We’re happy to announce that the pre-ordered Dischord 200 boxsets have now all left the pressing plant and are in the mail.

The packages were shipped chronologically according to the order dates and it took approximately two weeks to get everything sent off.

If you have not already received yours, please allow a week or two for the packages to be delivered.

This has been an extremely complicated project made infinitely more complicated by the pandemic, supply-chain issues, and shipping delays, so your patience with us and this project is very much appreciated!

- Dischord
Special message for international customers: 

If you haven’t already received your boxset, please contact your local post office to see if they are holding the package there. 

PS- Please direct any questions to <boxset (at) dischord.com>

We are pleased to announce that after being held up at the port for nearly six weeks, the vinyl has finally been delivered to the plant where the boxsets will be assembled. The project is now in line to be completed and the company doing the work is estimating that we’ll have the finished pieces ready to ship in late January/early February.

Please be aware that shortages and delays are still holding things up and it’s possible that the release will be pushed back even further, but we’re hoping that this schedule will hold and we’ll finally be able to deliver #200.  

Thanks again to all of you who have pre-ordered and have been so patient about the situation!

- Ian and Jeff

Dischord Records

PS- Please direct any questions to <boxset (at) dischord.com>

J. Robbins/ Her Heads On Fire - Split 7"




J. Robbins released a new split 7" with Her Head's On Fire (members of Garrison,Small Brown Bike and Saves The Day) on New Granada Records.

sóley  - Mother Melancholia     

With three solo LPs under her belt, Icelandic musician sóley , is releasing her new concept album, Mother Melancholia.  Mother Melancholia is the soundtrack to the end of the world as we know it. The new album sees sóley move away from the indie-pop of her previous releases. She began by experimenting with writing songs on the accordion, allowing her a new sense of freedom in her writing. The process allowed her to broaden her horizons even further and experiment with a whole range of new and exciting sounds.  In true soundtrack style, the album flows through the end of the world in chronological order, closing with the Earth’s final moments.  Mother Melancholia is the mark of an artist confidently striding into more experimental territory. Sóley felt compelled to try something new and express the real her. The music might be shrouded in darkness but it’s a move that fills her with joy and freedom. 

When we created the pre-order site for the Dischord #200 Boxset we knew that the enormity of the project combined with the already-overloaded pressing plants meant that the production would take months and months to finish. With that in mind, we made it clear on the site that we had hoped to be able to deliver the boxsets by late 2021, thinking that we would likely be able to ship them out in late October or early November.

Covid outbreaks, machinery breakdowns, supply chain issues, and shipping delays have now added at least couple more months to the delays, so now it’s looking like late December is the earliest that the finished pieces will go into the mail.

The situation is truly out of Dischord’s control and all we can really do is keep the lines of communication open with the manufacturers to encourage them to keep pushing to get this thing made. At this point all of the vinyl has been pressed, but the records have gotten stuck in the shipping/cargo crisis and we don’t know when they’ll arrive at the assembly plant.

We very much appreciate all of the patience and trust that our pre-order customers have given us and we’ll send out another update when we have a clearer idea of actual schedule for the release.

Thank you! 

- Ian and Jeff

ESCAPE-ISM - RATED Z

RATED Z is the new record from minimal rock 'n' roll duo ESCAPE-ISM, the legendary "found sound dream drama"  featuring Ian F Svenonius & Alexandra Cabral. 

RATED Z is a declaration of a new underground, distinct from the tedious drivel of self-satisfied corporate indie rock. RATED Z continues Escape-ism's commitment to minimalism, impertinence, and the search for new modes of communication with those fellow travellers who are loath to fall in line with the latest thing. The song "Rated Z" declares Escape-ism's commitment to absolute obscurity, while "Rocker's Delight" outlines a hang out scenario for the fringe elements who rally  to Escape-ism as the last gasp of poetry & playfulness in an oppressive landscape of artless algorithm rock. "Teenage Surrealism PT I & II" delineates a dialogue with a dream, and "Whatever People Say That I Am"  is a soon to be theme song for those who can't be numbered, named, and filed away. 

