DS Record Radar: This Week in Punk Vinyl (AFI “Very Proud of Ya”, Choking Victim, The Renfields, OC Supertones & More!)

AFI’s Very Proud of Ya has been out of print for nearly a decade, and that doesn’t seem be changing any time soon… at least in an official capacity. However! A new unofficial pressing started popping up last week, with most stores selling out pretty quickly. The good news is you can still get it from Lunchbox Records, Seasick Records, Sweat Records, and Death13ss Records.

Transylvanian pop-punk band the Renfields are rising from the dead with a vinyl reissue of their 2014 debut album Go!. Mom’s Basement Records has pressed the record on three color variants, limited to 100 copies each, and they’re selling fast. Get yours here before they’re gone.

Italian punks The Colvins’ new record Nothing to Write Home About is out now on I Buy Records. This is a fantastic album! Check it out below and get it on translucent orange and/or black wax right here.

Choking Victim’s No Gods / No Managers is back in print once again, with a new Smartpunk Records exclusive pressing limited to 300 copies on “Cotton Candy Splash” colored vinyl. Truly on brand with the overall art direction and tone of the record. Get it here.

Speaking of Smartpunk, they’re one of the few places you can still get a copy of the new Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story Inspired Soundtrack LP. There are a grand total of 7 variants of this thing, and all but 3 of them have already sold out. Those remaining variants include the Concrete Mix (limited to 500 copies, available here), Smartpunk’s Orange inside Blue (300 copies, available here), and Vinegar Syndrome’s White w/ Black Splatter (300 copies, available here). Of course this features classic THPS songs like Goldfinger’s “Superman”, Bad Religion’s “You”, the Adolescents’ “Amoeba”, Guttermouth’s “I’m Destroying the World” and more.

Hot Water Music and Quicksand are releasing a split LP featuring covers of each others’ songs, along with two brand new tracks. In the case of Quicksand, that new song is called “Supercollider” (not to be confused with the Megadeth song); Hot Water Music’s “Undertow” is from the studio sessions for their latest album Vows. There are like 5 trillion variants of this fucking thing and they’re selling out real fast. Links to buy the ones that remain can be found here.

Speaking of 5 trillion fuckin variants, this 20+ year anniversary reissue of Piebald’s We Are The Only Friends We Have also has 5 trillion fuckin variants.

Here’s a comprehensive list of all the unique colors of polyvinyl chloride this thing is being released on (courtesy of this fine individual on Reddit):

– 2xLP Deluxe Pinata Smash /300
– 2xLP Deluxe Red & Yellow Smash /700
– 1xLP Standard Green-White-Orange twist /250
– 1xLP Standard Green-White Pinwheel /150
– 1xLP Standard Smart Punk – Jade Green Marble /100
– 1xLP Standard Bridge Nine – Cloudy Blue /100
– 1xLP Standard Wanna Hear It – Orange Sunburst /100
– 1xLP Standard Banquet Records (UK) – Green w White Splatter /200
– 1xLP Standard Brooklyn Vegan – Green Inside Yellow /200
– 1xLP Standard Thirty Something Records – Yellow Orange Split /100
– 1xLP Standard Devil Dog (UK)- Green White Split /100
– 1xLP Standard Newbury Comics – Green White Orange Pie Slice /200
– 1xLP Standard Evil Greed (EU) – Green White Smash /200

The friendly people at Jump Up Records are teasing plans for a bunch of killer new records releasing this Black Friday. The first they’ve announced so far is this reissue of one of my all time favorite ska records, The Toasters’ New York Fever. Limited to 500 copies, split evenly across blue and yellow wax. Get it here!

More ska! The OC Supertones’ 1996 debut Adventures of the OC Supertones is being released on vinyl for the first time ever. I’m not sure how many copies Tooth & Nail pressed because they don’t say, but the color variant looks sick and I don’t see it staying in stock for long. Grab your copy here.

Agnostic Front and Murphy’s Law just kicked off their European co-headlining tour, and they’ve also released a split 7″ featuring covers of songs of each others’ debut albums. There’s a green color variant limited to 500 copies and only available at the bands’ merch tables on the New York Blood Tour. Coretex Records had their own exclusive yellow variant available online, but it was limited to 200 copies and looks like it’s already sold out.

And since we’re on the subject of 7″s, German pop-punks the Hawaiians have a new 3-song 7″ coming soon! Love Hula, Hat Fascism (Have a Nice Day) is gonna be pressed on a clear lathe cut 7″ and they’re only making as many copies as there are pre-orders. Get yours here.

Jello Biafra’s throwing his hat in the 7″ ring as well, with this first time vinyl release of the 2021 split between Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine & The November 3. You can get it on black wax here; if you want the cool looking splatter variant you’ve gotta subscribe to the Alternative Tentacles Records Patreon.

Quebec melodic punks will be releasing their debut album Fundamentals on January 17th through Thousand Islands Records. Check out the bad ass leadoff single “Where the Wind Blows” and pre-order the record on two awesome splatter color variants and/or CD right here. Album of the year 2025?

Nearly 25 years after its original release on Epitaph, Deviates’ 2001 Time is the Distance LP is back in print. La Agonía de Vivir is repressing the record on deep purple colored vinyl (200 copies) and black wax (300 copies), both of which you can get here. If you wanna save on shipping and don’t care too much about color variants, Thousand Islands has the black vinyl in North America. This has only sold 4 times in the last year on Discogs, and every one of those copies went for north of $100.

And bringing up the rear on this week’s Record Radar we’ve got the 25th anniversary reissue of Bane’s It All Comes Down to This. The album has been fully remixed and remastered and is available on a handful of color variants: Clear w/ Green & Red Splatter (500 copies / buy here), Maroon w/ Pink Splatter (500 copies / SOLD OUT), Clear Pink (250 copies / Newbury Comics exclusive aka $15 more than the others lmao), Green & Violet Eclipse (200 copies / band variant available on tour).