VACANT LIFE tour starts this week. See them.

See them:

Dec 16th - Portland @ The Know with Mongoloid and Franky 

Dec 17th - San Jose @ Casa Chikimalas with Subtle Violence and Mozart 

Dec 18th - LA @ East 7th with Laughing Gas, Acid Fad, and Youth Draft 

Dec 19th - Oakland @ 1234 Go! Records with Busted Outlook, Abusivo, and Acrylics 

Dec 20th - Santa Rosa @ Slam Cabin with Chain Hex and Steel Trap

Hear them:

Buy them: STORE

BEHAVIOR tour dates

1/25- San Francisco 
1/27- Olympia
1/28- Seattle 
1/29- Portland 
1/30- Oakland
1/31- Los Angeles

If all goes according to plan they will have the new LP with them. 

This LP

FLESH WORLD live vid with the new drummer

Flesh World from Michel Valdes on Vimeo.

New things to buy that are cool and FLESH WORLD plays L.A.

Some new shirts and the INDEX demo 7"

STORE STORE ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com STORE

ILR: CØNDITIØN - Actual Hell LP out today

Now that holiday shopping season is upon us like a plague of fucking locusts we figured we'd put a couple bugs out there of our own. Down to the nitty gritty...

CØNDITIØN - Actual Hell LP w/download (LUNGS-067)

  Big as a pig and vicious as hell. The torturous maelstrom sounds of bone breaks and thuggish isolationism. Howling feedback underscores the massive swirling riffs and relentless battery of drums. Foul, tumultuous vocals made entirely of the final exhalations of humanity really send this opus to the apex. A perfect band. For those unfamiliar, CØNDITIØN are a raging south Californian corpse-beat unit more akin to the likes of BASTARD than DISCHARGE. Fucking heavy. We couldn't be more excited about this LP.

 800 copies on black vinyl come housed in a heavy duty tip-on jacket featuring art by Matthew Adis complimented nicely by a 24x36 poster insert with art by Abe Social & Madison East. 200 copies on red vinyl are pressed and will come with an additional hand numbered obi strip once the jackets are ready (long story).

 And we are super psyched to have a few copies of the excellent 600+ page full color photo book by SCUMRAID's Juyong Lee. It's so sick and comes with a hand stamped envelope and a giant poster. 

STORE

STORE

STORE

Thanks for having our backs. We always have your ears in our hearts.

Jensen 

GAG is on tour out east

They will have a few copies of the test press of the new LP with them. Don't sleep.

GAG EAST COAST TOUR DATES!

Nov 23rd: Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 24th: Washington DC
Nov 25th: Atlanta, GA
Nov 26th: Orlando, FL
Nov 27th: Miami, FL
Nov 28th: Gainesville, FL
Nov 29th: Charlotte, NC
Nov 30th: Richmond, VA
Dec 1st: Philadelphia, PA
Dec 2nd: New Jersey
Dec 3rd: New York
Dec 4th: AHC, MA
Dec 5th: AHC, MA
Dec 6th: AHC, MA
Dec 7th: Baltimore, MD
Dec 8th: Buffalo, NY
Dec 9th: Detroit, MI
Dec 10th: Cleveland, OH
Dec 11th: Pittsburgh, PA 

TOTAL CONTROL & DIÄT in a CZ skate video

The people at Crook Magazine and Lógr Crew put out this cool DIY skateboarding video called FUNUS and it has a couple of our songs in it. TOTAL CONTROL's "Black Spring" and DIÄT's "Toonie" are the first two in fact. There's a bunch of random home made cement spots nicely mixed in with the usual iron curtain blocks and slants. Decent skating too. Nice.

✞☠Funus✞☠ from Lógr on Vimeo.

ILR Estate Slasher SALE starting now.

   Now that the funeral is over and the wake plates are devoid of their previous comfort, it's time for us to move on to the next phase of grieving. The estate slasher sale is on! We need to make space for all the new shit that is coming out soon so we are cutting prices down a ton on some of the older stuff and offering free shipping (within the U.S.) on those titles as well. See our SHOP sing.

  Keep your eyes peeled for the new CØNDITIØN LP to show up too. It looks and sounds incredible.

Warthog in Austin TX, Jan 2016

Sick. 

ILR represents hard at NDY this year.

UNA BÈSTIA INCONTROLABLE. DIÄT. GAS CHAMBER. LATISHA'S SKULL DRAWING. 

Unless you have a great reason not to you should go to this fest. So many sick bands and homies will be there. 

