2023 - 06 - 07 /// Joliette music video

Joliette has a new music video for their song “Lemus” off of their upcoming ‘Luz de Bengala’ 12”EP. We put this sucker to press recently so expect a full release later this summer.

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The Faffle is just over a week out! All of CanaDave’s extra mage, handmade, stupid fancy, and test press 12”s will be raffled off for the last time on June 15th at 6pm PST / 8pm CST / 9pm EST live on Instagram! Every other day or so we’ll update with pics of stuff that will be in the Faffle…like the pictured 4-Way stupid fancy /50 and a Terry Green test press /5! There’s more comin’, but snag some tickets below if you’re already starting to salivate. Each ticket gets you one step closer to winning an item on the Faffle wheel, and if you win your remaining tickets are taken out. We’ll start with the crowdpleasing mages, followed by hand-mades, stupid fancies, and then the last couple test presses (one of which hasn’t been released yet!). Winners have to pay shipping.

CanaDave is workin’ his ass off getting The Vault ready for it’s June 10th opening (it closes June 15th at 6pm PST, same as the Faffle deadline). Like last time, it will house a bunch of personal copies of tapes, vinyl, t-shirts, cds, stickers, and posters that have either been sold out for a long time or were never posted for sale. These products will appear in a “The Vault" tab which will become visible one June 10th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST at the top navigation column of this website (up there with ZBR News, Canada/International Store, U.S.A. Store, etc.

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Aux.Aura’s debut EP drops on Tuesday June 13th! Take a look at the variants above: 18 on blue swirl, 10 black and white swirl, 10 halfsies swirl, and 5 test dips. Jam a face-melter below.

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New Forms. Fucking New Forms yo. They absolutely slayed the pre-show. I was in awe. Here’s a quick video giving you some idea of the power and emotion this band brought to a small-ass basement show. As we will start posting the single videos for each band that played ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, there’s more coming!

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Scenario and Massa Nera were featured on Noisy Tapes, we’re almost out of Scenario and our Massa Nera stock continues to dwindle in each variant. Click on the text or the pic below to go!

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Here’s a new Hiding In The Outpost for the Drei Affen and Coma Regalia split 7” that just showed up from a German trade from Dingleberry. Last copy!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SICKLE EATER = This incredible new project just posted their second song and it’s a banger just like the first!

2023 - 03 - 14 /// Long.Way.Down.

Long.Way.Down. was released via a Mathcore Index premiere and the tapes are like 80% sold out already…and we only released to bandcamp about 8 hours ago. We’re planning on getting this to vinyl in the future so if tapes are your game you better jump on these last few copies quick. You can go to the full Mathcore Index premiere by clicking on this text.

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Venns 7”s continue to move, and the two-piece did a sick livestream in which they talked about 10 years of the band as their first release came a decade ago. Lots of info about their other bands, navigating the industry, and their ties to Zegema Beach. Watch it above and jam that awesomesauce below!

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Blind Girls are coming to ruin the U.S. and Zegema Beach Records Fest 2023. They just released their poster w/dates and support and to be honest it’s beyond ridiculous.

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CanaDave finally got his shit together and did another Out Past the Rings. This was served as double duty for Drei Affen’s latest 12”EP (listen here) as well as the second Tomb Tree Family Tree video for Grip’s ‘Early Iteration’ cassette (listen here). Want a 12” or tape? Too bad, all gone.

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New Day Rising was discussed on the most recent Kill Your Radio Podcast! The U.S. store is pretty much sold out but the Canada store still has copies. C’mon you Canucks this is your home team! Click on this text for the podcast, and jam/buy that sucker below.

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Lower Automation was reviewed via Grind On The Road. The band recently had to cancel a bunch of dates because of Covid (yes, it’s still a thing and it’s still not good) so feel free to give them some love in whatever manner you can. Click on the text for the review. Jam below.

