March Plans

March 03, 2026 by David Norman

First off, just a heads up that Hillsboro is playing the main fest and Treewell is taking their pre-show spot! New poster below!

Hey y’all March is gonna be nuts! Here’s our release schedule:

March 6th = CARRION SPRING’s new 12”LP ‘Those We’ve Lost and Continue to Lose’

March 13th = SOASTAPHRENAS new 12”LP ‘Eris’ (releasing on Tomb Tree)

March 20th = DAGERMAN new 12”LP ‘Di Fronte a Noi il Nulla’

March 23rd = GXLLIUM! new 12”LP (releasing digitally on Tomb Tree, 12”s on ZBR this summer)

March 30th = CONCEALER new 12”LP ‘This Door Could Be Heaven’

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It may be of interest to those in the US that I’ve updated the US store with distro/restock items that are all located on the homepage. You can access that by clicking on this text and scrolling down one page!

For those who enjoyed the Serrate album, you should jump on over to our Bandcamp embed below as a lost copy of the ‘even the wind sounds dead’ 12” test press is now in stock!

It must be time to take a third look at today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature which sees The Names Of Our Friends making their second ZBR Fest appearance in two years! Consisting of members of other bands including our very own Senza, their 2025 performance kicked major ass so I’m super pumped to be bringing them to BC for the first time. Check out some of the 2025 set above and check out their longest release to date below. Click on this text to go to ZBRUSA.com and buy yourself some tickets.

You know you’re doing it right when Stereogum picks up on it, so congratulations to Vibora for catching their ear! Their newest release is dwindling in our stores so feel free to grab it before it’s gone (embedded below). Same with their debut, as the first press already sold out so we got a second one (embedded underneath the new album). Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review!

Concealer’s “Claymore” single got some love on The Pitch Of Discontent podcast. I’ve got it embedded above and our boys start at the 31-minute mark. Jam the new single below. Full release on March 30th!

Click here for the full article and premiere!

Sungaze had a new premiere for the song “Be a Better Man” on Get Some Magazine. The 12”s just finished at the plant and will be in hand well before the May release date! Yaaaaay shoegaze!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere. Jam/buy the album below (6/10 songs are now available).

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the restocked Mrtex/Det Ar Darfor Vi Bygger Stader split 7” from way back when. Very cool foldout cover. This shall not be repressed. Snag now or forever hold your peace below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FALL OF MESSIAH = The band just released a brand new song and music video! Also we have tapes of their previous album ‘Senicarne’ on cassette and it rules!!!

2024 - 05 - 27 /// Distro update + Nuvolascura 'Twin Mystery' releases tomorrow

May 27, 2024 by David Norman

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 tomorrow on Tuesday May 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Distro update: Infant Island tapes, a single copy of the upcoming Burial Etiquette/Onewaymirror 7”, Animal Faces 12”, Senza 12” restocks, and a buncha random stuff as well as a new test press option available in this store.

Sold out

SENZA - Even A Worm Will Turn (tape/12"LP)

from CA$9.00

Format:

ANIMAL FACES - Half Asleep (12")

CA$16.00

Sold out

INFANT ISLAND - Obsidian Wreath (tape)

CA$15.00

And a reminder that we unearthed a bunch of old Zamplers. So we’ve got a special deal going down where all orders will get a Zampler and/or a Fest 2024 cd until we run out.

Terry Green got an exclusive premiere of their “Repeats” track from the upcoming ‘Provisional Living’ 12”LP on June 3rd thanks to the always awesome Operation X-Ray.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VALESKA SURATT + FISHING WITH EXPLOSIVES = Yo wtf!!!

2023 - 09 - 21 /// 12 more hours of Big Stuff Thing

September 20, 2023 by David Norman

Big Stuff Thing #5 is half done, with the US store being gutted and only this Canada/International store has shit remaining (*we also ship to the US from this store). The rare screamo cds are back in there for the first time in months and almost all on sale for like $10CAD (that’s like $7US!), as are some discounted vinyl, advance/rare tapes, climaxing with handmades including nebulas and chromas! Here are a few gems that have yet to be claimed:

Sold out

Улыбайся Ветру - Illusions (12")

CA$23.50

My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest new and most epic/expansive/unique album releases on September 21st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST by way of 42 tapes via Tomb Tree. There are two songs already up on their bandcamp so check it out now if you’d like, then snag those advance copies!!!

Brooklyn Vegan picked up on the perfection that is Niboowin’s first single and spit it back out via the 9 new songs released that day. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam it directly below.

This Noise Is Ours’ Roster Review series included Binary which we’ve been sold out of for a few years, save a few painted variants, if memory serves correct. Click on this text to watch the Out Past the Rings for it too. Click on the pic above to go to the TNIO review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DESVIO = Awesome Brazilian screamo/neo-crust with a Jeromes Dream twist!

2023 - 06 - 07 /// Joliette music video

June 07, 2023 by David Norman

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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

BLACK LIVES MATTER and other screamo related news

June 09, 2020 by David Norman

Here is our current set of contributions to Black Lives Matter and other charities:
- all June bandcamp sales donated ($275 so far!)
- 13 very special releases in E-Bay and reverse-auction format, all sales donated to BLM

And there’s a bunch of new ZBR stuff that is much less important than the systemic change needed.