Sargent House HHV Records 35 Items

Birth Of Violence Lavender Eco Mix Vinyl Edition

LP | 2019 | UK | Reissue (Sargent House)

29,99 €*

Release: 2019 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Chelsea Wolfe has always been a conduit for a powerful energy, and while she has demonstrated a capacity to channel that somber beauty into a variety of forms, her gift as a songwriter is never more apparent than when she strips her songs down to a few key components. As a result, her solemn majesty and ominous elegance are more potent than ever on Birth of Violence. There is a core element to Chelsea Wolfe’s music—a kind of urgent spin on America’s desolation blues—that’s existed throughout the entirety of her career. Her latest album, Birth of Violence, is a return to the reclusive nature of her earlier recordings. The songs stem from humble beginnings little more than Wolfe’s voice and her Taylor acoustic guitar. Her longtime musical collaborator Ben Chisholm recorded the songs on a makeshift studio and helped fill them out with his modern production treatments and the occasional auxiliary flourish from ongoing contributors Jess Gowrie (drums) and Ezra Buchla (viola). “These songs came to me in a whirlwind and I knew I needed to record them soon, and also really needed a break from the road,” Wolfe says. “I’ve spent the past few years looking for the feeling of home; looking for places that felt like home. The result of that humble approach yields Wolfe’s most devastating work to date.

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Engine Of Hell Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Sargent House)

27,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Classic Black Lp W/ Printed Inner Sleeve, Lyric Insert And Download Card!Emma Ruth Rundle's Forthcoming Engine Of Hell Is Stark, Intimate, And Unflinching. For Anyone That's Endured Trauma And Grief, There's A Beautiful Solace In Hearing Rundle Articulate And Humanize That Particular Type Of Pain Not Only With Her Words, But With Her Particular Mysterious Language Of Melody And Timbre. The Album Captures A Moment Where A Masterful Songwriter Strips Away All Flourishes And Embellishments In Order To Make Every Note And Word Hit With Maximum Impact, Leaving Little To Hide Behind. "I Really Wanted To Capture Imperfection And The Vulnerability Of My Humanity," Rundle Says Of The Album's Sonic Approach. "Here Are Some Very Personal Songs; Here Are My Memories; Here Is Me Teetering On The Very Edge Of Sanity Dipping My Toe Into The Outer Reaches Of Space And I'm Taking You With Me And It's Very Fucked Up And Imperfect.'"Emma Ruth Rundle Has Always Been A Multifaceted Musician, Equally Capable Of Dreamy Abstraction (As Heard On Her Album Electric Guitar: One), Maximalist Textural Explorations (See Her Work In Marriages, Red Sparowes, Nocturnes Or Collaborations With Chelsea Wolfe And Thou), And The Classic Singer-Songwriter Tradition (Exemplified By Some Heavy Ocean). But On Engine Of Hell, Rundle Has Opted To Forego The Full-Band Arrangements Of Her Previous Albums In Favor Of The Austerity Of A Lone Piano Or Guitar And Her Voice, Which Creates A Kind Of Intimacy, As If We're Sitting Beside Rundle On A Bench, Or Perhaps Even Playing The Songs Ourselves. It's An Extremely Up-Close And Personal Confessional With A Focus On The Rich Subtleties And Timbre Of Rundle's Graceful Performances."For Me This Album Is The End Of An Era To The End Of A Decade Of Making Records. Things Do Have To Change And Have Changed For Me Since I Finished Recording It." In Essence, Engine Of Hell Signifies A Major Turning Point For Rundle As Both An Artist And As A Person. The Catharsis Of This Type Of Songwriting Has Ef...

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Birth Of Violence Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2019 | UK | Reissue (Sargent House)

28,99 €*

Release: 2019 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hiss Spun Cloudy Red & Clear Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2017 | UK | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 2017 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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“When musicians have this intensity in them, they often get to it 5 sooner and stay put. Ms. Wolfe sounds like she’s using it by choice, not disposition; she can use different kinds of darkness as colour or tincture." - NY Times // “The reigning dark priestess of goth-scarred art rock.” Rolling Stone // Hiss Spun is Chelsea Wolfe’s sixth album. Following her acclaimed 2015 album Abyss, Hiss Spun is at once dynamic, heavy, and raw. NPR shared the song “16 Psyche,” saying, “Wolfe has always possessed a talent for dynamic song writing, particularly concerning the theatre of the soul. But the masterful "16 Psyche" is a full-on ride, and one that finds her at her most commanding and climactic yet." Recorded by Kurt Ballou (Converge), the album was conceived as an emotional purge, a means of coming to terms with the tumult of the outside world by exploring the complexities of one’s inner unrest.

