restocks update Thurs. July 24th!

July 21, 2025 by David Norman

Distro and restock update coming Thursday July 24th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with both stores getting a whack of Icorrupt, Shove and Dingleberry releases, Icorrupt (yes including the new Ostraca 12” EP!) as well as ZBR restocks/overstock from Mahria, Crowning/Swallows Nest, Clay Birds, and more! Holy fuck!!!

Sininen’s final song premiere went up last week for the closer “mitt hus”. The band features members of Via Fondo and the seven-track EP ‘I was recently upset’ releases on 120 tapes July 28th via Tomb Tree. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full premiere with text, links, etc. or just jam it below.

What’s next on ZBR? Well shit, I’m glad you asked. We’ve got tapes on Tuesday July 22nd for ‘Ritma’ by Piri Reis prior to their New Friends Fest performance, followed by Shoganai cassettes for their debut self-titled EP on July 29th. July 30th we’ll be premiering the ZBR Fest 2025 video on Youtube so make sure you attend the first showing if you’re as keen as I am!

Nuvolascura cds are sold out and the “Linear half’n’half” is also out of stock. “Figment swirl” is all that remains. Rockambula gave it a stellar review which you can read by clicking on the pic above or this text. Snag those last few copies now!

Trei Campbell from Iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Beau Navire, Elle, Vowels, and Xochtil came on the OMSB podcast for his first solo interview, and I couldn’t be more honored. Pick up their remastered vinyl via Dog Knights and catch the band on tour and at New Friends Fest 2025! Click on the pic above or this text for the full post with links, info, etc. or just listen/download below.

Avery Friedman released a live studio session for the song “New Thing” and you should definitely check it out. We’ve been talking to the plant about the 12” run, and they are behind as they’re waiting on the lacquer. We’ll keep you posted but hopefully they’ll be in-hand early August. Fingers crossed!

Emma Core & Co. gave a ripping review of Emma Goldman’s ‘all you are is we’. If we aren’t 100% sold out you need to run to the US store and snag one immediately. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Buy/stream below!

Dead Hour Noise are on tour! We’ve got just a handful of 12”s left and post-tour I reckon the band’ll be gettin’ low too!

Operation X-Ray played some bangers as per usual, including our very own Nuvolascura as well as Bok Suna, the latter of which Softseed Music has advance copy tapes for sale now via the bandcamp link below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: xMISERYISABUTTERFLYx = The ultimate homies in Smush showed me this band. Very good screamo!

2025 - 07 - 11 /// Nuvolascura going fast + Bok Suna premiere!

July 11, 2025 by David Norman

Nuvolascura’s third full length ‘How This All Ends’ has been out for just 3 days and we’re almost sold out of everything. The other two albums sold out years back so these won’t be sticking around long, that’s for sure. Receiving heaps of praise immediately, Stereogum was the first to pick up on this awesome sauce. Check it out by clicking on this text. Jam/buy below, and hurry!!!

Bok Suna’s new album ‘Carnate’ is on the brink of release, with it’s first single “honest person” coming out last night. The lo-fi project has leveled up to indie/shoegaze/bedroom rock/pop and features the drummer of Hillsboro. Tapes are live on the Softseed bandcamp but 12”s release alongside the LP on August 29th. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full premiere with links and info. Just listen below.

Stuntman’s ‘Maximum Legal Wage’ keeps getting mad love from around the globe, this time from Nawak Posse. The Bandcamp is sold out, there’s one tape left in the US store and maybe 2-3 in the Canadian store then we’re out. As vinyl is on the way we won’t be making more so get’em whilst you can! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review.

Emma Goldman keeps getting rave reviews and it shows cuz we have like 5 copies left in the US store then we’re totally out. Get those last copies via the store link in Bandcamp embed below, and read the This Noise Is Ours review by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ALYVIA = This new Cali band’s debut EP is fucking rad. Kinda like if Atalanta and Nouveau had a baby.

2024 - 07 - 10 /// Onewaymirror 7"s this Sunday

July 10, 2024 by David Norman

ONEWAYMIRROR was released digitally on Monday and will be in hand on Thursday. We’ll drop these suckas on Sunday July 14th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST, with promo pics coming this Friday!

A week after Gil Cerrone’s ‘Consumer’ 12” album releases, Tomb Tree will then drop the brand new Detach The Islands album ‘A Highly Magnified History’. Here’s the brand new song premiering at Everything Is Noise. Click this text to go there and get ruined.

(((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) did a double live review for both Mourn Recif, Bok Suna, and Hillsboro shows that happened back in May on Vancouver Island. Lotsa new songs including the full live set from Bok Suna that features a ton of new material. Click on this text to go to the full post.

Cape Light should never be forgotten, for they were fucking amazing. Remember said awesome sauce along with This Noise Is Ours in their ZBR Roster Review series for their discography tape we released years ago. Very sold out. Click on the logo above or this text for the review.

Operation X-Ray keeps it going, playing Onewaymirror and Spoiled on this stacked episode. Should I even bother saying stacked? They’re always stacked.

Gotta cycle back to Bok Suna cuz I just got masters for their new album and they are AMAZING. Holy jesus if you liked the older material this shit is gonna blow you away. You can hear some of the songs in their full live set in Victoria embedded above. Jam the currently released stuff below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BLIND GIRLS = Just the new record. Woooooowza.

2024 - 05 - 24 /// Mourn Recif shows + Nuvolascura cds

May 24, 2024 by David Norman

So during ZBR Fest 2024 we unearthed a bunch of old Zamplers. So on Monday we’ve got a special deal going down where all orders will get a Zampler and/or a Fest 2024 cd. We’ll have more info about it and the little distro update on Monday’s post, but if you order over the weekend we’ll be sure to toss you one too.

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

Gossip’s ‘Coals of Juniper’ arrived at the Canada/International store today so here are some promo pics of the two variants! They look awesome, but they sound even better!!!

Click here for the full review, videos, and links!

Mourn Recif has their 2nd and 3rd show this Friday May 24th in Victoria and Saturday May 25th. Both shows are with Washington’s Bok Suna and Victoria’s Hillsboro. So stoked!!! You can check out two videos from our 1st show along with the other bands in the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) post linked to this text and the picture above. Event pages/tickets are available by clicking on either poster below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: RESPIRE = New album pre-order and music video!!!

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.