Here is a run down of some of Rocket album inclusions in various end of year lists that we have seen:
The Quietus – Albums of the Year #12 Moundabout – Flowers Rot, Bring Me Stones #32 The Utopia Strong – International Treasure #37 Alison Cotton – The Portrait You Painted Of Me #42 Gnod – Hexen Valley
Get Into This #10 Goat – Oh Death #48 Gnod – Hexen Valley #53 Rubber Oh – Strange Craft #85 Holy Scum – Strange Desires #98 The Utopia Strong – International Treasure
To celebrate the end of another year, we have put together a playlist of tracks taken from Rocket Recordings 2022 launches - one track per release.
We are incredibly proud once again of the eclectic collection of sounds we have released this year. We are blessed by having some of the most talented artists around and are humbled that they trust us to release their art on Rocket.
Listen to this very special taster of Rocket's 2022 here:
We won't lie but 2022 has been a tough year, maybe the toughest in our 24 years of releasing music. Brexshit, Covid, War and all their knock on effects has meant running a DIY label has never been so hard. We are also extremely aware that is has been a tough year for many of you out there, so we really do appreciate all your continued support.
We know it is a cliché thing to say, but it is 100% true, if it wasn't for you buying our records, CD's, tapes and shirts then we would not be here. So thank you!!
And we have a special 40% Off 7 Day Sale that starts tomorrow at 8am which is the last Bandcamp Friday of the year, so the best time to fill those gaps in your collection, just use the promotional code 2022sale:
To thank you all for supporting Rocket in 2022 we are having a special 40% OFF SALE that runs from 7 days starting from Friday 2nd December at 8am. The start of the sale coincides with the last Bandcamp Friday of the year, so no better time to fill those LP/CD gaps in your collection, or upgrade your wardrobe and purchase a Ltd edition t-shirt!
40% OFF SALE From: 2nd December (8am) To: 8th December Promotional code: 2022sale
As announced a couple of weeks ago Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are releasing their fourth album called 'Land Of Sleeper' on 17 February.
We are now happy to reveal the video for first single 'Mr Medicine' – made by the artist Wilm Danby, known for his paintings and video art for the likes of Palace, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Bullion. “When I first heard the track, I immediately felt a kind of forward motion, like being pushed forward by an unknown force in a nightmare, toward an unknown thing/place, floating but with no control. Scary but fun…” says Danby. “On repeated listens, it became sort of a mantra with riffs, about transcending fear through some kind of ritual/rite of passage. I wanted to make that ritual happen, to see what it could look like, and if it would work! A stone circle was the obvious place for this, the moon is famously great at transforming things, and transformations are usually very painful!”
Watch the bonkers, eye-popping video above.
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'Land Of Sleeper' comes housed in amazing 'Callum Rooney' sleeve art with obi strip and 'Oz' style lyrics poster. The CD and several different vinyl variants are available in these variants:
You can pick-up the ltd 'Rocket Exclusive' (Orange/Yellow Cloud) vinyl via the bands official website link below (not Bandcamp), where you can also pick up ltd edition t-shirts and tickets for their tour:
Our good friends at Rough Trade have an exclusive 'Deep Sleep' (Blue/black Splatter) vinyl.
Indie stores will be carrying 'Lucid Dreaming' (Orange) exclusive vinyl and all stores will be selling a ltd 'Black Night' (Black) vinyl edition. The album is being released via Missing Piece in the USA.
