25% off Distro + next release is a surprise!

January 29, 2026 by David Norman

First off, our next release is a surprise release on February 2nd at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. What is it? Who knows! While you wait and rack your brains, please head over to any distro vinyl/cassette/cd page (aka anything that isn’t ZBR, Tomb Tree, or Softseed), pick up some stuff, then for 25% off until Sunday at 11:59pm PST just write “FUCK ICE” in the notes upon checkout and within 24 hours you’ll get that sweet, sweet 25% refund (does not include shipping). Pages are linked below:

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Sungaze got a music video premiere for “Always Looking Behind” that you should check out. Their dreamy and beautiful shoegaze out of Ohio is already up for 12” pre-order with 5 tracks available (and 5 more coming). The song is awesome and the video is mesmerizing. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text, listen/buy the LP below.

CanaDave and Wollruss will be playing/distroing the Piss show in Victoria this Friday. This is the first Wollruss show in well over a year and our first with a full lineup, I’ve embedded a short 50-second video below giving you an idea of what we sound like now.

Elle from Fainting Dreams and Athousandangelsandseven came on the OMSB podcast and discussed a lotta cool stuff. Always a pleasure hanging with her. Tapes for Fainting Dreams and 7”s for Athousandangelsandseven are still available! Click on the pic above or text here to go to the full post.

I was interviewed for State Of Sound Magazine regarding starting a label. My interview portion is actually pretty big but was mostly cut so I’ll post that full interview next week in case you are interested. Click on the pic below or this text to check it out!

Mourn Recif recently played a stacked show at Influence Board Shop in Victoria. Let’s be real here, Something To Remember blew me the fuck away and hopefully ZBR/Tomb Tree will be involved in their extremely bright future. Check out a song from each band above and jam/buy the Mourn Recif EP below.

This Noise Is Ours gave the new Gravess a great review. We sold about 75% of our stock so if you’re on the fence about it, just read this review and snag one before you regret your life choices. Click on the pic above or this text for the review, jam/buy below.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy is the final of our 50 copies of Apostles Of Eris x Ennui split 7”. Very cool manilla envelope jacket with lyrical insert available on our Bandcamp. Snag now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SMUSH = My favourite shoegaze/indie rock band has a new EP coming but you can scope 3 of the covers now and they all rule.

2025 - 09 - 12 /// Athousandangelsandseven 7"s + Big Stuff Thing #7!

September 12, 2025 by David Norman

Okay y’all got some sick updates for you. First, we’ve got Big Stuff Thing #7 goes live at the same time as the Athousandangelsandseven 7”s release this Sunday September 14th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. You’ll find Sinema, Emma Goldman 12”s, Nuvolascura cds/12”s, Lastima 12”s, Othiel cds, Mis Suenos x Burial Etiquette tapes, etc.

Oh, and here’s our Sept/Oct release schedule!!!

Sept 22nd = Mourn Recif x A Recorded Dawn split cd /100

Sept 26th = Demersal 12”EP /250

Oct 3rd = Lucidity x Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow split 7” /100

Oct 6 Tamsen x Oshera split cassette /50

Oct 13rd = Usurp Synapse ‘Disinformation Fix’ 2x12” /500

Oct 20th = Shesmadefromsuede ST cassette /75

Oct 27th = Coup D’etat cd /100

Serrate got a wicked review from This World Scares Me. Lotta hype around this new/debut full length from North Carolina’s best new screamo band. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review and listen/buy below!

Mourn Recif and A Recorded Dawn are playing Good Party tonight at 8:00 and 8:30 in Victoria. We’ll have a box of ZBR distro with us as well as Mourn tapes and Not Just A Phase tapes. Did you miss the big news above? Scroll up, baby! Jam a new ARD song below which you can see ripped live tonight! Email or Insta message us for the address.

Magana is releasing ‘Teeth’ on Softseed Music! This LA-based solo project is incredible, and I’m super stoked to be helping her out with this and literally any release she takes part it. This 12” lathe (20 black and 20 clear) releases Tuesday September 16th, and we’ll have a few copies in both ZBR stores as well as the Softseed Bandcamp. Check out the “Paul” music video below, as it’s a phenomenal song!

