SURPRISE 026 | OUT ON A LIMB - DROWNED LP

SURPRISE 026 | OUT ON A LIMB - DROWNED LP

GREAT first record of this band from Chemnitz/Leipzig. Complex groovy with wave-guitar sounds and nice melodies and a lot of energetic post-punk influences like WIPERS, JOY DIVISION and THE ESTRANGED.

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NIGHT BIRDS EURO TOUR DATES!

NIGHT BIRDS - THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS EUROPEAN TOUR 2011

Do. 22.09.2011 - Amsterdam (NED) @ Occii w/ Glam, OD Kids
Fr. 23.09.2011 - Leipzig (GER) @ Zoro Fest w/ Systematic Death
Sa. 24.09.2011 - Venlo (NED) @ Perron 55 / R'n'R Fest w/ Direct Control
So. 25.09.2011 - London (UK) @ The Grosvenor
Mo. 26.09.2011 - Leeds (UK) @ House Show w/ Dry Heaves
Di. 27.09.2011 - Glasgow (UK) @ The 13th Note
Mi. 28.09.2011 - Swansea (WAL) @ Mozarts w/ Ssssnakes
Do. 29.09.2011 - Brighton (UK) @ TBA
Fr. 30.09.2011 - Kortrijk (BEL) @ The Pits w/ Direct Control, Citizens Patrol
Sa. 01.10.2011 - Paris (FRA) @ The Belushi´s w/ Loud Girls, Police Truck
So. 02.10.2011 - Tübingen (GER) @ Epplehaus w/ The High Society
Mo. 03.10.2011 - Munich (GER) @ Kafe Kult
Di. 04.10.2011 - Bonn (GER) @ Bla w/ Monster Mash
Mi. 05.10.2011 - Berlin (GER) @ Bei Roy
Do. 06.10.2011 - Hamburg (GER) @ Lobusch, w/ Crimen, Criaturas
Fr. 07.10.2011 - Copenhagen (DEN) @ Stengade w/ Gang Green, Night Fever
Sa. 08.10.2011 - Bremen (GER) @ G 18

*more info to come as we get it.

For further info email Flo: info@trapdoor-tourz.de

SURPRISE 027 | NIGHT BIRDS - THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS LP will be out in September!

SURPRISE 021 | MOTHER'S CHILDREN - ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH? EP

SURPRISE 021 | MOTHER'S CHILDREN - ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH EP

Canada seems to be the new fertile ground for smashing powerpop. MOTHER'S CHILDREN hail from Ottawa, the same place as great bands like SEDATIVES, STEVE ADAMYK BAND (who they share a member with), WHITE WIRES and many others are from and keep making me go GAGA. This 6 track 12" is the follow up to their well received THAT'S WHO! LP on DERANGED. Dirk Klotzbach from OX put it this way (I fully agree!):
I really hope that you all followed my call up from OX # 92 in the meanwhile and have bought yourself a copy of MOTHER`S CHILDREN "That´s Who" Debut LP. So just to make it clear once again, there is no excuse ! The same as great as mentioned LP is this follow-up 12" from the Canadians. Power Pop Glam´n´Roll driven to perfection that should be spinning on your record player multiple times a day and that still is on a par with it´s musical archetypes. Take your personal hits from the first three Powerpearls Compilations add it up with the two episodes of Killed By Glam, listen to "Milk & Alcohol" and "She´s A Windup" by DR. FEELGOOD once again, don´t forget your BOYS, STIFFS and FAST CARS records and imagine you would be warped right back to the Seventies where you would be seeing all those bands live on stage, because this is the moment when you realize that you are dancing and beerspitting right in front of the stage of a MOTHER`S CHILDREN show. Maybe you´ll even meet Noddy Holder or Gary Holton there on your timewarp."

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Cold Death: Demo Tape

Equally excellent and infectious female fronted punk/new wave hybrid from Germany. The vocals take about a song for me to really get into, but now I can't get them out of my head. Moody and atmospheric delivery with fantastic song writing, COLD DEATH manage to pull off complete 80s worship without sounding recycled or trite, (from terminal escape) download here

SURPRISE 023 | RED DONS - A FORCED TURNING POINT 7"

SURPRISE 023 | RED DONS - A FORCED TURNING POINT 7"

Their FAKE MEETS FAILURE LP got some critical acclaim last year and this 7" develops their unique style even further. 2 new songs recorded on their last US tour in Chicago. Housed in a beautiful screenprinted sleeve, finally available! 1000 copies pressed on black wax. 200 have blank hand stamped and handnumbered center labels and slightly different sleeves available from the band and the TBSR mailorder only. Co-release with NEW DARK AGES.

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SURPRISE 024 | THE OBSERVERS - SO WHAT'S LEFT NOW LP

SURPRISE 024 | THE OBSERVERS - SO WHAT'S LEFT NOW

TAKEN BY SURPRISE repress! This is my favorite punk record of the last decade and I am more than happy to be repressing it, artwork has been bumped up a notch, so this LP looks better than ever. If you don't like this record, you shouldn't be listening to punk, maybe it's not for you.

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SURPRISE 025 | ROLE MODELS - FUCK YOU, SEE YOU AT THE TALENT SHOW 12"

SURPRISE 025 | ROLE MODELS - FUCK YOU, SEE YOU AT THE TALENT SHOW 12"

When you're a kid, Friday nights are the best thing ever. No school, weekend to piss about with friends, best night of telly.

Luckily Role Models never grew up and set about making their own seven day weekend.

Meeting in London from their four corners of the globe they settled on Soho as their home, picking their way through the waifs and strays of the city after dark to find themselves playing the soundtrack.

All have played in many other bands, but to mention them here would be crass.

"The stuff we did for kicks, left a little scar I couldn't fix" - Role Models

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