Orbit Cinta Benjamin + Flirt full stream

August 20, 2023 by David Norman

The split between Malaysia’s long-running Orbit Cinta Benjamin and Germany’s Flirt received a day-early premiere thanks to This Noise Is Ours! Stream that shit today and pick up a tape from our stores tomorrow at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST or snag a 12” from Major Label, SM Musik, Bad Health Records, ZilpZalp Records and Salto Mortale Music. Full article is linked via this text.

I just updated this store to reflect the last copies of the Widowdusk + Ihuntmonsters split…I even found two extra test dips!!!

WIDOWDUSK + IHUNTMONSTERS - Split (cassette)

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WIDOWDUSK + IHUNTMONSTERS - Split (cassette)

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WIDOWDUSK + IHUNTMONSTERS ‘Split’ cassette EP (TT100)

For fans of: Funeral Diner, Montcalm, 2 O’Clock Girlfriend, and The Great Redneck Hope.

Our 100th release is a celebration of this window into the future of screamo. Not even 19 years old, WIDOWDUSK hail from California and have been gathering a bunch of hype along the way. This the band’s pre-LP material and marks a shift into darker/screamier territory. IHUNTMONSTERS is a solo project from In Case Of Capture. This collection of songs are ridiculously heavy and concise, bringing to mind false grind meets emo-violence and panic chords. So fucking good. And the tapes? Perhaps the most beautiful we’ve ever done. On two variants, Tomb/Tree. Alternate art (the blue-ish one) by Kyle Calvert Design.

Tapes /102, 70 on Tomb swirl, 25 on Tree swirl and 7 test dips, all w/double-sided jcard. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/split-6

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This Noise Is Ours also did a review for Blue Youth’s phenomenal ‘Dead Forever’ 12”LP, we’re dwindling now (the Canada store is down to 3 copies, for example) so be sure to pick up a copy of one of the best noise rock records of the last decade, easy-fuck-peasy. Click on the picture above or this text to go the review. Click below to buy!

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BLUE YOUTH - Dead Forever (12"LP)

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BLUE YOUTH - Dead Forever 12"LP (ZBR123)

For fans of: Life In Vacuum, The Holy Shroud and METZ.

I don't even know what to say. I love this record so goddamned much it's stupid. 8 songs of sassy, jarring, melodic and screamy rock music that'll have fans of METZ and Life In Vacuum sweating. Probably my top pick for best album of 2018. No, I’m not shitting you.

12" black vinyl with insert /300.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dead-forever

Operation X-Ray gave ZBR a sexy nod this past episode with three of our releases making the final cut, including Hetta, Scenario, and Congratulations.

We are very picky about bands playing two years in a row, but with Gillian Carter it’s a no-brainer. We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played the last day of ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming! And next one is the last one!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: COPSE = Atmospheric black metal OR blackened screamo. Take your pick. It’s awesome, so is the previous EP.

2023 - 04 - 29 /// Last Canada store orders go out on Tuesday

April 29, 2023 by David Norman

So at a truly ungodly hour in the late night/earling morning of May 3rd, CanaDave begins his trek to the airport for Zegema Beach Records Fest 2023 and will not return until May 10th. What does this mean for you? Probably nothing! But if you planned on ordereing from the Canada/International store (aka this one) then you should know that all orders will go out on Tuesday May 2nd and then the store will not be shipping until my return on the 10th. May 10th also happens to be the release of ZMAR’s new 12”LP so if there are any outstanding orders I’ll obviously combine them and automatically refund you some shipping. Click here to get those last few tickets!

A few days back (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) premiered a new song from Yuki (foreverwewillmissyou) from Oregon and good lord it’s some really good lo-fi screamo. Tapes release on May 12th but you bet yer ass we’ll have 5 at Zegema Beach Records Fest 2023! Click on this pic for the premiere or just jam the song below. Fans of People’s Temple Project, Truman, and My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest should eat this up.

Machine Music threw Scenario in their Nine Songs I Liked This Week list. The 12”s are dwindling (this Canada/International store is down to its last copy! Check out the music video again cuz this thing is too good. Aaaaaaaand they’re playing ZBR Fest 2023!!! Click on this text or the pic above for the full list.

The newest/super short Out Past the Rings 157 is for Blue Noise’s second demo titled ‘never born’. Very sold out. Very incredible. Maya plays in Heavenly Blue now so be sure to say hi to her at the fest and then devolve into loop questioning of “when will there be more Blue Noise?” (listen/download here)

The Ninehertz Podcast gave Life’s ‘Demo Three’ some serious love. Our stores continue to sell steadily and I reckon after ZBR Fest we’ll be close to out.

You will be seeing a lot of tour posters from bands playing ZBR Fest popping up here in case you are in the path of destruction. This Gillian Carter tour only matters if you’re in Japan, and if you’re in Japan then this is the only tour that matters. Best live screamo band, hands down. Here they are blowing my mind at ZBR Fest 2022. Buy ZBR Fest tickets here.

