RUN AWAY NOW, YA HEAR?!!!

So from here on out please do not use this page to see Self Aware things. We have a new website which puts everything in a nice little category and doesn't spread it out through multiple sites. The site is under construction but definitely works...

http://www.selfawarerecords.com

What is up?!!!

Not much been going on recently. Finishing up issue #6 of Self-Aware Zine and trying to plan out the new releases on the label front but not much else. I've been tied up with moving and working a lot and definitely haven't been focusing as much as I need to.

Bandname is slowly working on their 7" but sadly things were slowed down a bit by Jeremy's getting in a pretty bad van accident. From what I hear he is healing up all right but his health is a bit more important than recording so things are going a little slower. Get well soon Jeremy!!!

We have all the tracks together on the Meth Mountain discography tape just have to finish up the artwork and get all the lyrics together and a few loose ends. Might be out in April if all goes as planned.

Check out the bigcartel for our distro and make sure you pick up copies of the Just Die!, Lowbrow, and Meth Mountain records while you are browsing.
I think that is it for now...

www.selfawarezine.blogspot.com
www.selfaware.bigcartel.com
www.mypace.com/selfawarezine (if you still have the space)

Just Die! "Garages and Basements" 7" Reviews

So this guy wrote this...

"I've been friends with Dave forever, including but not limited to our time together in Migrations. I can't believe this is the first time I've shared the stage with JUST DIE!, especially considering that the band's been at this for 4 years or so. I've had the shirts (I wore one of their shirts to our Greenville show, actually), the CDs, the stickers... I even got to sit in on a JD! practice in Dave's old house. I finally got to see the show and, holy shit, it was 25 minutes of war!

Intensity has many faces. Our intensity is the intensity of the living world. Wolves alope in the towering shadow of blinding glacial cliffs. A gazelle born with the speed and agility to elude predation before it has seen a single sunset. An eagle glides over a lake, not far over the water. The eagle knows the multitudinous fish beneath the water, but it patiently sails over a hundred - over a thousand - until the strike, and the strike is sudden. The chosen fish is in the talons, is in the air, is on its way to the nest of beaks agape and aimed to the sky in a prayer of instincts. Blag'ard's intensity is the intensity of a stock car on fire, its maniac driver still stomping the gas until the thing either explodes or grinds to a halt. JUST DIE! is the intensity of a severe thunderstorm racing through a modern city, an arsenal of donder and blitzen and hail and slashing rain to deafen and blind and destroy you - and then be gone. It leaves you refreshed, thrilled, fearless.

It's about the raw outpouring of emotion, bay-bee. It's about how good that feels, and every member of this tight quartet is celebrating some kind of release when they play. Dave churns the waters in the sky, slashing the innocent blue to a serious gray, and Josh's bass rolls the big cloud along in a groove-heavy gallop. Heavy crackle from Matt's SG, lethal riff lightning that dances within the cloud and sarcastically backhands the radio towers. All along, Steve - human size and very human - is running down the empty streets of the city in the pouring rain, laughing his ass off in unrestrained joy.

It was kind of like that and it was nothing like that. Lo, the people did mosh and there was one dude who knew all the words and celebrated along with the band - all unrestrained joy and fucking grins and shared microphones and this is what rock and roll is all about, you see? It's a shared experience, and JUST DIE! is a band that loves to share. What they have for the world is more than just hard core - is more than just drums + guitar + bass + ranting - it's release, and they brought enough for everyone."

-Corby, Afraid of the Bear Blog



Other Reviews...

"Here's a six-track EP of super energetic hardcore from that open-minded oasis in the Deep South known as Asheville. Geographically caught between the melodic emo capital of Gainesville, Florida, and the hardcore beatdown spots of the East Coast cities to the north, JUST DIE captures these two sounds in an impressive blend that really works. The band is tight, with killer guitar licks and great drumming, and the singer has an especially conspicuous, raspy voice that carries them one step above the pack of current hardcore sounds. Think of a slightly tougher STRIKE ANYWHERE or a slightly more emo version of CARRY ON, and you'll get the idea. I can see these dudes getting big." -BG, MAXIMUMROCKNROLL 320

"Furious, speedy hardcore that didn’t forget to pack the melody along before it explodes out of the gate at a hundred MPH; strong songwriting and definite nods to everything from ‘80s skate rock shredding to soaring choruses reminiscent of Hot Water Music. A hell of a six song 7” by this band from Asheville. I’m glad I got exposed to them." –Jake Shut, Razorcake (SELF AWARE/DEAD END)

If you are interested in picking this up then email us at selfawarezine@gmail.com or pick it up from our webstore. if you use paypal in the US then send $5ppd.

