2022 - 11 - 25 /// Keratin premiere

Keratin just premiered their final single from the forthcoming ‘Only Eye’ EP on Tomb Tree. 84 release into the wild on December 5th. Truly incredible screamo from Australia! Here’s a pic of one of the /20 with alternate black cover. Click on this text for the full premiere link.

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I just received the Infall tapes yesterday after a lengthy delay at customs (they were due here a week ago) and once I swirl the b-sides of 5 of them these will be ready to go aka I’ll ship the US store it’s copies and all Canada/International sales on Monday.

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Victor Shores is officially out, making it the predecessor to the above Keratin EP. This album is very different but equally amazing. Super catchy hard emo punk from this Minnesota three-piece. Truly infectious stuff that isn’t repetative or boring in the slightest, and those vocals are just awesome. Tapes ship early December.

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Works was on the the CHRW CHIN music radio with the song “The Bend”. 12”s from Tomb Tree still available! Features members of Girl Arm and can be accessed in full by clicking on this text.

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Lower Automation came out the other day and pretty much fried everyone’s brain. These twelve tracks have infinite repeat listens because literally so much is happening. Absolutely fantastic stuff and contender for best of 2022 for sure!

Speaking of Lower Automation’s ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’, here’s a review from Distorted Sound Mag!

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Thoughts Words Action did a nice piece on Massa Nera and their newest video for “Adrift”, and some words about the album. Click here for the full post!

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Operation X-Ray played Eyelet, Piri Reis, Infall, and Holly Caught A Contact High on the most recent episode. A new episode airs this Friday November 25th!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: UNDER THE PIER = This quartet recently came out with a killer The God Awful Truth split and it’s a righteous, violent, beast.

2022 - 11 - 21 /// Victor Shores today, Lower Automation tomorrow but also kinda today!

Written around half-of-a-decade ago and recorded three years ago, the brand new/debut full length from Minnesota’s Victor Shores is finally upon us! Tapes from Tomb Tree ship early December and 12”s from No Funeral ship 2023. Amazing, cathartic, uplifting emo punk from three very awesome individuals. For fans of: Tiny Moving Parts, You’ll Live, and Sincere Engineer.

CanaDave also did a podcast with Victor Shores (linked below) and in that podcast there was a brand new Keratin song premiered! Check it out for at least those two reasons, but there are tons more.

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Lower Automation full release tomorrow, but Mathcore Index has an exclusive stream (with special links) as well as Metallerium who is ahead of the pack and already posted a full album review! Click here for the Metallerium post or click anywhere else here for the Mathcore Index premiere.

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CanaDave witnessed the Thank You Driver show this past weekend and was lucky enough to have a camera ready for the band’s cover of “Moral Eclipse” by Cave In. I saw the band sell a hefty amount of their tapes, and we traded for some cds so expect a Thank You Driver discography cd set coming in early December.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: A MOURNING STAR = This band closed the night at the Thank You Driver release show and it was fucking awesome. Hard Poison The Well vibes minus the clean vocals.