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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German melodic punks Small State will be releasing their new album The Poorly Trained Professionals on September 27th. Check out the latest single “Sinking Ships” below and pre-order the record on orange and/or blue colored vinyl (limited to 100 copies) each from Punk Rock Radar in the states, or from the band’s merch store in Europe. Highly recommended pickup for fans of No Use For A Name, Millencolin, Venerea, etc.
Fat Wreck’s bringing out the big guns this week, with the long awaited 25th Anniversary reissue of Short Music For Short People. This has been out of print since 2009 and is on the fast track to be out of print again very soon, as the colored vinyl is already sold out on FatWreck.com. However! The label’s European and Australian stores still have some copies available which should come as good news to any ‘Mericans who are late to the party on this one.
Autopilot Off’s Make A Sound turns 20 this year, and to mark the occasion Enjoy the Ride Records is releasing it on vinyl for the very first time. They’ve got two snazzy color variants to pick from: Locket Color In Color with Black & White Splatter and Black Ice with Splatter (or you can just buy both if you lack any sense of self control). Buy here.
Wait, you thought that was all? You thought wrong, bitch! Enjoy The Ride is giving you a double dose of Autopilot Off, with a 7″ release for The Encore EP. These three tracks were recorded in 2011 and digitally released in the following years, but this is the first time they’ve been released on any physical format, vinyl or otherwise. You can get it here on Black & White Split with Black & White Splatter (Limited to 200) and/or Cloudy Clear colored vinyl (Limited to 300).
Keeping with the theme of music being released on vinyl for the first time, long after its original release on another format, Sum 41‘s not-so critically acclaimed Screaming Bloody Murder gets its vinyl cherry popped 13 years(!) after it came into this world on the beloved compact disc format. This reissue from Rude Records is gonna be limited to 1,000 copies and though it has been announced it won’t be available to pre-order until Wednesday, October 9th. You can opt-in to be notified when the pre-order goes live, and I’d advise you to do so if you’re interested in grabbing this.
Same deal with this new pressing of American Hi-Fi’s 2001 self-titled debut, which is also limited to 1,000 hand numbered copies. Pre-order starts on October 9th; for now you can sign up to be notified when it goes live.
Coming to you from the far away land of Vancouver, BC and fronted by Bil Mcrackin (of the almighty McRackins), I present to you Old Fuxx and their new 2-song 7″ One Inch Punch / Loose Tooth! For the insanely low price of $12 you can get this lathe cut 7″ and a t-shirt from Mom’s Basement Records. If you’re in Europe, you can get the 7″ (sans t-shirt) from Last Exit Music.
A few weeks ago I told you about the new Pinhead Gunpowder record! At the time, there were five (5) color variants available, including the 1-2-3-4 Go! Records exclusive yellow/red/teal splatter variant. That one sold out the fastest of them all, but a new 1-2-3-4 Go! exclusive red w/ black splatter variant has appeared, seemingly unannounced. You can get this one by clicking this hyperlink.
And we’ll wrap this week’s Record Radar up with a new record from a band I’d never heard of until this very moment: Swiss rockabilly band The Peacocks will be releasing their new LP And Now What? on November 22 via Concrete Jungle Records. You can get it on three different color variants right here.
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Well, that’s all, folks. Another Record Radar in the books. Short one this week! 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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