Vinyl Record

Whipping Boy - Dysillusion

Whipping Boy - Dysillusion on LP vinyl. A 2025 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 2025

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2025 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Dysillusion is Whipping Boy's 2025 reimagining of Muru Muru, the difficult second LP from the San Francisco hardcore underground that never behaved like a straight hardcore record. The original album followed The Sound Of No Hands Clapping and pushed Eugene Robinson, Steve Ballinger, Dave Owens and Sam Smoot into darker, stranger territory: post-hardcore before the term had settled, filled with noise, funk damage, gothic shadows and studio unease. For Dysillusion, producer Joe Chiccarelli remixed the material from the original tapes, John Golden remastered it and Aaron Turner created new artwork, giving the record a new title as well as a new way to be heard. Songs such as Nevermore, My Day At The Lake, Mister Magi, Walking Boss and Junkman reveal a band that was too odd for simple scene memory. Dysillusion matters because it does not rewrite the past into neatness; it lets the original ambition finally come through with greater force.

It matters because it rescues a misunderstood 1980s underground record from the limits of its first presentation. Dysillusion reframes Whipping Boy as a band stretching hardcore toward post-punk, noise and art-rock disturbance before that combination had a comfortable name.

For collectors, Dysillusion is the modern access point to the Muru Muru material: a 2025 Blackhouse Records reconstruction with Chiccarelli, Golden and Turner attached. The pull is historical recovery, especially for listeners connecting Whipping Boy to Oxbow and harsher post-hardcore lineages.

Dark post-hardcore with jagged guitars, uneasy funk movement, haunted vocals, punk aggression, studio noise, gothic atmosphere and a restless refusal to stay inside one underground category.

Recommended for: Collectors of early American hardcore, post-hardcore and noise-rock history; Listeners interested in Eugene Robinson before Oxbow; Fans of reworked archival releases that reveal a band's stranger intent.

When was Dysillusion released? Dysillusion was released in 2025 by Blackhouse Records. How is Dysillusion connected to Muru Muru? It is a remixed and remastered reconstruction of Whipping Boy's Muru Muru material, presented with a new title and new artwork. Who worked on the new version? Joe Chiccarelli remixed the material, John Golden remastered it and Aaron Turner created the new visual presentation.