We give to you, all that we got!!
We have just uploaded all of the tracks from our new ep!
As a celebration to ourselves we want to let everyone hear what we have accomplished, we think its by far the best we have done and just want people to hear it. Thats why we decided to upload all four tracks from the new vinyl ep.

hope you like it and give us some feedback!!

/the pookie syndrome through kristoffer

New sounds of Norrland!
Yes folks, as you may have noticed our long awaited 7 inch vinyl ep has finally arrived.
As our topbanner says the limited vinyl is a clear, handnumbered 333 ex piece of wax.




S/T 7"EP

Tracks:
01. Kaos
02. When apex culminates
03. Cul de sac
04. The break

the record will officially hit the stores on 9 of september via Sound Pollution.

but you can of course order directly from us (via myspace) or the labels:
sweden/scandinavia: info@discouragedrecords.com
U.K : jake_kent@hotmail.co.uk

PS. if you want to review the records, please contact us DS

T-shirt
we have also made a new shirt that goes along perfect with the new record. It's called switchbladeflower and as soon i can upload some image you will understand why =)

Album KAOS on cassette
Gafas Del Rigor has released our debut album KAOS on limited red cassette complete with all the lyrics and what not.

check it out and order it through:
http://www.myspace.com/gafasdelrigorcassettes

Thanks to Sam @
http://www.myspace.com/stockfootagezine

"The Pookie Syndrome are a wonderfully odd band. Like a punk band for a B-list horror film.

This self-titled EP wastes no time getting into it; some strange chime-like noises introducing a cracking intro of fast, dissonant hardcore, lead by a really cool bass-line. But The Pookie Syndrome aren’t dissonant in a blatant sense; they’re dissonant in an eerie, creepy sense. Preferring diminished fifths to minor seconds (pretentious music theory thrown in free of charge).

That eerie atmosphere they create gives them a much more interesting edge. And with this, they add the intensity and fury of hardcore, complete with odd, similarly dissonant breakdowns. It’s this hardcore-like intensity that makes me think about some really energetic chase scene in a horror film or something. Track two, “When Apex Culminates,” is a personal favourite.

But another great thing about this EP is that the lyrics are a lot more down-to-earth than you might imagine them to be. “Kaos” seems to talk about consumerism and capitalism, and “The Break” seems to talk about heartache. It’s this that seems to bring them to a personal level. With no disrespect to it, the music seems to be crafted more by theory than plain, raw emotion. But reading the lyrics sheet also gives you something to relate to and agree to, as well as something to bang your head to. Had they written about horror film-esque stuff, it would have fit the music great, but wouldn’t have made them that little bit ‘personal.’ And I like that.

To be honest, my only disappointment with this EP is the running time. Not to sound like a complete cliché review, but a few more tracks along with the four on the EP would be excellent. So maybe if this was a 10” instead of a 7”.

But really, I think these are strong, well-crafted, heavy songs with a good sense of identity, that also benefit really well from the production values (a round of applause for Sven Engdahl). And while I haven’t really explored their back-catalogue, I believe they have even more to offer in the future. Just like Evil Dead did.

Rated: 8.7/10"

OY!

We can seem dead and not living, but something is finally about to happen for real. We have 2 upcoming releases!!!!

7"EP
First off we have our 7"EP with 3 years in the making finally at the pressing plant and will arrive next week hopefully. as we said before this will be a very limited release with only 333 pieces handnumbered, the vinyl will be transperant and real nice cover, photos will be up. Release date is set to 090606.


"KAOS" Album on Cassette(MC)
yes its fucking true, Gafas del rigor Cassettes will release our album KAOS, it will be a very limited release only 100 pieces. new cover and all, it will kick monkeys ball. photos will be up when they arrive

as that wasn't enough we will print some new fucking merch to celebrate the whole spectacle! and maybe maybe maybe some sort of tour will follow.. who knows?

see you in the pit that you make when you listen to our shit haha
/The Pookie Syndrome through Kristoffer

3 years after our first t-shirt print we FINALLY printed some fucking new merch. its a new t-shirt design called switchblade flower and we have pins with 2 different motivs. you can see the shirt design below

the t-shirt! sizes s,m, l and xl


we have also made some Amp drops which you hopefully will get a glance at from our upcoming finland gigs next week.

so we have a special deal with shirt and album. contact us for price!
/kristoffer