Holy Shit, Look What I Found #1 RESPIRE + alternate covers, shipping now / EUTH in
The day is finally here. Over two months after the digital release, the 12"s are here in all their glory. In celebration of this momentous occasion (and because of some unexpected surprises) we have a special treat for you. For today is HOLY SHIT, LOOK WHAT I FOUND Day #1.
What did I find, you ask? Well, first off, I came across four white copies of the first pressing of 'Gravity and Grace'. Long out of print (with even the represses selling out in most places) these are collector's items at this point. I've posted the four for $20US each.
Secondly, you may have noticed that we took a bit of a hit a few months back when a very important box was shipped to us from New Zealand. Actually, five boxes were shipped. But the big one with our Respire represses was pretty much dumped in the river and came to us broken, ripped and soaking wet (literally, still wet). Good news is, Respire gave us the okay to make new alternate covers for our destroyed repress jackets. 13 jackets were destroyed so Nate from No Funeral Records was kind enough to make some spraypainted black/silver jackets and I've made some white ones, all with inverted-colour artwork and hand numbered out of 13. Essentially, these are fundraiser editions to help with the rest of the stuff that was drowned in that fateful shipment. We have posted them for $30CAD buuuuuut you will also be entered into a draw to win a copy of a test pressing for the Foxmoulder side of their Sartre split 7"! We made 13 but only 6 are available for individual sale (as well as a discography set) so your chances of winning are 1 in 7!
And lastly, the 'Dénouement' 12"s arrived on Friday so those ship out this week. We have less than 5 red splatter and only 10 white splatter copies left, and I do believe most of the other labels have long since been sold out. Each copy comes with a download code and exclusive Zegema Beach Records stickers. In the storenvy page (linked here) we've also posted a single 7x12" RESPIRE vinyl discography set so be sure to jump on that if you want the band living at your house.
RESPIRE - Gravity and Grace (12”LP)
ZBR062
For fans of: Old Soul, Alaskan, Godspeed You! Black Emperoror, Neil On Impression and Fall Of Efrafa
Respire is a six-piece band from Toronto, Canada, who combine epic post-hardcore, screamo, and black metal into a very cohesive formula that drips of maturity and patience. Gravity and Grace is their debut LP - a sprawling memoir of genre-defying soundscapes, reverb-washed tremolo harmonies, cascading arpeggios, dreamlike textures and walls of distorted guitars roaring over frantic rhythms, punctuated by tormented vocals and a near-orchestral array of instruments and contributors. Themes of loss, addiction, heartbreak, and existential anguish paint a bleak picture, but somewhere over the horizon rests a glimmering sense of hope, resolve and forgiveness.
This is a co-release between Zegema Beach Records (Canada), Ozona Records (USA), Dingleberry Records (Germany) and Narshardaa Records (Germany).
1st press:
12" vinyl on black (/100) and white (/200)
2nd press:
12” vinyl on clear (/200)
3rd press:
12” vinyl on half white/half black with a poster insert. 9 songs.
Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-and-grace
The EUTH 12"s came in late last week so all orders with those ship out this week. Unrelenting. Exhausting. Amazing.
EUTH - Euth 12"LP (ZBR122)
For fans of: Vein, Botch and Enkephalin
This is one of the most violent and unsettling full lengths we've ever heard, and it's fucking unbelievable. 8 tracks of volatile, mathy and screamy metal/hardcore with some of the most intense drumming we've ever heard. Released on:
'Euth' 12" vinyl with insert. 8 songs. Free download.
Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/euth