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Since the late-Nineties Fortified has been the original and largest distributor of Antifolk in the world. In February of 2011 I decided that the need for indie distribution for Antifolk had waned with the availability of CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon and other networks filling in the gaps. It's easier now, more than ever, for Antifolk artists to sell their work online. When I first started Fortified that was not the case and I'm proud to have been able to help so many deserving artists gain the recognition they deserved. However, times have changed and Fortified is changing too. We will no longer be a hub distribution point for the Antifolk scene but I'd like to thanks the hundreds of performers and artists that I've worked with over the years for sharing their talents with me and the world.
For now, I will be spending my time concentrating on my own work, tours, and projects. Fortified will continue to sell my in-print albums and you can still order them below.
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Ramshackle Heart (2011)
Lach
Ramshackle Heart
Lach's first vinyl release! A beautiful collector's item. Vinyl release comes with digi-code insert allowing you to also download the album for free! Recorded in Cornwall, UK and co-produced with British recording star Neil Halstead (of Slowdive and Mojave 3 fame.) Lovely album artwork by NYC artist Kim Gledhill with tattoo images provided by Lach's friend Jonathan Shaw (master tattooist for Johnny Depp, Marilyn Manson and other stars)
"4 stars! Brilliant!" - Mojo Magazine
"Dangerously fun!" - Uncut Magazine
"The driving force of NYC Antifolk, speed-fuelled, acidic wit." - Q Magazinre
For fans of: Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, Johnny Cash. Joe Strummer, The NY Dolls, Violent Femmes
Tracks:Another Night Without You, Break The Day, Everyone's Therapist, She's Brave Now, Stunned, Baby, I Don't Want To Go, Lonesome For You, My Gangster, My Blue Overcoat, Sensitivity
Reviewed in Musicmuso
Ramshackle Heart review in Music Muso. "Witty, enigmatic and catching like a fish on a hook".
Ramshackle Heart review in God is in the TV. "The fretting psychosis of the middle-aged, and artistically emotive New Yorker is laid bare, whilst a touching backdrop of shuffling drums, wichita guitar grit and yielding breathy melodies play on. 'Ramshackle Heart' is indeed an apt reflection of the artist and his pranged myogenic muscular organ; the barbed sage recounting woe and journeying through a pastiche cattle-trail - complete with whip effects and yells - on 'Break The Day', to pulp 50s noir and the solace of a comforting prized mack, on the 12-bar 'Blue Overcoat'. However the opening gambit, 'Another Night With Out You', shakes and rolls in the style of Warren Zevon and The Waterboys, whilst the 70s revival new-wave of 'Lonesome For You', shows a respectful nod to 50s rock'n'roll."
ORDER FROM Song, by Toad Records

The Calm Before (2008)
Lach
The Calm Before
The album stars members of Television, The Bongos, The Spin Doctors, The Suzanne Vega Band and Pere Ubu!
"His new LP is his finest release to date: it's heartfelt, intelligent, good-humored, and expertly constructed folk played with the irreverent attitude that has become the hallmark of the Antifolk aesthetic."- Movement Magazine
"Jesus this is good. There's your nutshell review right there. Stick it on a poster, you can quote me if you like. I want move to New York."- Incendiary Magazine

Tracks:Egg, I Want To Be With You, This Ain't A Song, I Won't Miss You, A Quiet Distance, Men Don't Come Back, Positions of Power, Oh Well, Letter To Theo, George at Coney, Gone Gone Gone, Questions, Crazy House
The Calm Before reviewed in Smother
The Calm Before review in Toad
The Calm Before review in Herohill

$9.00

Lach
Today

"4 Stars! Splendid! Best of it's kind!"- Mojo Magazine
"Great new album!"-Amy Phillips, Village Voice
12 new songs from the man who started it all, Lach! With Billy Ficca ( of Television ) on drums and Roy Edroso on bass. Produced by Richard Barone
For fans of: Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Jam
Tracks: Antenna, Parade, The Human Torch Song, Junior, Do The Next Right Thing, Love Song #1, Power Lies Within, Secrets Theme ll, Sixties Girl, Wail Away, Wendy, Let's Make A Movie, Mystery Track

$9.00

Lach
Kids Fly Free

" 3 Stars! Something maverick is stirring"-Mojo Magazine
"3 Stars!"- Uncut Magazine
"Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff-and-tough punk turned poet with a heart o'gold singing jangly, funny, pop- punk."-Time Out NY
"NYC's living legend. Riotously catchy!"-Timeout London
14 song Lach CD comes with a 16-page lyric booklet illustrated by Daniel Johnston.
Tracks: Holy Days, Human Boy, Smoking Again, He Wanted To Talk About His Art, The Hesitant, I Love America (But She Don't Love Me), This Land Is Your Land, Beautiful, Little Miss Mystery, Sally's Gone Blue, Secrets Theme, You Better Be Good To Her, Ain't It The Most, A Day Without Me (Kids Fly Free).

$12.00 -Very rare, limited copies left! Order now!

Lach
Blang!

