Fingerswoventogether + Detach The Islands released x ZBR Fest 2026 starts tonight!

May 01, 2026 by David Norman

ZBR Fest starts today! The pre-show is going down at 6:30pm at Big Fernwood in Victoria (Vancouver Island). Tickets at the door are $35! The main fest is at Red Gate in Vancouver (on the mainland) with the doors opening Saturday at 2:30 and Sunday at 3:30. Tickets for those are $70 per day or $120 for both days. Can’t wait to see y’all!!!

The last ZBR Fest Profile Feature of 2026 goes to Fingerswoventogether and their new release ‘As The Lie Became Truth’ just dropped! Truly exceptional screamo from Florida. We have 50 of these to move, and we’ll move’em! Check the band out this weekend at ZBR Fest!!!

Detach The Islands new EP/collections released today. ‘Concrete Jungle’ contains some covers (Poison The Well, Death Grips), unreleased jams, and some alternate versions, with the cassettes including a massive audio interview between the band and CanaDave. Check that shit out!

Operation X-Ray played the almighty Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead. If you wanted some promo pics I snapped some yesterday when the sun was out. We’ll have a stack of these at ZBR Fest to move and the band will have a buncha merch including shirts, etc.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy is a weird one, as we kinda helped co-release it but didn’t put it on our bandcamp page because we wanted Jeanne to get all the traffic. Perhaps because of that reason we still have a single 2x12” discography release by this incredible Euro band. This is the brown cover variant btw. These initially sold out but this one was added back in a year later and I think just no one saw it. So snag it below or forever hold your peace.

JEANNE - Discography (2x12")

CA$40.00

For fans of: Daitro and Malisa Bahat.

Dark, heavy, versatile screamo from France. On double black 12″ vinyl, with 3 different covers (blue, black or beige), and 2 recto/verso inserts. Covers are cut out so that you can change the artwork using the inserts, depending on your mood. To complete your discography pick up the ‘Cinq’ 5-way split 12” in order to acquire songs 13 and 14!!!

2x12” on black vinyls with interchangeable inserts. 16 songs.

Listen here:
https://voiceoftheunheard.bandcamp.com/album/votu072-discography

Cover:

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: next = none today I ran outta time!

2026 - 4 - 27 /// Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead cds!

April 27, 2026 by David Norman

Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead ‘collected’ cds are out! They arrive in Canada today after a hefty 5-day delay. Don’t forget that ZBR Fest pre-order tickets close on Friday morning at 8am PST and any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.

Orphan Donor new album ‘Ailments’ releases May 11th on Zegema Beach via 100 four-panel digipak cds, thus having us release the last three albums on different formats (tapes, vinyl, cds). Lambgoat premiered their one and only single, so check that out above or by clicking on this text. Super lazy listen is below, but there’s nothing fucking lazy about that banger.

Nima from Hillsboro was interviewed by Inlet Wire in a little 10-minute clip right alongside a brand new song and album opener HotGirlTM which is easily one of my fave jams from the upcoming ‘A Party in Your Name’ album releasing May 29th on Softseed Music!

Mieke and her other project Wallflower are making the trek all the way from New Zealand to play ZBR Fest 2026. That’s some massive stuff right there. Plus, she’ll be playing a song alongside Nicole of Mage Tears. It’s going to be nuts. I can’t wait! Softseed Music released ‘frau eva’ on 12” vinyl which you can snag in the ZBR stores now!!! Buy show tickets below or by clicking on this text!

Click here for the full post and podcast!

My boy Bobby from The Caution Children and Gillian Carter came on my podcast for a Bobcast and it was awesome. Love that dude. Come say hi to him at ZBR Fest 2026! A few things discussed: Hung, so much grunge, blazed in the church room, hella hat territory, practice pad bullshit, Primus and Danzig covers, learning how to scream in Cassettes On Fire, from "on-call" to "in the band", prime Boris, appropriate album art, upcoming Gillian Carter record, ZBR Fest 2026, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Caustic Wound, Clouds, Danzig, Mouthing, Pearl Jam, and Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full post. Stream/download below.

Operation X-Ray played Nsixhundred on their most recent episode. Tapes are sold out buuuuuuut if you’re coming to ZBR Fest I’ll have the last three copies in the distro!

Oh shit, Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to yet another release that was sitting on the shelf but set at zero stock. This is the last ‘Unraveled’ 12” and it’s one of the beautiful multi-color splatters. Check back on May 11th for their new album ‘Ailments’! Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ÅTERSTOD x LETTERBOMBS = Absolutely fire new split from a buncha friends!!!

2026 - 4 - 20 /// Nsixhundred released, Drive Your Plow cds on Friday

April 20, 2026 by David Norman

Nsixhundred current discography cassettes were released on Friday and promptly sold out. I didn’t have the paints I needed until the weekend, so the “mystery sofa swirl” simply wasn’t completed upon release, but I finished them over the weekend and just put up the last stock we had (about 6 backup copies) on Bandcamp. Their bombastic, chaotic, and screamy-as-fuck metallic hardcore will turn the heads of fans of Gxllium, Hayworth, Rex Kwon Do, Me And Him Call It Us, .gif from god, etc.

