Coup D’état released their sophomore album (a four-song EP, to be exact) yesterday via 100 cds in four-panel digipaks. The bandcamp orders and Canada/International store orders have already gone out, with the US store copies going out early November (cuz I have to ship them to the US store today). This shows the band getting simultaneously poppier and heavier (depending on the song), with a more varied musical palette and increased cohesiveness. So good!

Right before Nuvolascura goes on tour in Asia, we made another 100 cds of each of their full lengths! That’s right! 100 ‘Nuvolascura’ cds in a four-panel digipak, 100 ‘As We Suffer From Memory and Imagination’ in a four-panel digipak, and 100 ‘How This All Ends’ in a jewel case (1st run was in a dvd case, so these are different). These all go on sale tomorrow at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

The first single from the next Inosuke album was premiered by Not Just A Phase yesterday. ‘Allomancer’ releases November 3rd on 12”LP and features Jason from Locktender and Erik from Stormlight! We still got some sweet vinyl of their debut album ‘rage/ruin’ embedded below. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere for “a thousand years of ash and mist”.

Coup D’état’s release show for their self-titled cd happened this past Friday in Victoria with support from A Recorded Dawn and Mourn Recif. You can watch the 3-minute recap above, listen to the supporters split below, and/or click on this text to go to the full OMSB post with five total videos, including four currently unreleased songs!

Click here for the full premiere including links

Elle from Athousandangelsandseven fronts Fainting Dreams who had their final song premiere go up on the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) blog, and it’s a gorgeous few minutes with additional help from Midwife and Allison Lorenzen. The tapes release October 31st on Softseed Music with an early full stream going down on October 30th via Idioteq.com! Go to the premiere by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Operation X-Ray followed up their CanaDave episode with another great smattering of tracks, including our very own Shesmadefromsuede and Adobe Homes. We’re already low on the former so pick one up before they’re gone forever.

Respire played one of the best sets I’ve ever seen them play at the most recent ZBR Fest. Here’s the official fest video above with the final copy of the third press of ‘Gravity and Grace’ embedded below.

RESPIRE - Gravity and Grace (12")

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RESPIRE - Gravity and Grace (12”LP)

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For fans of: Old Soul, Alaskan, Godspeed You! Black Emperoror, Neil On Impression and Fall Of Efrafa

Respire is a six-piece band from Toronto, Canada, who combine epic post-hardcore, screamo, and black metal into a very cohesive formula that drips of maturity and patience. Gravity and Grace is their debut LP - a sprawling memoir of genre-defying soundscapes, reverb-washed tremolo harmonies, cascading arpeggios, dreamlike textures and walls of distorted guitars roaring over frantic rhythms, punctuated by tormented vocals and a near-orchestral array of instruments and contributors. Themes of loss, addiction, heartbreak, and existential anguish paint a bleak picture, but somewhere over the horizon rests a glimmering sense of hope, resolve and forgiveness.

This is a co-release between Zegema Beach Records (Canada), Ozona Records (USA), Dingleberry Records (Germany) and Narshardaa Records (Germany).

1st press:
12" vinyl on black (/100) and white (/200)

2nd press:
12” vinyl on clear (/200)

3rd press:
12” vinyl on half white/half black with a poster insert. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-and-grace

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to Bloom Dream’s ‘It Didn’t Have To Be This Way’ which we have had serious trouble keeping in stock (did two tapes run and a cd run), leaving only a test dip left. This is extra surprising as those usually go first. Snag or forever hold your peace! It’s on our bandcamp page embedded below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MIRA CORPORA = The first song from this band who’s been brewing for nearly 5 years just dropped their first single and it is fucking fire. Ex-Crowning, ex-Excrucis, with members of Valatie.