"A wholly enjoyable voyage through a strange and brilliant musical mind"-Billboard Magazine
"Lach takes adventurous leaps of word and lands solidly. Don't just listen to this album, study it, marvel at it then you can relax and enjoy" -Songwriter's Monthly
"Lach continues to delight with his new album Blang!" - George-Warren, The Village Voice
"Blang! is a work of impeccable antifolk pop craftsmanship."- splendidezine
The first of what fan's are now starting to call the trilogy. The album that kicked it all off and has become the Antifolk classic.
Tracks: Coffee Black,Teenage Alcoholic , Ungrateful, I Love Them, Jester, Blue Monk, Gasoline Blue, Kiss Loves You, Ambition Burns, Sometimes The Songs, The Boy Who Never Went Outside, If You Break It, Dreamboat, Drinking Beers With Mom

$9.00

Ramshackle Heart (2011)	Lach Ramshackle Heart Lach's first vinyl release! A beautiful collector's item. Vinyl release comes with digi-code insert allowing you to also download the album for free! Recorded in Cornwall, UK and co-produced with British recording star Neil Halstead (of Slowdive and Mojave 3 fame.) Lovely album artwork by NYC artist Kim Gledhill with tattoo images provided by Lach's friend Jonathan Shaw (master tattooist for Johnny Depp, Marilyn Manson and other stars) "4 stars! Brilliant!" - Mojo Magazine "Dangerously fun!" - Uncut Magazine "The driving force of NYC Antifolk, speed-fuelled, acidic wit." - Q Magazinre For fans of: Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, Johnny Cash. Joe Strummer, The NY Dolls, Violent Femmes Tracks:Another Night Without You, Break The Day, Everyone's Therapist, She's Brave Now, Stunned, Baby, I Don't Want To Go, Lonesome For You, My Gangster, My Blue Overcoat, Sensitivity Reviewed in Musicmuso Ramshackle Heart review in Music Muso. "Witty, enigmatic and catching like a fish on a hook". Ramshackle Heart review in God is in the TV. "The fretting psychosis of the middle-aged, and artistically emotive New Yorker is laid bare, whilst a touching backdrop of shuffling drums, wichita guitar grit and yielding breathy melodies play on. 'Ramshackle Heart' is indeed an apt reflection of the artist and his pranged myogenic muscular organ; the barbed sage recounting woe and journeying through a pastiche cattle-trail - complete with whip effects and yells - on 'Break The Day', to pulp 50s noir and the solace of a comforting prized mack, on the 12-bar 'Blue Overcoat'. However the opening gambit, 'Another Night With Out You', shakes and rolls in the style of Warren Zevon and The Waterboys, whilst the 70s revival new-wave of 'Lonesome For You', shows a respectful nod to 50s rock'n'roll."	ORDER FROM Song, by Toad Records
The Calm Before (2008)	Lach The Calm Before The album stars members of Television, The Bongos, The Spin Doctors, The Suzanne Vega Band and Pere Ubu! "His new LP is his finest release to date: it's heartfelt, intelligent, good-humored, and expertly constructed folk played with the irreverent attitude that has become the hallmark of the Antifolk aesthetic."- Movement Magazine "Jesus this is good. There's your nutshell review right there. Stick it on a poster, you can quote me if you like. I want move to New York."- Incendiary Magazine Tracks:Egg, I Want To Be With You, This Ain't A Song, I Won't Miss You, A Quiet Distance, Men Don't Come Back, Positions of Power, Oh Well, Letter To Theo, George at Coney, Gone Gone Gone, Questions, Crazy House The Calm Before reviewed in Smother The Calm Before review in Toad The Calm Before review in Herohill	$9.00
	Lach Today "4 Stars! Splendid! Best of it's kind!"- Mojo Magazine "Great new album!"-Amy Phillips, Village Voice 12 new songs from the man who started it all, Lach! With Billy Ficca ( of Television ) on drums and Roy Edroso on bass. Produced by Richard Barone For fans of: Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Jam Tracks: Antenna, Parade, The Human Torch Song, Junior, Do The Next Right Thing, Love Song #1, Power Lies Within, Secrets Theme ll, Sixties Girl, Wail Away, Wendy, Let's Make A Movie, Mystery Track	$9.00
	Lach Kids Fly Free " 3 Stars! Something maverick is stirring"-Mojo Magazine "3 Stars!"- Uncut Magazine "Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff-and-tough punk turned poet with a heart o'gold singing jangly, funny, pop- punk."-Time Out NY "NYC's living legend. Riotously catchy!"-Timeout London 14 song Lach CD comes with a 16-page lyric booklet illustrated by Daniel Johnston. Tracks: Holy Days, Human Boy, Smoking Again, He Wanted To Talk About His Art, The Hesitant, I Love America (But She Don't Love Me), This Land Is Your Land, Beautiful, Little Miss Mystery, Sally's Gone Blue, Secrets Theme, You Better Be Good To Her, Ain't It The Most, A Day Without Me (Kids Fly Free).	$12.00 -Very rare, limited copies left! Order now!
	Lach Blang! "A wholly enjoyable voyage through a strange and brilliant musical mind"-Billboard Magazine "Lach takes adventurous leaps of word and lands solidly. Don't just listen to this album, study it, marvel at it then you can relax and enjoy" -Songwriter's Monthly "Lach continues to delight with his new album Blang!" - George-Warren, The Village Voice "Blang! is a work of impeccable antifolk pop craftsmanship."- splendidezine The first of what fan's are now starting to call the trilogy. The album that kicked it all off and has become the Antifolk classic. Tracks: Coffee Black,Teenage Alcoholic , Ungrateful, I Love Them, Jester, Blue Monk, Gasoline Blue, Kiss Loves You, Ambition Burns, Sometimes The Songs, The Boy Who Never Went Outside, If You Break It, Dreamboat, Drinking Beers With Mom	$9.00