# Seminal Midwestern Indie Rock Band SHINER To Release Re-Issues Of First Four Iconic Albums On High-Fidelity Vinyl Variants

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- Published: 2024-07-11T16:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Seminal Midwestern Indie Rock Band SHINER To Release Re-Issues of First Four Iconic Albums (_Splay, Lula Divinia, Starless_, and _The Egg_) on High-Fidelity Vinyl Variants via Spartan Records**

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Spartan Records has announced the long-awaited re-issue of of **Shiner’s** first
four albums on vinyl. These iconic records, (_Splay, Lula Divinia, Starless_, and
_The Egg_ ) which have been out-of-print for years, are finally available again 
for pre-order now with orders shipping in mid-August. Pre-order the albums on exclusive
limited edition vinyl or as part of a bundle with a brand new Shiner t-shirt.

**Notable vinyl pressing info:**

 * _Splay_: The debut album remixed from original tapes by Paul Malinowski and remastered
   by Mike Nolte at Eureka Mastering. Available on vinyl for the first time since
   the album’s original release in 1995. Brand new artwork by Jordan Butcher at 
   Strange Practice.
 * _Lula Divinia_: The sophomore album remastered for vinyl and available for the
   first time since 2017.
 * _Starless_: The third full-length album available for the first time on vinyl
   since 2015.
 * _The Egg_: The fourth full-length album available in the US for the first time
   on vinyl since 2012.

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In addition to Spartan exclusive vinyl variants, the label is partnering with several
outlets to provide exclusive vinyl variants of each of the 4 albums.

 * BrooklynVegan Exclusives (_Available starting July 11 at 10 AM PST_)
 * Indie Retail Exclusives (_Available starting August 16th_)
 * Tour Exclusives
 * EU / UK Exclusives – Available through Thirty Something Records and Devil Dog
   Distro respectively

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Spartan is also releasing the remixed/remastered version of _Splay_ at DSPs on July
26th.

Additionally, Shiner is playing a series of shows beginning later this month to 
celebrate the re-issues:

 * July 31st – Minneapolis, MN @ Zhora Darling
 * August 1st – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
 * August 2nd – Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar
 * August 3rd – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge

Shiner formed in 1992, and quickly connected with music fans, touring with bands
such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, 
and Girls Against Boys. After an extended hiatus, the band reformed playing select
shows each year since 2012. In 2020 the band released its latest album ‘Schadenfreude’
to critical acclaim.

Singer/guitarist Allen Epley says, _“Pairing with Spartan Records is akin to a dream
come true for Shiner since we’ve been back at it after our 20 year hiatus. It’s 
a perfect home for us and we’re beyond psyched to make brand new music in addition
to releasing our entire catalog, (including Schadenfreude) and a new release of 
rarities and lost gems that will be coming soon._

_“Shiner is a band that has always played to our strengths and this is no different,
because Spartan understands where we’re at as a band, our influence on younger bands
and our potential as a band making new music that excites us and our fans. We feel
like kids again and couldn’t be more stoked to keep doing the things that have given
us this extended adolescence.”_

Spartan Records owner John T. Frazier says, _“The “full circle” moments that I’ve
experienced running this label are what make it all worthwhile. I can still recall
playing Shiner’s “Brooks” 7” on my college radio show in the mid-90’s like it was
yesterday, so to be able to work with a band that has been so transformative in 
my life this many years later is just a dream come true — a real “pinch yourself”
moment.”_

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**What others have said about Shiner:**
_“This Kansas City, MO band’s fifth album(
and first in 19 years) is a potent set of heavy post-hardcore combining grungy guitars
and muscular rhythms with melodic vocals and often-dark lyrics.” – **KEXP**_

_“Schadenfreude echoes Shiner’s classics while also fitting right in with today’s
post-hardcore scene. It’s got everything you want from this band — big riffs, good
hooks, a hard-hitting rhythm section, and pillowy atmosphere — and Shiner make it
sound like a day hasn’t gone by since 2001.” – **Brooklyn Vegan**_

_“[“Paul P Pogh” finds [Shiner] in fine form, and it sounds as fresh today as plenty
of the newer bands who take after Shiner’s sound.”- **Brooklynvegan**_

_“The new album brims with life, even as its lyrics explore some pretty dark subjects.
It’s heavy (though not metal), and heady too, truly living up to the tag of “space
rock.” Honestly, this album has some of the best lyrical hooks on it. After a few
spins, you’ll be humming and singing along to all of the songs on the album.”- **
New Noise Magazine**_

