25 DIAMONDS LABEL

Hello there.

Some notes: I want to express gratitude to all those who supported on Bandcamp Friday (and before, and since). This little label keeps chugging along, 15 years in now – I am sure it would be.. staggering if not outright painful to account for lost resources (money, time, sanity) this decade and a half have occured, but artists and their fans continue to inspire and fuel the machine. New releases are in the discussion phases.

The EAAY & FF handmade editions should be done very soon. Got the chipboard covers in the mail over the weekend and doing the printing today. I anticipate these will be ready to ship after this coming weekend. In a wild turn of events, Numero Records sent a digital copyright and had the listing for the EAAY LPs removed from my Bandcamp page. How this is possible, I have zero idea – physical copies of a record I released long before they ever worked with them, which included no digital? It’s amazing what money and lawyers can buy you. If anyone missed out on a copy and would still like one (I have about 20 still unclaimed), reach out directly and I’ll hook it up. 25diamondslabel@gmail.com

I remember long ago when Ken Shipley downloaded the EAAY from the 25D site, and am sure he received the last update to be clued in on the measly amount made. And hopefully he will also see this update: fuck you and your Walmart of 90s hardcore label. You are everything wrong with “the underground”.

The rest of you are all wonderful, though. xx 25D