Venns & Distro Update

March 10, 2023 by David Norman

Venns and Zegema Beach released that ridiculously killer ‘Team Sports’ 7”EP yesterday and we’re already half sold out! Be sure to follow The Bunn on youtube and the band even created a Venns facebook page linked here.

Don’t forget there was a music video released recently for the closing track “Foul” embedded below as well as the The Bunn’s episode on Micro Labels and what Zegema Beach Records does.

Ticket giveaway from Invisible Oranges! Answer a question correct and be entered to win. Super easy!!! Click on the text or pic below to go! And today is the last daaaaaaaay!!!

We had a decent distro update in both stores with Hetta t-shirts, Wow Owls! 7”s, Trophy Hunt 12”s, Gospel 12”s, Reversal Of Man 3x12”, and more! If you’re in the U.S. you wanna go here and if you’re everywhere else then go here. Some direct links below.

HETTA - 'Cutters' (t-shirt)

CA$30.00

Size:

Pink logo on black t-shirt (M) Pink logo on black t-shirt (XL) Black logo on pink t-shirt (XL)

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WOW, OWLS! - Last Songs (7")

CA$18.00

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TROPHY HUNT - The Branches on Either Side (12")

CA$27.50

Colour:

Splatter Pink

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Earlier this week Not Just A Phase premiered the new Long.Way.Down. single so here it is directly for your consumption. Tapes release on Monday!!!

Operation X-Ray played some Sear, Letterbombs, Crowning, and Eyelet on last Friday’s show. I reckon you’ll find more stuff on tonight’s episode!!!

Nine Hertz also gave some ZBR love in a recent podcast to Yashira. Just a correction (which was my initial mistake) that the Yashira is not their last song before hiatus, but one of the last songs before hiatus, so I reckon we’ll get some more this or next year?!?!

This Noise Is Ours continues their excellent Zegema Beach Roster Review series with the recently out of print ‘D O M A’ cassette by Italy’s ['selvə]. Jam that sucker here or click on the pic below to go to the review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HALLAM FOE = This Indonesian metalcore/mathcore/screamo three-piece dropped a killer 4-song EP that is actually worth the $7 digital pricetag.

2023 - 01 - 18 /// 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 - 08 - 19 /// Blind Girls swirl variants

August 19, 2022 by David Norman

Blind Girls tapes for ‘The Weight of Everything’ release tomorrow alongside the Letterbombs + In Wolves’ Clothing split 12” AND the laser-etched Greed Worm cassettes for ‘Hell Is Real’ at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Here are your variants!

You can stream of the Letterbombs and In Wolves Clothing 12”LP now via (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) with the physicals and bandcamps becoming active on Saturday August 20th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. There are only 100 copies and we have less than half of them!!! Click on the pic or this text to go jam that shit!

This Noise Is Ours did a Lyed review of ‘The Immolated Earth’ and somehow we still have copies! Check that shit out if you like your screamo heavy on the metallic hardcore/metalcore side. Click on this text to go to the review. Buy links are on the bandcamp page linked below.

Massa Nera closed out Day 1 with a full set of their yet-to-be released LP that releases December 2nd, 2022 on Zegema Beach Records. It was incredible to experience it in full, with almost everyone in attendance hearing each song for the first time. Next post starts Day 2 of ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 on June 12th, 2022, and thus concludes Day 1!

Operation X-Ray gave more screamo/skramz love on today’s episode and featured Gillian Carter, Campbell Trio, and Trophy Hunt.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: PET FOX = If you like Ovlov and the gorgeous shoegaze that spews from that band then I think you’d dig an offshoot called Pet Fox who sounds like a heavier version of Ovlov mixed with No Knife.

2022 - 05 - 20 /// Trophy Hunt out, Gil Cerrone premiere

May 20, 2022 by David Norman

Mages? You like mages? We’ve released quite a few since 2020. Cara Neir’s ‘Phantasmal’ is next!

Trophy Hunt released yesterday on Zegema Beach and Middle Man, despite the Tomb Tree logo being on the j-card, this is most definitely a Zegema Beach Records release.

