More Digital Leather giveaways announced for the new record “Modern Problems”
So in addition to the preorders giveaways we have already announced we have a few more things to add.
ALL preorders (and only preorders) will come with a digital download for a unreleased 4 song Digital Leather EP. One of the tracks features Jay Reatard.
We also added a grand prize- A copy of “Digital Leather – Blow Machine” glass mirror cover edition (limited to 19 copies) & A test press of “Modern Problems”
Also we continue to ask everyone to visit the writeup about the record on spins webpage. While at the page feel free to download the track “Young Doctors in Love” and also please click the share link and pass thing along via social media pages.
Digital Leather – Young Doctors in Love (from the upcoming album ‘Modern Problems”) posted on Spin today
Check it out. And if you can please share this via social media pages to help the band and label out.
You can also preorder a copy of the record in our store section.
Here’s a live video of “Thrill is Gone” from the record.
“Thrill is Gone” by Digital Leather | HN Live from Hear Nebraska on Vimeo.
Late 2011 Update
Got quite a Bit going on here we go.
Terror Visions The reissue of the late great Jay Reatard’s side project Terror Visions only LP “World of Shit” is now offically out. Total band catalog including the Original LP “Blood in America” 7inch songs, and 2 unreleased tracks. 180 gram wax, gatefold cover with tons of new pics
Digital Leather FDH is very happy to have Digital Leather returning to us for his next full length “Modern Problems”. I find the first full length since 2009′s “Warm Brother” to be a breath of fresh air. Alot more pop driven then anything done by the band in years and possibly in the bands entire catalog (even getting into some sort of digital powerpop ground in my opinion).We cant post any of the songs yet but will have one up not to far down the road. I can say its almost all new material. We started preorders today (in the store section of the page). We will be doing some giveaways (see below for more info) with preorders. This record is our next release and is expected out in Feb 2012.
Here is what Shawn Foree (Digital Leather) had to say
“I grew up in Yuma, Arizona (Guinness named it the sunniest place on Earth). It borders California and Mexico, where I spent a lot of time. Dropped out of high school pretty early, drifted around for awhile, then moved to Tucson and started taking classes at the University of Arizona. I have a degree in 19th century American Lit. Spent a chunk of college loan money on gear and got hooked on recording songs.
While attending, I met Jay Reatard through a mutual friend. Jay liked my stuff. Did some tours with him. Released several CDR’s, a self-titled LP and some singles. Put out a record on Jay’s label, Shattered. Later, with Goner, then Fat Possum among others. He and I were very close friends and big fans of each other’s music, often covering each other’s songs. My large catalog is in part due to trying to keep up with him.
I was in a destructive relationship and tired of Arizona. I moved to Omaha, Nebraska in 2009 after finishing Warm Brother (Fat Possum) and started an four-month tour with a newly-formed lineup. In 2010, after Jay died, I left Fat Possum. I decided I needed a change of scene so I seized an opportunity and moved to Berlin. That’s where the inspiration to do Modern Problems first came to me. The demo for “Soup” was recorded there. Berlin had a big impact on me. There is so much culture and life in that city. Spending time there with someone special made it even more amazing. I lived there over 3 months, then went on an insane month-long European tour. I flew back to Omaha hoping to work on my album.
Modern Problems is a narrative of the grieving process. I wanted to explore that universal experience with real ambition, so I created a kind of alter ego to relate the story of a loss, which is where the record starts- when the protagonist has lost a loved one and is in denial. He battles with despair and anger, vainly seeks hope. The final acceptance in “Door” comes reluctantly. I didn’t want to get too cerebral so I decided to keep the music itself upbeat and somewhat simple in order to complement the heavy topics.
For Modern Problems I took my time with the writing and just let life happen. The songs came naturally. I vocalized more on this record than in the past. My voice sometimes cracked like a pubescent teenager’s, but instead of covering that up I decided to just let it show. Actually, there’s no digital editing on MP. I wanted to keep it pure in that sense. Tracks were laid in one or two takes.
Modern Problems was recorded 100% on tape. By myself. In my home. I’ve recorded albums in all kinds of studios on all kinda of rigs. These songs needed a warm medium and an intimate setting to work and I had the set-up. At first I tried to distance myself emotionally from the content, but I found out almost immediately that wasn’t going to happen. This is personal stuff, and I hope it will strike a note with listeners beyond the catchiness and directness of the compositions.
