Crowning / Swallows Nest - split 7" - IFB122

New Zealand's Swallows Nest bring one bulldozer of an emo track, lurching forward between bouts of chaos and pounding dirges, all with excellent dual vocals.  From Chicago comes Crowning, delivering 3 tracks of heavy harsh screamo, bringing together classic style screamo chaos with touches of post-black metal and vicious breakdowns - foul blasts that don't waste any time.  Co-release with IFB Records, Zegema Beach, Time as a Color, and Dingleberry.  They are $5

Listen - Crowning/Swallows Nest

Cassus - Separation Anxiety LP - IFB120

Cassus from the UK returns after their amazing debut 12" with their second full length.  10 beautiful yet chaotic screamo hardcore outbursts between punishing fast attacks and melodic playfulness - intense as always!  Comes in a nice die-cut cover with a massive full color art/lyrics booklet.  These are $13

Listen - Cassus

Permanent Makeup - Scrape LP - IFB115

Amazing Florida band we've admired for quite some time. This new LP has bassist Christopher Nadeau, guitarist James Bess and drummer Susan Dickson-Nadeau careening their way through bouncy, angry tracks like album opener "Currency" and the demonically woozy crunch of “Desperate Adults.” Fans of Unwound, Shellac, Red Monkey or Polvo would find this on heavy listening rotation.  These are $10

Listen - Permanent Makeup

Mrtex / Kelut - Split LP - IFB112

мятеж is an project that consists of Chris Story (ex-Makara, Jenny Piccolo, Yaphet Kotto, The Anasazi and Anal Knievel) on...everything instrumental and myself (ex-The World That Summer) on vocals. This split 12" is a mixture of songs recorded by Chris over the last three years that are assembled into a much more ambient and atmospheric mix when compared to the groups other releases.

KELUT is, for lack of a more succinct synopsis, the next step for the majority of members from Yusuke. Gone are the pretty, noodly and more Saetia sounding sections, as the band goes apeshit here with five tracks of mind-numbing and ear-splitting screamy, dark hardcore.

These are $10

Listen - Mrtex/Kelut

v/a - Eight Feet Under Vol. 1 - 2xLP compilation - IFB107

Insane screamo comp. - 8-band/4-country split 2x12" with gatefold cover! A truly stunning snapshot of 8 fantastic EPs, including 2-4 new/exclusive songs from (Sweden) Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket and Via Fondo, (Canada) Nous Etions and The World That Summer, (USA) Sleeper Wave and Youth Novel, (Italy) Lamantide and Pastel.  2x12" black vinyl /500 in a gatefold cover with art by Italian graffiti artist Nero. Comes with a download code. 2-4 songs by each band for a total of 22 tracks.  These are $18

Listen - Eight Feet Under Vol. 1

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.

Listen - Saligia

Child Meadow - It Hurts LP - IFB097

Child Meadow is a two piece powerhouse of French emo - powerful, passionate and raw. This was supposed to be the last split of 3 way split series with Remek & Paper plane crash. Since Paper plane crash is not anymore a band, we decided to release those tracks as an LP.  These are sold out.

Listen - Child Meadow

Human Hands / The Blue Period - split LP - IFB096

This is some UK emo of the first order.  I'm talking 1995 Subjugation Records, Tree Records, Ida, Hated, September kinda emo.  Both bands have a different take on the sound but both absolutely nail it.  This is so refreshing - it brings me right back to being 17 and blasting Owltian Mia - I just keep flipping it over and over.  Seriously if any of the aforementioned bands/labels means anything to you, then you absolutely cannot go wrong here.  This is a split release with lots of labels - DIY cooperation forever.  They are sold out.

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Human Hands
The Blue Period



Subjects Rulers - s/t Cassette - IFB094

Subjects Rulers were a short lived project out of Nashville with folks from Cease Upon the Capitol and Dolcim. They recorded this full length then spread out across the country, leaving us this lovely little tape as a document of their existence. This is expertly executed screamo with just the right amount of chaos, massive, uplifting passages, dynamic drumming and powerful vocals. These guys have been doing this a long time and it shows.  These are $4.

Listen - Subjects Rulers

Mrtex/People's Temple Project - split 7" - IFB090

Mrtex has a veteran of Yaphet Kotto, Makara, Jenny Piccolo, and Anasazi and all these shine through.  They drop two tracks, one being a perfect combination of swirling emo-violence with the noisy harshness of Makara.  Their second track is a gorgeous post-rocky haunted emo-dirge.  People's Temple Project is a time warp straight back to 1996 Ebullition and Mountain Records comps.  Everything about those 90's emo bands that grabbed me at 17 and still has me at nearly 40 years old is here.  Screenprinted cover and hand-stamped center labels.  These are sold out

Listen - People's Temple Project / Mrtex





Tentacles - Ambivalence LP - IFB089

Chaotic and destructive, ‘Ambivalence’ features seven tracks between epic heaviness and devastating speed from this San Antonio band. Characterized by an extreme sort of screamo / hardcore with a metallic edge. The brutal vocals contrast with the beautiful guitar work, and make this LP stand out as a true masterpiece of the tumultuous screamo / emo-violence genre.  Fans of Honeywell and Shikari take note.   A strong DIY aesthetic, with hand-screened reused, reversed and re-glued LP covers.  $12

