Gravity Records

Gravity is an underground independent record label from San Diego.Trevor Kelley, "California Screaming". Alternative Press 17 (2003), pp. 84-86. It was formed in 1991 by Matt Anderson, a member of the influential underground band Heroin. It has been central in developing and promoting the "San Diego sound" – an idiosyncratic form of post-hardcore with loose, chaotic musicianship and vocals, initiated by Heroin, Antioch Arrow, and Clikatat Ikatowi, as well as Mohinder from the Bay Area and Angel Hair from Colorado. The sound is associated with the first wave of screamo, and the label played an important role in the development of post-hardcore in the 1990s. Gravity has also branched out into other forms of experimental or independent music, releasing seminal early works by Unwound, Black Dice, The Rapture, and a full-length from Man Is The Bastard. The label has no affiliation with the Capitol Records subsidiary Gravity Inc Records.

Label roster

Angel Hair Antioch Arrow Bastard Noise Black Dice The Black Heart Procession Born Against Clikatat Ikatowi The Convocation Crime Desire Crom-Tech A Day Called Zero Earthless Evergreen Fisticuffs Bluff The Fucking Angels Get Hustle Heroin Huggy Bear John Henry West Lava Les Aus Man Is the Bastard Men's Recovery Project Mohinder Monorchid Physics Prizehog The Rapture Sea of Tombs Second Story Window The Spacewürm Spacehorse Stacatto Reads Three Mile Pilot Tristeza Universal Order of Armageddon Unwound The V.S.S. Vicious Ginks Young Ginns

