1LP – limited green vinyl

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Record Record Label has teamed up with influential Canadian rock group The Killjoys for a vinyl reissue.

In the words of singer and guitarist Mike Trebilcock, “We recorded Starry over the span of a few months. The songs were written fairly quickly, drawing on influence from The Ramones, The Raspberries and Cheap Trick. Of course, thats not exactly what came out. Whenever our schedules would align we would meet at Tim Hevesi’s Soho Common Recording House above Pauls Shoe Repair on John Street in Hamilton, Ontario.

We recorded loud to a Tascam 38 8-track 1/2 tape machine, like really loud so loud that the bad kind of guitar feedback was always threatening to intervene, often succeeding, ending an otherwise pristine take. There was no automation, so when we mixed, we gathered around the mixing board and effects rack, each having our carefully timed job: fader moves, mutes, reverb splashes and echo removals.

We totally missed the vinyl era on both ends. So, The Killjoys never released anything but CDs and cassettes. We all still cherish the vinyl collections weve lugged from apartment to apartment for so many years, and its a huge thrill to finally have something out on this format. The two new tracks, recorded just a few streets East of John Street, sound like we’ve improved over the years, but not much.”

The vinyl version of the album was mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel and will be available on translucent sun drop green vinyl. It also features two brand new tracks recorded in 2023 and mixed by Siegfried Meier that were recorded just a few streets over from where the band recorded Starry.