Run For Cover is an uncompromisingly independent record label based in Boston, MA, focused on a wide spectrum of alternative music. Started in 2004 by Jeff Casazza, RFC has worked with 100+ artists, issuing over 300 physical releases for bands like AFI, Citizen, Title Fight, Alex G, Modern Baseball, Camp Cope, Tigers Jaw, Turnover, Basement, mewithoutYou, Nothing, and Fiddlehead.

Driven by a love for discovering and nourishing developing artists, RFC’s longevity can largely be attributed to the labels involvement in helping foster communities of forward thinking artists around the world. More than an online store or soul-less copyright on a screen, Run For Cover is dedicated to contend that record labels - at least the ones doing it right, have a vital place in the independent music world.

Run For Cover constantly looks back to, and takes influence from a time when institutions like Drag City, Sub Pop, and Revelation shaped subculture through zines, bootlegs, house shows, record stores, and meaningful physical releases, all while treating artists fairly and fundamentally ignoring the mainstream.

+ Magic Circle Vinyl Subscription

RFC’s Magic Circle Vinyl Subscription allows our devoted followers to receive the most limited version of our upcoming releases automatically upon release. The 3, 6, or 12 record subscription includes all new full length LP releases w/ subscription exclusive, hand numbered obi strips limited to 150 copies, among many other perks. Find a full list of features and become a member here.

+ First Run Club

FRC is our indie retail initiative. Every new RFC release will have a retail exclusive vinyl variant that includes a First Run Club top spine for easy spotting in the wild, an RFC CD sampler featuring our latest tracks, a large two sided 18x24 poster, and an RFC sticker sheet - all without an increase in price.

Seasick Records staff w/ AFI First Run Club Vinyl

We do not accept unsolicited submissions.

General Inquiries - info@runforcoverrecords.com
Licensing/Sync: - syncteam@terrorbird.com
Mailorder Contact - hello@poweredbyarmada.com

In recent years, RFC has donated over $100,000 to countless human rights organizations in the ongoing fight against our administration’s treatment of underserved and marginalized communities. Some organizations we’ve proudly donated include but are not limited to Horizons for Homeless Children, National Network of Abortion Funds, National Alliance of Mental Illness, Black Artist Fund, Vote Save America, Every Town for Gun Safety, Impact Lebanon, Protect Native Elders, Color of Change, Covid 19 Relief Fund, New Music USA, Middle Tennessee Emergency Relief Fund, One Tree Planted, Tegan and Sarah Foundation, The Trevor Project, American Refugee Committee and many more.

Run For Cover is happily distributed worldwide by Secretly Distribution.

These are some of our favorite record stores:

• Park Ave CDs – Orlando, FL
• Waterloo Records – Austin, TX
• Amoeba Music Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA
• Wax Trax – Denver, CO
• Zia Record Exchange – Phoenix, AZ
• Repo Records – Philadelphia, PA
• Wanna Hear It Records, Watertown, MA
• Zion’s Gate Records – Seattle, WA
• Rough Trade – New York, NY
• Seasick Records - Birmingham, AL
• Easy Street – Seattle, WA
• Music Millennium – Portland, OR
• Grimey’s – Nashville, TN
• Record Exchange – Boise – Boise, ID
• Lunchbox Records – Charlotte, NC
• Siren Records – Doylestown, PA
• Culture Clash – Toledo, OH
• Princeton Record Exchange – Princeton, NJ
• Harvest Records – Asheville, NC
• Graywhale Entertainment – Taylorsville, UT
• Vertigo Music – Grand Rapids, MI