.22LR releases tomorrow, jam a new track now

April 01, 2024 by David Norman

Oh it’s April…well guess what? I don’t do April Fools, so here’s the release schedule for April!

ZBR:
April 8th = GXLLIUM! 'Gxllium 1' cassette: Pressing out of 102, 42 REC swirl, 35 neon orange swirl, 20 green w/metal cover, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case. For fans of Me And Him Call It Us and .gif from god.

April 20th = CROSSED 'Vida Quieta' 12"EP: 250 clear 12"s w/silkscreened b-side. For fans of Converge and Man Is The Most Dangerous Game.

April 29th = GOSSIP 'Coals of Juniper' 10"EP: Pressing of 250 10"s over two variants. For fans of Mahria and Old Soul.

TOMB TREE:
April 2nd = .22LR '.22lr' cassette EP: 74 tapes. For fans of Carrion Spring, Elle, and Wakhan Corridor

April 11th = LETTINGTHEINTRUSTIVETHOUGHTSWIN '' cassette EP. Very limited, just 27 tapes made! For fans of Serpent Column and Sawtooth Grin.

April 16th = VOW 'Demo' cassette EP: 4 songs on 70 tapes. For fans of Greedworm, (early) Left Behind, Pathos Departure, and Brothers.

April 26th = IN HER HEAD 'Doves' cassette EP: Cassette pressing of just 30 tapes. For fans of SeeYouSpaceCowboy and The Number Twelve Looks Like You.

May 3rd = COLACON 'Throes of Indignation' 12"LP: Pressing is a low 100 run on eco-mix 12"s. For fans of: From A Second Story Window and Malevich.

SOFTSEED MUSIC:
April 22nd = VENUS TWINS 'Raxis' 12"LP: Pressing /250 over two variants. For fans of: Lightning Bolt and Death From Above 1979.

.22LR releases tomorrow, with the final single streaming on Friday’s Operation X-Ray who also played a new Lower Automation jam as well as some Basque and Pettersson! The spread is above, just 74 tapes in total!

CanaDave interviewed a buncha winners from the first annual Screamo Awards. There’s also live videos, acceptance speeches, etc.

Burial Etiquette was interviewed via Idioteq.com and I gotta say, there’s no way we’ll have any 12”s left for the ZBR Fest at this rate, so if this incredible release is up your alley pick one up now or forever hold your peace! Click on the pic above or this text to read, buy one below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FRAIL BODY = This new record has been a long time comin’ and now it’s here and it’s fucking incredible.

2024 - 03 - 13 /// Little Big Stuff Thing this Saturday!

March 13, 2024 by David Norman

Okay so we’ve been hanging on to some backup copies in case the postal service fucked anyone, and as everything has arrived safely we can unlock those copies of very sold out stuff. On Saturday March 16th the Canada store will have their Little Big Stuff Thing, with the US version being held at the ZBR Fest 2024 Record Fair for those that miss out on the initial BST or are lucky enough to make the trek to rifle through the bins in person. This also enables people not attending the fest to actually snag something from this most recent Big Stuff Thing. Apart from the Test press raffle (info below) we’ll have Onewaymirror, Tristan Tzara handmades, Congratulations handmades, a single Senza, a few Blind Girls, Orchid 12”s, a swirled Gifts From Enola tape boxset, Euclid C Finder’s final cassette copy, a small stack of Burial Etiquette/Mis Suenos splits, a buncha screamo t-shirts, etc. This goes down on:

SATURDAY March 16th, 2024 @9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

The Test press raffle product is live and closes at 9am PST when the Big Stuff Thing tab goes live, and includes shipping costs as if you don’t win a test I’ll just send you a ZBR 12”, therefore no one actually loses, you just might not win a test. This enables customers to pick up some rare shit too from the Little Big Stuff Thing and then I can refund your shipping difference if you’ve taken part in the test press raffle. Included are some test presses of records that won’t be out for months (Terry Green, Niboowin, Gossip, etc.)!

The U.S. is either out or down to single digit copies whilst this Canadian/International store has just a single copy in store with an additional single copy on Bandcamp, included are New Forms, Othiel, and Pettersson.

CanaDave’s 150th podcast is with Gxllium!. We released their split with Onewaymirror last month, with their debut album getting the cassette treatment next month, and the band is also coming to ZBR Fest 2024 to annihilate us all.

If you are in Germany or France you’ve got a few sick shows coming up for Tomb Tree’s very own Demersal (12” incoming this summer) alongside Kollapse. We’ve got some Demersal 7”s still in stock, jam/buy below!

Edhochuli’s live video on Studio E was trimmed down so I’ve linked the 33-minute set above, with the 12”LP ‘Higherlander’ embedded below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: WORKS = Previously known as Girl Arm, this Quebec-based band has a new vocalist and a brand new full length coming out this year!!!

2024 - 03 - 11 /// Pettersson released + Solvalou podcast

March 11, 2024 by David Norman

Pettersson’s ‘Ashen Plain’ is out and better than we could have hoped. 8 incredible songs that go from screamo to post-rock to black metal in a single jam. 12”s should arrive at our store and ship late March.

