WASTED YEARS • Restless • LP

€22,00 EUR

“It's a real surprise that Wasted Years come from Cologne and not from Portland or Olympia. The American influences of punk and emo from bands like RVIVR, ALKALINE TRIO,and HOT WATER MUSIC jump out at you when listening to their debut album, RESTLESS. Do we need more emo punk bands with '90s vibes? If they sound like Wasted Years, then bring them on. Especially since singer Cati, who also designed the truly beautiful album cover, brings a certain originality with her unique voice. It doesn't always have to be screamed to unleash the power in the music that we want to feel. It's a fact that an emo record works when it not only evokes wistful feelings but also unexpectedly makes your arms shoot up in the air. The fact that the folks from Cologne can achieve this significant effect is evident from the first listen of the single FLICKERING LIGHTS.” (Ox-Fanzine, Bianca Hartmann)

"A charming album that combines '90s emo with the gritty indie rock of those years, while not skimping on melancholic melodies. Beautifully raw, direct production" (Ox - Fanzine, Joachim Hiller)

<a href="https://wastedyearspunk.bandcamp.com/album/restless">Restless by Wasted Years</a>

Recordings: Christoph Scheidel • 79 Sound / Köln
Mastering: Jack Shirley • The Atomic Garden Studio / Oakland
Pressing: Matter Of Fact / Güstrow

1. Pressing on 190g Vinyl
• German Summer (grey-green marble) • 100 copies
(only available at Not Sorry Records and at WASTED YEARS shows)
• Jade Green • 100 copies
• Classic Black • 100 copies

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A little word on PPWR

Chances are, you’ve already heard of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, aka PPWR.

As the name suggests, the whole idea is to reduce packaging waste and make us all a little more conscious about our environmental footprint. Which is, obviously, a good thing.
Pressing records, however, is already something of an ecological nightmare — and we haven’t even started talking about the bonkers ways records travel around the world.

Here at Not Sorry, we try to keep things as sensible as possible: we ship in cardboard mailers, use paper-based packing material and non-plastic tape, and usually throw in only a few flyers and stickers. Some records come wrapped in foil, some don’t. We’re pretty sure you know how to recycle these materials — but if you’re unsure, just drop us a line at weare@not-sorry.de and we’ll figure it out together.

Unfortunately, PPWR also comes with a rather massive downside for small businesses like ours: we would need to register and obtain packaging recycling certificates in every single EU country we ship to. The costs and paperwork involved are simply not manageable for us.

So, for the time being, we can only ship to Germany and all non-EU countries worldwide. Sorry about that!

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