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The band are very excited to be heading to some of the finest towns and cities in the UK including some special instore shows. Also, the band have announced their first dates in North America:
UK SHOWS:
17 Feb / Bristol / Rough Trade (Instore show/signing) 18 Feb / London / Rough Trade East (Instore show/signing) 19 Feb / Brighton / Chalk (Resident Records Outstore show/signing) 23 Feb / Gateshead / The Sage 24 Feb / Edinburgh / The Liquid Rooms 25 Feb / Kendal / The Brewery 26 Feb / Lincoln / Lincoln Drill Hall 02 Mar / Cambridge / Junction 03 Mar / Ipswich / The Baths 04 Mar / Hastings / The Crypt 05 Mar / Leicester / O2 Academy 13 Apr / Milton Keynes / The Craufurd Arms 14 Apr / Stoke-on-Trent / The Sugarmill 15 Apr / Hebden Bridge / Trades Club 16 Apr / Stockton on Tees / Georgian Theatre 20 Apr / York / The Crescent 21 Apr / Newport / Le Pub 22 Apr / Portsmouth / Wedgewood Rooms 23 Apr / Hertford / Hertford Corn Exchange
US SHOWS:
11 Mar / Brooklyn / St Vitus 15-18 Mar / Austin / SXS 21 Mar / Los Angeles / Zebulon
Goat have announced they are heading to the UK for a series of dates in April, tickets will go on sale at 9am on Friday 4th November:
April 15 / Bristol / SWX April 16 / Birmingham / The Mill April 17 / Leeds / Brudenell Social Club April 18 / Glasgow / Garage April 19 / Newcastle / Boiler Shop April 20 / Manchester / Gorilla April 21 / Brighton / Chalk April 22 / London / Brixton Electric
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And don't forget GOAT are heading out for some shows around Europe from the 8th November and then in Scandinavia in January:
November 8 / Hamburg / Knust November 9 / Cologne / Kulturkirche November 10 / Liége / Reflektor November 11 / Kortrijk / Sonic City Festival November 12 / Utrecht / Le Guess Who Festival November 14 / Berlin / Festsaal Kreuzber January 25 / Oslo / Rockefeller January 26 / Malmö / Plan B January 27 / Stockholm / Slaktkyrkan
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Goat's brand new album 'Oh Death is out now...
Both the 'Oh Death' LP and CD comes housed in a gatefold sleeve adorned with eye-popping artwork.
The LP is available on ltd 'Cloudberry Swirl', 'Acid Orange' and 'Blackened Black' versions from your favourite record shops.
And finally, our good friends over at Levitation have their own exclusive version too – so US fans should snap one of those up!
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have announced the details of their fourth album called 'Land Of Sleeper', which will be released on 17 February.
Listen to the fiery first single to be revealed from the album, the hard-hitting 'Mr Medicine' above.
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'Land Of Sleeper' comes housed in eye-popping 'Callum Rooney' sleeve art with obi strip and 'Oz' style lyrics poster. The CD and several different vinyl variants are available in these variants..
You can pick-up the ltd 'Rocket Exclusive' (Orange/Yellow Cloud) vinyl via the bands official website link below (not Bandcamp), where you can also pick up ltd edition t-shirts and tickets for their tour:
Our good friends at Rough Trade have an exclusive 'Deep Sleep' (Blue/black Splatter) vinyl.
Indie stores will be carrying 'Lucid Dreaming' (Orange) exclusive vinyl and all stores will be selling a ltd 'Black Night' (Black) vinyl edition.
The album is being released via Missing Piece in the USA.
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The band are very excited to be heading to some of the finest towns and cities in the UK including some special instore shows. Also, the band have announced their first dates in North America:
UK SHOWS:
17 Feb / Bristol / Rough Trade (Instore show/signing) 18 Feb / London / Rough Trade East (Instore show/signing) 19 Feb / Brighton / Chalk (Resident Records Outstore show/signing) + 23 Feb / Gateshead / The Sage 24 Feb / Edinburgh / The Liquid Rooms 25 Feb / Kendal / The Brewery 26 Feb / Lincoln / Lincoln Drill Hall 02 Mar / Cambridge / Junction 03 Mar / Ipswich / The Baths 04 Mar / Hastings / The Crypt 05 Mar / Leicester / O2 Academy 13 Apr / Milton Keynes / The Craufurd Arms 14 Apr / Stoke-on-Trent / The Sugarmill 15 Apr / Hebden Bridge / Trades Club 16 Apr / Stockton on Tees / Georgian Theatre 20 Apr / York / The Crescent 21 Apr / Newport / Le Pub 22 Apr / Portsmouth / Wedgewood Rooms 23 Apr / Hertford / Hertford Corn Exchange
US SHOWS:
11 Mar / Brooklyn / St Vitus 15–18 Mar / Austin / SXS 21 Mar / Los Angeles / Zebulon
(Tickets for Brooklyn and LA shows go on sale from Friday November 4th)
“I’ve always liked the quote: “Sleep, those little slices of death - how I loathe them.”
