2023 - 09 - 18 /// next Big Stuff Thing + Niboowin premiere

Niboowin’s first single off of their 2024 12”LP ‘Giving In’ was just released and it’s such an incredible, driving, versatile jam. Their record comes out early next year!!!

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Wednesday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST we’ll be throwing the last Big Stuff Thing rebalance of the year!!!

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(((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) blogspot aka CanaDave posted a massive ZBR Fest 2023 recap with new/unseen videos from every single band that played the fest, including the full Sawtooth Grin set! Click on the picture above or this text to go there. The official ZBR Fest 2023 documentary video (aka the professional one) is embedded below.

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CanaDave did a podcast with Hellena of Senza, Tolls, Southtowne Lanes, etc. be sure to check it out and buy a new Senza shirt while you’re at it! Click on this text or the pic above to go there!!!

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A friendly reminder that if you like your alternative/rock/indie music in addition to all the screaming that likely brought you here, CanaDave’s other other label Softseed Music helped release the new Hillsboro self-titled 12” this past week. The Bad Copy wrote a little article about it which you can check out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy it below!

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Our buddy Chris Deville over at Stereogum picked up the To Forget lathe 7” for ‘Cornered in a Retrospect’. Snag a copy before they’re gone or see the band on tour soon! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the Stereogum article. Jam/buy the release below.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: PIET ONTHEL = A reminder that the Malaysian solo project is now a band, playing shows, and releasing a new album soon! Here’s a music video from the forthcoming album.

2023 - 09 - 08 /// Premiere City

Oooo baby after a few days of silence all three of our labels had a premiere go down! First is Euclid C Finder via No Clean Singing for Zegema Beach (releases October 27th), then there was Tomb Tree’s My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest which got picked up by Stereogum (releases September 21st), and finally CanaDave’s newest label Softseed Music saw a song/music video release from Social Caterpillar via Idioteq.com (releases October 7th). Click on each picture to go to the corresponding premiere!

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CanaDave and (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) did a podcast with Rob, founder of Not Just A Phase podcast. Click on this text for the very entertaining introduction and additional links.

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Operation X-Ray did a double-episode this week with tons of ZBR and Tomb Tree stuff including: Crowning, New Forms, Widowdusk, Joliette, Piet Onthel, and Vibora!

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Restocks going down in the Canada/International store tomorrow morning at 10am PST so check back for some hard-to-find awesomeness!!!

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Hey! If you have ever wanted to be a part of one of the grave, neighbors Halloween cover compilations that I do, this may be your last chance. To be honest each year it’s getting more and more difficult to get people to submit. Last year, some friends came through at the last minute and help me wrangle up some more songs, but this year it’s starting to look like i’ll have to do a bunch myself if I want to make a decent size compilation out of it. Anyway, if you have an unreleased recording of a cover song or would like to do one and can submit it by October 1, Let me know. I would love to continue doing this but if there’s no interest maybe I should just let it go.
~Edie: Coma Regalia/Middle Man Records/etc.

Hit them up here: middlemanrecords@gmail.com

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LIMBS = The band’s new album is fucking awesome. Hard recommend!!!

2023 - 08 - 11 /// Not Just A Phase Vol.2

Not Just A Phase volume 2 compilation is out! It’s amazing! 20 unreleased tracks! Tapes are flying, get one. Jams from Warren Of Ohms, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Letterbombs, Snag, Matter Field, Retratos De Heroina, My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest, New Forms, Hetta, Perfumed Saturnine Angels, Burial Etiquette, Salt Money, Lagrimas, Geronomostilton, Novely, Norfair, VS Self, Iburiedyourflowers, and Piet Onthel!

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Widowdusk and Ihuntmonsters comes out on Monday via Tomb Tree. There are 102 copies. Almost 1,000 people liked the Instagram post so methinks we drastically under-ordered. Be there 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on August 14th!!!

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We had to restock the Loose Teeth and Constrain split because this store and Bandcamp sold out in 24 hours while the US store copies just sat there, so we took 75% of that stock and shipped it back to Canada. We’ll keep these in the shop until Tuesday then whatever leftovers we have I’m sending to the band for tour.

