Coup arrival, Taking Tiger Mountain premiere, surprise on Monday!

October 09, 2026 by David Norman

Coup D’etat has arrived!!! Holy fucking shit. After taking a little longer to press than expected, the 7” lathes were shipped, sat in limbo for over 6 weeks, and were then returned to the plant. They just arrived on Wednesday evening and now all the orders have gone out! Happy days. They are playing the upcoming Taking Tiger Mountain show in Victoria, and speaking of TTM, (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) premiered their first single off their upcoming cassette/cd EP releasing October 23rd, 2026 but they’ll likely have copies in hand at the show! Click on this text for the full premiere.

A quick little reminder that I’ll see ya Monday for the Surprise surprise. Yay!!! 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. I recommend NOT being late.

Jisei announced their release show for ‘Gets Worse’ which I’ll be at cuz I playin Cadere. We should have the 12”s in hand for the release. I am so fucking stoked for this one! Check out the new song/music video below.

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the Rainmaking/Senza split (which I call the Rainza split 12”). These have moved well and are definitely well past half sold out. Snag a copy and while you’re at it pick up Senza’s ‘Celestial Body’ before everything released by Senza and Rainmaking totally sells out. Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Jam/buy below!

Avery Friedman has a new song and music video for “You Move”. A friendly reminder that her debut 12”LP ‘New Thing’ is still available on two gorgeous variants! Video above, first LP below.

Operation X-Ray’s recent episode featured Monterey, Ghola, and Ambretta. The first two are already out, while the third will be coming out on cd later this year.

Click here to go to the A Mountain Far page!

I thought I’d push my good friend Em’s A Mountain Far record label. They used to do vocals for Foxmoulder (last 7” copy is here!) and after resurrecting the label recently I came across both of these releases which rock. That Body Nest demo…goddamn!!! Click on the pic above for the merch page, or go directly to the bandcamp page below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FLESH BORN = Oh my god new Flesh Born!!! Check out the new record above and scope their ZBR Fest appearance below.

2026 - 10 - 02 /// Nhomme 3rd press released!

October 02, 2026 by David Norman

Nhomme’s most recent EP ‘種の過音’ got a third run today! Out of a run of 157 copies ZBR has just 25, and as they always sell out (hence the 3rd run) I would definitely recommend you jump on the most progressive and jaw dropping screamo EP of the past decade. Oh also it’s Bandcamp Friday so please feel free to snag stuff on the Bandcamp page (linked here) including the Complete Digital Discography which includes over 400 releases for less than $130.

Also, if you’re in Japan you’d be crazy not to go see the Raein x Nhomme x Sans Visage show on October 3rd in Kanagawa!

Monterey released a music video for their “Song for a Dead Bird” which you can scope above. Snag a 12” before we sell out as they’re already like 75% sold out here :) Phenomenal stuff for fans of Youth Novel, Brahm, and Beau Navire.

Boon’s new EP is releasing on Tuesday October 13th via Tomb Tree! After a killer debut with ‘Thief’ the Toronto blackened screamo/post-hardcore band is back with a much more expansive and deep EP ‘Offer Your Arm’. We’ll have some tapes available that house both EPs, with at least one variant coming with swirl dips. Click on the pic above or this text for the full premiere or just jam that shit below.

Blue Youth’s ‘Defeatist’ album just got its second music video by way of Reverie Online and their premiere of “Patient Patient” directed by Rob White. Wicked video, wicked band, wicked album. Click on this text for the full premiere and interview or just watch it above and jam the record below.

Ghola cds are still en route from the plant so while 12”s should be shipping over the next week the cds won’t be moving yet, expect movement there closer to mid-October.

In better news, Coup D’etat’s lathe 7”s were sent out again and should arrive in the next 10 days!!! These were expected to arrive back in June but a delay followed by the shipment sitting in postal purgatory for over a month, then the lathes went back to the plant and were shipped out again yesterday. Lots of pics and thank you for being patient coming soon!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CASCA = Holy bujesus this is good!

2026 - 9 - 29 /// Ghola is out, Nhomme is next!

September 29, 2026 by David Norman

Ghola is out! This supergroup features members of Lord Snow, Stormlight, Crowning, Iwan, Oaktails, and Frail Body to name just a few, and we’ve got random colored 12”s as well as digipak CDs. The U.S. store at Persistent Vision Records is also live so if you’re in the US you can snag one there.

Nhomme has an upcoming show with Raein and Sans Visage in Japan, and as we’ve been sold out for a hot minute, it seems pretty smart to make more tapes. So we did! And they release next!!! Yep, October 2nd at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST we’ll have just 25 copies of the 150 copies of the third run, as the band obviously needs them for their live shows (which are insane, thanks youtube). Check the music video above to see how the packaging and below I have one copy of the 2nd press left that I recently came across.

NHOMME - 種の過音 (cassette)

from CA$18.00

NHOMME ‘種の過音‘ tape (ZBR314)

For fans of: Yarmulke, Hella, Sans Visage, Gauge Means Nothings, Nitro Mega Prayer, and 1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal

If you were worried that screamo was becoming stagnant or overly conventional then we present to you the new 3-song EP from Japan’s NHOMME. This new set of songs sets a very high bar for mathy/jazzy screamo with an emphasis on clean guitars, wild bass, playful drums, super high-pitched vocals, and dynamically mindboggling song structures. Not only is the music jaw-dropping, but the band created a music video showing the process used to make the cassette packaging (linked here) for the second track from this release. As a final cherry on top the tapes all come swirled, and in the rarer cases in swirled bags. Truly a one-of-a-kind release.

