ROCKY MTN ROLLER – Haywire LP out now!
September 12, 2022
ROCKY MTN ROLLER – Haywire LP
“Clearly the answer is to rock all the time, with purpose. So they do.” – The Obelisk
Appropriately named after a make shift rat trap used in the backcountry cabins of the Rocky Mountains; RMR is grimey vibes, soaring guitar with gutteral vocals. Influences like Alice Cooper, The Stooges, Thin Lizzy, and Blue Oyster Cult can be heard.
Including past member of DANAVA and Lecherous Gaze.
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The LP is released in an edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.
An alternate cover version with screen printed sleeve is available in an edition of 30 copies.
Printed insert included.
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Supersonic Blues – It’s Heavy LP out now!
January 10, 2022
SUPERSONIC BLUES – It’s Heavy LP
Three buddies laying down that heavy, fuzzed-out, psyched-up, blues-based rock n’ soul. No strangers to The Hague’s gritty underground scene, SUPERSONIC BLUES have an unhealthy obsession with diggin’ out that one obscure 60s/70s rarity. Still, these guys sure enjoy a 21st-century dystopian boogie! For fans of Taste, Grand Funk, Sabbath and the Hendrix Experience.
“It’s Heavy” was completed over the course of 2019 and delivers 7 solid tunes, heavily road-tested in their home country and abroad including 2018’s ROADBURN Festival to which the band was invited to play not one but two shows! Recorded by Laurens ten Berge at The Womb Studio and mastered at Motorwolf by Guy Tavares.
Artwork by Ruud Aarbodem and Maarten Donders.
Back cover photo by Lina Selg.
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“Supersonic Blues turn raw edge into aesthetic purpose and whatever format one might hear it on, their overmodulated-sounding grit is a dead-on accompaniment for their songwriting.” – THE OBELISK
** For the full, in depth review of the album visit The Obelisk‘s site HERE…
Very Paranoia – s/t LP out now!
February 15, 2021
VERY PARANOIA – s/t LP
Very Paranoia formed in 2018 with the express intent of delivering short, sharp shocks of electrified rock and roll that simultaneously heralded both a “war on music” and offered a way forward using the scattered shards left behind on the sticky, rickety fields of battle and trapped in the structurally unsound masonry memory of those walls still standing around us.
Composed of veterans of the sonic conflicts from the Annihilation Time/Lecherous Gaze/Hot Lunch/Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound divisions, the four of them huddled together in their San Francisco rehearsal room where they quickly hammered out an arsenal of crude missives designed to fire as roaring missiles into the heart of 2019.
After whetting their attack, Very Paranoia removed from their squalid hovel and harangued an unsuspecting, but susceptible public with 25-minute blasts set off around their local strongholds. The band then traveled nearly 1000 miles to the Sonoran Desert where they set up camp at Midtown Island Studio in Tucson, Arizona. The Island’s sole occupant and aural wizard Matt Rendon of the Resonars captured 15 tracks over three 10-hour stretches. Twelve of these tracks were then transmitted to Tim Green at Louder Studios in the Valley of Grass, California, for mastering in early 2020 before being shipped abroad and stamped into this rasping document bearing the inscription of “WHO-42.”
Having weathered the remainder of that seemingly inexorable year, with the dawn of 2021 comes the debut album by Very Paranoia on Who Can You Trust? Records.
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The LP is released in an edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.
An alternate cover version with screen printed sleeve is available in an edition of 30 copies.
Both include a copy of “A VERY MANIFESTO“, a booklet containing lyrics, photos, flyers, and stories, as a companion piece to the album.
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VERY PARANOIA INTERVIEW !!!
Go, take a seat at the introductory round-table with IT’S PSYCHEDELIC BABY MAGAZINE!
Mercury Boys – Return To Cinders 12″ EP out now!
May 4, 2020
MERCURY BOYS – Return To Cinders 12″ EP
Who are the Mercury Boys? Messengers of the gods of rock in its purest forms, those that tear asunder the trappings of amplified music and gaze upon its raw beauty? Indeed, a quartet comprising members of Superconic Blues, Ragged Barracudas and Orange Sunshine, Mercury Boys cannot look back or beyond, but only immerse themselves in the timeless present, harness the primary elements of our aural nature and bow to the inevitable.
Mercury Boys is a border-crossing project of people who’s paths have crossed regularly over the years, making a collective effort more than just a necessity.
Return To Cinders was captured by Guy Tavares at Motorwolf Studios, The Hague, Holland in early 2018.
Return To Cinders is released in an edition of 200 copies on black vinyl.
