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Shellac Announce New Album, To All Trains, Out May 17, 2024

DATA
This is Shellac's sixth studio LP. Recording & mixing took place at Electrical Audio in Chicago over a bunch of long weekends in November 2017; October 2019; September 2021; and March 2022. The record was mastered by Bob & Steve at Chicago Mastering Studio.

THE PACKAGING
LP and CD packaging and artwork are identical (the CD is just smaller). Bob took all the photos; some with a fancy camera and some with a telephone.

QC
Audio quality is paramount, as always, with Shellac. The LPs are being manufactured by Green Vinyl Records using an injection molding process. This new process uses 100% recyclable PET (like soda bottles) and is environmentally friendly, containing no PVC or Phthalates. The process also uses 79% less CO2 than conventional hydraulic PVC vinyl presses. The records weigh 180 grams.

PRE-ORDER your copy of To All Trains on 180 gram LP or CD HERE

Strictly Dynamite: The Best of Didjits To Be Released On Record Store Day - April 20, 2024

On April 20, 2024, Touch and Go Records will release Strictly Dynamite: The Best of Didjits. Pressed on 180-gram opaque green vinyl, this double LP represents an archival legacy of the band from early beginnings in rural Illinois to their dissolution over a decade later. The tracks selected for side A/B compile 17 fan favorites from Didjits' Touch and Go discography on a single LP. The bonus LP, entitled Bring Me the Head of Jaco Pastorius, includes the unreleased four-track recordings from UXB as well as early unreleased (pre-Fizzjob) Didjits' recordings. In addition, the full-color gatefold LP jacket and printed inner sleeves reveal unseen photos and memorabilia from the band's history. Strictly Dynamite: The Best of Didjits on double green vinyl is limited to 1500 copies and will be available in conjunction with Record Store Day in the US as well as at independent retailers outside of the US.

This release is dedicated to the memory of Doug Evans.

Exclusive Unreleased Tracks from Brainiac To Be Released in January 2023

LIMITED EDITION SILVER VINYL
3000 COPIES WORLDWIDE
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In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the incomparable 90's band known as Brainiac. This is in part due to a 2019 full feature documentary about the band (Transmissions After Zero) plus the reemergence of surviving band members to celebrate their music in the last several years. In addition, a substantial pair of archival releases (Attic Tapes 2xLP, From Dayton Ohio 2xLP) were unearthed for release on Record Store Day 2021 by Touch and Go Records.

Now, in 2023, comes the latest missive of the archive, harkening back to the band's latter era - and their most prolific and confident period. The Predator Nominate EP is a celebration of what was to come before the tragic exit of ringleader/singer Timmy Taylor. Listen to these realized demos and imagine what only could have been the confident seed of what the group might be capable of in this future century versus the last one. The world will never truly know.

The Sonora Pine II Remastered for 25th Anniversary

Originally released by Quarterstick Records in 1997, The Sonora Pine's final album II has been remastered for its 25th anniversary and is now available in LP format on limited edition teal or black vinyl as a co-release with Husky Pants Records!

The Sonora Pine, working as a trio, are hard, careful workers, gently and deliberately placing each piece of each song. Tara Jane O'Neil and Kevin Coultas bring a gravity and trust developed through their years of collaboration in Rodan. Samara Lubelski works in long sweeps, evading O'Neil's pointed tonal language. Lubelski can slow time through her slurred notes and she can lash a song into breathless urgency. Together, the three weave with a vision and a grace that is forceful, earnest, handsome, and giving. At times the members of Sonora Pine clear space for each other, holding steadily, patiently-a charged conversation. At times they seem to lean heavily against each other, overworked travelers at dusk, an aching tenacity pushing them along. They are always listening. And even at the furthest edges of weariness, they are always daring.