Shesmadefromsuede + Coup D'etat release show

October 22, 2025 by David Norman

Mississippi’s Shesmadefromsuede released their first and last album on Tomb Tree and it’s a fucking banger. 5 tracks of screamo/metallic hardcore bliss for fans of Mondrary, Blind Girls, and Grimlitter. Tapes /78 but we sold about half the first day!

Friday is the cd release show for the new Coup D’etat EP where we’ll have copies in hand as well as the ZBR distro. This is also the A Record Dawn/Mourn Recif cd release! So much yummy.

Adobe Homes releases their new 12”LP ‘Años’ November 10th via Zegema Beach and Dog Knights. We did 300 copies with an extra surprise in the packaging, stay tuned for more info, but you can jam a song from the album below!

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the new Nuvolascura album ‘How This All Ends’, which we’ve got like 7 copies left of the OG cd press, as the new/upcoming press are in regular jewel cases so this is the last of the DVD-style case. Jam/buy below or go to the review by clicking on this text or the pic above.

A heads up to all that ordered the Usurp Synapse 2 x 12” and/or cd, here’s the current update:
- 90% of the US store orders have gone out for the 2 x 12”
- bandcamp and Canada/International orders for the 2 x 12” won’t be going out until I get the box from the US, which should be here by the end of Oct, with all copies being out during the first week of November
- no US cd orders have gone out as the cds arrive in the US tomorrow
- all non-US cd orders have gone out!

Thanks for your patience on this, there are literally hundreds of orders and lots of moving parts (including family illness), but we should meet the deadline as we said during the pre-order that they’d ship early/mid-November. Please pick up a copy if you haven’t already! If we do a 2nd run they won’t be with the crazy laser-cut jackets so pick up this version while you can, or pay the dreaded reseller price!

CanaDave co-hosted the always awesome Operation X-Ray radio show! There are three premieres (two of them screamo) and a lotta ridiculous jams in this episode. Thanks so much to Andre for having me!

Oh shiiiiit there are some ZBR Fest video stragglers, so here’s Salvinorin-A and Punxsatuawney at our 2025 fest! There are a handful more videos to post…so until next time!

Holy shit how is there a Boneflower cassette left?!?! That’s right, today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to ‘A(r)mour)’, arguably their strongest album to date (but that new one is pretty sick too). Please take this off my hands (it’s in the bandcamp store embedded below).

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MOURIR DEMAIN = A new project from Montreal that has some all-stars in it! Wicked emo-violence debut and it’s PWYC on Bandcamp.

2025 - 09 - 29 /// Demersal out, Lucidity x Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow next!

September 29, 2025 by David Norman

Canada Post strike again? You betcha. Definitely warranted as the Canadian government ordered them back illegally to work during the previous strike. Fuck you Mark Carney get your head out of your ass and fix this problem. Large orders will still be shipped out, and US orders from the Canada store and Bandcamp store will likely be shipped out too (but sometimes delayed as I need to send a big box to the US store so other Dave can ship them out directly). So yeah, apologies on that but my hands are tied unless you get in contact with me about your order and pay the express shipping through FedEx (which is really expensive for small orders). I expect the strike to finish in October, but it could be as late as November when things are fixed, as I don’t expect the government to last into the month of christmas cuz then so many people would be getting fucked. Remember, Canada Post can be profitable (or at least funded) if the government stops giving corporations INSANE tax breaks, and instead uses the revenue from those non-existent taxes to fund the post office. If you hear people talking shit about the strike, remind them that the government is supposed to work FOR the people, not against them. Stand with unions.

Demersal’s new 12”EP ‘Vi kunne ikke blive her for evigt, vel?’ is out! These five tracks are fantastic and show the band getting both heavier and softer at the same time. 12”s should arrive late October and we’ve only got 30 copies!

The next Zegema Beach Records release is the Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow x Lucidity split 7”. These two new jams from each band come on green 7”s and are limited to 100 copies. Both bands most recent 12”LPs are running low, I think there’s like 3 OFIAAS and maybe 10 Lucidity. You can jam one of the Lucidity jams below. More info and promo pics this week as it releases in full on Friday October 3rd at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Usurp tour starts next Monday and I’ll be at the Vancouver show with ‘Disinformation Fix’ tour cds and distro. Please come say hi! The digital release comes out on October 13th alongside the /200 cds in 4-panel digipaks. The records are pretty much done and should be in hand mid October, so hopefully we’ll have some official promo pics by then and we can start shipping out these pre-orders earlier than anticipated.

