Monterey 12"LPs release in a week!

September 11, 2026 by David Norman

Okay folks, almost all of the Big Stuff Thing has been sent out (except for the two orders with Nuvo merges as I’m awaiting a box with more copies that arrives next week, as well as anything with the Coup D’etat lathe which is expected in late September).

Monterey is next and it’s a fucking bombshell. Featuring members of Concealer and Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave, the band has their own wild flair but is definitely for fans of Brahm, Beau Navire, Empathetic, and the like with a bit of Portraits Of Past thrown in for good measure. This 12”LP releases on September 18th via ZBR and Third House. Jam a single below!

Jisei’s full length album ‘Gets Worse’ releases on 12” via ZBR in November! This band is a beacon of hope while simultaneously crushing the listener. You can scope their first single and music video for “To Bury You Is To Poison The Earth” and catch them at a future date! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere, with the direct embed to the music video below.

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the split between The Names Of Our Friends and Poetry Of Torch! This split is awesome and I’m down to like 4 copies left so snag one before they’re gone!!! Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Listen/buy below.

Senza, Rainmaking, and All That’s Left Of You made it onto last week’s Operation X-Ray episode from ultimate homie Andre. Radio show above, releases below!

Wellness got a song premiere on OMSB this past week, and the band includes members/ex-members of Heavenly Blue, Massa Nera, Liturgy, Kayo Dot, etc. That’s a hard recommend from me. Click on the text or pic above for the full premiere or just jam it below.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the blue variant of Senza’s incredible ‘Celestial Body’ 12”EP. If anything I’d want to repress ‘Even a Worm Will Turn’ before doing this so don’t expect these back in stock anytime soon after selling out. Snag this blue first press below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BODY NEST = My friend Em from Foxmoulder showed me this band cuz they’re releasing it on the recently resurrected A Mountain Far Records! Seriously dope-ass shit from Toronto, kinda Closet Witch meets screamo!!!

2026 - 8 - 31 /// Juniper Smile released and September schedule

August 31, 2026 by David Norman

Hey y’all! Large happenings are on the horizon!!! First off we’ve got Big Stuff Thing #7 going down on Friday September 11th that will include Concealer 12”s, Sear wax mage, a bunch of test presses, and more.

Second, Tomb Tree releases All That’s Left Of You’s debut self-titled EP on September 4th which is this Friday (Bandcamp Friday, no less). This thing is absolutely badass and I’m dipping those tapes right now.

Third, there’s the Monterey 12”LP release on September 18th for ‘it always passes over me’ which features members of Concealer and Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave!

Fourth, after that we have a supergroup release in late September from Ghola but I’ll give you more info on that soon.

Lastly, in the meantime please scope that Rainmaking x Senza split 12” and the Nuvolascura ‘As We Suffer From Memory and Imagination’ 12”LP repress as well as the Juniper Smile tapes released on Softseed a little futher down.

Juniper Smile released their posthumous, self-titled album today on Softseed Music. This band features Griffin on drums who plays in Cadere with ZBR Dave and played a very playful mixture of punk, indie, emo, and shoegaze. I made 29 cassettes but the band has more than half so I only have 3-5 of each variant and then they’re gone and won’t be repressed, so snag it now!!!

Wollruss played Victoria last week alongside Manitoba’s Leavesliketinyflames and additional local support from Treewell and Csilla’s Star Is Gone. Twas a fucking blast and honestly insane for a Thursday show. Check out the full recap below with a song from each band. No future dates are booked for Wollruss or Cadere until late November at the earliest.

What the fuck is going on, I shouldn’t have a Majorel cassette still. This is one of the best EPs ZBR has ever put out and this is a rare test edition. Seriously go jam that opening track and tell me this isn’t incredible. This is today’s Last Fucking Copy. Shan’t be repressed cuz that band is long dead. Act now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GET A FUCKING LIFE = Absolutely bonkers album from Hunter of Terror Cell and Charger Port!

2026 - 8 - 27 /// Rainmaking x Senza 12"s released!

August 27, 2026 by David Norman

The Rainmaking x Senza split 12” is out! These songs are phenomenal and dare I say we knocked it out of the park with those etched b-sides and sick blue/black color scheme and glitter variants! There are a few tests presses still up too (but I sold half of those already).

Wollruss is playing this show tonight. Please come out if you are on the island (it’s in Victoria). I’ll have the ZBR distro. Here’s the last song I’ll post from the pre-show.

First, Coup D’etat’s new EP was reviewed by This Noise Is Ours. 7” lathes are still available (although we’re almost sold out) and info on them is below. Click on the pic above or this text for the review, listen/buy below.

should arrive late September as the box that shipped out June 11th was in limbo from June 18th in Illinois until a few days ago when the pressing plant received the returned box. They are shipping it out again alongside another release so they should ship mid-September for me to ship to you a week or two afterward. Thanks for you patience on this one!

