NEWS 2020/02/18
Ill in the Head Records is pleased to announce the vinyl reissue of the almost forgotten gem of Yugoslav punk. Twenty five years after its underground release on cassette during the wars of succession in Yugoslavia, “Osiguranje životne večnosti” by a legendary Serbian punk band EX-CESS is available on vinyl, the way it was envisioned by the band, remastered from the original tape. Digital formats (streaming and free download) are also available. The peculiar story of this records takes us back to the early 1990s –– the final days of Yugoslavia, just before the breakup and consequent war. It was a time when the punk scene in Belgrade, the country’s capital, was booming with excellent bands, numerous fanzines and emerging independent record labels. Ex-Cess was one of the most promising punk ...