Iodine Recordings

Iodine Recordings is proud to present the 20th anniversary edition of ‘Lady Melody’ on limited colored vinyl. This deluxe edition of the classic California Punk record has been completely remastered for vinyl by Jason Livermore at Blasting Room Studios and includes all new artwork and a retrospective by the band and Bill Stevenson (Descendents, ALL).

In 2001 four Mexican American kids from the suburbs of East LA came together to form Audio Karate, their unique mix of melodic, emotional punk rock made it difficult to place them in any one genre but it also garnered a legion of fans. Their knack for writing infectiously catchy songs with deeply personal lyrics caught the attention of Kung Fu Records who signed them in 2001 alongside bands like Blink-182 and Tsunami Bomb.

Audio Karate spent the early 2000s touring heavily and sharing stages with bands like NOFX, The Ataris and Face to Face among many Vans Warped Tour appearances. Their first studio album “Space Camp” was met with much acclaim from critics and fans and featured frequently on MTV and Fuse TV.

Their follow up album “Lady Melody” was produced by Bill Stevenson of the Descendents and straddled pop-punk convention and technical oddity, with unique key changes and riffs that seemed to sound “wrong” while sounding gloriously right. Even Stevenson wondered how they did it, marveling at times during their recording sessions: “Technically, this shouldn’t work.”

Stevenson says “Lady Melody will always mark a special point in time for me. We had so much fun together during the Pre-Production, and then during the recording! I love this band so much, and it has been such a great pleasure getting to know each of them. Jesus Is Alive and Well and Living In Mexico is one of my favorite songs to have ever produced.”

Track Listing:
01. Jesus Is Alive And Well (And Living In Mexico)
02. Party At The Lexington Queen
03. Hey Maria
04. Ms. Foreign Friendly
05. A Whole Lotta Weight
06. Catch And Release
07. Gypsyqueen
08. Lady Melody
09. Aim To Please
10. Get What You Deserve Inc.
11. Who Brings A Knife To A Gun Fight?

Pressing Info:

250 x Gypsyqueen Red Marble
150 x Mexican Flag
100 x Red/Blue Splatter (Noise Cult)

Bucket Full Of Teeth, The Complete Discography.

The avant-grind brainchild from the founding members of Orchid! Formed in 2001 through a shared love of the foundations of Power Violence, Will Killingsworth (ORCHID, AMPERE, NO FAITH, VACCINE) and Brad Wallace (ORCHID, WOLVES, TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR) teamed up with drummer Matt Wilga (CANCER KIDS) and began creating their particular brand of brutal Grindcore and Power Violence that pushes the conventions of heavy music.

Track Listing:
01. It's a Setup
02. Conditioned Response
03. Selective Amnesia
04. These Frequencies Are Ours
05. Self-Induced Coma
06. If Everything Has A Price Then Nothing Has Value
07. Grind In A Tin Can
08. Piss In The I.V.
09. Dreams Of Dead Bosses
10. Sickened
11. Wake Up
12. Standing On Top Of A Mountain
13. Hollow
14. Exit Only
15. Psychosis
16. 23 Reasons to Play Grindcore
17. Coughing Up Wires
18. Empty Dreams
19. Empty Faces
20. Raised on Failure
21. Lost Keys
22. Null
23. Technical Desires
24. Dark Colossus
25. It's Heating Up
26. Listen
27. Here's Your Warning
28. Morizar
29. Fork Tie Response
30. Broadcast
31. Anger of Convenience
32. Basic Delusions
33. 11302
34. Blast For Humanity
35. Imperfect Vibrations
36. Capital Districts & Imprisons
37. The Dream Continues
38. A Morbid Gathering
39. The Path
40. Comfort Made Us Passive
41. Error Is Progress
42. Confessions
43. The Present, Forsaken
44. A Hopeful Sound
45. Embrace The Current Of Time
46. Let Us Resonate

Pressing Info:

First Press:
100 x Neon Blood Splatter + Blood Red
200 x Piss Yellow + Blood Red

Second Press:
250 x Yellow Splatter + Red Splatter

Candy Hearts were a New Jersey based pop punk band formed at the tail end of the 00’s and fronted by singer-songwriter Mariel Loveland. Best described as empathetic tragedies channeled through '90s alternative-soaked pop-rock, Candy Hearts did downtrodden and heavily introspective sentiments with bubbly, hook-filled inclinations like no other.

