Browse by Label: PERMANENT RECORDS

Artist:	CAVE/CALIFORNIA RAISINS
Title:	Split
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	10"/CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	PET 003EP

"This limited edition vinyl 10" with CD is the latest release by Chicago's most exciting psychedelic band, Cave. The Cave side includes two epic psychedelic jams, possibly their best work to date. The California Raisins side is their first release. CD includes the same music that's on the 10". The jackets are hand-screen printed by members of Cave. In case you missed their first release, the limited edition Hunt Like Devil/Jamz LP + CD (the pressing of 650 sold out immediately), Cave plays the kind of psychedelic rock every person who scans one-sheets looking for the word psychedelic wants to hear. Psych-experts Aquarius records dropped band names such as Hawkwind, Can, Neu!, Circle, and Pharoah Overlord to describe Cave's first LP Hunt Like Devil/Jamz. Well, Cave is back and this time they're sharing the limelight with Columbia, Missouri's newest group, California Raisins. The Raisins share nothing in common with the fictional R&B animated raisins of the late-80s. These dudes get down and dirty on some groove-a-delic punk rock. They share a riff-loving mindset with Cave, but unlike Cave they have a full-time vocalist and a less overtly psychedelic sound. We'll leave the name dropping up to the critics because their sound is so unique, we're having a hard time thinking of any bands they sound like."

Artist:	ANALS, THE
Title:	Total Anal
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 006LP

"Metz, France seems to be teeming with great bands these days. Cheveu, Feeling of Love, Normals, and A.H. Kraken are just the tip of this incredibly huge Metz iceberg. Many of these bands share members, but they all have their very own sound. The Anals sound is similar to the aforementioned bands in their abrasive, weird punk base, but this duo is more obliviously influenced by the German industrial, electropunk group D.A.F. (via the Brainbombs) than any of their peers. Their single on Sweet Rot sold out almost immediately and the demand prompted a repress. Now here's your chance to hear this unique duo's entire recorded output. This anthology LP includes both songs from the single, plus ten previously unreleased tracks. For fans of: D.A.F., Brainbombs, Suicide, Metal Urbain, Cheveu." Includes a black and white insert with photos and select lyrics.

Artist:	CHEVEU
Title:	Cheveau
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 007LP

"Metz, France seems to be teeming with great bands these days. Anals, Feeling of Love, Dreams, and A.H. Kraken are just the tip of this incredibly huge Metz iceberg. Many of these bands share members, but they all have their very own sound. Cheveu's sound is similar to the aforementioned bands in their abrasive, weird punk base, but this group more is obliviously influenced by the Fall than any of their peers. Their debut LP on S-S sold very well and is currently out-of-print. Here's another LP full of previously unreleased tracks of weird punk greatness."

Artist:	PURLING HISS
Title:	Purling Hiss
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 010LP

Repressed. "Purling Hiss is one of Philly's Best! Purling Hiss is the side-project of Holy Mountain recording artists, Birds of Maya, guitarist Mike Pollize. Birds of Maya are a full-on psychedelic rock band from Philly. Apparently, Birds just aren't full-on enough to satisfy Pollize's far-out tendencies. On his debut solo record, Pollize plays bass, drums, and guitar, relentlessly, as if he's playing to save his life. This recording is so intense that the pressing plant told us they'd risk breaking their equipment if they cut the lacquers with the original master. We sent 'em a new master and it sounds great! For Fans Of: Birds of Maya, Earthless, Loop, High Rise, Les Rallizes Denudes, and lo-fi blown-out psych."

Artist:	NOTHING PEOPLE
Title:	Enemy With An Invitation/Reinstall
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	7"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	PERM 011EP

"Nothing People, like Wooden Shjips, are one of our generation's great bands, that doesn't tour much. Unless you live in or around their hometown of Orland, California, or you happened to pick up one of their excellent releases on S-S or HoZac, you may not have ever heard of them, but those who have, love them. On previous releases, they've blended influences such as Chrome, Hawkwind, Roxy Music, and obscure proto-punk bands like Twinkeyz into a sound that's all their own. This new limited edition 7", housed in a texured glue pocket sleeve with gold foil stamping on the exterior, is the first release featuring former Monoshock member Doug Pearson! This release includes two of their most rockin' numbers to date. Limited to 600 copies!"

