Howdy and happy HOLLA DAZE in the event you even celebrate such things. Only a few days left in the year so I figured we'd unleash the North American pressings of two of my favorite SCANDI SLAMMERS that came out this year before 2023 rears it's inevitably ugly head. So let's go, shall we?
VIDRO - GLÖD 12"
And here we have it, the North American pressing of VIDRO's brilliant 2nd 12" titled "GLÖD." Featuring an amalgamation of members that span the globe from Brazil to the USA to their sonic and geographical home of Stockholm, Sweden, VIDRO have been churning out quality hardcore punk in recorded and live settings for five years now with no apparent signs of letting up anytime soon. Previously released on Germany's Kink Records near the outset of 2022, this North American pressing serves both as a means to alert the uninitiated of what they've been missing along with providing a taste of what is to come. Each record comes in a jacket with a large poster, featuring design work and art by VIDRO guitarist Lucas Lima.
There are 100 copies on RED VINYL for mailorder while they last.
European friends! Please order this record from KINK RECORDS in Germany as they are handling the pressing of this one on your land mass.
INDRE KRIG - DESTROYER EP
Released earlier in the year on the magnificent Adult Crash Records out of Copenhagen, Denmark, Beach Impediment is pleased to handle the North American pressing of an absolute, bonafide international hardcore punk ripper... the "DESTROYER" EP from INDRE KRIG! Six tracks of razor sharp musicianship with truly memorable hooks and riffs to match it, this platter keeps up the reputation K-Town has garnered for generating quality punk music over the course of multiple decades now. Each record comes in a pocket sleeve embellished with particularly striking art by the living legend we call Nicky Rat.
There are 100 copies on RED VINYL for mailorder while they last.
European friends! Please order this record from ADULT CRASH in Denmark as they are handling the pressing of this one on your land mass.
Will these stellar bands be coming over to North America in 2023?! Stay tuned to find out :)
Got a slight smattering of distro items too. It's no surprise I'm a distro coward this day and age due to so many that do it so much better and a general lack of spare time, but shit, man, every now and then I gotta snag some stuff. Like the reissue of Public Acid's debut 12" release "EASY WEAPONS" on the stellar LVEUM label. I would say to be sure to snag a copy of the CONDEMNATION EP with it if ya hadn't already buuuut that one is officially out of print as of the other day when I mailed the last copy off to our country's heartland. But hey, expect something new from these lovely folks in 2023.
In addition to this, the geniuses at Black Water have given the first couple LP's from PDX kings LONG KNIFE the reissue treatment as well! The long awaited repress of the "CURB STOMP EARTH" LP still ain't here (fingers crossed for sometime on January) but if you slept on these I highly recommend snagging them in the meantime. Yes.
Check the store for some other random and not so random slabs - some fan club funnies, some marked down stuff, yadda yadda. Might even put my dog on there.
**Oh and JUST A HEADS UP - I will not be shipping anything until the first week of the new year. Thanks for your understanding and patience!**
And with that, I wanna thank y'all for another great year. The pitfalls and annoyances that come with releasing records this late into the 21st century are plentiful so the bands that trust me with their art and the wonderful folks that enjoy the releases more than make up for all that bullshit. Additional shout outs to the stores and distros that keep it going with their tireless work, the folks behind the scenes recording, mixing, mastering, transferring long forgotten reels, etc for these releases and my lovely pressing plant right here in Virginia that makes shit happen for me. Thanks and see you again in about a month or so for a very special pre-order... cheers!
-B.I.R.
