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From Hell Announces New Album Heresy Out June 25 via Paper + Plastick; New Song “Unholy” Premieres via Decibel

Detroit-based hardcore metal group From Hell announced today that it will be releasing a new seven-song album, Heresy, via Paper + Plastick Records on June 25. The band has teamed up with Decibel to premiere a new track, titled “Unholy,” which can be streamed and downloaded for free on the website. 

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Heresy will be available in vinyl and digital formats via Paper + Plastick — it’s available for preorder here. The vinyl pressing is limited to only 650 units on one-sided 12” wax with a silk-screened B-side. The jackets for the release will be hand-screened and the ink used in the screening process was mixed with samples of the band members’ blood. 

Please post the album details - the art and tracklisting can be seen below - along with a link to the song premiere / free download for your readers and preorder. If you’d like to set up any coverage with From Hell or request a copy of Heresy for review, please email us at exit384media@gmail.com.

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Less Than Jake Enters The Moathouse in Gainesville, Fla., To Record 10th Full-Length

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Paper + Plastick To Release The Sky We Scrape’s Divides on Vinyl

Paper + Plastick Records announced today that it will be releasing The Sky We Scrape’s new record, Divides, on vinyl. The record was released digitally by the band on February 19, 2013 but this is the first time it will be coming out on vinyl. The record will come out with a street date of May 14. 

The entire record can be streamed right now on The Sky We Scrape’s Bandcamp profile. Additionally, the record can be ordered there digitally for $8. All vinyl orders of the record - it can be ordered here - come with an immediate digital download of the album, plus an extra bonus track titled “Today’s Top Story.”

The Chicago quartet plays a mixture of punk with a more polished hardcore sound. The band’s raw emotion is offset by interesting song structures and instrumentation; their churning, pulverizing guitars are interspersed with moments of tenderness. The Sky We Scrape display inventive songwriting and pay real attention to the soundscapes they create, pounding out three-minute heavy novellas on the concrete walls of their blue-collar hometown.

The pressing is limited to 350 copies on opaque vinyl with haze, and can be preordered in the Paper + Plastick webstore.

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Light Years Announces Debut Full-Length Details, Streams New Song

Light Years revealed today in an announcement on AbsolutePunk.net that its debut full-length record, I Won’t Hold This Against You, will be coming out on June 18 via Paper + Plastick Records. A brand-new song from the album, titled “Nice To Know You,” is now streaming on AbsolutePunk and is embeddable via SoundCloud. The record is available for preorder on vinyl and digital formats in the Paper + Plastick webstore.

The album will also be available on CD via Black Numbers, on vinyl overseas via Banquet Records, and on CD in Japan via Ice Grills. 

The group will be heading out on tour supporting Mixtapes with You Blew It! in June. They’ll also support BoySetsFire in May and just wrapped up a short string of dates with Safe. All tour dates can be seen below.

The Cleveland pop-punk quartet has two EP releases under its belt - the self-released This Will Come Back to Haunt Me (Sept. 2010) and Just Between Us via Escapist Records (April 2012). I Won’t Hold This Against You shows the band coming fully into its sound, and this is evident from Alternative Press’ 4/5 star review of the album, where the magazine dubs it “pop-punk for grown-ups.”

Two songs from I Won’t Hold This Against You have already been released in the form of the Parking Lots EP. A few weeks ago, Light Years released a surprise three-song EP and music video centered around first single “Parking Lots.” Additionally, the EP featured album cut “Put Myself Together” and an acoustic version of that track. The EP was put on sale for $2, and it’s now available for $1 in the Paper + Plastick webstore. 

Please post the album release news, preorder link and the new song on your website. Please email exit384media@gmail.com to set up coverage with Light Years or request a review copy of the record. 

Light Years - I Won’t Hold This Against You

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Aspiga Releases Music Video for “Welcome To the Sympathy Party”

Premiere via AltPress.com!

Aspiga has released a music video for “Welcome To the Sympathy Party,” from its Paper + Plastick Records debut Every Last Piece. The record, which came out in November, is available for purchase in digital and vinyl formats in the label’s webstore.

The music video premiered yesterday via AltPress.com, and can now be streamed and embedded from the P+P YouTube page. 

Every Last Piece was the subject of favorable critical reviews upon its release, with ConsequenceOfSound succinctly summing up: “Aspiga is ready to burst.” The website dubbed the record a “stormy album,” continuing by saying, “25 minutes of pressurized self-loathing, dissatisfaction, and machine gun drumming that begs for collapse by the end.”