GAS CHAMBER is touring the midwest

24 October 2015 (TORONTO, ON, Canada) Not Dead Yet Fest @ Coalition w/ Vile Intent, Black Iron Prison
23 October 2015 (DETROIT, MI) @ Sanctuary w/ Dead Church
22 October 2015 (ATHENS, OH) @ House w/ Mellow Harsher, Falter, Phasm, Sardaukar
21 October 2015 (CINCINNATI, OH) @ The Rake’s End w/ Clouded, Choking, Gaping Maw, Alex York
20 October 2015 (CHAMPAIGN, IL) @ Thee Death Tower w/ Occultonomy, Rotter
19 October 2015 (GALESBURG, IL) @ Revolution Vinyl w/ Baby Alchemy, Gas Up Yr Hearse!
18 October 2015 (MILWAUKEE, WI) @ Bremen Cafe w/ Sick/Tired, Lifes, Marcy
17 October 2015 (MADISON, WI) @ Forbidden Pleasvres w/ Scaphe, Mellow Harsher, Tenement, Falter, Coordinated Suicides
16 October 2015 (CHICAGO, IL) @ Mousetrap w/ Sea of Shit, Mellow Harsher, Cave State, Sick/Tired, Clotting
15 October 2015 (CLEVELAND, OH) @ Now That’s Class w/ Prison Moan, Vanilla Poppers, Nyodene D

Productivity: Volumes 72-77.

Hey everyone. Here is a bunch of new shit that the family has been busy making. It should all be out before year's end. Some very soon. Some a little less soon.

GAUCHO is members of S.H.I.T. playing raw South American style hardcore. A 5 song 7".


Greg Wilkinson and Jon Kortland did the soundtrack to a short college slasher film by Dionne Stevens and Maya Messoriano called One Scythe Fits All. Think John Carpenter meets Chester N. Turner. An 11 song 7".


BEHAVIOR is a new Los Angeles punk band. This is their first album and it is a goddamn winner. A 10 song LP.


GAG is a morally upright and conservative republican rock group. Finally rich with this 8 song LP.


PRIVATE ROOM is the new WALLS band. Better songs, worse attitude. Strong. A 2 song single to hold you until the LP drops early next year.


LOCK is tough as shit. Members of CØNDITIØN and FURY playing up to date American hardcore. A 5 song 7".

LATISHA'S SKULL DRAWING is going on tour.

LATISHIA'S SKULL DRAWING

CATHOLIC SPIT TOUR 2015

10/16 PHILADELPHIA @ HONG KONG GARDEN w/ DISINTEREST

10/17 BROOKLYN @ ALPHAVILLE w/ D. UNIT, PAWNS, HOROSCOPE

10/18 PROVIDENCE @ AURORA (3PM MATINEE GIG) w/ DRONEZ, ACCIDENT

10/18 W MASS @ 13^TH FLOOR MUSIC LOUNGE w/ D. UNIT, PAEANS, PSYCHIC BLOOD

10/19 BOSTON @ O’BRIENS w/ D. UNIT, THE FURS, FAR CORNERS

10/20 MONTREAL @ BRASSERIE BEAUBIEN w/ LIGATURE, INVITES

10/21 OTTOWA @ THE DOMINION TAVERN w/ D.UNIT

10/22 TORONTO CHILLIN AT NDY

10/23 TORONTO NDY GIG @ THE GARRISON w/ D. UNIT, RODGER STELLA, YELLOW TEARS, FAKE PALMS, LIGATURE, MERCURY GIRLS

10/24 GRAND RAPIDS @ THE FIREHOUSE w/ RASH, PLAGUES, WHITE VAN

10/25 CHICAGO @ THE NEW ALBION HOUSE ON THE NORTHSIDE w/ THE MAKE-OVERS, FINAL GRIN

10/26 PITTSBURGH @ ROCK ROOM w/ ORDEN MUNDIAL, EEL, CONCEALED BLADE



ILR will be doing their LP at some point in the future too. 

DIÄT test presses and delays

So the pressing plant is backlogged a couple weeks and that means that our pre-orders won't be shipping right away. They have promised to send me a few asap though. We expect them to be in your hands by the weekend hopefully. Sorry for that. It is out of our control. In the meantime we have uncovered a few TEST PRESSINGS of the oop 7"s and a couple the LP. We put them up for sale HERE.
Thanks for your support and understanding with these matters.





And we got these again:

DREAMDECAY, PHT & PRIVATE ROOM in the PNW 10.22-23.15

art: Riley Kerr


PRIVATE ROOM tracks coming soooooon.

10.22.15 in Portland OR at Black Water Bar
10.23.15 in Seattle WA at Office Space

CADAVER EM TRANSE in São Paulo 9.15.15

Here is a sick video of the 7" release gig in a parking garage in São Paulo. A rare performance in the light to boot. Look out for the Rakta singer cameo too.

If you haven't picked up the 7" yet, you may do so HERE.

LAST CHAOS & WHITE WARDS in Seattle 10.14.15

Come enjoy Australia's LAST CHAOS while they are a band in our fair land. WHITE WARDS, NASTI & LYSOL will also be playing.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1467253780271021/


TOO NASTI FOR BANDCAMP, sucka.