So reckons Matt Baty of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, vocalist and lyricist of a band as comfortable wading through the darker quarters of their subconscious as they are punishing ampstacks.
Whether dwelling in the realm of dreams or nightmares, the primordial drive of the Newcastle-based band is more powerful than ever. Land Of Sleeper, their fourth record in a decade of riot and rancour, is testimony to this: the sound of a band not so much reinvigorated as channelling a furious energy, which only appears to gather momentum as the band’s surroundings spin on their axis.
"Shouting about themes of existential dread comes very naturally to me, and I think because I'm aware of that in the past I've tried to rein that in a little" reckons Matt. "There's definitely moments on this album where I took my gloves off and surrendered to that urge."
Whether this means Pigs, a band once associated with reckless excess, have taken a darker turn to match the dystopian realm of the 2022 everyday, is open to debate. The band themselves aren't necessarily convinced; "Sobriety does funny things to a man" reckons guitarist Adam Ian Sykes wryly.
"I know from my perspective, I was trying to write some much heavier and darker music" says guitarist and producer Sam Grant. "But this was an aim more as a counterpoint to earlier material, as opposed to any sort of political or social commentary. I still very much see these heavier moments as musically euphoric, and emotionally cut loose or liberating."
"For obvious reasons, the anticipation for the writing of Land of Sleeper was unlike anything we’d felt before" Adam adds. "These sessions were an almost religious experience for me. It felt like we were working in unison, connected to some unknowable hive mind."
The intensity of feeling is writ large right from the pulverising drive of opener 'Ultimate Hammer', and its rallying cry "I keep spinning out, what a time to be alive". Yet, whilst 'Terror's Pillow' and 'Big Rig' are rich with the band's trademark Sabbathian power, there's scope this time around that supercedes anything they've previously attempted. Matt's duet with the traditional folk vocals of Cath Tyler on the closing lament 'Ball Lightning', for example, is one particularly potent illustration of their expanded horizons.
In terms of emotional impact, a pinnacle on Land Of Sleeper is 'The Weatherman'. Replete with devotional rapture and radiant intensity, the band's attack slowed down to a mantric and mesmeric crawl, it marks a collaboration with the ululatory tones of Bonnacons Of Doom vocalist Kate Smith and a choir including Richard Dawson and Sally Pilikington. The resulting tumult constitutes a sound not unlike The Stooges ‘We Will Fall', reinvented and adrenalised as an invigorating sermon for the zeitgeist.
"This one presented an opportunity for me to do something completely unbridled. I wanted to surrender to the weight of the song, so the lyrics came about in much the same way I imagine a frenzied artist might throw paint at a canvas." relates Matt "I just wanted the lyrics to present an uncontrollable energy."
For all that the last few years have seen Pigs' stature rise in the wake of triumphant festival slots and sold-out venues alike, this remains a band, consummated by bassist John-Michael Hedley and returning drummer Ewan Mackenzie, who are fundamentally incapable of tailoring their sound to a prospective audience, instead standing alone and impervious as a monument of catharsis.
"Writing and playing music is often surprising and revealing, it can be like holding up a mirror and seeing things you didn't expect to see" reckons Mackenzie. "For me, the darker tracks on the record hold in common a determination not to lose faith, despite the odds."
The better to unite slumber and waking, Land Of Sleeper is no less than an act of transcendence for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - new anthems to elucidate a world sleepwalking to oblivion.
A new $hit & $hine album is always a cause for celebration, and with this latest record 'New Confusion' being released today it is now time for one helluva party!
'New Confusion' is available to buy on ltd edition 'Blue Vinyl and luxurious 'Gold Mirrorboard' sleeve from the Bandcamp link below or from your local record shop:
The nine abject and glorious meditations that make up 'New Confusion' exist in an alternate dimension whereby a loop-driven exploratory framework is joyridden with alacrity offroad by a moonshine-swigging convict, a zone whereby aural scrap metal is alchemically transformed into gleaming, abstract and intimidating structures and sculptures anew.