Sonically, Aspiga’s style retains aspects of the New Jersey sound the band has always been influenced by while infusing bits and pieces of other genres. A member from a band that knows Aspiga well once described the group’s sound as, “If time machines existed so that Jawbreaker could listen to The Weakerthans.” We agree.

Please feel free to embed the video and link to the vinyl / digital purchase page in Paper + Plastick’s webstore. For press folks, a copy of the record can be downloaded for review - just ask us! If you’d like to set up other coverage, please email exit384media@gmail.com.

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Pentimento Stream Final B-Side from Self-Titled LP as Thank-You to Fans

Buffalo-based Pentimento are now streaming the final B-side from their self-titled debut full-length. The track was originally scheduled to stream after the May 7 street date of the band’s forthcoming LP release, but the group and Paper + Plastick Records decided to stream it early as a thank-you to fans who showed so much support yesterday.

Stream and embed now (SoundCloud): Pentimento - “The Rain”

Yesterday, Pentimento released its second video from its new album, for the song “Almost Atlantic.” After a great reaction to the song online, Paper + Plastick launched sales for a three-pack of skull heads customized to the variants of Pentimento’s new vinyl release. The skull heads were limited to only 18 three-pack sets, and fans of the punk rock quartet showed immense support. All of the skull heads sold out from the label’s webstore in only one minute!

Hence, the early stream of “The Rain.” This stream comes a couple weeks before the release of Paper + Plastick’s vinyl pressing of Pentimento, so please link to or embed the stream and link to the preorder if you can! The “Almost Atlantic” video can also be embedded (via YouTube) in case you didn’t get a chance to check it out yesterday, and the band also recently announced a June tour with Less Than Jake and Hostage Calm. Dates are below - please email exit384media@gmail.com if you’d like to set up any coverage at all!

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Pentimento Releases “Almost Atlantic” Music Video, Sells Limited-Edition Skull Toys

Buffalo, NY quartet Pentimento has released a brand-new music video for “Almost Atlantic,” off their self-titled debut full-length record. This is the second music video from the record, following the video for “Circles” released last year. Check out the video on YouTube.

Pentimento is being pressed to vinyl by Paper + Plastick Records, and the first pressing is going fast. It can be purchased in the label’s webstore. CD and cassette versions of the record can be purchased from Black Numbers.

The band received massive critical acclaim for its latest record, with Alternative Press beaming, “If Pentimento are part of the new school of punk, then there’s a lot to look forward to.”

Additionally, Paper + Plastick will make new Pentimento-themed skull heads available for sale at 5pm today. The skulls are miniature versions of the traditional Paper + Plastick skull head, and will be made available in a three-pack for $40. The resin toys are heavy and high-quality, and the colorways match the water/sun/sand variations of the Pentimento LP. The label is putting out these skull heads in different colorways for every LP it releases this year, and these are the second set available this year - after the black and white mixed After The Fall skull heads. The skulls are limited to only 18 packages.

Pentimento has also announced a set of June tour dates with Less Than Jake and Hostage Calm. The summer tour traverses up and down the East Coast. The band will also be supporting BoySetsFire for three dates in May. All tour dates can be seen below!

Please embed the new music video and link to the skull heads which will go on sale at 5pm EST. The Pentimento record can still be downloaded for free by emailing pentimentoLP@gmail.com.

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Less Than Jake Signs to Fat Wreck Chords; New Album Coming This Fall

Ska-punk veterans Less Than Jake announced last week that they will be putting out a brand-new album this fall on Fat Wreck Chords. The label released the following statement on its website:

Looks like the team is officially back! Following the 2012 reissue of the Fat classic Borders & Boundaries and the subsequent EP collection Greetings & Salutations, it only made sense to bring Less Than Jake back into the Fat folds for real. This fall will see a brand new Less Than Jake album on Fat Wreck Chords, their first full length of brand new material since 2008.

As the statement says, the new full-length will be Less Than Jake’s first LP release of fully brand-new material since 2008’s GNV FLA. It will also be the first Less Than Jake release of full brand-new material on Fat Wreck in over 10 years! The band has been writing and demoing new songs in its hometown of Gainesville, FL, for the last few months and will begin recording at the top of May. The new album will be the follow-up to the Greetings & Salutations collection, which is for sale in the band’s webstore.

Additionally, Less Than Jake has added a U.S. run of tour dates to its 2013 schedule. The June dates will be supported by Hostage Calm and Pentimento. Check out the of the group’s tour dates below - which include a current run through Europe.