DIÄT LP full album stream

http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/stream-the-ominous-debut-album-from-berlin-based-punks-diat

CADAVER EM TRANSE is playing a show in SP.

If you're around Sao Paulo go to the 7" release party. It will be tight. And free.

https://www.facebook.com/events/932257433479814/

DIÄT in Berlin a couple weeks ago

It's the song "Hurricane" from the upcoming LP.

CADAVER EM TRANSE - s/t 7" is out now.

Buenos dias amigos,
 We were all set to go play shows around the PNW with CADAVER EM TRANSE from Brazil a couple months back and the the government decided that one of the members wasn't good enough to walk our soil. So we made a record for them instead.


CADAVER EM TRANSE - 7" w/download (LUNGS-071)
 Countries with strict borders and immigration policies are ruining the cultural exchange, the enrichment, the fucking quality of life that is an inherent right for all of humanity. Social media is no substitute for real life experience. By denying Brazil's CADAVER EM TRANSE entry, the US government has made it impossible for us to further ourselves as a people and a community. This is bullshit.
 For those of us who will not get to see this band full of productive, passionate, driven, warm hearted and artistically important people, ILR has opted to at least make their music available to you. 4 stunningly crafted gritty não wave punk charmers in the vein of MUZAK's sharp angled post punk or VZYADOQ MOE's raw wave darkness with a slight and steady undercurrent of industrial heaviness.
 400 copies of heavy duty clear/black marble vinyl in a textured pocket sleeve with insert and fancy silver sticker. Art by Murilo Pommer. Photos by Mateus Mondini.

*note, there would have been more copies but the shipping company spilled acid all over a couple of the boxes and melted the vinyl!


 If this tickles your sense of consumerism then feel free to purchase it and any other records we have made in our store. HERE -> ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com

Gracias today.
Jensen // El Presidente de Iron Lung Discos

FLESH WORLD UK Tour Dates

DIÄT played Berserktown II.

Diat from Michel Valdes on Vimeo.

and are playing with TOTAL CONTROL, BLAZING EYE and LAKES tomorrow night in Los Angeles at the Teragram Ballroom. Last chance...

DIÄT releases the "Hurricane" video...

Hot on the heals of the #blacklivesmatter takeover of the Bernie Sanders rally here in Seattle, Diät sees fit to release a video of their song "Hurricane" that deals directly with the issue of police brutality.
DIÄT - 'Hurricane' from DT WEST on Vimeo.
PREORDER the Positive Energy LP HERE! And if you can, go see them in Santa Ana at Berserktown this weekend.

CØNDITIØN gives us another song

Please enjoy "Cause & Circumstance" today. It's the first song the limited cassingle they did for the OHC fest. We got a few of those too if you wanna salt yourself until the LP drops. In the store HERE.

FLESH WORLD on KEXP a couple weeks ago. And UK tour dates announced!

We love this band.

July 30: Baby's All Right - New York, NY
July 31: PhilaMoca - Philadelphia, PA*
August 1: Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY #
August 1: The Acheron - Brooklyn, NY
August 2: Windup Space - Baltimore, MD
August 3: Strange Matter - Richmond, VA
August 4: Black Cat - Washington D.C.
* - w/ Radioactivity
# - w/ Total Control, Lust For Youth, Sannhet

Sept 4: Brighton @ Hope & Ruin
Sept 5: London @ DIY space for London
Sept 6: Manchester @ Gullivers
Sept 7: Glasgow @ The Flying Duck
Sept 8: Nottingham @ The Chameleon
Sept 9: Sheffield @ Lughole
Sept 10: Norwich @ Rumsey Wells
Sept 11: Leeds @ Temple of Boom
Sept 12: London @ New River Studios

Pitchfork writes up the new DIÄT track.

Our pal Sam had some good things to say about the story of how DIÄT came to be with us and how sick the new song from Positive Energy is. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17593-diat-toonie/
PREORDER this bad boy HERE.

Angel on one shoulder, Devil on the other.

  Due to mounting costs around the office and at all manufacturing levels, we have been forced to raise our prices. I know we are not alone in this as I have seen many touring bands at shows selling their LPs for as much as $20 each. $15 being the most common. And that is the way of this pre-apocolyptic record market. We can all thank the major labels for renewing their interest in making vinyl again, lord knows we really need all those fucking Beatles reissues.
  The upside of these new rates is that we will again have the money to put out more of that premium, and more importantly, REAL music for the folks that deserve it - YOU.
  Thanks for understanding.
Jensen - Idiot in charge // Iron Lung Records

New CADAVER EM TRANSE song!

This is the first track from the new 7" EP due out in Sept. on your humble ILR label.

PRIVATE ROOM in Portland 8.23.15

At The Know for us. With VX Gas Attack.

