Smush & Animal Faces are next

June 10, 2024 by David Norman

It is with unbridled enthusiasm and childish glee that we are announcing the SMUSH and SOFTSEED MUSIC partnership. After hearing the two singles, Vancouver Island's Softseed Music clamored to get on board with Vancouver-based shoegaze band Smush, at which point the two realized they were on the same wavelength. This BC alliance is showcasing its strength on Friday June 15th, 2024 when the debut full length 'if you were here i'd be home now' by Smush will release with a 12"LP pre-order!!! This Softseed Music release will be a minimum run of 100 copies on colored vinyl, with the final number being determined by the pre-orders that take place over this weekend. Softseed also runs Zegema Beach Records, which has a U.S.A. store for those south of the Canadian border, and will be fulfilling US orders at a fraction of the shipping cost! Oh happy day.

Speaking of happy days, this Saturday is the release show at Green Auto Body in Vancouver which Softseed Dave will be attending (perhaps with some goodies) so please come out and show your support for the band! 12" pre-orders open at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with orders shipping early-mid August. If you haven't heard Smush yet, check out the two music video singles that have been released (in our bio) and submerge yourself in the beautiful-yet-heavy shoegaze that swirls around influences Slow Pulp, Low, and Helmet. See you on Friday <3 <3 <3

Oh shit would you look at that? That’s the new Animal Faces 12” art that releases next on ZBR. As you can plainly see, it houses both early EPs by Toronto’s ultimate screamo band. We made 100 12”s on eco-mix that release June 17th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! Check out the music video for “Forward Through” below!

A week after Animal Faces sees the release of the new Fallingwithscissors EP ‘the birth and death of an angel’ on cassette. The glitchy, chaotic metalcore is phenomenal and sounds like a clusterfuck of early Meth., Deftones, Sectioned, and .gif from god.

Demersal’s new album is down to less than 5 copies over our 3 stores so don’t sleep for much longer! No Clean Singing gave their self-titled some much deserved props in their latest ‘Thing You May Have Missed’ segment. Click on this text for the review, jam/buy it below.

Gil Cerrone from Australia have something new coming next month and this Friday is their first single so keep an eye out! We are down to our last copies of their previous EP cassette.

Vibora also got some love over the weekend from Crossed Letters. Anyone who was at ZBR Fest 2024 knows how incredible this band comes off live, and not having a copy of this phenomenal record is damn well near screamo blasphemy. Second press out now. Click on this text for the full 9/10 review!

Operation X-Ray played some serious jams on Friday including a brand new Serling song from their upcoming split with Charger Port! That releases next Wednesday June 19th on 50 12” lathes and it’s fuckin’ awesome. There’s also some Smush, fallingwithscissors, and Terry Green on the episode!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MALIŠA BAHAT = Croatia’s best band is finally ready with their debut full length and holy shit it does not disappoint!!!

2024 - 06 - 05 /// Terry Green out + Excrucis announcement

June 05, 2024 by David Norman

Terry Green is out and is kicking serious ass in the nicest, most Canadian way possible. Sorry, eh? Congrats to anyone who purchased in the first hour as we had a sale price for the hardcore fans so congrats to all who jumped at the opportunity to buy such a stellar album immediately. Both variants are going fast, with some going to Germany for distro through I.Corrupt and Zilp Zalp but they probably won’t arrive until late June/July.

There’s a sophomore Excrucis full length on it’s way and a teaser just released this morning. I gotta say, the first one on Tomb Tree (linked below) is great but this new album ‘There are Collectivities that Devour Souls’ is fucking exceptional.

A message from Nick:

Hey! My name is Nick Stetina, I’m a mastering engineer from outside of Chicago. Working on Lower Automation’s recent EP “Welcome to My Deathbed” turned me on to the Zegema Beach Records roster and I am STOKED. What a rad bunch of bands. In the spirit of working with artists and music that I am a genuine fan of I wanted to extend an offer to do a free test master for anyone in the ZBR+Tomb Tree family. I encourage you to hit me up as your wrap mixes for you next project; let’s make some noise together 🤘🏼

www.nickstetina.com

hello@nickstetina.com

John from Usurp Synapse and Displacer came on the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) podcast and chatted with DehVE (that’s the Canadian one) about their original run, short-lived second run, and their current third incarnation that recently released ‘Polite Grotesquries’ aka the ‘AssIIAss’ EP. Jam/buy said EP here. Click on the pic above to go to the full blog post or just listen through Bandcamp below.

Demersal got some love from Scream Blast Repeat (our first look at the blog, too, and it’s great!). A few copies remain but won’t last till the end of the year, that’s fer sure. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam/buy below.

Operation X-Ray played Lower Automation and Nuvolascura in their most recent episode!!! Yum yum.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SMUSH = Softseed Music got in on the ground floor and will be releasing this stellar 12” with pre-orders opening upon digital release June 15th, 2024. Gorgeous but heavy shoegaze for fans of Slow Pulp.

2024 - 05 - 31 /// Terry on Monday + June schedule

May 31, 2024 by David Norman

Terry Green is back with their first full length in a fucking decade. Did they break up? No. Hiatus? No. Procrastinating? Maybe. Whatever the reasons, the band continued their existence during that 10 years and honed these 9 phenomenal jams for your listening pleasure. ‘Provisional Living’ will be a ZBR cornerstone and is 100% worth the wait. It releases on Monday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on 150 white/red quad 12”s and 150 red w/yellow splatter 12”s. Check the schedule below for the next month of awesomeness.

Below is June’s ZBR/Tomb Tree schedule:

ZBR:
June 3rd = TERRY GREEN 'Provisional Living' 12"LP: Pressing of 300 12"s: 150 on red w/yellow splatter and 150 white/red quad: For fans of Party Hats and Who Calls So Loud.

June 17th = ANIMAL FACES 'Analytical Dreaming - Anomie' 12"LP: Pressing of 100 eco-mix 12”s: For fans of Caravels and Lautrec.

June 24th = FALLINGWITHSCISSORS 'the death and birth of an angel' cassetteLP: Pressing of 100 cassettes: For fans of Hayworth and .gif from god.

TOMB TREE:
June 19th = SERLING + CHARGER PORT 'Split' 12" lathe: Pressing of 50 12” lathes. For fans of: Under The Pier and Hella.

Nuvolascura’s ‘Twin Mystery: A Compilation’ was released and has already sold out. We hear you, cd lovers, more cds from the band/ZBR coming.

Mathcore Index made some dough on their newest episode by mentioning ZBR an absurd (and amazing) amount of times. Included were Usurp Synapse, Gossip, and Tomb Tree’s Demersal.

Speaking of Nuvolascura, This Noise Is Ours reviewed the band’s breakout self-titled album. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review, jam it below. All copies sold out. CDs imminent.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DONE ™ = This dirty, seething, Boston album ‘Rest To Rust’ is both amazing and has the best cover I’ve seen in years.

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.

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

from CA$9.00

Format:

ANIMAL FACES - Half Asleep (12")

CA$16.00

Quantity:

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!!!

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.

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!!!