2022 - 10 - 21 /// Lower Automation premiere!!!
So what’s going on with Reversal Of Man? Okay, I got word that the issue is the first pressing has A/B and C/D finished but the plant just straight up hasn’t finished doing the E/F because of issues. The 2nd press is done already (weird eh?) so they should arrive in late October and ready to be shipped off. This isn’t an issue on our end. It isn’t an issue on Repeater’s end. It’s the plant.
Soul Crusher released their debut EP this week. Features Sasha of Life In Vacuum, Congratulations, and Kiken!
For fans of: Radiohead, Life In Vacuum, and Elliot Smith.
Sasha from Life In Vacuum, Congratulations, and Kiken has had this solo project in his head for a decade and today you get to hear the fruits of a decade of inspiration, revisions, fine-tuning, and passion. Relatively stripped down indie/synth/acoustic rock with additional instrumentation that truly breathes additional life into this very intriguing debut EP.
Cassettes /40, 15 on red swirl, 10 on clear swirl, 10 on red, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case, all in a plastic case with j-card and download code. 6 songs.
Listen here:
https://youtu.be/JPopZlbRq10
CARA NEIR ‘Phantasmal‘ 12"LP (ZB290)
For fans of: Horse The Band, Gonemage, and An Albatross
Building off of the immensely dense and imaginative story/album ‘Phase Out’, the prolific CARA NEIR has released the second of three experimental black metal, chip-tune, hardcore, screamo albums in their video game + music series. ‘Phantasmal’ is a survival horror game. Chris and Garry find themselves warped from The One's RPG Gauntlet into a darker dimension known as Saint Succipio. Pulling the strings of this sinister and strangely familiar place is a pale entity known as Rex. Set in what seems like a suburban neighborhood, yet off-kilter with its eerie silence and inhuman presence lurking the deeper one ventures. Released across 289 12”s by the absolute legends at Wax Mage / Gotta Groove:
159 “Hellfire Rex Swirl“ red
105 “Health Points Infinity” OG handmade splatter
25 “Save Data Corrupted By Portals” Wax Mage
5 Test Presses
Includes two-sided insert and stickers (only included in the Hellfire Rex Swirl). 1 in 10 Hellfire Rex Swirl will be switched out for a mage or OG splatter, so if you miss on the initial drop then you still have a chance at scoring the more sought after variants. 16 tracks.
Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/phantasmal
Out Past the Rings #128 is for the most recent Nionde Plågan album (not the new one releasing in a few weeks) titled ‘Reflektion’. We still have a few copies left but don’t expect them to sit around once that new record drops.
VIRGIN MOTHER ‘Mourning Ritual’ 12”LP (TT078)
For fans of: An Autumn For Crippled Children, New Order, and Meth.
Over two years ago we released a short run of demo tapes titled ‘It Is’, and after much more writing, polishing, and expanding of the VIRGIN MOTHER sound, we are set to drop the brand new debut 12”LP ‘Mourning Ritual’ on Friday October 17th. Drawing cues from industrial, new wave, black metal, noise, screamo, punk, post-punk, and more, this deep, dark look into Seb’s subconscious and it’s subsequent artistic representation is truly a work of art. From the hellish, eerie, almost gothic-sounding intro of “[promised end]“ it becomes obvious that this album is meant to be consumed in full, with spiking adrenaline surges (see “I’d Never Feel Like Anything” and “Fault”), soothing/groovy vibes (“Traffic Stop” and “Black Light On 16th Street“), uncomfortable noise (“Vanity’s Sake“ and “Parasite“) and the epic genre-mashes (“Blossoming Winter” and “Field of Warmth“). Released on Tomb Tree. Ships mid-October.
Vinyl /113 on 180gram Eco-Grime. Includes sticker. 11 songs.
Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/mourning-ritual
Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VIENTRE + SATON = We premiered this killer split/tour video thing yesterday and you’re missing out if you don’t watch it.