Yet thankfully, as always in this absurdist and electrifying realm, they’re notable for offering a different vision from the third eye whenever they make themselves manifest. What’s more, with 'New Confusion' they’ve usurped their own outré paradigms yet again, resulting in a demented heat-haze panorama of delirious beat-driven abandon and elucidated neural pathways.
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See Shit & Shine on tour on 2023:
Feb 22 / Punctum / Prague Feb 23 / Combo / Milan Feb 24 / Buda Brussels Feb 25 / Container City / Stuttgart Feb 28 / Sonic Ballroom / Cologne Mar 2 / L'Embobineuse / Marseille Mar 3 / Askip / Nantes Apr 27-28 / Cafe Oto / London
If you would like to book the band around these dates, please contact us or the band direct!
"An intense, fuzz-driven piece of psychedelic funk." Clash Magazine
"This is fuckin' great, go buy it." Shindig
"Seductive allure and psychedelic delirium." Uncut
"Goat has really outdone themselves this time and made their best album yet." Sleeping Shamen
Today sees the day when Goat release their first album in 6 years – we are so excited for Oh Death to be unleashed onto you all. It is a beat of an album!
Both the 'Oh Death' LP and CD comes housed in a gatefold sleeve adorned with eye-popping artwork.
The LP is available to preorder on Ltd 'Harmonious Green' vinyl via here:
You can also pick-up 'Oh Death' on ltd 'Cloudberry Swirl', 'Acid Orange' and 'Blackened Black' versions from your favourite record shops.
And finally, our good friends over at Levitation have their own exclusive version too – so US fans should snap them up fast!
See GOAT perform at one of their legendary high octane shows:
November 8 / Hamburg / Knust November 9 / Cologne / Kulturkirche November 10 / Liége / Reflektor November 11 / Kortrijk / Sonic City Festival November 12 / Utrecht / Le Guess Who Festival November 14 / Berlin / Festsaal Kreuzber January 25 / Oslo / Rockefeller January 26 / Malmö / Plan B January 27 / Stockholm / Slaktkyrkan
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have just revealed footage of them playing a brand new track called 'Terror's Pillow' live in their spiritual home of Blank Studios.
Immerse yourselves in all its heavy sonics and projection drenched majesty above.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have also announced a UK tour for February to April:
23 Feb / Gateshead / The Sage 24 Feb / Edinburgh / The Liquid Rooms 25 Feb / Kendal / The Brewery 26 Feb / Lincoln / Lincoln Drill Hall 02 Mar / Cambridge / Junction 03 Mar / Ipswich / The Baths 04 Mar / Hastings / The Crypt 05 Mar / Leicester / O2 Academy 13 Apr / Milton Keynes / The Craufurd Arms 14 Apr / Stoke-on-Trent / The Sugarmill 15 Apr / Hebden Bridge / Trades Club 16 Apr / Stockton on Tees / Georgian Theatre 20 Apr / York / The Crescent 21 Apr / Newport / Le Pub 22 Apr / Portsmouth / Wedgewood Rooms 23 Apr / Hertford / Hertford Corn Exchange
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday 21 Oct.
And don't for get to tune into BBC 6 Music tonight at 7pm when the band will be performing live on the Marc Riley's show.
Last month $hit & $hine revealed a new album to be released on 28 October called 'New Confusion' with the ‘Hallogallo’-in-hell' track 'Annoyed'.
We are now happy to drop a second track from the album, the psychedelic yacht rock of 'Cocoa Leaves'. Listen above.
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'New Confusion' is available to preorder on ltd edition 'Blue Vinyl and luxurious 'Gold Mirrorboard sleeve from the Bandcamp link below or from your local record shop:
The nine abject and glorious meditations that make up 'New Confusion' exist in an alternate dimension whereby a loop-driven exploratory framework is joyridden with alacrity offroad by a moonshine-swigging convict, a zone whereby aural scrap metal is alchemically transformed into gleaming, abstract and intimidating structures and sculptures anew.