I signed with Absolutely Kosher in late Spring 2011, but they made the hard decision to close their doors after 13 years of business. So I called up some friends at FDH (who released Jay Reatard’s synthpunk masterpiece World of Shit) and we decided to proceed. ”
Here are some promo items we will be doing a drawing for on any copies ordered before Jan 30th
Every Preordered copy comes with a download code exclusive 4 song EP. One of the tracks featuring Jay Reatard. You must preorder the record in order to get this)
Grand Prize – A copy “Blow Machine” glass mirror edtion LP (limited to 19 copies) & A test press of Modern Problems
First Prize – 50$ in FDH records goods and a test pressing of Modern Problems (international buyers please note additional shipping costs will come out of the 50$)
Second Prize – 25$ in FDH goods and a test pressing of Modern Problems (international buyers please note additional shipping costs will come out of the 25$)
Third Prize – A test copy of Modern Problems
Fourth, Fifth, & Sixth Prize – A free standard LP from FDH records
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, & Tenth – A free 7″ from FDH records
Black Bug Back in early 2010 we released the self titled LP from Black Bug. The pressing of 500 copies sold fairly quick. I recently came across a box of 25 copies without covers. I have made photocopied covers for the remaining copies and have them up for 8$ each now in the store. Dont miss these cause when they are gone I wont be getting anymore copies.
Crusaders of Love This French powerpop band will be releasing their follow up to the debut LP that came out on Douchmaster in 2010 with us. The album is just about finished and will be heading into pressing in early 2012. Here is a picture of the awesome cover art.
Poppets The lo-fi pop duo from Sweden will be making a return to FDH with a new LP in mid 2012. More info on this one soon.
Outer Minds This LP is still coming. Word on the street is the recording is in the final stages more info on that soon.
The future of FDH records
I took most of 2011 off from putting out records so I could really focus on making some changes to the label. We have rebuilt the webpage, sold off the distro, and moved. I did alot of thinking about the long term plan for the label. I have been doing this since Fall of 2003 and have done just about every format of releases possible. After some hard thinking I have decided that FDH from this point on will be LP only label (and maybe a 10″ or 2 down the road). My favorite format is the LP so I gotta go with what my passion is.
So with that said we have some very exciting news. After the offical release of the Terror Visions record (Preorders ghave mostly shipped expect to see them in stores and distros in early Dec) we have so exiting projects in the works. First in early 2012 we will have Digital Leather coming back to FDH (after a LP on Goner, Fat Possum, and Volar) with a new full length record. We also will be doing the second LP from Crusaders of Love who did their first LP on Douchmaster last year (one of my favorite records from last year). Also down the line we will be doing the first LP for Outer Minds from Vhicago (co-release witb Resurrection).
Stay tuned for exciting news on these and many more releases.
Terror Visions Preorder drawing winners.
As announced last month here at FDH we were doing a drawing for some free items with the preorder of a Terror Visions LP. Today we are glad to announce the winners. If you have preordered a copy of the record we will start shipping copies this week. If you are a winner congrats from FDH and we will be in touch about claiming your prize.
Grand Prize (50$ gift card and a test pressing of Terror Visions) – Florian Melchert from Goslar, Germany
Second Prize (20$ gift card and a test pressing of Terror Visions) – He Van Der Smitte from Eindhoven, Netherlands
Third Prize (Terror Visions test pressing) – Ryan Minard from Madison, WI
Fourth Prize (A free FDH LP and a Terror Visions Magnet) – Sebastian Baier from Hamburg, Germany
Fifth Prize (A free FDH LP and a Terror Visions Magnet) – Michael Espeland from Venice, CA
Sixth Prize (A free FDH LP and a Terror Visions Magnet) – Michael Cole from Stanfordville, NY
Seventh Prize (A free FDH 7″ and a Terror Visions magnet) – Jose Gomez De Andres from Madrid, Spain
Eighth prize (A free FDH 7″ and a Terror Visions magnet) – Federico Zanutto from Somerset, UK
Ninth prize (A free FDH 7″ and a Terror Visions magnet) – Allison Carse from Sisterville, WV
Tenth prize (A free FDH 7″ and a Terror Visions magnet) – Stephanie Brush from Nashville, TN
Thanks to everyone for the preorders. The in store date for this record is Dec 6th but all orders direct from FDH will ship ASAP.
Terror Visions – World Of Shit – Expanded LP – Preorder now and be entered to win free stuff
Back in 2007 FDH released the first and only full length record from Jay Reatard’s harsh electropunk project Terror Visions. World of shit was a collection of songs recorded between 2002 and 2006 as a outlet for songs Jay wrote that didnt fit with his current projects (Lost Sounds, Angry Angles, Jay Reatard). The record was released as a picture disk LP and CD limited to 1000 copies each. Within months we ran out of the LP’s and had only had the CD available.
We are very excited to announce a re-release of this record on vinyl. This reissue is really more of a band complete discography then a reissue. It collects the entire World of shit album (including 2 tracks that were originally CD only tracks), as well as the 2 tracks that were never released, one original and one Brian Eno cover (Baby’s on Fire).
For this reissue we had new artwork put together for a gatefold cover including a stack on uncirculated pictures of Jay. We went with 180 Gram black vinyl and had the tracks remastered to greatly improve the quality over the picture disk from a few years back.
As of now we are taking pre orders for this record. The records official release date will be Dec 6th, however we expect having the records in hand in late Oct and will mail all preorders out before the official release date. Also as a incentive FDH will be putting anyone that preorders a record into a drawing for many different items listed below. To pre order follow the store section to LP’S and you will find a paypal buy it now button or send snail mail to the address provided. I order to qualify for the preorder drawing we mist have your pre order before Oct 15th.