Today’s Hiding In the Outpost (aka our last copy of something):

Down to the last Off Minor cassette for ‘Innominate’, and it’s a test dip!!! Jeez how did that even happen, those always sell first!

now sold out:
Terry Green/Huge Cosmic tape
Foxmoulder discography cassette (a few No Funeral copies remain!)
Vi Som Alskade + They Sleep We Live split 7”

OFF MINOR - Innominate (cassette)

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OFF MINOR ‘Innominate‘ tape (ZB259)

For fans of: Kidcrash, Hawak, Lytic and Saetia

Perhaps the biggest honor ever bestowed on Zegema Beach Records, the remixed version of ‘Innominate’ by the legendary jazzy screamo band OFF MINOR. Remixed by drummer/vocalist Steve Roach at Permanent Hearing Damage earlier this year, the eight songs sound better than ever. Whether it’s the bassy instrumental banger “Devil Ether”, the chaotic cornerstone “In SL” or epic closer “Family Circus”, every track on this album is exemplary and now even further refined. Our initial run is across 212 copies with the following breakdown:
- 67 orange swirl (+8 w/glitter shift and purple case -> randomly inserted)
- 63 black swirl
- 53 platinum gold swirl
- 10 white (only available through Limited To One)
- 2 mystery swirl
- 11 test dips

All cassettes come in a clear case with double-sided j-card, triple-panel insert booklet and download code. 8 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/innominate

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DŠGB = This Russian band released a ridiculous 4-song EP yesterday. FFO: Johanna Rey, Botch, The Chariot, etc.

2022 - 10 - 07 /// Tomb Tree trips out

October 07, 2022 by David Norman

Tomb Tree is going off the rails today. Is it because of Bandcamp Friday? No actually, CanaDave didn’t even realize that was the case until 2 hours before it began. Nonetheless, here’s the breakdown for today’s releases as well as an official/final Of Death reminder for the impending release this Monday October 10th @9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST via Zegema Beach Records and Cliff Parade Records with additional help from Law Of Cycles.

First up? Georgia’s Colacon. They’ve already released two ear-ravaging music videos so without further ado, ‘The Pestilent Sickness’!!!

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Next up is the ridiculously prolific To Be Gentle from Portland, Oregon as they’re pulling double-duty today! They released the digital full length ‘Unbroken’ back in August and now we’ve got our very sexy tapes ready to go! Digitals were also released on our Bandcamp today so feel free to jam/grab it today as it’s Bandcamp Friday and you’d be funding more Zegema Beach and Tomb Tree releases! These tapes are shipping now and look awesome!!!

The new album ‘it always hurts and one day it will win‘ released today and we’ve got cassette pre-orders. We’ll hold off on our Bandcamp release until we’ve got the physical tapes in (should be late October, shipping early November). This album is absolutely sensational and our vote for their best work thus far.

TO BE GENTLE - it always hurts and one day it will win (cassette)

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TO BE GENTLE ‘it always hurts and one day it will win’ cassette LP (TT083)

For fans of: Envy, Daitro, and Gillian Carter.

Arguably the strongest TO BE GENTLE release to date, ‘it always hurts and one day it will win‘ is a truly special collection of 10 songs that deal with honesty, accountability, beauty, loss, and acceptance through the medium of post-hardcore, screamo, post-rock, grind, and metal. The level of emotion, catharsis, and songwriting here is enveloping and caressing, despite being rooted in aggressive music. The gorgeous/epic “greenhug”, the mathy/chuggy “i worship what will kill me”, and the fuzzed-out grunge of “we are all connected and we all love you“ are prime examples of the mastery shown here, but every track provides its own insular and warming experience.

Tapes /66, 34 on primary swirl, 15 on secondary swirl (5 of these are available as a set w/Unbroken), 10 rare swirl, “outta 2” swirl, and 5 test dips, all w/jcard and download code. 10 songs.

Listen here:
https://tobegentle.bandcamp.com/album/it-always-hurts-and-one-day-it-will-win

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Virgin Mother released physically yesterday and we’ll have it on sale for a few bucks off until the official digital release on October 14th, 2022. We did 113 12”LPs and with the band taking some we’re already half depleted! Features Seb of Meth., Cadence Fox, and a million other things.

VIRGIN MOTHER - Mourning Ritual (12"LP)

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VIRGIN MOTHER ‘Mourning Ritual’ 12”LP (TT078)

For fans of: An Autumn For Crippled Children, New Order, and Meth.