UNA BÈSTIA INCONTROLABLE is playing NDY!

Only show on this continent this year. Unless you are vacationing in Hawaii or some shit then you should make your way to Toronto for this.

PHT world tour...

...with the FOR MASS CONSUMPTION line-up plus long time vocal collaborator August Alston. It will be fucking sick. Go see it.

USA:


CANADA:

In Toronto..
BASTARD NOISE
THOU
PIG HEART TRANSPLANT 
FALSE
BLACK IRON PRISON

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015, 8:00 PM, 19+The Garrison 1197 Dundas Street West

In Montreal..

NUDITY is back in action!

Our friends over at Thrasher magazine saw fit to print a cool interview feature on the NUDITY. Here is a picture of it.

They are playing a couple shows next month that some of you west coast heads can get to as well.
 August 12th - Eureka
 13th - Oakland
 15th - Los Angeles (Berserktown)

 And if you slept on getting the LP get it HERE before you look like a chump.

VACANT LIFE unleashes "Clairvoyant"

The Pain Compliance 7" EP is scheduled to be released September 4th 2015. Until then enjoy "Clairvoyant".

DIÄT premier a song from the new album today. Say Hello...

PREORDER the LP if you like. We won't mind.

WHITE WARDS & GAG in Berkeley Sept 4-6.

Lot's of homies playing this too. It will be tight.

FYI: that band playing called "My Iron Lung" has nothing to do with us.

FB: RCF924

Twitter: @resurrectcali

IG: Resurrectcalifest

Tickets: http://resurrectcali2015.brownpapertickets.com

FLESH WORLD made a video! and PNW shows

Watch this, sucka. And they are play the PNW starting tomorrow. 6.26 in Portland with Lebenden Toten and 6.27 streaming a live set on kexp.org or 90.3 fm at 10pm while simultaneously playing live in Bellevue with Gag and Vacant Life

TOTAL CONTROL added another show in Chicago.

Thu-Aug-06 Chicago,IL Thalia Hall (early show)... And if any of you rustlers are looking to round up Typical System, We just got a fresh herd of em in the corral. See a man about horse HERE.

PRIVATE ROOM in Seattle 6.25.15

FLESH WORLD in San Francisco 6.20.15

The LP release show for "The Wild Animals In My Life" LP

If you can't make the gig and want to get the LP still go HERE.

An hour of IRON LUNG worship

Our friend Buck does a podcast called Monolithic sounds and he saw fit to do a whole show on our label. That is tight. Here is a link: http://monosounds.org/2015/06/14/monolithic-sounds-volume-29/ 
You can download the whole damn thing for free. Did you know you can download the the Iron Lung Mixtapes for free too? Here they are: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.

FLESH WORLD plays America summer 2015

Some ILR groups at Berserktown 2015

Here are a couple previews of what's next on the best:

Please enjoy these sounds until the real things are available:

Out in July/August:

Your favorite Los Angeles D-Beat rippers have recorded an LP and it starts like this.


A soundtrack to a mysterious movie all made by the mind of DREAMDECAY's Justin Gallego.

FLESH WORLD - The Wild Animals In My Life LP is officially out now.

Order this beast HERE if you haven't already. Thank you kindly if you have pre-ordered already, you are a champion and scholar.

Stream the whole FLESH WORLD LP now and TOUR DATES!

Flesh World Live Dates:

May 28: The Knockout - San Francisco, CA 

June 20: El Rio - San Francisco, CA (LP Release Show) 

June 26: Blackwater - Portland, OR 

June 27: Groundzero - Bellevue (Seattle), WA 

July 30: Baby's All Right - New York, NY  

July 31: PhilaMoca - Philadelphia, PA*

August 1: Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY # 

August 2: Windup Space - Baltimore, MD

August 3: Strange Matter - Richmond, VA

August 4: Black Cat - Washington D.C. 

* - w/ Radioactivity 

# - w/ Total Control, Lust For Youth, Sannhet 

Out now! FLESH WORLD & SCUMRAID 7"s on ILR.

Pre-orders for the FLESH WORLD LP are up too.





FLESH WORLD - Just To Tear Me Down 7" (LUNGS-068)
 The first installment in the 3rd series of ILR 2 song singles. This new series sees blank labels, color specific to the band (light blue in FW's case), that will be hand stamped and a standardized j-card sleeve that will also be hand stamped and numbered. All singles in this series will be strictly limited to 314 copies.
 More of that dreamy yet jagged pop sensation that you've come to know from FLESH WORLD. The A side is from the album and the B is an exclusive remix done by none other than that Canadian audio shaman Don Pyle.
 This is a booster slab for the upcoming "The Wild Animals In My Life" LP due out in June on this fine imprint. Art by Jess Scott ("she's very good").