Their sophomore LP 'All The Ways You Let Me Down' was produced by Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory) and ranked by Billboard as one of the best pop albums of 2014.

Although they toured with pop punk heavyweights like Set It Off, Real Friends and The Story So Far as well as some stints on Vans Warped Tour, Candy Hearts have always aimed for ‘ Taylor Swift meets the Breeders’.

‘You Could Be Anyone’ is a collection of B-sides and rarities from 2010-2016, marking the 10 year anniversary of ‘All The Ways You Let Me Down’. Mastered By Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, ‘You Could Be Anyone’ is limited to 100 cassettes in purple tint. Candy Hearts will be reuniting to mark the anniversary at Fest in Gainesville this October. Although a decade has passed the message is still as clear and honest as possible to both fans and themselves. "I've always wanted this band to be completely true to ourselves," Loveland says, "That's just what our band has always been about."

Track Listing:
01. In & Out (Acoustic)
02. Anything
03. Last Summer
04. What You Want
05. Hiding From My Friends
06. I Want You
07. Tongue Tied (Acoustic)
08. Flashers Flashing
09. Cracks Beneath Closed Doors
10. Top Of Our Lungs (Acoustic)
11. Something’s Missing (Acoustic)
12. February 4th (Demo)
13. Maybe
14. Brooklyn Bridge (Acoustic)
15. Red Balloon
16. Things We Hate
17. Size of the Moon

Pressing Info:

First Press:
100 x Purple Tint Cassette

DROUGHT believes a better world is possible. The Bay Area band pulls inspiration from their personal lives and the spaces they inhabit, harkening back to the intimate DIY spaces where communities are built and confessional songwriting meets crowds that take part in their emotional catharsis. Their spirited performances have fostered new fans across the West Coast.

The quintet hardcore veterans formed in 2022, pulling from their diverse musical influences and ethnic identities to push a familiar sound in new directions. Although some members spent over a decade away from music, DROUGHT pulls no punches on their debut “EP,” which they recorded with Ryan Ellery (Mom Jeans, Self Defense Family).

“EP” explores the struggles of loss and the rites of adulthood in increasingly precarious times. They wrote “Oh Javelin,” for instance, while guitarist RJ Rabe was battling cancer and drummer Ray Avila’s father was ill, grappling with the existential question of how we spend our short lives.

Upon digital release in 2023, the three-track EP turned more than a few heads with its familiar-yet-wholly-new stylings perfect for fans of bands like Touché Amoré, Piano Becomes the Teeth, and mewithoutYou. Now DROUGHT will be releasing a 7” pressing of “EP” on Iodine Recordings for the first time later this year.

“When I was young, nothing felt more comforting than playing a record, poring over the liner notes and feeling less alone,” says vocalist Viggy Ram. “And while releasing it digitally was exciting, it felt fleeting. When someone gets a record or goes to a show, you're actually giving your art to them—the ephemeral becomes real. With this vinyl release, we hope these songs keep you company when you need them to.”

"With a sonic palette pulling from both classic screamo and post-hardcore, Drought are clearly aiming to capture a certain spirit." - No Echo

Track Listing:
01. MacArthur Station
02. Consequential Love
03. Oh, Javelin!

Pressing Info:

First Press:
120 x Candle Glow Amber
180 x Cake Frosting White

Second Press:
100 x Pitch Black
200 x Bubble Gum Pink

The late 90s were a bountiful time for metallic hardcore, and few did it like Drowningman. Formed in Burlington, Vermont, the band was a staple of the northeast, fitting in perfectly with fellow acts like Converge and Cave In. In Drowningman’s case, there’s a level of confidence on display in that early work that you wouldn’t hear elsewhere. They could get discordant and heavy as all hell, but finesse songs into more mellow affairs. Tracks like the standout "Sadder Than Saturday" show a level of songwriting that weaves between the extreme and serene. Blending noise rock, big room anthems and gigantic riffs, it’s been an if you know, you know staple among metalcore-heads for decades.

Now’s a perfect time for the new generation to dive in. Iodine Recordings is reissuing their debut album, Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline on vinyl, in celebration of the record's 25th anniversary. Originally released on Hydra Head Records, the album is a maze of angular riffs, total chaos and everything that makes metallic hardcore an essential genre. This new release also features two bonus tracks, originally from their split with The Dillinger Escape Plan. Nowhere will you hear the roots of metalcore come to fruition than on this album. Be it how Every Time I Die misheard a lyric from the record’s title track and making it into their band name, to the countless modern acts indebted to New England's fruitful scene, it’s a gem of a record that’s hard not to obsess over.

Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline features Simon Brody on vocals, Javin Leonard and Daryl Rabidoux on guitars, Dave Barnett on Bass and Todd Tomlinson on drums. The album was engineered by Joe Egan, mixed by Steve Evetts and mastered by Dave Merullo. Remastered for vinyl by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Jeromes Dream, Quicksand).

Track Listing:
01. Condoning the Use of Inhalants
02. High School Slow Dance
03. Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline
04. Sadder Than Saturday
05. Mail Order Kidney
06. Trouble Breathing
07. Supermarket Riot
08. Clothesline
09. My First Restraining Order (1999)
10. Like Taking out Stitches with a Fork (Needle and Thread)

In the late 90s, no one carried the torch for Youth Crew hardcore like Fastbreak. Formed in 1994, the Connecticut band quickly made a name for themselves in the New England area, thanks to their explosive approach to fast-paced hardcore music and unrelenting positivity. Their sound was a true successor to the upbeat style of bands like Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today. Their energy made them a staple in Connecticut hardcore, as they became a fixture playing alongside bands like H2O, Bane, Ten Yard Fight, Right Brigade, and more.

Despite their significant impact on the hardcore scene, Fastbreak's recordings had long been out of print and unavailable on streaming services. This is why Iodine Records is proud to re-release Fastbreak’s seminal debut album, Fast Cars, Fast Women. Originally released in 1998, every idea, riff, and rhythm on the record feels as fresh as ever. Songs like “Said and Done” and “Places Trades” are bursting with pure exuberance and energy. In a time when bands were getting darker and gloomier, Fastbreak was a breath of fresh air, bringing a more inviting energy to the genre.

Fastbreak’s ideas were extremely ahead of their time, predicting the future fusion of hardcore and pop-punk that would go on to take over the world. Their influence can be heard in countless bands that followed, blending the raw energy of hardcore with the immediacy of a positive attitude and approach. It’s a painfully underrated record, but thankfully, listeners now have a chance to realize just what was going on.

Fastbreak’s Fast Cars, Fast Women features Patrick Rorick on vocals, Steven Pica and Neal St. Clair on guitar, Don Raymond on bass, and Luke Garro on drums. The album was produced by Dean Baltulonis and mastered at Metropolis Studios.

TRACK LISTING:
01. 120 Bucks
02. At Times
03. Places Traded
04. Said And Donne
05. Learn To Forget
06. Should Have Known
07. No Problem Solved
08. Fast Cars, Fast Women
09. Where It Lies
10. Photo Finish
11. Hate your way
12. Could Not Try (Demo)
13. Thanks For Trying (Demo)
14. Should Have Known
15. For the Next Fall
16. All The Things

Pressing Info:

Red and Blue Racing Stripe Vinyl x 200
Black and Blue Smash Vinyl x 300
Blue Splatter Vinyl x 200
Yellow Splatter x 200
Nova Red Vinyl x 100

The classic emo/indie-rock album from Florida's Further Seems Forever is back in print for the first time in 20 years. Featuring the late Jon Bunch (Sense Field) on vocals, the 20th Anniversary Edition was repackaged and remastered with a deluxe gatefold jacket and a retrospective essay about the making of the album. Also includes three bonus acoustic tracks recorded in 2004. Available on vinyl from Iodine Recordings and select indie retailers.

Track Listing:
01. Light Up Ahead
02. Hide Nothing
03. Already Gone
04. Someone You Know
05. Make It A Part
06. All Rise
07. Call On My Life
08. Lead The Way
09. Bleed
10. For All We Know
11. Bleed [Acoustic]
12. Light Up Ahead [Acoustic]
13. Make It A Part / All Rise [Acoustic]

Pressing Info:

First Press:
100 x Half Yellow / Half Burgundy
100 x Yellow Marble (Smark Punk Exclusive)
100 x Red Clouds (Bridge Nine Exclusive)
100 x Burgundy Marble (Thirty Something Exclusive)
200 x Gold/Blood Twist (EU/UK Exclusive)
200 x Noise Cult Infinite Splatter
200 x Golden Sky (FSF Exclusive)
300 x Dusk Moon Phase (Tooth and Nail Exclusive)
300 x Light and Blood Smash