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American Nervoso 25th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1998 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 1998 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Legendary Tacoma, Washington mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch's debut full-length American Nervoso was originally recorded in 1998, eventually becoming one of the most ground-breaking records during a pivotal shift in heavy music. Now, the band's debut album is set to be re-issued on Sargent House 25 years after its original release. The album features white-hot guitar action, scathing vocals, sweet bass moves, and torrential drums, smashing existing precepts of hardcore and redefining both the word and the music for a generation of kids and grizzled vets alike. Bassist Brian Cook, guitarist David Knudson, drummer Tim Latona, and vocalist Dave Verellen formed Botch in 1993, eventually becoming one of the most significant bands of their time. Their final show was June 15, 2002, the same day as the release of their final EP, An Anthology of Dead Ends. The members would go on to play in These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear, and Russian Circles, among others, with acclaim for the band coming mostly post-breakup. Over 20 years since they played their final show, Botch are reuniting for select dates in the Pacific Northwest in February 2023. 25th anniversary re-issue of Botch's critically lauded debut album. Botch have their first live performances in over 20 years for early 2023. Botch have been included on "Most Influential lists" by outlets like Decibel, Rock Sound, Alternative Press, A.V. club + more

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Hiss Spun Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2017 | UK | Reissue (Sargent House)

I Am Toward You Cloudy Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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How To Dress Well

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ltd col. indies.only vinyl!In his 15+ years recording as How To Dress Well, LA-based musician Tom Krell has played with the concept of what we hear and how we communicate in order to create music that exists somewhere between celestial transcendence and an outsider approach to what pop music can be...

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American Nervoso 25th Anniversary Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 1998 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 1998 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Engine Of Hell Silver Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Emma Ruth Rundle's Engine of Hell is stark, intimate, and unflinching. For anyone that's endured trauma and grief, there's a beautiful solace in hearing Rundle articulate and humanize that particular type of pain not only with her words, but with her particular mysterious language of melody and timbre. The album captures a moment where a masterful songwriter strips away all flourishes and embellishments in order to make every note and word hit with maximum impact, leaving little to hide behind. "I really wanted to capture imperfection and the vulnerability of my humanity," Rundle says of the album's sonic approach. "Here are some very personal songs; here are my memories; here is me teetering on the very edge of sanity dipping my toe into the outer reaches of space and I'm taking you with me and it's very fucked up and imperfect.'" Emma Ruth Rundle has always been a multifaceted musician, equally capable of dreamy abstraction (as heard on her album Electric Guitar: One), maximalist textural explorations (see her work in Marriages, Red Sparowes, Nocturnes or collaborations with Chelsea Wolfe and Thou), and the classic singer-songwriter tradition (exemplified by Some Heavy Ocean). But on Engine of Hell, Rundle has opted to forego the full-band arrangements of her previous albums in favor of the austerity of a lone piano or guitar and her voice, which creates a kind of intimacy, as if we're sitting beside Rundle on a bench, or perhaps even playing the songs ourselves. It's an extremely up-close and personal confessional with a focus on the rich subtleties and timbre of Rundle's graceful performances. "For me this album is the end of an era to the end of a decade of making records. Things DO have to change and have changed for me since I finished recording it." In essence, Engine of Hell signifies a major turning point for Rundle as both an artist and as a person. The catharsis of this type of songwriting has effectively served its purpose, and to continue ruminating on the past going forward is less of a healing process and more like picking at a scab and refusing to let it heal. This may help explain why Rundle is less than enthusiastic about divulging the details about her muses, but it doesn't alter the fact that these songs served a purpose in their creation, and that they may continue to bring comfort to others. Limited numbers of copies of limited Silver Vinyl available - absolutely exclusively for Indie retail only! :)

