Astpai’s “True Capacity” Album To Get US Release Via Jump Start Records Subscription Club

Jump Start Records have announced the long-overdue US release of Astpai‘s final studio album, True Capacity. Originally slated to be released in 2018, the Austrian punk band’s record was put on hold here in the US for various reasons, none of which were rational. Jump Start Records have decided that it’s time to correct that as part of the Philly-based labels very first subscription club, which coincides with the label’s 25th anniversary.

100 copies of True Capacity will be available with a limited edition hand-numbered screen printed J card with original artwork done by Philadelphia artist Estelle Barrett based on the original LP photography. True Capacity will be available on pink (50), translucent blue with black smoke (35, and standard black vinyl (15), this is the only release that requires a color version choice when purchasing your Jump Start Records club membership.

Launched in 1996, Jump Start Records was born in a college dorm room first as a paper mailorder catalog and zine that quickly evolved into a vinyl 7″ release with Montreal’s The Planet Smashers. Twenty years and well over 100 releases later, they’re still here, for better or for worse, fighting the good fight. While the focus and drive of the label has shifted greatly over the years, one thing has stayed true and that’s a personal connection with the music and a desire to work with friends releasing music that they love.

You can join the Jump Start Records subscription club here