Venns is next!

February 25, 2023 by David Norman

It was announced yesterday via this music video premiere that the newest Venns EP is the latest/last in our 7” push (before this was Horsewhip + Yashira and then Crowning + Eyelet). As of now we have no more 7”s at any plant and nothing planned. More info will be coming but for now just know we did 220 7”s over two variants, they are in stock and ready to ship on May 9th, and this music video fucks.

The Crowning + Eyelet split continues to sell well, with the U.S. store already sold out of their green copies (but this store still has about 5 left) and thus now the yellow will deplete even faster. Stereogum picked this up and raved about it so if you wanna check that out click on the pic above or this text. Nab a copy of either color via the product link below.

CROWNING + EYELET - Split (7")

CA$15.00

CROWNING + EYELET - Split 7” (ZBR318)

For fans of: Youth Funeral, Frail Body, United Nations, and Deafheaven.

Two current screamo heavyweights with 15 years worth of playing between them have teamed up for a new split 7” with two new songs from each band. Chicago’s Crowning have been a ZBR staple since their debut EP in 2017 carrying the mathy/sludgy/heavy torch, while Baltimore’s Eyelet are approaching a decade as a band and released one of the best records in a very long time with their ‘The Devil Shining Out Your Eyes’ (being played in full at this year’s ZBR Fest…along with an Eyelet/Crowning battle set!!!). Crowning’s two songs can be listened to alongside the Naedr split songs as they were all written under the same theme, while Eyelet’s jams are standalone bangers. Co-released on The Ghost Is Clear Records.

7” vinyl /300, 150 on green w/green-scorched innersleeves and 150 on yellow w/black innersleeves.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/split-19

Variant:

Green (/150) Yellow (/150)

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Letterbombs revealed a new song from their upcoming cassette/10” lathe that releases on Tuesday February 28th via Tomb Tree and Mangoe Records. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the full review or just jam it below.

Telos threw another track at us to increase salivation before dropping their full LP on March 18th via a plethora of labels (Tomb Tree will be doing the tapes exclusively). “Bastion” premiered on Idioteq.com and the band features members of Eyes, LLNN, Regarding Ambiguity, and Demersal. Click on the pic above or this text for the premiere, or just jam the song below.

Greed Worm and Blackwater Sniper were recently reviewed by This Noise Is Ours. A few deluxe tapes are still in stock in both stores! Click on the pic or this text for the review and jam/buy a tape below!

Lower Automation got more love, this time from Core and Co in France. Mash that translate button if needed. This album is fucking amazing and we’re stoked people picked up on that fact.

Operation X-Ray is back at it again, this time playing more killer tunes but adding in Crowning and Eyelet to the mix!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THEOPHONOS = This (basically) new Serpent Column album might just be their best yet. Wowza!!!

2023 - 02 - 17 /// Greed Worm + Blackwater Sniper

February 21, 2023 by David Norman

They are live! The ‘Dance tonight! Decomposition tomorrow!’ aka Greed Worm + Blackwater Sniper split cassettes are officially up for sale. Do we have many? Hell no! 7 in the U.S.A. store and 4 in the Canada/International store. These things look gorgeous but play loud and dirty.

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CanaDave finally did another Out Past the Rings, this one for the split 7” between Shizune and Lytic. We still have lots so get’em for $1 during the month of February, linked through our bandcamp page here. Such a banger.

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

We’ve got just one copy left of Off Minor’s ‘Innominate’ in each store, so if you want that tape with the remixed/remastered jams you should snag it as I don’t expect we’ll make any more. Listen to it here. <- the US store is linked through there.

now sold out:
Alas 12”
Eyelet new 12”
Sore Eyelids 12”

sold out

OFF MINOR - Innominate (cassette)

from CA$10.00

OFF MINOR ‘Innominate‘ tape (ZB259)

For fans of: Kidcrash, Hawak, Lytic and Saetia

Perhaps the biggest honor ever bestowed on Zegema Beach Records, the remixed version of ‘Innominate’ by the legendary jazzy screamo band OFF MINOR. Remixed by drummer/vocalist Steve Roach at Permanent Hearing Damage earlier this year, the eight songs sound better than ever. Whether it’s the bassy instrumental banger “Devil Ether”, the chaotic cornerstone “In SL” or epic closer “Family Circus”, every track on this album is exemplary and now even further refined. Our initial run is across 212 copies with the following breakdown:
- 67 orange swirl (+8 w/glitter shift and purple case -> randomly inserted)
- 63 black swirl
- 53 platinum gold swirl
- 10 white (only available through Limited To One)
- 2 mystery swirl
- 11 test dips

All cassettes come in a clear case with double-sided j-card, triple-panel insert booklet and download code. 8 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/innominate

Variant:

Orange swirl (/67) Black swirl (/63) Platinum Gold swirl (53) Test Dip (/11)

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New Day Rising was discussed on the new Kill Your Radio Podcast, check it out below and jam/buy the 12”LP through this link!

