What's comin' up

July 16, 2024 by David Norman

Thursday July 18th is the ZBR Fest 2024 video documentary premiere. Join at 10am PST / 12pm CST / 1pm EST and watch it live with us.

Onewaymirror is out and doing well. The merges are running low, black is down to four copies left, and there is a test press on Bandcamp and in the U.S. store.

CanaDave interviewed Andrew (vocals) from .gif from god on his OMSB podcast which you can check out above or go to the full post (with additional links, text, etc.) by click on this text. You can snag the last few cassettes for ‘Digital Red’ below!

Here’s a direct embed to that new Excrucis song “Parasite”. What a banger. 11-song full length cassettes July 22nd on ZBR!!!

Operation X-Ray premiered a brand new Detach The Islands song!!! As well as Onewaymirror, Gil Cerrone, and Hillsboro!

This Noise Is Ours tackled the Spoiled release that we just put on 12” alongside Larry Records. Here’s the full review linked to the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below as Canada only has one copy left, Bandcamp and the U.S. store carrying about four copies each, then she done.

You should know we’re down to the last Terry Green copies of ‘Provisional Living’ already. This Canada/International store AND Bandcamp are completely sold out, leaving 4 splatter in the US store as our final copies. Get’em now! Eklektik Rock certainly knows what’s up. Click on this text or the picture above to go to their Terry review. Link to US store in the Bandcamp embed below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VOTIVE = Ex-members of Gas Up Yr Hearse!, Foxmoulder, and Portrayal Of Guilt make up this powerhouse that unleashed their awesome debut this past week.

2024 - 07 - 12 /// Onewaymirror promo pics + Excrucis song premiere

July 12, 2024 by David Norman

Ooooo baby we gotz those sexy Onewaymirror 7”s in last night! These go up for sale on Sunday July 14th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! 200 merge, 200 pink, 100 black, 5 tests and another 5 botched tests that we’ll put up at cost.

Gil Cerrone’s ‘Consumer’ released in full today so you need to check that fire out and keep it contained before it burns everything down. 12”s should arrive and ship by the end of July.

Excrucis had a song premiere on OMSB today and by golly it’s some serious fire. You can jam “Ceasefire” from the Zampler below or click on this text/the picture above to hear the brand new song “Parasite”. Both come off of the band’s July 22nd release ‘There are Collectivities that Devour Souls’ releasing on 100 tapes through ZBR.

The Beats Per Minute blog posted a massive missed list of stuff they hadn’t reviewed from the first half of 2024 and there are some ZBR and Tomb Tree things floating around in there like Terry Green and Basque. Check out the entire article by clicking on this text or the picture above. Terry is down to the literal last few copies.

Detach The Islands has a lot more coming out before they officially drop this new album on July 19th…expect another song premiere on Operation X-Ray tonight!!!

CanaDave’s homies Hillsboro are releasing their new EP in late August with 25 tapes on Softseed and another version on their own label Play Dead. New music video below, and you can tell they’re getting a lot heavier! :)

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DIAL = The dudes in Animal Faces told me about this last week and I’m in love. Oldie but goodie.

2024 - 06 - 19 /// 'I don't watch sports anymore' + Smush out/amazing

June 19, 2024 by David Norman

The two bangin’ Animal Faces EPs have been released on one 12” and they are selling well. I’ve seen a few people that hadn’t heard of this band before and it was nice to see them flip out. Yes, Animal Faces are that good. Sounds like the Lautrec and Caravels comparisons were helpful.

‘I don’t watch sports anymore’ 12” lathe split between Charger Port and Serling was just released! Check that mathy goodness out below and be sure to snag a ridiculously limited /50 lathe with special jackets by Josh from Vamonos Tapes! The black jackets are the regular covers, but there are a few alternate versions that will be randomly inserted into a few orders! Click on this text for the Serling premiere from This Noise Is Ours that I didn’t have chance to post before today.

Softseed Music released Smush’s debut LP ‘if you were here i’d be home now’ with a 12” pre-order this past Saturday. We’ve got some in the ZBR U.S. store despite the band being Canadian and on Softseed cuz goddamn it’s just so good. Heavy shoegaze/alternative/noise rock that is as powerful as it is beautiful.

Operation X-Ray did a great episode recently with a double dose of Softseed Music featuring both Smush and Leavs. Check out the Leavs music video below!

Exclaim gave both Smush and Terry Green some love with the “8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need To Hear In June”, and honestly right now these are CanaDave’s two favourite records of 2024. Click on the pic or this text to go to the full post.

Everything Is Noise ran through their fave records of May and two of ours ended up on said list. Demersal and Niboowin have both been selling very well and are killin’ their live shows. Check it out by clicking on this text. I embedded the Niboowin album below for ya.

Our beloved Adam from Terry Green was on the Metal On Metal podcast which is linked via this text. 12”s are so fucking low. Canada/International is out of splatter with only 4 quad left and the U.S. store has like 6 copies total left.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TENUE = We got tapes coming for this next release, check out this epic new music video/song!!!

2024 - 06 - 14 /// Gil Cerrone pre-orders & Charger Port + Serling split

June 14, 2024 by David Norman

First off, Terry Green 12”s are almost out! You wanna get one later this summer? Unlikely! You want one this fall? Ha! You want one before the end of the year? Not happening. We had over 200 copies and we’re already down to about 5-10 copies per variant per store. We love you Terry.

