2024 - 12 - 04 /// Febuary round two on Friday!

Is Canada Post still on strike? You betcha. So that means that most of Bandcamp and this store’s orders just can’t ship out. Once that gets settled I’ll blast all these waiting boxes outta here so fuckin’ fast. I promise.

We’ve got some goodies to close out 2024 including a second run of Febuary cds, ‘What Happens After the Epilogue…’ cassettes from Coup D’etat, a limited Die Princess Die discography tape, the GreenBlueGrey + Black Nails/Sharp Teeth split tape, and the 24th installment of the Zampler with a sac fulla unreleased jams and spectacular cuts! Oh happy d…month!!!

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As stated we did another run of digipak Febuary cds, this time 200 copies instead of 100 cuz they barely lasted 15 minutes last time and also the band is back together!!! 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on Friday December 6th, all stores + bandcamp. Tell ya friends.

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Gxllium! 2nd/final run of cassettes for ‘Breakup songs’ came out last Thursday and shit be flyin’. Two variants are already sold out with the next few teetering on the brink. Catch the band on tour right fucking now!

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Mathcore Index did their 124th Mathcast and gave Senza hella love. Watch the entire thing but if you’re short on time jump to 16:26 as that is when the Senza discussion begins. Snag a 12” below!

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November 22nd episode of Operation X-Ray played a brand new jam from Coup D’etat, Mau, Fallingwithscissors, and Kid Feral - all bands we have partnered with or will be partnering with.

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Softseed Music’s releases were finally put in the US store so you can access them all by click on this text. Included are releases from Leavs, Social Caterpillar, Soul Crusher, Uno Lady, Opheliac, Ramona Cordova, Charger Port, Mel*N, Hillsboro, etc. All of these releases are listed in this store under the Softseed Music tab.

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Speaking of Softseed, CanaDave had two members of Hillsboro on the OMSB podcast for their sophomore discussion and new EP. Nima and CanaDave also play together in Wollruss. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the full post or just stream that sucker below.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ORISKA = Ex-Dispensing Of False Halos doing a dark, epic, posty thing and it rules!!!

2024 - 11 - 27 /// Gxllium! round two on Thursday!

Okay what’s the good word? Well…first bad news, Canada Post strike still going strong and the government hasn’t met their demands so I reckon most Canada store + Bandcamp orders won’t be moving again this week, but with a month till the holiday I am more optimistic than I would be any other time of the year.

ZBR Fest 2025 Wave 1 a comin’ soon!

Gxllium! 2nd/final run of cassettes for ‘Breakup songs’ is next on Thursday November 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. 150 tapes on 65 multi-color swirl, 25 gold fleck swirl, 25 white, 20 random color swirl, 10 yellow swirl, and 7 test dips w/matching swirl case. Want a tape of this release? Last fucking chance. If you’re looking for cds then hit up Vamonos Tapes!

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Mason and Hellena from Senza did a podcast together with Rob and Elias of Not Just A Phase! Really informative and hilarious interview, but extra props to Rob for 100% nailing the Dave Matthews Band / Matthew Good Band confusion, as a fellow Canadian I can definitely relate. Snag a 12” of Senza’s new ‘Celestial Body’ below or click on this text/the pic above to choose your podcast streaming service.

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ZBR Spotify is now packed with almost 1500 songs! Linked below, find new and old amazingness alike!

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Nous Étions had some updated stuff including a music video for “Comme Un Requin Dans Une Larme” and the ‘Reliquats & R​é​sidus’ cassette release with that new song and some live stuff. We’ve still got some 12”LPs and their 8-way split left but we’re gettin’ mad low!

NOUS ÉTIONS - La Manière Noire (12")

CA$12.00

NOUS ÉTIONS - 'La Manière Noire'

ZBR021
338 copies, clear with black smoke 12" vinyl, insert. Released November 26th, 2014.

For fans of: Sed Non Satiata, Engineer and Gantz.

