Biological Fathers + Clout Funeral released!

February 10, 2026 by David Norman

Biological Fathers aka screamo supergroup just released their fist three-song EP on cd and it’s as stupid-good as you’d expect. Featuring members of Majorel, New Forms, Crowning, Frail Body, and Eyelet, the conglomerate cast of friends absolutely knocked this outta the fucking park. The closer alone is worth the cd purchase…fuckin’ hell.

Clout Funeral’s ‘For Pepper…’ released yesterday on 101 cassettes, but don’t let that big number fool you, we’ve only got 25 for the label and the rest were needed for the North Carolina band’s shows! Wicked throwback screamo mixed with newer elements and other genres. Such a good EP and the song titles are hilarious to boot. Released on Tomb Tree.

ZBR Fest tickets go up this week, probably on Thursday! Maybe Friday! We’ll let you know though. No waves, just the full lineup and two-day passes for Red Gate in Vancouver on May 2nd and 3rd. The pre-show will likely go up in a few weeks, which happens May 1st on Vancouver Island in Victoria at Big Fernwood. While you wait why not check out last year’s fest videos?

Clout Funeral and Limbs were featured on the most recent episode of Operation X-Ray so check that shit out! Thanks Andre <3

Vocalist Brandon of Serrate joined our good friend Edie on the Everything Remade podcast! Check it out (I am doing so right now) and pick up their debut 12”LP before they sell out. Only red copies left!!! Maybe we’ll see them in…oooooooh, I dunno…May perhaps?

Toilet OV Hell featured our very own Sear and Gravess in the first ever Anti-Fascist Scrub! Both releases have sold very well, with Sear 12”s only having about 20 remaining and Gravess having 5 left! Click on the pic above or this text to access the full scrub. Jam/buy either album below!

I’ve stumbled across a final Lacrima 7” for ‘Cartography’ which features members of Funeral Diner, Hundreds AU, This Ship Will Sink, Massa Nera, and Coma Regalia!!! As we won’t be making more of these I strongly recommend you snag this Last Fucking Copy, and once it goes there are now tapes via Middle Man Records. Please pick this up from Bandcamp now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FOREVER = Holy crap this group is ex-Swan Of Tuonela, Majorel, Massa Nera, etc.!

2026 - 2 - 06 /// Mieke's 'frau eva' 12" pre-order + Biological Fathers on Sunday!

February 06, 2026 by David Norman

New Zealand’s Mieke released the incredible ‘Frau Eva’ in August of 2025 and Softeed Music was all over that, so they’ve got some “funfetti cake edition” 12”LPs that should be shipping in late April. If you like grungy-yet-beautiful shoegaze mixed with minimal ethereal singer/songwriter material.

Oh and in uhhhhh…completely unrelated news, we’ll be posting the ZBR Fest tickets next week! We’ll have the tickets up for the two-day fest on May 2nd and 3rd in Vancouver at Red Gate, with the May 1st pre-show following the week after.

Today you can get a sneak peak at the all-star release from Biological Fathers coming out in full this Sunday, as the band just put up the opener “Caddy”. ZBR had cds for the full release this Super Bowl Sunday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. These three songs are phenomenal and feature members from Frail Body, Crowning, New Grass, Eyelet, and Majorel! Holy fuck!!!

Clout Funeral’s new EP ‘For Pepper…’ releases on Monday via Tomb Tree! This thing is wicked and honestly sounds a lot like it was written 25 years ago, giving it a huge throwback feel whilst incorporating their own unique spin on it. We made a buncha tapes but with most going to the band we’ll only be keeping 25 so be sure to check it out upon its release! 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST…you know the drill.

Everything Is Noise gave Sear some love…I think? Screamo never sleeps, my friends. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy the album below as our 50 copies have dwindled significantly since last month’s release.

Vibora got a much more in-depth feature from Everything Is Noise two weeks before their new 12”LP drops. Like a mixture of Boneflower, Crossed, and Storm{o}, this Spanish quartet are gonna blow some minds. We’ve also got a second press of their previous full length which you can access by clicking on this text. Go to the article above. Pre-order the new record below.

Blue Youth got a shoutout/play from CHRW Chin Music via their 2025 Favourites pt.2 so please pick up the ‘Defeatist’ 12” cuz it kicks majory ass and we’re hella out their debut 12”.

Oh shit we still a Drei Affen x Coma Regalia split 7”! Much like the previous Last Fucking Copy, as we sold out years back but I imported the last copies from Europe a year or so ago and for some reason this last one is still here. Please rectify and pick this up from Bandcamp now or forever hold your peace. Thus concludes today’s Last Fucking Copy.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: EYELET = The new record from the homies is out! Wax mages are gone but nebula and the other two variants are still in stock!!! If you want the previous 12”LP you can snag ‘The Devil Shining Out Your Eyes’ by clicking on this text.

2025 - 09 - 09 /// Serrate 12"s out, Athousandangelsandseven 7"s next!

September 09, 2025 by David Norman

Serrate’s ‘even the wind sounds dead’ 12”LP are out! We some red and some mucus, as well as a few tests! All are linked in the Bandcamp embed below, and remember that our stores are cheaper than the Bandcamp copies!

