Learn to listen to th' worst music --it is sometimes sublime.
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Last Updated:
Aug 27, 2023
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Shows/Announcements:
Porchfest Oct 7, 2023, 12-3pm
EXHIBIT: A
RELIEF
WEST JERSEY AIRPORT
SWEET PITH
@ Porchfest
Lambertville, NJ
Magic Monday Oct 9, 2023, 7-10pm
JEFFREY ALEXANDER
& THE HEAVY LIDDERS
BHAJAN BHOY
HUMAN ADULT BAND
(20 Year Anniv Set)
PLUTONIAN BURRITO
@ Flemington D.I.Y.
Flemington, NJ
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Brian Eno Cover!
Here's the link to a tape comp with Human Adult Band's Brian Eno cover
DOT DASH SOUNDS VOL. 1
Live on WFMU!
Here's the link to download for free and/or listen to a
HUMAN ADULT BAND live set as aired on WFMU's 'What Was Music?' on December 13, 2017
Live on WKDU!
Here's the link to download and/or listen to
HUMAN ADULT BAND 'Fever & Squall: Live at WKDU' as aired on WKDU's 'Sonic Rendezvous' on December 18, 2019
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CONTACT, ORDER & PAYMENT:
We're looking forward to hearing from you! Contact HUMAN ADULT BAND / d.i.h.d. records. This is also our paypal address and where you can request to be on our email list: dihdrecords@gmail.com
EXCESS POSTAGE (sometimes worked into our 'postage paid' prices) WILL BE REFUNDED
If you don't want to use paypal or email, you can mail letters, money orders and/or well concealed cash to:
dihd records
P.O. Box 610
Lambertville, NJ
08530-0610 USA
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-All Orders Include Free Stuff- Free Human Adult Band & related pins, stickers, scene ephemera & art.
-International Orders-
International fans, feel free to order now, but it is likely we will contact you about additional shipping costs outside of the U.S.A.
EUROPEAN customers, check out Phase! Records (Greece) and/or Hyster Tapes (Finland) Both are fantastic labels, worth checking out for their own releases. They also carry some Human Adult Band releases, so you can save on shipping, ordering our stuff from them.
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Also if you are a really BROKE BOHEMIAN in th' U.S. and have access to a record or tape player but no money for our recordings, contact us. We will probably send you free music. Really, we will.
HUMAN ADULT BAND & fiends:
NEW NEW NEW!!
REYNOLS
"Live in Argentina Vol 3"
(d.i.h.d. recs)
Cassette(50 Made) plus Large Photo & Xerox Art (19 made)
The third volume of the 'Live in Argentina' cassette series now available in USA. Recorded back in 1998 in Buenos Aires, this lost tape documents in all its full lo-fi glory how Reynols sounded at the very end of the last century. Released as part of Reynols 30th Anniversary Exhibition '23 in Flemington, NJ. Cassette, photo & xerox art options availble. Not available for streaming or download.
Get the tape &/or art $10-$20
NEW NEW NEW!!
HUMAN ADULT BAND
"3.12.22-7.12.22"
(Hyster Tapes)
Cassette (32 Made in Finland on recycled tapes)
"there is automatic writing and then there is automatic rock. this is the latter with healthy doses of free noise, slow doom dirge jams, strange snippets of scuzz and a degenerating 5 sec tape loop to end it all. a glorious, 120% analogue, over the top lo-fi production."
Get the tape here: Hyster Tapes
HUMAN ADULT BAND
"Last'd"
(Polyhedron Choir Records)
Lathe cut 7" record or Download (Approx 30 Made in New Zealand/slimey green translucent record)
Approx 13 min of bad mic noise jams by Human Adult Band. Released in New Zealand, a place duly represented in our collections. Newly captured on Jimi Hendrix's birthday in late 2022. Guest Guitarist, Jeff Schroeck, who's traveled the nation playing punk stages everywhere. If you prowled NJ in the early aughts, you were likely to catch him charming the 'Parlor' basement crowd on Friday nights or as a member of the house band at the old Asbury Lanes. Quite a ripper.
Get the lathe, download and stream here: Polyhedron Choir Records
NOTE: Lathes need to be played a couple times to bed in. May also need to adjust tone arm / anti-skating a bit.
Various Artists
"Thunk Gunk"
(dihd records)
Cassette Compilation (120 Made/Sealed O-card packaging / white cassette shell)
This is the 7th tape in the yearly 'Gunk Tape' series. Included on this tape are 11 of the artist we've been in contact with during the last year; People Skills(Philly), Reynols(Argentina), Alice Fawn(NJ), Joe+N(Rochester), Half A House(NJ), Rooftop Garden(NJ), Siesta Rates (CT, Philly, NJ), Human Adult Band(NJ), Max Nordile(Olympia) & Joemazin(g)(NJ). Original artwork by Colleen Kinsella(Portland). Styles you will hear: bedroom outsider, noise bands, freak folk, primitive instrumentation, American kosmische, noise rock, experimental & drone.
