Plural Being - Demo Cassette - IFB109

Noisy outsider punk from Fort Myers FL - members of Merkit and Panzram return to deliver 5 new tracks of disgusted punk. Each song has it's own personality ranging from almost blown up pounding, to a catchy pop-punk riff that ends in a miserable dirge, to a one riff dance-hall banger. Fresh and ugly from some small-town lifers.  These are $4

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Saligia - The New Innocence 10" - IFB106

Germany's Saligia features folks that have been pioneering the emoviolence sound from the beginning.  Members of Republic of Dreams, Lentic Waters, Resurrectionists, Apoplexy Twist Orchestra, and many others bring you a new dose of swirling intense emo-violent chaos with powerful screamed vocals, meaningful and important lyrics, and enough Chaos is Me era Orchid influence to please us punks that want our emo foul and furious and intent on smashing all oppression.  Fight back.  These are sold out.

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Cloud Rat - Qliphoth LP - IFB084

Cloud Rat's 3rd full length and IFB's 8th release for the band, is another absolute masterpiece of venomous grinding hardcore fury.  This MI based trio has toured relentlessly and has never failed to keep their sound fresh and interesting, despite being super prolific.  This record adds the noise skills of Brandon Hill to great effect, just upping the ante.  Madison's vocals again spew hideous poisons unknown since ancient ages, and Adrian has managed to hit the drums harder in an absolutely punishing performance.  Rorik drops riff after riff, taking it from grinding intensity to chugging crunch.  Seriously, just get this.  These are $10 in an order or $13ppd alone.  Split release with Halo of Flies, 7 Degrees, Moment of Collapse, and React with Protest.

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Old Soul / Lentic Waters - split LP - IFB081

Old Soul is back from the icy pits of Michigan to deliver another epic dose of massive post rock infused hardcore.  This is their heaviest and most intense material to date and blasts away with massive power.  Germany's Lentic Waters continue with their ultra heavy atmospheric hardcore, combining a dark oppressive mood with bits of chaos and doomy breakdowns.  This is housed in a beautifully screenprinted fold-up sleeve.  These are sold out.

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Old Soul / Lentic Waters

Old Soul - Nature's Arms Encircle All LP - IFB076

This is Old Soul's first output, finally put to vinyl after circulating on tours in CD format.  Expect crushing screamo inspired post-metal with quiet gorgeous interludes, layered guitar work and the pounding drums from Adrian of Cloud Rat.  Michigan wins again and again.  This record will follow the packaging format of their first two releases with a screenprinted inner sleeve, booklet and outer sleeve.  These are sold out.

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Autarkeia - s/t LP - IFB044

Hailing from sunny Fort Myers FL, Autarkeia crushes through 8 tracks of dark, moody, and epic emo. Made up of members of Jiyuna and Merkit, both sides shine through, combining gorgeous building and spine tingling emo with crushing, often distorted bass that made this record almost too heavy to cut the lacquers right. These tracks explore everything from calm to driving to gigantic pounding intensity, all fronted by female vocals ranging from venomous, pained fury to haunting ethereal beauty. Lyrics focus on personal and political topics and are moving and thoughtful. This is an emo record the way they should be - sincere, thought provoking, and intense. The packaging is made from recycled, inside out, screen printed record jackets to reduce resource consumption, and comes with an 11x17 poster/lyrics insert. The CD version also includes the track from the Cloud Rat split and is housed in a recycled paper screen printed/stamped digipack with lyrics booklet. They are $9 ($7 CD) in an order or $11ppd (8ppd CD) on their own. Trades and wholesale welcome.

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Cloud Rat - s/t LP - IFB026

Heavy, blasting hardcore played mostly at a grinding pace, only slowing down to bludgeon you with crushing riffs. This record has an emotional honesty and intensity that is often lacking in bands this heavy, as the pained lyrics are spat out like so much venom. The lyrics deal with dark family issues of neglect and abandonment and the hurt is felt in the delivery, and as hard as they are to take, I feel they make the record all the more relevant. The packaging is made out of re-used record covers, screenprinted then re-glued, with a lyrics insert, all with original art from the band and friends. This is a split release with Otherwise Dead Records and Midwestern Decline Records. They are $10 in a new edition of green LP's



Download the album here - Cloud Rat LP