Cassettes 1st run: /146, 87 on black/white sparkle swirl (band edition), 44 pink swirl swirl (ZBR edition), 10 black/orange swirl in a swirled bag, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case and swirled bag.

2nd run: /152, 95 on white/black sparkle swirl (band edition), 40 multi-color swirl, 10 purple sparkle swirl, 5 bandcamp to-go bag swirl, 4 test dips with matching swirl case, and 3 clear.

3rd run: /157, 72 swirl, 60 white, 20 halfsies, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case.

All tapes come in a clear/clear norelco case w/two-sided j-card and o-slipcover, all screened on recycled paper made by the band. 3 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/--6

Variant:

Softseed Music is quietly handling vinyl behind the scenes for Smush and their ‘Standards’ 12”EP and ‘i’ll always wish,,’ 12”LP. The former should release in November while the latter drops January 22nd but I should have both in hand before the end of 2026. Flood Magazine recently premiered their new song/video “Milkweed Butterfly” and you need to check it out because it’s probably the band’s best song to date. And yes, I know how incredible “Goodnight Moon” is. Scope the video above, the premiere by clicking on this text, and their debut LP that I helped release a few years back below.

‘Leaving’ by Corey Cash & Chuka Stergios turns one year old today! This Softseed Music release is still one of my faves and it just fell into my lap, which isn’t usually how Softseed works! Just gorgeous stuff, but by the playful acoustic guitar and angelic vocals.

My OMSB blog recently premiered a track by Shouldered which features members of Frail Body and Lower Automation! Scope “Scarecrow” below or click above for a more extensive premiere alongside some links.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: WELLNESS = This album is finally out and it features sick songs by sick people from a buncha sick bands. Sick.

2026 - 9 - 24 /// Ghola 12"LP releases on Monday!

September 24, 2026 by David Norman

Monterey’s debut 12”LP ‘It Always Passes Over Me’ is out and turning a lotta heads. A truly fantastic album, there’s so much variety and unique things happening on here that I could compare parts to bands like Brahm and Beau Navire to City Of Caterpillar and even Concealer. Whether it’s lightning screamo, post-rock/screamo, emo, or crunchy metallic hardcore, this band has you covered like it’s their day job cuz they pulled this off like it’s their fourth album, not their first.

Ghola’s debut 12”LP ‘Aeon’ is next and releases Monday September 28th! Oooo baby, so close. These are also in hand and sound amazing. This supergroup features members of Lord Snow, Stormlight, Crowning, Iwan, Oaktails, and Frail Body to name just a few! Music video above, bandcamp/digital pre-order below.

Click here for the US store with the newest products first!

New stock in the US store including: Colacon, Crossed, Dagerman, Dead Hour Noise, Gil Cerrone, In Wolves Clothing, Letterbombs, Neuman Portentum, New Grass, Respire, Sarin, Tetola93, Virgin Mother, and Zmar. Click on this text or the pic above for the link. I’ve got one Respire copy here too which you can snag below.

I took some time and did another proper band review on the my OMSB blog. Check out поступь cuz they are fucking awesome. For fans of: Aspergers, June Paik, Minaret, Black Nail, Lucidity, Cady, and Anodyne. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review, jam my fave jam below.

Operation X-Ray is on their game as usual, this time playing Monterey, Ghola, and All That’s Left Of You. Thanks Andre!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: COMPUTER SCIENCE = The Quebec band has so much flavor it’s basically a spice! Track 2 is phenomenal.

2026 - 9 - 17 /// Monterey 12"s release tomorrow!!!

September 17, 2026 by David Norman

Monterey is next and it’s a fucking bombshell. Featuring members of Concealer and Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave, the band has their own wild flair but is definitely for fans of Brahm, Beau Navire, Empathetic, and the like with a bit of Portraits Of Past thrown in for good measure. This 12”LP ‘it always passes over me…’ releases tomorrow, September 18th, via ZBR and Third House at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! Boolin Tunes already did a fantastic review of the record so check that shit out by click on this text.

Supergroup Ghola released their first single (below) with an accompanying music video (above)! Featuring members of Crowning, Itto, Lord Snow, Stormlight, Oaktails, Frail Body, and Greed Worm, their debut 12”LP ‘Aeon’ releases September 28th and vinyl is in hand!

Vancouver’s Taking Tiger Mountain has their debut EP releasing October 23rd on Zegema Beach via cassette and cd! The band shares members with another sick local band named Often Wrong, but this band brings the chunkier, heavier screamo that Orchid, Shesmadefromsuede, and Grimlitter. Here’s a snippet of a video that I took last month.

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the phenomenal Empathetic EP ‘The Room Collapses Quietly’ cd. This thing is essential ZBR listening and will turn the heads of fans of O’ God The White Whale, Monterey, and Brahm. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review and jam/buy below!

Nhomme takes home today’s Last Fucking Copy on the heels of ‘一種の過音’s third run releasing in two weeks. Easily the best packaging we’ve ever done (the band did everything 100% diy…just check the music video above if you don’t believe me!) so snag this edition below or forever hold your peace. Jam the EP on our bandcamp by clicking on this text.