Energy of Lonesome Goal

This past week (on the day of the great Instagram/Facebook crash), my favorite music news website of all time Noecho did us the great favor by premiering the first song off Summerhead's debut single, Snoozer. With this premier we also put up pre-orders for the single (and a sick soccer jersey), the A-side being one of my favorite Summerhead tracks, The Crypt (LP is already finished and will be coming out later this year). The video can be found below but give Noecho a click too.

SpiritWorld / Black Coffee Split Pre-Orders

Just the other week Head2wall Records put up pre-orders for the much anticipated split between SpiritWorld from Las Vegas, Nevada and Black Coffee from Houston, Texas. This release was announced back in August of last year with an incredible interview on my favorite hardcore news website NoEchodotNet. The interview was between Ian from Head2wall Record's Acid Rain and now Running In Place Record's World Tension and Stu the vocalist and SpiritWorld who had previously been in the legendary LVHC band Folsom. For anyone who missed it I highly recommend going back and checking it out.

SpiritWorld's music is akin to bands like Lucero, Two Cow Garage and Uncle Tupelo but still with some hardcore elements that any fan of the genre can pick out. On the flipside Black Coffee hearken back to a time when hardcore was still wild. Their sound could be described as a mix of those early hardcore scenes in Michigan and California, with comparisons to the Necros, Negative Approach, TSOL and Adolescents being equal between each.

It would be impossible to talk about this record in any detail without mentioning the art by my favorite living artist Give Up. The connection between the artist and the members goes back just as far as their own friendships, over a decade. With Give Up doing art for both bands on more then one occasion. It is only fitting that his art would grace the cover of their collaboration. The art is stark, with details the artist pulled from an old family photo and with the bull seemingly leaving the boarders of the page as it passes the rope brings life to a moment long past.

Head2wall Records Welcomes Summerhead to Head2wall Records Featuring Grey Gordon of Head2wall Records Wickerwolves

The Head2wall Records Nation is thrilled to officially introduce SUMMERHEAD! This semi-psychedelic slowcore-meets-trip-hop trio is comprised of three experienced minds from across the country, and with storied musical histories from across the sonic spectrum. The result of this long-distance cross-genre push and pull is an incredible collection of songs that perfectly meld the electronic melancholy of late-era Massive Attack with the subtle emotional intensity of Spiritualized, and a near-Codeine level of droning, endlessly relatable banality. Keep an eye out for music in the coming weeks, and the debut 7” single, The Crypt b/w Snoozer, out this spring!

Reunited Wickerwolves To Release First Physical

We are very excited to be working with recently-reunited Fort Wayne, Indiana post-hardcore powerhouse Wickerwolves on the first-ever physical release of their posthumous swan song full-length, Tokyo Bones. This masterpiece is 30 minutes of ripping, emotionally charged riffing, in the vein of Jawbox, Shift, Hum, etc., and will be available on a limited cassette Friday, March 8th, and at their first show back the following night, at The Bug House in Fort Wayne. If you haven’t heard this monster yet, stream it now, wherever you do such things.

Texas's GOODGIRL Joins the Head2wall Fold

We at Head2wall Records are so excited to welcome Houston, Texas’s GOODGIRL to the H2W roster, and announce the release of their debut EP, Poor Habits, out February 14th! As much a collective as a band, this incredibly talented group of individuals artfully blends the lo-fi pop of ‘90s alternative rock staples like The Breeders and Pixies, with the noisy dissonance of bands like Sonic Youth and Melvins to create something simultaneously beautiful and off-putting. Stay tuned for details and music in the coming weeks!

Stalemate Joins The Head2wall Records Family

Photo: Shelby Fickel

For the uninitiated, Cleveland, Ohio's Stalemate have been a band for almost two decades beginning as Tooth Fuzz in 2001 and adopting their current moniker back in 2010. To say these guys have been putting in work is an understatement, they have taken great time in refining their sound with each album coming out three to four years after the last. In 2015 they self released Permanent Things that to me harks back just as much to a band like The Get Up Kids as it would to Weezer, alternative rock but still with a punk edge. I love this band because I feel like even on a recording you can hear the energy in both their vocals and their music and even on slower songs you can hear them drawing things out in just the right way (I think this is harder to pull off and it sound earnest). Grab a copy of their last LP/CD in the Head2wall Webstore now, to get caught up, and stay tuned for more details on the new record in the coming weeks!

Small Stresses - S/T EP Streaming Now

We have a new EP by the band Small Stresses available for FREE on cassette with any order from the Head2wall Records webstore, while supplies last! You are also able to Stream and/or download it wherever you prefer to do such things, including the Head2wall Records bandcamp. This thing jams and the cassettes won't be around forever, so get on it!!!

Head2wall Records are proud to announce Illustrations

We are beyond excited to welcome the newest member of the Head2Wall Records family: ILLUSTRATIONS. This San Antonio-based dark, metallic hardcore band is creating some of the most interesting heavy music out right now, and we couldn't be more proud to be a part of it. In anticipation of their second LP, the follow-up to last year's masterpiece IN VAIN, we will be releasing a series of three 7" flexi singles. The first installment, IRON RAIN, is coming this October, and will feature a second brand-new track, exclusive to the download included with the flexi. Stay tuned for more details. If you have not been paying attention to this band, it's time to start.

Feed the children

Still working like a madman, still booking shows and over extending like normal. The Head2wall print release will most likely never happen, I'm way too distracted by other things. But Head2wall Records is in full swing, well as much as it can be with me working so much. Forget It will have an eight song tape out sometime in the near future, A new signing and demo tape out for that band in the next month, A tape compilation and hopefully our second 7" release by the end of the year (a spoken word 7" for the singer of End Of A Year). Here are some pictures to feed your eyes I guess...

Tonight is the night

The first Head2wall Records release come out tonight!!!! I couldn't be more excited. And the Forget It tape should be coming in the next two weeks. I am going to start uploading a ton of Columbus/Ohio/Good demos, here is one to start you guys off.

Triceratops - Demo

I am going to try to get scans of the covers to most of the other ones I will be uploading but figured this one couldn't wait. Keep the faith.

Head2wall Records News 1.0

The Triceratops 7" was picked up today and was sent off for screen printing on the b-side. It will be back and available for their April 23rd reunion show in Athens Ohio. The show is a pre-show for Forward Ohio Fest that will also take place in Athens Ohio on May 21st. The record is limited to 100 with almost no chance of repress. Also this will most likely be your last chance to see the original Triceratops line up, so don't miss out.

The Forget It Demo tape repress order was also placed today and should be in by the end of the month. It is also limited to 100.

It has been a long time coming

I've been working like mad, booked a bunch of shows (A few good and some total flops) and just all around have been lazy as hell. Well thats all over a lot of big things coming soon from the Head2wall camp. A big show. A second much larger pressing of the Forget It Demo (Head2wall Records 0.5) Head2wall Records first vinyl release. And the first Head2wall print release. GET SIKED!

And to not leave you out of the loop here is what I have been doing/seeing in my world since my last post.