Fan Death Records

Have you ever wondered who runs Fan Death Records?

Fan Death got a write-up in Tony Rettman’s excellent column Rettsounds over at Viceland. We encourage you to check it out; we talk about our future witch house aspirations, and Chris Berry keeps getting called Chris Barry.

Also included is an FDR mix, including a track from our upcoming To Live and Shave in L.A. release, The Cortège, which you can’t hear anywhere else!

Here is the tracklisting from the FDR mix over at Rettsounds:

Pleasure Leftists – “Nature of Feeling Pleasure”
Lamps – “The Role Of The Dogcatcher In African-American Urban Folklore”
Puerto Rico Flowers – “3 Sisters”
FNU Ronnies – “Watchful Eye”
Screen Vinyl Image – “Take Me Down”
Body Cop – “Stay Alive”
The New Flesh – “Plan B”
Clockcleaner – “Early Man”
Broken Water – “Faux King Vogue”
To Live And Shave In L.A. – “Flattering Circles of Hell”
Homostupids – “Doper”
Taco Leg – “Shadow Pal”
Twin Stumps – “Lust Murder”
DFH – “Raw!!!”

DNA Test Fest is taking a break this year, but Fan Death Records is pleased to announce that we’re hosting a showcase in Baltimore, MD, on Saturday, April 16th, 2011.

The showcase will be held at Sonar (407 East Saratoga St, Baltimore, MD, 21202).

Tickets are available here, and check out our event on Facebook.

The showcase will feature:

Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (Baltimore, MD – Load Records)
Heroin Sucks (Baltimore, MD – Charm City Suicides tribute band)
Broken Water (Olympia, WA)
Locrian (Chicago, IL)
Leather (Philadelphia, PA)
Pleasure Leftists (Cleveland, OH)
Kim Phuc (Pittsburgh, PA)

In other news, QRD did an interview with us for its ongoing Record Label Owner series, which you can check out here

We’ve made 3 Sisters, the first single from Puerto Rico Flowers’ debut LP, available for a free download here. The LP drops later this spring; in the meantime, pick up the PRF 7″ in our online store!

Clockcleaner – Nevermind LP (FDR-095)
Fan Death Records is proud to bring you Clockcleaner’s legendary first LP, Nevermind, receiving its first vinyl release. Allegedly written while singer/guitarist John Sharkey was suffering from a weeks-long case of bilateral amnesia, Nevermind shocked those listeners lucky enough to hear it with its acidic, misanthropic noise-rock spew. Live, Clockcleaner took an uncompromising approach towards alienating audiences, bands, and venues, leading a local alt-weekly to crown them “the most hated band in Philadelphia” in a cover story. While more sensitive types bristled at tracks called “Interview w/ a Black Man” and “Gentle Swastika” (among others), those who were able to stand through their seizure-inducing live shows and vulgar display of reverb found that this band actually wrote songs. Darkly humorous songs with an attitude corrosive enough to melt the mustache off a Northern Liberties Man Man fan. After you’ve come to know and love Babylon Rules and Auf Wiedersehen, you’d be doing yourself a favor by coming back to where it all began.

It’s finally in our hands and available via our online store.

Fan Death Records has set up a new webstore here. We are currently only set up to accept US orders, but Canadian/International shipping will be available in the next few days.

The Broken Water 7″, Normal Never Happened, has just come in. Also available are Jason Urick’s 7″, This Is Critical, and Screen Vinyl Image’s new EP tape, Ice Station.

Also up in the webstore is the pre-order for Clockcleaner’s Nevermind. Originally released by Reptilian Records on CD only. We’re re-releasing it on 150 gram vinyl and the first 100 people to pre-order will also get a Clockcleaner tape. Exclusively limited to 100 copies, it’ll never be re-released.

Fan Death Records has sold out of its copies of the Pfisters LP and Puerto Rico Flowers’ 4, but you can still get copies through our distributors!

Pfisters LP
USA: Revolver Distribution/Midheaven
UK: Cargo Records
Japan: HMV Online Store

Puerto Rico Flowers – 4
USA: Revolver Distribution/Midheaven
Japan: HMV Online Store

We’re pleased to share with you that Puerto Rico Flowers, Sharkey from Clockcleaner‘s new solo project, has announced his only US tour date for 2010.

Fan Death Records & Unregistered Nurse present:

16 October 2010
Puerto Rico Flowers (Melbourne-via-Philadelphia)
Pfisters (Baltimore, MD)
Screen Vinyl Image (Washington, DC)

Talking Head
407 E. Saratoga St
Baltimore, MD
9pm – All Ages – $7

Tickets: www.sonarbaltimore.com
Facebook event: Puerto Rico Flowers (Only 2010 US show)

Puerto Rico Flowers’ 2 is now available for online download at the following retailers:

- iTunes
- Amazon
- eMusic

Fan Death Records has sold out of the Ringo Deathstarr s/t 12″

If you would still like a copy, CD versions are available at SVC Records!

We’ve received all our Twin Stumps order so both pre-orders and regular orders will be shipped out by next week! Any other enquiries, e-mail us at info@fandeathrecords.com