Hi there! Here's the rundown of SuperFi activities as of 29th August 2009. I'm going to be moving to London to go back into full-time education, but I still have a bunch of things to put out, so it'll be business as usual for the moment (albeit maybe a bit slower).
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SNOWBLOOD - third CD/2xLP
CD out now, 2xLP out soon!
After years of delay (on our part), the third and final album by Snowblood is finally upon us! The Glasgow quartet were one of the best UK bands of recent times, with legendary live performances and two class albums ("Being And Becoming" and "The Human Tragedy") under their belt.
This third (untitled) album brings four (similarly untitled) songs in an hour, and is an out-and-out epic magnum opus that puts all this piffling newjack post-metal currently clogging the airwaves in the shade. Masters of the lyrical build-up, the tension builds organically, flowing inexorably towards utterly crushing doom passages time and time again. If you need further proof of their worth, John Peel played them on his show a good few times, and invited them to do a session for his annual Burns Night special of Scottish bands.
This album was produced by the band themselves in the isolated Scottish highlands. The beautifully detailed and elegant artwork was done by Glyn at Scrawled. The CD, pressed at Dual Plover, is limited to 500, with chipboard sleeves printed at Stumptown, and it turned out great. It's been designed to resemble a mini-gatefold so there is coherence between both formats.
The 2xLP version is not ready yet, but should be done in 3-4 weeks' time. That will be limited to 500 copies as well, all on black, in a gatefold sleeve on chipboard done at Flexovit.
The band didn't even put their names on the insert, so I'll thank Ewan, Luke, Tobin and Youngy here. R.I.P. Snowblood, you will be missed.
http://www.snowblood.com
http://www.myspace.com/beingandbecoming
http://www.scrawled.co.uk
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MOSS - Eternal Return LP
Well this one certainly has been a long time in the making! This is a one-sided release in conjunction with Fuck Yoga Records out of Macedonia with a cracking stomper of a Moss tune on it that continues their exploration of improvisational, primal, nihilistic doom. There will be a limited screened clear version available via mailorder from the labels and the band, plus red and black copies which will go out to distros and so on. By the way, if you have the "Tombs Of The Blind Drugged" CD that Rise Above put out, this song is already on there.
http://www.myspace.com/cthonicrites
http://www.hellmilitia.com
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THE GOOD WIFE - Teeth And Tongue / The Charnel House 7"
This is the first release from this five-piece from the UK's south coast. Imagine a heady mix of Oxbow, The Jesus Lizard and The Stooges with some seriously weighty literary references, and you might get somewhere close.
http://www.myspace.com/tgwuk
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GEISHA - Maudit A Minuit LP
The Bristol / Berlin noise-rock powerhouse (with emphasis on the noise) blast back with their third album following on from "Mondo Dell'Orrore" and "Die Verbrechen Der Liebe" (both still available from Crucial Blast and myself). Plenty of time changes, weirdo riffing, oddball songtitles and painfully cathartic, screaming emotion.
http://www.myspace.com/geishanoiseresearchgroup
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EXECUTIVE DISTRACTION TASKS CD
This lot from Leeds in the UK do sickeningly insane, technical grind metal, and are famed for their blink-and-you'll-miss-it five minute live sets.
http://www.myspace.com/edtasks
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ART OF BURNING WATER - Head Of The Tempest LP
We should be helping out get this lot's second album out after the original label bailed on them. The London trio are still making blastingly heavy and technical rock like Keelhaul fighting Zeni Geva while The Melvins place bets. They've gone for longer, gnarlier songs this time round, but it will still punch you squarely in the cock.
http://www.myspace.com/aobw
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HEY COLOSSUS / TRACTOR - split 7"
Strictly speaking we're not putting this one out, but we are organising it. Three labels in the UK, USA and Germany are involved, so many thanks to them. Hey C do an Andre Williams cover in their own inimitable style, while Tractor play one of their longer, dronier, more fucking horrible tracks (aptly titled "Headache").
http://www.heycolossus.com
http://www.superfirecords.co.uk/tractor
http://www.atwarwithfalsenoise.com
http://www.black-horizons.com
http://www.crucificados.de
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There's a bunch of older SuperFi stuff still available, though some only in limited amounts, so act quick!
ARMY OF FLYING ROBOTS - Life Is Cheap CD
(available)
ART OF BURNING WATER - The Voyage... CD
(available)
THE DEATH OF HER MONEY - Spirit Of The Stairwell CD
(available)
END THE AGONY - From The Lungs 7"
(few left)
FLATLANDS / SUNSHINE REPUBLIC - split LP
(available again soon)
GEISHA - Mondo Dell'Orrore CD
(available)
JINN - s/t CD
(available)
LINE - They Took Great Proud... CDEP
(available)
THE MOCK HEROIC - Dignified Exits CD
(few left)
SICBAY / VALINA - split 7"
(few left)
SNOWBLOOD - The Human Tragedy CD
(few left)
TAINT - Secrets And Lies 2xLP
(few left)
TRACTOR / GEISHA - split 10"
(few left)
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There's a perpetual sale on in our massive hardcore / punk / doom / stoner / grind / noise
distro, which is sorted by letter, genre and format. New stuff is added all the time!
http://www.superfirecords.co.uk/store.html
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