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    Bask "Ramble Beyond" (Asheville, NC ~ on tour soon w/ Pallbearer)

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    A few months ago I released an album by Bask from Asheville, NC. It was definitely a different album for us, and but I'm really proud of how it came out and all of the hard work we put into it.  As a label, we generally have stuck with a lot of indie/emo stuff in recent years, but we like diversity, you like diversity, blah blah blah.

    I'm not sure what the genre is, every time I try and explain Bask it doesn't do it justice. It's akin to Pallbearer and the whole melodic metal/rock thing that might owe a lot to Baroness. I've heard Bask called "Americana metal doom" but that sounds really dumb. If you like heavy bands, you'll dig this.

    They're going on tour with Pallbearer and Kayo Dot in August, so if you live in the area that the tour hits, then come say hello.


    Upcoming Shows:
    Sat. 8/19 - Missoula, MT @ Pub Station
    Sun 8/20 - Billings, MT @ Top Hat Lounge
    Tue 8/22 - Regina, SK @ Exchange
    Wed 8/23 - Winnipeg, MB @ Good Will
    Thu 8/24 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
    Fri 8/25 - Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose
    Sat 8/26 - Dekalb, IL @ The House Cafe
    Sun 8/27 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cafe Club
    Tue 8/29 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
    Wed 8/30 - Toronto, ON @ Lees Palace
    Thu 8/31 - Ottawa, ON @ Brass Monkey
    Fri 9/1 - Quebec City, QC @ Lanta Bar & Spectacles
    Sat 9/2 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
    Tue 9/5 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wed 9/6 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
    Thu 9/7 - Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Festival
    Fri 9/8 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
    Sat 9/9 - Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse

     

    vinyl: http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/13827-all-products/products/18715495-bask-ramble-beyond-12-lp

    listen: https://selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/ramble-beyond

    PO: Sea of Storms "Dead Weight" 12" LP (Self Aware Records)

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

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    Also, make sure you check them out on their upcoming tour. More dates TBA!!!

     

    Sea of Storms -- 2015 Tour Dates

    May 31st-Richmond VA @ Banditos
    June 1st-Philadelphia PA @ Kung Fu Neck Tie
    June 2nd-New York NY @ Bushwick Public House
    June 3rd-Providence RI @ AS220
    June 4th-Boston MA @ O'Briens
    June 5th-Rochester NY @ Vineyard Community Space
    June 6th-Pittsburgh PA
    June 7th-Cincinnati OH @ Tacocracy
    June 8th-Louisville KY @ Mag Bar
    June 9th-Atlanta GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
    June 10th-Gainesville FL @ Loosey's
    June 11th-St. Augustine FL @ Nobbys Tavern
    June 12th-Charleston SC @ Tunnel of Lust
    June 13th-Columbia SC @ New Brookland Tavern
    June 14th-Greensboro NC @ Green Bean Coffee
    July 23rd-Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/ Planes Mistaken for Stars
    Oct 30th-Nov 1st-Gainesville, FL @ The Fest

    PO: Sea of Storms "Dead Weight" 12" LP (Self Aware Records)

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    We are excited to announce that we are working with Sea of Storms (RVA) on their debut LP, "Dead Weight." We are co-releasing the LP with Tor Johnson Records. The cassette will be handled, at some point, by Protagonist Media. Preorders are available on our webstore and each label has their own specific color.

     

    The album is limited to 500 copies, with 100 copies on "yellow snow" (Self Aware) and 100 copies on "bumblebee" (Tor Johnson) limited edition preorder exclusive vinyl. The remaining copies will be on "onyx" (black). Please check out the new track(s) below via Brooklyn Vegan.

     

    300 copies - black vinyl

    100 copies - white w/ yellow marbling (SA exclusive)

    100 copies - black w/ yellow marbling (TJ exclusive)

     

    http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/05/richmond_punks.html

     

    Head over to our webstore and reserve your copy today, we appreciate your support, you don't want to miss out on this album!!!