Orphan Donor were interviewed by Nine Circles after releasing the spectacular ‘Ailments’ full length a few months back via cd on ZBR. This band has always been amazing but this new release is some next level shit. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the interview. Jam/buy below!

Oh shit somehow I still have an extra Excrucis tape of their debut album on Tomb Tree! It’s in an opaque white swirled case aka a test dip /5, which is crazy cuz those usually sell first. Buy it below, listen above, thus making it today’s Last Fucking Copy. Act now or forever hold your peace.

EXCRUCIS - Excrucis (cassette)

from CA$10.00

EXCRUCIS ‘Excrucis’ cassette LP (TT099)

For fans of: Dianacrawls, I Hate Sex, Oathbreaker, and These Arms Are Snakes.

Born from Nouveau (IL), Not For You (IL), Wrestle Crow (VT), and Yail (CO), this experimental Chicago four-piece is turning screamo on it’s head. This nine track debut full length delivers visceral screamy/shouted vocals, incredible drums, shockwaving bass, and extremely playful guitars that’ll have you simultaneously scratching your head whilst dancing…it’s a weird move to behold you silly dancer. Focusing on social crises, economic exploitation, climate denial, and all the other shit that’s been piled on top of the younger generations’ plates.

Tapes /151, 100 white, 25 on orange swirl, 21 random swirl, and 5 test dips, all w/jcard and download code. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/excrucis

Colour:

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MORAL BOMBING = Wicked stuff from Germany.

2026 - 8 - 22 /// Rainmaking x Senza 12"s on Monday!!!

August 22, 2026 by David Norman

The Rainmaking x Senza split 12” with etched b-side releases in full and goes on sale on Monday August 2t4th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST!!! We did 125 on Insomnia splatter and 125 on Black Ice glitter as well as a few tests presses that will also go up for sale. This release has been in the works for a long time so I’m hella stoked to get this out to you!

By the way Senza’s ‘Celestial Body’ has seven copies left! Get’em before they’re gone (linked through Bandcamp below), cuz they look and sound incredible. We’ll have the split 12” in the U.S. store (linked below) upon release but you can snag a buncha other stuff there now if you’d like.

ZBR U.S. store linked here

Wollruss has their first show since ZBR Fest’s preshow back on May 1st, and we’ve got no other shows currently lined up. Please come out if you can, there’s a buncha sick screamo bands playing and I’ll have the ZBR distro. We hope to record in the winter.

For my 200th OMSB podcast I was able to talk to Cozy St. Jean, whom I’ve been following for years - so I was stoked to hear about new material and her first (upcoming) show! For the full premiere click on the pic above or this text. To just listen to it, I’ve embedded it below.

Operation X-Ray played a buncha bangers including our very own Empathetic and Nuvolascura. Snag the former below and the latter by clicking on this text.

Today Last Fucking Copy goes to the Crocus discography cassette. This single and rare variant was in a box but not listed online…but now it is! Wicked Euro screamo from over a decade ago! Snag it below now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CHRRYZ = Cool stuff from Japan, kinda Tetola93.

2024 - 10 - 13 /// Nuvolascura cds on Monday!

October 13, 2024 by David Norman

We’ve made cds of the two Nuvolascura full lengths (100 of each) alongside the band, but we’ve only got 25 of each! These release on Monday in both stores and our bandcamp, then it’s prep time before we absolutely pummel you with amazingness in November with new Senza, new Concealer, and new Gxllium!

This store got another distro update, this time with a lot of rando stuff and updates on long sold out releases. Definitely check our bandcamp for final copies shed by CanaDave including Iwroteyourhaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Rainmaking, Blind Girls, In Loving Memory, and Komuso/Setsuko. There’s also a bunch of ZBR pencils & single items from Wax Vessel that we got some extra copies of, including the ZBR->WV logo switch shirt! All of those items are in the new items/special are…linked to this sentence.

Gxllium! has a new EP dropping on Oct 15th! OMSB is premiering “Axel Peart” right now! Tapes from yours truly at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on said date. Click this text or the pic above for the full post!

Crowning + Oaktails have their final show in Japan tonight. New release is out.. Split tapes a comin’…probably late November, maybe early December.

Bloom Dream got some hefty and well-deserved love from Heavy Blog Is Heavy in their October roundup. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy that shit below!

The 188th Out Past the Rings is for Infant Island’s ‘Sepulcher’ tape/12”. It’s very dense and goated. Somehow we have one copy of a few variants in stock, get’em before they gone…all linked below!!!

Lower Automation got some love from Score AV, check out the review linked to this text and jam/buy below! The blue swirls are now hella low.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ENVY = I put this here in case you somehow missed that that longest running screamo band just released a banger of a new album.