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updated: September 4th, 2020

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ITEM(!): Montreal’s AIDS Wolf and SKiN GRAFT Records are proud to announce the first ever CD releases of two of the band’s most elusive LPs - originally issued by the legendary label Lovepump United (Genghis Tron, HEALTH, Child Abuse).

Now live at Bandcamp: the “Very Friendly” remix album (a tribute to Throbbing Gristle in collaboration with the likes of The Flying Luttenbachers' Weasel Walter and Wolf Eyes' John Olson) and the band's final album - the “Ma vie banale avant-garde” double LP. Digital Editions are now available to purchase at Bandcamp, with the CDs and a limited quantity of vinyl up for pre-orders - shipping on or before October 30th. Also available now - "March to the Sea" which includes the unremixed cover version of "Very Friendly".

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AIDS WOLF
"Ma vie banale avant-garde"
Digipack MOD CD / Ult-Ed: Distributed 2xLP&CD / Digital
( Pre-ORDER NOW at BANDCAMP )

AIDS WOLF PDF One-Sheet cat #: GR143CD & GR144CD

Recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, WA. and originally released in 2011 as a double LP, the corpus of songs found on AIDS Wolf’s final album were written over the course of a year as the band shifted from its more formal work to a sound focused on polyrhythm and flowing, elastic tempos. On further listens, fields of dissonant guitar and demented, lurching tempos, give way to pixelated pop forms - albeit with a detuned loner dinosaur in its spotlight.

Here, the starting point of AIDS Wolf’s compositional approach was to “learn its mistakes”, composing songs by studying improvised passages off blown out cassette tapes recorded on a trusty GE tape portable device. Aiming to dampen the repetition endemic in most music, the band added elements of chance and non-repetitive phrasing, evolving the songs organically for their final resting place. In this frame and to the very end, AIDS Wolf remained devoted to forwarding and refining their musical vision; seeking new challenges for themselves and their audience. 

“AIDS Wolf’s monastic commitment to brutal prog-punk and strident no wave has hardened their music from a rough lump of coal into a jagged diamond.” - PITCHFORK 

Personnel:
Yannick Desranleau - Drums
Chloe Lum - Vocals, electronics
Alexander Moskos - Guitar, electronics

Produced by AIDS Wolf.
Recorded at Dub Narcotic, Olympia, Washington, October 2010. Engineered by Bob Schwenkler.
Mixed by Bob Schwenkler and Yannick Desranleau.
Mastered by Weasel Walter.

Design by Robert Beatty. 

 AIDS WOLF - Like PSHTS of Aerosol (Official Video)
from the album"Ma vie banale avant-garde"
Directed by Harrison Owen
Background art by Seripop

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AIDS WOLF
"Very Friendly"
LP / Digipack MOD CD / Ult-Ed / Digital
( Pre-ORDER NOW at BANDCAMP )

Immediately following their third album, AIDS Wolf released one of their most unique records in an already singular discography - a 12” bringing together some of the most important noise musicians of the past decade to remix their cover of Throbbing Gristle‘s “Very Friendly”.

The results are more visceral and bizarre than could ever be imagined: Nightmarish kraut conjured by The Flying Luttenbachers’ Weasel Walter; sparse, terrifying soundscapes from Wolf Eyes’ John Olson; searing noise and auto-tune from Baltimore lab rats Nautical Almanac; manic, pounding rhythms from Jason Forrest; and alienating, reverb-drenched skree from Cleveland’s Emeralds. “Very Friendly” is a one of a kind experience that most certainly does justice to Throbbing Gristle’s bold legacy.

“Yes, it bears some surface resemblance to the No Wave bands of New York’s late ‘70s, and yes, it’s also quasi-Beefheartian, but this simmeringly ugly-beautiful non-categorizable thing that is the band is like an object lesson in modern, progressive, painfully pure music.” - LA WEEKLY

Personnel:
Myles Broscoe - Guitar 
Yannick Desranleau - Drums 
Chloë Lum - Vocals 
Alexander Moskos – Guitar 

with:
Weasel Walter 
John Olson 
Jason Forrest 
John Elliott 
Steve Hauschildt 
Mark McGuire 
Carly Ptak 
Twig Harper

Note: The unremixed cover version of "Very Friendly" appears on the AIDS Wolf “March to the Sea” LP/CD/Digital which is also now available.