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We Are The Romans Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 1999 | CZ | Reissue (Sargent House)

41,99 €*

Release: 1999 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Influencial cult classic reissued plus new Botch song! Legendary Tacoma, Washington mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch's second and final full-length album We Are the Romans was originally released in 1999, eventually becoming one of the most ground-breaking records during a pivotal shift in heavy music. Now, the band's seminal album is set to be re-issued and will include Botch's first new song in over 20 years, "One Twenty Two". There was never any intention for the band to release anything else, but when guitarist David Knudson went to write his debut solo LP, it made sense. He explains: "During Covid, I was writing my debut solo LP, and mentally, I was sick of everything in quarantine. Lots of frustration had set in at home, and I figured the best way to deal with it was to write something heavy. I had no intention of writing anything for Botch, but when I was thinking of a singer to collaborate with, I thought, "Hey, I know the best hardcore singer ever to do it," so I hit up Dave V. He was super excited and so it just kind of snowballed from there. There was never any intent or conversation about getting back together or writing. It just happened so naturally and was a great release for all of us to make it happen without any of the traditional pressure an "active" band faces." Bassist Brian Cook, guitarist David Knudson, drummer Tim Latona, and vocalist Dave Verellen formed Botch in 1993, eventually becoming one of the most significant bands of their time. Their final show was June 15, 2002, the same day as the release of their final EP, An Anthology of Dead Ends. The members would go on to play in These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear, and Russian Circles, among others, with acclaim for the band coming mostly post-breakup. We Are the Romans went on to become one of the most influential albums ever for the genre garnering posthumous acclaim across the board.

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We Are The Romans Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 1999 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

40,99 €*

LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 1999 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Boris

Noise

LP | 2010 | CZ | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Vinyl Packaging: 2LP in Gatefold jacket + download card.BORIS has always demolished expectations of what a band can do musically and aesthetically. In keeping with that tradition, they again flip the script for the band's first off...

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Red Fang

32,99 €*

Release: 2010 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Red Fang's self-titled debut full-length will be reissued on Sargent House in December 2021.This debut is being repressed for the first time since 2015). Red Fang is the formation of long time friends and collaborators Bryan Giles (Last of the Juanitas, Party Time), Aaron Beam (Dark Forces, Lachrymator), David Sullivan (Party Time, facedowninshit, Shiny Beast) and John Sherman (Party Time, Bad Wizard, Trumans Water, All Night). Unleashed on New Year's Eve of 2006 in Portland, Oregon, Red Fang stormed out of the gates, introducing a sweaty, seething basement to a new kind of unforgettable fist-pumping, beer-chugging rock music. Since that night, the band has continued with the same intensity, energy, and intimacy to quickly become a touring juggernaut, playing shows all over the US with bands like The Melvins, Big Business, and The Sword, to name just a few. Residing somewhere between Black Flag and Black Sabbath, Red Fang recall a time when rock was more urgent and horrifying. Synthesizing a variety of heavy music influences into their own distinct musical identity, the band easily shifts from barn-burning punk to mid-tempo, hyper-distorted bass destruction all while maintaining a cohesive sound. Red Fang create gigantic rock songs that are easy to listen to (not easy listening, mind you) and qualify the simultaneous usage of both the thinking and the banging head, which are usually mutually exclusive. Their instrumentation is fluid and effortless, and the vocals are delivered melodically and forcefully, with enough rasp and effect saturation to fit nicely within the music. Paired with elemental imagery, the lyrics are immense and satisfying without any pretense. Classic black vinyl, for Fans of Fu Manchu, Melvins, Clutch, Stoner, Doom & Sludge!

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An Anthology Of Dead Ends Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2002 | UK | Reissue (Sargent House)

26,99 €*

Release: 2002 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Legendary Tacoma, Washington mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch’s final EP An Anthology of Dead Ends was originally recorded in 2002, serving as a swan song sending off one of heavy music’s most inventive groups. Now, the band’s final EP is set to be re-issued on Sargent House over 20 years after its original release. Their monstrous concoction of metal, noise, indie rock guitar trickery, and depth is on full display. This is a last will and testament to the group's drive and intent, cementing their legacy as one of the untouchable greats, already having influenced many a group.

