“SOUNDS TO MAKE YOU SHUDDER!” TO COME BACK TO LIFE ASA DELUXE, DOUBLE VINYL LP |
| Campaign to release SKiN GRAFT Records’ celebrated Halloween album to vinyl begins Wednesday, August 2nd via Kickstarter |
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| “SKiN GRAFT is legendary, plain and simple… In the same way that there exists the trope of the “comic’s comic,” or, the “musician’s musician,” SKiN GRAFT is the record label that other record labels wish they could be” – CAN THIS EVEN BE CALLED MUSIC |
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| “The album brings together longtime associates, current acts and some totally unexpected collaborations… The Jesus Lizard’s David Yow morphs into a horror host frontman for the dark, chaotic math rock of Yowie, while Osees’ John Dwyer performs sci-fi micro-surgery on Psychic Graveyard” – IDIOTEQ |
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| Label founder Mark Fischer explains “SKiN GRAFT Records grew out of a punk comic-zine that my friend Rob and I published back in the 80’s. In those days, when a comic series reached an anniversary issue, like number 100 or 250, it was celebrated with a double-sized special. Late in the summer of last year, I hit upon the idea of putting together a Halloween album for our 150th release, as a kind of “tip-of-the hat” to the cool Halloween albums I grew up with”. |
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| Seventeen artists came to together to record fifteen tracks. A CD and cassette were released late in October of 2022, but before the album even came out, calls for vinyl came in… “Everything came together in record time, but due to the long turnaround times at the record pressing plants, getting vinyl out last Halloween was impossible. Running an independent label like SKiN GRAFT necessitates abandoning a certain amount of practicality and common sense, but to put the album out on vinyl as envisioned comes at a considerable cost. We launched one campaign on Kickstarter previously and it helped us put together something truly special.” |
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| In 2018, the Kickstarter community helped make the “Dhorimviskha” double album from Japan’s progressive-rock powerhouse Koenjihyakkei a reality. The album went on to critical acclaim and was selected by Bandcamp Daily as one of the Best Albums of the Year. |
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| The SOUNDS TO MAKE YOU SHUDDER! Gatefold Double LP will include eighteen Lobby Cards across two 12” x 12” Uncut Sheets |
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| “Sounds To Make You Shudder!” includes new and exclusive tracks from… |
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- David Yow (of The Jesus Lizard) and Yowie
- USA Nails
- Lovely Little Girls
- Terms
- Tijuana Hercules
- Pili Coit
- Psychic Graveyard and John Dwyer (of Osees)
- Jim O’Rourke
- Cuntroaches
- Strangulated Beatoffs
- Shatter On Impact
- Bobby Conn
- The Flying Luttenbachers
- Upright Forms
- Azita
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| This new campaign calls for… |
- Full Color Gatefold Jacket
- 18 unique Lobby Cards on two uncut sheets
- collectible “Footlong OBI”
- 15 tracks pressed across three sides of two 140-gram LPs
- Side Four to be screen-printed with artwork created especially for the vinyl edition
- A hand-numbered Kickstarter Exclusive Lobby Card
- The entire package to come complete in a crystal clear resealable sleeve
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| In addition to copies of the Double LP, SKiN GRAFT will be offering up original artwork, test pressings and special bundles that include other new and upcoming releases. |
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