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MORE NEW NEWS:

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updated: August 7th, 2020

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TERMS
"Asbestos Mouth" MOD Digipack CD / Digital
(out October 2nd)

STRANGULATED BEATOFFS
"Porky The Pig and Bess"
Double Single and Comic (Remastered)

SIDES 5-6: PALACE CONTRIBUTION / ZENI GEVA
"Big Balls" / "Let There Be Rock" Single & Comic (Remastered)

( NOW up for ORDERS at BANDCAMP )

TERMS
"Asbestos Mouth"
MOD Digipack CD / Digital
( Pre-ORDER NOW at BANDCAMP )

TERMS PDF One-Sheet cat #: GR142CD / Digital

Set your minds to ‘boggled’…
”Hoarder of Operations” plays out like a crazed vision of rock being torn apart and reassembled into a new, furiously chaotic and unrelentingly discordant beast... It’s notable too, how uninterruptedly enrapturing, these tracks are: even at their loosest and most deconstructed, they retain a passive, virile momentum, and there are points that begin to feel almost psychedelic, where Trull’s repetitive, mystically atonal guitar lines mesh with the frenzied, syncopated grooving of Piechocki’s drum work.”
- FECKING BAHAMAS

On their debut album “Asbestos Mouth” the band TERMS give equal weight to tightly composed precision and spontaneous discovery, weaving together bold new worlds where crunchy dissonant riffs and pulverant, skewed melodies collide and consort with syncopated thunderstorms of percussion.Having served in acts such as Grand Ulena, Jitters and Yowie, TERMS is much more than just the sum of its parts... It is an ever-evolving an aggregate of incalculable expression. 

“Danny Piechocki is ridiculous at drums." - GNARLAXX

“Guitarist Christopher Trull possesses the rare trifecta of unparalleled technique, endless creativity and excellent taste. He respects the instrument without succumbing to its pitfalls and pushes its sonic capabilities without the aid of effects." - RIVERFRONT TIMES

TRACK LISTING:
01. Your Cutting Strokes Start To Heave
02. Our Asbestos Mouths
03. Rat Milk
04. He Hid His Lies In The Bags Under His Eyes
05. Botanist Tongue
06. Hoarder Of Operations (album version)
07. The Cinematographer's Silver Band
08. Termite Skyscrapers
09. Long Dead Fog
10. If I Become Sour...

LINE-UP:
Danny Piechocki: Drums
Christopher Trull: Guitar and Bass

All pieces composed, performed, recorded, and mixed by Terms.
Mastered by Todd Rittmann

Painting by Michael Trull
Layout by Mark Fischer

"Asbestos Mouth" will be released digitally and as a limited edition MOD CD in Digipack packaging on October 2nd, 2020. Due to Covid-19 making touring impossible, no vinyl LP is scheduled at this time.

Check out "Your Cutting Strokes Start To Heave"
- and order at the SKiN GRAFT Records Bandcamp page.

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STRANGULATED BEATOFFS
"Porky The Pig and Bess"
Double Single and Comic
(Newly Remastered Digital Release)

• Digital remaster available now exclusively at Bandcamp. 
• This 2020 digital release has been remastered by Weasel Walter. Includes a digital download of the remastered single and an instantly downloadable PDF of the comic book sleeve, including Bonus Features. Please note, that you must download the files to receive the PDF comic book.

Out of print for over two decades, the second SKiN GRAFT Records release - the STRANGULATED BEATOFFS four song double single is now available digitally for the first time - remastered by Weasel Walter! Includes a densely illustrated 22-page PDF comic book that reproduces the original double 7" and comic book set packaging.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 
Four unclassifiable droning, repetitive slabs of post hardcore sludge from Stan Seitrich (Ex- Drunks With Guns) and Fritz Noble with special guest Mike Deleon (Drunks, Fruitcake). Limited to 1,000 copies. One record on Red vinyl, the other on black. Full color covers with a screen printed plastic overlay, rump roast sticker on the 7" sleeve and mini card promoting an upcoming Rob Syers mini comic. 

