{"title":"Solar Flare Records","description":"\u003cp\u003eSolar Flare Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"one-second-riot-sofy-major-split-10-record-split-on-spine-from-shipping-to-stickfigure","title":"One Second Riot \/ Sofy Major split 10\" record - split on spine from shipping to Stickfigure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvMTlbrMETI?si=26GXWz3p2sBJTa7l\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VPNh92ySpvQ?si=qFrtW5MhuUd8iu_-\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne Second Riot \/ Sofy Major split 10\" record\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover has a split on one of the spines and very light wear along edges from shipping to Stickfigure. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a Split 10\" EP released in 2009 by Sofy Major and One Second Riot! Sofy Major has a different sound from their current counterparts! Crazy noise rock that seems to be a jumble of Unsane, Todays Is The Day, Neurosis, and Frodus! It's too cool!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne Second Riot, on the other hand, is a duo of drums, bass and vocals! Perhaps because the bass expresses sad arpeggios and burst parts, the unusual sound that sounds cold and unique is impressive. Whether it's the intense passion of suppressing emotions or the tingling feel of Slint and Shellac, it's a strange noise rock with a cool and serious air floating in the air from beginning to end! A good split of 3 songs recorded by each other!\" - Unknown Pleasures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Solar Flare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49623075717412,"sku":"","price":15.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/osrsm.jpg?v=1721320908"},{"product_id":"american-heritage-sedentary-lp","title":"American Heritage ‎– Sedentary LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3868854836\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican Heritage ‎– Sedentary LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican Heritage roars and rages on Sedentary, due out November 2012 via Solar Flare Records. The Chicago quartet’s new album steamrolls the senses with brash polyrhythmic riffs, vitriolic punk attitude and destructive seasick rhythms. “Sickening Rebellion” rolls with a calculated hardcore intensity, while “WWDHD” mounts from chugging ominous distortion into an epic metallic explosion. American Heritage preserve the abrasive amalgam of technicality and brutality they’re known for, while refining it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou’ll feel the sonic gut punch of songs like “City of God” and “Sickening Rebellion,” which bruise, batter and bludgeon brilliantly. Without a full-time bass player during recording (Bocek joined the band post-recording), the band collaborated with a different musician for each song’s bass track. On the incendiary and invasive “Fetal Attraction,” Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher provides bass, a guitar solo and a little personal flare. Shellhamer laughs, “He does that ‘Eat my fuck’ thing at the end of the song. He went way overboard with the bass and guitar solo, and it was ripping.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther explosive playing comes from Black Cobra’s Rafa Martinez on “Morbid Angle” and Sanford Parker [Buried at Sea, Minsk] on “Vessels\/Vassals”. The entire collection has become even more dynamically heavy as a result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican Heritage will never cease pummeling, and Sedentary is proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Solar Flare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49623094984996,"sku":"","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/ahseden.jpg?v=1721321702"},{"product_id":"watertank-sleepwalk-lp","title":"Watertank ‎– Sleepwalk LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4013570012\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatertank ‎– Sleepwalk LP \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"“Sleepwalk” celebrates the 10th anniversary of french band Watertank and in the same time their debut album, 10 years of partial activity, half asleep, half walking. A three years process, through line-up moves and questionings, “Sleepwalk” delivers songs driven by a more melodic feeling, while preserving a heavy sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a logical result of what had been glimpsed in the previous record “Fairy Crimes” (2009), the formula has been perfected, and it feels like they found their way (not an easy thing when you’re asleep).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom doom vibes (Holy Tranquilizer, Where It All Begins) to 90’s post hardcore influences (Off The Radar, Ants In Suits, Quicksand), including Christmas carols (Sharp Beaks Strike Back) and prog rock style rip-off (Six Days), the band doesn’t seem to fit under any particular category, focused on keeping things straight to the point with a melodic twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatertank is sincerely delighted to finally share those fresh “right in the nuts” compositions, like Tears For Fears wearing wife-beaters instead of turtleneck pullovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince its inception in 2003, the Nantes Quintet had the opportunity to perform on stage with TORCHE, KYLESA, BARONESS, THE OCEAN, CAPRICORNS, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR and many more…\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Solar Flare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49623102226724,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/watertanksleep.jpg?v=1721321974"},{"product_id":"sofy-major-idolize-cd","title":"Sofy Major - Idolize CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3341066103\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSofy Major - Idolize CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Noise rock; a nice, lazy generalisation of a group of bands you can’t be arsed to describe properly. Christ, the word noise gives zero indication as to what you’re about to hear. Is it Merzbow style, all looped electronica and harsh distortion, or maybe something akin to Pissed Jeans, blurring the lines as they crash into the hardcore world? Even rock doesn’t help because you’re talking 60 years of history and I just don’t have the wordcount for that sort of nonsense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonestly Sofy Major do neither, though they clearly have a soft spot for the ‘Jeans boys; Idolize (Impure Muzik) is overflowing with groovy basslines, throat shredding yells and fancy time signature changes but they’re all mixed with a real knowledge of song writing, creating genuinely catchy ditties with punk rock attitudes, hard rock swagger and a fuzzy layer of distortion that coats the whole album like icing sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe instrumentation is incredible, each member bringing different influences to the fold, allowing them to switch from tough guy hardcore on ‘Frost Forward’ to the sample heavy, 90’s Metallica-esque ‘Seb’ or the monolithic ‘Steven the Slow’, with Unsane’s Dave Curran on vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor all the fancy words and genres you could throw at Idolize, a wonderfully apt name for an album made up of so many influences, Sofy Major make awesome music, pure and simple. Your first listen may be taken up by a game of “Spot the Reference” but as you repeat the album you’ll find it swallowing you, bobbing your head to each sweeping groove, fuzzed up guitar riff and frantic drum beat, until you can’t get it out of your head.