Fat Wreck Chords has launched a pre-order for an upcoming vinyl reissue of Strung Out‘s EP, The Element Of Sonic Defiance. This release marks the first time it will be available on vinyl and commemorates the 10th anniversary of Element which was released in 2000, shortly after the apocalypse created by the Y2K bug. Jake Burns and Jordan Cruz commented on the album and it’s meaning to the long-running band:

The Element of Sonic Defiance was a very special and important album in the progression of Strung Out. We can remember writing it and feeling like we had no limits or boundaries on us and that it was the most dynamic stuff we had written up ’til that point. It may have seemed like a big change to our fans but it really was an honest extension of a lot of the stuff we were doing on Twisted By Design, as well as our first recording with Chris. At the time it seemed like a lot of people didn’t quite get it, but now it’s become a cult classic to a lot of our fans. It’s for sure an album we’re all quite proud of and we wouldn’t change nothing about it. We’re happy that it’s finally coming out on vinyl for all our fans that still love records.

Colored vinyl pre-orders have begun and can be found here.
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Agent Orange have announced a run of dates in June with support from D.I. and Juicehead.

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The Cure have launched a stream of the 20 rarities from the upcoming deluxe reissue of Disintegration due out June 8, 2010. As reported earlier, the album was remastered with supervision from bandleader Robert Smith, and will include a disc of unreleased out-takes and demos, plus a third disc that contains a live performance of the entire album recorded in 1989 over 3 nights at Wembley Arena, London, the European climax of the The Cure’s global Prayer Tour. Rounding out the set is a 20 page booklet containing previously unseen pictures and art, as well as lyrics and an in depth overview of the period by the band’s founder Robert Smith.

Check it out here.

(Don’t forget what Kyle said about the album back on Season 1 of South Park. If you don’t remember, skip to the end of this clip.)
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