Yet thankfully, as always in this absurdist and electrifying realm, they’re notable for offering a different vision from the third eye whenever they make themselves manifest. What’s more, with 'New Confusion' $hit & $hine have usurped their own outré paradigms yet again, resulting in a demented heat-haze panorama of delirious beat-driven abandon and elucidated neural pathways.
$hit & $hine are currently booking European shows for a spring tour next year. If you are interested in booking them please drop us or the band a line.
So the perfect time to support your favourite bands and labels and indulge in some new records, CDs and T-shirts.
We are going to be taking the 'made-to-order' Goat and $hit & $hine T-shirts (in various colourways) off of sale from Monday, so if you want one, best time to buy one is today!
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We can also highly recommend these presales:
$hit & $hine – New Confusion LP/T-Shirts
Goat – Oh Death LP/CD/T-shirts
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And all these recent releases:
Various – Elsewhere VXIII 2LP
Petbrick – Liminal LP
Goat – World Music (10th Anniversary remaster) LP
Alison Cotton – The Portrait You Painted Of Me LP
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We have lots of other great recent releases for sale as well as some rare warehouse finds, so have a scour and see what gems you can find:
Five weeks ago Goat surprised everyone by dropping a brand new single called 'Under No Nation' – the first single to be released from their forthcoming album 'Oh Death', which is being released on 21 October. The track has revealed immense praise, even being added to the prestigious BBC 6 Music Playlist.
And now, Goat have revealed a second track from the album – an addictive, groove driven song called 'Do The Dance'.
Watch the electrifying video for 'Do The Dance' made by the extremely gifted Tom Brewins and staring the dancing talents of Hannah Mason above.
This is what the band say about the track: "After the annual feast with the Gods of funk, Goat went to an afterparty with some of the Great Gods of Groove. Sometime early in the morning, around 4 am, one of the singers of Goat find herself intertwined in a hot dance with the Supreme Mastergod of hipshaking. He tried to outshake her but was way over his head, there was no way he could ever outshake a Goat banshee strung out on gods knows what. Suddenly his hip broke with a loud snap and Goat was thrown out on the street. The singers went home and wrote this profound poetry about the experience."
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Both the 'Oh Death' LP and CD comes housed in a gatefold sleeve adorned with eye-popping artwork.
The LP is available to preorder on Ltd 'Harmonious Green' vinyl via here:
You can also pick-up 'Oh Death' on ltd 'Cloudberry Swirl', 'Acid Orange' and 'Blackened Black' versions from your favourite record shops.
And finally, our good friends over at Levitation have their own exclusive version too – so US fans should save on postage and snap them up fast!
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See GOAT perform at one of their legendary high octane shows:
November 8 / Hamburg / Knust November 9 / Cologne / Kulturkirche November 10 / Liége / Reflektor November 11 / Kortrijk / Sonic City Festival November 12 / Utrecht / Le Guess Who Festival November 14 / Berlin / Festsaal Kreuzber
Shit & Shine – Annoyed (First track to be revealed from forthcoming new S&S album...and what a banger it is! Shit & Shine
Various – Elsewhere VXIII (We are incredibly proud of this unique sounding compilation – and proud that The Quietus called it 'revolutionary'..take a trip to Elsewhere) Various
Petbrick – Liminal
(Very eclectic and unique sounds, feel very privileged to have this is coming out on Rocket)
"The most devastating suites of sound you’ll hear in 2022. Get yourself overthrown by it as soon as you can." The Quietus
"This is an awesome and eclectic blend of shamanic acid vibes...sounds so fresh." GOAT (Band)
"Soundscapes that form a bridge between the traditional and the otherworldly." Psychedelic Baby Magazine
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We are extremely thrilled to finally share this incredible 2x LP compilation in full with you.
'Elsewhere VXIII' is the latest instalment of 'multi-label compilation albums expertly compiled by Brussels-based deep digger DJ soFa.
This gathering of outernational rhythms, drones and folk tales takes in a dizzying array of cultures and folkloric traditions, mapping out their common ground with style and finesse. Unified by deep roots and yet branching out fearlessly into the unknown, all these stylings and more cohere and coalesce into an intoxicating patchwork. Yet as much as it may be driven by a DJ’s internal logic, this is primarily a work of border-free serendipity.
