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• KIT-001 Toby Foster / Evan Gornik - Split
• KIT-002 Title It Yourself
• KIT-003 Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - What It Takes To Move Forward
• KIT-004 I.Witness - Southeastern Blues
• KIT-005 Joie De Vivre - The North End
• KIT-006 Football, etc. - Football, etc. 7"
• KIT-007 Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin - BFFL (a split tape)
• KIT-008 Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - Early Discography
• KIT-009 Shat Shorts - Seersucker and Sundresses
• KIT-010 Enemies - We've Been Talking
• KIT-011 Malegoat - To Face The Music
• KIT-012 Sleep Bellum Sonno & Joie De Vivre - Split
• KIT-013 Your City/State - Discog/raphy
• KIT-014 Dude Japan - The Things That Matter...
• KIT-015 A Garden Overgrown - The Lost Art Of Conversation
• KIT-016 Rapid Cities - Peripheries
• KIT-017 Joie De Vivre - Breaking Up With...
• KIT-018 Mountains For Clouds - Some People Buy Scenery Like This
• KIT-019 For The Agenda - The Downfall
• KIT-020 Soon..
• KIT-021 Your Neighbour The Liar - Your Neighbour The Liar
• KIT-022 More Than Skies - The Liar, The Puppet, The Fox
• KIT-023 Bloom - Bloom
• KIT-024 Monument - Sweatpants Fever!
• KIT-025 The Whoopass Girls - The Whoopass Girls
• KIT-026 Swear Words - No Blankets!
• KIT-027 Emo Side Project - The End of Something
• KIT-028 Soon..
• KIT-029 It's Just Vanity & The Ground Is Lava - Split
• KIT-030 Northwestern - Can't Get Into It
• KIT-031 Soon..
• KIT-032 Football, etc. - First Down

Toby Foster / Evan Gornik - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-001
Artist(s): Toby Foster / Evan Gornik
Album: Split
Format: 12" Vinyl Record
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Pressing Info: 523 Pressed: 471 Cokebottle Clear / Black (Half&Half), 52 black. 5 in handmade packaging.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A: Toby Foster

1. Attraction
2. Warm Weather
3. While I Fall Asleep
4. Six Hours Of Sleep
5. Smokestacks
6. Hardly Ever
7. I Believe In You
8. Comfortable
9. On The Hudson River

SIDE B: Evan Gornik

1. Take You With Me
2. Broken Hearts
3. Movies
4. Big Shoes
5. Easy
6. Electricity
7. Miss My Friends
8. Growing Up

Description

Two great acoustic/folk/pop/punk artists, two great people. Both Toby and Evan bring great songs to this release, and it's an excellent introduction to vinyl for both of them. Get in touch with them:

Artist Contact

Toby Foster: , myspace.com/tobyfoster
Evan Gornik: , myspace.com/niceandfriendly

Title It Yourself

Catalog Number: KIT-002
Artist(s): V/A
Album: Title It Yourself
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 14th, 2009
Pressing Info: 200, 95 minute tapes. 100 black with line art, 100 red tint
with doodle art.

Track Samples & Digital Download

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Victor V-B - It's Not You, It's Me
2. Brown Bird - Lake Bed*
3. Death Metal Steve - Remember Love*
4. Eric Ayotte - Wavin' Flag (by K'naan)*
5. Wabash - Here To Learn
6. A.P. Swearengin - Find*
7. Toby Foster - Speech Patterns
8. Perpetual Dusk at Curtsy Caverns - Likewise, Spinning Wheels
9. Paul Baribeau - Things I Wish
10. Big Spirit - Cryin' Shame*
11. Ghost Mice - The Alchemist
12. Y Lime? - Faries
13. Dustin and the Furniture - Intruder
14. Plumwife - Green Stone, Slight Moan
15. Ben Block - Italy or Sorrento*
16. Spoonboy - Gerald Lee Palmer
17. Teaadora - Sharing Chairs*
18. Jenny Is A Boy - Eggs

SIDE B:

1. Amo Joy - Diggity Doom
2. Joie De Vivre - Salt*
3. Get Rad - It's Not A Fire*
4. Loose Lips Sink Ships - Duck Funk
5. Erfert - Cross Your Fingers
6. The Burnside Fountains - Thinking of You
7. Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - Jacob's Song*
8. Suffix - Brutal Knowledge
9. Pianos Become The Teeth - Creatures of Habit
10. Monsters Armed With Scissors - We Are All Spiders
11. Sleep Bellum Sonno - Hunter
12. One Win Choice - Where My Allegiance Lies
13. Arkansas? - Hashbrowns
14. Victor! Fix The Sun - Paper Thin Feather Fuck

Description

This is a compilation of bands who have played at my house, here in Elkhorn, WI. I originally put this together in an effort to spread the word about DIY in Elkhorn, but it ended up becoming a sweet compilation in general. Songs marked with a * are either new, recorded for this comp, alternate recordings, etc. and at the time only appear on this compilation. This is about 95 minutes of music. I can provide a digital download if you want one. Listen to it in your car.

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - What It Takes To Move Forward

Catalog Number: KIT-003
Artist(s): Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Album: What It Takes To Move Forward
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: March 16th, 2010
Pressing Info: 200 tapes, "smokey" clear.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. How To Make Love Stay
2. Keep What You Have Built Up Here
3. What Safe Means
4. It Happened Because You Left
5. Rally The Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!
6. It's a Plague and You're Invited

SIDE B:

1. Everything Is Connected And Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution To A Permanent Problem)
2. The Next Step to Regaining Control
3. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Never Be Comforted
4. I Am A Snail, And You Are A Pace I Cannot Match
5. An Idea Is A Greater Monument Than A Cathedral
6. It Was Your Heart That Saved You*
7. Archival Footage**

Description

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) is an emo/indie band from Michigan. Very heartfelt, emotional songs with twinkly guitars and epic jams. This is the tape release of their upcoming album, and I'm really excited about it. The LP and CD versions are going to be released between Count Your Lucky Stars, strictly no capital letters, and Stiff Slack Records. E!E! consists of some of the nicest/coolest people I've ever met, and I'm really happy to be a part of this. Digital version available upon request.

*This song is not on the CD version, but is also on the Vinyl and Japanese version.
**This song is only on the tape version.

Artist Contact

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate): , myspace.com/empireempireiwasalonelyestate
Count Your Lucky Stars
strictly no capital letters
Stiff Slack

I.Witness - Southeastern Blues

Catalog Number: KIT-004
Artist(s): I.Witness
Album: Southeastern Blues
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: October 25th, 2010
Pressing Info: 150 tapes. 50 yellow, 50 clear with purple liner, 50 clear green.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
2. The Doors Closed On The Inside
3. Tragedies
4. November, 19th
5. Signs of Prolonged Rain
6. Society of Deceived Children
7. Might Sink Ships
8. Isolation
9. Loose Lips

SIDE B:

1. Widows
2. Altaians
3. Catchers
4. Runways
5. Fast & Endless Youth
6. Missed Calls
7. Broken Toys
8. Lighthouses
9. The First Circle
10. Thanksgiving Day (Live)
11. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Live)
12. On The Military Radars (BAGNA Cover)

Description

Back when my label was first starting, Ilya saw that I was listening to his band on last.fm and decided to contact me and ask if I wanted to release something for his band in the US. After about a year of not getting anything released for them for various reasons (no internet in Siberia, art problems, me procrastinating, etc), we've finally worked out a release.

This tape is a collection of their first self titled album, two EPs (All Roads Lead Southeast and Secret Handshakes), and three bonus live tracks. All of which were never released here in the US.

There were 150 copies made (50 of three different colors) with artwork done by the wonderful Jeffery Ramirez (allinvisiblethings.com).

Artist Contact

I.Witness: myspace.com/iwitnessrus

Joie De Vivre - The North End

Catalog Number: KIT-005
Artist(s): Joie De Vivre
Album: The North End
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 clear orange tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (The North End):

1. Summer In New London
2. Salt
3. Sundays
4. Upper Deck San Diego
5. Next Year Will Be Better
6. One In The Same
7. I'll Support That
8. The North End
9. Praise Song
10. We're Equals
11. Autumn In New London

SIDE B (Live at Sub-T in Chicago):

1. Salt
2. Sundays
3. Upper Deck San Diego
4. Madja Look
5. Local Local
6. We're Equals
7. Praise Song
8. One In The Same
9. Handshakes
10. Tails for Tonic

Description

Totally solid dudes playing really heartfelt emo jams from Rockford, IL. They played at my house one time and we became good friends. The tape release is going to have the entire new LP on one side, and a live show on the other.