Please post the news if you haven’t yet - and let us know if you’d like to pitch any press coverage for Less Than Jake by emailing exit384media@gmail.com!

Tony Sly “Story/Song” Comic Book Released via Paper + Plastick Records

Paper + Plastick Records has released today a very special edition of Story/Song. The newest episode of the comic series, which made its debut recently featuring Flatfoot 56, highlights the music of the late Tony Sly.

Story/Song is a project where comic book writers and artists listen to a song, then create a story around it. The story isn’t a literal interpretation of the song, but something inspired by the lyrics. Story/Song Issue No. 1 was built around the classic No Use For A Name tune “Chasing Rainbows,” which Tony Sly performed many times during his solo career as well.

Usually, Story/Song issues will be accompanied by an exclusive, special version of the song composed and recorded for this project. For this issue, The Swellers vocalist / guitarist Nick Diener recorded a beautiful acoustic cover of “Chasing Rainbows” to accompany the comic book. All physical and digital orders for the book come with the MP3. 

Digital PDF copies of Story/Song Issue No. 1 are available now in the P+P webstore for free. The PDF of the book and MP3 of the “Chasing Rainbows” cover will be delivered immediately upon purchase. Physical copies are available for $5 and will ship in the second week of May. 

Light Years Signs To Paper + Plastick Records, Release Music Video for “Parking Lots”

Parking Lots Three-Song EP Out Now 

Features Two Songs from Upcoming LP, I Won’t Hold This Against You, Out This Summer

Light Years is proud to announce today its signing to Paper + Plastick Records. The band has released a new song, “Parking Lots,” and a music video along with it. The video can be seen and embedded via YouTube. 

Additionally, Light Years has released today the Parking Lots EP, a three-song release that features “Parking Lots,” a song titled “Put Myself Together” and an acoustic version of “Put Myself Together.” The EP is available in the P+P webstore for $2. 

“Parking Lots” and “Put Myself Together” are tracks that will be available on Light Years’ debut full-length record, I Won’t Hold This Against You, which will be released via Paper + Plastick later this summer. 

Light Years previously released an EP titled Just Between Us in April 2012 via Escapist Records. The band’s rollicking pop-punk sound comes through better than ever throughout the course of I Won’t Hold This Against You, which was produced by Will Yip (The Wonder Years, Circa Survive, Title Fight). 

This is evident in first single “Parking Lots,” a super-charged wave of nostalgic lyricism. Lead vocalist Pat Kennedy reminisces about his youth in a way that is relatable to any 20-something. “I’m just letting it go before my past comes crawling back through my front door / I’ll spend the rest of my days and nights just hoping for something more,” he sings in “Parking Lots.” We call it pop-punk for grown-ups. 

The band will be hitting the road throughout the spring and summer to support the new LP release. Light Years has already announced a series of April dates with Safe along with a weekend of supporting BoySetsFire. All tour dates can be seen below. 

To recap: Light Years has a new music video for “Parking Lots” and a new three-song EP up for sale for $2 now. The EP features two songs from an upcoming full-length called I Won’t Hold This Against You, which comes out this summer via Paper + Plastick Records. We’d appreciate a news post with all the information.

In addition, here is a download of the Parking Lots EP for press folks only. Please do not post this link. If you’d like to arrange any other coverage, please email exit384media@gmail.com.

Light Years - Parking Lots EP
Out now - purchase here for $2!
Paper + Plastick Records
Debut LP I Won’t Hold This Against You coming this summer

Tracklisting
1. Parking Lots [MUSIC VIDEO]
2. Put Myself Together
3. Put Myself Together (Acoustic)

Light Years with Safe

Apr 20, 2013 | Toledo, OH | Frankie’s

Apr 21, 2013 | Columbus, OH | Kobo Live

Apr 23, 2013 | Pittsburgh, PA | Smiling Moose

Apr 24, 2013 | Philadelphia, PA | The Barbary**

Apr 26, 2013 | Long Island, NY | Glene Cove Moose Lodge 

Apr 27, 2013 | Rochester, NY | Dubland

Apr 28, 2013 | Tonawanda, NY | St. Claire Center

**With Modern Baseball

Light Years with BoySetsFire, Pentimento, No Trigger & Maker

May 24, 2013 | Washington, DC | Rock n Roll Hotel
May 25, 2013 | Worcester, MA | The Palladium
May 26, 2013 | New York, NY | The Studio at Webster Hall