PHYSIQUE is essential // MANIC RELAPSE

According the tasteful minds over at Bandcamp, PHYSIQUEs "Punk Life Is Shit" is essential listening. We agree. Check out what Jes had to say HERE: https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/04/06/bandcamp-essential-releases-april-6-2018/#more-88451 I hope you got to see them out on the road. But if you didn't you'll get another shot if you're going to Manic Relapse where PHYSIQUE, LEBENDEN TOTEN, NEEDLES and RAKTA are all playing.

more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/928812483943625/

NASTI - Big Achievements LP round 2

It's finally back out and ready to ship to your hungry ears. Get it and every other ILR release at ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com

And RAKTA got some love from NPR today. http://www.npr.org/2017/10/27/559722156/songs-we-love-rakta-rodeados-pela-beleza.

Out today on ILR: ACRYLICS - Structure 7" & RAKTA - Oculto Pelos Seres 7"

ACRYLICS - Structure 7" (LUNGS-107) 
The newest offering from Santa Rosa's finest art bangers. They've added so much to their already incredible sound with this single and it will act as just a taste of what's to come on the LP in 2018. "Structure" is a bit more on the pogo side complimented nicely with sharp echo stabs and a ruinous atmosphere. "Gluttony" brings us back to that toss-and-turn-in-a-dark-alley kind of crunchy freak junk that the teens mangle themselves to. Our favorite blend of ugly and appealing. 
A limited release for unlimited punks. 


RAKTA - Oculto Pelos Seres 7" w/ download (LUNGS-080) 
Howling winds over the barren sands sting your eyes just enough to make you question wether or not you did actually see what you think you saw. A shrouded figure casting shadows on memories of the future? A malformed Chris Marker statue sandblasted to obscurity? A beautifully melted humanity? Oculto Pelos Seres is all of those and more. By now RAKTA's signature brand of punk fueled, goth tinged, seemingly structureless yet extremely taut soundscapes should be familiar to you and if it isn't then this is a great place to start.  
150 copies on pink, 350 copies on black vinyl housed in a textured glue pocket sleeve with a vellum lyric sheet and stickers bag. Art by Chihiro Yoshikawa. Sounds by Bernardo Pacheco. Mastered by Daniel Husayn. 

Both bands are playing Not Dead Yet in Toronto this weekend followed by respective European tours. Catch them if you can. Both bands are stocked with the finest people in the world and play great music.

We also have some IRON LUNG shirts while they last and a bunch of extra distro stuff. Get it all in the ILR STORE.

Thanks a million. -Jensen

Summer Preview II

Here are some more instant classics on the way from your friends at Iron Lung Records.

New RAKTA 7" out soon

7 new releases out today on IRON LUNG Records. DAMN!

We've done lost our minds. On top of throwing a 3 day party to celebrate the label turning 10 years old we also decided to release a few new records. Most of which can be obtained at the ILR STORE.








and you'll only be able to get the IRON LUNG - Crutch Field lathe cut 7" at shows. Limited to 100.

RAKTA is touring again

The long awaited repress if the III LP is on the way to the office right now. Also we are getting the art together for a "Live on KEXP" cassette that should be ready for this tour.

03/03 @SAN ANTONIO

03/04 @AUSTIN 
https://www.facebook.com/events/782202128604243/

03/05 @MCALLEN
https://www.facebook.com/events/1816231358594070/

03/06 @DALLAS
https://www.facebook.com/events/659962334165942/

03/07 @TULSA
https://www.facebook.com/events/1786651951659830/

03/09-10-11 @OKLAHOMA CITY
"Everything is not OK III" Fest
https://www.facebook.com/events/319994728366190/

03/11-12 @CIUDAD DE MEXICO
"NRMAL" Fest
https://www.facebook.com/events/1698520117131718/

03/13 @QUERÉTARO
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

03/15 @CIUDAD DE MEXICO
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

03/16 @GUADALAJARA
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

03/17 @SAN LUIS POTOSI
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

03/18 @CIUDAD DE MEXICO
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

04/07-08-09 @SEATTLE
"What We Like - Iron Lung Records 10th Anniversary"
https://www.facebook.com/events/178045825994812/

04/12 @BOGOTÁ
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

04/13 @MEDELLIN
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

04/14 @CALI
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

04/15 @BOGOTÁ
A SER CONFIRMADO / TBA

- COME CELEBRATE WITH US.

RAKTA in Portland OR

Rakta from Michel Valdes on Vimeo.

Wish them well in Japan.

RAKTA, DREAMDECAY & NUDITY in Seattle 7.30.16

Out today on ILR: RAKTA - III LP

RAKTA - III LP w/download (LUNGS-086)
 Brazil's RAKTA is back with 6 new powerfully feminine trips through the fog. Simultaneously claustrophobic and cavernous. You can feel pulsing bass and thundering battery intertwine, akin to a snake coiling around your leg, pulling you down into the murky vortex. A flourish of atmospheric keyboard and vocal clamor pulls you right back to the surface just in time to be sucker punched by silence. This garland will leave you reeling.
 500 copies on blue vinyl housed in a heavy duty sleeve. Art by Mateus Mondini. Sounds by Bernardo Pacheco. Mastered by Daniel Hussayn. Thank you.

This and more are available at ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com. Thank you.

RAKTA Live in SP June 16th

Here is a what a band at their peak of power looks like. We cannot wait to see what they do on the tour coming up. This is pretty much the whole new LP. Shit is straight up amazing.

RAKTA N. America/Japan tour poster

RAKTA - III LP should be ready just in time for this tour to start. We love this band!

RAKTA - III LP out in July

Here is a taste

RAKTA in SP a couple nights ago.

Did you know that we are doing the next RAKTA LP? It's true. We are tightening screws as hard as we can to have it ready for their US/Japan tour in early July.