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

Aureole of Ash / Jotnarr - Split 7" - IFB119

Aureole of Ash dishes out 4 tracks of nightmarish grinding fury.  Pure whirlwind grind death with absolute grit and spite on vocal duties, complete with perfect use of samples!  If you're sick of religion and nazis like the rest of us, this may ease your pain.  Members of Resurrectionists, Saligia, Arsen AKA Konig Der Monster.  Jotnarr plow through 2 tracks of filthy blackened squalor - massive black metal darkness with hints of raging crust and just that touch of melody here and there to add a dark emotional weight.  These are $5

Listen - Aureole of Ash / Jotnarr

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

Barque - Coffin Cutters LP - IFB102

Straight outta Lille, France, Barque delivers 5 tracks of searing dark hardcore.  They hit all the right buttons with the beat-down heaviness of Lich, a touch of mathy chaos in the Coalesce realm, and that vibe of dread and frustration that Lentic Waters does so well.  Sometimes pounding, sometimes swirling, sometimes blackened blasting - if you like your hardcore bringing the best of multiple genres and creating genuinely bleak moods, this should do it.  These are sold out.

Listen - Barque 

Weak Wrists - s/t LP - IFB101

Asheville NC's Weak Wrists bring together elements of emo-violent swirl in the finest Orchid tradition, soaring post-metal passages that would make Old Soul proud, the textured and dynamic drums of Funeral Diner, and a bedrock of grinding filth with torn-throat female vocals for the Cloud Rat enthusiast among us.  All these things weave and intermingle flawlessly and are executed with passion.  These are $10

Listen - Weak Wrists

Old Soul - Blue Heron LP - IFB099

Michigan's Old Soul give us what is probably their last offering.  For long time followers of the band, it is a fitting capstone.  Old Soul pioneered and mastered this style of screamo/post-rock.  Their sound is just an overwhelming wave which can be beautiful cascading atmosphere to pure blasting intensity, all with a level of song-writing that is at the top of the genre.  After 6 records, what more can I say?  This is the type of record to blast in a dark room alone and just let it take you in.  These are sold out.

Listen - Old Soul





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



Tempest - s/t LP - IFB095

Holy shit.  Vancouver's Tempest have seriously outdone themselves here.  This is the most blackened, tornado swirling aural violence I've heard.  Rooted in sounds like early Orchid and much of the swirling heaviness that React With Protest Records releases, Tempest just makes it overwhelmingly heavy with buried vocals that sound like hideous phantoms clawing out of caves.  There are hints of dark beauty buried deep in the tightly controlled chaos here that keep the record from strangling you completely.  Seriously just a total enveloping sound on the level of Old Soul that just keeps sending tingles down your spine.  These are $12 and are co-released with Loeil du Tigre and React With Protest.

Listen - Tempest



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





Lentic Waters - The Path LP - IFB088

Lentic Waters from Munster, Germany has been flattening forests with their swirling wall of sound for a few years now.  This monster of an LP continues with huge and heavy screamo laced hardcore coupled with epic building instrumental passages bringing elements of post-metal and doom to the table.  Definitely a dark and emotional masterpiece, complete with a large lyrics booklet with some additional writings.  Split label release with IFB Records, React With Protest, Maniyax, Suspended Soul, Deadwood, and Zegema Beach.  They are sold out.

Listen - Lentic Waters - The Path LP

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

Recreant - Still Burn LP - IFB082

Tampa FL's Recreant dish out their second LP of blackened hardcore.  They seamlessly blend the best of dark hc/crust with harsh screamo influences from the late 90's.  Add very well placed and textured violin work and passionate political lyrics/vocals and you kind of can't lose here.  These are sold out.

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Recreant - Still Burn LP

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.

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Autarkeia

Me and Goliath