Smush is in + Crowning to Japan!

October 09, 2024 by David Norman

Smush has arrived! Holy moly was that outside of the plant’s guaranteed time. Inserts are printed and the records look/sound great. Softseed Music made 150 of’em and they’re already more than half gone. U.S. store gets their copies when U.S. Dave returns from his Japanese tour with Crowning/Oaktails, and should all be shipped by the end of October. I’d probably keep an eye on their bandcamp btw!

Crowning cds are in stock in both stores + bandcamp. They are literally flying to Japan right now to join Oaktails for the tour. As stated, keep an eye on those bandcamps!

Members of Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Mourn Recif, and Hillsboro have a new group called Wollruss. Their first show is October 19th, 2024 at Oaklands with A Recorded Dawn, Shoplifter, and I.O.

Moshpit Nation unveiled their best of 2024 thus far and it’s littered with ZBR and Tomb Tree releases. Othiel, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Edhochuli, and Demersal among other incredible albums (and EP). Click on the picture above or this text to go to the full list complete with review.

Machine Music three-quarters of the way through 2024 top 100+ includes Eyelet at #76. “One of the best and most memorable screamo-esque releases thus far this decade”. Amen! 3rd press is embedded below via bandcamp or either store. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the massive list!

Click here for a more in-depth post with band links, etc.

Rohan from Respire, Votive, Foxmoulder, Dela Trudo, and New Friends popped over for a quick podcast chat! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the full post, or just listen to us ramble below.

This Noise Is Ours covered Drei Affen’s most recent 12”LP ‘Seguimos Cigxs’. This sucker is long sold out but I’ve got an unclaimed rare painted version below. Once this is gone we’re like “out” out. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Buy that lone copy and/or jam below.

Of Death was on the podcast Not Just A Phase podcast that you can check out by clicking on this text. We released their 2x12” discography…two years ago? Yeah, about that. The shriekiest of birds.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VENUS TWINS = Softseed and ZBR still has some RAXIS 12”s in stock, and those beautiful twins were recently signed to ThreeOneG, appeared on Mr. Beast and placed 4th/100 twins, aaaaaand released a new music video from an upcoming EP!!!

2024 - 05 - 24 /// Mourn Recif shows + Nuvolascura cds

May 24, 2024 by David Norman

So during ZBR Fest 2024 we unearthed a bunch of old Zamplers. So on Monday we’ve got a special deal going down where all orders will get a Zampler and/or a Fest 2024 cd. We’ll have more info about it and the little distro update on Monday’s post, but if you order over the weekend we’ll be sure to toss you one too.

Nuvolascura cds are next, if you caught them on their most recent tour around ZBR Fest you’ll know these new compilation cds exist. The band took 70, we have 30. They sold all of their copies but a few already so pick one up once they drop on May 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Gossip’s ‘Coals of Juniper’ arrived at the Canada/International store today so here are some promo pics of the two variants! They look awesome, but they sound even better!!!

Click here for the full review, videos, and links!

Mourn Recif has their 2nd and 3rd show this Friday May 24th in Victoria and Saturday May 25th. Both shows are with Washington’s Bok Suna and Victoria’s Hillsboro. So stoked!!! You can check out two videos from our 1st show along with the other bands in the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) post linked to this text and the picture above. Event pages/tickets are available by clicking on either poster below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: RESPIRE = New album pre-order and music video!!!

2023 - 11 - 08 /// Obroa-skai double premiere

November 08, 2023 by David Norman

Obroa-skai’s debut 12”LP ‘Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time’ was announced two days ago alongside two song premieres via Brooklyn Vegan (article linked here) to overwhelmingly positive response. Today Idioteq.com followed up with a more in-depth article which you can read by clicking this text or the picture above.

Llewelyn’s ‘Disposable Culture’ EP releases this Friday on Tomb Tree. Fans of sassy, screamy, noisy, rock/hardcore will fuckin’ love this. All five tracks slay, especially the spooky “Dorian Gray”. Jam the title track below. Tapes go on sale at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and are on 50 purple/25 swirl, but we’ll only have about 20 of those copies!

Closet Witch continues to ride the momentum from such a sensational 12”LP, this time via Delay and Distortion (translate to English if need be). Definitely be sure to snatch what is arguably the best album of 2024 below. Click on the picture above or this text for the review.

Out Past the Rings continues to blaze through our entire discography, providing both information and idiocy to each release. After a very lengthy break the Tomb Tree Family Tree is back as Lowmeninyellowboats takes up both ZBR174 and TT003 spots! Watch it below and definitely check it out via our bandcamp linked here.

This Noise Is Ours did a rundown of that demo Respire tape that we released nearly half-a-decade ago. Copies long gone but jam the earliest Respire songs (which include a few that didn’t show up on LPs) below. Click on the picture above or this text to read the review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VS SELF = January. That is all.

2023 - 08 - 22 /// Joliette music video #2

August 22, 2023 by David Norman

Joliette is still kicking ass around Europe, and just days before we drop their new 12” we’ve got a brand spankin’ new music video for “Charlotte”, the fourth track off of the release. ‘Luz de Bengala’ 12”EPs release in full on Friday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST over three variants!!! Click on the picture above or this text to go there!

Five years in the making, the Orbit Cinta Benjamin and Flirt split is now available! Our little offshoot Tomb Tree made the swirl tapes for this release and we only made 50! Copies still available in both stores but the rarer variants are almost gone!

CanaDave finally got back in the saddle and pumped out one of the most important Out Past the Rings, that for Senza’s 2019 masterpiece ‘Even a Worm Will Turn’. We are out of 12”s! Only tapes remain. Unless you see them live then you better believe you’ll be snagging that 12”. Listen to it here.

CanaDave and Egin go way back, so it was a little upsetting that they hadn’t done a podcast together. Rectified. Egin Kongoli plays guitar/vox for Respire and is one of three founding New Friends DIY members. Bands played in this podcast: Excrucis, Low, The Pine, Slow Pulp, Social Caterpillar (exclusive song premiere!!!), and Xiu Xiu. Check the full post by clicking on the text or picture above.

When the The Sawtooth Grin confirmed to play our fest we pretty much lost our brains. Then we saw the band warmup and members from other bands stood around with jaws agape. Then we saw them tear the place apart to close out ZBR Fest 2023. And that’s it. We’re done here. But fret not, CanaDave has an entire post with new videos from every band that will be posted on his blog (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) at the beginning of September! See ya’ll next year!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: AMERICANBUSINESSMAN = Amazing new EP from Colorado, very intense!

2022 - 12 - 30 /// Zampler #20 'The Twawntiuth'

December 30, 2022 by David Norman