Monday, March 15, 2010

Late Winter Update

Well its been a few months since the last update so I figured it was about time.

1. Black Bug's debut full length came out in late Jan. We did 500 lp's down to about 100 left or so. This record is 15 tracks including 12 unreleased ones and a few from their debut CDR.

2. Gape Attack! released their debut 7" on FDH and Skrot up earlier this year also. Only did 300 as the first pressing. Got a handful left of the first pressing. Repress is in the works now.

3. Doctor Scientist's first full length "Prehistoric Times" came out on CD just this week. The LP is due out in April. This one is co-released with P.Trash here is a write up about the record.
"Post-apocalyptic screams, blips, and guitars thrash their way into a burnt-out landscape of digital future-past. Where dance beats and laser guns are one and the same, and where both aid in battling the warlords, robocops, and dinosaurs roaming the refuse of our cities and towns. Such is the weird world that the Philadelphia-based band, Doctor Scientist, has offered its loyal listeners since 2007's this changes everything. Now, with 2010's Prehistoric Times, that world is made both more prehistoric, more apocalyptic, and somehow both more brutal and more danceable. The band's fourth member, the robot, has taken a holiday to 808ville and has come back from vacation with the some of the most beastly beats and drum loops available to human ears. Adding bass guitar unto the barrage of these beats, guitar shreds, and curdled android howls gives Prehistoric Times a fuller, more enveloping sound. Doctor Scientist’s odd electronic world now seems that much closer, as these songs throw listener's right into the thick of a digital battlefield. The two singers shriek over and along with each other, and allow for a dynamic call to arms made triumphantly complete with hardcore style breakdowns, marching barks of command, and even a few moments of metal edge. Think Kraftwerk in the mosh pit, or West Coast synthpunk with a violent, unhealthy addiction to Gorilla Biscuits from the year 3030. This new album, due out in April on FDH and P. Trash Records, is a must have for those who want to make ready for the maniacal end of the new world - or the fuming, dancing, brutal beginning of an old one."

4. Tokyo Electron AZ 238 LP came out a few months back. That one was a co-release with Certified PR. We did 500 of them and they are real close to gone. Maybe 2 or 3 copies left. It may get repressed down the road that a maybe. I would recommend grabbing one of the last few if you want to ensure you get one.

5. Got a few records about to go into pressing this month. The first full length from Women who did their first 7" on FDH about a year and a half ago. A single from Strange Attractor 7" they released a 12" on Red lounge recently and have a split 10" coming out on P.Trash any day now. And a 12" EP for Mickey who just released their first single on Hozac. After that stuff comes out next into pressing is the Terror Visions world of shit extended LP. This will be a compete Terror Visions Discography including the entire world of shit album (including the bonus tracks that were originally released on the CD only), plus the 2 unreleased tracks from the band (one of them being a Brian Eno cover track)

6. Tons of stuff in the works for after this but that sort of cover the now and near future. If you would like to be added to the FDH mailing list please e-mail me at erictheill@yahoo.com