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Dig Unwed Sailor?  Their new 5 song live EP is available now on a limited run of 50 yellow cassettes.
 

https://spr.tn/commvess

Watch a song from the live session:

Thank you!  Here's a link to another new song called "Complication" - it's a free download and it's one of my favorite songs on the record for sure.  Hope you dig this one too.

https://spr.tn/complication

New single "Worth Repeating"
 

Hey all,

Prior to the pandemic, we signed the San Francisco’s three-piece Rip Room.   Now, over two years later, we've just announced the band's debut album Alight and Resound. Now for the important question:  who the fuck is this band and why should you care?

After successfully self-releasing and touring on two EPs, the three piece returned to Louder Studios in Grass Valley, CA to reunite with storied engineer Tim Green (Nation of Ulysses, Melvins, Bikini Kill, Sebadoh). The result is the charismatic, alluringly unpredictable, and f'ing excellent debut full-length record, Alight and Resound, twelve pulsing songs that harken back to better musical times while somehow embracing the relevance of the moment.  Think Unwound, Sleater-Kinney, Blonde Redhead, and Fugazi.
 

We're going all out on the vinyl and you can check out the details along with some music in the embedded video below. 

• Three really amazing variants (featuring a whopping combination of nearly 15 different vinyl colors)
• Die-cut jacket printed on heavyweight reverseboard stock

• Uncoasted full-color heavyweight printed innersleeve complete with a creepy hi-gloss spot varnish.

Thanks so much for giving it a listen.  If you dig it, you can pre-order now to get an instant download of the new single.  The record comes out on May 27th and pre-orders will ship in June.

• Pre-order
• UK Pre-order

Much love,

John / SPARTAN

2 minutes ago, jhulud said:

My copies will eventually show up next week. Damnit. 

Good things come to those who wait.  I'm sorry we live so damn far away from each other. 🤷‍♂️

1 hour ago, beta114 said:

Pic please, yo

What's up ladies and gents?

I get it, man. It's totally challenging to go through the Pirate's Press color catalog and pick splatter and color-in-color options that match the album artwork.

We really do obsess about it.

I was just being a smart ass. Seriously though, I want one of these. But I'd like to see the final product before I decide which one to order, can you post some pictures when they come in?

Totally.  We put a shit load of thought into doing killer things and always trying to one-up ourselves, so we'll definitley show it off.

why the fuck are these $20 + $5 shipping?

We are licensing this title from another record company.  If you'd like to get into the cost dynamic, drop me an email:  [email protected].

How are they able to predict when potentially delayed records will ship?!

We should have these the week of December 16th - if we don't we're fairly certain they'll be here the next week.  Due to the holidays, we've built in a little cushion.

Make a Spartan helmet out of a watermelon and tweet them, you'll get a free record

Only for you Zach

Hey VC crew-

We recently signed the Louisville 6-piece, The Foxery.  If you're into bands like Manchester Orchestra, mewithoutYou, and Brand New, you should give this band a listen.  We're releasing the band's debut record Unless on September 9th.

We just launched a pre-order for the record that we're really excited about and the initial pressing is limited to 300 copies:

• Gold/Black Half and Half with Black Splatter (150)
• Gold in Clear (Color in Color) with Black and White Splatter (100)
• Gold/Black Swirl (50)

In addition, all of the records are hand-numbered and the jackets are printed on uncoated stock with black dust jackets and a super cool vellum insert.

We just debuted a new song called "Broken Vessels" and you can listen to it and pre-order the record here:

http://spr.tn/the_foxery

Thanks for checking it out!

John / SPARTAN

Thanks for at least considering it.  Even though the 2 songs on the record are over 25 minutes in length combined, releasing a 12" like this is tricky proposition.  But with the band planning on touring this summer, it was really important to create something that they could sell on tour to help support themselves.  This time, we honed in the the whole "Binary Opposition" concept by creating two different half and half variants - one side clear and one side black/white.

When you pick up a copy on vinyl, you'll get an instant download that includes a really cool bonus track called "Voyager."  And for anyone reading this thread, you can use the discout code COLLECTIVE to save 15% off your order.

We appreciate all the support!

John / SPARTAN

Considering this. Seems to be different from what i usual listen to.

 

To go back to the $9 for this on iTunes hypothetical situation, theyd obvisouly not sell tracks individually and make it and album only purchase for $4-5 or so. All in all I suppose we are paying for the wax and jacket. Just don't know at that price + shipping if its worth it for me. I do love spartan records. Would love to grab this locally if that was possible.

 

Got these today! Fuckin stoked!

YES!  That "Frog's Eye" is a wild one.  TURN IT UP BROTHER!

Would love to own own one! I consider collecting variants for daisyhead

Ask and ye shall receive:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121298873435

No daisyhead test?

We'll add it assuming we can actually find them.

Yeah, yeah...Demolition Man.  Good one.  You're not the first.

indeed.  my girls have a mild form of cystic fibrosis so i have done a lot of research.  Knowing its a genetic disease are you affected also? 

I am a carrier of the gene, but lucikly, I do not have the disease.  My parents are both carriers and when that is the case, there is a 25% chance that their offspring would have the disease.  I fell into the other 75%.  Unfortunately, my brother and sister both had it.

Even before my wife and I were married, we were tested to see what our situation would look like.  Fortunately, my wife is not a carrier which means that our kids will not have Cystic Fibrosis.

Hey everyone,

We're auctioning off some very rare Spartan test pressings and other releases on eBay with 50% of the proceeds being donated directly to the Washington Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  If you're intersested, you can read more about my story and get linked to auctions for test pressings from Mae, States, Schematic, Anchor & Braille, and Over the Ocean as well as others from Underoath, As Cities Burn, and MxPx.

http://spr.tn/testsforcf

Thanks for taking the time to read this,

John / SPARTAN

Received my record yesterday. So good! And ill third what others have said. Excellent packaging, beautiful wax, kick ass band. Job well done Spartan Records.

Thanks BigWaveDave!

Our "Frog's Eye" variant is sold out, but for those interested, we've got a killer multi-color splatter and custom purple available still.  Here's a peak at the splatter, which we're really stoked about.

Seconded

Thanks guys.  Releasing a debut album from a band from Norway who doesn't have a big presence in the US is no small task...but Rome wasn't built in a day!  Thanks for the early support.  The best thing we could ask for at this point is that you tell other people about the band!

You can stream the full album today at Metal Injection!  Thanks for taking a listen.  All pre-orders are being packed up as we speak and shipping tomorrow!

http://www.metalinjection.net/av/full-album-stream/noise-makers-barren-womb-the-suns-not-yellow-its-chicken

John / SPARTAN

Hey all,

On the heals of Tuesday's release, we just premiered another new song called "Evil prevails" today at MetalInsider.net.

http://www.metalinsider.net/new-music/song-premiere-barren-womb-prove-that-evil-prevails-with-new-song

Here's a sneak peak of all three variants.  Thanks for checking it out!

John / SPARTAN

A little more eye-candy.  We just launched this lyric video and we're down to less than 10 copies of our "Frog's Eye" vinyl.  Thanks for checking it out!

Glad everyone seems to be digging on these.  We had originally thought that there would be more glitter and that it would be pushed all the way to the edge, but in the end, it turned out more like a glitter splatter. 

We're really pleased with them.  The upside is that the glitter variant definitely sounds a lot better than it could have if there was a lot more glitter.

We love seeing the pictures, so thanks for sharing yours.

John / SPARTAN

P.S. Here's how "Orange In Milky Clear Transparent" turned out.