HANDSTAND RECORDS P.O.Box 110398
***************** Brooklyn, NY 11211
USA
www.handstandrecords.com
www.handstandrecords.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/handstandrecords
www.twitter.com/HandstandRecord
Start : 2000 (in VA, USA)
Owner : Will Cole
Distr. : US - Dischord
Style : screamo / sludge metal / hardcore / hardcore punk / post hardcore /
punk / indie rock /
Handstand Records is an independent DIY record label from Brooklyn, New York run by
Will Cole. Originally just a distributor, Handstand became an official record label
in 2000. It always has and always will be an independent label that emphasizes art
over business and community over commodity.
History
HANDSTAND RECORDS started out like many other punk rock labels as a vehicle to release
my own music. As a high school student in Alexandria, VA in the late 90’s, I had put
out a handful of tapes over the years, but never had a consistent name to go by. I
had also been gradually building up a mailorder distro which operated under various
monikers, including Tron Distribution and Homemade Waffles.
In 2000, while I was attending college in Charlottesville, VA, I started looking
into pressing CDs for my current and former bands (EXCITEBIKE and THE INFERTIL,
respectively). The artwork and layout was handled in typical do-it-yourself fashion,
which involved lots of cutting, stapling, and numerous trips to Kinko’s. After these
two CD releases, my buddy Joe sent me a four-song recording of a project he was
working on, but was having trouble funding an official release. I loved the songs
and decided it would be just as much fun to release music from my friends as well
as myself. Thus, the first IN ARCADIA EP was born.
Now that I had a couple CD releases out, I decided it was time to tackle my primary
fetish: vinyl records. Enter the Northern Virginia thrashers CRESTFALLEN. I had been
friends with these dudes for years, and we had always talked about doing a record
together. They had already agreed to release their CD on Magic Bullet Records, but
we all agreed that a proper vinyl LP was in order. I helped oversee the entire
process, from recording to layout to production.
Early 2004 saw the move of Handstand Headquarters from its native state of Virginia
to the big apple of New York. I spent a year in Manhattan attempting to cram my
extensive distro and all my computer and music equipment into a tiny studio
apartment. Skyrocketing rent expenses prevented a new release until February of 2005,
when I moved to a larger, cheaper apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I started
a band called OLDE GHOST almost immediately and was finally able to release IN
ARCADIA’s first full-length CD, as well as a couple vinyl releases for OLDE GHOST.
Now that I have a handful releases under my belt, I have no intention of slowing
down. I am currently expanding my distro catalog, while planning new releases of
my current musical endeavors, as well as those of friends. I’m not trying to be the
biggest label or distro, or even the best for that matter. I just want the music
that I love to be available at a reasonable price to those who want it. Handstand
always has and always will be an independent label that emphasizes art over business
and community over commodity.
Will Cole
https://handstandrecords.com/about/ febr.23, 2019
HND 01 THE INTERTIL DISCHOREOGRAPHY CD 02.2003
1 Dearly Departed
2 Misfire
3 Camp Pain
4 Commies Are Bad
5 It's Fear
6 Officer Friendly
7 The End Of Roofies
8 Flashpass
9 Mary And Child
10 Fuck Texaco, Those Fat Racist Bastards
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HND 02 EXCIREBIKE:BEAK/SCOOP/BULGE/STRETCH/SLICE/ADD/SUBRTACT CDEP 12.2000
1 If And Only If
2 Standard Candle
3 Car Crash Song
4 Voltron
5 Clocktower
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HND 05 CRESTFALLEN STREAKS OF TERROR LP 08.2002
A1 Nine To Five RSVP
A2 Beyond Recognition
A3 Never Say Never!
A4 Scouring For Any Signs Of Life
A5 Pecking Order
B6 Seen And Not Heard
B7 Biting Your Tongue Off (Instrumental)
B8 Disappearing Act
B9 Eternal Nightmare
(Note : LP , 800 copies total)
CD Magic Bullet MB 034 US 2002
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HND 07 IN ARCADIA : IF IT BLEEDS, WE CAN KILL IT CD 06.2005
1 Olson Twins Pornography 2:22
2 Leaving Orlando 3:03
3 Super Teeth 2:56
4 Megadeth Fiero 4:27
5 There’s No Crying In Baseball 2:55
6 Fathom The Brig'uns 3:57
7 Bitch, You Ain’t Got No Old Navy Jacket 3:34
8 Domino, Motherfucker 4:27
9 Fuck A Bunch Of Friendship 4:57
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HND 11 OLDE GHOST TOTALLY 7" 07.2007
1 Echo
2 Wasteland
3 Souls for Less
4 It's a Curse
5 Run Get Away
