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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We’re starting this week’s Record Radar off with a must-pickup for melodic punk fans: Bridge the Gap’s new record Gainsayer! Recorded at the Blasting Room, produced by Bill Stevenson, and mixed & mastered by Jason Livermore, the band’s sophomore album is due out April 11th and is available to pre-order on a bunch of beautiful color variants (and CD!). Get it now from Double Helix (US), SBAM Records (Europe), and Pee Records (Australia).
Philly punks Five Hundred Bucks have announced their new album Pest Sounds, due out April 25th and available on four (very limited) vinyl color variants. Check out the lead single “Southern Accidents” below 👇 and head over to their Bandcamp to pre-order the record NOW!
OUT NOW on the almighty Thousand Islands Records: Quebec melodic punk band Killing Daisies’ brand new album Echoes of Tomorrow! Get it on two vinyl color variants (and CD!) right here.
Highly recommended for fans of The Lawrence Arms, Banner Pilot, Leatherface, etc. it’s fellow my Tampa Bay locals the Miller Highlifes! Their new record Pinch Hitters is out now on A.D.D. Records. You can get it on a fuckload of color variants right here. Catch the band’s hometown record release show with the Eradicator, Debt Neglector and Bad Bad Things this Friday, March 7th.
Hot on the heels of its 25th Anniversary 2xLP deluxe edition reissue – of which there were five color variants – Less Than Jake’s Hello Rockview is back in print once again, this time as a single LP with bonus tracks omitted. This latest pressing is available on six(!!!) color variants – and black vinyl!
Here’s the full list of variants and links to where you can get them:
100 – Clear w/ Yellow, Purple and Baby Blue Splatter (Smartpunk Record Club exclusive)
250 – Whirlpool Mix (Smartpunk exclusive – SOLD OUT)
200 – White (Rude Records exclusive)
Apple, Lemon, & Sky Blue / 250 (Brooklyn Vegan, Revolver, Alt Press)
250 – Sea Blue Ghostly w/ Yellow & Blue Splatter (Devil Dog exclusive)
250 – Bone & Aqua Smash w/ Red, Yellow & Lemonade Splatter (Parting Gift exclusive)
??? – Black (Smartpunk and most record stores)
More ska! Keep Flying just announced their long awaited debut full-length album Time & Tide, due out April 24th on Smartpunk Records! Here’s the full list of color variants and links to where you can get them:
100 – White & Blue w/ Green/Aqua/Blue Splatter (Smartpunk Record Club exclusive)
150 – Baby Blue and Yellow (Smartpunk exclusive)
150 – Baby Blue and Aqua (Smartpunk exclusive)
150 – Light Blue & Sea Blue Ghostly (Indie store exclusive)
150 – Black Inside Milky Clear w/ White Splatter (International exclusive – Devil Dog (UK), People of Punk Rock (CA), Thirty Something (EU))
250 – Copper Blend (Band Exclusive)
250 – Blue Glitter (Band Exclusive)
Even more ska! Brunt of It’s comeback record (their first in 13 years!) It’s A Mad Bad Sad Rad World is out now on Jump Up Records. You can get it on red vinyl, yellow vinyl, compact disc, and even cassette riiiiiiight here!
Even more more ska! Is this a record for # of ska records on a single Record Radar? Perhaps! Catbite’s got a new record called DOOM GARDEN coming out May 9th on Bad Time Records. Check out the first single “Die In Denver” below 👇 and pre-order the record 👉 right here (splatter & copper marble variants) and also here 👈 (yellow/orange/red split and cloudy green variants).
Due out next month, French hardcore punk band Jodie Faster’s new record Saint Lundi delivers 19 songs in 22 minutes. Pre-order it now on blue colored vinyl from No Time Records (US), La Agonía de Vivir (Spain), TNS Records (UK), and an assload of other labels all over Europe!
Dead Broke Rekerds has issued a new pressing of Fifteen’s classic debut album Swain’s First Bike Ride, with 150 copies on this new “Cloudy Day” Blue & White Swirl color variant, and an additional 268 copies on black vinyl. Get yours here!
Another Lookout! Records classic – Screeching Weasel’s My Brain Hurts – has also been in the news lately! Like many of Weasel’s other records, this one has been newly remixed and remastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering. The fresh faced version of the record is streaming on Spotify, YouTube Music, and anywhere else you digitally consume music. This is also getting a physical release as a 2xLP set with the remix/remastered version on LP1 and a remaster of the original mix on LP2.
Recess Records randomly threw up 353 copies on random mixed color vinyl on their store about a week ago and those sold pretty much instantly. But fear not! A little birdy tells me a much bigger black vinyl run of this 2xLP reissue will be available soon from Screeching Weasel webstore. Join the band’s mailing list to hopefully not miss out.
SBAM Records has been spamming these “liquid filled” records lately and now I think they’ve officially jumped the shark with this PISS FILLED edition of Guttermouth’s Gusto. Limited to 20 copies and allegedly filled with Mark Adkins’ own fluids, this beauty can be yours for the price of 99 Euros. Available exclusively from SBAM Records’ European store. Good luck getting this shit (or piss I guess) through customs!
The other pricey boutique record SBAM threw up on their store this week is this “Gold Dust” edition of the Mad Caddies’ latest album Arrows Room 117. This one’s limited to 50 copies filled with gold confetti and also comes with a corduroy Mad Caddied tote bag. It’s also 99 Euros. Get it here.
One final piece of news from SBAM Records (I promise they’re not paying me to do this): a new pressing of the Venomous Pinks’ 2022 album Vita Mors. You can get it on three new splatter color variants from Double Helix in the US and SBAM in Europe.
Samiam is jumping the gun a bit on the 20th anniversary of their 2006 album Whatever’s Got You Down but that’s aight. You can get this new reissue on Piss Yellow (what’s up with all the piss this week?) w/ Blue Splatter colored vinyl (100 copies) and/or black vinyl (300 copies) from La Agonia De Vivir. Canada’s DustyWax Records has their own exclusive variant on Translucent Blue w/ (non-piss) Yellow Splatter, also limited to 100 copies.
Well, that’s all, folks. Another Record Radar in the books; the biggest one ever perhaps?! I’ll let you be the judge! 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 time!
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