2024 - 11 - 08 /// Concealer today + Loftus Hoodies on Sale

Just a quickie here that:

1 - Loftus hoodies are on sale cuz I want them outta my house and STRAIGHT UP, both Daves get more compliments on wearing these hoodies than any other thing we’ve ever worn. So they’re 50% off till they’re gone. There’s only one Medium (orange), one Large (orange), and one Extra Large (purple) which are spread out of three totally different links which have been attached to the text of each size earlier in this sentence.

2 - There are some rarities that went up from additional stock/overages that include some serious heat and only one copy of each! Items are in the New Items/Specials section (linked here) and include Blind Girls, The Spirit Of Versailles, Respire, Massa Nera, Senza, Nuvolascura, Gxllium!, Febuary, Missouri Executive Order 44, and heaps more! Check the new items/specials section here. Some are embedded below.

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BLIND GIRLS - The Weight of Everything (cassette/12"LP)

from CA$10.00

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Select Variant Coke-Bottle Clear (/250)Mage (/25)Nebula (/104)Random color (/218)clear swirl (/53)black swirl (/25)ZBR swirl (/5)test dip w/matching swirl case (/5)Orange (/100)

Coke-Bottle Clear (/250) Mage (/25) Nebula (/104) Random color (/218) clear swirl (/53) black swirl (/25) ZBR swirl (/5) test dip w/matching swirl case (/5) Orange (/100)

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SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, THE - X Summer 1999 X (12")

CA$40.00

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FEBUARY - February (cd)

CA$20.00

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GXLLIUM! - Breakup songs (cassette)

from CA$15.00

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halfsies swirl (/5) Peart's Pearl Swirl (/10) red (/10) transparent yellow (/10) That's My Gold Bar (/2)

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Concealer has released!!! ‘Heartfelt Entries’ includes two brand new songs and the ‘dissonance [all that keeps me away]’ EP on one convenient cassette.

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Mason from Senza came on the OMSB podcast with CanaDave which you can check out by clicking on this text or the pic above. You can also just stream it below. We talked about a buncha good stuff including their upcoming 7” split!!!

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This Noise Is Ours praised the first Apostles Of Eris split that CanaDave took part in, alongside our friends from New Zealand in Raining. Just a handful of tapes remain, not gonna be made again! Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below!

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Horns Up reviewed a buncha stuff from September and included our very own Bloom Dream in the mix. That thing is gonna be showing up all over year-end lists. Click the pic above or this text to go there, jam/buy below.

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Amid The Old Wounds (ex-Duct Hearts) released a split with No Action on CanaDave’s Softseed label ummmmm I think late last year. Daniel was featured on the Emo Van so you should def check that out and then jam/buy the 7” split. Green copies are already sold out!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LOST GENERATION, LAST REVOLUTION = Amazing emo grind from members of Minaret.

2023 - 12 - 04 /// Carrion Spring comin', Closet Witch video

Here is Closet Witch’s official music video premiere for "Intro" + "Arlington Cemetery"!!! The band released 'Chiaroscuro' on 12"LP a month ago yesterday, so if you dig it be sure to snag a copy! USA store linked here. Everywhere else linked here. Buyers who love buying from Bandcamp go here. Go to the premiere by clicking on the picture below or this text!!!

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Othiel’s ‘We Will Be Our Home’ released on Friday and has been getting hella love both through social media and our stores. We moved well over half of our copies over the weekend with the Canada/International store selling out and having to restock. Buy links are in the bandcamp link below. Easily an AOTY contender by some most excellent people (OMSB + Othiel podcast linked here).

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Carrion Spring’s newest release will see the light of day on cassette via Tomb Tree! We’re just waiting on final art to send to the duplication plant, so I reckon we’ll have copies up for sale in January. It releases this week digitally in full but you can jam a song now!

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Obroa-skai got some attention from Borderline Fuckup and we still got some copies so jam away please! Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Listen/buy below.

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The Equalizing x Distort podcast/radio show played a ton of sweet stuff recently including Iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook and Obroa-skai. Click on the pic above or this text to go there.

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Llewelyn got some love from Idioteq.com for their new/debut EP ‘Disposable Culture’ cuz it’s a blast. Click on the pic above or this text for the review or jam it below.

