| Pure Noise Records | |
| Founded: | 2009 |
| Founder: | Jake Round |
| Distributor: | The Orchard (current), Fontana (former), ADA (former) |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Nashville, Tennessee |
Pure Noise Records is an American punk rock record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded by Jake Round in 2009 while he was an editor at AMP; the previous fall, friends of his in the band No Bragging Rights told him they were looking for a new label, and Round expressed interest in releasing the album himself.[1] Prior to this Round had a short stint as an intern at Fat Wreck Chords.[2] While the label began as a home operation, and had only put out five albums by the end of 2010,[3] by 2014 some of the label's roster were main-stage acts at Warped Tour, and others had sold nearly 50,000 copies of their albums.[4] Overall, the label's catalog had sold over 280,000 records as of March 2014.[5] Among the label's signings are Vanna and Hit the Lights.[6] In March 2017, Pure Noise Records partnered with Sony Music to create a new music label called Weekday Records.[7]
Originally the label was called Pure Noise Entertainment and was supposed to become a pure concert agency, but Round decided to found a record company after two organized concert tours because he didn't see himself as a promoter of concerts.[8] The first release was a CD of the US-American melodic hardcore band No Bragging Rights. Initially Round sent their demo to record companies hoping that a label would sign the band. When nothing materialized, he decided to produce the album himself. He asked his mother if she could give him money to produce a CD, which she agreed to. The resulting LP, The Consequence of Dreams, was the first album released by Pure Noise. Craig Ericson (founder of Rise Records) often advised Round during this beginning period.[9]
From 2008 to 2010 the label operated as its own project and brought just five productions onto the market.[10] In the meantime Pure Noise has signed two bands, Landscapes (England) and The Story So Far, among others, which have been able to achieve a higher degree of popularity. Landscapes toured Europe several times and The Story So Far's second album reached a chart position in the official Billboard charts. In 2014, The Story So Far played for the first time on the main stage of the Warped Tour and have sold almost 50,000 records of their album What You Don't See.[9] With The Finer Things by State Champs (#131) and Angst by Handguns (#155), the label has released two more albums that have made it onto the official US Billboard 200. More than 280,000 records were sold worldwide in the first five years of the record company's existence. Round now shares an office with concert manager Brad Wiseman of the Soroka Agency.[11]
| Artist | Title | Release Date | Catalog # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Bragging Rights | The Consequence Of Dreams | PNE101[15] | ||
| Create Avoid | Heart Remains | PNE104[16] | ||
| All Shall Perish | Awaken the Dreamers (Re-release) | PNE105 | ||
| The American Scene | By Way of Introduction | PNE110[17] | ||
| The Story So Far | Under Soil and Dirt | PNE112[18] | ||
| I Call Fives | I Call Fives | PNE118[19] | ||
| Forever Came Calling | Contender | PNE119[20] | ||
| The American Scene | Safe For Now | PNE120[21] | ||
| Handguns | Angst | PNE123[22] | ||
| The Story So Far | What You Don't See | PNE127[23] | ||
| Vanna | The Few and the Far Between (Re-release) | PNE128[24] | ||
