7" Records
($5.50)



LPR-039 Trainwreck Riders/Pine Hill Haints split 7''

West Coast Buzzards meet Tennessee Ghost Country Ramblers somewhere between the 1990’s and 1890’s. These two groups of friends trade songs that are in some ways very different sounding and in other ways perfectly complimentary. The Trainwreck Riders out of San Francisco offer two songs layered with heavy guitar and heartbreaking lyrics. Mixed with an addictive pace, you can’t help bob your head to it the next time they roll into town. Pine Hill Haints deliver a much more trimmed down approach. Choosing to highlight one string bass and accordion with fiddle, banjo, guitar and snare drum too, the Haints push the songs dark southern themes through their blend of old traditional string music and creepy punk rock roots. Both sides hold a perfect balance between having a good recording and still staying true to their rollicking live shows.(110 on clear wax and 440 on black wax)


LPR-038 New creases/It Good "Make up your mind'' split 7''
(Split label with No Breaks Records)

New Creases is a new band from Columbus, Ohio and they are going to be huge. It's for sure. These two songs are catchy as fucking shit without being overly poppy. If you like pop punk with female and male vox, this will make you shit your pants and feel great about it. On the other side is IT GOOD with Jordan from Rock Paper Stupid and 2009 (new band from NY). This side has three punk as fuck jams, including the kickass first song called Sho' Nuff. (400 of these records were made on black and some other colors of wax!)


LPR-037 TWEAK BIRD/ IT BURNS SPLIT 7''

Tweakbird backs out the lowered, interstellar Coup de Ville, rolls up the drugs with one hand, and crushes the outer spaceway. It Burns wipes blood on its jeans, pours sour mash in its wounds, and lights that cop car on fire. Bludgeoning astro-stoner riffs and tough-as-shit biker punk. ( 100 ON CLEAR WAX AND 400 ON BLACK!)


LPR-035 wide angles S/T 4 song 7''
(Split label with No Breaks Records)

This awesome band came out of nowhere, with their oldschool chicago sound. in the vein of ambition mission and old broadways. i think i hear a little jaw breaker in there too. for real this shit rips. Chicago isn't the only one with good bands, Elgin keeps spitting them out! 300 records were made on a mix of colored wax!


LPR - 034 Al Scorch "This Lonesome World"
(Split label with No Breaks Records)

Shit on the floor! Then put this record on, take a deep breath and enjoy 4 of the finest songs Let's Pretend Records has ever had the pleasure of releasing. 3 of the songs are just barely over a minute long with a triumphant closing track. Old timey banjo songs about getting high and stick your finger in a babies eye, with the speed and charm of punk rock. This record is on about 6 different colors of wax! Beautiful shades of pink, mint, deep blue, raspberry sherbert and shit. 500 records in all!


LPR - 033 Cruddy "Self-titled"
(Split label with Basement Screen)

A reductionist approach to the already minimal, CRUDDY's debut EP takes the angular angst of Wire and Black Flag and eliminates the negative space, compressing six songs into a dense, noisy brick of inedible fruitcake. Featuring members of Total Abuse and Party Garbage. Split release with the band's own Basement Scream imprint. First (and only?) pressing: 300 copies on black vinyl.


LPR - 032 Nighty Night "Belle"
Five small-town ramblers from deep in the woods of Carbondale unleash a set of toe-taps that exist somewhere between the AM and FM of whiskey hits. Nighty Night has stumbled upon the fist-pumps within swaying folk lullabies, leaving you with 3 dreamy, reverb-covered fairy tales. (500 Pressed/400 on Black/100 on White. 32 Test Press Editions w/ Different Cover)


LPR - 029 Vacation Bible School/Bi-Furious Split

(Split Label with Lucky Gator Records)
two kick ass bands from the chicago land area, both bands packing in as many songs as possible on there side of the record. vacation bible school cutting their songs way short for a change and going balls out! boner bending stuff! bi-furious, with lyrics of true wisdom and songs about being a boy and having a weenie, smoking bongs, and how the news really does fucking suck. if you're one pissed off kid who still lives with your parents, this one for you!


LPR - 028 It Burns

(Split Label with Beercan Records)
This record will have you pissing in your pants and send you crying home to mommy. Fast, heavy, kinda hard-core, kinda rock n roll, and some ripping guitar solos that will make you remember why satan is so fucking cool. Songs about shitty landlords, bike rides, pizza parties, getting the fuck out of there town (carbondale, IL) and only doing things that are fun. very solid punk rock record! (400 records were pressed on black wax!)