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Stereogum did a weird double article with a buncha football news followed by 10 great metal releases, on which ‘Chiaroscuro’ is #6. Click on this text for the review and then scroll down like there’s no tomorrow.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BLACK TEETH = This Michigan-based solo project released this debut EP on Oliver Glenn Records on Friday so check that shit out!

2023 - 11 - 30 /// Othiel tomorrow!!!

Othiel 12”s for ‘'We Will Be Our Home’ full length releases tomorrow both digitally and physically! This thing is absolutely fantastic, and with us doing 200 copies but the band taking about 100…we really don’t have that many considering 1) how awesome this band is and 2) their heavy underground following might make this sell out quicker than anyone is suspecting. It’s also Bandcamp Friday tomorrow, so any extra help in any capacity is appreciated, and that includes sharing <3

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Closet Witch showed up on Bandcamp’s Best Metal for November to zero surprise. Snag yourself a 12”LP and see what all the buzz is about. Click on this text or the pic above to go there. Get decimated below.

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Dan and Erik over at Accelerativ Thrust Podcast dissect ‘Chiaroscuro’ whilst holding it in the utmost regard. Love it. Click the text or pic above to listen. Buy it below!

CLOSET WITCH - Chiaroscuro (12")

CA$23.00

CLOSET WITCH ‘Chiaroscuro‘ 12”LP (ZB324)

For fans of: Fluoride, Cloud Rat, (early) Oathbreaker, Malevich, and Tentacles.

Five long years after their last full length album, Iowa’s Closet Witch are back with 13 liquefying tracks known collectively as ‘Chiaroscuro’. Following a health scare, the four-piece return with their most visceral and simultaneously most epic. Songs like “Constantly Problematic“ and “We Met On the Park Boundary Trail“ are pure carnage, while “You, Me and My Venus In Decay“ and “To the Cauldron“ employ massive, imposing, and deliberate destruction. An absolute tour-de-force and truly impressive return by some most excellent humans. Pictured below are the ZBR variants. European release by Moment Of Collapse and Circus Of The Macabre. Tapes by Sassbolgna Records.

ZBR 12”s /500: 250 on purple+black smoke w/red splatter and 250 on red/white merge. Includes two-sided lyric insert, and ZBR sticker. 13 tracks.

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

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Select Variant purple+black smoke w/red splatter (/250)red/white merge (/250)

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LOFTUS - Purple Zip-Up Hoodie (/10)

CA$60.00

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Loftus zip-up hoodies sat around for awhile and then we sold three in the last few weeks. In case you were on the fence, we’re down to our last hoodie of each size left. Sizes/colors/locations as follows:

Bandcamp: Orange M, Purple XL

This store: Orange S, Orange L, Orange XL, Purple XL

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LOFTUS - Orange Zip-Up Hoodie (/13)

from CA$40.00

A super limited run from Just Swell Designs on bright orange with iridescent ZBR logo and purple LOFTUS logo (by Kyle Calvert) and additional art by Vee of Just Swell Designs! Only 13 were made: 3 Small, 3 Medium, 3 Large, and 4 Extra Large. Sorry, no XX+ this time, but if these sell out we’ll do a made-to-order next. Just a heads up $60CAD is only about $47US :)

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This Noise Is Ours continued their ZBR Roster Review with the second Komusō EP on 7". Truly one of our favourite EPs and one of the releases we lost the most money one cuz our first run was lost in the mail - completely out of pocket for us. :( We got a few 2nd run 7"s still in stock, but not many!!! Click the pic above or this text to go to the review.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ZVLETA = This Mexican group is finally back with a new EP and it slaps!

2023 - 04 - 26 /// Carrion Spring falls :(

To those who know vocalist Adam in Carrion Spring this probably comes as little surprise, but the band has had to pull out of this year’s fest due to the health issues and the fact that the band was unable to practice for over a month. We are super sad but completely understand their circumstances and hope we can bring them to Chicago in the future <3 <3 <3

We’ve had some requests already to replace them, but as the day was actually overbooked this unfortunate circumstance has a silver lining where we now have the “correct” amount of bands. Thanks to anyone who inquired about playing, it’s an incredible reception this year. We are so fucking stoked.