And there is also a ltd Green Vinyl and ltd Black Vinyl version available via your local record shop.
Navigating currents and vibrations that unite the globe, Elsewhere VXIII is a psychic transmission from a singular place where the stars align.
Tracklist: 01. Aida Al Hani – Kafeja Gati 02. Colinde Netemperate – Din patru cornuri de lume 03. Tempo Venus & Ox3 – Y 04. Pedro Castanheira & Caroline Oulman – A Saia Da Carolina 05. NÂR feat. June As – Baba Mimoun 06. Ugne&Maria – Apie Lubas (feat poetry by Birutė Kapustinskaitė) 07. ladr.ache – A Mi Fiasco (Live In Casteau) 08. Vica Pacheco – El Fuego 09. Odessey And Oracle – J’ai Vu Un Croco 10. PRAAH – André 11. Anna Vs June – Dahtila 12. Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters – Lolokele 13. Cyril Cyril Mariid 14. Kӣr - Zimovka
To celebrate the release of 'Oh Death', the new album by GOAT, we are having a very special 'intimate' listening party on Thursday, 20 October – the evening before the album is released.
The venue is Dauns – a Swedish vegan cafe located in East London run by a member of Rocket label mates 'Flowers Must Die'.
The cafe is small so only 25 places will be available, and due to the licensing laws, to serve drinks everyone needs to buy a ticket, so Dauns' is charging £10 entry – but that price includes a free drink & Smörrebröd, plus a raffle ticket to win an ultra rare Test Pressing of 'Oh Death'.
A ltd amount of 'Oh Death' LP /CD's will also be available to buy on the night.
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'Oh Death' Pre-release Listening Party
Location: Dauns, 77 Wentworth St, London E1 7TD Website Date: Thursday 20 October Time: 7-10pm (album playback starts at 8pm) Ticket: £10 (includes free drink & Smörrebröd + Test Pressing raffle)
"An electronic assault on your eardrums." Cvlt Nation
"A sensory overload." Metal Sucks
"Huge and heavy." Metal Injection
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Petbrick's gargantuan new album Liminal is released today.
Sadly thanks to the every annoying delays in manufacturing the LPs were not back in time to make it into the shops for today's release, they will be in the shops next Friday though without fail!
If you bought your album via Bandcamp though, you will be in luck and they will be arriving any day now!
You can still order the last few copies we have of the ltd LP from here:
As with previous releases by the duo, Petbrick have returned to lays waste to all or any constrictions in their path. Blending a vast sonic landscape with a relentless compunction to break the pain barrier, the bands new album 'Liminal' is a dizzying exercise in overdrive which can take in industrial abrasions, pulverising rhythmic drive, acid-damaged freakery, cinematic tension and balladic gravitas in disarmingly coherent fashion.
Other great collaborators have also came on board to add richness and intrigue to the Petbrick onslaught - from old school friends like Neurosis’ Steve Von Till and Converge’s Jacob Bannon to new school artists like Paula Rebbeledo from Rakta and New York doom rappers Lord Goat and Truck Jewelz.
An alchemical vision fit to both elevate the spirit and destroy everything in its path, ‘Liminal’ is the sound of Petbrick blasting their way through the boundaries of a fresh hell.
See Petbrick on a massive three band tour in November with Converge and Full of Hell:
Nov 06 / UK / London / Electric Brixton Nov 07 / FR / Paris / La Cigale Nov 08 / BE / Ghent / Vooruit Nov 09 / NL / Nijmegen / Doornroosje Nov 10 / DE / Berlin / Columbia Theater Nov 11 / DE / Leipzig / Felsenkeller Nov 12 / LU / Esch-sur-Alzette / Kulturfabrik Nov 13 / DE / Köln / Essigfabrik
Thanks to the website Metal Injection, you can exclusively listen to Petbrick's gargantuan new album 'Liminal' in full – two days ahead of Friday's official release!!
