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Screaming Females To Release Never Before Issued 12" Vinyl of Cassette-only EP Chalk Tape
Posted on June 23rd, 2020

UPDATE: DUE TO COVID-19 THESE ALBUMS WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL JANUARY 2021

Don Giovanni Records will issue for the first time ever, a vinyl release of the 2013 long out of print cassette-only recording Chalk Tape by Screaming Females. Pitchfork called the EP “some of the hookiest, most melodic songs Screaming Females have ever recorded” in their original review of the EP.


Initially released in a limited run of just 100 cassette copies, Chalk Tape was available and sold at only one show (at which it sold out immediately) in 2013, which was the first show back for the band after a six-month hiatus from touring and performing. It has not been available in any physical format since then.

The EP’s genesis came after an extended period of touring inactivity while guitarist/vocalist Marissa Paternoster was recovering from a severe illness. The band worked on the seven songs that would make up Chalk Tape as a writing and collaboration exercise to keep creative energy fresh, following up 2012’s Steve Albini produced 2xLP Ugly.

Chalk Tape has existed outside the official canon of Screaming Females’ catalog since its release, though it is a unique document of a band concurrently writing, recording, and performing in real-time and capturing of their songs as they were being created.

This vinyl run of Chalk Tape is now available for a limited pre-order, and in the spirit of the EP’s initial limited release, will only be available to order until July 26.

Pre-order the vinyl: http://dongiovanni.co/chalktape

UPDATE: DUE TO COVID-19 THESE ALBUMS WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL JANUARY 2021