Artist Contact

Joie De Vivre: myspace.com/joiedevivreband

Football, etc. - Football, etc. 7"

Catalog Number: KIT-006
Artist(s): Football, etc.
Album: Football, etc.
Format: 7" Vinyl Record
Release Date: September 20th, 2010
Pressing Info: 1000 black records

Track Samples

Tracklisting

1. Away Game
2. XXL

Description

Female fronted emo from Texas, very reminiscent of Rainer Maria, 125, Rue Montmartre, or other 90s female fronted emo with twinkly guitars and stuff. This 7" is a split release between Count Your Lucky Stars, strictly no capital letters, and Football, etc. All of the records come with a digital download code.

Artist Contact

Football, etc. : myspace.com/footballetc
Count Your Lucky Stars: cylsrecords.com
strictly no capital letters: sncl.collective-zine.co.uk

Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin - BFFL (a split tape)

Catalog Number: KIT-007
Artist(s): Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin
Album: BFFL (a split tape)
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 hand numbered clear tapes with gold foil inside

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Sleep Bellum Sonno):

1. O, The Wonderful Ways we will Ourselves to Death (Shelter)
2. This Is Not (Ending)

SIDE B (Warren Franklin):

1. Best Years
2. Art Show (Live)
3. Sophomore (Live)
4. Historical Inaccuracies (Live)
5. Lutmer Sings Franklin

Description

This split tape was made for the Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin summer tour. Both bands bring very different styles to the tape. The Sleep Bellum Sonno songs are loud, rough, and sprawling. They even have a trumpet. Warren plays really catchy folk/country/punk songs about girls and friends and stuff. Both sides of this tape are really good.

Artist Contact

Sleep Bellum Sonno: sleepbellumsonno.com
Warren Franklin: myspace.com/warrenfranklin

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - Early Discography

Catalog Number: KIT-008
Artist(s): Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Album: Early Discography
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: August 24th, 2010
Pressing Info: 200 tapes, 100 white and 100 yellow

Track Samples

Tracklisting

1. Our Love Has Made Us Pariahs
2. You Have To Believe That Life Is More Than The Sum Of It's Parts, Kiddo
3. Lilly, I Have Something Important To Tell You
4. They Will Throw Us To The Wolves
5. K.O. K.O. (The Most Of My Worries Are The Least Of Your Concerns)
6. Year Of The Rabbit
7. idk, my bff jill
8. How To Stay Afloat In A Sea Of Change
9. I knew this because as I drove, the hole that was me and my life was getting smaller and smaller and was being filled with New Hampshire, or maybe it was the idea of New Hampshire, but who cares, as long as it was filling up the hole.

NOTE: the entire album is on each side of the tape.

Description

This tape is a collection of Empire! Empire!'s early EPs (When The Sea Became A Giant and Year of the Rabbit), as well as the track from the 09 tour EP and a new track recorded for this tape. This was originally going to be released by a tape label from Mexico, but then the guy took everyone's preorder money (including mine), and disappeared. So here, a long while later, we finally have done a proper release of this and it turned out really great. All albums come with a digital download.

This is a split release with Count Your Lucky Stars

Artist Contact

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate): , myspace.com/empireempireiwasalonelyestate
Count Your Lucky Stars

Shat Shorts - Seersucker and Sundresses

Catalog Number: KIT-009
Artist(s): Shat Shorts
Album: Seersucker and Sundresses
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 smokey brown tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Amateur Hour
2. Quarterlife Crisis
3. Zombies Ate My Neighbors

SIDE B:

1. Liveblogging The Loss of My Virginity
2. Sick Day
3. QRTRLFCRSS (goodnightmares dubstep mix)

Description

Fuzzy hardcore from Washington DC. 3/4 of Monument and 1/3 of French Stewart. Good dudes, good jams, funny lyrics, silly name. Get into it. Check out their website for lyrics, band contact, live videos, etc.