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TROPHY HUNT - The Branches On Either Side (cassette)

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TROPHY HUNT ‘The Branches On Either Side‘ tape (ZB275)

For fans of: Cloud Rat, Oathbreaker, and Mahria

New York’s TROPHY HUNT plays incredibly progressive and diverse grindcore, and has really upped not only their game with their second full length, but the genres standard. Feelin’ like some Cloud Rat? Gotcha covered. What’s that? You want some Placebo in there? Cool, we can do that. Honestly there’s so much work and thought put into these 10 tracks that repeat listens are not only highly recommended, but also extremely likely as the entire thing is an incredible journey. Co-released with Middle Man Records and the band, we’ve only got 1/3 of this pressing!

Cassettes /154 Variant breakdown:
Neon Pink Noise swirl /83
Sunchoke Purple /51
Next Level Double swirl w/matching swirl case /10
Mystery swirl /5
Test dip w/matching swirl case /5

All tapes come with two-sided j-card with additional panel w/lyrics. 10 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-branches-on-either-side

Variant:

Neon Pink Noise swirl (/83) Sunchoke Purple (/51) Next Level Double swirl w/matching swirl case (/10)

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Gil Cerrone’s ‘Coronoach’ is a 6-song EP that releases on cassette June 3rd, 2022 via Tomb Tree and Team Glasses Records. For fans of: Funeral Diner, Beau Navire, A Paramount A Love Supreme, Terry Green, Curtains, Eyelet, Caught In The Fall, and Brahm. This is some ridiculously good stuff. Click on this text for the full premiere link.

This Noise Is Ours continues their might feat of reviewing every ZBR release with our massive undertaking/fantasy split/comp ‘Eight Feet Under’. We still have the 2x12”s in stock so I just put them on sale for a week! Click on this text for the full review link.

EIGHT FEET UNDER - 8-band/4-country split (2x12")

CA$22.00

ZBR065 Release date: June 1st, 2017
For fans of: Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket, Via Fondo, Nous Etions, The World That Summer, Sleeper Wave, Youth Novel, Lamantide and Pastel

8-band/4-country split 2x12" with gatefold cover! A truly stunning snapshot of 8 fantastic EPs, including 2-4 new/exclusive songs from (Sweden) Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket and Via Fondo, (Canada) Nous Etions and The World That Summer, (USA) Sleeper Wave and Youth Novel, (Italy) Lamantide and Pastel.

Released by Zegema Beach Records and Shove Records, Through Love Recs, IFB Records and Don't Live Like Me Records.

2x12" black vinyl /500 in a gatefold cover with art by Italian graffiti artist Nero. Comes with a download code. 2-4 songs by each band for a total of 22 tracks.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/eight-feet-under-vol-1

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CARA NEIR = Preceding their upcoming ‘Phantasmal’ 12”LP is their newest split with Infernal Legions Of Mordor. I literally just bought a physical copy.

https://www.ticketweb.com/search?q=zegema+beach+records+fest

2022 - 05 - 15 /// What a weekend, still reeling

May 18, 2022 by David Norman

Sorry for the lack of updates we are shipping out these Hayworth and Loftus orders from the weekend. We’ll have a new release on Thursday (the Trophy Hunt cassette full length) but until then there’s lots for you to check out!

First, take a minute-and-a-half to scope this ridiculous old-timey video for ZBR Fest Midwest updates including some late additions, a cancellation, and sick Massa Nera news!

Hayworth was written about on Brooklyn Vegan, copies remain. Click the Halfsies Slasher pic for the link.

(((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain)))) interviewed Loftus! Holy shit, long time coming. We still got some copies left! Click this text for the interview or the picture to buy those sweet, sweet, vinyl.

Trophy Hunt releases tomorrow! Here are the variants as well as a link to the final song premiere for “Gate” via Brooklyn Vegan. Click on this text for the premiere.

Brooklyn Vegan also gave the Azzacov ‘Fragmente’ full length cassette that we released alongside Middle Man and Coxinha Records. Jam it below and/or check the review by clicking on this text.

I (CanaDave) went to and thoroughly enjoyed the first screamo show I’ve seen in about 2.5 years. Not only that, but I filmed Jeromes Dream, Senza, and Hawak play a buncha songs for the first time since the pandemic started. Full review and blog post is available at (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) and is linked via this text.

Click on this poster for the review/videos/links/etc.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GOSPEL = New Gospel is proggy as fuck and super dense. If you can handle experimentation in screamo this will likely blow your mind.