$10(postage paid in the U.S.)
ANKYLOSAURUS / JOE+N
"Willfully Ceased to Exist"
(Carbon Records)
Split CD or Download (150 Made/full color slim eco-case)
T of Human Adult Band, playing solo bass drone metal under th' solo moniker, Ankylosaurus and Joe Carbon of Pengo, playing primitive gtr, violin and drums under th' solo moniker Joe+N. Thick slabs of bass noise and amp worship from Ankylosaurus. Phaser virtigo and Tony Conrad influenced jams from Joe+N. This split is akin to a close-up photograph of a lungfish mistaken for a distant moon's surface. These recordings share th' same power cosmic as wielded by th' sky-rider of the spaceways.
Stream and purchase Split CD or download here: Carbon Records
or get it directly from us.
$10(postage paid in the U.S.)
HUMAN ADULT BAND
"Slog Quest Crosstime"
(Feeding Tube Records)
LP Record w/ download code (200 Made/full color jacket with insert liner notes)
Our full length Feeding Tube Records debut. Some cow punk 'singles', a lethargic death rocker, a couple metalic with a groove long jammers. This album resplendent in noise and th' weird, but it's th' most 'rock' to date..and our band telepathy seems to have gotten better fer sure. Some of you older folks may recognise some reworked riffs, but there are def a lot of surprises and a lot of new material. Guest appearances by friends from Sad Tomorrows, Resounding No and th' Ergs! Outstanding early weird cartoon meets 80's toys art from Jaime Rvrs Mrcy and a magical drawing from Justin Mank. If you want to get yr copy from us, don't sit on it we only got a few left (and it may crack or smudge if you do).
Sample a track and purchase LP with download: Feeding Tube Records
or get it directly from us. Supplies limited. $25(postage paid in the U.S.)
Human Adult Band
"Weird Mirror"
(Nostorca Tapes)
Cassette Tape (w/ download)
(limited to 100 copies/Stamped liners/Nice smell)
New Jersey basement gunk slingers get wild and free. Bass noise eulogy, bookstore backroom skree stomp destruction, weird moaning, amp sitting corner staring mold rock.
Stream, purchase tape and download here: Nostorca Tapes
or order it direct from us:
$10 (postage paid in the U.S.) Earthworm / Human Adult Band
"Happy Horrordays"
(dihd Records)
7" record (w/ download code)
(Includes Horrorday Greetings Card/limited to 200 copies)
Split 7" between Earthworm and Human Adult Band. Earthworm is post-punk / noise rock with a heavy beat. Earthworm does 2 Hallowe'en season rippers. The inspiration for the lyrics of Earthworm's 'A Very Important Discovery' came from the mad scientists scenes in classic Universal Pictures horror and sci-fi films. On 'Beastly People', we're not sure what D. was shouting , neither was he, but it was frightening. The Human Adult Band track 'Rusty Roll of Quarters' is Human Adult Band's stab at an X-Mas tune. It was recorded for an exclusive debut on Jon Solomon's 25 Hour X-Mas special 2016 on WPRB, Princeton, NJ. Justin Mank wrote and slurred the lyrics on this one. Right before recording it, he told us the music should sound like an early Lou Reed tune. So, art rock, maybe, post-rock / noise rock, for sure.
$8 (postage paid in U.S.A.)
Download here:
Happy Horrordays Single download
Another Holiday gem, can be found here:
After the Fall 'Totally Tired (Of Xmas)'
Human Adult Band
"Sonic Enlightenment"
(Third Uncle Records)
LP (w/ download code)
(Color vinyl/limited to 300 copies)
The A side of this strange 2018 LP is a 14 minute jammer take of 'Easton Ave Laundromat' featuring a 7 piece Adult Band. The track features bass thru a smooth Franken Ampeg B-15 flip top, a few gnarly guitars, ice age flute, lap steel & two drummers (King Darves is back in th' band!) The B-Side features get-on-the-freak-bus noise rock odds and ends captured on tape from 2011-2015. Side B includes an instrumental tribute to our favorite Florida skuzz-bonk scene. "Human Adult Band is the type of outfit that still gets me excited about delightfully odd music...distinct blend of no wave, experimental noise & fearless originality." explains Rich Quinlan of Jersey Beat. "Don't let anyone tell you that New Jersey ain't freaky" -Matt Korvette. "No investment in musical history, or markets, or the pleasure of the listener. It's only interested in pursuing the compulsions of it's own weirdness" -Jonathan Shaw, Dusted.