    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/13827-all-products/products/11074593-preorder-sea-of-storms-dead-weight-12-lp

     

     

     

    Jeff Byers (of Light the Fuse & Run, Best Practices) had this to say about the album:

     

    These songs won’t ever be on the radio, but they could’ve been. Growing up in the ‘90s, you wouldn’t have heard any of the songs, from Sea of Storms’s debut LP, Dead Weight, on the radio because they hadn’t been written yet. However, if the Richmond, VA power trio had released them roughly 20 years ago, you would’ve had a chance. Growing up in a post-Nevermind era throughout different Virginian cities, the members of Sea of Storms were gripping 7”s from Richmond bands when they could and ripping off a variety of sub-genres that blended together at the time in their high school bands. When the 3/5 of the post-hardcore outfit Mouthbreather formed Sea of Storms in 2012, they brought together a varied archive of influences from Jimmy Eat World to 400 Years to Coheed and Cambria. However, Dead Weight sounds nothing like these bands.

     

    What "Dead Weight" (to be released on Tor Johnson and Self Aware Records) does sounds like is a rock record from a time when Danzig and Smashing Pumpkins were considered fresh, filtered through the distilled punk essence of late-1990s angsty indie rockers such as The Get Up Kids and Blank. Having played together for six years, Sea of Storms’ dynamics are impressive. From bassist John Martin’s rolling bass lines to drummer Chris Brown’s propulsive, metered beats, Sea of Storms has found their groove. Singer/guitarist Brandon Peck makes an excellent front man, creatively filling in space with feedback, riffs and vocals. Take, for example, the hazy rock tracks such as “Weak Ones” and “Crimson Tide”. Dramatic moments ebb and flow with a series of guitar and vocal interplay as the rhythm section holds down the fort, calling to mind Walter Screifels’ projects or a more aggressive, spaced out Hot Rod Circuit. The greatest strengths on Dead Weight are the songs themselves. Sea of Storms are able to craft well-written emotionally-tinged rock anthems without veering into the embarrassing “emo” territory (because that word meant something completely different when they first heard it). Stand out tracks in this vein include “Snake Oil” and album closer “Cedar Run”.While nodding to the past, Sea of Storms looks towards the future, looking to expand on their musical roots how they can.

     

    If you’re a fan of big guitars and songs that make you want to drive along open roads with the windows down, Dead Weight is the record you’ve been waiting for.

     

    PO: Plow United//The Headies "split" 7" EP (Self Aware Records)

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

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    We are super excited to be working with PLOW UNITED and THE HEADIES on their split 7″. Our buddies over at Punknews will be streaming the release in full today around 4pm!!!

     

    Preorders are live NOW on our webstore. We are really stoked about working with these two amazing bands. The packaging on this record will be really awesome. First off, the jackets are being screenprinted by Todd Purse (of The Headies), who also designed the cover art. The release is limited to 500, with 100 being on clear vinyl, 200 on light green, and 200 on light blue vinyl. Each release comes with a digital download card, because this is 2015, and we know what is up.

     

    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/13827-all-products/products/11602343-preorder-plow-united-the-headies-split-7-ep-w-digital-download

     

    Plow United will have some test press versions of the release that will be sold exclusively at Death To False Hope Festival V, which they will be performing at. Go pick it up there, or miss out on that. We will have all of these colors in stock, and also you can pick them up in one package if you are into that sort of thing.

     

    It’s seriously mind blowing to be working with such amazing bands. I’ve been a fan of Plow United for years and it is awesome watching them still kill it to this day. They have been on fire since the reunion, and we are super excited to help in a small way to keep that fire burning! Check out the webstore, go pick up the new split 7″ and some of our distro items and back catalog while you are at it. Thanks so much for the support!

     

    Will update the thread when the full EP stream is posted via Punknews.

     

    http://selfawarerecords.com/

    http://selfawarerecords.com/

     

     

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    Taylor Swift - 1989 2xLP

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    Thanks for your support with the picking up the shirt. Working hard to keep it in stock. Please be patient with us on shipping. Trying to take a few trips per week, so you should get yours asap! Feel free to email us if you have any questions, also if we are out of stock on a certain size of a different shirt, make sure you email us and we will try and rectify that.