We’ve got a handful of restocks for Nuvolascura’s ‘How This All Ends’, including about 10 cds and a few swirl 12”s. Under Floripa just reviewed it so check it out and clear us out of these last few copies please, having Nuvolascura in stock weirds me out cuz they’re way too good for us to be holding products. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam/buy below.

(((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) blog premiered a new Oshera track from their Oct 6th split with fellow Austinians Tamsen. The song is a great mixture of new and old screamo that I think most skramz fans will love. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere. You can also hear split-mates Tamsen in a brand new Operation X-Ray embedded below! They also played Massa Nera and Demersal!

Sine Nomine has reformed and has a new EP coming out on November 28th! Tomb Tree will be making tapes for this one, with the band and their new label taking care of the vinyl copies. Scope the first single and pre-order the album/vinyl below! Snag one of last remaining discography 2x cassette above!

Vs Self and State Faults are the recipient of the most recent string of ZBR Fest 2025 videos. Our 2026 fest is already booked in Vancouver, BC Canada so get on those passports now if needed. There’s just a few of the individual band videos from ZBR Fest left. You can access more via our Youtube channel.

Sutras got some serious head-turns at Maximum Rock’n’Roll, who reviewed their 2025 endeavor ‘The Crisis of Existence’. Snag a copy on tape below and access the review by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LETTERSTOYOU = Amazing new band with two releases this year. Love this shit, it’s like Life and Congratulations but heavier.

2025 - 09 - 23 /// Mourn Recif x A Recorded Dawn released

September 23, 2025 by David Norman

The Mourn Recif x A Recorded Dawn split (also known around here as the ‘Josh split’) was released yesterday with the cds arriving today! Please take a listen and if you like what you hear snag a copy, as ZBR only has 25! Vancouver Island pinball skramz, baby.

Next up is the Demersal self-titled 12”EP releasing this Friday on Tomb Tree! Pre-orders will be going up, should ship in November.

Mourn Recif got a nice write-up from the always reliable This Noise Is Ours. The band is playing with A Recorded Dawn and Coup D’etat on October 24th in Victoria, making it essentially a triple-ZBR release show! Click on the pic above or this text for the review, jam/buy the EP tapes below.

Nuvolascura continues to embrace all that love they’re getting for a groundbreaking third full length ‘How This All Ends’. Our final copies are up in the stores, get’em or forever hold your peace. That being said, we’ve got another run of cds coming in a jewel case instead of dvd case. Lastly, above is a great interview with the band and below is the album with links and whatnot.

Operation X-Ray ran with a record-tying four band on this episode, including the premiere of “Twelves” by Mourn Recif, a couple of Abandoncy jams, Athousandangelsandseven cuz of dem 7”s, and a new Demersal jam which comes out in full on Friday!!!

The Names Of Our Friends lived up to the hype and tore through their set with abandon. We were lucky enough to snag some 10”s of that beast, too. There’s just a few of the individual band videos from ZBR Fest left. You can access more via our Youtube channel. Snag the last of our 10”s by clicking on this text.

Bok Suna got some love from The Bad Copy, and if you haven’t scoped this phenomenal sophomore album from Seattle/Tacoma’s best kept secret then I’ve gotta say, ya fuckin’ up. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BACKYARD CAMPING = My boy Mathew from Athousandangelsandseven sent me his high school band. It’s fucking awesome. Check it!

2025 - 07 - 24 /// Piri Reis out, Distro update + restocks, Shoganai is next!

July 24, 2025 by David Norman

The distro and restock update that was scheduled for this morning got pushed back to tomorrow (Friday July 25th) as we just couldn’t get it all ready in time. So here’s a list of what’s coming so you can prep. In this Canada/International store everything will be located in the “New Items/Specials” section (linked here) while the U.S. store will have it all in the “All” tab (linked here). Some products will only be in one store (as in some cases we only have one copy) so be sure to skip between the two stores if you can’t find what you’re looking for.

12”s: Afraid, Malisa Bahat, Øjne (Prima Che Tutto Bruci + Undici/Dodici), Pianos Become The Teeth, Coven, As Living Arrows, Ostraca (Eventualities + Disaster), NØ Man, Cages, Neboas, Yarostan, Put Purana + Tromblon, Potence, Linguaserpente, Life (demo two), Telos, Sacrofuoco, Noverte, Altair, A Flower Kollapsed, and Uragano

7”s: Crowning + Swallows Nest and Demersal + Regarding Ambiguity

Cassettes: Luca, Threeway x Salvinorin A, Beneath Moonlight, and Gelwaz

CD: Ekbom

Shoganai will be our next release on Tuesday July 29th via 53 cassettes, pictured below. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Fans of Nuvolascura, New Forms, Mahria, and Blind Girls will be all the fuck over this.

