Hello to all. Went to go see the very last Romance of Young Tigers shows last week at Blind Bob’s in Dayton, OH. Really sad that they’re breaking up, but the show was incredible. They’ve still got a couple things that are yet to be released. We will be getting some copies of their live CD-R that will be released by Allergic to Fun.

Anyway, on to business. Sorry for the long silence. We’ve had a lot of things going on behind the scenes over the past months. We relocated for the summer, have been working on the details of some releases to be pressed soon, and have also been planning some stuff for later on down the line. We’ve also been working on finishing up the layout for the Murkhouse feature that will be included in the next issue of Bad Acid magazine along with the Murkhouse sampler we’ve assemble for the mag. More on that soon. We have added quite an amount of new items to the shop over the past weeks, though, and here it is assembled in one list:

CD/CD-R:

Aalto – Aalto CD-R (Centre of Wood, 2008) – mysterious folk music from the forests of Finland

Maurizio Bianchi & Sparkle in Grey – Nefelodhis CD (Cold Current Production/Musica di un Certo Livello, 2007) – collaborative album between this Italian pioneer of noise music and the Italian experimental post-rock band

Bohemian Grove – Age of Retrogression CD (Hyperblasted Recordings, 2008) – epic, modern black metal from Greece

Celeste – Nihiliste(s) CD (Denovali Records/Sons of Vista, 2008) – filthy sludge/hardcore meets black metal by this French horde

The Coma Lilies – Memento Mori CD EP (Denovali Records, 2008) – epic and gorgeous instrumental art rock (?) – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Corpoparassita – Inesorabile CD (Final Muzik, 2007) – oppressively dark ambient/industrial music from Italy – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Dhul-Qarnayn – Jilwah CD Single (Shaytan Productions, 2008) – one half-hour track of mysterious middle-eastern folk/ambient from Bahrain

Kraken – Kraken CD EP (D7i Records, 2007) - 3 guitar assault of sludge/punk/hardcore from Quebec

Líam – Journey… Two Years and a Fragment CD (Pest Productions, 2008) – post-rock meets black metal and funeral doom from this German band

Mariae Nascenti – Raise Your Paw to the Sky and Break the Truce CD (Final Muzik, 2007) – experimental emotional music from Italy, including a great cover of Slowdive’s “Dagger”

Milanku – Convalescence CD (D7i Records/Le Tigre Records, 2007) – heavy, emotional, and sludgey post-hardcore/post-rock from Quebec – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Phoenix Bodies – Too Much Information CD+DVD (Shove Records, 2008) - 2-disc set containing early recordings and live performances of this chaotic hardcore band from Indiana

Teho Teardo – Tower/Microphone CD (Final Muzik, 2005) – ambient album including material originally commissioned by the Italian contemporary art festival Hic et Nunc in 2005

Vinyl:

Un Quarto Morto – Annusarsi, Scegliersi, Lamentarsi 7” LP (DIY Conspiracy, 2008) – 9-track 7” of fast and aggressive Italian hardcore/punk, including a Nerorgasmo cover

Cassette:

Vomikaust – Filth Demo Tape (self-released, 2009) – raw and crusty blackened thrash metal from Florida

As usual, we’ve got cover art, full reviews, and links to hear samples for all of these in our webshop. If you have any questions, email us at murkhouserecordings@gmail.com. We’ve got a lot more items coming to add soon!

Thanks for reading!