Bok Suna was on the Spare Notes podcast with Jonah Evans. Really cool conversation about the album and Yuri’s life in general. Snag a 12” or tape below! Listen to the podcast above or by clicking on this text.

The Heaven Through Violence x Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave split 7” got some love from Rockambula, and we appreciate it <3 There’s a good list of wicked releases so be sure to scope the entire thing by clicking on the pic above or this text. Listen/download/buy below.

We’re about halfway through the individual/extra ZBR Fest 2025 videos releasing, today's bands include Fallingwithscissors and Apostles Of Eris (we still got some 12”s w/Gossip here) and Febuary. Individual band videos from ZBR Fest will continue popping up, some of which have additional videos that weren’t included in the full fest documentary. You can access more via our Youtube channel.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DEATH GOALS = This new EP is amazing. Pricetag is a bit high for digitals but I snagged it nonetheless.

2025 - 02 - 12 /// ZBR Fest in full + stock update on Saturday!

February 12, 2025 by David Norman

ZBR Fest 2025 is fully outta tha bag and staggering to the eyes. Good fuckin’ lord it’s gonna be a time. Screamo time. Click on the pic above or this text to go get dem tix, baby.

Distro + stock update this Saturday includes the last 5 Febuary cds as well as Fallingwithscissors cds, Valeska Suratt 12”s, and Osceola 12”s, etc. If you miss the Febuary cds fret not cuz 1) we made 300 more and 2) the band is playing ZBR Fest and will have a buncha copies at their shows as of early March.

Friday is Coma Of Eris release day but you can jam “Archers Take Aim” below and “A Dip in Lake Drowning” in the above premiere. Tapes should follow late March.

The next Mourn Recif show (a screamo band CanaDave plays in) is this Saturday in Victoria and we’ll be playing a new song and ZBR distro with new/unreleased stuff will be attendance also. They’ve got 8 songs recorded that should come out late spring, but you can jam a demo song below.

I can’t remember if I posted this but whatever let’s post it again, as Emmett from Detach The Islands and Fluoride (to name just a few) was on the Everything Remade podcast. Listen above, buy a tape of ‘A Highly Magnified History’ below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SLEEPING PEOPLE = This 2005 math-rock release is spectacular.

2025 - 02 - 10 /// ZBR Fest final wave this Wednesday!

February 10, 2025 by David Norman

We had to bump the ZBR Fest final wave to Wednesday to allow for one more thing to run through the filter. So it’ll be final lineup, pre-show lineup, and ticket sales. Feel free to wear a diaper on your head cuz it might explode.

Coma Of Eris premiered two final songs from the upcoming self-titled cassette LP releasing this Friday February 14th, the first titled “Archers Take Aim” was put on the Operation X-Ray show, while the latter is titled “A Dip in Lake Drowning” and was just premiered this morning on Not Just A Phase. Hit that pic above or this text for the Not Just A Phase premiere, and jam the Operation X-Ray episode below (Coma Of Eris shows up at 1:23:47.

In Loving Memory sold out everywhere but…the US? What is happening? US store directly linked to this text.

Satsuma features Dan from The Reptilian on drums and they’ve got their debut EP releasing on Tomb Tree via cassette in late March, but you can scope this teaser trailer now!

Following the release of the Die Princess Die discography tape, CanaDave did this podcast with bassist Ely Morgan. Check it out, jam Scuba Cop, and definitely hit that discography release if you haven’t heard the absolute amazingness contained there. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the podcast, jam/buy the tape below.

Boonitunes gave some love to Athousandangelsandseven which definitely came out on ZBR. Only a handful of tapes remain and we won’t be making more!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the month’s roundup.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HYNOKI = This Virginia-based band released a single song and it’s fucking awesome. Check that shit out immediately.

2024 - 11 - 08 /// Concealer today + Loftus Hoodies on Sale

November 08, 2024 by David Norman

Just a quickie here that:

1 - Loftus hoodies are on sale cuz I want them outta my house and STRAIGHT UP, both Daves get more compliments on wearing these hoodies than any other thing we’ve ever worn. So they’re 50% off till they’re gone. There’s only one Medium (orange), one Large (orange), and one Extra Large (purple) which are spread out of three totally different links which have been attached to the text of each size earlier in this sentence.

