VHS round two

August 26, 2024 by David Norman

We dropped the last 20-ish VHS tapes this morning. Judging from demand we can more but it’ll be a bit - probably post 2025 fest but we’ll make a bunch. US Dave posted a few new fest videos too, check out Onewaymirror and Nuvolascura below!

Here’s the other Bloom Dream single. ‘It Didn’t Have To Be This Way’ releases September 5th on cd via Zegema Beach, followed by tapes a few weeks later!

I made a Vancouver Island Skramz Slam video (above) featuring Emma Goldman, Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead, Mourn Recif, and Coup D’Etat. If you click on this text you can go to Mourn’s previous show review with Drive Your Plow, Terrifying Girls’ High School, and Desperate End.

Gossip’s Tyler (guitar/vox) came on the OMSB Podcast to talk screamo and many other things. Click on this text to go to the full post or just listen above. 10”s still available below!!!

Operation X-Ray played the title track from the upcoming Hallam Foe 10” as a worldwide premiere! Also in this episode were Olth and Hillsboro <3 <3 <3

Justin from New Forms joined Edie on her podcast! We’ve got a 12” repress comin’ next month so snag the last couple of first press copies before those beautiful blues are gone forever!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MOTEE = David from Victor Shores has been reworking these songs for awhile, it’s awesome to hear the first one that was just released!

2024 - 05 - 31 /// Terry on Monday + June schedule

May 31, 2024 by David Norman

Terry Green is back with their first full length in a fucking decade. Did they break up? No. Hiatus? No. Procrastinating? Maybe. Whatever the reasons, the band continued their existence during that 10 years and honed these 9 phenomenal jams for your listening pleasure. ‘Provisional Living’ will be a ZBR cornerstone and is 100% worth the wait. It releases on Monday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on 150 white/red quad 12”s and 150 red w/yellow splatter 12”s. Check the schedule below for the next month of awesomeness.

Below is June’s ZBR/Tomb Tree schedule:

ZBR:
June 3rd = TERRY GREEN 'Provisional Living' 12"LP: Pressing of 300 12"s: 150 on red w/yellow splatter and 150 white/red quad: For fans of Party Hats and Who Calls So Loud.

June 17th = ANIMAL FACES 'Analytical Dreaming - Anomie' 12"LP: Pressing of 100 eco-mix 12”s: For fans of Caravels and Lautrec.

June 24th = FALLINGWITHSCISSORS 'the death and birth of an angel' cassetteLP: Pressing of 100 cassettes: For fans of Hayworth and .gif from god.

TOMB TREE:
June 19th = SERLING + CHARGER PORT 'Split' 12" lathe: Pressing of 50 12” lathes. For fans of: Under The Pier and Hella.

Nuvolascura’s ‘Twin Mystery: A Compilation’ was released and has already sold out. We hear you, cd lovers, more cds from the band/ZBR coming.

Mathcore Index made some dough on their newest episode by mentioning ZBR an absurd (and amazing) amount of times. Included were Usurp Synapse, Gossip, and Tomb Tree’s Demersal.

Speaking of Nuvolascura, This Noise Is Ours reviewed the band’s breakout self-titled album. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review, jam it below. All copies sold out. CDs imminent.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DONE ™ = This dirty, seething, Boston album ‘Rest To Rust’ is both amazing and has the best cover I’ve seen in years.

2024 - 05 - 24 /// Mourn Recif shows + Nuvolascura cds

May 24, 2024 by David Norman

So during ZBR Fest 2024 we unearthed a bunch of old Zamplers. So on Monday we’ve got a special deal going down where all orders will get a Zampler and/or a Fest 2024 cd. We’ll have more info about it and the little distro update on Monday’s post, but if you order over the weekend we’ll be sure to toss you one too.

Nuvolascura cds are next, if you caught them on their most recent tour around ZBR Fest you’ll know these new compilation cds exist. The band took 70, we have 30. They sold all of their copies but a few already so pick one up once they drop on May 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Gossip’s ‘Coals of Juniper’ arrived at the Canada/International store today so here are some promo pics of the two variants! They look awesome, but they sound even better!!!

Click here for the full review, videos, and links!

Mourn Recif has their 2nd and 3rd show this Friday May 24th in Victoria and Saturday May 25th. Both shows are with Washington’s Bok Suna and Victoria’s Hillsboro. So stoked!!! You can check out two videos from our 1st show along with the other bands in the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) post linked to this text and the picture above. Event pages/tickets are available by clicking on either poster below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: RESPIRE = New album pre-order and music video!!!