Melodic and heavy post-hardcore, post-metal and screamo from Montreal, Quebec (friends with Black Love, no less!). Think Sed Non Satiata instrumentals and throaty Engineer-esque screamy growl. Beautiful music and beautiful artwork/vinyl.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-mani-re-noire

Released on: 
Zegema Beach Records 
Ancient Injury Records 
Désordre Ordonné 
Don't Live Like Me Records 
Through Love Records

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EIGHT FEET UNDER - 8-band/4-country split (2x12")

CA$22.00

ZBR065 Release date: June 1st, 2017
For fans of: Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket, Via Fondo, Nous Etions, The World That Summer, Sleeper Wave, Youth Novel, Lamantide and Pastel

8-band/4-country split 2x12" with gatefold cover! A truly stunning snapshot of 8 fantastic EPs, including 2-4 new/exclusive songs from (Sweden) Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket and Via Fondo, (Canada) Nous Etions and The World That Summer, (USA) Sleeper Wave and Youth Novel, (Italy) Lamantide and Pastel.
 

Released by Zegema Beach Records and Shove Records, Through Love Recs, IFB Records and Don't Live Like Me Records.

2x12" black vinyl /500 in a gatefold cover with art by Italian graffiti artist Nero. Comes with a download code. 2-4 songs by each band for a total of 22 tracks.

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https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/eight-feet-under-vol-1

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Usurp Synapse released a new music video for “Mind Your Own Business, I’m Starting A New Business” off of Polite Grotesqueries, which we have one copy of left and it’s below!

USURP SYNAPSE - Polite Grotesqueries - AssIIAss edition (tape)

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USURP SYNAPSE ‘Polite Grotesqueries - AssIIAss edition‘ tape (ZB359)

For fans of: Lower Automation, Jeromes Dream, and Abandoncy

After two decades of dormancy, Usurp Synapse has exploded into 2024 with numerous shows and now this brand spankin’ new EP of seven wonky, weirdo, and panic-inducing noise-rock/screamo/hardcore. Get trippy with “Drowning In A Cloud“ and “Cowboys and Indian Food“ or get straight to the rock with “Jaw one“ and “Guitargoyles Just Wanna Have Fun“. Dance, freak-out, puke. Repeat. Catch them at the ZBR Fest 2024 pre-show on May 3rd!

Cassettes /128: 75 Fucking Gross swirl, 25 Old Man Early-Bird swirl, 20 Green Puke, 5 test dips w/matching cases, and 3 assIIass white, each with double-sided j-card w/lyrics. 7 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ass2ass

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MÁU = Ex-Hawak, this band has been kickin’ ass on the west coast for awhile now, and this debut EP is incredible. We’ll have 10”s for these when they finish at the plant!!! Spring 2025 I reckon.

2024 - 11 - 19 /// Canada Post on strike + good news

Canada Post is on strike. This means Canada store (aka this store) and most of the Bandcamp orders literally cannot ship out until it is resolved. The good news here is if you place multiple orders over the strike’s duration I can combine your orders and refund you some shipping after the gears get movin’ again. This is totally out of our hands, so please have some patience. U.S.A. store orders will continue to go out and they ship internationally too!!! Click on this text to go to the US store.

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Fingerswoventogether released on Friday and we’ve blown through most of the tapes already. This store has a handful and the US store has a couple, but Bandcamp copies are sold out. Links to both stores are at the bottom of the Bandcamp page and cost less than those sold out copies anyways. Such a wicked debut EP!!!

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Gxllium! is next! The first run of tapes flew so we made a bunch more - 150 to be exact. CanaDave is dipping those suckas now, and this run is professionally duped with proper j-cards, as the first run was all DIY, baby. EP of the year? Definitely up there!!! Oh shit I found one extra copy of the 1st run…embedded below!

GXLLIUM! - Breakup songs (cassette)

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GXLLIUM! ‘Breakup songs‘ cassette (ZB369)

For fans of: Me And Him Call It Us, Hayworth, Rex Kwon Do, and .gif rom god

California's GXLLIUM! are back with an exceptionally fresh set of songs featuring a brand new lineup, and these six songs will absolutely floor you. Part chaotic hardcore, part metallic hardcore, part screamo/emo-violence, and a dash of the mosh, the breakdowns, panic chords, and unrelenting screaming will leave you aghast in the best possible way. We got these masters just a few days back so the first tape run was on 37 DIY cassettes (sold out) followed a 2nd/final run of professionally duplicated copies out of 152. EP of the year? You betcha!

