Second Nature Recordings is an independent record label

Independent record label

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 based in Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

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, Missouri

Missouri

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, USA. It specialises in indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 and punk

Punk rock

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 and co-releases vinyl pressings for other labels. They have released material by Coalesce, The Blood Brothers, Waxwing

Waxwing (band)

Waxwing was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington that drew influences from a wide variety of folk and punk groups.-History:The band was formed in 1996 after the dissolution of Lying on Loot, of which Rocky Votolato and Rudy Gajadhar were members...

, These Arms Are Snakes

These Arms Are Snakes

These Arms Are Snakes was an American post-hardcore band that formed in 2002 and featured former members of Botch and Kill Sadie. The band was known for their intense live shows, which often feature vocalist Steve Snere crowd surfing and spending a large portion of the live performance in the...

 and The Casket Lottery

The Casket Lottery

The Casket Lottery is a three-piece indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States signed to Second Nature Recordings.-1997:The band started in 1997 after Nathan Ellis spent time on the road with Coalesce. He and Stacy Hilt struck up an instant friendship and love for music beyond the...

 among others.

The label was founded by Dan Askew after he started a zine

Zine

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 at high school also entitled Second Nature. His zine was combined with a friend's with the intention of releasing compilation CDs. The fledgling endeavour released a CD compiling some of Coalesce's unreleased tracks with their 7" demo, and Askew joined the band for a tour. "The rest", he explains, "is history".

External links

• Second Nature Recordings at Rate Your Music
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