Following three successful shows at Chop Shop earlier this month, Apocalypse Hoboken is set to release a collections LP on Underground Communiqué Records, titled Everybody’s Been Burned. Spanning 17 tracks in total, many of these songs initially appeared on compilations, but were never previously released on vinyl. According to label owner Justin Schwier, the idea for this record came about roughly six months ago during a conversation with drummer Andy Peterson. “Andy and I were at a birthday party and he brought the idea up. He told me they were planning this weekend of shows and asked about whether or not I was interested in doing something for the band, which I of course was,” he said. “Working with Apocalypse Hoboken was never something I ever thought would happen and I’m truly honored to get something back in print for them.”

A limited edition of 100 LPs on smoky clear vinyl were made available at the recent shows, but quickly sold out. Once the covers are ready, there will be 200 copies available on transparent orange vinyl and 100 copies on clear vinyl with blue coloring at the center. Additionally, there will be 100 copies of purple vinyl sold exclusively at Reckless Records. All songs were remastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering, which according to Schwier wasn’t the easiest of undertakings. “First and foremost, he did an amazing job and truly transformed these songs in a way that is staggering compared to the state of some of the tracks the band handed over initially,” he said. “Compilations like this are difficult to master because almost every track is from a different recording session, so he had to uniformly equalize the sound and then go and fix a bunch of technical audio problems. A couple songs were really challenging to fix, but he worked his magic.”

When reflecting on the weekend of shows and the opportunity to work with the band, Schwier said “Honestly it wasn’t until Friday night when they started playing that the magnitude of doing an Apocalypse Hoboken record actually hit me. I got a little emotional seeing them live again. That Friday night show was bonkers from the first note. I was immediately brought back to being a teenager and seeing them play all the time. The power of that band live cannot be explained, nor underestimated. They reconjured that alluring darkness and chaotic atmosphere out of nowhere again, like I knew they would.” Preorder the LP here and take a listen to one of the songs below, “Excel.”