The Endless Quest...

My last nine posts on here have been on clear vinyl Relapse Records releases that I picked up a few weeks ago.

Four years ago I picked up an Integrity split 7" with a band called Nothing.

Another record that I was given for free recently when I bought a bunch of Relapse Records releases was an album by a band called Bad Stuff.

When I purchased a bunch of Relapse Records recently, the seller was kind enough to throw in a couple of extra records that I didn't pay for.

Just over three years ago I picked up an album by Iron Monkey ('9-13'), which it turned out came out six years earlier.

Hot on the heels of my last two posts about Ceremony albums released in 2026 is another Ceremony record that came out a few years ago that I am finally getting around to listening to.

The last couple of years have seen me elevate my appreciation of Ceremony to a new level.

My last two posts (Deadguy & Staticlone) were 2025 releases from Relapse Records.

Yet another release from 2025 that I wanted to pick up on vinyl but it has taken me a while to get around to it is the debut full length from Staticlone, a Philadelphia band that feature George Hirsch and Dan Sausages from Blacklisted.

Another of my outstanding wants from 2025 was the 'Near-Death Travel Services' LP by the newly reformed Deadguy.

A few weeks ago the latest Dinosaur Jr LP dropped.

This post feels a little later than it should have been, as I spent most of July and August listening to this record, so I'm not exactly sure why it's taken me until nearly the middle of September to put it up here.

I feel like I started a whole bunch of new collections these past couple of years.

Here's another release from last year that I only got around to spending some time with this year.

Back at the start of the year I picked up a Skin Yard LP, hot on the heels of picking up their Sub Pop 7".

Another one of my new(ish) collections that I started these past couple of years is Strike Anywhere LPs.

Back on 17 October 2025 I placed an order for the latest Youngblood Records release.

Did you ever completely ignore a record and make a conscious decision not to listen to it, only to then change your mind 35 or so years later?

This is the third post in a row in a mini series of old Epitaph Records releases that I have stumbled on in recent weeks.

My last post asw about the band Coffin Break, and I mentioned that after recent discovering two of their albums released in the early 90s by Epitaph Records, I decided to look at the label's discography to see what else they had put out that I had never h…

Another Sub Pop 7" that I was missing was the Coffin Break 7".

I'm slowly continuing with my Sub Pop collection.

Even though 2026 is almost two thirds done, I'm still chasing records for 2025 releases that I didn't manage to pick up in the year for various reasons.

I bought some records from someone a few weeks ago and he was kind enough to throw in this 4 song 12" EP for free.

The last few months I have been digging into the Dischord catalogue and exploring some bands I'd never been interested in previously.

In late 2024 I picked up a record by Chat Pile.

One of my current projects is to own at least one copy of every Dwarves LP.

There are some bands that I have never been remotely interested in checking out for various reasons.

Here's another Sub Pop band that I got around to checking out recently.

It was getting on for three years ago that I picked up my first copy of the Nirvana 'Sliver / Dive' 7", which ended up kickstarting an interest in old Sub Pop releases, and which is a journey that I am still on.

Anyone who has followed this thing for a while knows that Dinosaur Jr are one of my favourite bands.

Back in 2023 I started another collection whilst on holiday in Florida.

I remember abuot twenty years ago realising that I didn't want to attempt to collect Bad Brains records.

A couple of years ago I picked up a lot of early Sub Pop 7"s, and it has hugely shaped my listening habits ever since.

Last year I visited RevHQ and, amongst other things, saw a test press for a new release by a band named Birdlegs.

My recent interest in exploring the SST Records catalog a little further led to someone offering me a compilation LP titled 'Duck & Cover'.