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SNCL RELEASES:

narwhal - s/t 7" : london's screamy emo meisters deliver 3 tunes of
searing emotive hc, this is clearly one for those reared on closure
and portraits of past, when screaming all over your music didn't
instantly mean you sounded like orchid. it all starts here. £3

shermer / the machines will take over split 10" : both bands bring the
beard as they gruff their way through two top notch sides of melodic
hardcore / punk, playing at the rawer end of the hot water music /
small brown bike spectrum. you will grow a beard just listening to
this. aces! £4


NEW JAMS:

101, the - number 12" : mr richter returns with another full length.
indie rock possessing the edge the genre often sorely lacks these
days. not sounding exactly like superchunk or husker du but with
enough in common with both. plus at least one song that will make you
really miss christie front drive. damn fine lp. £6.50

cloak/dagger - s/t 7" : cloak/dagger throat their way through 4 songs
of rough and ready punk/hc in a black flag fashion and totally kick
arse. punx! white vinyl. £2

deep sleep - you're screwed 7" : plenty of songs (nine) on this 7"
that sounds like old descendents, and its in a punk rock rather than
pop punk fashion. straight forward, energetic and sweet as a nut. £2

86 mentality - on the loose 7" : TUFF vocals, kind of mid-paced early
80s hardcore punk. angry. £2

ergs - 3 guys, 12 eyes 7" : the summer of pop punk continues with what
i am guessing is some older material from the mighty ergs on this here
7". not as rocking production but still some happy go lucky
descendents/ramones type goodness! £2.50

haram - s/t 12" lp : intricate and rocking post-hardcore that nudges
drive like jehu knowingly in the ribs. ex-city of caterpillar. rocker.
£6.50

no idols - s/t 7" : hardcore that rages off the hook! members of the
funeral involved here, playing chaotic and over the top hardcore that
hints at later unbroken. jammed with more energy and aggression than a
bus full of 15 year olds hopped up on red bull £2.50

the grand prixx / proteens split 7" : grand prixx are melodic poppy
punk with speed and sloppiness on top. fun fun fun! the proteens do
the powerpop / ramones-ey thing and rock. £2.50

triple bypass - memories we never had 7" : more of the sloppy pop
punk, hope the sun is still shining where you are! £2.50

v/a - all the days are numbered so... cd/zine : music by tiny hawks,
fiya, soophie, reactionary 3, rainy day regatta, anton boardman,
sinaloa and others... comics & writing by al burian, travis fristoe,
nate powell and others... £5

wasted time - s/t 7" : they took care to make it look like an old
hardcore 7", and a similar amount of effort has gone into sounding in
that fashion too. said to be in a similar ballpark as poison idea, ssd
and negative fx, so that should give you an inkling as to what you're
gonna get. shouty vocals, fast, out of control hardcore punk! £2

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armalite - s/t 12" : atom sans his package and all the better for it.
this harks back more to his days in fracture. excellent, gimmick free,
melodic punk rock with geeky action patrol tinges with a touch of
kirsch. a surefire rocker. £6

bent outta shape / snuggle split 7" : snuggle belt out sloppy melodic
hc punk for folks that enjoy bands like grabass charlestons, bent
outta shape are similarily drunken and fall through a damn cool punk
rock side of their own that i am not sure who to compare to. good
though! £2.50

bloodbath and beyond - jihadcore 7" : all star lineup (paddy dillinger
4, ben snakepit, a guy from tiltwheel), the guys dish out 6 tracks of
rough and ready punk rock that is a wall of beefy guitars, and quite
drunken yelling. yes, this is quality! £2.50

constant state of terror - demo cdr : politically minded hardcore punx
from the south coast. anger, shouting, and hardcore punkage are all in
full effect right here. ex members of 'seven bastards in your stinky
farts' £1

fred thomas - sink like a symphony 12" lp : fred thomas delivers on
his 3rd solo lp, moving away from the rough and ready creations of the
first 2 to a fuller sound. this is wonderful stuff, mostly acoustic
with much beauty going on. score. £7

fucked up - litany 7" : hardcore. £2.50

lemuria / kind of like spitting split 12" - your living room is all
over me : right here lemuria deal in poppy rocking indie like sarge,
kols does some ramshackle indie rock with vocals that are not
dissimilar to fred thomas. nice surprise, this is better than the last
stuff i heard by them. £5

little claw - s/t 12" lp : no holds barred, art punk / no-wave with
killer vocals. some of it fits with stuff like glass candy perhaps?
not exactly something i know much about but this is pretty cool.
lovely DIY screened covers. on ypsilanti records. £7

odd clouds - s/t 12" lp : man this is pretty wacked out, noise / folk,
i guess that people who enjoy wooden wand and the vanishing voice
would be into this! on ypsilanti records. £7

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STILL HERE:

black castle / night wounds - split 7" : two screamy synth bands.
night Wounds' sound is a sort of rough, lo-fi, feedback driven
dance-punk ala Coughs or Black Dice during their "hardcore" era. Black
Castle's new track is more frantic than their previous work featuring
screamed vocals and dark, rushed keyboards and drums. : £2.50

car vs driver - the completist 2 x cd : such a good emo band from the
mid 90s or so. melodic and driving. well recommend. £6

collin kramer / eyston - split 7" : collin kramer have a song called
belle epoque?! i can't work out who is on what side here. anyway, the
first song sounds like breakwater or some other mid 90s killerness.
then you get a weird jazzy emo thing (not like off minor though). then
on the flipside is some melodic spazzy indie/emo like cyan / kossabone
red, followed by a hyper emo-thrasher. this 7" could be 4 bands for
all i know, but its apparently just two. this is really good, haven't
sold any yet which is daft : £2.50