Artist Contact

Shat Shorts

Enemies - We've Been Talking

Catalog Number: KIT-010
Artist(s): Enemies
Album: We've Been Talking
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 12th, 2010
Pressing Info: 150 yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Backaches and Cardigans
2. Nag Champa
3. Fierce Pit Bosses
4. Gabbi Gabby
5. Gingerly

SIDE B:

1. We've Been Talking
2. Creamist
3. Piano
4. Morse Code

Description

Enemies are an instrumental post-rock/math rock/emo band from Ireland in the vein of Ghosts and Vodka and the like. This album was originally put out by Richter Collective in Ireland and Stiff Slack in Japan, and this is the first time it will be released in the US. 50 of the tapes were sent to Japan, and 30 to Ireland, so there are only 70 here in the US. Highly recommended.

Artist Contact

Enemies: myspace.com/enemiestheband
Richter Collective
Stiff Slack

Malegoat - To Face The Music

Catalog Number: KIT-011
Artist(s): Malegoat
Album: To Face The Music
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: February 25th, 2011
Pressing Info: 200 orange tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Matured Sense
2. Change With Our Time
3. Expression
4. Your Lie

SIDE B:

1. Ignore
2. Time Passes
3. Tidying
4. My Blues

Description

Malegoat is an emo band from Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Very upbeat, super catchy, and overall fun songs. I was hooked the first time I heard them. For fans of Cap'n Jazz, Algernon Cadwallader. This album was originally released on CD in Japan by Stiff Slack, and is finally being brought to the US here on tape. 100 of these tapes will be sent to Japan, and the other 100 will be for the US.

Artist Contact

Stiff Slack
Malegoat

Sleep Bellum Sonno & Joie De Vivre - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-012
Artist(s): Sleep Bellum Sonno & Joie De Vivre
Album: Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: January 07, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 tapes. 50 red, 50 black

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Sleep Bellum Sonno):

1. All I Can See Is An Open Road
2. Do You Hear That Old Ship's Song?

SIDE B (Joie De Vivre):

1. Of Up and Coming Monarchs (originally by Pedro the Lion)
2. You Ruined Everything That Was Ever Good
3. Another Month, Another Season

Description

My second release from both Joie De Vivre and Sleep Bellum Sonno. The Sleep songs on this release are a bit less yelly than their last tracks, instead revisiting some of the more mellow/post-rock elements from their LP. The Joie tracks have a Pedro The Lion cover, and two songs from the very limited Tour EP. A bit more upbeat than the North End, but still pretty bummer. Good stuff.

Note: The Sleep Bellum Sonno songs on the tape are a different recording than the digital download. The two on the tape are exclusive to the tape itself. (digital download code included with tape)

Artist Contact

Sleep Bellum Sonno
Joie De Vivre

Your City/State - Discog/raphy

Catalog Number: KIT-013
Artist(s): Your City/State
Album: Discog/raphy
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 22nd, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 white, 50 olive green

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. When Hopes Fail Vs. Etchfir
2. You Drive A What?
3. You're A Patriot
4. InMediaRes
5. Tenure

SIDE B:

1. Anchorage
2. June or July
3. You're A Patriot (Live)
4. InMediaRes (Live)
5. June or July (Live)
6. Let's Get Down To Brass Tacks (Fuck-Up Live)

Description

Your City/State was a band from Rockford, IL. This tape is a collection of everything they've ever done and somehow managed to record or play live. They liked drinking and listening to the Get Up Kids. A few of them went on to form Joie De Vivre. Chris French, when asked about his time with the band, told me "Sorry man, that band is dead to me." He misses them dearly and is glad this tape exists.

Artist Contact

Your City/State

Dude Japan - The Things That Matter...

