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THISCLOSE- The Price We Pay 7” ep (Noise Punk 009)
Hot on the heels of their debut full length album and recorded as part of the same session as “one foot in the grave” comes a new devastating 7” by the mighty Thisclose. On two of the songs the band take an “Ignorance/The More I See” approach to their songwriting whilst the final song sounds like it could have been on the b side of an early Discharge ep, all with an amazing powerful "Hear Nothing" like production courtesy of Tommy “Clay” Duffin. The icing on this punk rock platter is without question the unique vocal style of Rodney Shades, loved by many, loathed by even more, Thisclose is not a band people feel indifferent about. Whilst stylistically this is not really fitting with other Noise Punk releases, MrWanky could not miss an opportunity to release something by his favourite British band. 300 copies, white vinyl, stickers, heavy duty card cover and a free plastic bag.

https://soundcloud.com/noise-punk-records/thisclose-the-price-we-pay-unextended-version-noise-punk-009

FUCKER007: v/a - "Wish You Were Beer!" postcard flexi
Who Killed Spikey Jacket? and NYC's Sad Boys contribute one unreleased track each of beer-fueled Pogo Punk to this unique flexi release. Sad Boys bring you their trademarked Noise Pogo you know and love and WKSJ? bring you sing-a-long Pogo with a nod to the classics with "Beer Stormtrooper". The record itself is a 5x7, full-color mailable postcard with the grooves of the record actually cut into the laminate. The back side of the record is a blank cardstock postcard with a writable surface, handstamped by Noise Punk Records, who are exclusively distributing this release in the UK and Europe, please note we only have 50 copies.
Limited to: 500 Worldwide

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Canada

The Wankys upcoming tour of Canada.

Bleak Life Fest in Ottawa on Saturday 3^rd May https://www.facebook.com/events/559316894156663/?fref=ts

Toronto on Friday 9^th May 

https://www.facebook.com/events/228837190651285/?fref=ts

Montreal on Saturday 10^th May

https://www.facebook.com/events/665266906849975/?fref=ts

General Speech Vol.6

Noise Punk Records (and our recent releases) got a really good write up in the latest issues of General Speech Fanzine, which you can obtain from http://generalspeech.storenvy.com/ and possibly LVEUM in the U.K.

Other news is that I have copies of the Nu-kle-er Blast Suntan- Arms of Static 7" ep available for free (with any other order) or £1 plus postage when ordering alone. I have one new release that I'm working on right now, more details to follow.

The Wankys gigs Spring and Summer 2014

The Wankys are pleased to announce that we have not only found a new bass player but will be back gigging/touring from Spring 2014. We’ll be starting off with some gigs in England, then we’ll be off to Canada, followed by a trip Scotland including a stop off in Sheffield on the way.

Friday 11th April, London, England at the Grosvenor with Thisclose, Paranoid, I Like Bugs and Blatoidea. £5 on the door.
Saturday 12th April, Leeds, England at The Wharf Chambers with Thisclose, Paranoid, Skiplickers, I Like Bugs and Endless Grinning Sculls
Saturday 3rd May, Ottawa, Canada at Bleak Life Fest at House of Targ.
Friday 9th May, Toronto, Canada at S.H.I.B.G.B's with Silent Order.
Saturday 10th May, Montreal, Canada at the Catacombs, with Silent Order.
Saturday 19th July, Wee Fest, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland.
Saturday 26th July, Dublin, Ireland.

If you would like us to play in your City/Country then drop us a line and we’ll see what we might be able to sort out. Contact is as usual wankys@hotmail.co.uk

People tour dates

Sun 29th Dec- ???
Mon 30th Dec - Power Lunches, 446 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AE
Tue 31st Dec- The Lughole, 160 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 4RE
Wed 1st Jan- Stuck on a Name, Roden House, Rodan Street, Nottingham, NG3 1HJ
Thu 2nd Jan - Maguire's Pizza Bar, 77 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, L1 2SJ
Fri 3rd Jan –The Fox & Newt, 9 Burley Street, Leeds, SL3 1LD

News.

No mailorder for a while (Disorder LP's are here, waiting on other stuff).

People U.K. tour dates to follow shortly.

