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The Ink & Dagger catalog

Posted by Loren on October 5, 2025

The Ink & Dagger catalog
The Ink & Dagger catalog

Trust Records will reissue the entire catalog from Ink & Dagger, both digitally and on physical formats. The vinyl is set to release on Oct. 31.

Ink & Dagger: The Complete Works Includes: Drive This Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart, The Fine Art of Original Sin, Ink & Dagger, and Experiments in Nocturnal Sound and Energy: Singles 96-99.

A 3-night celebration of the hand will take place in Philadelphia, PA in honor of late frontmat Sean McCabe, who passed away in 2000.

The catalog will release as 3 standalone albums, plus a deluxe edition box set which ships next March.

The band formed in 1996, forged by Sean McCabe (Crud is a Cult, Mandela Strike Force) and Don Devore (Frail, The Icarus Line, The Lilys), with a rotating support network that included members of Guilt, Prema, Frail, Dave Wagenschutz (Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Paint it Black), Gregg Foreman (Delta 72, Cat Power), Eric Wareheim (Elements of Need, Tim & Eric), Josh Brown (Crud is a Cult, Lenola), and Jennifer Layne Park.

Ink & Dagger Live Dates: 

Oct 30: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ! (Tickets)
Oct 31: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church # (Tickets)
Nov 01: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church * (Tickets)

! Paint It Black support
# Deadguy support
* Soul Glo support

The Ink & Dagger catalog
The Ink & Dagger catalog

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