SCUMRAID - Rip Up 7" w/download (LUNGS-066)
 Completely raging crasher style punk music from Seoul, South Korea. Unorthodox song structures and virtually note free noise thrash with dual, over-the-top aggro vocals. The guitarist tells us he doesn't even listen to punk (only blues). WTF?! Unbelievable. Seeing is believing and what we saw was fucking fantastic.
 700 copies on an etched black disc housed in a quality glued pocket sleeve with a collage crust insert.

All of this good stuff is available in our shop located at ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com

Thank you and good day.
Jensen

FLESH WORLD in Santa Rosa CA video

Flesh World from Michel Valdes on Vimeo.

PRIVATE ROOM is playing some shows

5/20/15 w/ Ex-Cult, Dark/Light @the Know Portland OR

6/25/15 w/ V/H/S/, Health Problems @the Black Lodge Seattle, WA

7/15/15 w/ Ceremony, Tony Molina, Creative Adult @Neumos Seattle WA

7/16/15 w/ Ceremony, Tony Molina, Creative Adult @Analog Cafe Portland, OR

7/17/15 w/ Vacant Life, Nudes, Health Problems, Cadaver Em Transe @Office Space, Seattle, WA 

TOTAL CONTROL is playing some shows in the US

Sat-Aug-01 Brooklyn,NY  Music Hall of Williamsburg 

Mon-Aug-03 Pittsburgh,PA The Shop 

Tue-Aug-04 Cleveland,OH   Now That's Class

Thu-Aug-06 Chicago,IL  The Empty Bottle 

Sat-Aug-08 Austin,TX The Mohawk 

Thu-Aug-13  San Francisco,CA Rickshaw Stop 

Fri-Aug-14       Los Angeles,CA    Berserktown Fest

8/1 w/ Lust for Youth,Sannhet and Flesh World 

8/3 w/ The Gotobeds and EEL

8/4 w/ Pleasure Leftists 

8/8 w/ Radioactivity and Spray Paint 

PRIVATE ROOM in Portland OR 5.20.15

FLESH WORLD - Just To Tear Me Down official video

Video by Alex Cruse

FLESH WORLD puts up "Poolside Boys" and some show dates.

Flesh World Share "Poolside Boys"
New Album 'The Wild Animals In My Life'
Out June 2nd on Iron Lung Records
Live Dates Announced! NYC, Seattle, SF + More

 Flesh World hit us with a new, infectious tune "Poolside Boys" from their upcoming album, The Wild Animals In My Life out via Iron Lung Records on June 2nd.

The song debuted over at Noisey today who've called it "a noisy, ethereal, if not subliminally floral track." Flesh World have also announced their first set of live dates in support of the album - full list below and stay tuned for more. Flesh World began with Scott Moore (Limp Wrist) and Jess Scott (Brilliant Colors), in a microscopic lofted-bedroom in San Francisco's Panhandle district. Scott and Jess merged their respective musical histories of hardcore and pop sort of on accident. Actually without any mention of their previous bands, they bonded over the films of Kenneth Anger, the guitar work of Lou Reed and William Reid, the writing of Jean Genet, and the shirtless figures of David Hockney paintings. The pair slowly built songs in between hanging out at drag bars and punk shows, watching SF decay into some sort of inverted Detroit, isolated wealth which sent a lot of young artists running in the last couple of years.

Flesh World is sort of what's left of that, where the only places to have fun are still leather bars, house music clubs, basement punk shows. After the music and vision of Scott and Jess began to coagulate they brought in Diane Anastasio who also drummed in Brilliant Colors. At first Diane could only fit two pieces into the tiny bedroom in which Flesh World's real, basic and primitive sound developed.

Much of production, engineering, percussion and synth saw collaboration with Toronto photographer/legend, Don Pyle (Iggy Pop, Peaches). Pyle contributed enthusiastic efforts to The Wild Animals In My Life and the band considers this early member of first wave Toronto punk, electronic music, etc. to be a component to the sound of Flesh World overall.


Flesh World Live Dates:
 May 18: w/ Ex-Cult, Santa Rosa by Pizza Punx (roaming location)
 May 28: The Knockout - San Francisco, CA
June 20: El Rio - San Francisco, CA (LP Release Show)
June 26: Blackwater - Portland, OR
June 27: Black Lodge - Seattle, WA
July 30: TBD - New York, NY
July 31: PhilaMoca - Philadelphia, PA - w/ Radioactivity

For more info on Flesh World please contact Grandstand Media & Management: Bailey Sattler | Baileys@GrandstandHQ.com

Jon Kortland / Justin Gallego art show in Reno NV

Out now on ILR: NUDITY - Astronomicon LP

  ''You will notice small objects - such as ornaments - oscillating. You will notice vibrations in your diaphragm. You will hear a distant hissing in your ears. You will feel the need to vomit. You will feel dizzy. You will have difficulty focussing, You will need to breathe more rapidly. THERE WILL BE BLEEDING FROM ORIFICES. There will be an ache in the pelvic region. You may be subject to fits of hysterical shouting or even laughter."

