Xiao "Control"

LP - $15.30 | CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 5/2/25
CAT#: TG063
LABEL: Twelve Gauge

XIAO is a hardcore band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2019. Their sound combines the ferocity of powerviolence with the urgency of modern hardcore, creating a chaotic yet deliberate style.

The band’s debut EP, PAIN (2021), sold out two tape pressings before getting a vinyl release in 2022. They followed it with the BURN EP (2023), which has seen three vinyl pressings to date. XIAO has toured Europe extensively, playing festivals like Ieper Fest and Alive & Well, and building a reputation for relentless live performances.

XIAO’s debut full-length, CONTROL, is set for release on Twelve Gauge Records on May 2nd, 2025. Recorded by Jörgen “Jugglo” Wall and mixed by Ben Jones (Pest Control), the album features guest appearances from Lifecrusher, Entry, Blood Sermon, and others, adding new dimensions to their sound. CONTROL tackles the rise of right-wing politics in the West and other pressing global issues, delivering their most politically charged and ambitious work to date.

TRACK LISTING:
01. No Fiction
02. Servants
03. Bluntest of Blades
04. Woke Up Screaming
05. Control
06. Don’t Tell Them
07. Wrong
08. Legends
09. Karoshi
10. Who Pays The Real Price
11. End Of Times
12. Sweden’s Hardcore Band
13. In The Weeds
14. Twice The Rage

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Toured Europe extensively, playing festivals like Ieper Fest and Alive & Well.
  • Completed 2024 EU tour with World Peace
  • Album features guest appearances from Lifecrusher, Entry, Blood Sermon, and more
  • Band’s debut EP, PAIN (2021), sold out two tape pressings before getting a vinyl release in 2022.
  • The BURN EP (2023) has seen three vinyl pressings to date.

FOR FANS OF:
Mind Eraser, Punch, Gel, Spy

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Jeromes Dream "The Gray In Between"

LP - $17.25 / CASSETTE - $7.50
ORIGINAL STREET DATE: 5/5/23
SECOND PRESS: 5/2/25
CAT#: IOD-42
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

Jeromes Dream is a hardcore band based in San Francisco, sharing a history with bands like Orchid, Saetia, Reversal of Man, and pageninetynine. After existing between 1997 and 2001, then reforming in 2018, JD will release their third full-length, The Gray In Between in 2023. The album introduces Sean Leary (Loma Prieta) on guitar and was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Quicksand, Joyce Manor).

The Gray In Between is a raw, unapologetically blistering, yet beautiful execution of hardcore that demonstrates a honed precession in songwriting, lyrical content, and boundless passion. This album is quite possibly the band’s best, most powerful, and most realized work to date.

First Pressing:
500 x Stretched Invisible (Clear w/ Black and White Smoke)
400 x The Gray in Between (Black and Gray Swirl)
150 x Infinity (Gold inside Clear w/ Black and White Splatter) - NOISE CULT
100 x AAEEAA (Black) - Band Exclusive

Second Pressing:
250 x Black Ice / Splatter
250 x Gray.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Conversations: In Time, On Mute
02. Stretched Invisible from London
03. South By Isolation
04. Pines on the Hill (With Guests)
05. Cosmos In Season
06. AAEEAA
07. On Holiday with Infinity
08. The Future of Memory
09. Often Oceans
10. The Last Water Pearl

MARKETING POINTS:

  • Produced by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Quicksand, Amenra)
  • Limited repress vinyl

FOR FANS OF:
PG.99, Saetia, Converge, Loma Prieta, Frail Body, Deafheaven

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