Big Post: Grin and Bear It, South Reach, Antilles, Masakari

I've gotten really bad at keeping up with the label over this past year. I had forgotten my username and password for this blogspot, myspace is a complete cluster-fuck ghost town, and I'm still too cool for Facebook and the rest of that whackness out there. With that said though, I've recovered my login stuff for this and hope to be posting/updating at least once a month.

First things first: there are new records on the way! The first of which is the Grin and Bear It 7". Grin and Bear It is a new band I play in with some of the Scum Gherkin dudes. The 7" will be 8 tracks of blistering fast-as-fuck hardcore negativity with a whole lot of grind and powerviolence in there for good measure. You can check out a track here. You can also find more info at http://grinandbearithc.blogspot.com.

The second upcoming release is a new 7" from South Reach. South Reach is a two-piece powerhouse from northwestern Ohio. They fall somewhere in the middle of the drum-machine spectrum between Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Big Black; killer heavy riffs mixed with a generous helping of post-punk anxiety and weirdness. Release details are still in the works, but this should be available in the late summer/early fall.

The Antilles s/t 12" is officially all gone. Didn't get one? Don't worry, a second press of 200 is coming soon. Same classic jangly pseudo-screamo/hardcore madness on a new color of wax with a little twist that's being worked out. This will be a co-release with Ice Age Records. You can check out Kris's other releases over at http://theiceageiscoming.net.

Lastly, I never got around to making a legitimate post about the Masakari tape that got released. Last May, Cleveland's Masakari dropped the bombshell that is the Prophet Feeds and I was lucky enough to help them out with the tape version. The album is a serious fucking ripper and picks up just where the 7" left off. The vinyl version is available through Halo of Flies and the CD is out on Southern Lord. Masakari and Halo of Flies also just released the new Sleep/Rot 7" and you can grab one of them at one of their upcoming shows:

5/8 w/ Rise and Fall At Club Hell. Providence RI
5/9 w/ Rise and Fall and Colony At Bogies. Albany, NY
5/10 w/ Rise and Fall At Ethical Humanist Society. Garden City, NY
5/11 w/ Rise and Fall At Charm City Art Space. Baltimore, MD.
5/12 w/ Rise and Fall The Warehouse .Richmond, VA
5/13 w/ Rise and Fall and Wisdom in Chains At Broad Street Ministry. Philadelphia, PA
5/14 w/ Rise and Fall, Death First and Grudges At ABC No Rio. NYC, NY
5/14 w/ Rise and Fall (Late Show) At Cake Shop. NYC, NY
5/15 w/ TBA At TBA. Hartford, CT
5/16 w/TBA At TBA. Boston, MA
5/17 w/TBA At TBA. Washington DC
5/21 w/ Black Dove, New Creases, And More At Forward Ohio Fest The Union. Athens, OH
5/27 Maryland Death Fest 2011. Baltimore Maryland

There's only a few Bökanövsky We Stumble cassettes hanging around so don't wait to grab one. I also still have Romance of Young Tigers live CD-r's and Straight No Chaser records available. All available release are $5 postage paid in the US. You can paypal to allergictofun@gmail.com or mailorder to:

Allergic to Fun
1452 Ridgewood Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107

Please e-mail or write if ordering more than one item or trading. Thanks!