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THE SHIRKS “CRY CRY CRY” 7″ and NIGHT BIRDS “FRESH KILLS VOL. 1″ CD OUT NOW!

Two brand new releases are now available! Both of these are available for mailorder direct in the Grave Mistake webstore, and should be popping up in your favorite stores and distros shortly.

GRAVE045: THE SHIRKS Cry Cry Cry 7″

This is EP number four from one of Washington DC’s finest, THE SHIRKS. CRY CRY CRY features three more infectious, guitar driven punk rock ‘n roll A-Sides with 70′s punk feel – there’s a heavy SAINTS / Aussie KBD sound present in these tunes – run through the 90′s garage filter while maintaining a raw and primitive vibe. To put things into perspective, Terminal Boredom might have put it best in a review of their last 7″ on Windian, referring to the band’s style as “East Coast tough-as-shit leather jacket punk bad ass-ness” … while I’m not 100% sure what that means, I can’t really disagree with it either because it sounds kinda perfect. THE SHIRKS have been at it for a few years now, with each release better than then next – if you have yet to check them out, then what better place to start than with this 7″?

I’ve got about 50 copies left of the RED VINYL version (out of 100), so head over to the webstore and grab yourself a copy. I was also able to score more distro copies of both their previous 7″ on Windian, and their debut 7″ on Big Neck as well! I highly recommend picking up every one of these singles!!!

GRAVE048: NIGHT BIRDS Fresh Kills Vol. 1 CD

Hopefully you’ve heard NIGHT BIRDS by now, as they’ve made a name for themselves over the past year with three incredible 7″s and a killer live show. In preparation for their full-length LP, The Other Side of Darkness due out summer 2011, we decided to give you all a little recap just in case you need to play catch-up before the LP hits. This CD compiles the first two years of the band’s existence; including their 2009 demo, the Killer Waves 7″ on Art of the Underground, the Self-Titled EP on Dirtnap / Grave Mistake, and the very recently released Midnight Movies 7″ on No Way Records. If you have yet to check out NIGHT BIRDS, then this might be a perfect starting point because you get it all at once! 15 songs in all, packaged in a concise layout with flyers, photos, and lyrics. These Jersey boys take all of the best elements from bands like ADOLESCENTS, D.I., AGENT ORANGE, and DEAD KENNEDYS (to name a few), to create some of the most infectious snotty surf-influenced hardcore punk this side of Rikk Agnew’s cat corpse. There is no doubt that the NIGHT BIRDS are going to be the soundtrack to your summer so get hip to ‘em now or pose hard later!

The Fresh Kills CD will be available in the webstore for $7 plus shipping through the end of the month … I also have a package deal going which will get you not only the CD, but the Night Birds “S/T” 7″ (Grave Mistake / Dirtnap) as well for $10 plus shipping.