LPR - 027 Blotto/Conniption Fitts/Sass Dragons/Prohibition

(Split Label with ADD)
Four original, unreleased tracks by each band, following the time-tested-and-true formula of Snuffy Smiles. Pretend that Japan wasn’t another continent, that it fit right in place of California, and these bands could van pool to the other parts of America. Blotto: Ask, “Who is the Japanese Bruce Springsteen when they slow down”? Would they sound like The Tim Version? Yes. A little bit, but with sake instead of whiskey. Kampai! Conniption Fits: Channeling underground Orange County punk rock that too few folks know about, in the vein of The Pegs and The Drips: crunchy, punchy, guitar-driven rock. Sass Dragons: A Chicago-an Dwarves-style hardcore—with a Black Sabbath hiccup—by three dudes who aren’t that tough but have a more-than-significant-amount of chest hair between them. Prohibition: From the Minnesota of Japan, a song that’s both Blitz and Replacements and neither and both at the same time. Just imagine them in Viking helmets and tight underwear playing in your front room. Record stuffs: Pressing of 500, all mixed color.


LPR - 026 Sass Dragons/The Brokedowns Split
(Split Label with Cassette Deck)
Three fucking marvelous songs by both bands. One cover song by both bands. brokedowns cover ''full on idle'' by the breeders and sass dragons cover ''andre young'' by jimmyassmunch's former band, "the puppies"! they were punk fucking legends and do not forget it! Millions of brain cells were killed in the making of this record. this record will have its spot in punk rock history. Chicago is very lucky to have these two bands. (600 records pressed on black wax!)(2nd pressing. 400 pressed on candy apple red wax, new altered full-color covers, and new insert designed by Dan Powers)


LPR - 024 Screaming Females/Full of Fancy Split
A split 7 inch from two of New Brunswick, NJ's finest, Full of Fancy and Screaming Females. The disc has two exclusive tracks from each of these female fronted power trios. All the songs were recorded at The Hunt Studio. A very creative yet cute pop punk sound comes blaring off the full of fancy side. As for the screaming females, very few bands can pull off the music these new jersey sweet hearts are creating. Ripping guitar solos, catchy lyrics and a crucial funky beat! (first pressing 400 copies on 48 gram black wax! 2nd pressing 100 on clear wax with inverted covers and 300 on black wax!)

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LPR - 023 Das Kapital "Punk House Heaven"
When listening to this band you obviously know they're from Chicago, with their punk rock anthems and steady sound. Title track "punk house heaven" is about past and present punk houses visited by these fine young gents. "Damn I'm fucking drunk!" The other two songs are very good, powerful, punk hits. If you want to know what it's like to be a lowlife in Chicago, check out this record. Fuck you up and get high. (Two hundred records pressed on mustard colored vinyl.)


LPR - 018 Shang-a-Lang "Summertime" 7"

Split label with Dirt Cult Records

4-songs of gritty DIY pop punk from Las Cruces! Songs about seasonal depression, saying whatever you feel like saying, giving up on relationships, and questioning why the fuck you even try sometimes. But it's got a catchy beat and you can dance to it! 1st pressing 300 on black wax! 2nd 200 or so on white wax! 3rd and final pressing 300 on black!


LPR - 017 Conniption Fitts "Shart Sandwich"
Scuzz-filled garage rock left soaking in the trashy puddles behind the discount liquor store somewhere deep in the belly of Southern Illinois. 4-songs for the teenagers with bad mustaches drinking ethyl alcohol in the alleyway. (300 records pressed on recycled wax!)

LP's
($9.00)



LPR-042 Shanghai River "Binary code will Enslave all of Humankind"
(Split Label with ADD)

Punk rocker Ben Snakepit: zinester, manager of the second largest video store in America, and now, for the very first time, lead singer/guitarist of his own band: Shanghai River. Roll out this tanning bed of knowledge, take off your clothes, and bask in Ben's good, old-fashioned stick-pin tattoo-style advice to live by: "If you don't make your own gasoline, that's not punk"; "Stop drinking when blood comes out of your butt"; and "No body wants to fuck you when you get too fat." The Socrates of the now-punks? Only time-and the beard growth-will tell.
Previous/current bands: The Sword, Bloodbath And Beyond, J Church, Chicken Catchatory, Ghost Knife, Party Garbage For fans of: Swiz, J.Church, Leatherface, TV Carnage, tattered, heart-felt vocals
COMES WITH DOWNLOAD CARD
512 pressed (3 green, 11 mustard, 96 clear yellow, 103 clear blue, 299 black)



LPR - 036 2009 "The Future is Soon"
(Split Label with No Breaks)

Formed from the ashes of Rock Paper Stupid, Daniel and Jordan continued writing songs together and when it came time recorded about 20 songs each switching vocal and instrument duties. "The Future Is Soon!" features 18 of those tracks recorded at 141 Moreland ( Atlanta, Georgia ) and mixed and mastered at Revolution Sound ( Chattanooga, Tennessee ). Each album cover is hand painted and screened on a recycled album cover! This is a must have for any fan of the Chattanooga punk scene, Rock Paper Stupid, ADD/C, Trash Train, Friday Knight, Queerwulf, or Giant Bags Of Weed.