$20 (postage paid in U.S.A.)
Download here:
Sonic Enlightenment album download
Human Adult Band
"Crude Peace Sign" T-Shirt
Human Adult Band 'Crude Peace Sign' logo and bandname on front and classic dihd records logo on back. White ink on black tee-shirt. Professionally screen printed by fellow rockers at New Planet Screen Printing. Pls specify small, medium, large, extra large or double extra large.
$20 (postage paid in U.S.A.) Human Adult Band
'Hearing Damage Sessions'
(Heat Retention/Third Uncle Records)
LP
(download code included/limited to 500 copies/hand silk screened jackets)
"New Jersey's finest, Human Adult Band, unleashes a brilliant new 9 song LP with sludgy, propulsive noise oozing from every track" writes Jason Henn of Honey Radar. Rock-a-Rolla Magazine(UK) exclaims,
"[These are] some seriously ugly tunes." Terrascope explains "volume should be set to eleven...come to love everything about its chaotic, scuzzy charms."
$12 (postage paid in U.S.A.)
Download here:
Hearing Damage Sessions Album Download
Human Adult Band
'Samantha' (Third Uncle Records)
7" Record
(download code included/limited to 500 copies)
Th' A side is the heavy and wobbling 'Samantha' jam. Backed with 'Samantha' Song Poem by seminal art punk rocker, Jad Fair, of Half Japanese. "[It's] such a corker" exclaims Byron Coley in WIRE Magazine. 'Recommended for sure' by Animal Psi Blog.
$8 (postage paid in U.S.A.)
Download here: Samantha Single Download
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Here's some other out-of-print stuff for listening & download:
Human Adult Band "Trash Pickin'"
Trash Pickin'(w/ bonus track)
Human Adult Band "Mort Fest '03"
Subterranean New Brunswick, NJ '03 tracks
Human Adult Band "Talking Head Club'04"
Baltimore, MD '04 tracks
Human Adult Band "Beyond the Time Barrier Travelers"
2 Show (2005 & 2019) live tape on Already Dead Tapes
Human Adult Band (featuring Wendy J. Hyatt)
I Don't Wanna Know / Take It Off
Human Adult Band / Big Blood
Ain't No Hallowed Ground / Half-Light Blues
Human Adult Band "T Penn Collections"
A compilation of old & new & splinter groups
Human Adult Band "Mugwort & Sage"
Mugwort & Sage EP (3/4th of EP on youtube)
Pots & Powercells and thee Yets "Spirits"
Jams by two HAB-related New Weird Jerseyana bands (on Apple Music).
Pots & Powercells "Pots Rolling"
One jam on a 'Omega Sound Fix' compilation.
Summer Dresses "In Bed Early"
2012 live set tape on Already Dead Tapes
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Interviews w/ Human Adult Band:
WFMU BEWARE OF TH' BLOG (2011)
T Penn (of Adult Band) on WPRB 'Wheelhouse': interview and guest DJin'(2015)
Amplitude Equals One Over Frequency Squared(2015)
T Penn (of Adult Band) interviewed about pop-punk days on 'This Was The Scene' Podcast (2019)
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Coming Soon-ish:
- Various Artists 'Unsanctioned, Recycled & Weird'
(d.i.h.d recs) Cassette/c-34
Unsanctioned as no limitations put on the music and art by a corporation who would in turn profit off of it once modified. No governing bodies to decide if it is music/art and if the presentation is acceptable. Street-like art. Handed or mailed from us to you. Only ppl involved are us and you. Recycled as in repurposed tapes and paper used to produce copies. Weird as in, you know, most of the stuff we put out. New unreleased tracks from Ankylosaurus, Double Wig, Advanced Corpse Materials, Michael Slyne, Threader, Will Heel & Cancer Cult. - Human Adult Band 'Waxy Gibby'
(Motor Unit Tapes) Cassette
Wiped out trash hunting dreams, swamp stomps and the dirge remains. Neanderthals bash it out at practice and taunt the serpentile feedback with aid of a tascam 4 track unpacked at the crammed Wolfman VHS laboratories. New stuff. Material's 1st time in the U.S, but totally different takes. - Human Adult Band 'Dog'
(Third Uncle Records) Lathe 7"er/DL
Old '09 tour recordin's of 'Hearing Damage' era line-up coverin' Stooges and Scratch Acid. Yeah, they're...all messed up. - more pickled eggs
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Other dihd records links:
dihd records on Discogs
dihd records on Soundcloud
Hub City Noise Blog
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See you in th' tapers' pit.