Cassettes 1st run /37: 10 on 'Peart's Pearl Swirl', 10 red, 10 transparent yellow, 5 halfsies swirl, and two 'That's My Gold Bar'

Cassettes 2nd run /152: 65 on Whistleblower swirl, 25 on Gold Fleck swirl, 25 White, 20 on Random Color swirl, 10 on Underage Drinking swirl, and 7 test dips w/matching swirl case

each with double-sided j-card w/lyrics. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breakup-songs

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halfsies swirl (/5) Peart's Pearl Swirl (/10) red (/10) transparent yellow (/10) That's My Gold Bar (/2) Whistleblower swirl (2nd run/65) Gold Fleck swirl (/25) White (/25) Random Color swirl (/20) Underage Drinking swirl (/10) test dip w/matching swirl case (/7)

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There are some Le Blast tape stragglers that didn’t get immediately cleaned out last week. I’ve rearranged the products so the in stock cassettes permeate the top of the list. Click here for said page of Le Blast tapes and other new/awesome items…although I can’t ship them right now lol (cuz of the Canada Post strike).

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This Noise Is Ours continued their ZBR Roster Review series with the first Blue Noise demo cassette. I’ve been forgetting to include the Out Past the Rings for these reviews as they shed a lotta extra light on the releases, and if you love said release you’ll probably want some of that shinfo, baby. Click this text for the review, jam above, Out Past the Rings below.

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Tenue’s newest album (we did tapes and are almost out) got a great review from Metal Storm. Click on this text for the review and jam/buy below!

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CanaDave had Henning from Suis La Lune fame on his OMSB podcast, talking lots of screamo but also unveiling his new solo screamo project named Återstod. We’ll be releasing his debut split EP with Germany’s Meißel in January!!! Click on this text for the full post or just stream it below.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KID FERAL = Our Swedish friends recently released this stellar new EP and we literally cannot stop listening. Vinyl please!

2024 - 11 - 14 /// Le Blast now, Fingerswoventogether tomorrow

What the fuck is uuuuuuuuuup? Hope you’re doing good. Here’s the schedule for November and December:
November 28th = GXLLIUM! 'Breakup songs' cassette REPRESS: 150 cassettes right in time for their U.S. tour in December. For fans of: Me And Him Call It Us, Rex Kwon Do, and The Great Redneck Hope.

December 6th = FEBUARY 'February' cdLP REPRESS: Oh wait...they're back together?!?! Rejoice!!! 1st pressing was on 100 (sold out in 15 minutes), 2nd pressing on 200 cds with gatefold digipak. For fans of: The Lazurus Plot, Clay Birds, and Montcalm.

December 23rd = DIE PRINCESS DIE 'Discography' cassette: We've been in love with this band for two decades, so getting to make this discography cassette with new art of our favourite sassy, drunken, danceable post-punk/post-hardcore/emo/experimental/rock band feels like a blessing. Pressing on 50 cassettes with expanded j-card. For fans of: At The Drive In, Indian Summer, Four Hundred Years, and Slint.

Jan 1st-3rd (tentative) = KERATIN 'Death & Rebirth' 7"EP: The Australian band's sophomore effort and it's fantastic. Pressing on 150 black vinyl. For fans of: Suis La Lune, and Gil Cerrone.

TOMB TREE:
November 15th = FINGERSWOVENTOGETHER 'Three song demo' format EP: First demo that sounds more like a sophomore EP to me, wildly mature and writhing screamo that the kids are currently eating up. Pressing on 60 cassettes. For fans of: Onewaymirror, Spirit Of Versailles, and Widowdusk.

December 13th = COUP D'ÉTAT 'What Happens After the Epilogue...' cassetteLP: This Victoria BC-based Canadian band is going to make some waves with their debut full length. For fans of: Fall Of Troy, Circle Takes The Square, and Envy. Pressing on 60 cassettes.

December 27th = GREENBLUEGREY + BLACK NAILS / SHARP TEETH 'Split' cassette: The second split from these projects has them dropping in with a whopping 9 tracks each...totaling just over 20 minutes, so you know these absolutely blast through with extreme violence. Pressing on 40 cassettes. For fans of: Fallingwithscissors and thecheeseburgerpicnic.

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Tomb Tree made 60 tapes for the Fingerswoventogether ‘3 song demo’ and it’s fantastic, but for a demo it reigns supreme! This sucker releases tomorrow, November 15th @9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on swirl, random opaqaue, and bright blue.

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sold out

AU BOUT DE MES LÈVRES - Malgré la nuit (7" lathe)

CA$20.00

We snagged a big box of Le Blast cassettes which include restocks and a buncha new titles. They line the top of the New Items/Specials section along with a single copy of Naedr’s 12”LP and an the OG In Loving Memory discography 12” (which you can link directly to via this text).