Jim Saah - In My Eyes

Celebrated photographer and filmmaker Jim Saah is releasing his first book, In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997 (Cabin 1 Books). Decades in the making, the collection features many of Saah's most iconic photographs from the early Washington, D.C. punk scene and beyond. Its sprawling 332 pages of black-and-white images capture both the spirit of the time and Saah’s peerless work ethic — armed with a camera and countless rolls of film, Jim was ubiquitous within the D.C. scene. In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997 serves as a living document of all of those years of hard work.

Though we suspect that most everyone who wanted to place a pre-order for the Dischord 200 Boxset was able to, it has come to our attention that some people may have had problems accessing the site owing to heavy traffic.  Just to make sure that everyone gets a crack at it, we’ve decided to leave the order site operational through Sunday (6/13) evening for any stragglers or people who were unable to get through.

We’ll be placing the pressing order on Monday and looking forward to getting the records made.
Thanks to everyone who has ordered! 

Tomorrow (Friday, June 11th) is the last day to place a pre-order for the First Six Records Boxset.

The pressing quantity will be based on the number of pre-orders we receive and, considering how complicated this project has been, there are no plans to ever repress the boxset.

Dischord 200 is not being sold wholesale to stores or distributors.

It's only available through Dischord mailorder through tomorrow (Friday, June 11th).

We've done our best to get the word out and hope that people who wanted it have placed an order.

If you happen to know someone who was thinking about it, please let them know that the thinking comes to an end tomorrow at midnight.

Remember, each boxset comes in its own mailer, so only one boxset per order. However, you can order as many times as you want (one person ordered 13 times!).

We've been pretty overwhelmed with the response we've gotten for this project and thank you all for your support.

Tomorrow, Friday, June 11th, is the last day to definitely secure a copy of the boxset. After we stop taking pre-orders and are able to put together a final tally is when the real work begins.

40 years on… still making records.
Here’s the skinny on the release:

Forty years after the label started, we’ve decided to reissue the first six Dischord releases in their original 7” vinyl format.

These will be sold together as a box set to create Dischord 200:

Dischord # 1 - The Teen Idles “Minor Disturbance” 8-song EP

Dischord # 2 - SOA “No Policy” 10-song EP

Dischord # 3 - Minor Threat “Minor Threat” 8-song EP

Dischord # 4 - Government Issue “Legless Bull” 10-song EP

Dischord # 5 - Minor Threat “In My Eyes” 4-song EP

Dischord # 6 - Youth Brigade “Possible” 7-song EP

The records have been remastered and the sleeves and lyric sheets have been reproduced using original artwork. 

Also included will be a 12-page booklet.
Dischord 200 is only available through pre-order.

Click here for more information.

Forty years after the label started, we’ve decided to reissue the first six Dischord releases in their original 7” vinyl format. 

These will be sold together as a box set to create Dischord 200:

Dischord # 1 - The Teen Idles “Minor Disturbance” 8-song EP

Dischord # 2 - SOA “No Policy” 10-song EP

Dischord # 3 - Minor Threat “Minor Threat” 8-song EP

Dischord # 4 - Government Issue “Legless Bull” 10-song EP

Dischord # 5 - Minor Threat “In My Eyes” 4-song EP

Dischord # 6 - Youth Brigade “Possible” 7-song EP

All six records have been remastered, with sleeves and lyric sheets reproduced from original art.

Also included will be a 12-page booklet.

Dischord 200 will only be available through pre-order. 

Click here for more information.

On March 26th, Dischord will reissue Lungfish's tenth full-length, Love Is Love, on color vinyl (red).  Originally released in 2003 the album was recorded and mixed at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara. Long out of print, this version has been remastered for vinyl by TJ Lipple. Pre-order the record now via our site or the Dischord Bandcamp page.

Longtime photographer and original member of the DC HC scene Bert Queiroz (Youth Brigade, Untouchables, Double O, Rain, etc) digs deep into his vault and brings us his best photos of the 80's DC scene, with iconic shots of Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Embrace, Scream, Soulside and more. Lovingly packaged as a hardcover book and co-released with Radio Raheem Records.

We’re currently out of stock of Fugazi’s “Seven Songs” 12” on red vinyl. We’ve already ordered more and hope to have them back in stock in a few weeks. Outstanding orders will be filled in the order that they are received. Thanks for your orders and your patience!