Bassist Brian Cook, guitarist David Knudson, drummer Tim Latona, and vocalist Dave Verellen formed Botch in 1993, eventually becoming one of the most significant bands of their time. Their final show was June 15, 2002, the same day as the original release of An Anthology of Dead Ends. The members would go on to play in These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear, and Russian Circles, among others, with acclaim for the band coming mostly post-breakup. Over 20 years since they played their final show, Botch are reuniting for select dates across the US throughout the end of 2023.

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An Anthology Of Dead Ends Transparent Vinyl Edition

LP | 2002 | CZ | Reissue (Sargent House)

27,99 €*

Perfect Saviours Sea Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2002 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Armed

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Station Blue Vinyl Edition

Russian Circles

LP | 2008 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

34,99 €*

Release: 2008 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hyacinth Amber Vinyl Edition

David Eugene Edwards

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Sargent House)

Engine Of Hell

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I Am Toward You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: Near Mint

Record is warped but still enjoyable! White vinyl!

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How To Dress Well

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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In his 15+ years recording as How To Dress Well, LA-based musician Tom Krell has played with the concept of what we hear and how we communicate in order to create music that exists somewhere between celestial transcendence and an outsider approach to what pop music can be. I Am Toward You is the first new How To Dress Well album in six years, with some of h...

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EG2: Dowsing Voice Black Vinyl Edition

30,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Keep This Be The Way Colored Vinyl Editoin

Helms Alee

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket, green/black double coloured LP with lyric insert and download card. Keep This Be the Way is Helms Alee's sixth full-length and first new album in over 3 years. Across the span of their first five studio albums, Seattle trio Helms Alee have consistently refined their signature sound-a blend of lilting siren songs, crushing thunder and sludge, and heady guitar pop filled with lush guitars and elaborate three-part vocal harmonies that reach widely across various subgenres of the heavy music world. On this latest album they expand their palette by delving into the production possibilities afforded by recording the album themselves, creating their most dynamic and technicoloured work to date.. Keep This Be the Way still very much sounds like a Helms Alee record, but it's their first album that diverts from the faithful recreation of their live sound and delves into a vibrant tapestry of surreal sounds and invented spaces. This new approach is immediately evident on first single "See Sights Smell Smells," where reverse cymbal crashes, fragmented piano, layered drums, woozy drones, saxophone freak-outs, and trippy vocal treatments transport the listener to an altered state of exhilarated anticipation. The pendulum swings towards more adventurous and exploratory sounds on songs like "Tripping Up the Stairs", it's nightmarish synth glides pitted against distorted barrages steeped in classic Helms Alee timbre. And therein lies the power of the Keep Us Be the Way: it reflects a period of change, ambiguity and perseverance through its fearless curiosity, cathartic rumble, and sublime beauty.

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Helms Alee

Keep This Be The Way

29,99 €*

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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CD Digipak w/ lyric booklet. Vinyl in Gatefold Jacket, lyric insert and download card.Keep This Be the Way is Helms Alee's sixth full-length and first new album in over 3 years. Across the span of their first five studio albums, Seattle trio Helms Alee have consistently refined their signature sound-a blend of lilting siren songs, crushing thunder and sludge, and heady guitar pop filled with lush guitars and elaborate three-part vocal harmonies that reach widely across various subgenres of the heavy music world. On this latest album they expand their palette by delving into the production possibilities afforded by recording the album themselves, creating their most dynamic and technicoloured work to date.. Keep This Be the Way still very much sounds like a Helms Alee record, but it's their first album that diverts from the faithful recreation of their live sound and delves into a vibrant tapestry of surreal sounds and invented spaces. This new approach is immediately evident on first single "See Sights Smell Smells," where reverse cymbal crashes, fragmented piano, layered drums, woozy drones, saxophone freak-outs, and trippy vocal treatments transport the listener to an altered state of exhilarated anticipation. The pendulum swings towards more adventurous and exploratory sounds on songs like "Tripping Up the Stairs", it's nightmarish synth glides pitted against distorted barrages steeped in classic Helms Alee timbre. And therein lies the power of the Keep Us Be the Way: it reflects a period of change, ambiguity and perseverance through its fearless curiosity, cathartic rumble, and sublime beauty. Helms Alee supporting Russian Circles on the upcoming EU Headline tour in April/May 2022.

