons label. The Battalion of Saints are one of the
more hard core punk bands from there time. Starting in 1980 out of San
Diego, their songs were nonstop blasts of adrenaline and raw power. The
Batts were one of the most furious and nihilistic bands that were ahead
of there time. In 5 years the band accomplished unforgettable
performance's leaving a deep impression and influence on the punk rock
scene.
ODD MAN OUT "S/T" 7" (Warthog Speak Records)
Vinyl
version of Olympia/Seattle straightedge band's cassette demo from
earlier this year. Six tracks of pit-clearing, straightedge HARDcore
with a conscience. East Coast and Mexico tour this winter with
PROTESTER. Limited Edition of 250; 150 on Black vinyl / 100 on Green (we
have BLACK VINYL for distro)
ICE "2nd Demo" Tape
Second demo from this DC / Richmond band featuring members of Pure Disgust and Red Death!
LINE OF SIGHT Demo Tape
Brand
new band out of the nation's capital coming correct with 4 sick ass
tracks of straight edge hardcore. Features members of Clear, Mindset,
Red Death, Barge, and Protester.
BLANK BODIES Demo Tape
Four
dummies from Denver who accidentally discovered the secret for writing
Swedish riffs with American hooks. This seriously sounds like if
ANTI-CIMEX was as obsessed with SSD as they were DISCHARGE. Four idiot
anthems and a MECHT MENSCH cover. Members of LOW TAX, NEGATIVE DEGREE,
CADAVER DOG, CITY HUNTER, and NO CROSSES, but don't let any of that
dissuade you...this band is actually good
PROMISE RING, THE "Very Emergency" LP (Jade Tree Records)
The
highly anticipated third album with ten songs produced by J. Robbins of
Burning Airlines. At this point, these guys need no introduction. Now
available again on vinyl. LP includes free MP3 download of album.
PROMISE RING, THE "Nothing Feels Good" LP (Jade Tree Records)
The
Promise Ring's penchant for writing the most perfect pop songs around
has never been more evident than on their sophomore full-length.
Irresistible in every way, Milwaukee, WI's jukebox heroes have
encapsulated their vibrant live energy on record and it shows. You won't
be able to get these songs out of your head for months. Now available
again on vinyl. LP includes free MP3 download of album.
PROMISE RING, THE "30 Degrees Everywhere" LP (Jade Tree Records)
The
debut full-length by the hit-making, hip-shaking pretty boys from
Milwaukee, WI proves that they aren't just a singles band. An inspiring
collection of 12 poetic arrangements, the album is overflowing with
soaring energy and enough hooks on which to hang the entire football
team's varsity jackets. Now available again on vinyl. LP includes free
MP3 download of album.
GOLDEN PELICANS "Oldest Ride, Longest Line" LP (Florida's Dying Records)
After
making a run at the heavyweight championship of the punk rock world
with their debut long player back in 2014, the Golden Pelicans are back
with a new 12” -- and this time they’re determined to take the belt back
to Orlando. On “Oldest Ride, Longest Line” the Pelicans bolster their
patented thug punk attack with monstrous riffs straight out of the
seventies Aussie hard rock playbook. Think of an alternate reality where
Black Flag got stuck on Rose Tattoo instead of Black Sabbath and you’re
almost there. However, like any veteran of the ring, the Pelicans are
more than just a bunch of one-move jabronies. Sure, the nine songs on
this record seethe with an aggressive swagger guaranteed to put hair on
your chest, but these guys have the brains to meld their tough-guy
bravado to the type of memorable hooks that serve as the backbone for
all the best punk rock. The result is a non-stop rager that rips from
start to finish. If you are a TOTAL PUNK who enjoys the finer things in
life like shotgunning beers, the X-Spurts album, and Scott Steiner
promos, then learn to love the Golden Pelicans, because they may just be
the best band around. Limited to 500 copies with silkscreened covers
featuring a killer design by Mac Blackout. - Steve Borchardt
AYE NAKO "The Blackest Eye" LP (Don Giovanni Records)
Aye
Nako is a 4-piece collaboration made up of Mars Dixon, Angie Boylan,
Jade Payne, and Joe McCann dedicated to untangling histories of abuse,
race, trauma, family, love, gender, and a misrepresentation of identity.
