Greetings, and welcome to the first Dying Scene Record Radar of 2025! 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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An all time skate punk classic, Ten Foot Pole’s Rev is back in print in honor of its 30th birthday (though I am a stickler for the rules and have to point out they’re about a month late for this to qualify as a true 30th anniversary reissue ☝🤓). This was announced a few weeks ago and obviously I’ve been on a holiday hiatus so all but one of the four color variants have sold out. If you’re late to the party the good news is you can still get Rev on green colored vinyl from Smartpunk Records in the US and Thirty Something Records in Europe.
Left Alone’s doing a 10th anniversary reissue of – in my opinion – their best record Harbor Area. Its been remastered and has the subsequent Hate the Day EP tacked on as four bonus tracks. Get it on black wax right here. Left Alone just finished recording a new record, too, so look out for that!
Reprise Records continues to milk the absolute fuck out of the Dookie 30th anniversary. This time they’re dipping into the fart huffing audiophile crowd’s wallets with a “One-Step Edition” from Because Sound Matters. Now, I’m not sure how much overlap there is between Green Day’s target audience and fart huffing audiophiles; I haven’t looked at the census data. However, there doesn’t seem to be much demand considering they did the same thing for American Idiot a few months ago and that’s still readily available everywhere despite being “limited” to 3,000 copies (as the Dookie one is). Anyway! The price on this one: $119.99. Click this link to part with you money, if you wish.
Enough talk about old music, let’s talk about new music for a brief moment. A few weeks ago the sacred pages of DyingScene.com were graced with an exclusive premiere from Tacoma, Washington punk trio the Let Me Downs, as we had the distinct honor of bringing the music video for their brand new single “One More Round” into this world. The track’s off their upcoming record North By Southwest, due out January 23rd on Felony Records. Head over here to pre-order it on some bad ass color variants!
A cassette release infiltrates the Record Radar once again; this time it’s a new album from Oregon’s Abolitionist titled The Long Slide. It’s kinda post-punk ish with drum machines and synths and shit. Limited to 50 hand numbered tapes btw. You can listen to the whole thing and grab the cassette for just 7 bucks on Bandcamp.
Another cassette? On my Record Radar? Simply blasphemous. Previously available to purchase on vinyl and compact disc, Coffin Curse is bringing their yuge NOFX tribute comp I Heard They Broke Up!! to yet another format with a cassette release! This is limited to 200 copies and there are 60+ tracks so it’s a double cassette set. Available exclusively at Tapehead City!
Pridebowl’s 2024 reunion show at Quebec’s Red Bridge Fest has been immortalized as a live record thanks to People of Punk Rock Records. You can get Picking Up the Pieces: Pridebowl Live at The Mill on three color variants – limited to 100 copies each – right here. The whole record’s streaming now, too, and it sounds fantastic:
French melodic punk veterans Uncommonmenfrommars’ Noise Pollution just turned 20 years old and to celebrate its been released on vinyl for the first time ever! It’s also worth noting the album has been remastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room. You can get it on beautiful orange w/ yellow and black splatter colored vinyl from Kicking Records. A yellow w/ orange blob variant also supposedly exists, but I haven’t seen that available to purchase anywhere.
The first pressing of Mustard Plug’s new EP Hey! sold out pretty quick so they’ve issued a second pressing on “Rude Boy Blue” colored vinyl. It’s limited to 300 copies, as the first pressing was, and you can pick it up 😉 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 time!
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