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Deafheaven

10 Years Gone

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mrs. Piss (Chelsea Wolfe & Jess Gowrie)

Self-Surgery Red & Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Sargent House)

34,99 €*

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Drawing on their collective rock, metal, and industrial influences, the project began while the two were touring around together during Wolfe's Hiss Spun album in 2017. The result is their debut album Self-Surgery, which was recorded at The Dock Studio in Sacramento, CA and in Wolfe's home studio, The Canyon. These songs feel more urgent and visceral than anything either of them has created before: heaviness spurred on by punk spirit. Chelsea Wolfe (vocals, guitar): "Working on this project brought Jess and I so much closer as songwriters and production partners, after reuniting as friends and bandmates. It was freeing and fun to channel some wild energies that I don't typically put into my own music. We tried not to overthink the songs as we were writing them, but at the same time we did consciously put a lot into crafting them into our own weird sonic vision. This project was a chance for us to do things our own way, on our own terms, and we plan to invite more womxn musicians along for future Mrs. Piss recordings." CW Jess Gowrie (drums, guitar, bass, programming): "To me, Mrs. Piss represents a musical chemistry cut short long ago that now gets a second chance. Creating with Chelsea has always been very liberating for me, and we both push each other to try new things: anything and everything. Both of us have grown so much as writers and musicians since our first band together (Red Host), and with the journeys we had to take separately to get there, we both have so much more to say; so much more pain and anger to express. That said, we also had a lot of fun doing it, not to mention how freeing it is to not give a f-k and to just create." JG "Doomy chugs, ethereal vocals and massive distortion sounds are the order of the day, summoning the menacing timbres that fueled Wolfe's Abyss and Hiss Spun records" Guitar World "a grungy, sludgy new project that defies expectations" Revolver "Together, they make a grandly grungy noise - something bigger and more anthemic than what we're used to hearing from Wolfe" Stereogum "urgent and abrasive" Consequence OF Sound " thundering tracks that sound as if they had diliberately set about to destroy a roomful of amplifiers" Blackbook

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Jaye Jayle

House Cricks

26,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Helms Alee

Noctiluca

26,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (Sargent House)

Miserable

Loverboy / Dog Days

29,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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No Trail & Other Unholy Paths

Jaye Jayle

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Sargent House)

28,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

Boris

Noise

Ultrapop White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

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The Armed

LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Sargent House)

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Armed return with their first new album in over three years and Sargent House debut, Ultrapop. The album reaches the same extremities of sonic expression as the furthest depths of metal, noise, and otherwise "heavy" counterculture music subgenres but finds its foundation firmly in pop music and pop culture. As is always The Armed's mission, it seeks only to create the most intense experience possible, a magnification of all culture, beauty, and things. The band goes on to explain, "crafting vital art means presenting the audience with new and intriguing tensions-sonically, visually, conceptually. Over time and through use, those tensions become less novel and effective-and they become expectations. The concept of "subgenre" becomes almost the antithesis of vitality in art-itself a fetishization of expectation. Ultrapop seeks, in earnest, to create a truly new listener experience. It is an open rebellion against the culture of expectation in "heavy" music. It is a joyous, genderless, post-nihilist, anti-punk, razor-focused take on creating the most intense listener experience possible. It's the harshest, most beautiful, most hideous thing we could make." Ultrapop follows their recent contribution to the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack "Night City Aliens" and 2018's critically acclaimed album Only Love, which landed on 'Album of the Year' lists from The Atlantic, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Vice, Stereogum, and many more. The album was co-produced by the band's own Dan Greene in collaboration with Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe) and features contributions from Mark Lanegan, Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, A Perfect Circle), Ben Koller (Converge, Killer Be Killed, Mutoid Man) and many more. Kurt Ballou (Converge, High on Fire, Russian Circles) remains at the helm as executive producer.

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The Armed

Live At The Masonic

34,99 €*