Catalog Number: KIT-014
Artist(s): Dude Japan
Album: The Things That Matter...
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 22nd, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 transparent yellow, 50 clear with blue liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Plaid Dress
2. Raft Captain
3. The King Is Back
4. Every Good Boy Dies With Fudge
5. Can We Pretend

SIDE B:

1. Last Call For Nowville
2. Our Perfect Day
3. True Love With Find You in the End
4. Based On A True Story
5. Sunny Disposition
6. Epilogue

Description

Dude Japan is an indie pop band from Long Island, NY. Mike, the frontman, also runs Rok Lok Records and has been in many other long island bands over the years. This is the new full length, and Rok Lok is handling the CD release of it, whereas I'm handling the tape. Great art by Jonathan Kaplan. I messed up a form so the ink on the tape looks sort of silly. My bad.

Artist Contact

Dude Japan

A Garden Overgrown - The Lost Art Of Conversation

Catalog Number: KIT-015
Artist(s): A Garden Overgrown
Album: The Lost Art Of Conversation
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: February 25th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 tapes. 50 orange, 50 green

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Go, Mordecai!
2. Starboard
3. Frequencies

SIDE B:

1. Cassini Division
2. Screamed the Sun
3. With Endless Love, We Left You Sleeping

Description

A Garden Overgrown play a blend of post-rock, emo, and indie. This album provides quite a bit of variety, ranging from quiet post-rock style build up to indie style sung vocals to some rougher emo rock bits. They're from Maryland. They had a demo EP a long while ago, but this is their debut full length.

Artist Contact

A Garden Overgrown

Rapid Cities - Peripheries

Catalog Number: KIT-016
Artist(s): Rapid Cities
Album: Peripheries
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: February 25th, 2011
Pressing Info: 75 clear purple, 50 red

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

2. Circumventing the Machine
3. So What Nothing
4. Impossible Shadows

SIDE B:

2. Space Is Infinite
3. There Is A Black Hole
4. In My Mind

Description

Rapid Cities were an emo band from New Jersey. Not twinkly and pretty like a lot of modern emo bands, but much more like Dischord bands from the 90s. Rough vocals and driving melodies. This tape is a collection of everything not on their 2009 full length, Machinery Saints, and their split with mOck. It has their demo, three new songs, and two instrumental, untitled songs.

Artist Contact

Rapid Cities

Joie De Vivre - Breaking Up With...

Catalog Number: KIT-017
Artist(s): Joie De Vivre
Album: Breaking Up With...
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 28th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Joie de Vivre, Acoustic):

1. Salt
2. Vicodin Lite
3. Autumn In New London
4. Upper Deck San Diego
5. Canaries (Kind of Like Spitting cover)

SIDE B (Joie Covers Mixtape):

1. The Island of Misfit Toys - You Ruined Everything That Was Ever Good (JDV cover)
2. Joie De Vivre (Feat. Jeff Schott) - Sundays
3. Emo Side Project - Sundays (JDV Cover)
4. Haunted Hayrides - Local Local (JDV Cover)
5. Warren Franklin - I'll Support That (JDV Cover)
6. Joie De Vivre - Magnet (Live)

Description

Joie De Vivre broke up. Their final show was May 28th. This tape was made for that show. It has some acoustic tracks and some of their friends covering their songs. I am very sad to see them go. The show was crazy. I assume you are familiar with Joie, but if you aren't by now, they play bummer emo songs. On this tape they are all acoustic. The B-side has a wide variety of bands playing their songs. Most of them don't sound like Joie at all. I miss them already.

Artist Contact

Joie De Vivre

Mountains For Clouds - Some People Buy Scenery Like This

Catalog Number: KIT-018
Artist(s): Mountains For Clouds
Album: Some People Buy Scenery Like This
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 28th, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 clear blue, 50 green tapes.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Operation Latte Thunder
2. Here Pep Pep! (You Murderous Rascal)
3. Gumption
4. This Island Is Death
5. Sounds On Paper
6. Sea of Nurnen
7. Gumption (Acoustic)

Description

Mountains For Clouds are three awesome dudes from Michigan. They play a mix of math rock, emo, and indie. Lots of finger tapping, loop pedals, etc. They are totally awesome live. Most of this album is instrumental, but a lot of their newer songs have vocals and stuff. This is a tape version of their EP originally released on CD by Count Your Lucky Stars. The tape has an extra track on it.

