welcome to Lower Automation & Constrain releases!

May 21, 2024 by David Norman

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 already so pick one up once they drop on May 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

Lower Automation’s new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ was released yesterday! We still have some tapes in stock on some gorgeous variants. The Core And Co blog reviewed the album, translate to English if need be. Click on this text to go there!

Constrain’s new EP ‘Welcome To Club Vampire’ has just released on Tomb Tree over 53 tapes. This thing is chockfull of metalcore and sassy metallic hardcore goodness. Amazing screams, massive breakdowns, and panic chords aplenty. P.S. the tapes look sick af.

Gossip’s 10”EP ‘Coals of Juniper’ continues to get the highest of praise, this time from This Noise Is Ours. We’re still in the midst of shipping out all our shit but will have promo pics of these up later this week or next week at the latest. They look amazing.

Big Water (featuring members of Horseboy, Missouri Executive Order 44, Leg Yield, etc.) got a ZBR Roster Review series plug. The stores might have like 1 copy left. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam that shit below.

Demersal’s video premiere went up around the time of ZBR Fest so we didn’t get to share it properly. Here it is, complete with commentary by the band! Click on this text to go there.

Operation X-Ray premiered a Lower Automation track last week as well as a buncha other awesome shit. If you aren’t listening to this program every Friday then you are missing out on so many amazing bands.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OMSORG = New four-song EP from these Danish post-hardcore/screamo vets.

2024 - 05 - 17 /// Lower Automation stream + early-bird variant

May 17, 2024 by David Norman

Quickies:

1 - Some of our U.S. shipping is currently a bit slower than usual as US Dave attempts to keep afloat whilst shipping off a ton of stuff and closing up the rest of our ZBR Fest obligations. Oh, plus his real job and being a dad/husband. Cut that hero some slack <3

2 - ZBR Fest video should be up late June.

Lower Automation’s new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ was just premiered by Idioteq.com and you can order the tapes now! The premiere also includes a track-by-track breakdown! Here are the variants, links to order the early-bird variant (2nd one, neon blue/black + yellow/orange) are embedded in the premiere which you can access by clicking on this text or the pic above.

CanaDave teamed up with Josh Jakubowski from Neil Perry, Hot Cross, The Now, Joshua Fit For Battle fame to do this second episode of Not Just Fading Away Like The Rest Of Them featuring Endeavor and La Quiete.

Brooklyn Vegan did a great piece on the new self-titled Demersal 12”LP and tacked on a track-by-track breakdown from the band. Click on the text or pic above to read it in full. Jam/buy it below!

Terry Green’s ‘Provisional Living’ is in hand and ready for the June 3rd drop. 300 copies over two variants. This one was definitely worth waiting 10 years for!!! Check out the closer below.

As Mourn Recif gears up to their two shows with Hillsboro and Bok Suna, the promoters are at work so tickets for Victoria show on May 24th is now active, while it seems like the May 25th show in Duncan will be door-only. Click on this text for the Victoria show info.

Click here for the Duncan show info. Watch a live video from their first show below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FOXGLOVE = This new EP was shown to me by my bandmate and I got through 10 seconds before immediately downloading it. Fire.

2024 - 03 - 29 /// Herlovebeheadsdaisies and Missouri Executive Order 44 added!

March 29, 2024 by David Norman

Fest update! Onelinedrawing and Burial Etiquette will be unable to make it this year (mad bummer), but fret not because we’ve added Herlovebheadsdaisies (Sunday) and Missouri Executive Order 44 (Saturday)!!! Click on that pic above to get some tickets!

Just a heads up, there will be no Demersal pre-orders for Tomb Tree/ZBR, just like Crossed, we’ll wait until the release and we have them in hand. Demersal is set for May 10th, 2024.

The next Tomb Tree release is the stellar new screamo band .22LR who contains members of Low Before The Breeze, Less Dead, and Jornada Del Meurto (to name just a few) with a new song premiering over at Idioteq.com. Full release is April 2nd!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go there.