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NAEDR - Past is Prologue (12")

CA$35.00

NAEDR ‘Past is Prologue‘ 12” Dog Knights edition

For fans of: State Faults, Mortar and Heaven In Her Arms

An astounding debut full length by Singapore’s NAEDR (member of Bethari). This truly incredible collection of 9 songs titled collectively as ‘Past is Prologue’ will have fans of Envy and Heaven In Her Arms in a frenzy. Ranging from epic post-hardcore to shrieky emo-violence and coming on both 12” vinyl and cassette variants, there’s something for everyone. One of the most complete, visceral and engaging releases of 2020, without a doubt.

ONE COPY IN STOCK!!!. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/past-is-prologue

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IN LOVING MEMORY - Discography (12")

CA$32.50

For fans of: Widowdusk and The Hareste.

Early discography 12” from this legendary band. Released by Init Records.

12” on black vinyl with lyric insert. 14 songs.

Listen here:
https://initrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-discography-2

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Concealer is getting mad love, both from The Pitch of Discontent (starts at 15:49 above) and Get Alternative (linked to this text) in both weekly roundups. Jam/buy it below, tapes are gettin’ low and most variants only have 1-2 copies left (if they aren’t already sold out).

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Febuary has…I think…officially got back together. At the very least they played a reunion show and we’ve got 200 more cds comin’ your way in early December so if you missed this, NOW IS THE TIME. Click on this text to go to the full review and jam that shit below.

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Envy/Love was the subject of a Youtube video from a channel I’d never seen before. They discuss it and play two tracks, and if you need it in English you can auto-generate subtitles. We started with 333 copies and we’re down to our last 30 now!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DRIVEYOURPLOWOVERTHEBONESOFTHEDEAD = My friends over here in Vancouver just released the best emo-violence record of 2024, hands down.

2024 - 11 - 08 /// Concealer today + Loftus Hoodies on Sale

Just a quickie here that:

1 - Loftus hoodies are on sale cuz I want them outta my house and STRAIGHT UP, both Daves get more compliments on wearing these hoodies than any other thing we’ve ever worn. So they’re 50% off till they’re gone. There’s only one Medium (orange), one Large (orange), and one Extra Large (purple) which are spread out of three totally different links which have been attached to the text of each size earlier in this sentence.

2 - There are some rarities that went up from additional stock/overages that include some serious heat and only one copy of each! Items are in the New Items/Specials section (linked here) and include Blind Girls, The Spirit Of Versailles, Respire, Massa Nera, Senza, Nuvolascura, Gxllium!, Febuary, Missouri Executive Order 44, and heaps more! Check the new items/specials section here. Some are embedded below.

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BLIND GIRLS - The Weight of Everything (cassette/12"LP)

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SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, THE - X Summer 1999 X (12")

CA$40.00

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FEBUARY - February (cd)

CA$15.00

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GXLLIUM! - Breakup songs (cassette)

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halfsies swirl (/5) Peart's Pearl Swirl (/10) red (/10) transparent yellow (/10) That's My Gold Bar (/2) Whistleblower swirl (2nd run/65) Gold Fleck swirl (/25) White (/25) Random Color swirl (/20) Underage Drinking swirl (/10) test dip w/matching swirl case (/7)

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Concealer has released!!! ‘Heartfelt Entries’ includes two brand new songs and the ‘dissonance [all that keeps me away]’ EP on one convenient cassette.

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Mason from Senza came on the OMSB podcast with CanaDave which you can check out by clicking on this text or the pic above. You can also just stream it below. We talked about a buncha good stuff including their upcoming 7” split!!!

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This Noise Is Ours praised the first Apostles Of Eris split that CanaDave took part in, alongside our friends from New Zealand in Raining. Just a handful of tapes remain, not gonna be made again! Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below!

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Horns Up reviewed a buncha stuff from September and included our very own Bloom Dream in the mix. That thing is gonna be showing up all over year-end lists. Click the pic above or this text to go there, jam/buy below.

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Amid The Old Wounds (ex-Duct Hearts) released a split with No Action on CanaDave’s Softseed label ummmmm I think late last year. Daniel was featured on the Emo Van so you should def check that out and then jam/buy the 7” split. Green copies are already sold out!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LOST GENERATION, LAST REVOLUTION = Amazing emo grind from members of Minaret.