Nhomme review was reviewed on the Idioteq.com website. Tapes didn’t sell out the first day but no way we’ll still have copies in a few months. Click on this text or the picture below to go to the review complete with links.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TIGANA = This ridiculous new EP was created by a drummer who sent their tracks to Jesse My Boy Mowery (aka Apostles Of Eris, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, In Wolves’ Clothing, etc.) along with his partner and helluva-human Jazzi Mowery (Van Hagar) to create a sick-ass new EP well worthy of your $3.

2023 - 02 - 14 /// Nhomme out, here's what's next

February 14, 2023 by David Norman

Two primary things in this post: first is the upcoming Greed Worm and Blackwater Sniper split cassette that we did special clear dvd-style cases with two-sided covers that double as lyric/credit inserts. The full release goes up on Tomb Tree’s bandcamp this Thursday along with these tapes. The previous/debut Greed Worm EP is long sold out and we won’t have many copies of this new split as the band’s will be selling most of them at shows. Thursday! 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST!!!

Second is the Nhomme release which happened yesterday. I’m not blind. I saw the posts. People definitely picked up on how ridiculously impressive this EP, and sales supported this. If you’re interested that’s a hard recommend as no way these tapes don’t disappear soon, we sold about 70% in the first 24 hours and I know there’s at least one distro looking for 5-10 copies so these might be sold out any day now! If you need further glowing reviews check out the Borderline Fuckup post, it’s spot on. And linked to this text!

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

Talk about perfect timing, we’re down to our final King Slender ‘EP2’ cassette! Right after the band’s debut 12”LP release. Way to go fellas! Last copy. Listen to it here.

now sold out:
Alas 12”
Eyelet new 12”
Sore Eyelids 12”
Blue Noise demo tapes #1 and #2

sold out

KING SLENDER - King Slender (cassette)

CA$6.00

ZBR087

KING SLENDER - 'King Slender' cassette
released November 2017

ffo: Wolves, Daniel Striped Tiger and Secret Smoker

Tight as fuck hardcore punk with strong leanings towards emotive hardcore and I guess therefore screamo. Desperate yells, driving drums, rolling bass and intricate guitar riffs envelop all four songs in late 90s emo.

50 smokey metallic tapes with j-card in a resealable plastic bag. 4 songs.

Listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/dave-norman-996713162/sets/king-slender-king-slender/s-faTAh

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Revolutions Per Mile stepped into a half-decade time machine jumper and went back to review the SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Secondgradeknifefight split 7”. Their label asked us to remove it from our bandcamp but noticed that all the other labels still have it up. Ah well. Click on this text or the pic below to go to the review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: A NEEDLE UNDER THE NAIL = I’m usually good with checking out every Wax Vessel release, but something happened and I missed this one only to have it recommended to me by none other than Nik The WV himself. Oh my god he was right. This double-EP compilation is bonkers good.

2023 - 01 - 18 /// Operation X-Ray Best of 2022 + Lower Automation tour

January 18, 2023 by David Norman

Advertising On The Channel Of Dreams came out two days ago to quite a few surprised ears who hadn’t hear this absolute gem yet. Are your ears lonely? Need some incredible/previously obscure music? Well hell yeah there ya go. 67 tapes, 43 on pearl swirl, 13 random swirl, 10 purple swirl and one halfsies. Technical, speedy, and gorgeous screamo in the vein of Via Fondo, Beau Navire, and Rainmaking.

Lower Automation is doing a run of easterly-ish dates in the US and one in Canada! The dates are below and you can go to the band’s facebook page by clicking on it.

Operation X-Ray held their Best of 2022 radio show and the final section for “screamo/skramz” was littered with Zegema and Tomb Tree releases. Some of our bands that were played: Rotting In Dirt, Virgin Mother, Hetta, Massa Nera, Apostles Of Eris, Venus Twins, Blind Girls, Anna Sage, Gil Cerrone, Piri Reis, Trophy Hunt, Qatsi, Lower Automation, and Keratin. Holy moly!

