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Two storied avant alchemists collide on this split 7″ as Jason Urick offers his first new sounds since the I Love You LP on Thrill Jockey and Co La pours out his first since his LP with NNA Tapes.

Pre-order this limited seven inch right here.

We are proud to announce the debut vinyl release from Flock of Dimes, the solo project by Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak. The single is called “Prison Bride“, and will be backed with “I Can’t Tell You Why (screwed mix)”.

The release will be limited to 500 copies on orange vinyl, with packaging design by Rose MF Chase featuring photos by Jana Hunter. More details, including a tour with Sharon Van Etten, are right here.

Our tape dubber has been running non-stop. Its latest yield is a split by Brendan Sullivan of Weekends and New York’s Human Resources.

Get the Brendan Sullivan / Human Resources cassette right here.

Also new to the shop is a c20 from Secret Mountains called Winter Sessions. The cassette features three new songs by the Baltimore band recorded in Brooklyn at Converse’s Rubber Tracks studios.

Order the new Secret Mountains tape and/or download it right here.

We’ve also re-dubbed a few titles that were previously out of stock, including Secret Mountains’ Rejoice, Jake Lingan’s Labor of Love, Soft Cat’s Wildspace, and the original Friends Records 2010 compilation.

New tapes on the way from Vlonde, Dave Jacober, and more.

To kick off 2012 we’ve got a stack of new cassette releases to dub, and a handful of vinyl in the works. The tapes begin with Jake Lingan’s Altra and Novo Line’s maxi single dubbed Roll of Ramses.

More new tapes and vinyl are on the way and include recordings from Oxes, Co La, Jason Urick, Microkingdom, Water Karaoke, Holy Tongues, Brendan Sullivan, Human Resources, and some more surprises.

Friends Records is proud to announce it’s second annual compilation, thirty new songs from Baltimore offered as a limited double-cassette package or as a free digital download that’s due out on Thanksgiving Day.

Over two hours of new and unreleased work from Celebration, Future Islands, Dan Deacon, Flock of Dimes, Jason Urick, Oxes, Dustin Wong and Molly Siegel, Co La, Weekends, Soft Cat, Secret Mountains, Witch Hat, and a lot more. More info is right here.

Baltimore’s Oxes are back in action, with their first U.S. releases since 2005 due out on Friends Records before year’s end.

Oxes – Crunchy Zest by friendsrecords

The Bile Stbudy 12″ is due out on November 22, and you can snag the first single “Crunchy Zest” above. More surprises from Oxes are to come, including another vinyl release. Pre-order Bile Stbudy right here.

We are excited to announce a new LP, Witch Hat’s vinyl debut Brown in a Dog. This Baltimore trio creates a blunt and grotesque form of punk rock tom-foolery, and FR015 is their finest example to date.

Witch Hat – Blood People by friendsrecords

Friends Records will also be releasing a split 7″ with Zomes (Asa Osborne of Lungfish) and Witch Hat that will feature an exclusive single from each. The 7″ split is limited to 300 copies, while the new LP is limited to 500. Both are out in August, and more info can be found right here.

We are proud to announce the vinyl debut from Moss of Aura (Gerrit Welmers of Future Islands). The Wading LP will be made available in August, and it will feature 11 new songs, including “Titan”:

Moss of Aura’s entire back catalog will be made available leading up to the vinyl release, shared and archived on cassette. Stay tuned for more Moss of Aura as the summer wears on, more info and songs are here.

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