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HND 13 OLDE GHOST USE YER ILLUSION 3'N'4 12"+DLc .2010
RL 29
A1 Fatalists
A2 Burn Pile
A3 Cop Out
A4 Drop Dead City
B1 Schadenfreude
B2 Golden Flow
B3 Temporary Refund Adjustment
B4 Quiet Down
(Note : 12" , 45 RPM , white vinyl)
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HND 17 OLDE GHOST TOP SERPENT 7" .2011
A1 The March Of History
A2 Erie Street
B1 Academic Bubble
B2 Grinding Halt
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM , test pressing)
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HND 19 FLESH EATING CREEPS : THE BOOK ABOUT THE MOVIE CS 09.2015
(COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1995-2000
HND 19 FLESH EATING CREEPS : THE BOOK ABOUT THE MOVIE 58MP3 09.2015
(COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1995-2000
Last Recording Session
A1 Academy Award 1:00
A2 Exorcising The Southern Ghost 1:34
A3 Muddy Waters 1:17
A4 Run 1:26
A5 A Clean Shirt & A High School Diploma 1:01
A6 The Gods Must Be Crazy 0:46
A7 Charlie Daniels Band 0:55
A8 Name Drops In The Bucket 1:33
Live On WNYU
A9 You're Everything That Sucks About America 1:12
A10 Lakewater 1:05
A11 Fuck It Up, Richmond Style 1:21
A12 Physics 1:01
A13 Rendered Spineless 0:56
A14 Lovelace 1:25
A15 Bullshit Vein 1:04
A16 www@armageddon.com 1:38
A17 Theme From "Midnight Cowboy" / This One's For
The Bottom-Feeding Scenester 2:07
A18 The Brutal Blizzard Of '96 1:12
The Aggression Of Progression 12" Compilation
A19 This One's For The Bottom-Feeding Scenester 1:33
A20 Rendered Spineless 1:51
4-Way 7" Compilation With Lewistown, Tri-State
Killing Spree, Our Time
A21 Fuck It Up, Richmond Style 1:30
A22 The Brutal Blizzard Of '96 1:30
Outtakes From Fall '98 Session
A23 Lovelace 1:55
A24 Fuck Your Friends, Every Single One Of Them 0:56
A25 "Unfinished Song Jon Wrote" 2:09
A26 Gown Vs. Town 0:47
7 Songs On 45 With Gullible Zine #14 7"
A27 Fuck Your Friends, Every Single One Of Them 0:50
A28 Bullshit Vein 1:12
A29 Thanks, Asshole 0:55
A30 www@armageddon.com 0:57
B1 Lovelace 1:57
B2 Widow's Peak 1:01
B3 Lakewater 1:31
Outtakes From 7" Session
B4 Happy Now?! 1:10
B5 It Doesn't Matter 1:42
B6 I Wish I Could Say I Don't Give A Shit About You0:49
3-Way Split 7" With They Live, The Infertil
B7 Why Haven't I Got Beat Up Yet? 1:12
B8 I Wish I Could Say I Don't Give A Shit About You0:56
B9 Gown Vs. Town 0:38
B10 Happy Now?! 1:10
Tour Demo Tape
B11 You Shitheads Are Expendable 1:05
Live At The 180 Club In Hagerstown, MD
B12 Gown Vs. Town 1:12
B13 Sample From "Black Roses" 0:33
Second Demo Tape
B14 You Shitheads Are Expendable 1:11
B15 YM Y Me? 0:22
B16 It Doesn't Matter 1:51
B17 You All Along 2:29
B18 Co-Ed Murderer 2:16
B19 In Your Eyes Written By – Circle Jerks 0:47
B20 Fuck It Up, Richmond Style 1:44
Outtakes From Second Demo Tape
B21 Deadeye Dick 2:01
B22 Teenager In A Box 1:24
Watch Us Go To Work: RVA Punk Nation Cassette
Compilation
B23 Never Say Never 1:36
First Demo Tape
B24 Introduction 1:03
B25 Surf Nazis Must Die 1:34
B26 People I Hate 2:16
B27 Recluse 1:43
Practice Tape
B28 YM Y Me? 1:08
(Note : 100 hand-numb. copies)
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HND 23 MUTANT SCUM FIELD RECORDINGS CS 09.2015
A1 Rise And Slime
A2 Sick Bay
A3 Sludge Castle
A4 The Nightmare Of Being
A5 Out Of The Sewers, Onto The Streets
A6 Black Mayonnaise
A7 Atomic Scum (Unlisted Track)
B1 Rise And Slime
B2 Sick Bay
B3 Sludge Castle
B4 The Nightmare Of Being
B5 Out Of The Sewers, Onto The Streets
B6 Black Mayonnaise
B7 Atomic Scum (Unlisted Track)
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HND 29 MUTANT SCUM MUTANT SCUM LP+DLc 02.2019
HND 29 MUTANT SCUM MUTANT SCUM 10MP3 02.2019
A1 Mutant / Scum 6:00
A2 Rise And Slime 2:37
A3 Dirt Bath 4:00
A4 Sludge Castle 3:17
A5 Cognitive Pollution 4:05
B1 Out Of The Sewers, Onto The Streets 3:25
B2 Scabpicker 4:04
B3 Caesium-137 6:22
B4 Black Mayonnaise 3:30
B5 The Nightmare Of Being 3:58
Sludgy metallic punk played by mutant-human hybrids spawned from the Brooklyn sewers
... an environmental cautionary tale of sorts. 10-song LP comes on radioactive slime
green color vinyl, plus full color gatefold jacket and download code.
533 copies pressed on slime green color vinyl.
https://dischord.com/release/HND29/st-62
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HND 31 CASUAL BURN MEAN THING LP .2019
1 Purity Standard
2 Wrong Song
3 Get Up
4 Mean Thing
5 Ask Me
6 Fiction
7 Baggage
8 I Don't Like Mine
Casual Burn are a femme-fronted punk band from the swamps of New Orleans, whose debut
full length “Mean Thing” is a haunting punk rock stomp with goth and surf undertones,
sludgy downshifts, and a few noisy freak-outs.
https://dischord.com/release/HND31/mean-thing
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