_“[Shiner’s] legacy is improved with this new offering. Quite an unsung hero of 
the 90s, it’s great to see this band have more in the tank.”- **New Fury Media**_

_“Life As A Mannequin” was a spaced-out slow churn, like Queens Of The Stone Age
or Soundgarden run through the Hum filter. The new “Paul P Pogh” is a faster, harder
spin on the same melodic hard rock sound.”- **Stereogum**_

_“Life As A Mannequin has, from the onset, a full framed big heavy rock sound. Massive
walls of guitars and heavy handed drum downbeats. When the chunky sounds get quiet
and the vocals, full of dreamy melodies supported by rock orchestrations but also
a definite art rock tone with lovely descending progs, I thought of a kind of blend
of Soundgarden and Queens Of The Stone Age. I love bands that can create dreamy 
heaviness. It is much needed in today’s musical landscape. Welcome back boys.”- **
American Pancake**_

**About Shiner:**
In 2018 the 4 members of Kansas City’s Shiner made some phone 
calls. They caught up on their current lives — families and careers — and they also
reminisced about 2012 when they re-released their acclaimed album The Egg on vinyl
and played sold-out shows in New York, LA, KC and Chicago. Those were some of their
biggest shows ever and many in the audience were new to the Shiner fanclub, having
never seen the band years earlier. Soon enough the 4 of them – drummer Jason Gerken,
bass player Paul Malinowski and guitarists Allen Epley and Josh Newton decided they
were not quite finished, there was another life for Shiner they could not ignore.

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Soon after, Shiner gathered together at Matt Talbot’s (Hum) Earth Analog studio 
in Tolono, IL to write in a lab setting, working out ideas they’d been emailing 
back and forth. After a few sessions that took place over a year and a half, they
sifted through the detritus and have emerged with 8 solid songs that make up the
new album, Schadenfreude.

The LP was self-produced, engineered, and mixed at Malinowski’ own Massive Sound
studio in Shawnee, KS. Newton notes, “ultimately I think it worked in our favor.
We were able to walk away from things for a bit and see if the songs were heading
where they should. We’ve always been extremely hands-on, even when working with 
someone else technically ‘producing,’” he continues, “with our last record (The 
Egg), we ended up remixing and adding things to almost half the record on our own.
At this stage in our existence, we know what we should sound like.”

Despite the hiatus, Shiner have not missed a beat. Gerken is still a drummer’s drummer
and his heavy right foot is tied to Malinowski’s distorted-symphony bass. Epley 
and Newton hew left and right in the mix and worked in lockstep counterpoint throughout
the proceedings and leave room for the vocals to enter the mix without overtaking,
and instead working as a whole within the strings and skins.

The songs on Schadenfreude are not so much an answer to The Egg as some properly
timed follow up might, but instead stand on their own after 15-year hiatus. It’s
the sound of a 4 piece band with each player finding his place in a book as though
he just left the room an hour earlier and picked up on the next paragraph upon return.

Speaking of the lyrics Newton says, “a lot of themes on the album are pretty dark
but always with a silver lining around the edges. The title itself is a commentary
on the most common human trait of enjoying your rivals’ demise. Or your apparent
enemies.” The album’s “For In The End” is Shiner’s version of the world-is-ending“
life is so hard, we all die alone, but I’ve got you and that makes all the difference.”
The first single “Life As A Mannequin” pushes the narrative of ending your suffering
by giving into your worst tendencies that are bad for you but at the same time feel
so good. “Genuflect” examines dysfunctional relationships and the reasons people
enter and stay in them.”

**More about Shiner:**
Shiner formed in 1992 with Tim Dow as the original drummer.
They released their first EP the following year and found themselves signed to DeSoto
Records, (owned by Jawbox’s Kim Coletta and Bill Barbot). With the addition of Paul
Malinowski on bass, Jason Gerken on drums and Josh Newton on guitar and noises, 
the band began a creative high and a busy touring schedule for years, with their
final album in 2001 The Egg a critical success. Along the way countless tours of
the US, Europe and Japan, and 4 full-length albums gave them a fiercely loyal set
of diehards. Comparisons with their contemporaries of HUM, Jawbox, Failure, and 
Swervedriver are unavoidable, but Shiner carved a path of their own with a dedication
to song-craft and musicianship while often wrapped in darkly sugared hooks. Shiner
broke up in 2002 but not before a very special farewell show at the Madrid Theater
in KC in front of a couple of thousand friends.

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