Listen - Tentacles





Republic of Dreams/Autarkeia - split 7" - IFB085

Another lovely little split derived from a great friendship from across the oceans.  Autarkeia is from Ft. Myers FL and drops one epic track of pained, heavy emo - giant riffs and chaotic intensity complete with furious female vocals.  Made of half Jiyuna and half Merkit personnel.  Republic of Dreams hails from Germany and Poland and play maniacal emo-violence of the first order - swirling chaos and pounding filth have never sounded so good.  4 tracks in about 4 minutes on their side and there is no time for breathing - pure mastery of the genre from the masters - ex Resurrectionists and Louise Cyphre.  These are screenprinted, and it's a split release with Zegema Beach, Suspended Soul, IFB, React with Protest, and Moment of Collapse.  They are $5 in an order or $7ppd alone.

Listen - Republic of Dreams  /  Autarkeia

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

Autarkeia/Me and Goliath - split LP - IFB079

US vs. UK in an epic emo collaberation here.  Autarkeia from Ft. Myers FL plays dark and moody emo with passionate female vocals coupled with powerful lyrics.  The material on this split is often darker and heavier than the first LP, using brooding, building riffs then blast beating it into oblivion.  Hailing from Kent,  UK, Me and Goliath play frantic driving emo with the perfect mix of raw energy and desperation.  Take the modern driving emo sound and stir in a good dose of Assfactor 4 and you're in the neighborhood.  These are packaged in a screenprinted fold up sleeve with a photo inserted into the cover.  This is a split release from IFB, React With Protest, and City 17 Records.  They are $11 in an order or $15ppd alone.

Listen

Autarkeia

Me and Goliath

Remek/Paper Plane Crash - split LP - IFB065

Remek hail from the Czech Republic and deliver 4 tracks of harsh, powerful emo.  Gruff vocals complement the chaos as they perfectly blend the swirly emo chaos sound with heavier hardcore.  Paper Plane Crash fly in from Slovenia and drop 5 bombs of raw and catchy driving emo with vocals reminiscent of Former Members of Alfonsin.  Both bands have sincere and meaningful lyrics with additional writings as well in a large booklet.  The covers are painted, then screenprinted and look amazing.  Both of these bands are serious about DIY and building an alternative culture and definitely keep my faith in punk alive!  This release is a cooperation between 11 labels.  They are sold out



Download here - Remek/Paper Plane Crash LP

Old Soul - Tidal Lock LP - IFB064

Michigan's Old Soul return with 4 new massive sprawling tracks.  This one hones their post-rock atmospheric tinged screamo sound to a fine blade.  Building, haunting, dark passages give way to overwhelming power complete with blasting wall of sound parts.  The packaging is another art project with a booklet filled with etchings, a screenprinted inner jacket and an outer jacket with lyrics and a vellum obi-strip.  This is an international cooperation release with Eastrain (France), Listen to Aylin (Norway), Dog Knights (UK), and Dingleberry (Germany).  These are sold out.

Black Everest / Captain Your Ship is Sinking - split LP - IFB060

This long awaited release finally sees the light of day.  Two European emo powerhouses flail away on both sides.  Captain YSIS plays emo in the more 90's pleading, driving, yet on the verge of falling apart style that has always been a key to my musical heart.  Black Everest take a dose of screamo but bring it a lot of heavier influences as well, going for a more direct knock-out blow.  It comes housed in an absolutely gorgeous gatefold jacket.  This is a split release with 50 Year Storm, Moment of Collapse, and Win Htein.  These are sold out

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Black Everest

Captain Your Ship is Sinking

Old Soul - Who are Willing to Draw Close LP - IFB056

Michigan's Old Soul effortlessly combine genres to put forth a seriously epic set of screamed hardcore.  Dark atmospheric parts and haunting post rock quickly devolve into heavy blasting hardcore, often infused with a distinct black metal element.  Harsh, throat shredding screams complement this perfectly.  These are on pink or purple marble vinyl in a thick inner sleeve with 4 screen prints.  A wraparound cover and a big art and lyrics booklet round it out.  Michigan wins again.  This is a split release with Eastrain and Dingleberry Records.  They are sold out.

Download here - Old Soul



Republic of Dreams / Beau Navire - split 7" - IFB050

Republic of Dreams comes from Germany and brings the European emo-violence sound you know and love. It goes from frantic and wild to a momentary let-up, only to swirl away again a moment later. Members of Resurrectionists and Louise Cyphre are responsible, so you know the drill. Beau Navire are from the US and are no strangers to this sound either, combining melody and chaos in masterful fashion. These are sold out.

Download Republic of Dreams here - Republic of Dreams
I don't have the Beau Navire tracks yet.

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.

Download here - Autarkeia - s/t LP