FUN FACT(S):
Strangulated Beatoffs were SKiN GRAFT's initial choice to appear on the flipside of the first SKiN GRAFT Records release, a split 7" with Dazzling Killmen. The band recorded "Lollipop Girl" for the single, but it remains unreleased, as do a handful of comic pages drawn by Rob Syers to tie into the song.

Originally a different track was recorded as the (Theme From) Fart Inhaler, but the band recorded an entirely new song at the 11th hour. This new version of "Fart Inhaler" would later also appear in an extended version on Behemoth Record's "Greatest Hits" collection and was retitled "It's A Vile Vile Vile World." When the Sin Raft bootleg of this double 7" was released (see below), the title was switched to "Vile Vile Vile World" as well.

Though now out of print, these songs were re-released (with radically different artwork) as "INXS: the Sin Raft Bootleg", catalog number SiN#02. It is now also out of print. 

LINE UP: 
Stan Seitrich: vocals, guitar 
Fritz Noble: moog, guitar 

GUEST: 
Mike Deleon: bass

Produced by Strangulated Beatoffs
Digital reissue mastered by Weasel Walter
Cover art by Mark Fischer 
Back Cover art by Rob Syers and Mark Fischer 

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COMIC BOOK: 
"History of The Beatoffs" by Jim Utz
"Beatoff Comix" by Mark Fischer
"Our Boys Buy Beer" by Rob Syers
"The Exorcist Three" by Paul Nitsche

BONUS FEATURES:
Reproduction of the bookmark for the Slug Boy and Crab Boy comic
Reproduction of Rump Roast sticker

NOTE: All interior comics were printed in two colors.

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SIDES 5-6
PALACE CONTRIBUTION / ZENI GEVA
Single and Comic Book Set
(Newly Remastered Digital Release)

• Digital remaster available now exclusively at Bandcamp. 
• This 2020 digital edition has been remastered by Todd Rittmann. Includes a digital download of the remastered single and an instantly downloadable PDF of the comic book sleeve, including Bonus Features. You must download the files to receive the PDF comic book.

NOTE: SIDES 5-6 - pairing Zeni Geva and Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy aka Palace ____ was originally released in 1997. A copy of the original one-sheet is included as a bonus feature in the PDF booklet. Here is the original solicitation…  

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: 
Whatta pair, huh?!  

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PALACE BROTHERS - "Big Balls" 
Will Oldham - vocals, guitar 
with Guests 

Recorded in 1996
Mastered by John Golden 
Remastered by Todd Rittmann 

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ZENI GEVA - "Let There Be Rock" 
Kazuyuki K. Null - guitar, vocals, ultrasonik 
Tabata Mara - guitars 
Eito - drums, metals 

Produced by Steve Albini 
Remastered by Todd Rittmann   

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COMIC BOOK: 
Issue Two: SKiN GRAFT Stupid-Er: The Now Wave 
Written and Drawn by Mark Fischer 

BONUS FEATURES: 
Reproduction of Wrap-around cover art 
Reproduction of original one-sheet 

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Gasoline Boost by Rene Herbst 

A SKiN GRAFT Records / Gasoline Boost production

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ITEM(!): Hot on the heels of the new TERMS video comes this one from CHILD ABUSE - the title track off their new LP "Imaginary Enemy"...(!)

CHILD ABUSE "Imaginary Enemy"
Video by Nandor Nevai

ITEM 2.0(!): Thanks to covid-19 putting the kibosh on their tours this year - this Friday, both Psychic Graveyard and Child Abuse will be shipping out orders from their unused tour stock!!! 

Step up and stock up at:
https://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com

And - - - : The Dark Slide Skate Shop has started shipping pre-orders of the SIDES 1-4 "Joybuzzer" and "Black Lives Matter" T-Shirts! Here is your SG Hunk Of The Month - Brian Wnukowski of Big'n - modeling the brand new Tees!

He writes: "Great quality. Super soft. Ink is great. Super opaque!"



Details on how to order yours are in the previous updates - or just click HERE.

Thanks again!

Mark

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