An alternate cover version with screen printed sleeve is available in an edition of 30 copies.
Both include a hand-stamped lyric insert.
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TRACK PREMIERE !!!
Go, check out the Mercury Boys feature by THE OBELISK and listen to the first track, “Apollo Phoenix Rising”! – HERE
Chaki – The Water 7" EP out now!
February 17, 2020
Girls and boys, aliens and humans…we’ve been waiting to announce our next release with great anticipation!
CHAKI – The Water 7″ EP out now!
CHAKI, the galactic funk wizard is often talked about in shrouded tales of his phosphorescent appearance, face-melting electro funk, and cosmic origin story.
To witness a CHAKI live show is nothing short of a religious service channeling the gods of funk and punk from all sectors of the galaxy, interspersed with glitching beta waves of long-lost commercials and tv themes.
CHAKI has brought his dynamic stage show to festivals such as Noise Pop and The Offbeat Fest. This funky alien has gained a cult-like following over the past few years, playing shows with like-minded weirdos Shannon and the Clams, El Vez, Peelander Z, Bob Log III, Captured By Robots, The Space Lady, and Flipper.
The Water is CHAKI‘s vinyl debut and destined to become a staple in every DJ’s record crate!
The Water was written, performed and produced by Chaki, recorded at El Studio in San Francisco by Phil Becker (Big Business), mastered by Skot Brown (The Phantom Limbs, ESSES) and features contributions by Chris Pinnick (Chicago), Warren Hugel (3 Leafs), Lars Nylander (Skankin Pickle, The Boars) and Phil Becker (Pins of Light, Terry Gross).
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Pressed in an edition of 200 copies on black vinyl.
(The first 50 copies include an exclusive CHAKI tarot card, designed by Roy G. Biv!)
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WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE TITLE TRACK HERE:
Very Paranoia – Debut 7″ out now!
November 4, 2019
Very Paranoia – “Make Me / Out Of Touch” 7″ out now!
Very Paranoia is a crude San Francisco unit operated by four veterans of the Psychic Wars. Founded by members of Lecherous Gaze, Annihilation Time, Hot Lunch, and Assemble Head, the band spews raw mechanical violence alternately described as “aggro-hooch metal,” “amphetamine pub rock,” and “scuzz-crud boogie.” Classifications aside, Very Paranoia’s sound is shaped by the cult-artists and underground characters found in multiple sub-genres throughout the twisted history of rock ‘n’ roll. May interest fans of MC5, Pink Fairies, Status Quo, Dr. Feelgood and Flamin’ Groovies.
Edition of 200 copies on black vinyl.
First 50 copies include a screen printed patch!
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Sweet Chariot – Lean Into The Breeze LP out now!
April 15, 2019
We’re more than happy to announce the release of Lean Into The Breeze, the long-awaited sophomore album by SWEET CHARIOT, out now on Who Can You Trust? Records!
Sweet Chariot is a San Francisco and Oakland based band with members who prefer old gear and cold beer. Their timeless rock ‘n’ roll is a blend of pickled pub rock and greasy biker boogie trimmed in the smoky tones of West Coast canyon-twang.
Lean Into The Breeze is the band’s second album, but it’s their first for Who Can You Trust? Records. These songs were tracked and mixed on a vintage Tascam 388 analog eight track by producer and recording artist Walker Phillips. Though the band’s eponymous debut flirted with ‘70s inspired California country rock, this album finds the foursome dialing down the Gram Parsons and turning up Graham Parker. Lean Into The Breeze is still rooted in rustic tones, but the songwriting comes from a more modern take on British pub rock, jangly guitar pop and hard throttled boogie jams. Influenced by such bygone bands as Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grease Band, The Byrds and Big Star, Sweet Chariot also found themselves inspired by Teenage Fanclub, GospelbeacH, Shannon And The Clams, Endless Boogie, and Chris Robinson, who along with Isaiah Mitchell, jumped up onstage with the band last year. Sweet Chariot has also shared stages with NRBQ, Mother Hips, The Flamin’ Groovies, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Jesse Dayton, Beachwood Sparks, Allah-Las and the late, great Pegi Young.
Sweet Chariot comprises singer/guitarist Eric Shea (Hot Lunch, Mover) and Planes Of Satori drummer Chris Labreche – both from the bygone band Parchman Farm. They also landed bass player Doran Shelley, a former member of The Cramps and Nik Turner’s Hawkwind. Ride The Blinds’ frontman Chris Guthridge completes the band with shared singing duties and top-shelf lead guitar playing.
Edition of 500 copies on black vinyl.