Artist:	ALBRIGHT, CHARLES
Title:	I'm Happy, I'm A Genius
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	7"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PERM 014EP

"Charles Albright self-released a 7" last year (2009) that knocked us out. It obviously had the same effect on Scott Soriano at S-S Records, 'cuz he reissued it on his own label. It's long since sold out and highly sought after. Anyhow, here's Mr. Albright's (not the serial killer, unfortunately) follow-up, a killer 7-song EP. It's a blown-out, lo-fi, catchy punk jammer with loads of hooks and sweet riffs. A couple of the tracks are experimental guitar instrumentals that give you a chance to catch your breath before picking yourself up off the ground to begin pogoing again. Charles is a big fan of Black Flag and if you are too (especially the early stuff), you'll probably dig this slab."

Artist:	STEEL POLE BATH TUB
Title:	Unlistenable
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 015LP

"Steel Pole Bath Tub put out a bunch of killer records between 1986 and 1996, most of which are long out-of-print. Towards the end of their tenure, SPBT was signed to a major label in the free-for-all signing bonanza of the post-Nirvana years. The second album SPBT recorded in 1996 for their major was deemed 'unlistenable' by the suits and went unreleased until 2001, when it came out on CD via Zero to One. So here we are 14 years after the original recording of this incredible record, releasing it on vinyl for the first time. The entire SPBT catalog is great, and highly recommended for fans of the noise rock released on labels like AmRep and Noiseville, and genre defying bands like Chrome and Melvins, but Unlistenable stands out as a stellar document of a weird band at their weirdest, and it's a damn shame it took this long to finally hear it on wax."

Artist:	HEATER
Title:	God And Hair
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 017LP

"Heater is a three-piece Columbia, Missouri super group, if such a thing exists. Heater's guitarist and lead singer, Zach 'Zz' McLuckie, used to be a member of CAVE and Sneakers (both have released records on Permanent Records), among others. God and Hair is a super upbeat, melodic pop record in essence, but as mentioned before, these guys come from a very DIY background. It's got some fast repetitive lo-fi punk rock jams with reverb enhanced vocals similar to those found on the Sneakers Children Into People 7" EP, and some Clean-esque pop elements, but it's also got tracks with a great laid back summertime '90s alt-pop vibe not too dissimilar from the least noisy '90s moments of Sonic Youth and Sebadoh. All of these elements come together and make for a unique sound (thanks to a little help by Cooper Crain [of CAVE]'s analog production techniques) and one hell of a summertime DIY pop jammer. Here comes the summer (of pop)! There are only 500 copies of this limited edition LP and it may never be pressed again."

Artist:	RUNNING
Title:	Running
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 018LP

"Running is one of America's best psych/punk bands. Running sounds to us like Clockcleaner, if they played twice as fast and half as long. The vocals are reverbed beyond recognition, the drums are pummeling, and the bass and guitar are abrasive feedback-laden. After pumping out a couple of incredible cassette tape-only releases, Running went into the studio and recorded some of their material (semi) professionally. Those recordings have now been preserved to wax as Running's debut 12" EP. This eponymous EP comes housed in a jacket with really interestingly created artwork and contains exactly 13 totally brutal weird punk songs. If these guys were jockier, they'd be a hardcore band. Thankfully, they're too arty for that ish. This record fucking rips! The first pressing is limited to 500 copies!"

Artist:	BLACK MATH
Title:	Phantom Power
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 019LP

"WFMU aptly described Black Math's debut LP from 2009 as 'Dark-wave buried in tape hiss, with grinding synth, electric cello, and drum machine. The three piece lists Depeche Mode and Big Black as influences, but they're not straight up 80s.' The band will also tell you that Siouxsie and the Banshees are a big influence, but Black Math has a completely compelling, catchy, dark and mysterious sound all their own. This album features 9 new tracks of killer dark-�‐wave pop (with some pretty harsh sounding guitar and synth parts) as well as an amazing cover of the Anals' 'Commando of Love' (from Total Anal; PERM 006LP). First press is limited to 500 copies."