CONSTRAIN + LOOSE TEETH - Split (cassette)

from CA$12.50

CONSTRAIN + LOOSE TEETH ‘Split’ cassette (TT096)

For fans of: The Fall Of Troy, Colacon, Exhalants, and From A Second Story Window.

Last summer Tomb Tree was approached by Loose Teeth to release their first output since the ‘A Commorbid Letter’ that the two had worked on together. Their split partners were introduced later and floored us, just like the new Loose Teeth material. A truly commanding split between two of Ontario’s sickest live bands. Part metallic hardcore, part metal, part emotive. Fer fuck’s sake even Thomas Erak of The Fall Of Troy lends his vocal talents to the opening track! This is a low first run, get’em before they’re gone! Art by Nate from No Funeral/Basque. <3

Tapes /33, 20 on swirl, 10 on grey and 3 test dips, all w/jcard. 3 songs by each band.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/split-5

Colour:

Select Colour swirl (/20)grey (/10)test dip w/matching swirl case (/3)

swirl (/20) grey (/10) test dip w/matching swirl case (/3)

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Our Orchid ‘Gatefold’ 12”s are way more than half gone after just 24 hours, so snatch up the final ones before they’re gone. We won’t be putting in any more orders anytime soon! US store linked to this text.

sold out

ORCHID - Gatefold (2023 repress 12")

CA$30.00

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Invisible Oranges gave Perfumed Saturnine Angels some love. There’s one copy left on bandcamp (linked below) and another brand new track dropped on the Not Just A Phase compilation 2 today! Click on this text or the picture above to go to the review page.

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New Breed Scene gave the entire Zampler 21 a review and they seemed to dig it! Some apt and some peculiar references, this was a treat to read! Click on the pic above or this text to go there.

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Find out why Blind Girls is the hottest screamo band in the world. Weeeeeooooo! 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!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: PIQUE = Honeysuckle Records released a discography of this now dead but extremely important New York screamo band.

2023 - 08 - 08 /// Hexis & Trauma Model show + mOrchid tomorrow

Zegema Beach Records is putting on it’s first show in Canada since the 2019 ZBR Fest! Should I do more stuff here? Let’s how it goes. We’ve got fuckin’ Hexis coming in from Denmark and Trauma Model from Ontario, it’s gonna be a time!!! Event page linked here and you can purchase tickets here. If you know anyone on Vancouver Island PLEASE SHARE THE DANG LINK!!!

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Bok Suna talked with CanaDave on his (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) podcast because holy smokes does he like that discography. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. You can also snag some beautiful tapes from the bandcamp embed below!

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Super rare stuff just went up this morning. Lotsa test dips and variants sold out for years! These are on both the Tomb Tree AND Zegema Beach bandcamp pages.

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Tomorrow!!! mOrchid has been received. ‘Gatefold’ 12”s arrive today for a Wednesday August 9th drop at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

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Euth was reviewed by This Noise Is Ours! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the review.

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Reste got a review from (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) and we’re down to our last copy on Bandcamp! They were such a great band, despite only releasing two songs ever. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the “review”.

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Euclid C Finder! 12”s are moving fast over at Dark Trail, and I figured we’d post the music video here as well as a song from their live set at ZBR Fest 2023!

Oh Euclid C Finder!, turning the downstairs of Subterranean into pure chaos during ZBR Fest 2023! You beautiful rapscallions. 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!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ALONE TOGETHER = A sick new 4-way split from none other than No Funeral Records! Featuring Piet Onthel, Warren Of Ohms, Old Pride, and Dead Friend Collective.

2022 - 05 - 24 /// Updates and such

The two singles from the ‘Rayau’ split between Crowning and Naedr is on bandcamp. Full digital and physical (12”) release on May 30th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. You can also head over to Stereogum for the stream and additional information by clicking on this text.

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Anna Sage 12”s are on their way to us and should be shipping early June! The band just released a new music video for ‘Lost In A Frame’ as well as had their album reviewed by Metalorgie.com, just click on this text for the review.

The full No Echo feature is linked here which has the music video premiere embedded in it.

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Tomb Tree just released that amazing international 4-way split on tape for Demersal, Piet Onthel, Letterbombs, and Vientre. Purchase links are attached to the embedded bandcamp link below.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TELOS = Tomb Tree is helping release dat ridiculous new Telos album. Here’s the first single!