2024 - 05 - 21 /// welcome to Lower Automation & Constrain releases!

May 21, 2024 by David Norman

Nuvolascura cds are next, if you caught them on their most recent tour around ZBR Fest you’ll know these new compilation cds exist. The band took 70, we have 30. They sold all of their copies already so pick one up once they drop on May 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

Lower Automation’s new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ was released yesterday! We still have some tapes in stock on some gorgeous variants. The Core And Co blog reviewed the album, translate to English if need be. Click on this text to go there!

Constrain’s new EP ‘Welcome To Club Vampire’ has just released on Tomb Tree over 53 tapes. This thing is chockfull of metalcore and sassy metallic hardcore goodness. Amazing screams, massive breakdowns, and panic chords aplenty. P.S. the tapes look sick af.

Gossip’s 10”EP ‘Coals of Juniper’ continues to get the highest of praise, this time from This Noise Is Ours. We’re still in the midst of shipping out all our shit but will have promo pics of these up later this week or next week at the latest. They look amazing.

Big Water (featuring members of Horseboy, Missouri Executive Order 44, Leg Yield, etc.) got a ZBR Roster Review series plug. The stores might have like 1 copy left. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam that shit below.

Demersal’s video premiere went up around the time of ZBR Fest so we didn’t get to share it properly. Here it is, complete with commentary by the band! Click on this text to go there.

Operation X-Ray premiered a Lower Automation track last week as well as a buncha other awesome shit. If you aren’t listening to this program every Friday then you are missing out on so many amazing bands.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OMSORG = New four-song EP from these Danish post-hardcore/screamo vets.

2024 - 05 - 08 /// aaaaaand we're back!!!

May 08, 2024 by David Norman

Niboowin kicked ass at ZBR Fest 2024 a few days back and releases their new 12”LP ‘Giving In’, which has been in the works for half of a decade. It releases tomorrow at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on 200 black 12”s. The band has half of them on sale at shows now and we’ll have the rest online. It’s amazing!!!

Gossip’s long awaited debut EP ‘Coals of Juniper’ released and the band were awesome at ZBR Fest 2024. 125 are on black/white 3-color stripe with purple splatter and the other 125 are on a color-in-color purple/pink/bone. We’ll have promo pics up later this week as we’re currently trying to ship a ton of shit out.

Click here for the full premiere and tour dates!

Lower Automation had another song premiere happen almost a week back (but we were kinda busy) so here’s the ‘Hookworm’ jam in case you missed it. You can learn more about it in the Heavy Blog Is Heavy article linked to this text and the pic above. Full release of ‘Welcome to My Deathbed’ cassette EP on May 20th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Click on this pic for the Brooklyn Vegan article/premiere!

Usurp Synapse was released the day of the ZBR Fest 2024 pre-show with a stream from Brooklyn Vegan as well as an additional bump from Stereogum. Tapes are also available but most of ours are already gone, so if you want to get the only AssIIAss version that’ll ever come out you best move that…uhhh…what’s the word?…behind. Yeah. That. Click on this text for the Stereogum article, click on the pic above for the Brooklyn Vegan premiere, and you can jam/buy it below!

Demersal’s self-titled 12”LP releases on Friday! Our copies will go up with the digitals, probably overnight/morning on May 10th. You’ll find an early premiere tomorrow from Brooklyn Vegan, but you can check out an interview and review now from the always awesome Veil Of Sound. Click on the text here to go to the article, and/or watch the video interview below.

Colacon’s ‘Throes of Inundation’ 12”LP released on Friday before their pre-show performance, selling out days before in our stores. Luckily, we were racing around getting the fest ready so we ended up having a few extra copies that are now up in all stores. I think we moved almost 40 copies in one day…the last 10 are now up for sale! Tomb Tree bandcamp (linked below) and the two ZBR stores have a few each!

Operation X-Ray ZBR Fest edition featuring Gossip, Colacon, and Usurp Synapse with a bonus jam from Lower Automation! Thanks Andre <3

Mourn Recif had a second video titled “Our Kids Are Orchids” surface from their first show, and we now have the poster for their next show on May 24th in Victoria with Hillsboro and Bok Suna (two Softseed Music bands). Poster above by https://www.instagram.com/thekirbyguy

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KIOWA = This debut EP is fucking incredible! EP of the year contender without a doubt.