ZBR Fest over, Orphan Donor next!

May 09, 2026 by David Norman

Holy fuck, ZBR Fest was insane. Lots more news on that but here’s a post with lotsa useful information.

First, above is Wollruss at pre-show. Should be recording this fall/winter.

Second, Beau Navire demo 10”s went up but there’s like a few left at most. You can also Mahria/Watcher 7”s and All Through A Life 7”s from Clue #2 Records - thanks Hieg!!!

Third, Orphan Donor album premiere stream now and full release on Monday! Scope that premiere by clicking on this text or the pic below.

Fourth, I’ll put up the remaining ZBR Fest variant versions of the Letterstoyou cassette on Monday that doesn’t technically release until May 25th! Only 20 were made and there’s only about 10 left!!!

Click here for the full album preimere and article!

Click here for the full article and premiere!

I.O. had a premiere for their first and only single from the upcoming ‘The Beatniks Couldn’t Save The World’ cassette EP and goes on tour next week! Max from Wollruss is the mastermind behind the insanity, chaos, and inherent beauty of experimental jazz drumming, but when combined with JP’s vocal stylings it becomes like a crazy mixture of Hella and La Dispute. Truly incredible stuff! Click the pic above or this text for the premiere, jam the song below if you don’t have the time to check out the article.

There was a Metal Injection full album premiere that I totally missed for the new Detach The Islands EP/collections released today. ‘Concrete Jungle’ contains some covers (Poison The Well, Death Grips), unreleased jams, and some alternate versions, with the cassettes including a massive audio interview between the band and CanaDave. Check that shit out! Click on the text here to go to the premiere, pics above, album below.

Operation X-Ray played the almighty Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead as well as jams from Fingerswoventogether and Detach The Islands! The cds have been flying so snag the ‘collected’ Jens years asap! By the way their new material at ZBR Fest 2026 was fucking mindblowing!!!

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to a killer and seemingly semi-slept on release in North America, our second NIONDE PLÅGAN release on 12” for ‘Reflektion’ (the black variant). Incredible posty screamo in the vein of Envy, Respire, Heaven In Her Arms, Locktender, and Suffocate For Fuck Sake. Snag it below (or by clicking on this text) or forever hold your peace.

Toliet OV Hell’s April Anti-fascist Scrub included Fainting Dreams, Dental Office Parking, and Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead. I really love the idea of this recurring segment, and I should note that pins for Dental Office Parking came in so if you order a 3”cd you get a pin for free! Yay!!! Click on the pic above or this text for the Scrub, get Dental Office Parking below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CARTHAGE = This Kiwi screamo band wrote these songs in high school? Goddamn!!!

2026 - 5 - 01 /// Fingerswoventogether + Detach The Islands released x ZBR Fest 2026 starts tonight!

May 01, 2026 by David Norman

ZBR Fest starts today! The pre-show is going down at 6:30pm at Big Fernwood in Victoria (Vancouver Island). Tickets at the door are $35! The main fest is at Red Gate in Vancouver (on the mainland) with the doors opening Saturday at 2:30 and Sunday at 3:30. Tickets for those are $70 per day or $120 for both days. Can’t wait to see y’all!!!

The last ZBR Fest Profile Feature of 2026 goes to Fingerswoventogether and their new release ‘As The Lie Became Truth’ just dropped! Truly exceptional screamo from Florida. We have 50 of these to move, and we’ll move’em! Check the band out this weekend at ZBR Fest!!!

Detach The Islands new EP/collections released today. ‘Concrete Jungle’ contains some covers (Poison The Well, Death Grips), unreleased jams, and some alternate versions, with the cassettes including a massive audio interview between the band and CanaDave. Check that shit out!

