Miltown "Tales of Never Letting Go"

LP - $19.40
LP UPC: 725305742041
STREET DATE: 10/03/25
CAT#: IOD-X07
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

MILTOWN's debut full-length, TALES OF NEVER LETTING GO, has finally been released. Limited edition "Pitch Black" (513) and "Glacier Blue" (297) vinyl are available now.

Featuring JONAH JENKINS (Only Living Witness), BRIAN McTERNAN (Be Well, Battery, Ashes), MATT SQUIRE (Ashes), JAY CANNAVA, and ROB DULANEY, these sessions were recorded at the legendary Long View Farm Studios (Bad Brains, Quicksand, Killswitch Engage) in December ’97 and January ’98.

The band broke up before the songs were mixed and the master tapes have sat in Southern California warehouses ever since. In 2024, Man Alive Records achieved an exclusive license to release the recordings after almost 30 years. The sessions were then mixed by guitarist BRIAN McTERNAN (Turnstile, Thrice, Angel Du$t) at Salad Days Studio and its packaging designed by TOM BEJGROWICZ (Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Snapcase). The album was mastered and cut to lacquers by NICK TOWNSEND (The Hold Steady, Nails, Dr. Dre) and features 13 songs, 10 of which debut here and three re-recordings of songs that appeared on the band's debut EP for Hydra Head Records in 1997.

TALES OF NEVER LETTING GO's packaging includes a full-color jacket, an innersleeve featuring complete lyrics and credits, an insert with the band's photos, ephemera, and master tape imagery from the time of recording the album—all of which have a matte coating to help protect against finger prints.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Cleverer
02. Unraveling
03. Lost Sleep For Weeks
04. Tales of Never Letting Go
05. Even As We Speak
06. America Through A Windshield
07. Twin Olympic Pools
08. Delicate Fiction
09. Esperanto
10. 8/6/45
11. End Transmission
12. Art Thief
13. No Matter

MARKETING POINTS:

• First time ever on vinyl
• Featuring JONAH JENKINS (Only Living Witness), BRIAN McTERNAN (Be Well, Battery, Ashes), MATT SQUIRE (Ashes), JAY CANNAVA, and ROB DULANEY
• These sessions were recorded at the legendary Long View Farm Studios (Bad Brains, Quicksand, Killswitch Engage) in December ’97 and January ’98

FOR FANS OF:
Quicksand, Snapcase, Only Living Witness, Be Well

Negative Sun "Menticide"

12" EP - $14.00 / CASSETTE - $7.00
STREET DATE: 8/29/25
CAT#: TG065
LABEL: Twelve Gauge

Negative Sun is a Tokyo-based band known for their aggressive fusion of grindcore, powerviolence, and hardcore punk. Their sound is characterized by its ferocity and raw energy, often tackling themes of social discontent and political criticism.

This is the band's debut EP pressed on vinyl for the first time along with a repress of cassettes that were originally released along with digital in November, 2024. The vinyl and cassette both include two never before released tracks as well as a Lightning Bolt cover, and the vinyl also includes a drone track on the B-side. For fans of: Converge, Bastard Noise, Gasp (90's), Dead In The Dirt.

TRACK LISTING:
Side A:
01. Menticide
02. Stress-proofed
03. Thankless
04. G.I.M.P
05. This House Is No Longer A Home
06. Smear Campaign
07. Forever Chemicals
08. Forever Chemical Campaign (Haizai Audio Remix)
09. Box
10. Dracula Mountain (Cover)

Side B (Vinyl Only)
01. Drone

MARKETING POINTS:

• Original cassette pressing sold out via Snake Dog Recordings (Japan)
• Highly active in the Japanese hardcore scene

FOR FANS OF:
Converge, Bastard Noise, Gasp (90's), Dead In The Dirt

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The Casket Lottery "Feel The Teeth"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 724399772903
STREET DATE: 08/29/25
CAT#: IOD-91
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

Feel The Teeth captures a band navigating the tension between exhaustion and revelation, pushing through the haze of disillusionment while still searching for meaning. Lyrically, Feel The Teeth reflects the weight of an era that has shifted in unexpected ways—personally, politically, and socially—capturing the complexities of trying to find clarity in a world that often feels out of control.

