2026 - 5 - 26 /// ZBR U.S.A. closing/sale + U.S. Dave retiring + Letterstoyou tapes released!
The Daves Era is coming to a close as US Dave is retiring from ZBR. There is zero bad blood, he just needs to focus on his family and his actual job so he’ll be hanging around for a bit. With that said, we are officially closing the US store, no date is determined yet but I think by the fall we’ll have our stock somewhere else. Good news for you is this Friday the US store is having a big sale, a Liqui-Dave-tion, if you will, to rid ourselves of additional shipping to a new location and to just move some stock in general. The % off will be pretty substantial so as of Friday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST we’ll let you know what that’ll be and the discount will come off of your order automatically. Gonna miss you my dude!!! <3 <3 <3
Letterstoyou has their first three releases compiled onto one insane cassette titled ‘a shoebox of letterstoyou’ that just came out! Some variants are sold out but the ‘leaves swirl’ variant is fucking ace - that’s the one I kept.
I am stoked to announce that Sungaze’s ‘I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights’ has finally released! This full length is awesome and anyone who is enjoying the trajectory lock that Softseed Music is on will dig it hard. Dreamy shoegaze that brings the genre back in a time machine to the late 60s/70s and mixes the two!
Hillsboro’s ‘A Party In Your Name’ releases on Friday! This new 8-song GP houses an additional Softseed-exclusive track on the cassette!!! Tapes will be shipping mid-June but I’ll have promo pics up for the release. Check out the three music videos that have already been released.
Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the final Usurp Synapse 2x12” with an alternate cover. If you don’t already own this you NEED this particular copy, as the additional sleeve looks fucking insane. I 100% kept one for myself because the additional wow factor puts this release from incredible to out-of-this-world. Snag it now (below) or forever hold your peace.
USURP SYNAPSE ‘Disinformation Fix‘ 2x12” (ZB380)
For fans of: Jeromes Dream, Combatwoundedveteran, Gas Up Yr Hearse!, Reversal Of Man, and Tyranny Of Shaw.
This is the rare Limited To One alternate cover /20 or so
This legendary compilation of Lafayette, Indiana’s USURP SYNAPSE’s early material is finally coming on vinyl over 20 years after it’s 2003 double-cd release. This cornerstone screamo band wrote and recorded a massive amount of tracks in a short time before going on a few lengthy hiatus/breakups but returned with a vengeance in late 2023. Their short, abrasive, and sassy take on hardcore put forth a confusing-as-all-hell blueprint that many bands attempted to resurrect but never quite replicated the unhinged assault that was Usurp. Knowing full well what an honor it is to help release this, we spared no expense and with T.J. Oslund at the helm, we knocked out a gatefold cover complete with 13 laser-cuts that reveal interchangeable inner sleeves. We limited the release to just 500 copies so act fast or forever miss out on this iconic release on vinyl (which was remastered by Josh Bonati, by the way) for the very first time. FYI this release does not include the extra songs on the Endless Breath release.
cds /200 in a 4-panel digipak case with insert. 2x12”s /500 colored hand-poured vinyl. Includes printed inner-sleeves and 13-hole laser-cut gatefold jackets. 50 tracks.
Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/disinformation-fix
Operation X-Ray dropped another killer episode, this time including Letterstoyou, Sans Visage, and Sungaze in the playlist. Check it out above! Grab those last few Sans Visage tapes below.
Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MY PRECIOUS SOLITUDE = Wicked metalcore from Florida that Severed Records obviously has a hand in.
