Petey - USA - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Mj Lenderman is the project of Asheville native, Jake Lenderman, whose 'Boat Songs' was released to wide acclaim on Dear Life Records in 2022. Now Dear Life is proud to offer a vinyl reissue of MJ's 2021 tag debut, 'Ghost of Your Guitar Solo,' a collection of nine songs recorded and performed entirely by Lenderman, and one live band track. The record was written and recorded quickly, songs often being fully constructed and recorded within frenzied single day sessions. Songs were born out of freewheeling jam sessions with his roommates, with Lenderman often freestyling lyrics that would later become the foundations of the finished songs. Lenderman would write 20 disconnected lines a day, scrapping most of them but preserving a few to be used later. This process aided in what became an extremely prolific writing period for the artist in the spring of 2020. The record sounds like country music being played by a noisy punk band, unkempt and imperfect like the characters in his songs. Here, Lenderman broadened his lyrical scope beyond solemn introspection, adding humor to scenes larger than his own life. He points to authors Harry Crews and Larry Brown as inspirations, both of whom were southern, self-taught writers who balanced empathy, humor, and darkness. This leads to the erosion of the line that separates humor and sadness. The resulting songs are about over-indulgence and drug/alcohol abuse, full of self-loathing and pity while celebrating the absurdity of it all.

Petey USA -InchThe YipsInch. Petey USA's new album The Yips, produced by Chris Walla the creative force of Death Cab for Cutie, delves into the concept of Inchthe yipsInch - a loss of confidence that hinders peak performance. Set in a fictional dive bar, The Yips Tavern, the album paints scenes of patrons reclaiming their lives through shared struggles. Each song captures a conversation happening at tables in the bar, reflecting how this yips phenomenon affects everyday life. EXPLICIT.

Vinyl LP pressing. Fronted by pro-skater Riley Hawk (son of Tony Hawk), San Diego, CA's Petyr play crushing psychedelic hard rock just the way you like it. Steeped in equal parts hard rock and skateboarding, the band draws influence from the likes of Japanese psychedelic masters Flower Traveling Band, the hardness of Black Sabbath and the vibe of hometown scene godfathers Earthless. Petyr delivered a killer self-titled debut in 2017 and now follow it up with new high-water mark Smolyk, a compelling annex of heavy psych/skate soundscapes.