Sorry state newsletter: October 1, 2025

This week our ROTW is the new Destruct / Svaveldioxid split, and we also have the new Haram LP, which is a total mind-blower, Lama’s self-titled LP (one of my favorite Finnish punk records), new hardcore punk from Norway and Finland, and plenty more.

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New and Recommended Punk & Hardcore Ragers!

  • Shakti: S/T 12” (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • London Clay: Private View 12” (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Scarab: Burn After Listening 12"
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • LiFE: Ossification Of Coral 12" (tour edition)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Stabber: S/T 7"
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Haram: ليش الجنة بيتبلش في الجهنم؟ Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell 12"
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    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Cristø: Fragments of the Inferno cassette
    Vendor
    Self Released
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00
  • Nineteen//Nineteen: Discography 7"
    Vendor
    25 Diamonds
    Regular price
    $15.00
    Sale price
    $15.00

Recommended Reissues

  • Descendents: I Don’t Want to Grow Up 12” (banana peel vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Vendor
    Org Music
    Regular price
    $28.00
    Sale price
    $28.00
  • Descendents: I Don’t Want to Grow Up 12” (Punk Note Edition) (PRE-ORDER)
    Vendor
    Org Music
    Regular price
    $28.00
    Sale price
    $28.00
  • Circle Jerks: Golden Shower of Hits 12" (PRE-ORDER)
    Vendor
    Trust Records
    Regular price
    $30.00
    Sale price
    $30.00
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy 12" (40th Anniversary Edition; gold swirl vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Red Dons: East / West Collection 12"
    Regular price
    $26.00
    Sale price
    $26.00
  • Lama: S/T 12"
    Vendor
    Svart Records
    Regular price
    $30.00
    Sale price
    $30.00
  • Generation X: S/T 12"
    Regular price
    $30.00
    Sale price
    $30.00
  • Las Ánimas Del Cuarto Obscuro: S/T 12"
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00

recently restocked

  • Negative Charge: S/T 12"
    Regular price
    $24.00
    Sale price
    $24.00
  • The Observers: Collection 12"
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    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Lùlù: S/T 12"
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    $25.00
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    $25.00
  • Träume: Wrzask 12"
    Regular price
    $25.00
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    $25.00

more of this month's best sellers

Home Front: Watch It Die 12" (PRE-ORDER)
Regular price
$25.00
Sale price
$25.00
Dark Thoughts: Highway to the End 12"
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$20.00
Sale price
$20.00
Subhumans: Demolition War Demos 2x12"
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$38.00
Sale price
$38.00
Deletär / Skizophrenia: Split 7"
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Sold out
Sale price
$12.00

new on la vida es un mus and sealed records

JJ & the A's: Rhetoric of Trash 12" (PRE-ORDER)
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$25.00
Sale price
$25.00
Ameretat: S/T 12" (PRE-ORDER)
Regular price
$25.00
Sale price
$25.00
Las Ánimas Del Cuarto Obscuro: S/T 12"
Regular price
$25.00
Sale price
$25.00
Traidora: Una Mujer Trans Sin País 12"
Regular price
$25.00
Sale price
$25.00

new sorry state t-shirts in stock

Our friend Bungee from Personal Damage drew us a new Sorry State t-shirt! We have sizes small-4XL in stock now, so grab yours now!

Recommended books, zines, and other reads

  • Punk Flyer Archive 1975-1980 Book
    Regular price
    Sold out
    Sale price
    $35.00
  • Punk Flyer Archive 1980-1990 Book
    Regular price
    Sold out
    Sale price
    $35.00
  • Punk Flyer Archive 1990-2000 Book
    Regular price
    Sold out
    Sale price
    $35.00
  • Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History Of American Hardcore Music book
    Regular price
    $35.00
    Sale price
    $35.00

new on sorry state

Illiterates: Does Not Compute 12"
Regular price
$18.00
Sale price
$18.00
Knowso: Hypnotic Smack 12"
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$18.00
Sale price
$18.00
Plasma: Mua Et Voi Omistaa 12"
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$20.00
Sale price
$20.00
Fugitive Bubble: What Will Happen If We Stop? 12"
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$20.00
Sale price
$20.00

new arrivals

  • Terminator: Identity 12"
    Regular price
    $22.00
    Sale price
    $22.00
  • Danzig: Demo 1987 12"
    Vendor
    Euro Import
    Regular price
    $20.00
    Sale price
    $20.00
  • Shakti: S/T 12” (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Scarab: Burn After Listening 12"
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • London Clay: Private View 12” (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Descendents: I Don’t Want to Grow Up 12” (banana peel vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Vendor
    Org Music
    Regular price
    $28.00
    Sale price
    $28.00
  • Descendents: I Don’t Want to Grow Up 12” (Punk Note Edition) (PRE-ORDER)
    Vendor
    Org Music
    Regular price
    $28.00
    Sale price
    $28.00
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy 12" (40th Anniversary Edition; gold swirl vinyl) (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $25.00
    Sale price
    $25.00
  • Cursive: Domestica 12" (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $22.00
    Sale price
    $22.00
  • Cursive: The Ugly Organ 12" (PRE-ORDER)
    Regular price
    $22.00
    Sale price
    $22.00

latest used items

  • Sidetracked: Surrender To Failure CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $5.00
    Sale price
    $5.00
  • Sidetracked / Audodidact: S/T Split CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $5.00
    Sale price
    $5.00
  • Zeke: Death Alley CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $12.00
    Sale price
    $12.00
  • Goblin: Volume II 1975-1980 - Hits, Rare Tracks & Outtakes CD
    Vendor
    used
    Regular price
    $8.00
    Sale price
    $8.00

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