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Nine Hertz came back at it again this week, dishing out props to Eyelet in particular. There is only once green copy left in our store which is embedded below!

sold out

CROWNING + EYELET - Split (7")

CA$15.00

CROWNING + EYELET - Split 7” (ZBR318)

For fans of: Youth Funeral, Frail Body, United Nations, and Deafheaven.

Two current screamo heavyweights with 15 years worth of playing between them have teamed up for a new split 7” with two new songs from each band. Chicago’s Crowning have been a ZBR staple since their debut EP in 2017 carrying the mathy/sludgy/heavy torch, while Baltimore’s Eyelet are approaching a decade as a band and released one of the best records in a very long time with their ‘The Devil Shining Out Your Eyes’ (being played in full at this year’s ZBR Fest…along with an Eyelet/Crowning battle set!!!). Crowning’s two songs can be listened to alongside the Naedr split songs as they were all written under the same theme, while Eyelet’s jams are standalone bangers. Co-released on The Ghost Is Clear Records.

7” vinyl /300, 150 on green w/green-scorched innersleeves and 150 on yellow w/black innersleeves.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/split-19

Variant:

Select Variant Green (/150)Yellow (/150)

Green (/150) Yellow (/150)

Add To Cart

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This Noise Is Ours continues the Zegema Beach Roster Review series with Blue Youth. Oh my god Blue Youth was the best. The fucking best. I miss you. (sobs) I miss you so much. Click on this text or pic above (sniffle) to go to the review. (runs away)

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: .GIF FROM GOD = Our favourite Virginia techy hardcore/metal friends have just released a new EP that is by far the heaviest shit they’ve done.

2023 - 02 - 07 /// Nhomme is coming

Nhomme is coming and you aren’t ready. I thought I was ready when it was sent to me, but I wasn’t. It’s so good. It’s so jazzy, obtuse, and unique. Never have I heard screamo so infused with jazz, post-rock, prog, general experimental rock, and it is sensational to boot. Monday February 13th we will release the cassette (in conjunction with Nhomme in Japan) across 146 cassettes but we’ll only be stocking about 40 as the band has the rest. Are they expensive? You betcha. Why? Good question! The short answer is initial shell issues, paints out of stock, shipping from and to Japan, ridiculously cool O-card slips, everything’s printed on very special paper, swirled bags, etc. so we’re looking at about $15-$20US but by golly it’s so worth it. We’ll get some promo pics up on Thursday :)

Embedded below is the track on a 4-way split cd (we have one in stock here!!!) that I first heard a few years back and initiated my love for the band and prompted me to email them about future material that has led us to this new release. Truly next level shit.

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My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest released in full yesterday and we moved half of the tapes in the first 12 hours. The last release sold steadily until it was out and I predict this will do the same. You have 1-3 months, I reckon. Also, I didn’t even see this post initially but Stereogum caught wind of its release a few days back and posted about it so click on this text to go to said link.

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As Nuvolascura continues to play shows we continue to sell their stuff. We are ridiculously low on everything Nuvo though, as all vinyl is out of stock and now the new album ‘As We Suffer From Memory and Imagination’ is now down to the final cassette and it’s a sexy prism swirl. After that we’ve got about 4 S/T tapes left and then that’s all she wrote! Listen to it here.

now sold out:
Eyelet new 12”
Sore Eyelids 12”
Blue Noise demo tapes #1 and #2
Hetta tape
Jeromes Dream tribute comp tape

sold out

NUVOLASCURA - As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination (tape/12"LP)

from CA$15.00

NUVOLASCURA - ‘As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination’ cassette/12"LP (ZBR193)

For fans of: Blind Girls, Mahria and Lord Snow.

After releasing one of the most progressive and awe-inspiring records of the last decade, California’s NUVOLASCURA are back with their 2nd LP ‘As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination‘ and it’s everything you could ever want and more. Blistering, chaotic, technical, screamy and emotionally draining, these new 13 songs step up their game on every level. Mastered by Jack Shirley and art by Sean Leary. Released in Europe by our good friends at Dog Knights Productions. Cassettes are a ZBR-only release.