Artist:	BRAIN IDEA
Title:	The Survival Scrolls
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 020LP

"Brain Idea is one of Chicago's most exciting new bands. Their second release is also their debut full-length on Permanent Records. It's full of stripped down, super upbeat, catchy, and totally DIY-style rock'n'roll jams, heavily influenced by New Zealand's legendary DIY indie rockers, The Clean and '90s bedroom recording pop savants. Brain Idea took most of the material on their now out-of-print and highly sought after demo cassette tape and re-recorded it with much more depth and reverb, especially on the vocals. They've added some great instrumental interludes that tie the tracks together which are quite Kraut-y in nature (these guys were the ones behind that NOi! tape (classic Oi! punk cuts covered Krautrock-style), mind you). The dudes in Brain Idea also have a part-time Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band called Graveyard Train, so you know they're of good taste. They even cover the Clean for chrissakes. Fans of lo-fi DIY pop, Krautrock, and CCR-esque pop genius will absolutely dig Brian Idea." Includes silkscreened insert.

Artist:	CACAW
Title:	Cacaw
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	PERM 021LP

"If you dug the brutal noise rock sounds crammed onto the one side of their debut EP, you're gonna flip over their brand new LP. It's heavier, louder, and longer. That's right, two full sides of Cacaw's signature noise rock brutality. A big selling point for their first release was the fact that two former members of the Coughs are in Cacaw, however, Cacaw have since garnered their own audience and the Coughs reference seems barely worth mentioning any longer. For those of you who haven't heard them yet, Cacaw takes the Coughs sound and distills it down to a more minimal yet no less intense brand of really fucking groovy noise rock. Cacaw have quickly become one of Chicago's most popular underground rock bands. Cacaw's second record, just like their first release, is a doozie both sonically and visually. The grooves on the marbled colored vinyl contain some incredibly intense jams. The card stock tri-color jacket has also been diligently hand screen printed by band members." On splatter vomit colored vinyl.

Artist:	COSMONAUTS
Title:	Cosmonauts
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	PERM 024LP

"Cosmonauts are Orange County's premier garage psych group and they're barely old enough to drink legally. These kids have only been making music together for a short while, but they've already shared stages with and are garnering comparisons to well-known garage and psych acts like Black Angels, Ty Segall, and Thee Oh Sees. Although Cosmonauts share some similar influences with these groups, their sound is much grittier, more repetitive, and more Spacemen 3 influenced. Cassette tape tastemakers, Burger Records, released the Cosmonauts debut on tape back in 2010 and now it's available on wax for the first time courtesy of Permanent Records. Fans of the aforementioned bands will absolutely be calling themselves Cosmonauts fans before the year is out. First pressing is limited to 500 copies."

Artist:	ALBRIGHT, CHARLES
Title:	Weight/I Am The Counter Culture (Drop Out)
Label:	PERMANENT RECORDS
Format:	7"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	PERM 026EP

"We're obviously not the only ones who've been anxiously awaiting a third record from Albright. And here it is?yet another blown‐out, lo-fi, catchy punk jammer with loads of hooks and sweet riffs to complete the trifecta. Albright's still a fine young man and he's doing so well. He's still on drugs and he's still happy he's a genius (and so are we), but he's not singing about any of that on this record. This Sacto punk has brutalized us twice before, but never quite like this. The third time's definitely a charm and even though Charles is no longer a loner he is still absolutely in charge on this one. 'Weight' finds Mr. A drumless for the first time ever, but the repetitive riff-tensity hides the lack of percussion pretty damn well on this wham‐bam-thank-you-ma'am punker. For the B-side, Charles must've taken a ride on the Silver Machine, but he's obviously still feeling mean, 'cuz the riff behind 'I Am The Counter Culture (Drop Out)' sounds quite a bit like a certain Hawkwind jam we all know and love. But this ain't no cover song, '(Drop Out)' stands on its own as a killer psychedelic punk number for the ages. This incredible single is limited to 300 hand-numbered copies and precedes the sure to be mind melting debut full-length due out this Fall. Turn on, Tune In, and '(Drop Out)' while supplies last."

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