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Red Scare at age 15 (and a new comp)

Posted by Loren on August 9, 2019

Red Scare at age 15 (and a new comp)
Red Scare Industries: 15 Years of Tears and Beers

Red Scare Industries has announced a new compilation to celebrate the label's fifteenth anniversary. The record features 15 unreleased songs, including new material from Sundowner and Sincere Engineer, plus cover songs perfmed by Broadway Calls and Brendan Kelly.

Of course, that's just the start, with more from Copyrights, The Brokedowns, MakeWar, and other artists on the label. (Full track list below.)

Red Scare Industries: 15 Years of Tears and Beers will be available Sept. 27.

In other label news, Red Scare will soon release an anthology from Seattle's Sicko.

Red Scare Industries: 15 Years of Tears and Beers Track list:

01. The Copyrights “Maine or Oregon”
02. Sincere Engineer “Dragged Across the Finish Line”
03. Broadway Calls “Sunday Morning”
04. Sam Russo “The Window”
05. Elway “High Drama, Low Comedy”
06. The Bombpops “East and West”
07. Garrett Dale “Dead Body”
08. Tightwire “AYL”
09. Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds “All I Hear Is Static”
10. Ramona “Yeah Again”
11. MakeWar “TJ”
12. The Brokedowns “Thinking With The Lights On”
13. Sundowner “Bleed Together”
14. The Lippies “Acid Head”
15. Billy Liar “The Escapist”

Red Scare at age 15 (and a new comp)
Red Scare Industries: 15 Years of Tears and Beers

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