Listen in full here via the Youtube player at the bottom of the piece:
Wayne said this ahead of the album's release to the world, "The word liminal means: Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold. This sums up making the record over the last two years during isolation and attempting to return to normal life. We were experiencing so many different feelings simultaneously, having so many conflicting thoughts and I was definitely fighting internally to make sense out of the happenings and what comes next. It also gives an insight into the sonic world held within; it exists at a point where different worlds collide.”
And Iggor added, “Liminal is a record made in a time full of uncertainty, freedom, and agony. The sounds in this record are a true reflection of these times… A full trip into ideas, with lots of help of amazing collaborators… I’m very proud to finally share this with everyone.”
Preorder Liminal from your local Record shop or via bandcamp here:
On Friday 23rd September Petbrick release their second album 'Liminal' and to reveal another side of the extremely eclectic album the band have decided to share the 6 minute+ track 'Distorted Peace' that features vocalist Paula Rebellato from the amazing Brazilian band Rakta.
'Distorted Peace' is a mammoth, sonic excursion of a track – a huge slab of synth-doom driven by some incredible Iggor Cavalera tribal rhythms. Chuck on the headphones is our advice!
Preorder Petbrick's album on ltd vinyl here or from your local record shop:
US customers head over to Neurot Recordings to pick-up their exclusive version.
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See Petbrick on a massive three band tour in November with Converge and Full of Hell:
Nov 06 / UK / London / Electric Brixton Nov 07 / FR / Paris / La Cigale Nov 08 / BE / Ghent / Vooruit Nov 09 / NL / Nijmegen / Doornroosje Nov 10 / DE / Berlin / Columbia Theater Nov 11 / DE / Leipzig / Felsenkeller Nov 12 / LU / Esch-sur-Alzette / Kulturfabrik Nov 13 / DE / Köln / Essigfabrik
A new $hit & $hine album is always a cause for celebration, and with this latest record which is called 'New Confusion' it is time for one helluva party!
'New Confusion' is released on 28 October and Craig from $hit & $hine has even proclaimed "This may well be the album I am most proud of".
The first track to be revealed from 'New Confusion' is a banger of a track called 'Annoyed', watch the bonkers video created by John O'Carroll exclusively via The Quietus
'New Confusion' is available to preorder on ltd edition 'Blue Vinyl and luxurious 'Gold Mirrorboard sleeve from the Bandcamp link below or from your local record shop:
Every single psychonaut worth their salt can remember a moment, midway through some chemically-assisted voyage into the unknown, when someone in the room had the sheer gall to utter the immortal words that strike terror into the heart of everyone present: “Hey, imagine what it’d be like if we stayed this way forever?”
Wonder no longer. Existing permanently stranded at the dizzying peak of a nightmarish hallucinatory travelogue, Shit & Shine are here to make that moment a reality. Yet thankfully, as always in this absurdist and electrifying realm, they’re notable for offering a different vision from the third eye whenever they make themselves manifest. What’s more, with New Confusion they’ve usurped their own outré paradigms yet again, resulting in a demented heat-haze panorama of delirious beat-driven abandon and elucidated neural pathways.
As ever the brainchild of Texan king of outlaw brinkmanship Craig Clouse, these nine abject and glorious meditations exist in an alternate dimension whereby a loop-driven exploratory framework is joyridden with alacrity offroad by a moonshine-swigging convict, a zone whereby aural scrap metal is alchemically transformed into gleaming, abstract and intimidating structures and sculptures anew.
It may not have occurred to the average head that the sound of Tropicália melting gleefully in the sun (as here essayed on ‘Miami’) might be to their satisfaction, nor that the image of J Dilla trapped in a K-hole with Butthole Surfers would do anything but make them mildly anxious. Similarly, the prospect of Ming The Merciless screaming with rage at his internet service provider (see ‘Robbed’) may not be something that immediately appeals to music listeners around the globe, and nor could most folk imagine an in-the-red floor-filler being quite as pulverising and irresistible as the motorik mangler ‘Annoyed’, which kicks off this album in incendiary style - no less than the sound of ‘Hallogallo’-in-hell.
Yet if the parallel universe of Shit & Shine exists for anything, it’s to map out new frontiers of wrong and righteous beyond your wildest expectations. Meet the new end-of-level boss.
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