Lower Automation stream + early-bird variant

May 17, 2024 by David Norman

Quickies:

1 - Some of our U.S. shipping is currently a bit slower than usual as US Dave attempts to keep afloat whilst shipping off a ton of stuff and closing up the rest of our ZBR Fest obligations. Oh, plus his real job and being a dad/husband. Cut that hero some slack <3

2 - ZBR Fest video should be up late June.

Lower Automation’s new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ was just premiered by Idioteq.com and you can order the tapes now! The premiere also includes a track-by-track breakdown! Here are the variants, links to order the early-bird variant (2nd one, neon blue/black + yellow/orange) are embedded in the premiere which you can access by clicking on this text or the pic above.

CanaDave teamed up with Josh Jakubowski from Neil Perry, Hot Cross, The Now, Joshua Fit For Battle fame to do this second episode of Not Just Fading Away Like The Rest Of Them featuring Endeavor and La Quiete.

Brooklyn Vegan did a great piece on the new self-titled Demersal 12”LP and tacked on a track-by-track breakdown from the band. Click on the text or pic above to read it in full. Jam/buy it below!

Terry Green’s ‘Provisional Living’ is in hand and ready for the June 3rd drop. 300 copies over two variants. This one was definitely worth waiting 10 years for!!! Check out the closer below.

As Mourn Recif gears up to their two shows with Hillsboro and Bok Suna, the promoters are at work so tickets for Victoria show on May 24th is now active, while it seems like the May 25th show in Duncan will be door-only. Click on this text for the Victoria show info.

Click here for the Duncan show info. Watch a live video from their first show below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FOXGLOVE = This new EP was shown to me by my bandmate and I got through 10 seconds before immediately downloading it. Fire.

2024 - 02 - 17 /// Horseboy is next, Orchid distro imminent

February 17, 2024 by David Norman

Just some weekend updates and unrevealed info :)

1) Horseboy tapes release on Tomb Tree this Monday February 19th. (pictured above)

2) Distro update next week includes all Orchid, Shove Records, and Moment Of Collapse releases.

3) Some upcoming podcasts on OMSB: Gxllium!, Solvalou, Edhochuli, Inosuke, and the Daves’ Best Of 2023.

4) Edhochuli was released last week and rules, jam/buy it below!

5) Gxllium! + Onewaymirror split cd releases in full February 26th! Jam those tunes under Edhochuli.

Shit’s been selling out like mad recently. Blind Girls? All gone. Massa Nera? Bye bye. Dollores? Zero. Crowning/Swallows Nest split? Gone forever. Yashira/Horsewhip split? No no no, they’re all out. A friendly reminder to pick up stuff you love before it’s gone. Things we’re almost out of: New Forms, Obroa-skai, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Alas/Hetta/Apostes/Letterbombs split, Thank You Driver, Vibora, Tropical Iceland, etc.

CanaDave spoke with Hanoi Traffic in late January and posted the podcast yesterday as the Australian band’s EP ‘towards an end’ just came out! Killer episode that also includes a Garry Brents premiere of his brand new project…Garry Brents! Check it out by clicking on this link, the picture above, or just listen/download it below :)

Operation X-Ray played heaps of bangers yet again. Check that shit out!!!

A friendly reminder to pick up tickets for ZBR Fest 2024 Day 1 and Day 2 as well as separate tickets for the pre-show. Everything is linked through www.zbrfest.com which you can access directly by clicking on this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ETHEL CAIN = This incredible artist just released a new 10-minute song that they wrote following the super bowl massacre.

2023 - 08 - 22 /// Joliette music video #2

August 22, 2023 by David Norman

Joliette is still kicking ass around Europe, and just days before we drop their new 12” we’ve got a brand spankin’ new music video for “Charlotte”, the fourth track off of the release. ‘Luz de Bengala’ 12”EPs release in full on Friday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST over three variants!!! Click on the picture above or this text to go there!

Five years in the making, the Orbit Cinta Benjamin and Flirt split is now available! Our little offshoot Tomb Tree made the swirl tapes for this release and we only made 50! Copies still available in both stores but the rarer variants are almost gone!

CanaDave finally got back in the saddle and pumped out one of the most important Out Past the Rings, that for Senza’s 2019 masterpiece ‘Even a Worm Will Turn’. We are out of 12”s! Only tapes remain. Unless you see them live then you better believe you’ll be snagging that 12”. Listen to it here.

CanaDave and Egin go way back, so it was a little upsetting that they hadn’t done a podcast together. Rectified. Egin Kongoli plays guitar/vox for Respire and is one of three founding New Friends DIY members. Bands played in this podcast: Excrucis, Low, The Pine, Slow Pulp, Social Caterpillar (exclusive song premiere!!!), and Xiu Xiu. Check the full post by clicking on the text or picture above.

When the The Sawtooth Grin confirmed to play our fest we pretty much lost our brains. Then we saw the band warmup and members from other bands stood around with jaws agape. Then we saw them tear the place apart to close out ZBR Fest 2023. And that’s it. We’re done here. But fret not, CanaDave has an entire post with new videos from every band that will be posted on his blog (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) at the beginning of September! See ya’ll next year!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: AMERICANBUSINESSMAN = Amazing new EP from Colorado, very intense!