Also a dissonant and melodic punk band carving out a space to co-exist
in the fold between music, art, and politics while trying not to be
priced out of New York City. Formed in Brooklyn, NY during the summer of
2010,Aye Nako has performed at basements, clubs, museums, and schools
all over the country. As an update to the sound heard on Unleash
Yourself, their first, self-released album, they’ve self recorded a new
EP titled “The Blackest Eye”. Named after Toni Morrison’s 1st novel,
"The Bluest Eye”, The album lyrically takes on the similar themes of
cultural conceptions of beauty and worth and the devastating long term
effects it can have on those who do not fit those conceptions. The songs
narrate through singer/songwriter Mars's experiences with physical
abuse, family, anti-blackness and racial self-acceptance while growing
up in the southern united states. Musically it all comes together
through dual guitar leads, precise drums, fuzzed out bass, and an
underlying appreciation for the darker side of pop sensibility.
PEACH KELLI POP "I" LP (Infinity Cat Records)
This
shit is absolutely adorable, sez Space Rock Mountain. "It is
lighthearted, very lo-fi, and catchy as all fuck." Damn straight. We're
honored to bring Peach Kelli Pop's bubblegum pop stateside, so you can
dedicate each and every song to yr crush. Pressed on tie-dye purple
vinyl, attempted by our friends at United Record Pressing for the first
time ever! Also comes with a download card so you can get to making
those mixtapes. Ahhh, young luv.
PEACH KELLI POP "II" LP (Burger Records)
PEACH KELLI POP’S sophomore self-titled LP. Super catchy bubblegum pop hits!
PEACH KELLI POP "III" LP (Burger Records)
3rd
album of Sticky Bubblegum pop hits!!! “Deftly crafted pop…hooky as hell
& to the point…sweet yet detached like the fading flavor of a
watermelon Jolly Rancher long crunched & swallowed.” - Pitchfork
FIELD MOUSE "Hold Still Life" LP (Topshelf Records)
Hold
Still Life, which was co-produced by band members Andrew Futral and
Rachel Browne, marks Field Mouse's first full-length that's been written
and released as a full band. The album was recorded at Seaside Lounge,
Brooklyn & Let 'em In, Brooklyn and mixed by Kyle Gilbride
(Swearin', Waxahatchee, Upset). Upon returning from a tour with Laura
Stevenson and the Cans in 2013, the band wasted no time arranging the
album. Inspired by burgeoning adulthood, social overload and isolation,
life in New York, and the realization that life is going by with a
terrifying swiftness (plus a handful of breakup songs to boot), Field
Mouse wrote and recorded the new album in late 2013. If you're a fan of
artists like The Breeders, Sonic Youth, Velocity Girl, My Bloody
Valentine, Beach House or Juliana Hatfield, you're gonna enjoy Field
Mouse. Plus, they have a really great cover of the Twin Peaks song so
there's that.
ALVVAYS "S/T" LP (Polyvinyl Records)
Alvvays
are two women, three men, a crate of cassettes and a love of
jingle-jangle. Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan grew up as next-door
neighbours in Cape Breton, lifting fiddles and folk-songs. Heartbreaks
of different shades soon entered their lives, as did the music of
Teenage Fanclub and Belle & Sebastian. Similar noisy melancholy
drifted over to Prince Edward Island, finding Alec O'Hanley, Brian
Murphy and Philip MacIsaac. Convening in Toronto, the group have been
making music since dusk or maybe dawn, when stars were appearing or
fading off. As a result, their debut self-titled album is both
sun-splashed and twilit -- nine songs concealing drunkenness, defeat and
death in tungsten-tinted pop that glitters like sea glass. With
needlepoint melody and verse, Rankin and O'Hanley's songs were recorded
at Chad VanGaalen's Yoko Eno studio and mixed by Graham Walsh (Holy
Fuck) and John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile). The
resultant album is loud and clear and sure. Flood your ears.
