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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H2O’s Faster Than The World is being reissued on a fuckload of color variants in honor of its 25th* anniversary (*this album was released in 1999 making this year its 26th birthday ☝🤓). Due out February 28th on Bridge Nine Records, this reissue comes with a second LP featuring a previously unreleased 17-song demo, produced by Tim Armstrong in 1998 and has now been remastered by Paul Miner. Links to all the places you can buy the many color variants can be found here.
Friends of the Record Radar (and friends of you!) Mom’s Basement Records are busy as ever with a ton of releases coming up soon, and the first domino to fall in 2025 is the 4-song debut 7″ from Spanish pop-punks The Crummies! Get it now on clear and translucent pink color variants on the Mom’s Basement store in the US and from I Buy Records in Europe.
Jacksonville, FL melodic punks The Softer Side have joined forces with Double Helix Records (US), High End Denim (Canada), and Pee Records (Australia) for the release of their new record Rise from the Deathbed. A combination of two EPs, 2013’s Rise from the Embers and last year’s Deathbed, the record is limited to 200 copies on translucent orange colored vinyl. Get it now from the label closest to you!
Fellow Floridians, Orlando’s Debt Neglector have announced their new album Kinda Rips! It’s due out April 4th on Smartpunk Records and you can listen to two tracks right now down below.
Debt Neglector – Kinda Rips color variants:
White & Clear Cornetto (100 copies) – Devil Dog Distro
Black inside Lemonade (200 copies) – Smartpunk / People of Punk Rock Records
Black vinyl – All of the above
Black & Green Ghostly (200 copies / Band Exclusive)
Seattle’s Dead Bars new album All Dead Bars Go To Heaven is set to release on March 21st via Iodine Recordings. Check out the lead single “Give the Metalhead a Hug” down there 👇 and click 👉 this link 👈 to pre-order the record on Pink Ghost Splatter (150 copies), Pink/Black Smash (250 copies), and/or Black Metal (100 copies) vinyl. A classic maneuver making black vinyl the most limited to mind fuck my fellow collector nerds. Respectable!
The incredibly tiny catalog of the Sex Pistols continues to be milked for all it’s worth, with the latest utter squeeze resulting in three Sex Pistols Live in the U.S.A. 1978 records. Recorded in Atlanta, Dallas, and San Francisco, these three shows marked the end of the Sex Pistols remarkably short career. These live records are available individually on red, white, and blue colored vinyl for $29.99 each; smart(-ish) shoppers may opt for the CD box set with all three for $32.98. Be a good anarchist and buy them from Amazon.com!
Hey Suburbia Records is releasing a 17-song LP compiling all of Canadian pop-punk band BUM’s 7″ singles and previously unreleased tracks. Get Kidd Bits (& Glazed Rookeis) on white colored vinyl (ltd. 500 copies) right here. And if you haven’t already, grab Hey Suburbia’s 2022 reissue of BUM’s debut album Wanna Smash Sensation! while you’re at it.
And rounding out this week’s Record Radar, we’ve got some interesting (and very expensive) records from SBÄM Records. You’ve heard of records! Perhaps you’ve even heard of liquid! Now get ready for… liquid filled records! That’s right, you can now get Pulley’s The Golden Life, Mad Caddies’ Arrows Room 117, and DFL’s Grateful on new liquid filled vinyl variants from SBÄM Records for the going rate of $99! No further comment.
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 time!
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