Lower Automation had that “Life Insurance” premiere at Ghost Cult Mag, with their new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ on May 20th, 2024. There’s more info in the post linked here by clicking on this text. Jam it below!

The first annual Screamo Awards goes live on the 30th of March! Interviews done by our very own CanaDave. Youtube link goes live when it says it does, but you can access the link below now so you can save it.

Basque had an excellent review from Cave Dweller Music, who really gets this Kitchener four-piece. The seven songs are truly something special and are not likenable (not a word, I know) to any other bands. Click on this text or the pic above to read it in full. Jam/buy our last copies below!

Widowdusk was played on the newest Operation X-Ray, for which there will likely be another new episode tonight so stay tuned!

Moshpit Nation’s Best of February includes Gxlllium!, Onewaymirror, and Volp among many others. Click on this text or the pic above to see a monstrous amount of killer releases.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MY HEART, YOUR HANDS = New rampagin’ from this band who is heavily influenced by Me And Him Call It Us.

2024 - 03 - 26 /// Lower Automation premiere + Basque + Autumn releases

March 26, 2024 by David Norman

There’s a brand new song from Lower Automation premiering over at Ghost Cult Mag! Click on that pic above or this text to go there! Cassettes ordered and release on May 20th!!!

Burial Etiquette’s debut 12” is selling fast, with the quad splat variant running hella low. Punknews seems to be realizing that screamo is sick again after ignoring my emails for a decade, so here’s a track-by-track breakdown of the record!!! Access by clicking this text or the pic above.

Some quick news that will affect some! There will be no pre-orders for the new Crossed 12”EP, as we’d prefer to wait until the full album release and we have the copies in-hand. We shall let you know when they arrive, as ‘Vida Quieta’ is set to release on April 19th.

Pettersson and Burial Etiquette are on route from the US store to the Canada store, so if you’re still waiting on the former we apologize for the delay but CanaDave will get those out the door the day they arrive (early next week, I reckon).

Basque’s ‘Pain Without Hope of Healing’ is out and we already sold all of the Flower Garden variant, with a single test dip remaining in this store and a few swirls. Truly next level debut from some ex-Karloff members.

Autumn’s debut EP ‘please be happy’ was released by CanaDave’s Softseed Music today. We’re calling anime indie rock and the variants look great.

Click here for the full review!

Girl Arm got some love from This Noise Is Ours in their roster review series, and there’s still a single tape left in stock! One of the best albums ever, and their new record should be releasing soon under their updated moniker Works. Click on the text or pic above for the review, jam that shit below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KOMAROV = Their first release since the Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow split 7” and their first full length! Happy day!!!

2024 - 03 - 20 /// Gossip + Lower Automation releases

March 20, 2024 by David Norman

That’s right, there’s more Lower Automation comin’ your way! They recently finished their new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ which houses tracks of the bands’ most experimental and whacko material to date. Releases on limited cassettes May 20th, 2024 on ZBR!!!

Gossip’s ‘Coals of Juniper’ releases on 10” April 29th, 2024 - that’s just a few days before their ZBR Fest 2024 performance! You can also catch them at New Friends Fest (where you’ll also find both Daves) in August. Jam the first single “Casting Crowns” below!!!

Basque releases this Friday so it’s time for the full spread for ‘Pain Without Hope of Healing’. These puppies release on Tomb Tree March 22nd, 2024 at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on their bandcamp and our Tomb Tree section in this store. All of the Tomb Tree releases are also in the US store, you just gotta search for’em. This is a very low run, just 17 ‘The Color of Pain’ swirl, 10 ‘Flower Garden’, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case. Jam a single below!

If you missed the Widowdusk bandcamp release you need to get on that. The more I listen, the deeper I fall for it.

Hallie is getting close to their $100,000 goal (currently $83k) so I thought I’d share that Go Fund Me again here. Any amount helps!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KNIFE EDGE DEATH MATCH = This collaboration EP goes to a good cause and is headed by Jane who did the sound for all of the ZBR Fest 2023 videos. You might even find CanaDave on there somewhere.