Dead Language - LP

Here's the debut record from Power Violence supergroup Dead Language. Members involved also play in Iron Lung, Walls, Pig Heart Transplant, Solutions and No Comment. It's hard to read exactly who does what as the lyrics, credits etc are all printed inside the sleeve. I think the whole concept for the artwork must have been to make everything hard to read as all the text on the front and back sleeve is a clear gloss. This is a nice smelling cover too, not that I usually sniff my records but I did notice this smelt rather pleasant and reminded me of trading cards I used to collect as a kid. It sounds just as good as it smells, damn good in fact. 20 minutes of the best modern power violence you're likely to hear this year! If you're into any of the aforementioned bands then you should go get this from Iron Lung Records now.

Iron Lung Mixtape I

Iron Lung Records recently put together this mixtape of bands and friends of the label, 20 bands with 1 unreleased track each. Like any good mixtape this has a really diverse collection of songs on it. The stand outs for me are the tracks from Slices, Solutions, Cold Sweat, Walls and Mind Eraser but if you've been reading this blog for a while that would come as no surprise. This was worth buying for the unreleased Cold Sweat track alone, it's a live recording of them covering Black Flag's "I've Heard It Before". Of course the Iron Lung track rules but at 15 seconds long you could almost miss it if you weren't paying attention.

Iron Lung Records have a stack of new releases coming out that I can't wait to hear. Unfortunately if you haven't already got this one, you missed out. All 500 copies sold out pretty quick. You can of course listen to the whole tape below or download from Terminal Escape.

  v/a- Iron Lung Mixtape I Side A by Iron Lung Records

  v/a- Iron Lung Mixtape I Side B by Iron Lung Records

Iron Lung - Exposed

I was lucky enough to see Iron Lung play last night in Perth which is where I picked up two versions of this tour 7". It's a one sided record with three songs which includes a Sex Vid cover. The red vinyl is the second press and the glow in the dark vinyl is the third press.

Trapped In A Scene 12"

This is a power violence / hardcore compilation that came out a couple of years back on 625 Thrash Core and Give Praise Records. I don't usually buy compilations anymore but there's a lot of really good bands on here including Hatred Surge, Iron Lung and In Disgust. Each band has at least 2 tracks or more in a row so it feels kinda like listening to a bunch of 7"s without having to get up. Back when I was first getting into punk music, compilations and label samplers were the best way to hear new bands. I would buy every comp I could find and would usually end up liking a few bands enough to hunt down their records. This was before the internet, so you couldn't just download mp3s or check out a bands myspace.   Compilations still serve a purpose but they're just not as necessary as they were back then I guess. I think the vinyl of this was limited to 500 and it's out of print now but you can still get it on CD.

Public Humiliation

Iron Lung / Walls / Pig Heart Transplant - Public Humiliation
I was very happy to find this waiting on my doorstep when I got home today. It's a live collaboration with all 3 bands playing at the same time. Man I would have loved to have been at this show. At least I got the record. There were 500 pressed on Iron Lung Records but they're all sold out. Apparently there's a second press in the works.