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 - 14 /// Telos music video + more

January 14, 2023 by David Norman

Telos (members of Demersal) has a new album titled ‘Delude’ that Tomb Tree is doing tapes for in March, luckily the band just posted a brand new song/music video for “Never Me” which you should definitely check out if you like Demersal, O, Rotting In Dirt, etc.

Advertising On The Channel Of Dreams releases on Monday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on 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. Here’s a pic of the pearl swirl.

The debut release ‘Mount Whateverest’ by Ego Death Children’s Choir releases on Monday through Softseed Music (but some copies will be sold on this website). The band plays mind-altering noise/jazz/grind with saxophone and features members of Blue Youth, Library Voices, Anemone, etc.

Sear had their first song premiere through Brooklyn Vegan yesterday so definitely check that out. Feature and song can be accessed by clicking on this text or the picture below. Sear cassette EP releases January 23rd via Tomb Tree.

This Noise Is Ours continued their ZBR Roster Review series with the debut Massa Nera 12”LP! The Canada store just got a few seafoam restocks of the new record in too so check that out cuz this LP is sold out!!! Click on this text or the pic below for the full review.

CanaDave went off the rails with his Ieatheartattacks love on the 143rd edition of Out Past the Rings, so please check that out so he didn’t weep in vain. A few copies remain…for shame! lol, just joking. It rhymed is all. But seriously this release fucks. FFO: Transistor Transistor, Ghostlimb, JR Ewing.

This doubles as the first TT Family Tree episode for Tomb Tree #001 aka Ape War’s ‘War Ape’ cassette! These are all sold out.

Gonzo Circus has Lower Automation at #7 on their 2022 list! Way to go fellas <3 Click on this text or the pic to go to the Best Of.

Victor Shores’ discography was reviewed by (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) blog with a nice rave at the end about how sick the new self-titled record is. Click on the pic or this text to go to the review!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: 3WS = This three-way split features three awesome bands doing two new songs each. Features: Opiácea, Mirin Bide, and Ezinegon.

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.