The Iron Roses "The Iron Roses"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 724399772316
STREET DATE: 10/20/23
CAT#: IOD-45
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

The Iron Roses are a passionate, unique, and beautiful group of people making music that we hope will change the world. Fueled by the injustices of our current times - their songs are the kind of protest anthems that only a group of seasoned musicians could make. Still angry, still driven, and still screaming -- this is a band that will never give up the fight.

It takes serious talent to write and sing songs that sound angry while the music lifts your spirits. So much of political punk is abrasive and unpleasant. No hooks. No melodies. But other times the words sound incongruent with emotionless and insipid music. The Iron Roses manage something rare and commanding with music that lifts the heart coupled powerfully with lyrics that express fury and resentment of the current world. Punk as a genre has been so commodified and diluted over the last decades that it seems to be ever increasingly hard to find bands that resonate this way. That sing and play with such intensity that their authenticity cannot be questioned. That prove that true punk is alive and well and can have you dancing around your kitchen singing along at the top of your voice.

Yes, we can discuss their pedigree, most notably their frontperson Nathan Gray (of Boysetsfire), and their relentless touring and political activism. But none of those things matter if the songs don't connect with the listener. And this collection of songs are going to do just that. From the opening notes of the first song the cards are on the table. The objective is clear -- The Iron Roses are putting to words and music all the thoughts you've had these last few dark years. With the worldwide political climate leaning further and further from the left. With rights for many being limited and destroyed. With no end in sight. We need bands like The Iron Roses giving us a soundtrack to fight. Songs to pour our anger and frustration into when we sing along - just as they did when they wrote and recorded them.

The beauty of seeing these six individuals singing their truth is astounding. Watching them grow from strength to strength in the last few years it is unsurprising that this record is the outcome. They, and their songs, represent such power, love, and passion -- something that we need more than ever in this world today.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Screaming for a Change
  2. Soldier of Fortune
  3. Hearts of Fire
  4. Around & 'Round
  5. Old Guard
  6. Rebel Soul Sound
  7. Hit
  8. Justify the Lies
  9. Raising Hell
  10. The Hustle
  11. Revolution Summer

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Featuring Nathan Gray of BoySetsFire on vocals
  • Full PR Campaign via Atom Splitter (Anti-Flag, Refused, Alexisonfire, etc)
  • Full US Radio Campaign via Pirate! Radio Promotion
  • Incorporates a new sound featuring elements of political punk, reggae, and ska
  • Full US and EU Tours planned for 2023
  • Multiple festival appearances confirmed

FOR FANS OF:
BoySetsFire, The Suicide Machines, Against Me!, We Are The Union, Rise Against

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Glazed Eyes "Promo"

CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 10/20/23
CAT#: SDR-102
LABEL: Sunday Drive

As the end of summer approaches, a shift in music hits our stereos and headphones. Glazed Eyes creates music along the lines of a summer road trip with the windows down and a cold fall night. Inspired by their love of 90s alternative music, the Pensacola, Florida band aims to write music that is sonically much different than their members' previous projects, Malice at the Palace, and Burning Strong, amongst others. In their first promo release on Sunday Drive Records, these three tracks offer an exciting mix of alternative music and hints of emo and power-pop--melding the Teenage Fanclub-like pop melody with the distortion heard from Jimmy Eat World guitars. Glazed Eyes is the perfect band for this season, with an LP to follow soon.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Way Down
  2. Tried
  3. Fault

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Featuring members of Burning Strong and Malice at the Palace

FOR FANS OF:
The Goo Goo Dolls, The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub

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Bleached Cross "Exhumed"

Cassette - $7.00
STREET DATE: 10/20/23
CAT#: PRO-087
LABEL: Protagonist Music

"Exhumed" is the final offering from the studio sessions that produced the self-titled debut from Chicago's Bleached Cross. Featuring a previously unheard B-Side entitled "Despise", as well as remixes by The True Faith and Meatman (Trevor Vaughan), and unearthed demos from the time leading up to that recording session, this is simultaneously a bookend to the beginning stages of the band while also signaling the start of the next chapter in their sonic journey. Cold, introspective, and haunting, Bleached Cross have been making it their business to convert the masses into believers of their oppressive post-punk sound. With the release of "Exhumed" and future touring plans on the horizon, it's not too late to join in their next ritual… LET IT BLEED.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Despise
  2. Field of Souls (The True Faith remix)
  3. Field of Souls (Meatman Remix)
  4. Suffer (Demo)
  5. Soul Bleed (Demo)

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Features members of DW artist Frail Body & Crowning and Pains
  • Remixes by The True Faith and Meatman (Trevor Vaughan of Wound Man, Internal)
  • On tour with Black Magnet in January

FOR FANS OF:
Cold Cave, The True Faith, Chain Cult, Frail Body, Drab Majesty, Soft Kill

death pose "Midnight Society"

LP - $16.60 / CD - $7.50 / Cassette - $7.00
LP UPC: 197189424205
CD UPC: 197189424205
CASSETTE UPC: 197189424205
STREET DATE: 10/20/23
CAT#: BPR94
LABEL: Brutal Panda

death pose (fka big bird.) is a brand new heavy-as-shit band from Chicago, IL. Originally known as big bird., the band formed in 2022 from the ashes of numerous punk/hardcore/indie bands including Typesetter, Little Teeth, The Sky We Scrape, etc.

On their full-length debut (coming Fall 2023) death pose. tear through 13 incendiary tracks of down-tuned punk/post-hardcore influenced noise rock replete with indelible hooks, sharp angular riffage, and a rhythm section that resonates with urgency. The album was produced by Jeff Dean (Alkaline Trio, Braid, The Story So Far, Samiam) at The Echo Mill and mastered by Alan Douches (Converge, Every Time I Die, Thrice, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan) at West West Side.

Dark lyrical themes of personal dissociation, political action, religious intolerance, heartbreak, and the human experience are woven throughout, adding a layer of realism and responsibility to their discord. We live out our deaths each and every day in the modern world and death pose. provide an exquisite soundtrack for such dystopian times.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Brief Candles
  2. Ratnest
  3. Double Hockey Sticks
  4. Gardens of Salt
  5. Not Waving
  6. Love Thy Neighbor, Berate Thy Hostess
  7. Imperfect Contrition
  8. Untitled
  9. Steady As Ever
  10. Revisionist
  11. Quadrophenia Pt. 2
  12. The Riverside
  13. This Time Tomorrow

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Debut full-length from brand new Chicago punk/noise rock quartet formerly known as the big bird.
  • Recorded / Produced by Jeff Dean (Braid, The Bomb, The Story So Far, All Eyes West) at the Echo Mill in Chicago, IL
  • Mastered by Alan Douches (Converge, Every Time I Die, Thrice, Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc.)
  • Artwork by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jason S. Thompson
  • Members of several Chicago staple punk/indie/hardcore bands including Typesetter, Little Teeth, etc.
  • Performing The Fest 2023 w/ Less Than Jake, GWAR, Quicksand, Thursday, and more

FOR FANS OF:
Every Time I Die, Propagandhi, KEN Mode, Iron Chic, Hot Water Music, Helms Alee, Botch

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