Life's Demo 3 on Friday!

March 28, 2023 by David Norman

Life’s groundbreaking ‘Demo 3’ was released back in 2020 but finally sees the light of day on beautiful orange 12”s this Friday! We’ve got the majority of the copies, and you’ll find more at Larry Records, Icorrupt Records, and Voice Of The Unheard Records. More info and proper promo pics coming soon!

Lucidity took off as we were hoping. It’s just so fucking good. We sold well over 50% in 24 hours (more like 75%) so don’t expect them to hang around much longer!

Alright so looks like Saturday April 1st and Sunday April 2nd will be the official two days that THE VAULT will be open for. It will end at 6pm PST on April 2nd when CanaDave will host the first and likely last ZBR Zaffle (that’s raffle with a Z and yes it does look stupid). THE VAULT will contain lots of long sold out ZBR stuff including super rare stuff that Dave was unnecessarily holding onto (including cassette test dips), while the raffle will include all of the golden items like test presses, handmade records, and wax mages. Raffle tickets go on sale tomorrow!!! Here are a few pics of some of the stuff…

Lucidity was posted about on Stereogum mere hours after it’s release. Probably 1) because it’s so sick and 2) because it’s so short, lol. Seriously though every song slaps and the records look incredible. Plus they’re limited to just 100! So many reasons. Click on the pic below or this text to go to the review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MIS SUEÑOS SON DE TU ADIÓS = Enzo came out with another emo-violence collection of awesomeness. 3 new jams, all sick.

2023 - 03 - 27 /// Lucidity is here!!!

March 27, 2023 by David Norman

Lucidity’s ‘The Minsk Sea’ is out. We love this album so goddamned much it’s nuts. But we also suffer from confidence issues, so if these 100 sell out we’ll press more. This band is ex-Smile To The Wind and have officially released a contender for album of the year, despite the entire thing fitting on one side of a 12”.

On Saturday April 1st and 2nd (no it’s not an April Fool’s joke) the Canada/International store (this one) is opening THE VAULT. What the heck is that? Well, good question. CanaDave has been uhhhhh…let’s say a “collector” (hoarder is more accurate) and kept one of every variant ever made for every Zegema Beach, Tomb Tree, and Softseed Music release. As we approach 500 releases CanaDave’s house is nearing maximum capacity, and with an impending mortgage refinancE - it’s now or never. The store will be open for the entire weekend aaaaaaaand it should be noted that the sale includes free shipping if you are coming to ZBR Fest 2023 in Chicago, just state in the NOTES section that you would like a shipping refund and will pick up the stuff in Chicago and I’ll refund you within 24 hours. But Dave what’s going to be available? Well, pretty much at least one variant of every release ever, including mages, test dips, test presses, rare variants, personal distro, and more!

Massa Nera was interviewed by LongLegsLongArms on (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) last week so you should definitely check that out! The band is buying most of our remaining tape stock for their lengthy summer tours, so if you are looking for one we recommend snagging one soon. Click on the picture above or this text for to go to the interview.

Today’s Hiding In the Outpost (aka our last copy of something):

I unearthed a first press SeeYouSpaceCowboy on black that I’ll leave in the store for another day before taking it out again. After that it’s getting Ebay’d so if that massive metalcore bands strikes your fancy then you better strike that buy button. Last ever copy, never getting repressed cuz the majors bought the rights to the songs.

now sold out:
Pictures Of June tape
Nhomme tape
Blind Girls everything is gone
Komuso 1st EP tape

sold out

SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY - Fashion Statements of the Socially Aware (7")

CA$30.00 CA$40.00

For fans of: Fear Before The March Of Flames, .gif from god and The Blood Brothers.

Absolutely stellar 6-song EP from these panicked and sassy San Diego screamy hardcore folks. LAST COPY!!!

On black or pink 7" vinyl. 6 tracks.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fashion-statements-of-the-socially-aware

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THE MONARCH = I finally got to see this Vancouver Island post-metal band and they blew me away. Full set being posted on Wednesday via (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))), but this song was just released the day of the show! (last Friday)

October 27th is massive distro update day!

2022 - 10 - 25 /// Distro update on the 27th!

October 25, 2022 by David Norman

We’ve been very busy behind the scenes getting our latest Distro Update ready…and it’s probably the largest one ever. This behemoth includes so much shit I didn’t even bother trying to get them all out for a picture. Here is maybe 7% of what we’ll have going up.

I took some Massa Nera promo pics for their cassettes yesterday and promptly passed out for four hours. So I thought I’d kinda like…post them. The cds are done. The tapes are done. Just waiting for the vinyl and inserts to come in for the December 2nd release!!! Don’t forget you can watch the music video for “April 7th” now!

Brooklyn Vegan just premiered a new song/music video from Holly Caught A Contact High’s third EP release that we’ve got coming on Tomb Tree! Full Breaking Bad fix releases digitally October 28th and on cassette November 4th! Click on this text or the album art for the premiere!

Works (formerly known as Girl Arm) just had their second single premiere over at This Noise Is Ours. Tomb Tree already has the records which will go up for sale on November 1st and are /100. Really incredible math rock/indie/experimental stuff from Quebec. Click on this text for the full premiere and additional video!

This Noise Is Ours did a little piece about the мятеж and Synodus Horrenda split tape. Definitely out of stock. Jam it if you’d like. This is kind of a pre-cursor to the Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow and Eyelet split as part of the Cube 6-way. Click on this text for the review.

Rob aka Brobaire wrote his first and very awesome article for Not Just A Phase. Click on the text for the the article.

I recently did Out Past the Rings 129 for the Respire ‘Début’ tape that was released and sold out rather quickly.

I wrote a Venus Twins review for (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) so you should check it out cuz that ‘RAXIS’ album is easily in my top 10 albums of 2022. Jam it below and/or click on the text for the full review complete with music videos, history, and live videos. SO GOOD!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THE MONARCH = Yoooo there’s a sick band in the next town over from me on Vancouver Island! Nanaimo gets its Isis/Cult Of Luna/Amia Venera Landscape on and I’m so stoked!!!