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.

2022 - 09 - 27 /// 2x12" Announcement on Thursday

September 27, 2022 by David Norman

October will see the release of a 2x12” discography with D-side etching. What is it? Not sayin’ yet. It’s /300 copies across two variants and I’ll give you a hint, they’re on this zampler :)

Colacon is gearing up to release their new album ‘The Pestilent Sickness’ on Tomb Tree via 50-something swirl tapes. Awesome grindy, mathy, metallic, myspace-core. Besides the video below, they also have a new song/video releasing this Friday on This Noise Is Ours!

My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest continues to own the top 5 screamo charts on bandcamp. Here’s a new/awesome review from the Revisionist Western Blog, which is a good time to remind you that the tapes are almost gone. Click on this link for the review!

Out Past the Rings for the amazing Euth 12”! We’re down to our last copy!!!

Operation X-Ray’s most recent episode dropped some Colacon, Reverie, and Qatsi. This Friday should see an unreleased jam from Tomb Tree and more ZBR music! There might even be some Softseed Music played! Oh happy day.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: EASY BLAME = New band from a member of Ed Gein! Screamo! Yeeeeeeeeah!!!

2022 - 09 - 25 /// Get ready for Monday!

September 25, 2022 by David Norman

We’re releasing that stab to the brain known as Qatsi tomorrow alongside the Reverie 12” because both digitals have already been released, so who cares! Maybe we can help you save on shipping by doing this. Here are the three variants for the Qatsi debut EP ‘‘Засыпай. /80 or something, I guess we’ll find out tomorrow.

Reverie releases on 12” tomorrow as well, so bundle up those orders and save on shipping! We’ve only got 30 copies across two stores, I think they might go pretty quickly.

Mathcore Index’s Mathcast gave Rotting In Dirt some serious love and even mentioned that it was their most listened to album from the entire podcast. That’s really sayin’ something!!! Thanks fellas <3

Meditations #5 ‘Understanding’ 7” is finally available in the Canada/International store after something like an 8 month delay. The Meditations set is now complete.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THOUGHTCRIMES = Good fucking lord where did this come from? Absolutely bonkers mathcore with some seriously top-notch vocals.

2021 - 09 - 24 /// CD + Poster pages going live @2pm PST!

September 24, 2021 by David Norman

Hmmmm three things:

1) PayBully issue avoided but account closed, money back, paying for Lower Automation 12”s tomorrow, should have them next week!

2) Smile To The Wind and Nine Eleven videos for Out Past the Rings are up, including the digitals/physicals of the latter.

3) I’ve been working really hard on these poster and cd pages which will launch later today, only one letter will be available at a time (as there are over 500 items for me to list) so we’ll try to get a letter for both the posters and cds done a day (no promises). Today’s first lot includes: Zegema Beach Records Fest posters, the letter A and anything beginning with a symbol or number, including but not limited to: ZBR Fest 2017 (posters), Adorno (cd), A Day In Black And White (cd/poster), Animal Faces (cd/poster), Anodyne (posters), Austerity Program (cd/poster), A Wilhelm Scream (poster), The Assailant (poster), Anodyne (posters), Angstzustand (cd), etc.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: QATSI = The new Russian EP is fucking incredible. FFO: Cassus, Pale Hands, Minaret.