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(The first 100 copies include a free Sweet Chariot sticker!)
Dealer – “End Breed / Gemini” 7″ out now!
February 5, 2019
Dealer – “End Breed / Gemini” 7″ out now!
“Dealer rips” should be a familiar adage to anyone in the Bay Area who has given a damn about rock and roll through the past few years, and the band’s final recordings –“End Breed” b/w “Gemini”– hammer in that sentiment like a nail in a coffin. There’s very little beauty in this music. The songs are ugly and mean, way too fast and a little out of tune, everything competing and melding together in some vain, chaotic display of ignorant bravado. You might even call it Dealer at their finest.
Part of the “FROM WCYT? WITH LOVE..” series.
Edition of 100 copies on black vinyl, housed in a hand-stamped recycled cardstock sleeve.
*Dealer logo/stamp by C. Dräger.
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Hot Lunch – “Haul Of Meat” 7″ out now!
July 16, 2018
Hot Lunch – “Haul Of Meat” 7″ out now!
“Three years since their 2015 Slappy Sunday EP, Hot Lunch has returned from El Studio with a piping hot new single. Yes, “Haul Of Meat” is another song inspired by skateboarding. But this isn’t a love letter. If you were expecting them to articulate how falling and getting back up is a metaphor for persistence, you’ve made a wrong turn. Go back. Rebate. And no, this is not one of those inspirational anthems about how pain is just “the feeling of fear leaving your body.” Upon close listen to “Haul Of Meat,” it sounds like the band is trying to warn you that your next case of road rash could wind up as Satan’s ground beef. Ergo, the members of Hot Lunch are not ambassadors of skateboarding. They are harbingers of hamburgers. “Haul Of Meat” is a skatanic and cautionary canticle that rolls like an avalanche of high-voltage, overdriven fuzz across rumbling rhythms birthed by broken tectonic plates beneath Earthquake City. When asked to explain the caustic lyrics of this urethane-and-wood musing, the band replied, “You know when sometimes you slam so hard that your scabs become cheeseburgers for Satan and the tail of your deck turns into the devil’s spatula?” When further pressed to clarify, they added, “We have a holographic memory. Satan!””
Edition of 500 copies on black vinyl.
*Cover art by Starcade Designs.
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Pushy – “Hard Wish” LP out now!
July 16, 2018
PUSHY – “Hard Wish” LP out now!
“Have you ever watched the 1977 video of Ram Jam playing “Black Betty” in somebody’s front yard and asked yourself, “Why don’t we have bands who party like that anymore?” And after the very first time you witnessed a young bellbottomed James Gang set up their gear in the Mexicali desert and riff through “Laguna Salada” during the opening credits to the 1971 film Zachariah, did you ask yourself, “Are there even any bands this good today?” Or what about that time you laid virgin eyes upon the gatefold to ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres and took in a panoramic photograph that could only be described as a taqueria orgy? Did you ask, “Why can’t a newer style band make me feel this special?”
The answer to all these questions lives and pulses within the four musicians who comprise the Portland, Oregon based hard rock quartet, Pushy. If your ears have yet to be seduced by the God-hammered choogle of Pushy, it’s not too late for you. Their debut album Hard Wish has been captured in the band’s natural element and then released into the wild by the good people of Who Can You Trust? Records – a label that knows how and where to mine the rich ore of timeless rock ‘n’ roll. If the hot buttered distortion of the opening song “Fanny’s” (with its saucy boogie and howling guitar leads) doesn’t put an electric strut in your butt, there’s a pretty good chance that rock ‘n’ roll may be none of your business.
John Fogerty once sang that the people on the river are happy to give. But if you listen closely to the hard and heavy stomp of “Nasty Bag,” it sounds like the people on the river are waiting to kill you. Pushy have the power of rock surging through their veins and sometimes this power channels stories and spirits to help move you into parallel dimensions. Take “El Hongo” for instance – between Ron Wesley coaxing a gold top Les Paul to scream and wail through a tweed Victoria Bassman, and Adam Burke crooning for us to take it easy and close our eyes, there could never exist a reason why we would ever want to not keep on chooglin’. And when Travis Clow and Neal Munson kick off the album’s bookend jam “Lay of the Land” with their callused hands working a well-oiled rhythm section, you can almost smell the grease burning on the gears as the bass and drums pump out a loose and juicy groove that’s just begging for the guitars to rain riffs like there’s a storm in hell and we’re all invited to hang out and drink their beer.”
-Eric Shea (Hot Lunch/Sweet Chariot)
Edition of 500 copies on black vinyl.
*Cover art by Adam Burke.
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