Jan. 27, 2010

I head the new demo(s) from the Bandname sessions that will become their Self-Aware 7" and I am super stoked. If you haven't heard this band then you are in for a real treat. They released a CD/tape of their demo "Insert Hear" in 2009 and toured on it with their good pals Algernon Cadwallader. Their journeys together took them to across the east coast, down to FEST and into my heart. If you like WEEZER or ELVIS COSTELLO then this could be your bag. You have to see them live to really appreciate it though.

http://www.myspace.com/bandnameb4tv



On another note, I updated the Bigcartel site so you should be able to get most of our releases off of that page if you are interested. We have numerous 7"s and a plethora of CDs and LPs on that page under the distro category as well as all of the Self-Aware releases you haven't gotten around to picking up.

http://www.selfaware.bigcartel.com

Jan. 22, 2010

So I had promised myself that I would update more frequently but I did not. Issue 5 of the zine is still available so pick it up while you can. We are currently working on the new issue for an early spring release so for the time being just hold on to your butts. We are still working on a slew of new releases, one of which we are trying to work the kinks out on before we announce it to the world. The CDEP from Sidetracked seems to be chugging along at a snails pace but it will be out. Bandname has decided that they do not want the demo rereleased and are instead working on a new 7" while also working on an LP. If all goes well possibly by spring we can see something from those sessions. Just Die! is getting lots of good reviews with their 7" and you can still pick that up from yours truly. Lowbrow recently played their return show after not playing for about six months and are currently working on new material for what might be another 7"!!!

In other news, Meth Mountain, whose 7" "Monotony" we silently co-released with Lunchbox Records and Made In Kansas is breaking up. We will be releasing a discography cassette that has the "Drugs Rule" demo tape, "Gentrificat" cdep, "Monotony" and their newest unreleased songs from a session they did with our good buddy Marshall W. You can pick up their last recordings at their last two shows (Feb. 17th and 20th) until we are able to compile everything for the discography.

Lastly, we are once again using the Bigcartel site as our webstore until we can sort out all the kinks in our site. check it out here
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YOU CAN PURCHASE OUR RELEASES FROM THESE DISTROS...
Grave Mistake
Sorry State
Stick Figure
Tank Crimes
IFB
Lunchbox
Vinyl Junkie
No Way
Ebullition

Dec 25, 2009

First of all Merry X-mas!!! Secondly I wanted to bring you this update to let you know about the awesome review that Just Die! just received in the new issue of Maximum RocknRoll!!!!





"Here's a six-track EP of super energetic hardcore from that open-minded oasis in the Deep South known as Asheville. Geographically caught between the melodic emo capital of Gainesville, Florida, and the hardcore beatdown spots of the East Coast cities to the north, JUST DIE captures these two sounds in an impressive blend that really works. The band is tight, with killer guitar licks and great drumming, and the singer has an especially conspicuous, raspy voice that carries them one step above the pack of current hardcore sounds. Think of a slightly tougher STRIKE ANYWHERE or a slightly more emo version of CARRY ON, and you'll get the idea. I can see these dudes getting big." -BG, MAXIMUMROCKNROLL 320

Dec. 13. 2009

So we added 15 new items to our distro. You should check it out. XMAS is coming and if you order a gaggle of goodies we will cut you a break on shipping and the costs of many of the records in the distro. If you email exactly what records you want then we will work out something. Here is our updated list...

Bandname "Insert Hear" CD ($1)
Jiyuna "The Devil..." CD ($3)
Control De Estado "s/t" 7" ($4)
Merkit/Ressurectionists "split" 7" ($4)
Her Breath On Glass "Sofy Major" 7" ($4)
The Ladies "s/t green" 7" ($4)
Nightstick Justice "s/t" 7" ($4)
Wasted Time "No Shore" 7" ($4)
Government Warning "Arrested" 7" ($4)
Cloak/Dagger "Kamikazes" 7" ($4)
Time to Escape "Cost of Living" 7" ($4)
Cross Laws "Ancient Rites" 7" ($4)
Under Al Kritnik "Insomnia" 7" ($4)
Double Negative "Raw Power" 7" ($4)
Shitty Limits "Espionage" 7" ($4)
Government Warning "Paranoid Mess" LP ($8)

On top of all of that we only have 5 LOWBROW RECORDS LEFT. So buy it from us while we can.
Just Die! records and we still have copies of Meth Mountain newest 7". CONSUME!!!