You’ll have to pardon me if I take some pleasure in seeing a music blog make good on releasing albums from artists about whom it feels passionate. Can’t imagine why I would or anything. Duh. Speaking of, if I told you what was delaying the Roareth album, you’d laugh your ass off.

Anyway, the good people of the The Ripple Effect blog have launched a label and are kicking off a busy release schedule with JPT Scare Band next month. They had the following to say about it via the PR wire:

Last year, John Rancik (Pope JTE) and Todd Severin (Racer X) of The Ripple Effect music site and radio show were approached with a business proposition that befuddled them as much as it sparked embers of excitement in their creative souls. They were asked if The Ripple Effect would be interested in releasing previously unearthed material from legendary proto-metal rockers, JPT Scare Band. After much soul searching, and hours of research, the duo responded with an enthusiastic “yes,” and Ripple Music, the record label, was born.

Since then, Ripple Music has amassed a stellar roster of guitar-oriented, rock-based acts that range in style from roots Americana to psychedelic proto-metal, and everything in between. The first release will be hitting the streets on June 22nd, 2010 with JPT Scare Band‘s Acid Blues is the White Man’s Burden. The heavily fuzzed-out blues-based rock outfit has been hailed by Classic Rock Magazine as the “Lost Pioneer” of heavy metal. Acid Blues is the White Man’s Burden finds the band at the peak of their form with tracks that span the decades of their musical existence. Acid Blues will be available in deluxe CD digipak, download, and multi-colored double 12″ vinyl formats. The vinyl edition will also include two bonus tracks of JPT madness!

Also coming in June, Ripple Music is proud to unleash a split 7” single between retro-blues rockers Stone Axe and stoner cretins Mighty High. The single coincides with Stone Axe’s summer West Coast tour, with some dates in support of legendary rockers, St. Vitus.

July 13^th sees two more Ripple Music releases hit the streets. Vancouver‘s beloved modern rock/prog alienists, Fen, join Ripple Music to release their fourth album, Trails out of Gloom. This is an epic album of haunting and beautiful songs in the Tool/Porcupine Tree/Incubus vein with stunning melodies and textural brilliance. Trails comes in deluxe CD digipak and digital download formats. Following this, award-winning singer/songwriter, Kevin Beadles, will release You Can’t Argue with Water, a debut album of impeccably-crafted Americana, highlighted by thought provoking and poetic lyrics. Available in CD digipak and digital formats.

Ripple Music is also thrilled to announce the re-release of the 1972 lost protometal classic, Let Me In, from Poobah. Featuring the guitar wizardry of Jim Gustafson, Poobah has milled about in the same circles as classic rock icons Hawkwind, Blue Cheer, and Iron Butterfly. This deluxe reissue comes in jewel case CD, digital download, and multi-colored double 12″ vinyl formats with never-before-heard bonus tracks from “lost tapes” of the Let Me In recording sessions.

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