Where their 2020 album Short Songs for End Times felt like a direct confrontation with the chaos of a fractured world, Feel The Teeth dwells in the quieter aftermath, the moments of clarity amidst the noise. The album is soaked in existential fatigue—tracks like "Nightsong" and "Diamonds" bring us to the edge of the abyss, questioning the worth of it all, while grappling with the weight of personal and collective history. As Nathan Ellis explains, "Nightsong" is a reflection of how time and trauma warp the body and mind: "I don't sleep very well anymore... now I just have these moments between being awake and my hypnogogic hallucinations."

At its core, Feel The Teeth is about grappling with internal conflict. Songs like "Bell Penny" take on self-preservation versus empathy, while "Echolalia" offers a sobering realization of the passing of time: “A song about middle age enlightenment. Realizing that I spent so many years wanting, when all I needed were the moments I had.”

Throughout the record, teeth become a symbol—of the things we try to bury, of pain that refuses to be ignored, and of the subtle violence of everyday survival. Tracks like "Snake Dreams" and "Nothing Certain" explore anxiety and transformation, challenging the listener to not just endure, but to shed old skins and confront what’s lurking underneath.

If Short Songs for End Times was a roaring statement of survival, Feel The Teeth is the moment after—a quieter, more introspective reckoning with what it means to still be here, still searching for meaning, still hoping for something better even when we’re not sure what it looks like anymore. In an age where comfort is a fleeting illusion and the answers remain out of reach, Feel The Teeth is the sound of a band refusing to give up, refusing to let go.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Nightsong
02. Echolalia
03. Bell Penny
04. Diamonds
05. From Now to Now
06. Nothing Certain
07. Shelley
08. On the Wing
09. Snake Dreams

MARKETING POINTS:

• Classic Indie-Rock / Post-Hardcore band from Kansas City, MO
• The band’s first full length release in over five years
• Mastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden (Quicksand, Gouge Away)
• US Touring fall 2025 with The Sound of Animals Fighting and This Will Destroy You
• Festival Appearances in 2025, including FEST 23
• Band shares members with Coalesce, also currently touring

FOR FANS OF:
Elliott, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Jawbreaker, Small Brown Bike

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GUCK "Gucked Up"

LP - $17.25
STREET DATE: 8/29/25
CAT#: 31G153
LABEL: Three One G

Guck is a swirling, bubbling, grinding mass that grows larger and hungrier with each passing day. The band formed in the spring of 2022 when guitarist Chappy Hull had just moved to Los Angeles and needed a place to store his Crate 2x12. Serendipitously, he met bassist Andrew Morrill and drummer Kyle Bray at a show, who offered to let him stash the amp at their practice space. Upon meeting up with synth wizard Sam Rogich to get the keys, Hull suggested the four of them get together in their now-shared practice space to play whatever unhinged ideas came to mind. This first meeting proved to be surprisingly fruitful, and they began getting together regularly to collaborate. After forming some songs and in search of a vocalist who could compliment the chaos, Rogich asked April Gerloff if they would like to try their hand at fronting a band. Gerloff, who had been primarily a noise musician and instrumentalist, was intrigued by the challenge.

Their first full length “Gucked Up” was recorded at Cave Studio in Glassell Park in 2024. The record showcases Guck's uncanny ability to combine disparate elements from across genres and distill them into ear-shattering noise. Though seemingly at risk of coming entirely apart at the seams at any moment, Guck's tightly locked rhythms and sense of compact songwriting keep it all under wraps, bolstered by jagged guitar riffing and chirping synth lines, all tied off with a strikingly absurdist sense of humor.

Guck is comprised of current and former members of Gnarwhal, Pile, Designer, Prized Pig, Sprain, Argentinum Astrum, and many, many others. Their music has been described as loud, deranged, jazz-damaged noise rock, and likened to licking a 9-volt battery.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Gucked Up
02. Taz
03. Faith Hill Void
04. Toxic Neutral
05. GUBAR
06. End of an ETA
07. Blue Collar Crime
08. Vegas Sober
09. IDGAG
10. Guck Dynasty
11. Human Caterpillar

FOR FANS OF:
All Leather, Doomsday Student, Deaf Club, Sprain

Marketing Points:

• Limited Edition color vinyl

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