2 - There are some rarities that went up from additional stock/overages that include some serious heat and only one copy of each! Items are in the New Items/Specials section (linked here) and include Blind Girls, The Spirit Of Versailles, Respire, Massa Nera, Senza, Nuvolascura, Gxllium!, Febuary, Missouri Executive Order 44, and heaps more! Check the new items/specials section here. Some are embedded below.

BLIND GIRLS - The Weight of Everything (cassette/12

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BLIND GIRLS - The Weight of Everything (cassette/12"LP)

from CA$10.00

BLIND GIRLS ‘The Weight of Everything’ cassette/12"LP (ZBR284)

For fans of: Nuvolascura, Mouthing, and Frail Hands.

Gold Coast, Australia’s BLIND GIRLS have been kicking screamo in the ass for the better part of a decade at this point, so it was only natural that band progress in another new way on their most recent ‘The Weight of Everything’. With a new lineup, the band has shed the prettier and “skramzier” side and opted for a darker, more visceral approach that will leave the listener gasping for breath. Prepare for pummeling ten times over across two popping variants. We also have some sets available if you missed out on their previous/incredible endeavor ‘Residue’ that include the black swirl paired with the coke-bottle variant of the new LP. 2nd pressing released on wax mage with No Funeral and Life.Lair.Regret Records!!!

Cassettes /111, 53 on clear swirl, 25 on black swirl, 14 band tour swirls, 5 No Funeral swirls, 5 ZBR swirls, 5 test dips, and 4 mystery swirls, all with j-card.
12" vinyl (1st press) /350, 100 on orange and 250 on coke-bottle clear with insert.
12" vinyl (2nd press) /352, 218 random color, 104 nebula, 25 wax mage, and 5 tests, all with insert. 10 tracks.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-weight-of-everything

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SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, THE - X Summer 1999 X (12

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SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, THE - X Summer 1999 X (12")

CA$40.00

For fans of: Saetia and Caught In The Fall.

Sensational release of early material on 12” by this seminal Sioux Falls band. Released on Larry Records and Icorrupt Records.

12” on transparent green swirl vinyl with additional alternate cover. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://larry187.bandcamp.com/album/x-summer-1999-x

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FEBUARY - February (cd)

CA$25.00

FEBUARY ‘February‘ cd (ZBR361)

For fans of: The Lazarus Plot, Montcalm, and Clay Birds.

It doesn't get more screamo than this - become a sick screamo band, build hype with live shows, record a single batch of incredible songs, break up. Incredible dynamics, awesome screaming from multiple members, and sick art. RIP Febuary. Oh wait they were resurrected. Prayz Cheesus! <3 <3 <3

CDs in 4-panel digipak. 10 tracks. 1st run out of 100, 2nd run out of 200.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/february

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GXLLIUM! - Breakup songs (cassette)

from CA$12.00

GXLLIUM! ‘Breakup songs‘ cassette (ZB369)

For fans of: Me And Him Call It Us, Hayworth, Rex Kwon Do, and .gif rom god

California's GXLLIUM! are back with an exceptionally fresh set of songs featuring a brand new lineup, and these six songs will absolutely floor you. Part chaotic hardcore, part metallic hardcore, part screamo/emo-violence, and a dash of the mosh, the breakdowns, panic chords, and unrelenting screaming will leave you aghast in the best possible way. We got these masters just a few days back so the first tape run was on 37 DIY cassettes (sold out) followed a 2nd/final run of professionally duplicated copies out of 152. EP of the year? You betcha!

Cassettes 1st run /37: 10 on 'Peart's Pearl Swirl', 10 red, 10 transparent yellow, 5 halfsies swirl, and two 'That's My Gold Bar'

Cassettes 2nd run /152: 65 on Whistleblower swirl, 25 on Gold Fleck swirl, 25 White, 20 on Random Color swirl, 10 on Underage Drinking swirl, and 7 test dips w/matching swirl case

each with double-sided j-card w/lyrics. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breakup-songs

Variant:

Concealer has released!!! ‘Heartfelt Entries’ includes two brand new songs and the ‘dissonance [all that keeps me away]’ EP on one convenient cassette.