combatwoundedveteran / scrotum grinder split 7" : grindy messy
violence, just how you love it : £2.50

damezumari - hitherandthithering waters of 10" : a step on from their
demo (hope you still have your exclusive SNCL edition!!) this is
melodic and rolling emo that will surely go down well with those in
love with life at these speeds and sinaloa : £5.25

del cielo - wish & wait 12" lp : super catchy melodic indie/punk lp
for fans of discount : £6

des ark / bellafea split 7" : both bands crank through some arty indie
: £2

devices - vices 12" lp : florida's the devices provide listeners with
a ten song 12" of their melodic screamo hardcore style. ex jesse
washington. nice bright green vinyl! : £6

efra / seeing means more split 7" : efra blaze away in a hectic
screamo fashion, barring the instrumental intro track this is bursting
with screaming, melodies and eases from the fast to the slow with
ease. somewhere between saetia and la quiete. seeing means more also
crank out the melodic european style screamo, with harsher vocals and
some chuggier moments. £2.50

the exelar - message from a moving target 7" : powerful and chaotic
hardcore. ex- i robot : £2.50

grey, the - asleep at the wheel cd : excellent post-hardcore, with the
singer from shotmaker / 3 penny opera. combines jawbox and 3P0 to
great effect. £6

i spoke - autobiography cd : a whole load of songs from these canadian
skramsters : £5

jason collett - idols or exile 12" lp : alt country / americana /
indie-pop effort that the sticker on the front says dylanesque, which
is always a strange one to throw around as how is anyone supposed to
live up to that? anyway, this is really really nice, the guy has a
great lazy voice and the music is sweet as. if you like recent stuff
on subpop you will probably like this a lot : £6

l'antietam - we like it 7" : good new screamy hardcore / emo, mixing
up the modern and the mid 90s to good effect. on slave union : £2.50

light the fuse and run - fire sale cd : light the farts and run
collection of singles, gubbins and live stuff. featuring the infamous
steve carlin, omg! super good punk rock for fans of former members of
alfonsin etcetera... £5

like young, the - last secrets 12" lp : ex-wolfie get their energetic
power pop flowing on polyvinyl courtesy of this 180g wax. sweet
boy/girl rockage, ready for the summer that is currently in hiding : £8

loma prieta - our ep is your lp 12" : one sided 12", furious screamo
with yelling, twinkles, melody and blasting chaos. aiiiiiiii! £4

mass movement of the moth - finale 10" lp : man, laser gun effects and
screamin' galore. retains a feel of witching hour whilst sprinkling in
a modern take on the all out chaos. brutal skramz : £6

mates of state - bring it back 12" lp : latest opus from the pop duo
legends : £8

meneguar - i was born at night 12" lp : great indie rock : £6

meth & goats - attack from meth&goat mountain 12" lp : sass like
you're on 31g in the late 90s! quality sassing, with the edge of a
band like festival of dead deer : £6

navies - an estate 12" ep : originally released on lovitt as a cdep,
taking influences ranging from punk and post-punk to european
psych-rock : £6

neil on impression - the perfect tango cd : NOI create an epic
soundscape that will appeal to folks into post rock bands such as
explosions in the sky i reckon. features a guy from raein, but don't
expect skramz. £5

night & the city / the take split 7" : quality split of melodic punk
and emotional hardcore. awesome packaging too! £3

occam's razor - final 7" : total witching hour tribute from the over
the top packaging to the reversal of man style, full on emo violence
brutality. masters of the genre : £2.50

pash - kingwood cd : female fronted driving indie rock that sounds
like it could have come out on simple machines perhaps. sitting
somewhere between sarge and dahlia seed - smart! : £5

runn-a-mucks - inferno 12" lp : rip roaring hardcore punk rock plied
with the right amount of rock'n'roll, coming at you from six weeks
records like something out of the early 80s, e.g. jerrys kids / gang
green. kicks your arse, hard. £6

seein' red - worskpiel 12" lp : hardcore punk rock for hardcore punks. £5

shadow government, the - guns of august 12" lp : noisy stuff from
folks who have been in bands like ten grand and forstella ford : £7

shokei / kids explode split 12" : two german bands on this split.
shokei dish out some quality grooving emo with shouty vocals. kids
explode play melodic indie rock with a grittier punk edge to it.
they're compared to challenger and transistor transistor. £6

sinaloa / catena collapse - split 7" : you probably know if you want
this or not! : £2.50

six horse - fine business, excellent 12" : members of don caballero
and blunderbuss playing a kind of mathy hardcore not dissimilar to
bands like shellac or blake. £5

swing kids - s/t 7" : classic on 31g. £2.50

three mile pilot - another desert another sea 2 x 12" lp : back once
again for your listening pleasure £8

torn avalanche / tight phantomz split 7" : TA is ex ten grand /
forstella ford (they have Whitney who was the FF drummer, OFF THA
HEWK!) and they despatch a grooving post punk thumper, sounding a bit
like nothing i can think of. tight phantomz are on the flip and they
deal in loud rock and roll. £2.50

utarid / tialia - split 7" : both bands do a good take on chaotic
screamo : £2.50

ultra dolphins / order of the dying orchid split 7" : ultra dolphins
crank through some post punk of the highest calibre. like a saner
rapider or various bands you can name from the earliest 80s. cool!
this stuff is great. order of the dying orchid don't sound like
orchid, but more like a sassy post witching hour band. posturing and
white belt wearing ahoy! : £2.50

woods - how to survive in + in the woods cd : lo-fi oddball folk music
from 2 chaps who spend time in meneguar. this is where they dispense
with the indie rock but maintain the creativity. top notch. £5

wow, owls - pick your pattern 12" lp : catchy and melodic hardcore /
emo. well worth your troubles! : £5.50