The debut release ‘Mount Whateverest’ by Ego Death Children’s Choir was set free to destroy the world and almost all of the copies are gone. 1 copy remains on the Softseed Music bandcamp and 1 copy remains in this store, otherwise that’s all she wrote! The band plays mind-altering noise/jazz/grind with saxophone and features members of Blue Youth, Library Voices, Anemone, etc. and it’s highly unlistenable aka great for this crowd!

CanaDave’s favourite EP of 2022 was Hetta’s ‘Headlights’ by a landslide. Apparently he isn’t the only one who’s lid has been flipped, because Bandcamp Daily just interviewed them! Hot damn! What? Really? New songs coming? Oooooo baby! Click on the pic or text to read the interview.

Greed Worm was on the No Echo spotlight and has their Blackwater Sniper tapes coming through Tomb Tree in February when you’ll find it on our bandcamp. You can jam their debut EP below or click on za pic for the interview/spotlight.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MEIßEL = I hereby apologize for sleeping on this sick 2022 EP. Hot, punchy, two-piece hardcore/emo-violence.

2023 - 01 - 09 /// ZBR Fest Wave #3

January 09, 2023 by David Norman

Wave #3 is here. We couldn’t be happier. Hopefully you’ll join us for the massive smile party on May 5th to 7th. Ticket links through the ZBR Fest site which you can reach by clicking on either fest poster.

Reversal Of Man arrived at our US store last week so the Canada/International box should be arriving this week and be fully shipped out by the weekend! Rejoice!!! I said rejoice dammit.

Greed Worm just premiered a new video for their song “Gary Webb” from the upcoming split cassette w/Blackwater Sniper that releases on Tomb Tree in February

Burial Etiquette and mis sueños son de tu adiós have a split cassette coming out on Tomb Tree on January 11th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. 7 new jams of glitchy emo-violence and gorgeous post-rock/screamo.

Get ready for a huge middle finger to 2023…and just about everything else. Releasing on Softseed Music, there is nothing soft or pretty about the debut Ego Death Children’s Choir album. This mind-melting sax/jazz/grind/noise fusion shares members with Blue Youth, Anemone, Surf Dads, Slow Down Molasses, etc. and brings to mind The Locust, Borbetomagus, The Sound That Ends Creation, and Naked City.

Holy smokes after doing stock I am now aware that we have one copy left of about 40 releases lol so this will definitely be an ongoing segment! Somehow we’re down to our last Amu Daria cassette from…2020? 2021? I think 2020. Incredible Malaysian screamo/emo-violence for fans of Virginia On Duty, Daighila, and Piri Reis!!!

now sold out:
Sans Visage tapes
Snag/Swallows Nest split tape
Respire all vinyl (tapes still in stock)
Young Mountain Lost Tree 12”

AMU DARIA - Amu Daria (tape)

from CA$9.00

AMU DARIA ‘Amu Daria‘ tape (ZB229)

For fans of: Virginia On Duty, (early) Yotsuya Kaidan and June Paik

In mid-2020 ZBR shipped over a bunch of tapes from essential Malaysian screamo label Utarid Tapes, and within that box of joy came some AMU DARIA tapes. We loved those tapes so much and we didn’t want North Americans to suffer the same fate as our bank account (shipping from Malaysia is expensive) that we’ve created 78 Zegema Beach Records’ editions of AMU DARIA’s absolutely phenomenal emo-violence EP debut. 7 tracks of dark, writhing, cathartic emo-violence.

Cassettes /78, 52 on Blue Flame Swirl, 11 on Silver, 10 mystery swirls and 5 test dips, all with fold-out/double-sided j-card w/lyrics and download code. 7 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/amu-daria

Variant:

Blue Flame Swirl (/52) Silver (/10) Mystery (/10)

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Out Past The Rings 141 is for the Modern Rifles ‘LP + B-Sides’ cassette that we still have a couple copies in stock of. Ear art for the masses, kinda like Jimmy Eat World but heavier. So good.

Not Just A Phase did their 2022 staff picks and we’ve got some heaters on there along with the rest of the fire. Check it out by clicking on this text or the picture below.

Operation X-Ray recently played some new Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow on their show along with a ton of other sick bands include Mares Of Thrace and Dream, Inertia.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HELLBENDER = Our friend who played in Hive Mind gave us the lowdown on their new band and it’s a noisy riot.