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.

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"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!

2026 - 1 - 14 /// Sear out, Sungaze pre-order, Shove distro on Friday!

January 14, 2026 by David Norman

Sear’s ‘O Merciful’ is out on 12” from Tomb Tree (and cassette via Limited Hangout Records) with art from @josephpereztattoo. The dark, oppressive, dense screamo/black metal features members of To Forget and is the soundtrack to today’s political landscape. Mages sold out quickly, only black 12”s remain and we only made 100 of those so we don’t expect them to hang around for long!!!

Gravess got their final premiere from their new EP ‘losing everything that makes life beautiful’ that releases January 21st on Zegema Beach and Severed Records via 12”. The records are in hand and we’ll release promos shortly. Scope the new jam by clicking on this text or the pic above, scope the first premiere from the Zampler below.

There’s going to be a big ole Shove distro update on Friday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST, here’s what’s going up. In case you don’t know some of these covers, there’s Raein, Tenue, La Quiete, ByMySide, Only, Coma Regalia, Norse, Abandoncy, Adorno, Alkupera, Letterbombs x Lori, Crossed x Vibora, Since By Man, oh and we’ve got the Adobe Homes 12” Euro/band variants too!!! These will all go up in the “New Items/Specials” heading of the Canada/International store and straight onto the homepage of the US store.

Sungaze’s fourth full length “I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights” is now up for 12” pre-order with 5 of the 10 songs available to listen/download. The full release for this baby is May 22nd, 2026 and there’s a run of tapes from Candlepin Records as well as cds from the band. Fans of Smush and She’s Green should be all over this.

Mourn Recif is playing a show on January 24th at that sick skate shop again (a new song from their last show there linked here) with a seriously sick lineup. We’re working on a full length album so we won’t be playing many shows over the next few months so please come out to this one and say hi if you can. Also, the Mourn Recif x A Recorded Dawn split got some love from This Noise Is Ours so you should scope that out by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Shesmadefromsuede is down to just a handful of copies left and also got an additional push from the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) blog which you can access by clicking on the pic above or this text. The band existed solely for this EP then called it a day. Wicked metallic hardcore/screamo in the vein of Mondrary, Blind Girls, Roman Candle, etc.

Operation X-Ray did a wicked roundup of screamo releases from the year. I found a bunch of bands that I hadn’t heard and were awesome, but my top 3 discoveries were: absent from the morning headcount, open carry state, and Chigaki Death Metro. Check that shit below.

Inosuke made Horns Up’s round-up with honorable mentions for Hetta and Coup D’etat. All of our Inosuke orders have gone out so thanks for your patience with those, but now we only have a few left!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the article.

It’s official, Concealer 12”LPs for their new first full length are at the pressing plant! The band released their first single on Zampler 26 (embedded below) and made Boolin Tunes “Top 25 Bands To Watch In 2026” and we couldn’t agree more. This album is fucking incredible. Kinda Hopesfall. Kinda I Promised The World. Kinda Deftones. Click on the pic above or this text to read up on all 25 bands.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to Yotsuya Kaidan’s debut EP ‘Tired of Tomorrow’s You’, which was a really early ZBR release that floored me when I heard. Very Euro-Orchid esque and screamo as fuck. No repress from us coming, so definitely last fucking copy. Snag now (from the Bandcamp link below) or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ABSENT FROM THE MORNING HEADCOUNT = This debut is insane. Check it!

2026 - 1 - 09 /// Sear on Monday, Life/Sadness show

January 09, 2026 by David Norman

North Carolina!

On Monday January 12th the debut Sear 12” ‘O Merciful’ releases on Tomb Tree. Following up on their stellar debut EP featuring members of To Forget, their mixture of screamo, black metal, and post hardcore is fantastic. Check out the music video from the new album above and the first EP below. The new full length releases at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and is /125.

This Sunday CanaDave will be here. He will have distro. This show is going to rule. Check out his podcast with Damian from Life and Sadness below.

Coup D’etat got a very nice review on Not Just A Phase. Their new EP is fire and they continue to be the highlight of the Vancouver Island screamo scene. Check out the review by clicking on the pic above or this text, and jam/buy the cdEP below.

Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave got a sick music video done for “Every river will meet the sea” from the Heaven Through Violence split 7”. I think pretty much everyone is sold out except our US store which has just a copy or two left. Jam the entire thing below or just go straight to the US site by clicking on this text.

CanaDave plays in Wollruss and although we have no recorded material and haven’t played a show yet with our full lineup, here’s a practice video cuz it’s all I’ve got. Featuring members of I.O., Hillsboro, Mourn Recif, and A Recorded Dawn. We’ve got a show January 30th with the almighty Piss so please come out if you’re on the island or hell, even if you’re in BC!

Chalk up another oopsie daisy this last copy wasn’t in stocked in any of the stores. So today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to Senza’s ‘Even A Worm Will Turn’, the absolute last copy of anything we have. 12”s? Long gone? Tape first press? So out. This second run of around 200 tapes? Last fucking copy. Snag now (from the Bandcamp link below) or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CARMEN SIXTEEN = This new EP is nuts.