Things have been very hectic lately, so we haven’t had much time for blogging. However, we feel very confident that this exciting announcement will counteract whatever ill will we’ve earned by ignoring our public for months on end.

As most music fans know, the Zip Code Rapists were a talented young group comprising Gregg Turkington on vocals and John Singer on guitar. During their short but intense career, they inspired countless artists whose names we’re not allowed to divulge here for legal reasons, but you’d definitely know ‘em if you heard ‘em, believe me. They’re that good.

This lavish 36-song CD includes carefully remastered versions of Zip Code Rapists Sing and Play the Three Doctors and Other Sounds of Today (LP, 1992), The Man Can’t Bust Our Music (EP, 1993), and 94124 (EP, 1995), as well as previously unheard outtakes and compilation tracks, four songs from an incendiary 1993 show at CBGB, and a more relaxed and thoughtful performance from a 2006 reunion show.

But don’t take our word for it! Here’s the complete track listing:

1. Touch Me
2. Presidents Song
3. The Best Never Rest
4. Office Party
5. Wired
6. Phoebe
7. The Three Doctors
8. Tie A Yellow Ribbon
9. Wicked Game
10. Fuck A Duck
11. Sundown
12. Beverly Hills
13. Good Ship Pablo Cruise
14. Che
15. #9 Dream
16. Kick In The Heads
17. Tuesday Street
18. Old Folks At Home
19. Darn It Duck
20. Adam
21. Hotel One
22. Listen To The Band
23. The Look Of Love
24. Zip Code Gentlemen
25. Ranch Style Beans
26. I Need Him
27. Henderson
28. Happy Like Larry (He Taught Me How To Die)
29. Universal Time II
30. Once Upon A Time There Was A Pretty Fly
31. The Suet Trees / Why People Do Heroin
32. Riders On The Storm
33. Life’s Been Good
34. Dancing In The Dark
35. Beverly Hills 90210 / Bentsen-Quayle Debate / Summer Breeze
36. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands

With the exception of 94124, none of this seminal material has ever been released on CD. And none of it was ever released on good-quality vinyl after competent mastering, either, so even if you’re familiar with the original releases, you’ll be amazed by all the details you missed!

The 16-page booklet features extensive notes by journalist Will York — which situate the band firmly in the tradition of Lukácsian critical realism — as well as colorful photos, baffling drawings, and raw musicological data that are intended primarily to provide a firm epistemic foundation for later historians. You also get a free rub-on tattoo, which can be made comparatively permanent with an application of spar varnish.

For more details, and a handful of song samples, click here. And stay tuned for other ZCR-related giveaways and bonus tracks!