Operation X-Ray played the almighty Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead. If you wanted some promo pics I snapped some yesterday when the sun was out. We’ll have a stack of these at ZBR Fest to move and the band will have a buncha merch including shirts, etc.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy is a weird one, as we kinda helped co-release it but didn’t put it on our bandcamp page because we wanted Jeanne to get all the traffic. Perhaps because of that reason we still have a single 2x12” discography release by this incredible Euro band. This is the brown cover variant btw. These initially sold out but this one was added back in a year later and I think just no one saw it. So snag it below or forever hold your peace.

JEANNE - Discography (2x12")

CA$40.00

For fans of: Daitro and Malisa Bahat.

Dark, heavy, versatile screamo from France. On double black 12″ vinyl, with 3 different covers (blue, black or beige), and 2 recto/verso inserts. Covers are cut out so that you can change the artwork using the inserts, depending on your mood. To complete your discography pick up the ‘Cinq’ 5-way split 12” in order to acquire songs 13 and 14!!!

2x12” on black vinyls with interchangeable inserts. 16 songs.

Listen here:
https://voiceoftheunheard.bandcamp.com/album/votu072-discography

Cover:

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: next = none today I ran outta time!

2026 - 4 - 27 /// Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead cds!

April 27, 2026 by David Norman

Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead ‘collected’ cds are out! They arrive in Canada today after a hefty 5-day delay. Don’t forget that ZBR Fest pre-order tickets close on Friday morning at 8am PST and any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.

Orphan Donor new album ‘Ailments’ releases May 11th on Zegema Beach via 100 four-panel digipak cds, thus having us release the last three albums on different formats (tapes, vinyl, cds). Lambgoat premiered their one and only single, so check that out above or by clicking on this text. Super lazy listen is below, but there’s nothing fucking lazy about that banger.

Nima from Hillsboro was interviewed by Inlet Wire in a little 10-minute clip right alongside a brand new song and album opener HotGirlTM which is easily one of my fave jams from the upcoming ‘A Party in Your Name’ album releasing May 29th on Softseed Music!

Mieke and her other project Wallflower are making the trek all the way from New Zealand to play ZBR Fest 2026. That’s some massive stuff right there. Plus, she’ll be playing a song alongside Nicole of Mage Tears. It’s going to be nuts. I can’t wait! Softseed Music released ‘frau eva’ on 12” vinyl which you can snag in the ZBR stores now!!! Buy show tickets below or by clicking on this text!

Click here for the full post and podcast!

My boy Bobby from The Caution Children and Gillian Carter came on my podcast for a Bobcast and it was awesome. Love that dude. Come say hi to him at ZBR Fest 2026! A few things discussed: Hung, so much grunge, blazed in the church room, hella hat territory, practice pad bullshit, Primus and Danzig covers, learning how to scream in Cassettes On Fire, from "on-call" to "in the band", prime Boris, appropriate album art, upcoming Gillian Carter record, ZBR Fest 2026, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Caustic Wound, Clouds, Danzig, Mouthing, Pearl Jam, and Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full post. Stream/download below.

Operation X-Ray played Nsixhundred on their most recent episode. Tapes are sold out buuuuuuut if you’re coming to ZBR Fest I’ll have the last three copies in the distro!

Oh shit, Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to yet another release that was sitting on the shelf but set at zero stock. This is the last ‘Unraveled’ 12” and it’s one of the beautiful multi-color splatters. Check back on May 11th for their new album ‘Ailments’! Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ÅTERSTOD x LETTERBOMBS = Absolutely fire new split from a buncha friends!!!

2026 - 4 - 20 /// Nsixhundred released, Drive Your Plow cds on Friday

April 20, 2026 by David Norman

Nsixhundred current discography cassettes were released on Friday and promptly sold out. I didn’t have the paints I needed until the weekend, so the “mystery sofa swirl” simply wasn’t completed upon release, but I finished them over the weekend and just put up the last stock we had (about 6 backup copies) on Bandcamp. Their bombastic, chaotic, and screamy-as-fuck metallic hardcore will turn the heads of fans of Gxllium, Hayworth, Rex Kwon Do, Me And Him Call It Us, .gif from god, etc.

