Two new releases. Ordering information (and other titles at) S.S. Records  Prices do not include post.



Los Llamarada  Take the Sky LP $10
It has been almost a couple years since Los Llamarada took the world by surprise with their much raved about vinyl debut "The Exploding Now!" Monterrey, Mexico's premier underground band's claustrophobic psych punk won praises from everybody from Siltbreeze's Tom Lax to Z Gun's Ryan Wells. "When's the next record?" has rung in my ears for the last year. Well, now it is here! "Take the Sky" was originally slated for a February release, we held off on putting it out until we built this into one serious killer. While some of the murk of the first is gone (don't worry it still as an eerie lo-fi sound), it has been replaced by sharp psych stun guitar which will make your jaw drop. I've previewed this for a few people (Rick Ele, Ryan Wells to name two) and everyone has walked away amazed. To quote Rick Ele: "Damn." Of course, I am biased, but this is a great record... Transparent From "Take the Sky"




Lamps  Songs of Sexual Frustration 7"  $4
There are a handful of bands that reside on other labels who I've wanted to do a record with. But I am a polite bastard and don't like to muscle in on other label's bands. So when Monty Buckles emailed me and asked if I wanted to do a Lamps single, I said "YES!" LA's Lamps have done two great albums and a handful of singles that have established them as one of the most consistently good bands going. Songs of Sexual Frustration will do nothing to break the Lamps' stride. Here they throw primitive fudge on songs by Devo and the Pissed Jeans, fucking them with a gimpy, grimy shuffle. 600 pressed.



Los Llamarada  The Exploding Now!  LP $10
Very, very happy to announce that we have repressed Los LLamarada's stunning debut, 8 noisy missives from the lo-fi depths of chaos and madness. Recorded live and straight to cassette tape.  Doug Mosurak of Dusted called it  "One of the most shocking and unique pieces of agitpunk since the Meta-Matics LP, but way more devastated and angered." Victim of Time said "Los Llamarada bend their minds and instruments in such an evil, earthy fashion that your own sober mental state grows instantly muddled and disoriented with each passing track."

Los Llamarada tour

11.7 Houston @ PJ's w/ Balaclavas & Future Blondes
11.8 Austin @ Beerland w/ Secret Society of the Sonic Six
11.9 Denton @ Muscle Beech w/ Fungi Girls
11.11 Toledo @ Woodchucks w/ Tyvek, Wee, & Daniken
11.12 Brooklyn @ Charleston w/ Hank IV, Blues Control, Black & Whites
11.13 Hoboken @ Maxwells w/ Hank IV
11.14 New York @ Cake Shop w/ Hank IV, Imaginary Icons
11.15 Philadelphia @ Pilam House w/ FNU Ronnies, Hank IV, Watery Love
11.16 Columbus OH @ tba

And on 11.18 WFMU.org broadcast at 3 pm
More info http://www.myspace.com/losllamarada

Two new S.S. titles. Descriptions below. Prices are not postpaid. Other stuff at S.S. Records site.

Do not PM me about these. Email me at ss @ s-srecords . com

Krysmopompas Heute Schlafen-Morgan Aufwachen 2LP (S.S.) $15
We are proud to announce the vinyl debut of the Berlin-based
four-piece Krysmopompas. Not only does their name comes from the
mysterious terrorist group featured in the German sci fi/trash film
"Kamikaze 1989" (starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder), but so does their
sound. They are influenced by Fassbinder's ideas the writers
Rolf-Dieter Brinkmann & Eugene Ionesco, and the music of Neue Deutsche
Welle bands such as EA-80, Fehlfarben, and Freiwillige
Selbstkontrolle, classic Krautrock like Neu and Can, as well as Wire,
The Units, and Devo. Since 2004, they've played a number of live show
and released two limited edition CDs - Mitmachen beim Abbauen (2006),
followed by Mehr Kilometer pro Leben (2007). We liked the CDs a lot
and, when they went instantly out of print, convinced our Berlin
buddies to let us put them on vinyl. And so we have "Heute Schlafen -
Morgan Aufwachen", a double album of neo-NDW sounds. The foundation is
a Wire like simplicity but throughout the records you hear all the
groups mentioned above. Yann and Felix both take up the vocals, cool
German poetically intoned over their post-post sound. We are excited
to introduce the world to Krysmopompas. Heute Schlafen - Morgan
Aufwachen is a double album. The pressing is 600.