Discography This list is organized by catalog number. Also note that two releases that have the catalog number 2 and, there is no release in the Gravity Records catalog to have the catalog number 50. No. Year Artist Title Format Release notes 11992 Heroin Heroin 7-inch Some later white label pressings included photographs glued to the labels 2 Lava Lava 7-inch Packaged in silkscreened sleeve with a variety of colors screened. Some copies had blue covers, other black, some brown 2 Dark Sarcasm Lego Facilities 7-inch Co-release with Vinyl Communications 31993 Young Ginns Young Ginns 7-inch Original pressings had black-on-white labels, while later pressings had the reverse 4 Antioch Arrow The Lady Is A Cat 12-inch Packaged in spray painted covers 4.5 Antioch Arrow/Candle Antioch Arrow/Candle 7-inch Split between Antioch Arrow and Candle, co-released with Wrenched Records 5 Universal Order of Armageddon/Born Against Universal Order of Armageddon/Born Against 7-inch The first pressing came packaged in manilla envelopes, while later pressings were packaged in more "regular" sleeves 6 Unwound Unwound 7-inch Single-sided 7-inch with an etched B-side featuring lyrics. All tracks on this record were later released again on the band's 1995 self-titled album. 7 Heroin Heroin 12-inch Split release with Vermiform Records. Two different covers for this release exists. 81994 John Henry West John Henry West 7-inch Packaged in a manilla envelope 9 Huggy Bear Long Distance Lovers 7-inch First pressing was packaged in yellow sleeves with pink ink, while the second pressing was issued in an orange sleeve with white ink. 10 Second Story Window Second Story Window 7-inch Two pressings exist, the second press in particular had pressing etchings that were scratched out 11 Antioch Arrow In Love With Jetts 12-inch First issued in 1993, then repressed in 1997 with different artwork 12 Universal Order of Armageddon Universal Order of Armageddon 12-inch Packaged in silk-screened sleeves 13 Mohinder Mohinder 7-inch Released in a variety of sleeves, some of which were silk-screened pages of magazines 14 Angel Hair Angel Hair 7-inch A large variety of covers exist, all with the same design but printed with different colored inks 15 Second Story Window Second Story Window 12-inch Issued in silk-screened sleeves 161995 The Fucking Angels/Vicious Ginks The Fucking Angels/Vicious Ginks LP Split full-length released in sleeves that had hand-pasted artwork 17 Angel Hair Insect Mortality 12-inch Around 100 copies were packaged in silk-screened sleeves 18 1997 Angel Hair Pregnant With The Senior Class CD Discography compilation 19 1996 Clikatat Ikatowi Orchestrated And Conducted By LP, CD Pressed on CD and vinyl. A limited edition of hot pink LP copies were also pressed 20 1997 Heroin Heroin CD Discography compilation 211995 Men's Recovery Project Normal Man 7-inch 22 Man Is the Bastard Thoughtless... LP, CD First issued as an LP in 1995, pressed on white vinyl as well as a picture disc. The CD edition was released in 1996. In 2012, the album was repressed on vinyl as editions of black, purple, and yellow. 23 1996 A Day Called Zero A Day Called Zero CD 24 1998 Stacatto Reads Stacatto Reads 7-inch Sleeves were printed on a variety of colors 25 1995 The V.S.S. The V.S.S. 7-inch 26 1997 Clikatat Ikatowi Live August 29th And 30th, 1995 LP, CD 27 1996 Monorchild When The Mutes Begin To Root 7-inch 28 1997 Evergreen These Last Days 7-inch 29 1999 Heat Chalk It Up 7-inch Packaged in die-cut sleeve 30 1997 Antioch Arrow Antioch Arrow CD Compilation featuring The Lady Is A Cat, In Love With Jetts, the Antioch Arrow tracks from their split 7-inch with Candle, and four previously unreleased live recordings. Features the same artwork from the 1997 12-inch pressing of In Love With Jetts. 311998 Three Mile Pilot Three Mile Pilot 12-inch, CD 32 Clikatat Ikatowi River Of Souls 12-inch, CD Some 12-inch pressings includes 3 tracks on one side and 5 on the other, while other 12-inch pressings had an even track list with 4 tracks on both sides 33 1997 Crom-Tech Crom-Tech LP, CD LP edition had silk-screened sleeves 341998 Physics Physics² CD 35 Black Dice Black Dice 7-inch Also known as Lambs Like Fruit. Some copies were pressed with not center labels 36 1999 The Rapture Mirror LP, CD An unknown amount of clear LP copies exists372000Various Artists Gravity 37. Compilation Video VHSFeatures videos of live performances by Gravity Records bands. The "soundtrack" was released as a CD the same year as the VHS home video release. Gravity 37. Compilation Video: The Soundtrack CD 38 2001 The Spacewürm See You Later Oscillator CD 392001 Sea Of Tombs Sea Of Tombs LP, CD 40 Get Hustle Who Do You Love? 7-inch 41 2002 Tristeza Mania Phase 12-inch, CD 422003 Tristeza Espuma 12-inch, CD43Various Artists Gravity Video 2 DVDFeatures videos of live performances by Gravity Records bands. The "soundtrack" was released as a CD the same year as the DVD home video release. Gravity Video 2 Soundtrack CD 44 2004 Spacehorse Spacehorse LP, CD 452005 Earthless Sonic Prayer LP, CD LP edition pressed on black, purple, teal, white, pink, red, orange, and clear vinyl. LP was later repressed in 2009 on translucent purple vinyl, then again in 2016 on green vinyl 46 Earthless Sonic Prayer Jam 10-inch Pressed on black and blue/green swirl vinyl. Later repressed in 2012 as Gravity Records #54 on blue, green, and gray 12-inch vinyl as well as CD. In 2015, it was again repressed as a 12-inch, this time on orange vinyl 47 2009 Les Aus Mitologia Natural LP 48 2008 The Convocation My History Museum 7-inch 49 2009 Bastard Noise Rouge Astronaut CD Limited edition CD that also includes 4 glossy inserts, a sticker, and a foil-stamped poster50 51 2010 Crime Desire Every Day...In Chains 12-inch Pressed on black and blue vinyl 522011 Crime Desire Alone In A Dream EDICII 12-inch Pressed on black and purple vinyl 53 Universal Order of Armageddon Universal Order of Armageddon 2×7″ Double 7-inch containing previously unreleased live recordings from 1993 542012 Earthless Sonic Prayer Jam 12-inch, CD Reissue of Gravity Records #46. Originally released in 2005 as a 10-inch, this edition was pressed on blue, grey, and green 12-inch vinyl, as well as a CD 55 Prizehog A Talking To 12-inch Pressed on orange vinyl N/A 1994 Clikatat Ikatowi Demo CS Demo tape with single sided inkjet-printed inlay. On the blank side of the insert is the official Gravity Records mailing address, making this the only Gravity Records release to not have a catalog number.

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