BUY:
U.S.A. store = www.zbrusa.com/products/pettersson

Canada/International = www.zegemabeachrecords.com/zegema-beach-releases/pettersson

Following the Wisconsin’s Solvalou releasing their debut EP, all four members came on the good ole OMSB podcast and spoke with our Canadian Dave about tons of stuff, including: Frail Body > midwest emo, public deaths, the only influence, recording strategies, bootlegged Snag swag, lyrical content, being trans in Alabama, sad dudes not doing well, folk music and screamo, why their new songs might be influenced by Gxllium!, their next split, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Gxllium!, In Reverent Fear, Justin Townes Earle, Signals Midwest, Stranger By Day, and Taking Back Sunday. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the podcast or jam the EP below.

New Forms’s debut 12”LP ‘as dust collects’ is very close to selling out. If they’re not all gone by the time we have ZBR Fest 2024 (May) then I reckon that’ll be the last anyone sees of press #1. Crossed Letters gave them hella love which you can read about via the pic above or clicking on this text. Jam/buy it below!

Edhochuli recently did a live set on Studio E in San Antonio which is available via Youtube (linked via this text, the embed isn’t working for some reason) and their ‘Higherlander’ 12” is still in stock whilst they are currently kicking ass across America, linked below.

Equalizing Distort played Basque, Gxllium!, and No Heirloom, all of which we had a hand in releasing! Click on the pic above or this text to listen to the show, or jam/buy the 7” lathe below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: 9 LAGOONS OF DEATH = Jesus two albums in 2024 already!!!

2024 - 02 - 10 /// Edhochuli is Monday, Volp out, Pettersson pre-order!

February 10, 2024 by David Norman

Edhochuli drops on Monday! The three labels each have their own variant but I do believe each label will have a few complete sets available for purchase if variant collecting is your thing. We’ll get promos out just before drop on Monday!!!

A quick reminder that Pettersson 12”LP pre-orders released the other day for ‘Ashen Plain’! We’ll only have 30 copies so that’s a hard recommendation from both Daves to snag one. Operation X-Ray also played a track from it on their radio show, so if you’re looking for new bands to find you’ll hear like 40+ bands!

While you wait for the Edhochuli 12” you’d be silly to not check out Volp from France who released ‘Vortex’ this past week on Tomb Tree. Fans of The Minor Times, Anna Sage, and Horsewhip will eat this shit up, it’s amazing! Everything Is Noise somehow missed out label making the tapes, but you can check that out by clicking on this text.

La Parade’s ‘Voces del Exilio’ cd/12”LP is officially a decade old! Holy crap, I remember showing this to my cousin’s partner before it was released and prior to ZBR even being known to the public. It’s an amazing mixture of Standstill, Viva Belgrado, and Envy. We still got a handful of 12”s!!!

Here’s the final ZBR Fest 2024 poster! The pre-show and the full fest shall be very well attended according to ticket sales, so if you’re thinking of coming don’t wait too long! Click on the poster above or this text to snag some tickets.

This Noise Is Ours continued their ZBR Roster Review series with No Heirloom’s self-titled 7” lathe. We have a handful left including the last few clear! Go to the review by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below.

Angry Metal Guy gave Closet Witch some love! Speaking of love, in case you didn’t hear Closet Witch is on a hiatus because they have a baby on the way! Talk about the best reason for a hiatus ever. Congratulations to the band but especially Mollie and Cory <3 <3 <3 Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: METH. = This entire thing was played live at ZBR Fest 2023, so hearing it from the comfort of my own home is both amazing and fucking terrifying. See them at ZBR Fest 2024’s pre-show!

2024 - 02 - 05 /// ZBR Fest pre-show + single day tickets!

February 05, 2024 by David Norman

ZBR Fest pre-show bands released and tickets for it (as well as single-day tickets for the full fest, linked in the picture below). Good lord I’m so excited! Click on this text to snag the pre-show tickets.

Pettersson has a pre-order and two songs premiering this Wednesday February 8th! We’ll only have 30 copies for North America and the album is incredible, so I don’t expect we’ll have them around for long. Full release is in March, but you can jam the Zampler song premiere from last summer below.

Volp’s ‘Vortex’ releases tomorrow Tuesday February 6th but you can jam two songs now! Full spread above! Fans of The Minor Times, Engineer, Ken Mode, and Horsewhip will adore.

CanaDave got back to the Out Past the Rings and did one for Boneflower’s ‘A(r)mour’ cassette. Check it out above, snag the last two copies of the tape (one linked here) and the other is on the Bandcamp, linked below.

US Dave filmed/edited this new Frail Body music video along with our resident ZBR Fest film crew Wyatt. New album soon.

Operation X-Ray played some heaters on their radio show including Tristan Tzara and Nuvolascura!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SWEETHEART = This Ohio band unearthed an album and a 12-minute song that were released just a few days back! Hell to the yes!!!