Second Press:
200 x Gold Nugget
800 x Gold and Crimson Swirl

Hassan I Sabbah was a short lived, yet legendary, Emo-Violence band that originated during a chance meeting of its core members in 1999 in Boston, MA who shared a love for bands like Heroin and Mohinder. Featuring members of Puritan, Prevail, and Forcefedglass, to name a few, the band started when Fall of Leningrad bassist Ryan Daniels met Tommy Davis. The lineup was rounded out by drummer Mike Justain and then sixteen year-old Forcefedglass guitarist Zac Davis, eventually coming to rest with Chad Pfeiffer of Puritan on vocals.

Existing for less than a year, Hassan I Sabbah canceled, or vanished, from more shows than they actually played and ended without ever releasing a full album - yet the ink they left in the ledger of New England Hardcore persists. They found their way to many basements and VFW halls coming up alongside and playing with genre defining bands such as Orchid, Jeromes Dream, American Nightmare, Saetia, and PG.99. There were more stories and tales of the band’s shows than there were recorded songs. Their influence and live performances were chaotic, powerful and the stuff of messageboard lore. After disappearing at the end of 2000, some members would go on to play in bands such as Unearth, The Red Chord and Madball.

‘Untitled’ serves as the defining document of Hassan I Sabbah, archiving all of the known recordings, photographs, and show posters, which took years to find and collect. This complete discography includes their self-titled EP produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge) at God City Studio, the split with Usurp Synapse, their track from Ghost in the Gears (Iodine Compilation), and a demo recording of “Not So In Tune With Shells”. The first four tracks were also remixed and remastered by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden (Deafheaven, Loma Prieta). The release is complete with a 12-page retrospective zine with thoughts and reflections from the band on their short history and is accompanied by photographs and poster art.

Although they were only active from October 1999 through August of 2000, the legacy of Hassan I Sabbah is a lasting one.

Track Listing:
01. A Shell of a Wooden Box
02. Watching The Eyes Of Someone Lying
03. Not So In Tune With Shells
04. I Carry Night Under My Arms
05. Yella Son, Cold Mourning
06. A Horse Never Goes Heartless
07. Fuck The Thinking That They're Living Some
08. Cut Fixed With Mud
09. Not So In Tune With Shells (Demo)

Pressing Info:

First Press:
200 x Oxblood inside Ghost w/ Splatter
300 x Oxblood/Bone Smash

Second Press:
200 x Any Color But Yellow
300 x Canvas Patch

Printed on Gildan Hammer (H000) T-Shirt

203g/㎡
100% Combed Ring Spun US Cotton
Heavyweight soft ring spun fabric
Modern classic fit tubular body
2.22cm rib collar
Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems
Grey pearlized tear away label
Taped neck and shoulders

New England has always served as a breeding ground for some of the most passionate and heartfelt voices in hardcore. Featuring members of Verse and Defeater, Love Letter are the latest powerhouse to join this esteemed lineage.

Everyone Wants Something Beautiful is an open window into insecurity and self-awareness. It is a deep-dive into generational trauma, its different forms, and the ways it can be projected onto others. We share a commitment to crafting music that is honest and powerful–that reflects our friendships, views, and shared musical journey over two decades. We believe every note and word must carry meaning and purpose. The musical vision for this record was to create a compelling backdrop for captivating and emotional storytelling. It’s honest, mature, and carries deep personal meaning for each member.

Guitarist Jay Maas (Defeater) has also produced countless records for other bands at Getaway Recordings in Massachusetts, including Bane, Counterparts, Title Fight and more. After being behind the scenes on so many quintessential records, Maas is back at the helm. “Having produced records for two decades now I've had the chance to work with thousands of artists, I’m grateful that this was my opportunity to pull together some of my favorite people who also happen to be extremely talented musicians.”

Maas tapped fellow founding member of Defeater, Andrew Reitz, to play drums along with guitarist Matthew Spence and fellow engineer and bassist Dave Alcan. The result is high-octane instrumentation paired with the poignant yet biting lyrics and vocals of Quinn Murphy (VERSE).

