Best T-Shirt of 2009: Derek

I've already posted this T-Shirt on our blog when it came out, but it is still by far the best in my opinion.

Raised By Wolves / Actual pain

I have the grey one, I think I might get the black one too.

That's pretty much it. I like other T-Shirts but since we've started Single Second, I haven't payed a lot of attention to what other brands are doing.

EDIT: How could I forget this one!?

Rogue Status - Humanity Is

My sentiments exactly. I haven't been able to find this one, somebody hook me up!

Best T-Shirt of 2009: Trevor

Sure, it would be easy to just pick a Single Second shirt (Chthonic Triad), but I wont.
I like t-shirts that are either weird, will offend people or will get people thinking, a combination of all 3 is obviously the best.
It is impossible to remember all of tees that came out in one year, so my best one is the one that I remembered the most and stuck in my head.

Actual Pain: Goathead



This shirt is all 3 of the above, it is weird, will offend some people, and will for sure get people thinking. I love it!



A very close runner up is.

Black Scale: Twin Towers



Guaranteed, this will offend some people and make people think/remember that day. I dont have to live in the US to appreciate this shirt.

Actual Pain By Wolves

Two of my favorite brands just released their Fall/Winter collections, Actual Pain and Raised by Wolves. These releases solidify them at the top of "streetwear", in my opinion. Both of these releases inspire me to be a lot more liberal with future designs and to let out what I really want people to see from Single Second. It would be an honor to have the chance to work with either brand in the future. Speaking of which, the two of them worked on a collab for Raised by Wolves' line. The heather colorway is one of my favorite tees to come out in a long time. Check out my favorites from both lines below.

Raised by Wolves




Actual Pain

Raised By Wolves F/W Sneak Peek

I actually saw this a while ago but since it's making its rounds and Pete is a cool guy and we really like Raised By Wolves, I thought I'd share it here too. Two of the shirts shown are part of their Fall/Winter collection. Apparently both are collabs as well. I'd put money on the one on the left being with Actual Pain. I have a pretty good idea who the other one is with as well but I won't say anything, people will be surprised.

Actual Pain

Actual Pain has been one of my favorite brands ever since I stumbled on their stuff via Mishka. Since there's no shops around here that carry their line and I like to shop locally as much as possible, I haven't had a chance to pick anything of theirs up yet. Well when TJ decided to run a 30% off sale on their webstore I couldn't resist and had to pick up a few pieces.

Actual Pain x Mishka New Era and Gore Tiger shirt.


And a few stickers, plus where I do all of my work from. It's starting to get a bit crowded.


Although it isn't very apparent in our current designs, I think Single Second and Actual Pain have a lot in common. I can't say for sure though as I've never met TJ. Keep following us in the next year though and you'll probably start to see a few more parallels.

Actual Pain presents: "At The Mountains of Madness" by Fenriz

Actual Pain presents their latest mix-tape put together by Fenriz from Darkthrone. I'll admit I'm usually not a fan of "mix-tapes", but anything that has anything by Rudimentary Peni is immediately worth a listen. Get the download from Actual Pain here.

FROM FENRIZ HIMSELF:

“EVERY TIME I HEARD THIS “TOTAL ECLIPSE” BY ALAN PARSONS, I THOUGHT “I GOTTA USE THIS IN A MIX, IT’S GOT THAT PERFECT SPACE ODYSSEY 2001 VIBE, KINDA LIKE THE LONG VERSION OF THE INTRO TO CELTIC FROST’S “INTO THE CRYPTS OF RAYS”. IT’S COLD.

SO I GO FROM COLD TO BEAUTIFUL BUT STILL LO FI SAD/MELANCHOLIC ON THE “WITHOUT REASON” TRACK FROM PEGASE. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS I HEARD LAST YEAR. TO TIE IT UP TO CHRISTIAN DEATH, I NEEDED A MIDDLE SONG, A BRIDGE. AND I FOUND THAT IN “NOWA ALEKSANDIRA” BY SIEKIERA, LIKE IS IT PUNK, IS IT NEW WAVE, IS IT GOTH…AND THE TEMPO WORKS WELL WITH THE PREVIOUS PEGASE TRACK..AND SO COMES THE ROMEO’S DISTRESS, LONG TIME FAVOURITE OF MINE SINCE I DISCOVERED IT IN THE 80S, A DJ FAVOURITE OF BOTH ME AND EINAR FROM INFERNÖ/BEYOND DAWN, VIRUS ETC. THE WHOLE ALBUM IS A SCORCHER.

THEN SINCE THE TAPE SHOULD ONLY BE 30 MINUTES LONG, I NEEDED A SHORT LINK TO SOMETHING MORE METAL, AND AFTER CHRISTIAN DEATH I’D HAVE TO GO WITH SEPTIC DEATH OR RUDIMENTARY PENI, I THOUGHT. I GOT THAT RUDI-TRACK FROM A FELLOW MUSIC FREAK FROM AUSTRALIA (HI ANDREW) AND THAT TRACK IS SO INSTANT. BEFORE THE BEHEMOTH OF “SIGHT OF THE WISE” WITH SACRILEGE. EVERYONE PLAYS THEIR 1ST ALBUM, I USUALLY GO ON ABOUT THE 2ND ONE AS THE RIFFORAMA ON IT IS PRICELESS – IT WAS HARD TO GET INTO AS A KID BUT THAT ALBUM IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. I GET TOTALLY LOST IN IT. THEN TO JUST CONTINUE THE WHAT IS IT STYLE, I BLAST THE FIRST TRACK OF THE SINDROME DEMO FROM 87/88, THIS WAS THE VOCALIST OF CHICAGO GODS DEVASTATION’S NEW BAND, AND ONE OF THE MOST PROFESSIONAL DEMOS OF THE 80S. I’VE BEEN PLAYING IT FOR 21 YEARS STRAIGHT!

SO, AS A WEIRD BREAK AND LINK TO BOTH THE EERIE INTRO AND THE ORGAN ON THE BEFORE MENTIONED SACRILEGE TRACK, I SHOOT IN ONE HEAVY PSALM THAT A MASTER DJ HERE IN OSLO BURNT ME, TOTALLY OBSCURE VINYL OLDIE… AND IT CONTINUES WITH THE INTRO TO THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED “AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS” BY BLACKFEATHER, THANKS TO PETER IN WOLF 359 FOR SHOWING ME THAT SHOCKER FROM 1971.

SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE, FENRIZ, APRIL 2009”

From Actual Pain.