Athousandangelsandseven’s debut self-titled EP is finally getting that sweet, sweet vinyl treatment. We did 163 clear and 85 black and these suckas will release on Sunday September 14th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST alongside Big Stuff Thing #7!!! More info on that next post <3

Naufraage is next on Tomb Tree and will be released as soon as the vinyl arrives (although we’re doing tapes only). Until then we can at least announce the split between Oshera and Tamsen. I just got the masters to this and it’s wicked, with the rest of humanity getting to join the party on October 6th!

Cali’s Magana will be releasing on Softseed Music! This incredible solo project by Jeni Magana is a phenomenal listen, with 2024’s ‘Teeth’ coming out next week on 12” lathe /40, as well as 2025’s ‘Bad News’ EP that might show up on cassette in the near future! Jeni is a great human and very active in tons of projects including (but not limited to) Pen Pin, Mitske, Lady Lamb. Check out CanaDave’s interview with her below, pics coming next post!

Bok Suna got a great writeup on Tinnitist which you should check out. ‘Carnate’ was released Aug 29th and it’s making CanaDave’s best of 2025 list without a doubt. Incredible stuff that also features the drummer of Hillsboro! Click on the pic above or this text to read the full review. Listen/buy below!

Emma Goldman continues to own 2025, as they’ve just released the above music video for “I seem to be an adjective” in addition to a small run of tapes.

More ZBR Fest 2025 videos have been released including Athousandangelsandseven (embedded in the 7” news above), Eyelet (we still got some 12”s here) and Febuary. Individual band videos from ZBR Fest will continue popping up, some of which have additional videos that weren’t included in the full fest documentary. You can access more via our Youtube channel.

Operation X-Ray premiered Serrate and Massa Nera! You’ll also find Twins in there.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SAME DEEP WATER = This Glasgow, UK band does the screamo/emo-violence thing very, very well!

2025 - 01 - 10 /// ZBR Fest Wave #1 & Early Bird Tickets

January 10, 2025 by David Norman

ZBR Fest Wave #1 and early bird tickets are live. Holy fucking shit. Click on this text or the pic above to go to ZBRfest.com. 100 early bird deals, 100 regular 2-day passes. Check the slide show below for more info.

The Återstod / Meißel split cassette releases on Monday on a mere 75 tapes, only 40 of which because CanaDave doesn’t understand math. This is gonna sell out pretty quickly I reckon. Amazing stuff from Sweden (Återstod is Henning from Suis La Lune) and Germany. Jam a song from each band below on the new Zampler. Variants pictured above.

Braininavat is the next Tomb Tree release on February 7th, but you can jam the wicked first single premiere from their debut/self-titled EP! Simultaneously chaotic and groovy, the band features members of CityCop, Lowmeninyellowcoats, Griphook, etc. and is for fans of Bravo Fucking Bravo, Daniel Striped Tiger, and Llewelyn. Click on this text or the pic above for the full premiere post.

Operation X-Ray busted out their best Noise Rock & Post Punk episode and that sonuvagun featured our very own Lower Automation and their latest EP ‘Welcome to My Deathbed’ which we still have some cassette copies of!

This Noise Is Ours featured the new Keratin 7” ‘Death & Rebirth’ in their ZBR Roster Review series. These 50 copies are going pretty quickly (this store sold 80% of their copies in 48 hours) so if epic, noodly screamo is your game you better jump on that shit. Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THEOPHONOS = This new EP is a reworking of old material and it’s fucking amazing.

2024 - 10 - 09 /// Smush is in + Crowning to Japan!

October 09, 2024 by David Norman

Smush has arrived! Holy moly was that outside of the plant’s guaranteed time. Inserts are printed and the records look/sound great. Softseed Music made 150 of’em and they’re already more than half gone. U.S. store gets their copies when U.S. Dave returns from his Japanese tour with Crowning/Oaktails, and should all be shipped by the end of October. I’d probably keep an eye on their bandcamp btw!

Crowning cds are in stock in both stores + bandcamp. They are literally flying to Japan right now to join Oaktails for the tour. As stated, keep an eye on those bandcamps!

Members of Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Mourn Recif, and Hillsboro have a new group called Wollruss. Their first show is October 19th, 2024 at Oaklands with A Recorded Dawn, Shoplifter, and I.O.

Moshpit Nation unveiled their best of 2024 thus far and it’s littered with ZBR and Tomb Tree releases. Othiel, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Edhochuli, and Demersal among other incredible albums (and EP). Click on the picture above or this text to go to the full list complete with review.

Machine Music three-quarters of the way through 2024 top 100+ includes Eyelet at #76. “One of the best and most memorable screamo-esque releases thus far this decade”. Amen! 3rd press is embedded below via bandcamp or either store. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the massive list!

Click here for a more in-depth post with band links, etc.

Rohan from Respire, Votive, Foxmoulder, Dela Trudo, and New Friends popped over for a quick podcast chat! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the full post, or just listen to us ramble below.

This Noise Is Ours covered Drei Affen’s most recent 12”LP ‘Seguimos Cigxs’. This sucker is long sold out but I’ve got an unclaimed rare painted version below. Once this is gone we’re like “out” out. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Buy that lone copy and/or jam below.

Of Death was on the podcast Not Just A Phase podcast that you can check out by clicking on this text. We released their 2x12” discography…two years ago? Yeah, about that. The shriekiest of birds.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VENUS TWINS = Softseed and ZBR still has some RAXIS 12”s in stock, and those beautiful twins were recently signed to ThreeOneG, appeared on Mr. Beast and placed 4th/100 twins, aaaaaand released a new music video from an upcoming EP!!!