RIP in Peace Records

11/20/2025

grief tapes are up on my Storenvy now! Links down below.

11/06/2025

This past summer, thisworldisnotkind and I reconvened to record their follow-up to death. I had been itching to get started ever since Laela sent me a demo that the band had recorded at practice last winter, and I'm so excited to share what we have created. I was already impressed by the band's expansive take on screamo, but even with all of my expectations, I still grew more astounded as I continued to work on these tracks. Their latest offering is dynamic, expertly composed, and teeming with raw emotion, and for anyone interested in the ever-widening umbrella of hardcore, it is a must-listen. grief will be available digitally and on cassette starting November 20th. We'll have more to share soon.

Shoutout to Lotte at Cellophane Recording Company for her mastering work on this. She really brought everything together and gave this mix the extra shine it needed. Hit her up for any of your audio engineering needs.

03/06/2025

Catch Good Morning Midnight on their spring tour!

Hitting the road this April for a quick jaunt to Chicago and back!

4/22 Chicago  
4/23 Milwaukee  
4/24 Davenport
4/25 Dubuque  
4/26 Minneapolis  

Thanks to .gal for the flier. More deets soon!

01/03/2025

RIPR-021

Got a big one today. I had the privilege of recording, mixing, and pressing thisworldisnotkind's debut EP, death. Iowa City's hottest new screamo band, get into it. They represent so much of what made me fall in love with the genre (and hardcore as a whole) in the first place. Had a lot of fun with this one. Release show this Saturday (1/4) at Lily House in IC and then a lil tour the following weekend.

10/08/2024

I'm beyond excited to finally announce my next release: a discography compilation for the inimitable ...Of Death. This band is easily one of the most explosive turn-of-the-centruy hardcore bands I have ever heard, and I am honored to be a part of this. This double cassette package compiles Build a Bridge and Get Over It, Generation of Vipers, their two demos, and a handful of previously unreleased tracks (including four songs recorded at Electrical Audio) and comes with exclusive artwork. The standard variant contains one black and one red tape, and we also have a /15 swirl variant!

Although we had intended for this to coincide with the 2022 vinyl release, a series of production issues set us back for quite a while. I'm endlessly thankful for the band's patience with these, and I'm looking forward to putting one in your hands. Links in the comments.

04/17/2024

Some pictures of me, Charlie, and our son.

04/08/2024

Put up preorders for a hot new split from Des Moines's Animals on L*D and Jakarta's BASTED. 50 half red/half white tapes. Will be shipping in a month or so! Link in comments.

03/30/2024

NOW AVAILABLE: Good Morning Midnight - All the Birds' Men

Flitting between the mystical and the material, All the Birds' Men is as rich in texture as it is in earworms. Charlie Cacciatore and company’s earthy rock ‘n’ roll expands on the framework laid by 2021's Songs of Violence, bridging the gap between the lyrical and compositional sensibilities of turn-of-the-century indie rock and the fiery guitar work of 70s hard rock.

102 numbered copies on black vinyl. Half available from me, half available from Good Morning Midnight. Link in comments

10/07/2023

Emanations, a 4-way split between the Iowa noise/ambient projects Suttee, Dweller, Ground Hum, and Mount Emblem. FFO: loud.

Limited tapes available, links in the comments.

10/22/2022

We just put up a second (and final!) pressing of Gnashing Among the Carnage tapes. This run is limited to 60 beautiful translucent purple tapes, and you can grab one from Pains on Bandcamp or me on Storenvy. Links are in the comments. Don't miss out!