Cassette Distro
Droves- Dog People (self-released, 2016) - £3.00
Erratic stop-start grind from Glasgow. Sewer people.
The Blue Period - Summer Demo 2013 (strictly no capital letters/Wolf Town DIY, 2014) - £2.50
Breezy indiemo in hand-assembled card cases with individual tea card glued to cover. Four songs, released as a 10’’ in 2016.
Pax Indigo - It Rained Blue (Youth Camp Records, 2013) - £2.50
Just well nice strained emo from London.
The Ropes - Vietnam II (Youth Attack, 2012) - £6
Blistering hardcore in beautiful card sleeves. Absolute chaos.
Algae Bloom - I Am Still Scared Of Living (Wolf Town DIY, 2015) - £2.00
Two-piece screamo from Norwich. Sounds like a more shouty version of Midwest Pen Pals.
Bangers - Mysterious Ways (Specialist Subject Records, 2014) - £6.00
Limited edition cassette only available in the 48 hours the band wrote, rehearsed and recorded the entire album.
Yorchh / Joey Fourr - Split (Tigre Discs, 2014) - £3.50
Samplers and drum machines and lo-fi vibes and really quite good pop hooks, all over the place.
Healing Powers - Listing Your Problems, With No Intent To Solve Them (Friendly Otter, 2013) - £2.50
Screamo/emo from Durham/Leeds. V. emotional v. good.
Amygdala - Population Control (Rubaiyat Records, 2016) - £2.50
Raging emotional screamo/punk from San Antonio. Probably my favourite release of last year.
Pine Barrens - Demo 2010 (Big Mountain Tapes) - £4.00
Blastin’ hardcore/black metal from Manchester. Totally insane demo, so good it eventually made it to a 12’’ release in 2013.
Sonic Order - s/t (2015) - £2.50
Stompy hardcore from members of Jackals.
Martha - s/t (Win Htein/Odd Box Records, 2012) - £2.00
Pity Me’s finest punk-pop quad of legends. Smooth listening.
Courtyard - Forgetting Something (Wolf Town DIY, 2015) - £2.00
Loud/quiet emo from London young’uns.
Julliard - Demo (Wolf Town DIY/Cross Yr Heart And Hope To DIY, 2012) - £2.50
Raw, scatty emo in the vein of all your favourite mid 90’s sounds.
Mass - s/t (I Hate My Records. 2013) - £2.50
Experimental noise duo from Iceland. Bleak listening.
Witchcult/Drainland - split (Dedtansontapes, 2012) - £2.00
Powerviolence/hardcore infused chaos between Southampton and Ireland. Blistering noise.
Disability - Rock And Roll Tigers (Common Thread Records, 2012) - £2.00
Stop/start weird noise-rock from ex-Diet Pills members.
Wild Animals - First Songs EP (Pifia Records, 2015) - £3.00
Catchy punk/emo from Spain. Guitar rock.
Asthenia - Four Songs (Cross Yr Heart And Hope To DIY, 2014) - £2.50
Incredible evocative screamo from Japan.
Kate’s Party - My Other Girlfriend (self-released, 2015) - £2.00
Pop-punk from Ireland.
The Waterboatman - This Year I Learned How To Hide (Wolf Town DIY, 2015) - £2.00
Experimental/electronic lo-fi acoustic grazings.
Witching Waves/Rattle - split (Seeing Double, 2015) - £2.50
Rattle are a two-piece drum experiment, Witching Waves play freaky power pop. LOVELY.
Wedding - s/t (self-released, 2011) - £2.00
Underrated/unknown grooving drum and guitar racket combo. Total bass challenge vibes.
Plaids - Four Songs: Demo Spring 2012 (self-released, 2012) - £2.00
Rev summer inspired hardcore/emo. Lots going on here, lots of good.
Plaids/No Action - split (Art For Blind, 2013) - £2.00
See above, except with No Action from Australia who do a similar kinda thing.