| To the Wind | Empty Eyes | PNE129[25] | ||
| State Champs | The Finer Things | PNE133[26] | ||
| Landscapes | Life Gone Wrong (Re-release) | PNE134[27] | ||
| No Bragging Rights | Cycles (Re-release) | PNE136[28] | ||
| Reggie and the Full Effect | No Country For Old Musicians | PNE139[29] | ||
| Rotting Out | The Wrong Way (Re-release) | PNE140[30] | ||
| Elder Brother | Heavy Head | PNE143[31] | ||
| A Loss For Words | The Kids Can’t Lose (Re-release) | PNE144[32] | ||
| Vanna | Void | PNE146[33] | ||
| Heart to Heart | Dulce | PNE147[34] | ||
| Handguns | Life Lessons | PNE149[35] | ||
| My Iron Lung | Relief | PNE150[36] | ||
| To the Wind | Block Out The Sun & Sleep | PNE151[37] | ||
| The American Scene | HAZE | PNE153[38] | ||
| No Bragging Rights | The Concrete Flower | PNE154[39] | ||
| Gnarwolves | Gnarwolves | PNE155 | ||
| Forever Came Calling | What Matters Most | PNE157[40] | ||
| Gates | Bloom & Breathe | PNE158[41] | ||
| Hit the Lights | Summer Bones | PNE162 | ||
| Speak Low If You Speak Love | Everything But What You Need (Re-release) | PNE167 | ||
| The Story So Far | The Story So Far | PNE168 | ||
| Four Year Strong | Four Year Strong | PNE169 | ||
| Senses Fail | Pull the Thorns from Your Heart | PNE171 | ||
| Brigades | Indefinite | PNE172 | ||
| Counterparts | Tragedy Will Find Us | PNE173 | ||
| State Champs | Around the World and Back | PNE174 | ||
| Seaway | Colour Blind | PNE176 | ||
| Handguns | Disenchanted | PNE179 | ||
| Like Pacific | Distant Like You Asked | PNE183 | ||
| Landscapes | Modern Earth | PNE185 | ||
| My Iron Lung | Learn To Leave | PNE188 | ||
| Gates | Parallel Lives | PNE189 | ||
| Vanna | All Hell | PNE191 | ||
| Knocked Loose | Laugh Tracks | PNE192 | ||
| Boston Manor | Be Nothing | PNE193 | ||
| To the Wind | The Brighter View | PNE195 | ||
| Can't Swim | Fail You Again | PNE196 | ||
| First Blood | Rules | PNE199 | ||
| State Champs | Around the World and Back (Deluxe Edition) | PNE201[42] | ||
| Seaway | Vacation | PNE204 | ||
| Counterparts | You’re Not You Anymore | PNE205 | ||
| Stick to Your Guns | True View | PNE206 | ||
| Sharptooth | Clever Girl | PNE207 | ||
| Speak Low If You Speak Love | Nearsighted | PNE211 | ||
| Stone | Inch of Joy | PNE212[43] [44] | ||
| Senses Fail | If There Is Light, It Will Find You | PNE213 | ||
| Elder Brother | Stay Inside | PNE214 | ||
| Like Pacific | In Spite of Me | PNE215[45] | ||
| Hawthorne Heights | Bad Frequencies | PNE216 | ||
| State Champs | Living Proof | PNE217[46] | ||
| Homesafe | One | PNE219[47] | ||
| Boston Manor | Welcome to the Neighbourhood | PNE220[48] | ||
| The Story So Far | Proper Dose | PNE221[49] | ||
| Terror | Total Retaliation | PNE222 | ||
| Left Behind | Blessed by the Burn | PNE224 | ||
| Drug Church | Cheer | PNE225 | ||
| Bearings | Blue In the Dark | PNE226 | ||
| Can't Swim | This Too Won't Pass | PNE227 | ||
| Masked Intruder | III | PNE228 | ||
| Youth Fountain | Letters To Our Former Selves | PNE231 | ||
| Graduating Life | Grad Life | PNE232 | ||
| Just Friends | Nothing but Love | PNE233 | ||
| Year of the Knife | Ultimate Aggression | PNE234 | ||
| Take Offense | Keep an Eye Out | PNE257 | ||
| Knocked Loose | A Tear in the Fabric of Life | October 13, 2021 | PNE313 | |
| Drug Church | Hygiene | March 11, 2022 | PNE322 | |
| Senses Fail | Hell is in Your Head | July 15, 2022 | PNE330 | |
| Seeyouspacecowboy | The Romance of Affliction | November 5, 2021 | PNE334 |
| Artist(s) | Title | Release Date | Catalog # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnarwolves | Chronicles of Gnarnia | PNE142 | ||