The debut LP’s first single “Misanthropic Holiday or Vacation” sounds like both warning and indictment, exploring ways we are expected to deal with the human condition in modern society. It seems to blur the lines of perseverance and begrudged surrender, crescendoing into a cathartic release that makes one feel both possessed and furious. It’s hard to stay sitting by the end of it.

There’s a notable freedom in the band’s songwriting, and their desire to push the limits of where heartfelt, emotive and heavy music can go is apparent with every note and word. Matched by a charged live show, Love Letter is sure to turn heads of fans of hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo and beyond. Everyone Wants Something Beautiful is available for pre-order now.

Track Listing:
01. New Anthemic
02. Wellness Checks and Dead Friends
03. Misanthropic Holiday or Vacation
04. Popular Memes
05. Unhousing Projects
06. Settlements
07. Meds & Taxes
08. Debilitating Self Doubt And The Will To Use It
09. Late Stage Harm Reduction
10. Panic Disordinary

Pressing Info:

Vinyl First Press:
200 x Ice Pinwheel + Splatter
300 x Sea Blue Smash

Vinyl Second Press:
400 x Blue Ghost Marble

Vinyl Third Press:
300 x Survival White
200 x Spence Purple

Printed on Gildan Heavy Cotton (5000) T-Shirt

180g/㎡
100% US Cotton
2.22cm rib collar
Classic fit tubular body
Classic midweight fabric
Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems
Grey razor tear away label
Taped neck and shoulders

“Will you die with your eyes open?”

Washington D.C.’s NØ MAN is a necessary and much-needed voice in modern hardcore. Formed in 2017, the four-piece punk band has been alchemizing the personal and the political from the jump. Composed of members from Majority Rule, the band’s current aims go hand-in-hand with their past, sonically and thematically.

Their upcoming album Glitter and Spit is the band’s third full-length LP, solidifying their furious hardcore into a weapon of a record. Album opener “Eat My Twin” twists and refracts a mid-tempo riff into a sonic hammer, cracking open the record’s heaviness to come. Singer Maha Shami has fully come into her own as a frontperson, snarling out the most vicious vocals of her career on “Poison Darts.”

As the daughter of refugees, returning home to Palestine included witnessing first-hand the casual atrocities inflicted on her family. Though written before the current conflict’s boiling point, Glitter and Spit synthesizes the 70+ years of systemic violence carried out against Palestine and her own lived experiences. From school teachers and classmates telling her Palestine doesn’t exist, to being humiliated by soldiers at checkpoints when she visited her family, these many moments fuel the album’s lifeblood, coalescing on “Can’t Kill Us All.”

“They want to silence us,” Shami said at a recent benefit show in D.C. “We will be louder. We aren’t fucking going anywhere. Because Palestine will never die.” Glitter and Spit is a much-needed fire of an album, fueled by the anxieties and anger of the now, erupting in a cathartic inferno.

The band’s members Matt Michel (guitar/vocals), Pat Broderick (drums) and Kevin Lamiell (Bass) helped lay the foundation for hardcore and screamo in Majority Rule from 1996 to 2004. Alongside the band, vocalist Maha Shami has been a longtime friend, giving a “cameo” guest vocal performance on Majority Rule’s “Packaged Poison” in 2004. When Majority Rule reunited in 2017 to perform multiple benefit shows, it ignited a desire to keep creating, and no one was better equipped to step in as front person than Shami.

Their energy and spirit have brought them together on tour with bands like Portrayal of Guilt, Darkest Hour, FAIM, Entry and more. In 2023 they collaborated with former tourmates and fellow iconoclasts The HIRS Collective on the song “Sweet Like Candy.” They’ve also contributed to Secret Voice’s (the label of Touche Amore frontman Jeremy Bolm) compilation Balladeers, Redefined.

Glitter and Spit was recorded and mixed by Matthew Michel at Viva Studio, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

Track Listing:
01. Eat my Twin
02. Glitter and Spit
03. Poison Darts
04. Eye Spy
05. God’s Neighborhood
06. March of Ides
07. Can’t Kill Us All
08. Monument to Pleasure
09. Burning Skulls
10. Damaar

Pressing Info:

First Press:
100 x Purple Cloudy
100 x Mint Green (Indie Store Exclusive)
150 x Glitter Splatter (Noise Cult)
250 x Spit Purple and Green Smash
250 x Burning Skulls Gold

Second Press:
100 x Can't Kill Us All Flag
200 x Black / Red / Green Splatter
300 x Dust & Blood Smoke