Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold one, and break out those wallets, because it’s go time. Let’s get into it!
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Pure Noise Records has announced Volume 2 in its Dead Formats series, featuring cover songs from 15 bands on the label’s roster. Notable tracks include Less Than Jake covering The Kinks and the Bouncing Souls’ take on “In the Dark” by Billy Squier. There are a handful of different color variants up for pre-order on the Pure Noise webstore.
The Riverboat Gamblers’ Something to Crow About turns 20 this year and it, too, is getting a reissue. There are three variants, each limited to 500 copies. Get it on black and/or white wax here; the slate gray color variant is a Garage Land exclusive. This is the LP’s first repress since its original release in 2003.
A mysterious reissue of Face To Face’s Don’t Turn Away has popped up on Amazon and some other ecommerce sites with an October 13th release date. No specific color variant is noted, but there’s quite a bit of speculation this will be on pink colored vinyl. Why not roll the dice and find out?
New Found Glory’s From the Screen to Your Stereo 3 has been repressed on gold colored vinyl, not sure how many copies. Get the 10” here.
Our friends at Thousand Islands Records have brought Spanish melodic punks Adrenalized’s sophomore album Docet Umbra back in print for the first time in 8 years. There are three variants – teal, pink & gold – each limited to 100 copies. Get your copy here.
Toronto’s PKEW PKEW PKEW have a new record coming soon! Siiick Days was recorded with Bouncing Souls guitarist Pete Steinkopf at his Little Eden recording studio in Asbury Park, NJ. Check out the first track “The Dumbest Thing I Ever Done” below and pre-order the record here.
Finch‘s debut album What It Is to Burn is getting a special 20th Anniversary reissue from Take This To Heart Records. The first pressing has already sold out, but they’ve already launched pre-orders for a second pressing of 2,000 copies on “Color in Color (Ruby + Black) w/ Tangerine Splatter” colored vinyl. Get it here.
And last up in this week’s long line of reissues is Set Your Goals’ This Will Be the Death of Us. This Smartpunk Exclusive is limited to 500 copies on blue w/ red splatter colored wax. Grab your copy here.
Well, that’s all, folks. Another Record Radar in the books. As always, thank you for tuning in. If there’s anything we missed (highly likely), or if you want to let everyone know about a new/upcoming vinyl release you’re excited about, leave us a comment below, or send us a message on Facebook or Instagram, and we’ll look into it. Enjoy your weekend, and don’t blow too much money on spinny discs (or do, I’m not your father). See ya next week!
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