\"  9\/10 - Matthew Tilt \/ Ghost Cult Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Solar Flare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49659366113572,"sku":"","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/smidolize.jpg?v=1721926672"},{"product_id":"sofy-major-idolize-lp","title":"Sofy Major ‎– Idolize LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3341066103\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/notrackli...;%20seamless\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/iframe%20\u0026gt;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSofy Major - Idolize LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Noise rock; a nice, lazy generalisation of a group of bands you can’t be arsed to describe properly. Christ, the word noise gives zero indication as to what you’re about to hear. Is it Merzbow style, all looped electronica and harsh distortion, or maybe something akin to Pissed Jeans, blurring the lines as they crash into the hardcore world? Even rock doesn’t help because you’re talking 60 years of history and I just don’t have the wordcount for that sort of nonsense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonestly Sofy Major do neither, though they clearly have a soft spot for the ‘Jeans boys; Idolize (Impure Muzik) is overflowing with groovy basslines, throat shredding yells and fancy time signature changes but they’re all mixed with a real knowledge of song writing, creating genuinely catchy ditties with punk rock attitudes, hard rock swagger and a fuzzy layer of distortion that coats the whole album like icing sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe instrumentation is incredible, each member bringing different influences to the fold, allowing them to switch from tough guy hardcore on ‘Frost Forward’ to the sample heavy, 90’s Metallica-esque ‘Seb’ or the monolithic ‘Steven the Slow’, with Unsane’s Dave Curran on vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor all the fancy words and genres you could throw at Idolize, a wonderfully apt name for an album made up of so many influences, Sofy Major make awesome music, pure and simple. Your first listen may be taken up by a game of “Spot the Reference” but as you repeat the album you’ll find it swallowing you, bobbing your head to each sweeping groove, fuzzed up guitar riff and frantic drum beat, until you can’t get it out of your head.\"  9\/10 - Matthew Tilt \/ Ghost Cult Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Solar Flare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49659394523428,"sku":"","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/smidolize_e6446c55-f642-4e18-8536-afb1ec931e05.jpg?v=1721927072"},{"product_id":"carne-ville-morgue-lp","title":"Carne ‎– Ville Morgue LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=571165975\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarne ‎– Ville Morgue LP \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While subgenres in metal tend to diversify (think of the many iterations of black metal or death metal going around these days), some genres seem natural pairs and have coalesced into genres of their own. Take for instance black metal and sludge. Ville Morgue, the first full-length offering from France’s Carne, plays riff-driven sludge metal but adds a blackened, claustrophobic vibe. For a two-piece band, Carne inflicts a considerable amount of damage and conjures up a surprisingly thick dark atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe thing this album has in spades is groove. Shit tons of groove. Once a song finds its pace, often right at the beginning, there is no letting up. The drums set the pace and the guitars move from one lurching riff to another. The riffs are solid, reminiscent at times of Zozobra, and at others jumbling together with the drums into the rolling, pummeling sound of Mosquito Control-era Isis. A healthy dose of crustiness hearkens back to the genre’s crossover roots. The oppressive atmosphere brought about by dissonance, similar to fellow Frenchmen Overmars, permeates many of the tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the music is principally sludge, it is steeped in black metal. The Deathspell Omega comparison is a popular one to throw around, but it shows up here in some of the plucked, dissonant riffs of the opening two songs.  The black influence finds its way even deeper into the songs on the latter half of the album, as in the dark winding riff of “Slave\/Her” (featuring a guest appearance from Marion of the aforementioned Overmars), finally erupting full-force with blastbeats and tremolo guitars of the final, titular track. The production is on the raw side, but not particularly lacking in bottom end, especially considering that there is no bass being played. It sounds almost live at times, which adds to the energy of the songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are a handful of bands now playing a dark, crusty variation on hardcore\/sludge. Carne’s offering is fueled by unrelenting grooves and raw aggression. In the end, Ville Morgue is an excellent album. Highly recommended.\" - J. D. 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On its surface, this grind-influenced album would appear to be predominantly grind based, but with so many odd time signatures and syncopation, their assault is more calculated. Mathy grooves easily cohabitate with blast beats and crank into the red vocals. The album occasionally suffers from too many ideas being crammed into one song, but with its brief running time, this stops just short of being fatiguing. The final track is ostensibly one riff repeated for eight minutes, providing an interesting stoner-infused counterpoint to the raucous 16 minutes preceding it. The album would benefit from a few more cases of slower riffs distributed throughout instead of being lumped at the end, but if you’re into fast, grindy hardcore, this will fit the bill. 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You may lose some teeth along the way, but you never stop smiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Periwinkle War Hammer’ is a monster of riffs and start\/stop, beating drums. ‘Guest of Honour’ is a more straightforward minute and seven seconds of grindcore viciousness. My favorite track is ‘Pitchfork Pete’. It feels like a slow walk through a tar pit, with a chorus of chanting voices that give you the creeps. The last track, ‘Life During Wartime’ is one of the best examples of the band’s foul, unnatural zaniness. Punctuated by a slightly out of tune piano, it’s haunting and heavy and a fitting end to a phenomenal listen.\" - Jeremiah Nelson \/ Echoes And Dust\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Solar Flare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49690024149284,"sku":"","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/files\/tgs.jpg?v=1722527054"},{"product_id":"pord-wild-lp","title":"Pord – Wild LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2810592836\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePord – Wild LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePORD started out as a trio in 2002 in the darkest depths of the Lozère \/ France. 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