Just a heads up that Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead ‘collected’ cds release on Friday!!!

You’ll also see a new Orphan Donor premiere via Lambgoat on Tuesday!!!

Softseed Music has a lot coming up too, including Mieke’s ‘Frau Eva’ now in hand and shipping, as well as a Hillsboro single for arguably my favourite song from the new album on Friday. We’ve now got Mieke up in both ZBR stores, US linked here and the Canada/International one linked here - both of which are cheaper than buying off of Bandcamp!

Everything Is Noise has been doing a ton of great pieces recently, and they just posted an excellent Carrion Spring feature for ‘Those We’ve Lost and Continue to Lose’ which we released on 12”LP just over a month ago. You can click the pic above or this text to access the review, listen/buy below, and also catch them at both the ZBR Fest pre-show aaaaaaaand the main fest!

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for almighty Ostraca. They played our fest in 2024 and were easily one of the best acts. Super nice people. Wicked music. Insane live show. Ostraca are screamo royalty for a fucking reason. They fucking rule. Buy show tickets below or by clicking on this text!

This fantastic Fainting Dreams interview is courtesy of Idioteq.com, covering a lot in a dense post, ‘The Silence of Birds that Rarely Sing’ continues to get rave reviews. If you like your beautiful and your heavy but want them combined then hot damn there’s no better release than this. Read the interview by clicking on the pic above or this text. Listen/buy below!

Limbs received a most excellent review from Veil Of Sound. Check it out by clicking on this text or the pic above. Jam the final album by these Filipino greats below, a few tapes remain!

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to one of the Serrate test press…why do I still have this?!?! One of best LPs of 2025 on a super rare variant with alternate art! You can also catch them at ZBR Fest 2026! Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: .GIFFROMGOD = New album! So fucking good. Ultimate homies <3

2026 - 4 - 14 /// Dental Office Parking released!

April 14, 2026 by David Norman

Dental Office Parking 3”cds for ‘Water Park Tattoos’ just released! This quirky, sassy, genre-mash solo project from John (bassist of Usurp Synapse) features 12 tracks in just under 8 minutes. The cds arrive later this week so we’ll have promo pics once they arrive. Jam that brain-blast below!

Sungaze released a new video and song last week that you should scope. Wicked indie shoegaze with a touch of Southern rock. The records are done and the band is printing the massive zine that is included with all orders. Pre-orders still available below, these should ship mid-May.

Carrion Spring’s new LP ‘Those We’ve Lost and Continue to Lose’ got a great review from This Noise Is Ours. Scope it by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy the 12” below and catch them at both the ZBR Fest pre-show and the main fest!!!

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for the new Victoria youngsters Treewell! They just released the first track off their debut EP and it rocks. Pre-order the EP below and buy Pre-show tickets above or by clicking on this text!

Fainting Dreams received a most excellent review for their new EP ‘The Silence of Birds That Rarely Sing’ from the always reliable Everything Is Noise. We sold a good amount of this Softseed Music release in the first week so we implore you to check it out immediately, as it features Elle from Athousandangelsandseven on vocals and you bet you’re gonna hear some throat-shedding alongside the beauty. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below.

Detach The Islands have a new collections EP coming out with some new tracks, some sick covers as well as an interview! Very cool shit. There’s a bunch of info about it on the Earsplit Compound site (linked to the pic above and this text) with a full release happening May 1st, 2026 at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Scope their previous album below that we released on some seriously sick looking tapes.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to one of the best EPs of the past few years, the almighty Shoganai debut EP. This had already been released on tape, but as we knew they’d sell out we asked if we could hop on the second run, to which they agreed. Then they came and were incredible at ZBR Fest. Hell yes. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

In some great timing, Operation X-Ray played Gravess on their episode last Friday, and we just happen to have one last copy left. Snag it above!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BRUSHBURN = This Pennsylvania band released this stellar debut last month!