Artist Contact

Mountains For Clouds

For The Agenda - The Downfall

Catalog Number: KIT-019
Artist(s): For The Agenda
Album: The Downfall
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 1st, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear with purple liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Winter Jacket
2. The Downfall
3. Grievance In A Trash Can
4. It's Hot In Here
5. Cameracamerca

SIDE B:

1. Car Crash
2. Mixing The Colors
3. Monument
4. Neurosis
5. Rescue Mission

Description

For The Agenda is Anton. For The Agenda has released a few tapes already, all Anton's unique style of lofi indie/singersongwriter stuff. This release is his new full length, and I find myself having a hard time trying to describe it to you. Some acoustic, some stuff borderlining on electronic music, some post rock mixed in, emo, who knows what else. It's good. Anton plays in Monument and Shat Shorts, and used to be in bands like the Summer We Went West and Dawn Treader. The art on this tape is especially awesome. Include a full color insert with the lyrics. On the inside, it says that it is KIT-014, but it's actually KIT-019.

Artist Contact

For The Agenda

Your Neighbour The Liar - Your Neighbour The Liar

Catalog Number: KIT-021
Artist(s): Your Neighbour The Liar
Album: Your Neighbour The Liar
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 31st, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 green, 50 yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (EPs+1):

1. Circus
2. Snow
3. Birthday
4. Harbour
5. 2009
6. Guilt
7. John Slow

SIDE B (Live):

1. Window
2. Circus
3. Guilt
4. Year
5. John Slow
6. Harbour
7. Birthday

Description

YNTL is a scottish emo band. This tape is a collection of their first two EPs, a song from a split, and a live B-side. Twinkly guitars, bummer lyrics, really catchy tunes that get stuck in your head. I find these songs stuck in my head all the time, even if I haven't listened to them for a little bit. The tape plant originally messed up and sent me a bunch of tapes with double A side. If for some reason you would prefer a tape with a double A side instead of having a live side, let me know.

Artist Contact

Your Neighbour The Liar

More Than Skies - The Liar, The Puppet, The Fox

Catalog Number: KIT-022
Artist(s): More Than Skies
Album: The Liar, The Puppet, The Fox
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 clear blue, 50 clear yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Feathers, Twine, and Kindling
2. Here We Come, Naked From The Garden
3. Wind and the Wheels
4. I am Everyone I need and the Only One who Stuck Around
5. If Not for You
6. Make Me New

Description

More Than Skies is Adam from Sleep Bellum Sonno's solo/acoustic/folksy project. The songs sound virtually nothing like Sleep Bellum Sonno, and feature a wide variety of acoustic instruments. Some of the songs are more upbeat, some haunting, all with personal lyrics and a good mix of everything.

Artist Contact

More Than Skies

Bloom - Bloom

Catalog Number: KIT-023
Artist(s): Bloom
Album: Bloom
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 28tg, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 olive tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Jenny
2. Because
3. Georgia
4. Breeze
5. Nice Knowing You

Description

Bloom is a pop punk band from Rockford, IL. This is their first release. They're all young dudes playing music that reminds me of old Green Day or MXPX, with lyrics about girls and stuff like that. Fun stuff, and they put on a great live show.

Artist Contact

Bloom

Monument - Sweatpants Fever!

Catalog Number: KIT-024
Artist(s): Monument
Album: Sweatpants Fever!
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: July 10th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear blue tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Goddamned Claw Machine
2. Extreme Walrus Juice
3. Hey Kid I'm A Computer
4. Fiestaval

SIDE B:

1. Precision Auto (Superchunk)
2. Dot Dash (Wire)
3. Bikeage (Descendents)
4. What A Wonderful Puddle (Braid)

Description

Monument is an emo band from Washington DC. Upbeat emo in the vein of Braid or Cap'n Jazz and the like. Members of too many past bands to list. Anton from For the Agenda and 3/5 of Shat Shorts are in Monument. The A side of this tape is four new songs to follow up their LP, Goes Canoeing. The B Side is 4 covers, one song picked by each member of the band. Every tape comes with a download code.

