Label Update/News

All orders through the bigcartel have gone out, my apologies for the delay. I have about 2 copies of S4D#2 left, and approximately half of both the Alaskan Night Bears and God Destroyer tapes left (that's around about 10 and 20, respectively). CD-Rs are sitting at a little more than half but I'll be sending out some promo packs over the next couple of days. Various distro stock is all limited to 1 or 2 copies.

If you wish to order anything, go here. Some of the distro stock is not listed on the bigcartel, so email me if you are interested in anything else (slaysfordays@hotmail.com).

Here is a rough schedule of upcoming S4D releases:

- Grandmother Demo CD-R (hardcore/sludge from Perth, Australia)
- Wand Golem 'Demon Haunted World' CD-R (stoner jams from Perth, Australia)
- Gashkadin 'Fully Ripe' 3" CD-R (harsh noise from Winnipeg, Canada)
- S4D#3 (more details soon)
- Grandmother/Wand Golem split tape
- new material from Balcony View

I also have some other zine projects in the works. Can't really give much info or a release schedule, but one of them is an art zine featuring the work of Jeroen (who did the cover of S4D#2). But yeah, buy me out so I can put your hard earned money towards getting the above released.

Pop. 1280 - The Horror

It's time you got acquainted with Pop. 1280, they are from New York and they will make your booty shake or make your hips to the right, and hips to the left. There are endless amounts of noisy grooves throughout, and the bass proudly bounces over squealing guitar lines. There are comparisons to The Men and of course Sonic Youth. But i think the real obvious Swans (Filth/Cop) sound is real obvious throughout the album.

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Rare Youth

"power pop psych noise, abandoned dronescapes, reckless free improvisation, emo power electronics, late night elven dance music, epic psych rock, shredded throat guitar doom, john carpenter-esque synth despair, witty no-fi punkish noise, genuine teenage love songs, total garbage, marching bands, etc. etc. With the attention that Providence has received for being a hub of louder-than-life, experimental music/art, this compilation tries to provide an updated snapshot of the current subterranean goings-on."

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Vile Mess - Vile Mess

Vile Mess is a fastcore/powerviolence group out of Canberra, Australia. They've put out an EP (which I believe is their first) that rips some fast as fuck riffs and burly vocals across six songs in one second under five minutes. The band have quite a full sound a la Mind Eraser and toy with heavy hardcore tenets when they aren't blasting.

There may not be much to said in about Vile Mess in way of originality, but Vile Mess take a very used and abused style and keep it fun and interesting, which is what you should expect of a band in this genre. If you're a PV nut or are dead keen on Australian bands playing this style, this is definitely worth a listen. The choice of sample at the beginning of the first song is perfect.

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Lo-fi by Default - Sampler

Lo-fi by Default is a DIY label that eschews genre bounds and brings together artists from all around the world who follow a line of DIY, lo-fi recording practices. Their roster contains artists in styles ranging from math rock, post-punk, hardcore, electronic music, hip-hop and chillwave, though that's barely scratching the surface. You can hear 10 different artists across the 18 songs on this compilation, all of which are genuine in their DIY expression - the pretension that can come with being 'lo-fi' is not a valid criticism here.

I would have liked to go through some of the bands here in various detail but I've decided I won't bore you (or simply because I have little time to continue writing this blurb). What I can say with certainty is that there actually wasn't a single artist on here that I didn't find compositionally or at the least thematically interesting. Some definite highlights were the mid-west emo interpretation of John Lithgoat, the lo-fi, fuzz-meshed jangly post-punk of The Latecomers, the garage pop sensibilities of Turning Jew or the droney shoegaze of Metropolitan Intent. I could have kept going with the wordy descriptions but I'd like to leave a little of the surprise of discovery to the rest of you.

If DIY/lo-fi music interests you, if you are in a band that follows a similar recording aesthetic or if you get a little wet over compilations, Lo-fi by Default's sampler is most worthy of being picked apart.

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1. Negative Feedback Loop - Intro (Demo)
2. Adult Video Arcade - Natural//Shaven
3. John Lithgoat - Hotcakes
4. The Latecomers - A Walk on the Coldfront
5. Kamas - My Second Chance
6. Metropolitan Intent - Proto Evanelium 2
7. Starnoise - Somewhere Else
8. Turning Jew - Not Really Your Father
9. Marigold Bones - 3 Step
10. The Floor's Trick - Laugh
11. TBATLR - Again
12. Kamas - Free
13. Starnoise - No One
14. Metropolitan Intent - Midnight Wander (Excerpt)
15. The Latecomers - Wooden Man
16. Turning Jew - Hands
17. TBATLR - Armadillo Dance
18. John Lithgoat - Jampoline

Disgust - Where Angels Fear To Tread

Time for some No Coast Power Electronics, the kind of power electronics to make your skin crawl, your head shrink, and ultimately make you feel dirty. Maybe you should get this and have an extreme disgust for the world too.

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Distro Sale

Reduced prices on most distro stock - if you haven't bought one of the tapes and have considered doing so, now's your chance. I'm keen to push out all of the current stock so I can start working on new releases. S4D tapes down to $2.50, CD-Rs to $1, and various drops in distro stock. Get them before they sell out.

I only have 9 copies of S4D#2 left too, issue #3 can't come out until it's well and truly sold out. Get on it.

You can order at S4D's new big cartel page.

Sarsekim - Fathom the Spheres

I guess with the torrent of death metal bands/records that came out of Australia, and the rising nwoosdm, in 2009, bands were bound to be buried here and there. This seems to be one of the unfortunate. They're a pretty riffy, not so wanky, tech-death band that, for the most part, are pretty enjoyable. Can't say my attention doesn't drift here and there, but overall it's solid.

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Natural Assembly

Grimy synth-pop to sooth the angsty blackness that exudes from your cold dead heart. Both accounts are present. The newest features the inclusion of the mind of Cremation Lily and Life in the Dark. Eat shit and dance faggot.

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Custodian

Up for more noise? Like, caught in a hurricane in a scrapyard during an earthquake, noise? This really is some of the most nut rattling, ear fucking, and utterly destructive harsh noise i've heard, though I'm sure there's much more out there. He's already released a bunch of stuff, all consistently good and pretty much all sold out. You can listen to everything at the Custodian Bandcamp, with some more info here.

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