     

    Thanks again!!!

    selfawarerecords(at)gmail(dot)com

     

    www.selfawarerecords.storenvy.com

    BIG HOLIDAY SALE 2014 (SELF AWARE RECORDS)

    in Sale/Trade/Wants

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    Looking to clear some space in the office and raise some funds for 2015 releases, so I decided to get in on all of this holiday sale nonsense. On the webstore I made a tab titled, "Holiday Sale" which has a lot of really cheap records, some way cheaper than they should be.

     

     

    Also, check out the whole webstore and browse around among hundreds of titles. Enter "HOLIDAZE2014" at checkout to get 15% off the order!!!

     

    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/894833-holiday-sale
    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/894833-holiday-sale
    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/894833-holiday-sale

     

     

    Please email me at selfawarerecords(at)gmail(dot)com if you have any questions.
    Thanks for the support!

    PO: Totally Slow//Black Market "split" 7" (Self Aware Records)

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted

    Preorders for the Totally Slow//Black Market split 7" are now live in our webstore, so you should go check it out!!! Both bands are really awesome and are some of the best kept secret bands of the southeast.

     

    Totally Slow features ex members of Rights Reserved, Eagle Bravo, Manamid, Decoration Ghost and so many more. We released their debut LP  in 2013 and it is really awesome, if you haven't checked it out, you really are missing out! The best years of California pop-punk and early Merge Records, rolled into one.

     

    Black Market is a little bit newer, but all members have definitely "done their time" in the "scene," for lack of a better way to describe them. Features ex members of Light the Fuse and Run (RVA- Level Plane Records, known for their split with Hot Cross) and Forcefedglass (MA- featuring Ben Koller of Converge). Black Market sounds nothing like those bands. Instead of spazzy post-hardcore or blistering fast punk, Black Market is more garage rock sensibility with 90s punks intensity. Basically loud post hardcore that knows when to get loud, but also knows when to get crazy. It'll make sense when you hear it. The band previously released a collection of their 2013 EPs, "One Year Old," via Death to False Hope Records.

     

    Totally Slow will be playing THE FEST on Saturday, November 1st at Durty Nelly's. The band will have advance copies of the split (tests) in a very very limited quantity. If you are interested in picking this variant up, then make a beeline to the venue and nab it up.  

     

    The 7" EP is limited to 300 copies of randomly mixed color vinyl.The release features 4 new tracks (2 from each band) on the record w/ two additional digital only songs! The digital versions are covers of each others songs.

     

    This was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kris Hilbert at Legitimate Business.

     

    Side A:
    1. Totally Slow- Blank Paper Sides
    2. Black Market- Hangover Hobby Kit

     

    Side B:
    3. Black Market- No Brain
    4. Totally Slow- The End of Air

     

    Digital only:
    1. Black Market- Phone (Totally Slow)
    2. Totally Slow- Basement Dweller (Black Market)

     

     

    Under The Gun Review  premiered a Black Market track, "No Brain," from the split, so make sure you check that out as well. http://www.underthegunreview.net/2014/09/29/utg-premiere-black-market-no-brain/

     

    PREORDER HERE!!!

    PREORDER HERE!!!

    PREORDER HERE!!!

     

     

    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/products/8899032-preorder-totally-slow-black-market-split-7-w-digital-download-bonus-s

     

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    Self Aware Records Distro/Label Update (7/29/14)

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    We have a couple new releases coming up, and we are looking to clear some space in the office. It would mean a lot if you checked out some of our label items or distro stuff. Just to see if you are paying attention, anyone who buys things will receive FREE cds, 7"s, and other small goodies. Check out our webstore, help us make some space!!!

     

    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/

     

    Btw, we still have some copies of the starburst version of the Old Flings LP.

    PO SOON: Beach Slang - Cheap Thrills On A Dead End Street 7"

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

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    Damn. Ordered the first 7" from that Self Aware distro earlier this afternoon and already got shipping notice. Sweeeeeet!!!

     

    Yeah dude Josh and Sarah are crazy quick at that. One if my favorite labels to order from

     

     

    Thanks guys, we really appreciate the support! Will try and notify everyone when we get more copies in. Mike (Dead Broke) said that it is currently being repressed, so there will be more for everyone. Also, we will get copies of the new 7" as well!

     

    Check out the webstore for all of our other cool distro stuff!!!

    http://selfawarerecords.storenvy.com/collections/13827-all-products

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