Artist Contact

Monument

The Whoopass Girls - The Whoopass Girls

Catalog Number: KIT-025
Artist(s): The Whoopass Girls
Album: The Whoopass Girls
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 green tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Old Red
2. Scout's Honor
3. Memorial
4. Stewie's Song
5. Sunset

SIDE B:

1. Happy Birthday
2. Three Men and a Comic Book
3. Glass Case of Emotion
4. Sunrise

Description

The Whoopass Girls are an emo band from Montana. The recordings are rough and the songs are unpolished and messy. Very raw, very emo. They remind me a lot of 90s emo bands. Lyrics about girls and being sad and the like. This is a split release with sncl in the UK.

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The Whoopass Girls

Swear Words - No Blankets!

Catalog Number: KIT-026
Artist(s): Swear Words
Album: No Blankets!
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 red tapes

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SIDE A:

1. No Blankets
2. Mom Shorts!

SIDE B:

1. Ex-Girlfriends With My Shitty Taste In Music (Buckcherry)
2. THANKS FOR THE DENNYZ
3. Curb Dawgz

Description

Emo/yelly/pop punk band from Rockford, IL. One of the guys from Bloom, Warren Franklin's brother Brian, and two other dudes. Some of the songs remind me of algernon, except more pop punky and more yelly. The occasional twiddle, gang vocals, etc. Songs about girls and friends and making out while listening to Joie De Vivre.

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Swear Words

Emo Side Project - The End of Something

Catalog Number: KIT-027
Artist(s): Emo Side Project
Album: The End of Something
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear with red liner

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SIDE A:

1. How's The Weather?
2. A Letter
3. It Could've Been Different
4. There's No Such Thing As Destiny
5. I Guess Everything Reminds You Of Something
6. Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

SIDE B:

1. Why Do We Always Have To Resort To Pillows And Natalie Portman?
2. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
3. A Way I'll Never Be
4. The End Of Something
5. Marble Hornets

Description

Emo Side Project is Andrew, and he's one of the best dudes. He Also plays in a screamo band called Lizards Have Personalities. He usually plays acoustic, but this album is all recorded as a full band and is mostly electric. Fans of pretty much any sort of emo will be into this. Also, this album has an all star cast of guest vocals and tons of emo goodness. Get on it!

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Emo Side Project

It's Just Vanity & The Ground Is Lava - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-029
Artist(s): It's Just Vanity & The Ground Is Lava
Album: Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear purple tapes

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SIDE A (It's Just Vanity):

1. Second Elevation
2. Are You Aware of Garfield?

SIDE B (The Ground Is Lava):

1. You'd Rather Ride Your Bike
2. DJ Baby Bok Choy

Description

Two midwest emo/indie bands come together on this fine split tape here. It's Just Vanity take a more structured approach to the genre, taking some influences from 90s emo bands and some post rock, that sort of thing. The Ground Is Lava take the more twiddly, almost messy approach with their upbeat songs and singalong style songs. Fun! Includes digital download code.

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It's Just Vanity

The Ground Is Lava

Northwestern - Can't Get Into It

Catalog Number: KIT-030
Artist(s): Northwestern
Album: Can't Get Into It
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 23rd, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 black, 50 clear w/ black liner tapes

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SIDE A/B:

1. Thursdazed
2. Windemere Stars
3. Jump The Shark
4. Snowbird

Description

Northwestern is from Ohio. It has two members from Annabel and a couple other guys playing some catchy indie jams with the occasional emo guitar riffs and some singalongs. This tape is their debut release.

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Northwestern

Football, etc. - First Down

Catalog Number: KIT-032
Artist(s): Football, etc.
Album: First Down
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 23rd, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 green, 100 clear w/ gold liner, and 100 clear w/ black liner tapes

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SIDE A/B:

1. Dream Big
2. Touchdown (Dance)
3. Catch The Spirit
4. First Down

Description

This is a re-release of Football, etc.'s demo, originally released as a CD-R in 2010. These tapes were made in support of a UK tour, but enough were made so US people could get some too. Football, etc. is a female fronted emo band from Texas. This is a split release with Count Your Lucky Stars. The art was done by Jeff (of Sleem Bellum Sonno) at theUPstudio.com.

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