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Scenario is selling so fast we had to replenish the Canada/International store and it’s already back down to a single copy! Once they play ZBR Fest I fear all the labels and the band might sell out, they’re that good!!! Stereogum figured it out too, so click on this text or the pic above to go to their article.

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Apostles Of Eris is set to play their first show in 7 fucking years, and the first as a full band. We’ll be performing “Pig Donovan” from this split that was just smeared across all platforms. A little late? You betcha!

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You will be seeing a lot of tour posters from bands playing ZBR Fest popping up here in case you are in the path of destruction. This mini-Malevich tour will be sure to ruin your fucking life. Just some of the heaviest shit I’ve ever seen. Here they are blowing my mind at ZBR Fest 2019. Buy tickets here.

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

Woah I have one Loftus handmade splatter. Get it before it’s gone. This release is one of the best things we will ever do, hands down.

now sold out:
Foxmoulder discography cassette (a few No Funeral copies remain!)
Vi Som Alskade + They Sleep We Live split 7”

LOFTUS - Hugs and Drugs (12"LP)

from CA$20.00

LOFTUS ‘Hugs and Drugs‘ 12"LP (ZB289)

For fans of: SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Since By Man, and Wreck Of The Minotaur

Sometime in the mid-2000s David Norman came across the band LOFTUS and their immortal cd ‘Hugs and Drugs’. Hmmm… that isn’t really strong enough. David Norman became utterly obsessed with the California five-piece. And guess what? It never stopped, subsided, slowed, or even flickered. To this day the obsession continues on 500 stunning 12” records by Zegema Beach Records which release on Friday May 13th, 2022. Myspace madness, metallic hardcore style for fans of panic chords, breakdowns, and unrelenting screams. Released with variant matching inserts across 546 12”s by the absolute legends at Wax Mage / Gotta Groove:
211 Clear w/Orange Pigment Swirl
208 Bright Yellow w/Opaque Blue Splatter (handmade)
102 Black
25 Wax Mage
15 Test Presses

We also had 15 Loftus slipmats made, 10 with the logo and 5 radial.

There will be a super limited amount of zip-ups going up in June. Keep your eyes peeled.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hugs-and-drugs

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Select Variant Clear w/Orange Pigment Swirl (/211)Black (/102)Slipmat (logo /10)Bright Yellow w/Opaque Blue Splatter (handmade) (/208)Wax Mage (/25)Test Press (/15)FULL VC (4 variants + test + radial slipmat)

Clear w/Orange Pigment Swirl (/211) Black (/102) Slipmat (logo /10) Bright Yellow w/Opaque Blue Splatter (handmade) (/208) Wax Mage (/25) Test Press (/15) FULL VC (4 variants + test + radial slipmat)

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MEIAN = This new Japanese EP fucking rules. Check it!

2022 - 07 - 06 /// Cube reveal!

Now that the premiere and bands have been revealed, let’s take a look at those CUBE 12”s shall we? These gorgeous beauties go on sale on Thursday at 3pm PST / 5pm CST / 6pm EST. 250 on “Blue Blob on Clear“ and 250 “Ghostly”. Two new tracks from each band expect Joliette (who has one) and Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow (who has five). This is a co-release with Left Hand Label who has about 1/5 of the pressing, we have 3/5 and the bands have the rest. Jam that new Hawak track below!

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Cara Neir is finished at the plant and I’m paying for it today so those will be in hand for our July 29th drop. 275 copies across some absolutely ridiculous variants that we’ll start laying out variant pics in about 1-2 weeks.

We’ve also got a co-release with Heathen Hand coming out on the 19th of July. Here’s one of the variants!

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Because of our LOFTUS release of ‘Hugs and Drugs’ on 12”LP, we caught the attention of Heavy Heavy Low Low in a post…so I jumped at that opportunity and asked Robbie (vocals) to come on my podcast. He did. It was awesome. We chatted about HHLL and Loftus a bunch. And we’ve still got Loftus copies left of the handmades in both stores! And HHLL is on tour right now! Click on this text to go to the interview.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SALT MONEY = This Australian band killed me with their two most recent EPs and I know for certain that a full length is in the works!