AMBUSH "Noize For Insanity" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
Ambush
is Boston's raw d-beat punk act including members of Aspects of War
(3/4) and Brain Solvent Propaganda! 4 tracks of purest noise insanity
with double guitar and double bass punk raid. Best japanese loud
traditions of Disclose, Defector, Zyanose, D-Clone and Gloom and in
these 4 songs! This is reissue of the flexi that came out on Brain
Solvent. Who missed the flexi, now you can get a piece of insanity on
tape. PUNK KILL
BLOODKROW BUTCHER "Nigh Hell" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
Last
release of this awesome Boston's punk band. This release has its own
sound and sounds like scandi d-beat hardcore mixed with UK82 tunes.
Imagine if Totalital or Anti-Cimex were from 80's Bristol hanging out
with local punks or The Partisans were the part of Goteborg's GBG punks
community! Memebers of Scapegoat, Savageheads, Subclinix, Casanovas in
Heat, 2x4, zipperhead and many other Boston punk bands.
BLOODSUCKERS "Cheap Trip" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
11
track raw hardcore punk attack for all fans of British 80's punk (GBH,
Disorder, Chaos UK) and Finnish Hardcore in the vein of Kaaos, Bastards,
Riistetyt !!!
DIE "Vexed" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
One
of the best modern UK hardcore punk bands, sounding fucking angry,
antisocial and violent like classic mid/late 80's UKHC (Heresy, Ripcord)
mixed with early 80's Boston hardcore punk in SS-Decontrol / Jerry's
Kids vibe. Cassette reissue of the Vexed EP is out now!
EEL "Endless Fucker" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
Cassette
reissue edition of Pittsburgh noise junkies EEL, stuff from same 7"
(Even Worse Recs) and 12" (Konton Crasher)! 9 songs in the best
tradition of UK noise punks like Disorder and Wankys and Japanese loud
assault like Gloom and Confuse!!!! One of the best US raw punk band of
nowadays!
KORROSIVE "Syovytaava" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
Finland
'83 inspired hardcore punk band from Oakland, CA. Sounds like Kaaos /
Riistetyt / Appendix / Tampere SS and other contemporary punk bands!
Coming in double sided O-card with red obi-strip!
KOWARD "S/T" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
This
EP was recorded in 2010, originally released by Total Rucker from
Boston, and for now the band is divided by East and West Coasts but is
still going. Raging d-beat hardcore as its best, Discharge meets
Totalitar with some 80's USHC tunes. Members of Scapegoat, PMS 84,
WKSJ?, Earthpig, Contingent, Sadist, 2x4, Terokal and many others!
SAVAGEHEADS Demo Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
4
track demo 2013, catchy as hell songs in the vein of The Partisans- you
know how this band is impossible to confuse with some others). Including
3/4 of Bloodkrow Butcher, also guys play/ played in No sir i Wont, Male
Nurses, Subclinix, 2x4, Casanovas in Heat and lots of others!
WHO KILLED SPIKEY JACKET "S/T" Tape (Voice From Inside Tapes)
Boston
pogo punk attack for all who's into Japanese classic pogo bands
(Discocks, Tom and Boot Boys, Pogo Machine, Shit-Faced etc), UK82 and
the best 90's street punk bands!
Restocks for November 12, 2015:ABSOLUT / PARANOID Split LP
ARTIFICIAL PEACE "Complete Session Nov. 1981" LP
BIKINI KILL "S/T" 12"
BIKINI KILL "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" LP
BL'AST "Blood" LP
EMBRACE "S/T" LP
FAITH / VOID Split LP
GOLDEN PELICANS "S/T" LP
GRAY MATTER "Food for Thought" LP
MARGINAL MAN "Identity" LP
MINOR THREAT "Out of Step" 12"
RITES OF SPRING "S/T" LP
SOUL SIDE "Trigger" LP
TENEMENT "Predatory Headlights" 2xLP
WEIRDOS, THE "Destroy All Music" LP
EGG HUNT "Me and You" 7"
PENETRATORS, THE "Teenage Lifestyle" 7
PROTESTER "No Identity" 7"
RITES OF SPRING "All Through A Life" 7"
SLUGGA "Parasite" 7"
SOA "First Demo 12/29/80" 7"
TEEN IDLES "S/T" 7"