2023 - 08 - 20 /// Orbit Cinta Benjamin + Flirt full stream

August 20, 2023 by David Norman

The split between Malaysia’s long-running Orbit Cinta Benjamin and Germany’s Flirt received a day-early premiere thanks to This Noise Is Ours! Stream that shit today and pick up a tape from our stores tomorrow at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST or snag a 12” from Major Label, SM Musik, Bad Health Records, ZilpZalp Records and Salto Mortale Music. Full article is linked via this text.

I just updated this store to reflect the last copies of the Widowdusk + Ihuntmonsters split…I even found two extra test dips!!!

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WIDOWDUSK + IHUNTMONSTERS - Split (cassette)

from CA$15.00

WIDOWDUSK + IHUNTMONSTERS ‘Split’ cassette EP (TT100)

For fans of: Funeral Diner, Montcalm, 2 O’Clock Girlfriend, and The Great Redneck Hope.

Our 100th release is a celebration of this window into the future of screamo. Not even 19 years old, WIDOWDUSK hail from California and have been gathering a bunch of hype along the way. This the band’s pre-LP material and marks a shift into darker/screamier territory. IHUNTMONSTERS is a solo project from In Case Of Capture. This collection of songs are ridiculously heavy and concise, bringing to mind false grind meets emo-violence and panic chords. So fucking good. And the tapes? Perhaps the most beautiful we’ve ever done. On two variants, Tomb/Tree. Alternate art (the blue-ish one) by Kyle Calvert Design.

Tapes /102, 70 on Tomb swirl, 25 on Tree swirl and 7 test dips, all w/double-sided jcard. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/split-6

Colour:

Tomb swirl (/70) Tree swirl (/25) Test dip w/matching swirl case (/7)

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This Noise Is Ours also did a review for Blue Youth’s phenomenal ‘Dead Forever’ 12”LP, we’re dwindling now (the Canada store is down to 3 copies, for example) so be sure to pick up a copy of one of the best noise rock records of the last decade, easy-fuck-peasy. Click on the picture above or this text to go the review. Click below to buy!

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BLUE YOUTH - Dead Forever (12"LP)

CA$16.00

BLUE YOUTH - Dead Forever 12"LP (ZBR123)

For fans of: Life In Vacuum, The Holy Shroud and METZ.

I don't even know what to say. I love this record so goddamned much it's stupid. 8 songs of sassy, jarring, melodic and screamy rock music that'll have fans of METZ and Life In Vacuum sweating. Probably my top pick for best album of 2018. No, I’m not shitting you.

12" black vinyl with insert /300.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dead-forever

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Operation X-Ray gave ZBR a sexy nod this past episode with three of our releases making the final cut, including Hetta, Scenario, and Congratulations.

We are very picky about bands playing two years in a row, but with Gillian Carter it’s a no-brainer. We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played the last day of ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming! And next one is the last one!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: COPSE = Atmospheric black metal OR blackened screamo. Take your pick. It’s awesome, so is the previous EP.

2023 - 08 - 14 /// ORBIT CINTA BENJAMIN + WIDOWDUSK + IHUNTMONSTERS

August 14, 2023 by David Norman

Not Just a Phase sold out. There’s a few left over in case some orders get lost, so if we still got’em in a few weeks we’ll add them to the next Big Stuff Thing.

Widowdusk + Ihuntmonsters split tapes just released and likely will sell out today! This is Tomb Tree #100 and quite a milestone for the label <3 If you didn’t notice, the two variants together read as Tomb Tree and to be completely honest this was a total coincidence that I exploited. Or maybe it was destiny. New art by Kyle Calvert Design!!!

Over the weekend we had a hefty distro update, with most of the US copies selling out immediately. This store still has the following updated stock still in:

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OSTRACA - Disaster (12")

CA$32.50

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OSTRACA - Enemy (12")

CA$32.50

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OSTRACA - Last (12")

CA$32.50

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MEN AS TREES - Weltschmerz & Sea of Ice Songs (2x12")

CA$47.50

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JAMAIS VU - Babak 1 (10")

CA$40.00

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GRAF ORLOCK - Destination Time Yesterday (12")

CA$30.00 CA$40.00

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SWEAT - Gotta Give It Up (12")

CA$25.00 CA$30.00

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Orbit Cinta Benjamin just premiered their single from the Flirt split cassette set to release next week on Tomb Tree!!! Click this text or the picture above to go to the review from Not Just A Phase.

Loose Teeth and Life In Vacuum’s Alexander Clark joined Canada on the OMSB podcast. The last few copies of their Constrain split will go to the band for their tour as of tomorrow, so it’s now or never from Tomb Tree! Click on this text or the picture above to go to the podcast and additional links.

Operation X-Ray gave a shout-out to ZBR again in their 2nd comeback episode, featuring Dear Diary This Is From My Teenage Angst To My Adult Self as well as Hillsboro who is releasing on CanaDave’s softer label Softseed Music in September.

Mathcore Index’s Mathcast gave some love to Seasons Worn who released their sophomore EP a few weeks back on Tomb Tree. Amazing metalcore with prog influences. Tapes still in stock!!!

Both Dave’s have been in love with Closet Witch for years (we even sport identical couple hoodies!) so it was a no brainer to ask the Iowa-based band to tear our ears apart. And they did. New album coming 2023 <3 We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played the last day of ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming! Actually, there are only two more!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HEXIS = Our Denmark friends just released a split with fellow countrymen Telos (whom Tomb Tree works with) which you can snag from Init Records. Remember Hexis + Trauma Model is the next Canadian ZBR show on Vancounver Island in Victoria, tickets here!!!