Over two years ago we released a short run of demo tapes titled ‘It Is’, and after much more writing, polishing, and expanding of the VIRGIN MOTHER sound, we are set to drop the brand new debut 12”LP ‘Mourning Ritual’ on Friday October 17th. Drawing cues from industrial, new wave, black metal, noise, screamo, punk, post-punk, and more, this deep, dark look into Seb’s subconscious and it’s subsequent artistic representation is truly a work of art. From the hellish, eerie, almost gothic-sounding intro of “[promised end]“ it becomes obvious that this album is meant to be consumed in full, with spiking adrenaline surges (see “I’d Never Feel Like Anything” and “Fault”), soothing/groovy vibes (“Traffic Stop” and “Black Light On 16th Street“), uncomfortable noise (“Vanity’s Sake“ and “Parasite“) and the epic genre-mashes (“Blossoming Winter” and “Field of Warmth“). Released on Tomb Tree. Ships mid-October.

Vinyl /113 on 180gram Eco-Grime. Includes sticker. 11 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/mourning-ritual

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Softseed Music just released the new Venus Twins album ‘RAXIS’. You might remember their release on Tomb Tree a few years back, incredible bass and drums duo doing a garage/noise rock/sass-punk thing that fans of Death From Above 1979, Big Dick, and Raw Grip will fucking love. I sure do!

A final reminder for those in PERU that today is the last chance to pre-order a copy before shipping goes back up. Wait…what’s this? Well Fiesta Bizarra has a new EP releasing on October 31st via Softseed Music but you can nab a tape now that will ship immediately!

Out Past the Rings 125 Snag and Swallows Nest split cassette. Only 2 left in stock! Nab a yellow below!

SNAG / SWALLOWS NEST - Split (cassette+poster)

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SNAG / SWALLOWS NEST - Split (cassette+poster)

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SNAG / SWALLOWS NEST - Split cassetteEP + poster (ZBR125)

for fans of: People's Temple Project, Robots Don't Cry, Dangers! and Welcome The Plague Year.

This U.S./New Zealand split came about as the two bands are adamant in their stand with the environment, thus gravitating toward one another from across the globe. SNAG offers up an epic and astounding six-minute masterpiece of late 90/early 2000s driven screamo while SWALLOWS NEST drop two tracks with layered male/female screaming atop dark, screamy post-hardcore. Tapes come in an 11x17 two-sided poster with lyrics and band statements.

200 copies on white tapes with two-sided poster/lyric sheet and download code.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/snag-swallows-nest-split

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GILLIAN CARTER = This pillar of modern screamo just released a new record ooooooooo baby!!!

2022 - 08 - 19 /// Blind Girls swirl variants

August 19, 2022 by David Norman

Blind Girls tapes for ‘The Weight of Everything’ release tomorrow alongside the Letterbombs + In Wolves’ Clothing split 12” AND the laser-etched Greed Worm cassettes for ‘Hell Is Real’ at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Here are your variants!

You can stream of the Letterbombs and In Wolves Clothing 12”LP now via (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) with the physicals and bandcamps becoming active on Saturday August 20th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. There are only 100 copies and we have less than half of them!!! Click on the pic or this text to go jam that shit!

This Noise Is Ours did a Lyed review of ‘The Immolated Earth’ and somehow we still have copies! Check that shit out if you like your screamo heavy on the metallic hardcore/metalcore side. Click on this text to go to the review. Buy links are on the bandcamp page linked below.

Massa Nera closed out Day 1 with a full set of their yet-to-be released LP that releases December 2nd, 2022 on Zegema Beach Records. It was incredible to experience it in full, with almost everyone in attendance hearing each song for the first time. Next post starts Day 2 of ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 on June 12th, 2022, and thus concludes Day 1!

Operation X-Ray gave more screamo/skramz love on today’s episode and featured Gillian Carter, Campbell Trio, and Trophy Hunt.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: PET FOX = If you like Ovlov and the gorgeous shoegaze that spews from that band then I think you’d dig an offshoot called Pet Fox who sounds like a heavier version of Ovlov mixed with No Knife.

2022 - 08 - 18 /// Amber Daybreak re-released!

August 18, 2022 by David Norman

Tomb Tree just released the 2009 album ‘Sentinels’ by Amber Daybreak (member of Chalk Hands) and we’re the only place to get’em. Super awesome, mathy, spacey, noodley, screamo from Belgium. Tapes /85.

On Saturday we’ve got the split 12” between In Wolves Clothing (US) and Letterbombs (Finland) as well as the cassette release of ‘The Weight of Everything’ by Blind Girls! Oh happy Saturday indeed.

Unsigned Showcase featured Cuck on the 5 Extreme Bands From Around The World. Check it out below! Tomb Tree released the ex-Swallows Nest band’s debut full length last month.

Gillian Carter just announced a new full length yesterday on Skeletal Lightning so this timing couldn’t have worked out any better. This band is 1) full of awesome humans, 2) an amazing screamo band, and 3) put on the best sets of almost any band I know. Only one more band from Day 1 of ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 on June 11th, 2022, then we’re on to Day 2!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GILLIAN CARTER = You should probably check out the new song and pre-order that new 12”!!!