No Sleep Records ink Australian deal with Shock Records

Shock Records is pleased to announce they have inked a deal to become the exclusive Australian/New Zealand partner of California's No Sleep Records.

Shock Records General Manager of Music, Leigh Gruppetta said "We've been talking to Chris about working with No Sleep for a while and are excited to have struck a deal. Chris' dedication is next level, he’s built an eclectic roster of really exciting young acts that we are thrilled to be working with in Australia & New Zealand."

No Sleep Records originally started while Southern Californian transplant Chris Hansen was working as the art director for a larger independent label on the East Coast (New Jersey). No Sleep was eventually moved back out West to Huntington Beach, CA. Through No Sleep Records ever growing catalogue of releases (almost 50 to date) from it's majorly diverse roster (Pop Punk, Hip Hop, Emo, Screamo, Hardcore, Indie and so on) of bands, the label hopes to show the world that no matter what genre of music you listen to, there is still quality music waiting to be heard.

"Australia comes in at #2 in the most visited from territories on our webstore's stats. Finally being able to expand the reach of our releases in AUS/NZ is an obvious decision and I am excited for our future together," No Sleep founder Chris Hansen commented.

The first release under the new deal will be the debut full-length album for the highly touted Philadelphia band Balance and Composure. Earlier this year the band were the talk of punk fans at the annual SXSW music festival in Austin Texas, Alternative Press dubbed them a band you need to know in 2011 and their debut album Separation was described by Absolute Punk as "probably the best record released in 2011 so far". In August Balance and Composure will tour Australia for the very first time. The band’s debut album ‘Separation’ will include bonus acoustic tracks (exclusive to the Australian/New Zealand release) and will be released on July 22, 2011.

In the coming months No Sleep's release schedule includes new albums from La Dispute, Into It. Over It. and No Trigger.