People re-press

Out now is the repress of the People- Ausentic Oral Communication LP, this time on purple vinyl with a full colour pro-printed A3 poster for their upcoming UK tour and of course the lyric sheet/thanks list from the 1st pressing. Talking of which a few distributors still have copies of the 1st pressing; Soap and Spikes (USA),  Bong/NFL (Holland) and Viral Age (UK). Individual copies of the re-press are available from myself for £8 plus postage and Wholesale is through Noise Punk Records and La Vida Es Un Mus.

It’s the first time one of my releases has had the demand for a 2nd pressing, which I’m particularly pleased about and am hoping that they will sell. You may not be aware but People are probably the best contemporary punk band and people (no pun intended)  who live in the UK are fortunate enough to be able to see the band as they are touring the here in December 2013/January 2014. I also call on all Europeans with impeccable taste in Punk Rock to invade the shores of the UK in support of People. It’s the last time this line-up of the band will be doing anything so don’t miss this opportunity! Tour dates to follow soon.

Other news is the Wankys- Still Love the Noise 7” ep is still available for both individual sales and wholesale. The band are not gigging right now but have been busy (as a two piece) writing new material for our upcoming split 12” with Chaos Channel.

Noise Punk Records will be distributing the Lotus Fucker/ Exit Hippies split LP in Europe and I will also have and the new Chaos Channel 7, Nekromantiker LP and the Disorder- Distort Bristol LP in the distro. Watch this space

A look at PEOPLE.

This review come from the Trakmarx blogspot, which is ran by a guy called Jean Encoule, who's involvement in Punk Rock and music journalism goes right back to the early days of punk. It is so cool that he is still super excited by contemporary music and is yet one more person who realizes that the band PEOPLE are one of the best bands going right now. Check out his blogspot and  Internet based fanzine, especially the Gary Moloney interview. http://trakmarx.com/ I should take this opportunity to mention that the 2nd pressing of the People LP will be here very soon.

If there’s anything approaching a cult band left on this planet in the age of interweb intrusion, it’s People – residents of Oita City, Kyushu Island, Japan. People have existed in one form or another since 2007, releasing one seven inch, a clutch of cassettes and CDRs, and two vinyl LPs.

The first of those LPs – ‘Fairy Tale’ – was a pressing of the band’s legendary demo tape of the same name on Damaging Noise Records – a label widely regarded as rather dodgy, to say the least. This value-judgement was seemingly upheld by the b-side to the vinyl pressing of ‘Fairy Tale’, a barely credible sub-aqua rehearsal tape session that should have been left on the cutting room floor. There are multiple twists and turns to this tale, as any student of People will attest, but, to cut a long story short, People are back, with a new line up, a new record, and a new label: Mr Wanky’s Noisepunk Records.

Entitled ‘Ausentic Oral Communication’ – the sophomore People album is an entirely different beast to ‘Fairy Tale’. If the latter was ‘Very Best Of Hero’ era Swankys worship, the new record mines ‘Never Can Eat Swank Dinner’. Gone is much of the distortion that flooded ‘Fairy Tale’, replaced with a rock’n’roll clarity that allows licks to burst forth from subdued fuzz in an altogether more garage approach. You’ll still find the odd Pistols riff lurking around, you may even hear a Tenpole Tudor reference or two, but you won’t hear any recycled PiL bass lines this time out. In other news, the vocals are more nuanced, the overall vibe more swing than swagger.

Pressed on highlighter yellow vinyl, and packaged with at least one eye on continuity from the artwork to ‘Fairy Tale’, ‘Ausentic Oral Communication’ is eminently flipable, and, like all of what has come before it in this column, has rarely hit the deck with out a rapid rewind. Mr Wanky assures us People are coming to the UK to play shows sometime in the near future, and, being a man of honour, as well as a thoroughly decent chap, I have no reason to doubt him on that score.

Some reviews of Noise Punk releases from MRR.

Of course if you don't know about MRR you should check out their website, or even better buy a copy of the magazine. http://maximumrocknroll.com/ Or pick a copy up at our wedding.

The Wankys- Still Love The Noise ep

New release on R.T.P. records, individual copies are GB£4 plus postage, wholesale available from Noise Punk Records.
The usual contact wankys@hotmail.co.uk

4 song ep, 3 new and a re-recording of "please for fuck me", piss yellow vinyl, 300 copies.