  These are all signs of the NUDITY LP being available today. BUY IT HERE.


NUDITY - Astronomicon LP w/download (LUNGS-062)
  "Astronomicon features driving uptempo beats, ringing choruses, and twin-guitar harmonies that segue into improvised jams invoking the MC5 at their Sun Ra-channeling best, cruise through talkbox-laden breakdowns and finish with pulse-revving big bang crescendos. Inspiration for the tracks came from places as lofty as long summers spent working fire lookouts on remote mountaintops, to lowly as a need for cathartic musical release after inter-band fights.
  As its arresting cover imagery (painted by Brittany Stallings) suggests, Nudity pulls listeners to a place where the earthiest, most carnal human attributes bend around to meet supernal desires, while vouching that lovers of grit-filled Rock'n'roll get a headbanging fix. You can liken it to time travel, space travel, or space-time travel, but once on board, Nudity will take you to sonic frontiers in a style all their own.
  The current lineup might be their most impressive yet, bringing talent from bands such as the Tight Bro's From Way Back When, Hysterics, The Need, Sex/Vid, Broken Water and more." -internet

  "Do not panic. Think only of yourself." Trust us, this is worth the money.

  Thank you a good day.

-Jensen

PRIVATE ROOM in Seattle 4.26.15

ILR Single Series 3 kicks off with a FLESH WORLD single

FLESH WORLD - Just To Tear Me Down 7" (LUNGS-068)
 The first installment in the 3rd series of ILR 2 song singles. This new series sees blank labels, color specific to the band (light blue in FW's case), that will be hand stamped and a standardized j-card sleeve that will also be hand stamped and numbered. All singles in this series will be strictly limited to 314 copies. This should be ready for consumption by end of April or early May or whenever that Record Store Day bullshit stops slowing down all the pressing plants.

FLESH WORLD - Just To Tear Me Down 7" (LUNGS-068)
 The first installment in the 3rd series if ILR 2 song singles. This new series sees blank labels, color specific to the band (light blue in FW's case), that will be hand stamped and a standardized j-card sleeve that will also be hand stamped and numbered. All singles in this series will be strictly limited to 314 copies.
 More of that dreamy yet jagged pop sensation that you've come to know from FLESH WORLD. The A side is from the album and the B is an exclusive remix done by none other than that Canadian audio shaman Don Pyle. 
 This is a booster slab for the upcoming "The Wild Animals In My Life" LP due out in June on this fine imprint. Arts by Jess Scott ("she's very good").

Some NUDITY shows in the PNW

Olympia 3/20 at Obsidian

Seattle 3/21 at a house called The Future

Seattle 3/28 at Chop Suey

Seattle 4/17 at the Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater

Olympia 4/25 at Obsidian

Seattle 4/25 at the Lo-Fi (yes, same night as Oly!)

Seattle 5/17 at the Victory Lounge

Out Now: SOLUTIONS & TRTRKMMR LPs on ILR!

Today is a day and whether that is full of consequences or rewards for you, these two long awaited things are what we have to offer:


TRTRKMMR - Avec La Souillure Nous Entrons Au Règne De La Terreur LP w/download (LUNGS-052)
   Four years in the making, TRTRKMMR's Avec La Souillure Nous Entrons Au Règne De La Terreur is an aural assault rifle set to unleash a blackened unorthodox power-electronic hell upon you. Since the first scribble, it's author has endured organ ruptures, physical and mental collapse, deaths and unheated Wisconsin winters. That pain and more comes through in the unearthly maelstrom of "music" created using chopped/crippled vinyl records, mountains of literary research, AK-47s and a plethora of secret sound equipment. A truly compelling and singular vision here. Be careful.
   500 copies come in high strength jackets with a 20 page booklet and a hand numbered insert stamped with human blood.


SOLUTIONS - Life Of Joy 12" w/ download (LUNGS-030)
  A band that was never supposed to have a long life has performed a grand total of 2 times, once in Milwaukee (home to Justin Kern), once in Buffalo (home to David Bailey & Patrick Bolger) and will finalize the trilogy by performing their maniac music in Seattle (home to Joe Bellucci) this March 2015. This will be it.
  "SOLUTIONS' contribution is brief but hugely important to the lexicon of modern power violence. Short, brutal and uncompromising sound blisters here, even to the well-calloused ear. No one plays it like these guys. It is baffling and otherworldly to see. When IRON LUNG played their first show in Milwaukee a few years ago they made me want to retire from playing music altogether and I fucking love doing what I do. Rarely does a band hit me that hard." -Jensen Ward
  Recorded by Jackson Long and Shane Hochstetler. Art by Craig Sheperd. 300 copies ever.