Wounded Lion  Carol Cloud 7" (S.S.) $4
Los Angeles gets a bad rap. Through our TV sets, we know it as a city
of shallow glitter, brutal cops, and urban unrest, and, sure, there is
that, but there are also lots of everyday folks, living unpretentious
everyday lives. We also forget that Los Angeles has had a very healthy
underground music scene, as it does today. Take the everyday folks and
drop them into an underground scene and you get something like Wounded
Lion, a great no-frills pop band who sounds fresh, even when they
remind one of classic American power pop of the 70s. Inspired by The
Amps, The Cramps, The Clean, and The Vaselines (as well as Credence
Clearwater Revival and Kleenex), Wounded Lion can regularly be scene
in LA haunts such as Mr T's Bowl, The Smell, The Scene, and Spaceland.
And now you get to hear them here, on their recording debut. The songs
"Carol Cloud" and "Pony People" are two great poppers, hum-inducing,
toe-tapping tunes which will wiggle their way into your brain and have
you singing their choruses while at the grocery store or waiting in
line at the DMV. This is perfect pop for the dying days of summer and
the start of a new school year. Wounded Lion! 600 pressed. Check out
the video for "Pony People" on  S.S. myspace front page.

Lots of things: Nothing People's debut LP is out now and into second pressing. You want it!

XYX and Hiroshima Rocks Around 7"s are out and you want them!

Wounded Lion and Krysmopompas records are being manufactured right now. You want them but will have to wait!

Until then check out this Wounded Lion video

03.01  Brooklyn @ Market Hotel w/ Genghis Tron, Shooting Spires, Aa, Ponytail & Double Daggers  

03.02 New York @ Cake Shop w/ Cuddle Machines + The Golden Error  

03.03 Montreal @ Zoobizzarre w/ Les Enfants Sauvages + The O Voids  

03.04 Toronto @ The Boat

03.05 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room w/ Tyvek

03.06 Columbus, oh @ Café Bourbon Street  w/  Guinea Worms, Necropolis, & Night of Pleasure

03.07 Chicago @ Cobra's Lounge w/ The Daily Void & KK Rampage

03.08 Milwaukee @ Frank's Power Plant w/ Aluminum Knot Eye, TV Ghost, & the Retainers

03.10 Lafayette, IN @ Zooleger's Nightclub  w/  The Menthols, & Television Ghost

03.11 Chicago @ Av-Aerie

03.12 St Louis @ @ Mangia Italiana w/ Bad Folk + more

03.13 Shreveport @ The Jackrabbit Lounge w/ Thomas Function

03.14 Austin @  Beerland  (afternoon show)   w/ Manikin, Thomas Function, Eat Skull, Home Blitz,  Tyvek, Psychedelic horseshit

03.14 Austin @ WFMU's SXSW Showcase Spiro's w/ Half Japanese, Psychedelic Horseshit, + more 

Though we do not have a showcase, three S-S Records bands will be playing at SXSW 2008.

On March 13, Los Llamarada will be at the Soho on March 13 for the Siltbreeze showcase with Blues Control, Pink Reason, and others.

March 14 will see Cheveu will be at Spiro's for one of two WFMU showcases.

And on March 15th, the Nothing People will be playing at Beerland.

March will also see the release of the US pressing of Cheveu's debut LP on S-S Records. Also in March, the first record by Monterrey, Mexico's XYX and the first 7" by Italy's Hiroshima Rocks Around (HRA). In April, we will have the debut album by the Nothing People and Los Llamarada's second LP, Take the Sky. And late Spring, there will be the vinyl debut of Berlin's Krysmopomas. 

Los Llamarada will be playing some European dates in February. They were invited to play the OUDE KLANKEN NIEUWE GELUIDEN show of the K-RAA-K fest on February 2. That is in Hasselt, Belgium. They will be playing with Yximallo, Blues Control and a couple of other bands.
Other dates are

Feb 3 @ Helbaard in Den Haag, The Netherlands

Feb 6 @ Kulturbunker in Cologne, Germany

Feb 7 @ ??? in Diksmuide, Belgium with Colin Newman's Githead

So show up if you can.  Los Llamarada will also be playing this year's SXSW, specifically the Siltbreeze showcase on 3/13 at the Soho with Times New Viking, Pink Reason, Blues Control, Psychedelic Horseshit, Ex Cocaine and more.