Piri Reis tapes for ‘Ritma’ came out and is already almost out, as we only took 30% of the run of 100 tapes. The 12”s never lasted so don’t expect these to be around for long, especially after they destroy New Friends Fest.

Click here for the full roundup list of review!

Nuvolascura continues to move, so we’re down to our last copies of the “swirl” variant as everything else is already gone, maybe 20 copies total left. ‘How This All Ends’ was reviewed by Brooklyn Vegan so click on this text or the pic above to go to the review.

Crossed continues to get a lot of love for their third record ‘Realismo ausente’ which is most definitely still in my top 3 records of 2025. Treble Zine did a great feature which you can check out by clicking on this text or the pic above. Listen/buy the record below.

Andrew from a bunch of stellar bands has a Go Fund Me to help recover from a motorcycle accident. At the time of this posting he’s at bout 80% of his goal, help him get there if you can spare anything! Click on the pic above or this text to go there.

Operation X-Ray premiered the final Sininen single from the upcoming ‘I was recently upset’ as well as a Piri Reis jam.

Clay Birds got the This Noise Is Ours treatment. In response to the different titles (“of” vs. “from”), the band’s stuff is “from”, but the cassette j-card for ZBR was made by the band with “of” in the title instead. So they’re both kinda right but the proper title would be ‘a separation from vanity’. Click on this text or the pic above to read the full review. Also a friendly reminder that a few final copies will be posted on this bandcamp page Friday July 25th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HOARI = We’ve got tapes already finished for this band’s debut EP, but they just released a new jam and it kicks ass!

2025 - 07 - 21 /// Piri Reis tapes tomorrow + Distro/restocks update Thurs. July 24th!

July 21, 2025 by David Norman

Distro and restock update coming Thursday July 24th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST with both stores getting a whack of Icorrupt, Shove and Dingleberry releases, Icorrupt (yes including the new Ostraca 12” EP!) as well as ZBR restocks/overstock from Mahria, Crowning/Swallows Nest, Clay Birds, and more! Holy fuck!!!

Sininen’s final song premiere went up last week for the closer “mitt hus”. The band features members of Via Fondo and the seven-track EP ‘I was recently upset’ releases on 120 tapes July 28th via Tomb Tree. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full premiere with text, links, etc. or just jam it below.

What’s next on ZBR? Well shit, I’m glad you asked. We’ve got tapes on Tuesday July 22nd for ‘Ritma’ by Piri Reis prior to their New Friends Fest performance, followed by Shoganai cassettes for their debut self-titled EP on July 29th. July 30th we’ll be premiering the ZBR Fest 2025 video on Youtube so make sure you attend the first showing if you’re as keen as I am!

Nuvolascura cds are sold out and the “Linear half’n’half” is also out of stock. “Figment swirl” is all that remains. Rockambula gave it a stellar review which you can read by clicking on the pic above or this text. Snag those last few copies now!

Trei Campbell from Iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Beau Navire, Elle, Vowels, and Xochtil came on the OMSB podcast for his first solo interview, and I couldn’t be more honored. Pick up their remastered vinyl via Dog Knights and catch the band on tour and at New Friends Fest 2025! Click on the pic above or this text for the full post with links, info, etc. or just listen/download below.

Avery Friedman released a live studio session for the song “New Thing” and you should definitely check it out. We’ve been talking to the plant about the 12” run, and they are behind as they’re waiting on the lacquer. We’ll keep you posted but hopefully they’ll be in-hand early August. Fingers crossed!

Emma Core & Co. gave a ripping review of Emma Goldman’s ‘all you are is we’. If we aren’t 100% sold out you need to run to the US store and snag one immediately. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Buy/stream below!

Dead Hour Noise are on tour! We’ve got just a handful of 12”s left and post-tour I reckon the band’ll be gettin’ low too!

Operation X-Ray played some bangers as per usual, including our very own Nuvolascura as well as Bok Suna, the latter of which Softseed Music has advance copy tapes for sale now via the bandcamp link below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: xMISERYISABUTTERFLYx = The ultimate homies in Smush showed me this band. Very good screamo!