Red Collar “Pilgrim” LP red vinyl silk-screened jacket (w/ metallic ink)
Red Collar “Pilgrim” LP red vinyl silk-screened jacket
Red Collar “Pilgrim” CD
RED COLLAR TO RELEASE PILGRIM ON LIMITED EDITION VINYL ON DEC. 1ST VIA LOOSE CHARM RECORDS
PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW
PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION DEAL INKED WITH SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS
“This Durham, NC band follows up their promising initial EP with an even better debut album, injecting the EP’s anthemic, post-hardcore sound reminiscent of Fugazi and Mission of Burma with a healthy dose of blue-collar Springsteen rock, a natural fit for the band’s class-conscious idealism, expressed in catchy songs with bristling guitar hooks and shouted gang choruses.” – KEXP.org
Red Collar will release a limited edition vinyl version of their acclaimed debut album Pilgrim on December 1, 2009 via Loose Charm Records. The 500-copy run will be hand-numbered red vinyl packaged in screen-printed sleeves, and the first 100 copies will also be printed with metallic silver ink. The original album sequencing has been reworked to present more of a Side A/Side B feel and while – due to space – the record will contain only nine of the 11 album tracks, every copy will come with a download card for all 11 tracks in addition to one bonus track, a cover of Jawbreaker’s “Jinx Removing.” A pre-order is available now on Red Collar’s website and via Vinyl Collective, and will also be at the band’s show at the Troika Music Festival in Durham, NC, on November 7th at the Trotter Building (11:30pm set time). Full Pilgrim vinyl track listing is below.
Side A
1. The Commuter
2. Radio On
3. Tools
4. The Astronaut
Side B
1. Pilgrim
2. Rust Belt Heart
3. Used Guitars
4. Tonight
5. Catch A Ride
Additionally, Red Collar has inked a physical distribution deal with Suburban Home Records. Now Pilgrim – which has previously been available only digitally, by mail order through the band’s website, and at their shows – will be sold in stores nationwide. “We here at Suburban Home are excited to be distributing Red Collar’s album, Pilgrim. The band works hard and their live show is jaw-dropping,” said Virgil Dickerson, owner of Suburban Home. “It has always been our idea to help artists who are already doing great things on their own to get records into stores and homes all over the world. We hope to see the band do even bigger and better things and hope to be there to help them accomplish those milestones.”
Red Collar is renowned as one of the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Triangle area’s finest bands and self-released Pilgrim in February of this year. Intelligent, evocative, and hard-hitting, the album showcases the band’s visceral energy while also revealing their songwriting skills and gift for hooks – facets sometimes easily overlooked when a band is so well-known for their ferocious, kinetic live shows. Pilgrim has received praise from KEXP.org, RCRD LBL, Playback STL, Jersey Beat, BlogCritics.org, and the Philadelphia Daily News, among many others, with MagnetMagazine.com remarking, “The North Carolina natives are known to play each show like it’s their last, and their studio sound doesn’t fall short. Red Collar’s debut album, Pilgrim, gives you everything there is to love about rock.” A video for album track “Hand Up,” which the band made themselves with handheld camera footage from a hometown show this past July, is also now online here.
We are excited to work with Red Collar and hope to help them find more fans across the world. We will soon be posting a full album stream of the album as well as videos. The record is great and the band has so much great stuff happening.