Both are available in our fine store found HERE.

Please continue with your day and it's spoils or squanders.
Love, Jensen

GAS CHAMBER/TERVEET KADET tour dates March 2015

 

 

February:

27 Vancouver BC @ Black Lab w/ Six Brew Bantha, Ahna, OSK

28 Victoria BC @ Outer Heaven w/ Six Brew Bantha, Waste Away, Griefer

March:

1 Seattle WA @ Black Lodge w/ Terveet Kadet, Iron Lung, Solutions, Gag

2 Portland OR @ Black Water w/ Terveet Kadet, Deathcharge, Terokal

3 Sacramento CA @ Casa De Chaos w/ Terveet Kadet, Rat Damage, Plague Widow

4 Las Vegas NV @ OMD w/ Terveet Kadet, God's America, Vihan Rytmi, In Fugus

5 Long Beach CA @ Black Light District w/ Terveet Kadet, Diatribe, NSU, Coltranes

6 Los Angeles CA @Black Castle w/ Terveet Kadet, Suffering Luna, Damnatösque, Angst

7 Oakland CA (Manic Relapse Fest) @ Golden Bull w/ Lecherous Gaze, Zoloa, Steel Bearing Hand. STARTS AT 2PM!!!

8 San Jose CA @ SJ Rock Shop w/ Terveet Kadet, Ausencia, Pig DNA, Meth Sores

NUDITY lp drops April 7th. They are on tour now.

NUDITY ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ASTRONOMICON OUT APRIL 7TH ON  IRON LUNG RECORDS LISTEN TO TITLE TRACK HERE TOURING WEST COAST NOW Album Art: Brittany Stallings Members of Nudity have been fueling the Olympia underground music scene for over two decades. Their DIY hardcore roots shine through in the energy of their music and the grass roots intent with which they operate.  These five lords and ladies dive deep into their vintage hard rock-inspired, Krautrock-infused compositions, leaving no one doubting the veracity of their musical commitment.  They've just announced their new album Astronomicon which drops April 7th on Iron Long Records alongside their title track which Noisey has deemed "Psych Rock + Devo + Jodorowsky."  STREAM / WATCH / EMBED "ASTRONOMICON" ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE The 9 song platter, recorded with engineer/guru Tim Green (Sleater-Kinney, Melvins, The Fucking Champs), builds a shape-shifting pinnacle of sound, a pounding rhythmic core armored with hard riffs, cloaked in swaths of colorful synths and striped with soaring, searing leads and knife-sharp vocals - bringing tones and shades reminiscent of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Previously sharing stages with Dinosaur Jr., Dead Meadow and more, Nudity hit the West Coast this month on a tour that kicks off tomorrow in Seattle and includes dates in Olympia, LA, Portland and more (full list of dates below).  Nudity is the latest distillation of a sound that guitarist/singer Dave Harvey and select heavy players that have been honing since the band's 2005 formation.  The current lineup might be their most impressive yet, bringing talent from bands such as the Tight Bro's From Way Back When, Hysterics, The Need, Sex/Vid, Broken Water and more.  Nudity IS: Dave Harvey on guitar and vocals, Stephie Crist on guitar, Rachel Carns on synths, Abigail Ingram on bass, and Tanar Stalker on drums, as well as underground filmmaker Joaquin de la Puente on live visuals. Astronomicon features driving uptempo beats, ringing choruses, and twin-guitar harmonies that segue into improvised jams invoking the MC5 at their Sun Ra-channeling best, cruise through talkbox-laden breakdowns and finish with pulse-revving big bang crescendos. Inspiration for the tracks came from places as lofty as long summers spent working fire lookouts on remote mountaintops, to lowly as a need for cathartic musical release after inter-band fights.  As its arresting cover imagery suggests, Nudity pulls listeners to a place where the earthiest, most carnal human attributes bend around to meet supernal desires, while vouching that lovers of grit-filled Rock'n'roll get a headbanging fix. You can liken it to time travel, space travel, or space-time travel, but once on board, Nudity will take you to sonic frontiers in a style all their own. NUDITY LIVE DATES: 2/12: Seattle @ Black Lodge w/ Mysterious Skin, Biled Will and Wulf  2/13: Olympia @ Obsidian w/ Survival Knife and Wulf  2/14: Portland @ Foggy Notion w/ Jonny X & the Groadies and Billions & Billions  2/15: Davis @ Third Space Art Collective w/ Human Body and Quartz Thrust  2/16: Fresno @ Tower District Records w/ Inside the Sun  2/17: Joshua Tree @ Landers Brew Co. w/ Tara Jane O'Neil and BATT  2/18: Los Angeles @ The Smell w/ Dune, Gun Outfit and Rearranged Face  2/19: San Luis Obispo @ SLO Creative Studio with Hot Tina  2/20: San Francisco, El Rio w/ Queen Crescent and Flesh World  2/21: Oakland, 1-2-3-4 Go! Records w/ Street Eaters, Plume and Little Sister  Nudity Astronomicon Iron Lung Records April 7, 2015 | Pre-order 1 - White Hot Gold 2 - Lectric Motions 3 - (I've Got The) Death Energy 4 - Myrna Loy / Leatrice Joy 5 - Carnal Heart 6 - Light & Grace 7 - Astronomicon 8 - Washed 9 - Here Comes The White Light NUDITY ON FACEBOOK NUDITY ON TWITTER NUDITY ON INSTAGRAM NUDITY ON SOUNDCLOUD IRON LUNG RECORDS For more info on Nudity please contact Grandstand Media & Management: Bailey Sattler | Baileys@GrandstandHQ.com