10"s
($8.00)



LPR-41 The Reaction "we have nothing to lose but boredom''

10 songs, 10 inches. Songs range from driving GARAGE PUNK to clatterous mayhem to free group improvisation to gentle ballads about hurricanes. Although diverse, WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT BOREDOM never loses it's flow. Featuring members of 50 MILLION and THE KIRBY GRIPS! ( 500 pressed, 400 black and 100 clear)

CD's
($6.50)


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LPR - 020 Spokesmen "Self-titled" EP
Carbondale Grime Rock trifecta. Like if those hosers in Fugazi and Hot Snakes got nasty speedball habits, locked themselves in the basement of the house down the street that the pigs won't go to if called, and laid down 9-tracks to help themselves from getting dope sick. 300 copies with screenprinted digi-packs.


LPR - 019 Sass Dragons "Bonkaroo!"
(Split label with Johann's Face)
This 16-song full length from your favorite Chicago hearth throbs will have you creaming in your pants and wanting more. I don't know if punk rock gets any better than this. Songs about bong rips, hating your job, and getting boners and how deadly they can really be. If you're sensitive this is not for you.


LPR - 016 Prizzy Prizzy Please "Self-titled" Full Length
Prizzy Prizzy Please sound like what Fugazi would have sounded like if Ian McKaye were backed by members of Prince’s Revolution and Parliament on drugs — a relentlessly punky attack that defies any real characterization. 9 song s/t mini album! 1st pressing 1000 cds in jeweled cases! 2nd pressing 1000 pressed cds in packaging assembled with love!

Tapes
($4.00)



LPR - 040 Prizzy Prizzy Please "Chroma Cannon"
(Split label with Joyful Noise Records)
In an overzealous effort to make the best of unemployment, Prizzy Prizzy Please have gone plaid with Chroma Cannon. With a 30th century aesthetic, the album rockets through hyperactive hits that blend melodic noise punk (reminiscent of Parts and Labor, Lightning Bolt) with the spirit of fourth-quarter pump-up jams by Van Halen and the E Street Band. Though Chroma Cannon prominently displays Prizzy Prizzy Please’s technical prowess, the songs are thematically fixated on science fantasy and humor. The song “Pacific Garbage Patch” is a fictional first-person tale of a shopping bag surfing the waves to join the rest of his buddies in the Pacific Trash Vortex(1); and “Large Hadron Collider” is the story of ambitious Swiss(2) physicists who have an epiphanic encounter with a man from the future who warns them not to flush the Earth into a black hole. (200 tapes pressed.)


LPR - 030 Nocturnal Feeding "Some Terrestrial Device"
Teenage sexscapes and psychodramas in the dusty haze of cheap highs. Las Vegas is a dark place especially when channeled from Bloomington, Indiana through the dirty mouth of the desperately self-medicated. This dude'd rather be in a tranced-out sludge metal band called "Deformed Birth", but, admittedly, does not have the chops for it. This is acoustic in a way that makes everything seem unpromising and gives you the feeling that something real bad's about to happen. 100 copies, or so, or whatever.


LPR - 025 Adam Wagner/Rosie Schilling Split
This is a neat split tape featuring Adam Wagner on whiskey side and Rosie Schilling on weed side. Adam's side is 7 songs; three old-time traditional songs, three originals, one instrumental. Acoustic, banjo, porch sittin', whiskey drunk songs about heartbreak, cocaine, and fuckin' up. He's got the voice of too many cigarettes and cheap booze. Rosie's side is charming, simple, attic organ music. Relax, smoke a doobie, chill out. To end the tape is a collaborative song with Adam on banjo and Rosie on that organ, a creepy little number that makes you both shiver and sweat.



LPR - 022 Crow's Feet "Concertina"
Crowsfeet is the solo expedition of Tommy from Shang-A-Lang. His concept for the cassette "Concertina" was to add depth and space to acoustic songs without burying them. With straight forward lyrics and angsty undertones stemming from punk roots, "Concertina", is in most ways an experimental tape, measuring where the line is, if any, that bounds singer-songwriters to genre.

CD-R's
($3.00)



LPR - 13 Bi-Furious "Are Stoked!!!" E.P.
Recognize Bi-Furious sluts! The kinds of things that make Bi-Furious stoked and influence their song writings are self-loathing antics, smoking crack, and getting your head trampled in a circle pit. If you haven't grown hair on your balls yet, listen to this and it will be your Rogaine Balls out! That's all I can say.


 

 

 
 

----------------------COMING SOON! --------------------

SUMMER!.............................
LPR-043 new creases demo TAPE
LPR-044 DEAD DOG ''don't judge me'' 8 song LP and TAPE!
LPR-045 Brickfight / Liarbirds split 7''
LPR-046 VACATION 7'' (split release with sidejar)

FALL / WINTER....................................
LPR-047 LANDLORD/ AL SCORCH split 7'' "tribute to DEAD MOON"
LPR-048 Peter Stubb/ Nocturnal Feeding split 7"