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WINNING STREAK RELEASES REMIX/REMASTERED VINYL OF WHICHEVER PATH YOU TAKE!

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Texas skatepunkers Winning Streak are coming back with more face-melting tunes in Oct. 2020! Their first album, Whichever Path You Take, will be released on Thousand Islands Records and Disconnect Disconnect Records on Oct 6.

Winning Streak will soon follow up it’s re-release of Whichever Path You Take with their new album, We Need A Plan. This band combines speed, melody, technical riffs, and inspiration from multiple genres to pull off its tight and unique sound.

Their first album featured guest artists like Mike Herrera (MxPx), Dave Nassie (NUFAN), and Chris McGrath(Much the Same), and was voted one of the top 50 albums of 2018 by Skatepunkers.

Originally founded in 2004 by Andrew Palmer, Michael Hall, and Sam Koehl, Winning Streak has recently expanded its lineup to add Davey Knight and Chris McGrath.

This album was recorded at home studios in Utah, Texas, Nashville, and Chicago,  remixed by Michael Hall, and remastered by John Harcus.

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Burnt Tapes announce new single & upcoming EP ‘Grower’

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Getitgotitgood is the second single that will feature in Burnt Tapes upcoming emotionally reflective and environmentally focussed EP, Grower. The single is out August 7th.

The single comes with a music video by Luigi Sibona, filmed at The Fighting Cocks in Kingston.

Instead of releasing their upcoming EP on a CD or vinyl record, the 4 tracks will be available alongside a small Beech tree that can be planted, in efforts to help the local environment and climate change. The EP will be out on September 4th.

As guitarist, Phil, explains: “We wanted to do something a little different, more sustainable and planet-friendly. Something you can plant and nurture, and watch grow. Don’t get me wrong, we love a good band t-shirt! But we need more green spaces in order to tackle the climate emergency, and hopefully, we can raise more awareness about this through this initiative. And most of all provide you with some wholesome family fun”.

The pandemic may have put a halt on the plans of Burnt Tapes US/UK and EU festival and tours, this year, but this hasn’t stopped them pushing on with new music, social activism and sustainability.

“Everyone’s been affected in very different ways by Corona. We are fortunate to have been healthy during this time, and we have tried to use it to reflect on ourselves and the world around us.” said Phil.

Alongside the upcoming EP, Burnt Tapes also released some acoustic songs for the Black Minds Matter charity.

Grower and the Beech Tree package will be available for pre-order on the Lockjaw Records from the 7th August.

Burnt Tapes are a four-piece melodic punk rock band based in London, UK, known for creating their own unique brand of ‘regret punk’. Inspired by emotive heavy-hitters like Iron Chic and Polar Bear Club, their 2017 EP Alterations was a 6-track gruff-punk gem, loaded with hooks and tattoo-worthy lyrical twists.

Burnt Tapes met as teenagers in Athens, Greece; serendipitously migrating to London before forming the band in 2014. Their Wasted History demo was self-released that year.

Since then, they have played over 100 shows across Europe, sharing stages with the likes of Red City Radio, Pkew Pkew Pkew, The Penske File, Nothington and The Bombpops, as well as exciting audiences at Manchester Punk Festival, Washed Out Fest and Rebellion Festival, to name just a few. In 2017, Burnt Tapes released Alterations via Lockjaw Records and Umlaut Records. They’ve followed it in 2019 with their debut album Never Better.
 

INSIGHT RELEASE 19 TRACK DISCOGRAPHY, REFLECTION Newly Recorded Songs and Vintage Tracks From 1989-90 Now Available

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After decades in the making, INSIGHT unleashes the tiger with their 19 song discography, Reflection. “We never got to release a full length, we never got to release something when people could get your songs in real-time, so it’s simply amazing that 30 years later people still give a shit about INSIGHT,” admits frontman Mark Starr on the band’s discography collection, Reflection, available everywhere today via Mission Two Entertainment.

Reflection covers the hardcore outfit’s collection of vegetarian and straight-edge anthems, including the out-of-print EP What Will It Take (originally released on Victory Records in 1990), four new songs, hard-to-find compilation tracks, and a 1989 live set from New Jersey while on tour supporting Social Distortion.

Starr continues, “I’m very grateful for our fans caring. That’s why this release is so important and known it’s for the fans of INSIGHT and old-school hardcore.” INSIGHT was one of Victory Records’ first artists signed in 1989, and is rounded out by former Iceburn members – drummer Joseph ‘Chubba’ Smith, Doug Wright on bass, Jeremy Chatelain and James Holder on guitars.

“Also the fact that we have stayed friends for as long as we have been is apparent with this release. We have all succeeded in our own adventures after INSIGHT and still are able to continue with the sound and power that is INSIGHT. Thus our new songs still hold true to our sound. Reflection, the title definitely says it all,” adds Starr. “This album is a retrospect and a reflection to the history of INSIGHT.”

In 2019, INSIGHT came out of hardcore hibernation, leading them to sign with Mission Two Entertainment, the company helmed by Victory Records founder Tony Brummel. “Back in the day, we had some great shows, met some incredible people and Tony was always so stoked on INSIGHT. We stayed at his place countless times, he took us all over Chicago, even joining in a fight when some guys pulled over and started shit because of the way we looked (as referenced in the track ‘Get It’). Let’s just say that didn’t end well for them. It was a powerful sentiment having someone believe in us the way he did, especially all these years later.”

Reflection Track Listing:

  1. Standing Strong
  2. Believe
  3. Walk Away
  4. Enough
  5. Identity Crisis
  6. End The Cruelty
  7. Get It
  8. Silent Shore
  9. Take It Back
  10. Lost In My Pride
  11. Reflection
  12. Strength
  13. Walk Away (Live)
  14. End The Cruelty (Live)
  15. Standing Strong (Live)
  16. Enough (Live)
  17. Identity Crisis (Live)
  18. Control (Live)
  19. Tied Down (Live)

 

Tracks 1-6: Originally from the 1990 release of the What Will It Take 7”.

Track 7: Previously released on the Voice Of Thousands compilation in 1990.

Track 8: Previously released on the Only The Strong compilation in 1990.

Tracks 9-12: Brand new tracks.

Tracks 13-19: Recorded live in August 1989 at City Gardens, Trenton, New Jersey.