| Four Year Strong | Some of You Will Like This, Some of You Won’t | PNE203 | ||
| SeeYouSpaceCowboy | Songs for the Firing Squad | PNE230 | ||
| Seaway | Fresh Produce | PNE235 | ||
| Various Artists | Keep Shining On: A Tribute To The Music Of Tim Landers | PNE264[50] [51] |
| Artist | Title | Release Date | Catalog # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Bragging Rights | The Anatomy of a Martyr (Re-release) | PNE102 | ||
| The Story So Far | While You Were Sleeping | PNE106[52] | ||
| Second To Last | Runaway | PNE107[53] | ||
| Handguns | Don't Bite Your Tongue | PNE109[54] | ||
| Daybreaker | The Northbound Trains | PNE111[55] | ||
| Troubled Coast | I've Been Thinking About Leaving You | PNE115[56] | ||
| I Call Fives | Someone That's Not You | PNE116[57] | ||
| Create Avoid | Pastime | PNE117[58] | ||
| My Iron Lung | Grief | PNE121[59] | ||
| State Champs | Overslept | PNE122[60] | ||
| Troubled Coast | Awake and Empty | PNE124[61] | ||
| To the Wind | No More Than This | PNE125[62] | ||
| Misser | Problems. Problems. Problems. | PNE126[63] | ||
| Living with Lions | Some of My Friends Appear Dead To Me | PNE132[64] | ||
| Gates | You Are All You Have Left To Fear | PNE135[65] | ||
| Sights & Sounds | Silver Door | PNE137[66] | ||
| Brigades | Crocodile Tears | PNE145[67] | ||
| The Story So Far | Songs Of | PNE148[68] | ||
| Four Year Strong | Go Down in History | PNE152[69] | ||
| State Champs | The Acoustic Things | PNE156[70] | ||
| Seaway | All In My Head | PNE159[71] | ||
| Like Pacific | Like Pacific | PNE161 | ||
| Elder Brother | Wish You Were Here | PNE163[72] | ||
| Brigades | Our Lives Unfold | PNE164 | ||
| Rotting Out | Reckoning | PNE166 | ||
| Jule Vera | Friendly Enemies | PNE170 | ||
| Casey Bolles | Freshman | PNE175 | ||
| Vanna | ALT | PNE177[73] | ||
| Boston Manor | Saudade | PNE178 | ||
| My Iron Lung | S.O.S. | PNE180 | ||
| Gnarwolves | Adolescence | PNE181 | ||
| Can't Swim | Death Deserves a Name | PNE182 | ||
| Casey Bolles | Manhattan | PNE184 | ||
| Hit the Lights | Just to Get Through to You | PNE186 | ||
| Knocked Loose | Pop Culture (Re-release) | PNE187[74] | ||
| Masked Intruder | Love and Other Crimes | PNE190 | ||
| Stick to Your Guns | Better Ash Than Dust | PNE194 | ||
| Less Than Jake | Sound The Alarm | PNE197 | ||
| Senses Fail | In Your Absence | PNE198 | ||
| Terror | The Walls Will Fall | PNE200 | ||
| Bearings | Nothing Here is Permanent | PNE202 | ||
| Lizzy Farrall | All I Said Was Never Heard | PNE209 | ||
| Sanction | The Infringement of God’s Plan | PNE218 | ||
| Counterparts | Private Room | PNE223 | ||
| Youth Fountain | Youth Fountain | PNE229 |
| Artists | Title | Release Date | Catalog # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transit & Man Overboard | Transit / Man Overboard Split | PNE103[75] | ||
| The Story So Far & Maker | The Story So Far / Maker Split | PNE108[76] | ||
| Handguns & Forever Came Calling | Handguns / Forever Came Calling Split | PNE113[77] | ||
| The American Scene & Daybreaker | The American Scene / Daybreaker Split | PNE114[78] | ||
| The Story So Far & Stick to Your Guns | The Story So Far / Stick To Your Guns Split | PNE130[79] | ||
| Matthew Vincent & Alexander Correia | Matthew Vincent / Alex Correia Split | PNE131[80] | ||
| Forever Came Calling & Family Thief | Forever Came Calling / Family Thief Split | PNE141[81] | ||
| Senses Fail & Man Overboard | Senses Fail / Man Overboard Split | PNE165 |