Just a heads up that Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead ‘collected’ cds release on Friday!!!

You’ll also see a new Orphan Donor premiere via Lambgoat on Tuesday!!!

Softseed Music has a lot coming up too, including Mieke’s ‘Frau Eva’ now in hand and shipping, as well as a Hillsboro single for arguably my favourite song from the new album on Friday. We’ve now got Mieke up in both ZBR stores, US linked here and the Canada/International one linked here - both of which are cheaper than buying off of Bandcamp!

Everything Is Noise has been doing a ton of great pieces recently, and they just posted an excellent Carrion Spring feature for ‘Those We’ve Lost and Continue to Lose’ which we released on 12”LP just over a month ago. You can click the pic above or this text to access the review, listen/buy below, and also catch them at both the ZBR Fest pre-show aaaaaaaand the main fest!

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for almighty Ostraca. They played our fest in 2024 and were easily one of the best acts. Super nice people. Wicked music. Insane live show. Ostraca are screamo royalty for a fucking reason. They fucking rule. Buy show tickets below or by clicking on this text!

This fantastic Fainting Dreams interview is courtesy of Idioteq.com, covering a lot in a dense post, ‘The Silence of Birds that Rarely Sing’ continues to get rave reviews. If you like your beautiful and your heavy but want them combined then hot damn there’s no better release than this. Read the interview by clicking on the pic above or this text. Listen/buy below!

Limbs received a most excellent review from Veil Of Sound. Check it out by clicking on this text or the pic above. Jam the final album by these Filipino greats below, a few tapes remain!

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to one of the Serrate test press…why do I still have this?!?! One of best LPs of 2025 on a super rare variant with alternate art! You can also catch them at ZBR Fest 2026! Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: .GIFFROMGOD = New album! So fucking good. Ultimate homies <3

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.

2026 - 1 - 21 /// Gravess 12"s released!

January 21, 2026 by David Norman

The new Gravess EP ‘losing everything that makes life beautiful’ is out! Only 100 copies were made and we’ve got 30 spread across our three stores. This is a phenomenal EP with some seriously killer tracks. Be sure to check it out and snag one if interested, as I don’t expect them to be around for long!

Coup D’état has a new lyrical music video for “The Cost of Playing It Cool” and it’s dope! Speaking of dope their new EP is just that! Inferior at foosball but top-notch Vancouver Island skramz.

This is a friendly reminder that US out of stock distro is still available in the Canada store, and once shipping is converted the price is within a few dollars of the US store shipping so if you are being hesitant…don’t be! We likely won’t be getting more of these anytime soon so stock up while you can!!!

Raein 7” linked here
La Quiete 7” linked here
Noverte 12” linked here
Only 12” linked here
Tenue 12” linked here (and there’s one tape left below!!!)

Click here for the full list of reviews!

Sear’s new ‘O Merciful’ got some love from No Clean Singing. This band features a member of To Forget and is a wicked combo of screamo, black metal, post hardcore, and condensed doom. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam/buy one of the last few 12”s below!

This is the last reminder about the Mourn Recif show coming up this Saturday as it’s our first in nearly 3 months and likely our last show until we get to play ZBR Fest 2026 (oopsie, spoiler!). We’ll have tapes and cds but are definitely almost out of some of the tape variants. Check out a video of a new song below (at the same venue this new show is at!) as we’re playing almost all new material and it’s much heavier than our old stuff.

Operation X-Ray did an extensive roundup of shoegaze releases from the year and two Softseed bands made the cut including Mieke (12”s at the plant) and Bok Suna (12”s linked below).

There is a final copy of Komuso’s final EP ‘Luck Will Be On Your Side This Week’ on 1st press 7” (the ones that were lost in the mail, and we never recouped that $800, this was graciously given to us with the 2nd press by the other label) so consider this your final warning cuz that band is dead and will not be repressed. And that, my friends, is Today’s Last Fucking Copy. Snag now or forever hold your peace.

KOMUSŌ - Luck Will Be On Your Side This Week (7

KOMUSŌ - Luck Will Be On Your Side This Week (7"EP)

from CA$8.00

LAST THREE COPIES!!! Unlikely to be made again!!!!

KOMUSŌ - Luck Will Be On Your Side This Week 7"EP (ZBR130)

For fans of: Yaphet Kotto, Slint and Hue.

Here’s an unreal follow up to the Japanese emo-violence foursome KOMUSŌ’s debut cassette EP, this time housing three songs of much chiller, post-rock and post-hardcore vibes. You’ve got a wicked instrumental jam, a sung lullaby and then a screamy, solo-driven closer. Some of the jammiest and sickest stuff we’ve heard in ages. Featuring members of: Cape Light, 5000, No Omega, Careless, etc.

7" vinyl on black /149 and clear /151 with insert and ZBR sticker. (100 of first press lost by German DHL) This is the second pressing /200, 100 black and the rest a random assortment of colors. Download code included. 3 tracks.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/luck-will-be-on-your-side-this-week

Vinyl Color:

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: NICOLE DOLLANGANGER = The most important artist of the last decade, hands down, says CanaDave. New song!