12”: First pressing of 500 copies. Housed in reverse-board 300gsm jackets with matt-printed inner-sleeves. Transparent Purple/100 (Zegema Beach Exclusive), Solid Light Pink/100 (Dog Knights Exclusive) and Cloudy Clear/300. Download code included.
Cassettes 1st run: /156 in clear case w/j-card, lyric insert and download code. 71 on ZBR prism swirl, 55 on Nuvo black/yellow swirl, 16 white, 10 gold swirl and 5 test dips. 2nd run: /55, 25 on swirl, 20 on clear, and 10 on halfsies swirl.

Listen here:
https://nuvolascura.bandcamp.com/album/as-we-suffer-from-memory-and-imagination

Version:

Select Version Purple (ZBR exclusive)Pink (DK exclusiveCloudy ClearZBR Prism SwirlWhiteGold SwirlNuvo black/yellow swirl (band variant)2nd run swirl (/25)2nd run clear (/20)2nd run halfsies swirl (/10)

Purple (ZBR exclusive) Pink (DK exclusive Cloudy Clear ZBR Prism Swirl White Gold Swirl Nuvo black/yellow swirl (band variant) 2nd run swirl (/25) 2nd run clear (/20) 2nd run halfsies swirl (/10)

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This Noise Is Ours did another in the ZBR Roster Review series, unfortunately this stellar split 7” between Coma Regalia and Drei Affen are sold out in our stores and from Middle Man too, so I reckon everyone is probably out by now. We’ve released three things by Drei Affen now and every single one is sold out. If we get another release, take this as a guarantee that whatever it is won’t last long and you should hop on it. Click on this text to go to the review.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KING SLENDER = This band released on ZBR about 250 releases ago and finally came out with their debut LP and it’s feckin’ sick.

2021 - 12 - 07 /// Swirl Set #2

Swirl Set #2 goes live on Wednesday December 8th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST in both stores!!! Included in the second of three swirl sets are: Drei Affen swirl dip /10, The Ultimate Screamo Band hand-painted /10, Yusuke/Lori swirl dip /8, Binary swirl dip /7, and Snag hand-painted + glow in the dark /1.

Today we released the first and only single from the New Grass ‘Scordatura_Perforations’ 12”LP which sees the light of day both digitally and physically on December 13th at our regular time. Check it out on our bandcamp linked here. It’s a truly fantastic record. White /100 and orange /99. Co-released with The Ghost Is Clear Records.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MAY = My friend Sascha recently bought and sent me files from an early May EP that straight up kicks some serious anus.

2021 - 11 - 30 /// Two swirl 10/12" listings up!

First things first, CanaDave has posted a Drei Affen 12” and Ultimate Screamo Band 10” on ebay for anyone to bid on, if interested. The 12” is an /6 swirl dip variant that has another 5 copies going up for sale on December 8th, 2021 in both ZBR stores. The 10” is an /1 unique hand-painted variant, but I did make another 9 or so that will also be posted on December 8th. These will be more money than the swirl dips as they are much more time consuming. There are other releases slated for the December 8th Swirl Series #2 but you’ll have to wait to find out what they are.

DREI AFFEN = https://www.ebay.ca/itm/363640630251

ULTIMATE SCREAMO BAND = https://www.ebay.ca/itm/363640627890

On December 2nd we will be posting the Tomb Tree Tape Tester boxes /5 in both ZBR stores. These are like the ZBR ones but in much nicer boxes. This will likely be the only Tomb Tree set that will be made because of the cost of the boxes and ridiculous amount of time spent painting them.

I’m currently dipping the Campbell Trio cassettes for their otherworldly ‘///’ full length released on 12” earlier this year via Yeah You Records. Those should be available for purchase mid-late December as a reminder that this is easily one of the best albums of 2021.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: WORLD NARCOSIS = This band from Iceland is awesome. Their 3-song EP ‘Lyðjulóma‘ from this year was so good we asked if we could release it, but got no response :(