A couple new jams coming...

If you didn't catch their 1st 7" last year then get yourselves ready for Seoul's SCUMRAID to punch you in the ear hole. We got to play with them twice in Korea and they killed it both nights. Hopefully out in time for their Japanese dates in March. Should be out in June if not sooner. The long awaited follow up to 2014's "A Line In Wet Grass" 7" on this fine imprint. They will be doing a bunch of touring this year in the US and the UK to support this LP. There should be a couple videos later on too. It's all happening.

IRON LUNG is playing one show this year

 This is SOLUTIONS' third and final show. GAS CHAMBER will be doing a west coast tour around this as well. Get it.

PRIVATE ROOM is a new band

PRIVATE ROOM is a new band consisting of 3/4 of WALLS. We are playing our first shows soon. It's about time.

SEATTLE 2.20.15


PORTLAND 2.21.15


and OLYMPIA 2.22.15
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and then again in SEATTLE 3.26.15


Thank you.

PHT - For Mass Consumption LP/CS are OUT NOW on ILR

You can run but you can't hide, especially if you have any of the new PHT gear. It's brighter than an enormous door slamming in the depths of hell.

PIG HEART TRANSPLANT - For Mass Consumption LP w/ download (LUNGS-059)

PIG HEART TRANSPLANT - For Mass Consumption CS w/ download (LUNGS-059C)

  Pig Heart Transplant is the alter ego of Jon Kortland, one half of the men that comprise the surgical Powerviolence duo Iron Lung. Like Iron Lung, Pig Heart Transplant delivers both a vicious beating and violent outcome, however the operating methodology is an entirely different animal; slow, churning, industrial, electronic, painfully percussive, a bureaucratic nightmare of State Power with gears grinding the individual into a hallow shell, perfectly molded into one of Them. This is 1984.

  For Mass Consumption is composed of 28 tracks, each approximately 44 seconds long, each song title a 4 letter word, structured in a perfectly palatable way for optimum group adoption and mindless adherence to common purpose. Electronic manipulation, no wave guitar noise, abrasive hammering and eerie synthetic ambience imbue the listener with the seedy malaise of manipulation on a societal scale.  One might recognize the pulverizing brutality of early Swans on tracks like ‘Film’ or ‘Pigs’, the pulsing throb of Brighter Death Now and IRM on ‘Coma’ or even Robert McNaugton’s soundtrack work for Henry: Portrait Of Serial Killer on ‘1970’ or ‘1980’.

  Without doubt a horrifying work of aural terror, For Mass Consumption is the logical result of a culture bent on banal conformity and the futile struggle against its domination. Iron Lung Records (LP and Cassette versions) is pleased to bring this tormented future vision into the present in collaboration with 20 Buck Spin (CD version).

 In addition to these we have a limited long sleeve PHT shirt, TOTAL CONTROL long sleeves, some BLAZING EYE 7"s and warehouse finds of the PHT - Weapon 7" and VAE VICTIS - Ugly Reflection LP. All available in our STORE located at ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com.

Thank you and good day.

Jensen

NUDITY is touring the west February 2015

NUDITY west coast tour Feb 2015

Thursday 12th - Seattle, Black Lodge w/ Mysterious Skin and tba
Friday 13th - Olympia, Obsidian w/ Survival Knife and Jonny/Mike/Anton/Peter’s new band
Saturday 14th - Portland, Foggy Notion w/ tba
Sunday 15th - Davis, Third Space Art Collective
Monday 16th - Fresno, Tower District Records w/ Inside The Sun and Wallfower
Tuesday 17th - Joshua Tree, the High Way Space w/ BATT
Wednesday 18th - Los Angeles, The Smell w/ Gun Outfit and tba
Thursday 19th - San Luis Obispo, tba
Friday 20th - San Francisco, El Rio w/ Queen Crescent and Flesh World
Saturday 21st - Oakland, 1234 Go w/ Little Sister and tba

If everything goes according to plan they will have the Astronomicon LP with them. The test presses sound sick.