Animal Faces releases on Monday, promo pics imminent. /100. More info further down!

Gil Cerrone has a brand new song + pre-order for their upcoming 12”LP ‘Consumer’. This Australian band ripped Tomb Tree up with their ‘Coronach’ a few years back so we’ve all been eagerly anticipating this one and it doesn’t disappoint. 8 songs of fiery screamo release July 12th, 2024 on Tomb Tree, Cremation, and No Funeral but you can pre-order that sucka now and jam “Golden Age”.

‘I don’t watch sports anymore’ is the new Charger Port + Serling split 12” lathe comes out next Wednesday June 19th on Tomb Tree, Fisher King, and Soft Grit Recordings. You can jam a Charger Port exclusive jam on (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) for their closing track “hey is for horse is”. Only 50 lathes were made, 25 clear and 25 black with incredible/unique jackets by Josh of Vamonos Tapes. Click on the text or pic above to go to the premiere or listen to it directly below.

Softseed Music is landing some pretty awesome stuff lately, with Spain’s Leavs joining Smush as heavy shoegaze artists. They just premiered their first song/music video from the upcoming album ‘Natura Universal’ that combines shoegaze with post-hardcore, dream pop, and indie rock which releases in full September 6th, 2024. We’ll have a couple a copies in the distro when it drops. This band features members of Tröpical Ice Land, Hurricäde, and Llacuna!!!

This Saturday is the Smush release show at Green Auto Body in Vancouver which Softseed Dave aka CanaDave will be attending (with some goodies) so please come out and show your support for the band! 12" pre-orders open at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with the show happening at 7pm that night.

As mentioned we got that incredible pair of Animal Faces EPs releasing on one awesome 12” on Monday!!! US Dave is taking promo pics today so we’ll toss them up on Sunday with an additional reminder about the release. We made 100 12”s on eco-mix that release June 17th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! Take a gander below at the band ruining everyone at Soybomb back in the fuckin’ day.

Grind On The Road gave Demersal some love, which makes maybe 70% of the blogs I know having posted glowing reviews of this new album. Stock has dwindled so don’t expect to find these floating around later this year! Click on the text to go to the review and jam it below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SURUT = My bandmate and I were discussing Finnish bands and he showed me this. Very sick black metal/screamo.

2024 - 06 - 10 /// Smush & Animal Faces are next

June 10, 2024 by David Norman

It is with unbridled enthusiasm and childish glee that we are announcing the SMUSH and SOFTSEED MUSIC partnership. After hearing the two singles, Vancouver Island's Softseed Music clamored to get on board with Vancouver-based shoegaze band Smush, at which point the two realized they were on the same wavelength. This BC alliance is showcasing its strength on Friday June 15th, 2024 when the debut full length 'if you were here i'd be home now' by Smush will release with a 12"LP pre-order!!! This Softseed Music release will be a minimum run of 100 copies on colored vinyl, with the final number being determined by the pre-orders that take place over this weekend. Softseed also runs Zegema Beach Records, which has a U.S.A. store for those south of the Canadian border, and will be fulfilling US orders at a fraction of the shipping cost! Oh happy day.

Speaking of happy days, this Saturday is the release show at Green Auto Body in Vancouver which Softseed Dave will be attending (perhaps with some goodies) so please come out and show your support for the band! 12" pre-orders open at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with orders shipping early-mid August. If you haven't heard Smush yet, check out the two music video singles that have been released (in our bio) and submerge yourself in the beautiful-yet-heavy shoegaze that swirls around influences Slow Pulp, Low, and Helmet. See you on Friday <3 <3 <3

Oh shit would you look at that? That’s the new Animal Faces 12” art that releases next on ZBR. As you can plainly see, it houses both early EPs by Toronto’s ultimate screamo band. We made 100 12”s on eco-mix that release June 17th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! Check out the music video for “Forward Through” below!

A week after Animal Faces sees the release of the new Fallingwithscissors EP ‘the birth and death of an angel’ on cassette. The glitchy, chaotic metalcore is phenomenal and sounds like a clusterfuck of early Meth., Deftones, Sectioned, and .gif from god.

Demersal’s new album is down to less than 5 copies over our 3 stores so don’t sleep for much longer! No Clean Singing gave their self-titled some much deserved props in their latest ‘Thing You May Have Missed’ segment. Click on this text for the review, jam/buy it below.

Gil Cerrone from Australia have something new coming next month and this Friday is their first single so keep an eye out! We are down to our last copies of their previous EP cassette.

Vibora also got some love over the weekend from Crossed Letters. Anyone who was at ZBR Fest 2024 knows how incredible this band comes off live, and not having a copy of this phenomenal record is damn well near screamo blasphemy. Second press out now. Click on this text for the full 9/10 review!

Operation X-Ray played some serious jams on Friday including a brand new Serling song from their upcoming split with Charger Port! That releases next Wednesday June 19th on 50 12” lathes and it’s fuckin’ awesome. There’s also some Smush, fallingwithscissors, and Terry Green on the episode!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MALIŠA BAHAT = Croatia’s best band is finally ready with their debut full length and holy shit it does not disappoint!!!