Preorder giveaway drawing
Grand Prize – A 50$ gift certificate for FDH records, and a copy of the Terror Visions test pressing ( test press limited to 10)
Second Prize – A 20$ gift certificate for FDH records, and a copy of the Terror Visions test pressing ( test press limited to 10)
Third prize – A copy of the Terror Visions test pressing (test press limited to 10)
Fourth Fifth and Sixth prizes – A free copy of any FDH record LP thats still in print (Terror Visions LP exculded), and a Terror Visions magnet (300 made for the original pressing of Terror Visions)
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth prizes – A free copy of any FDH records 7″ thats still in print, and a Terror Visions magnet (300 made for the original pressing of Terror Visions)
FDH LATE SUMMER 2011 UPDATE
After a very quite year here at FDH we finally have some updates about the future. I have taken some personal time to enjoy life and make some changes to the label. Here is whats going on.
1. We have the Terror Visions “World Of Shit” extended LP in the pressing plant now. We got the test pressings in and expect this record to come out in Nov. We will be doing preorders for this one and expect that to happen in the next few weeks. More info on that soon.
2. We have a few new guys working on FDH records with me. First we have a graphic design guy that will be working with us on a regular basis. Steve F did the Tokyo Electron “AZ-238″ lp design last year and is now putting the finishing touches on the new artwork for the Terror Visions LP. He will likely be working with me on more projects in the future. We also have this wonderful new webpage from our new web design guy Zach S. Im still looking for someone to do press releases / band writeups for the label. If you have any interest please get in touch.
3. Im in the process of moving. So till sometime in Oct please expect delays on record shipping.
4. Once I have finished moving and release the Terror Visions record we are planning on getting 2012 as a much more aggressive year of releases. We have some great records sitting here waiting to go into pressing and some other wonderful bands we are in talks with currently.
TERROR VISIONS “WORLD OF SHIT” EXTENDED LP
Back in 2007, FDH Records released the Terror Visions full length “World of Shit”. This project was a side project of Jay Reatard’s that recorded tracks over a 4 year span near the end of the Lost Sounds and the start of his solo career. This was Jays studio harsh electropunk project. The original release of World of Shit was a picture disk LP with 12 tracks limited to 1000 copies and a CD with 2 extra tracks (14 songs total). For this reissue we are including the entire world of shit recording plus 2 previously unreleased tracks, 1 original and a cover of “Brian Eno – Babys on Fire”. So this album will now be a 100% band discography. The album will be pressed only on vinyl (180 gram vinyl) and will feature a gatefold LP cover with new art. We are expecting to have this re-released in the November as long as everything goes according to plan. I normally don’t do preorders however I will be doing one with this. We will be having a drawing and giving away a few copies of the test pressing to folks that do preorder the record. Stay tuned for more info soon.
SPRING UPDATE #2
So last week when I made the spring update I forgot to mention one of the upcoming releases. A new 7″ for The Poppets! They are working on the recording now. That Poppets 7″ and the Maybe Baby 7″ are the next 2 things coming out. I’m expecting to get them both into the pressing plant in May. We are shooting to have them both out for both bands tours this August.
SPRING UPDATE
After a few months of taking it easy, it’s time to get things moving again. Here are some Updates.
Outer Minds – We are still on track to release this bands first full length sometime this year. This is a follow up to their 7″s on Hozac and Goodbye Boozy. I actually highly recommend checking out the Goodbye Boozy single. The band asked me to do that one originally and I told them forget the single lets do a LP. The band is working on recording the full length between touring in both this band and other bands.
Crusaders of Love – After seeing this band last year and hearing the LP on Douchemaster I knew I wanted to work with them. The have recorded some songs and will be doing some sort of record with me this year. We have talked about it possibly being a 7″ of their own or a split 7″. Im not willing to say what band the split may be with but I will say that their are shared members between Crusaders and this other amazing band.
Cum Stain – Heard this bands 7″ on Florida’s Dying and loved it right out of the gate. After then hearing the tape on Burger I knew I wanted them to do a FDH record. So a 7″ is in the works.
White Wires – After flipping my shit over their new LP I asked a freind for their contact info. Turns out one of the band members has been a loyal FDH fan for years. Its for sure a while down the road as the band has other commitments but a 7″ is planned for somewhere down the road.
We Aren’t Friendly – Sadly this is not happening anymore.
Maybe Baby – So for years I have not been accepting demos. The other day I got one from this band and figured why not give it a listen. Within hours it was decided that this was gonna be on FDH. 2 new songs to follow up the 7″ on Windian. These 2 tracks were recorded and mixed by Matthew Melton (Bare Wires / Snake Flower 2).
Demos – So after what has happened with Maybe Baby I have decided to take demos again. I dont take electronic demos so dont bother sending MP3′S or zip files. I had 1 harddrive fried from a demo that had a virus. If you would like to send a demo please see the contact info on the page.
