25% off, Reverie + Pùt Purana out, Athousandangelsandseven on Monday!

January 25, 2025 by David Norman

First things first, it’s CanaDave’s birthday today so being in a pretty positive place let’s do 25% off this Canadian store for the rest of the weekend! Not only that, but you’ll get a handwritten thank you note with a unique/weird/obtuse story about a time in Dave’s past. I can’t apply a discount to the bandcamp page but if you order something there you will also get the note and a free 7” record with vinyl orders OR a free tape with cassette orders. The discount code is “DIEALREADY”

Reverie + Pùt Purana just released their new split digitally on Tomb Tree with 12”s coming in February. We don’t have a date for that yet but stay tuned here and you’ll know a week ahead of time :) Awesome Italian screamo, equally driving and playful. Check out a video of Reverie’s full side above!

Athousandangelsandseven releases on Monday! The four-song self-titled cassette EP variants are above, with the full release going down at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Only 50 tapes were made so expect this to sell out rather quickly!!! Jam their new music video for “Clipped Wings” below!

The Daves of Zegema Beach consulted on their Best of 2024 podcast via OMSB! Listen/download it below for a phenomenal way to find new/amazing bands. Click on this text for the full post with a few additional links.

Spirit Of Versailles is in hand and almost sold out here! If you wanna snag the full discography 2x12” it’s linked below. The US store doesn’t have any cuz you should buy one from Init Records if you live there.

SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES - Discography (2x12")

CA$50.00

For fans of: Saetia, Eyes Of Verotika, and Widowdusk.

This ships worldwide (North American orders should go through Init Records → linked here). The 2×12” discography collection by this timeless Sioux Falls screamo band. Released by Init Records. On grey w/black+white splatter vinyl with 11"x33" two-fold full color insert. Newly remastered by Mikey Allred at Dark Art Audio. 29 songs.

Songs 1-8: 8 Song CD
Song 9: Split 7" with Caligari
Song 10: unreleased
Songs 11-12: Split 7" with Saqqara
Song 13: Songs Of The Dead II compilation CD
Songs 14-15: Split 7" with Rise From Ruin
Songs 16-21: Confluence Of All The Senses CD
Songs 22-25: In Line For Halos 7"
Songs 26-29: Recorded live on WNYU, Summer 2001

Listen here:
https://initrecords.bandcamp.com/album/discography

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ZBR Spotify was recently updated so if that service is your bag please follow along! Thanks to Not Just A Phase for putting it all together.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MAGANA = I’m a big Magana fan so this new EP that dropped yesterday was instantly scooped by yours truly. Witchy rock/pop/folk stuff.

2024 - 12 - 23 /// Die Princess Die released + Canada Post strike is over

December 23, 2024 by David Norman

Die Princess Die has released. Storytime! In 2004 CanaDave bought the Microwave Says To The Pacemaker 2×7” comp and discovered Die Emperor Die and promptly searched for and ordered a full length from Interpunk. When the album showed up and he inspected it closer, he realized that it was a different band altogether. Having already spent the money he gave it a spin and was pleasantly surprised. So he gave it a few more spins and realized that the album was pure fucking genius. Fast forward 20 years and CanaDave was still pushing this rather obscure band when he happened across the bassist and finally landed this release. Tis pure joy, my friends. Exuberance. Elation. So ZBR proudly presents the DIE PRINCESS DIE 'Discography' with brand new art from Boris Hager and all the tracks, sweat, yellin', glitches, groove, and noise that you could ever want from a band you've likely never heard of. Only 52 copies were made over three variants plus test dips. Imagine if Indian Summer drank an entire bottle of whiskey and freaked out to Slint. Best.

The Canada Post strike over! It didn’t get the end I was hoping for though, as the government ordered the workers back and nothing was solved. Regardless, the post offices are fucking jammed with holiday shipments and over a month of backlog. Therefore I will prepare all the orders by Tuesday but wait until later next week to bring them to the post office in an attempt at minimizing lost packages and general fuckups as the postal service will be utterly bombarded.

On December 31st Zampler #24 is coming. Around 10 previously unreleased tracks and new art from Lucca Cassandra from Split Silk. Here’s the previous Zampler!

Another little update is the GreenBlueGrey and Black Nails/Sharp Teeth premiere from This Noise Is Ours. Will there be boxes from Vamonos Tapes? You betcha! Here’s the premiere, art, and a peek at one of the variants. Full release on December 27th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on just 48 cassettes. Click the pic above or this text to go to the premiere.

Vile from Kid Feral was on the OMSB podcast which you should check out. Link to the full podcast by clicking this text. Listen directly to the podcast below. Jam the ‘Headlights EP’ above.

Lower Automation’s full set was recently recorded at The Runoff so please check that out and pick up a copy of their latest EP ‘This Is My Deathbed’, and we even still have a few final copies of the ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’ 12”LP.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FINNSKRAMZ = This Finnish screamo compilation just came out with 16 unreleased tracks and it’s amaaaaaaaaaazing.

2024 - 11 - 08 /// Concealer today + Loftus Hoodies on Sale

November 08, 2024 by David Norman

Just a quickie here that:

1 - Loftus hoodies are on sale cuz I want them outta my house and STRAIGHT UP, both Daves get more compliments on wearing these hoodies than any other thing we’ve ever worn. So they’re 50% off till they’re gone. There’s only one Medium (orange), one Large (orange), and one Extra Large (purple) which are spread out of three totally different links which have been attached to the text of each size earlier in this sentence.

2 - There are some rarities that went up from additional stock/overages that include some serious heat and only one copy of each! Items are in the New Items/Specials section (linked here) and include Blind Girls, The Spirit Of Versailles, Respire, Massa Nera, Senza, Nuvolascura, Gxllium!, Febuary, Missouri Executive Order 44, and heaps more! Check the new items/specials section here. Some are embedded below.

BLIND GIRLS - The Weight of Everything (cassette/12

Sold out

BLIND GIRLS - The Weight of Everything (cassette/12"LP)

from CA$10.00

Variant:

SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, THE - X Summer 1999 X (12

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SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES, THE - X Summer 1999 X (12")

CA$40.00

Colour:

Sold out

FEBUARY - February (cd)

CA$22.50

GXLLIUM! - Breakup songs (cassette)

from CA$11.00

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Concealer has released!!! ‘Heartfelt Entries’ includes two brand new songs and the ‘dissonance [all that keeps me away]’ EP on one convenient cassette.

Click here for the full post with links’n’shit!

Mason from Senza came on the OMSB podcast with CanaDave which you can check out by clicking on this text or the pic above. You can also just stream it below. We talked about a buncha good stuff including their upcoming 7” split!!!

This Noise Is Ours praised the first Apostles Of Eris split that CanaDave took part in, alongside our friends from New Zealand in Raining. Just a handful of tapes remain, not gonna be made again! Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below!

Horns Up reviewed a buncha stuff from September and included our very own Bloom Dream in the mix. That thing is gonna be showing up all over year-end lists. Click the pic above or this text to go there, jam/buy below.

Amid The Old Wounds (ex-Duct Hearts) released a split with No Action on CanaDave’s Softseed label ummmmm I think late last year. Daniel was featured on the Emo Van so you should def check that out and then jam/buy the 7” split. Green copies are already sold out!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LOST GENERATION, LAST REVOLUTION = Amazing emo grind from members of Minaret.

2024 - 07 - 16 /// What's comin' up

July 16, 2024 by David Norman

Thursday July 18th is the ZBR Fest 2024 video documentary premiere. Join at 10am PST / 12pm CST / 1pm EST and watch it live with us.

Onewaymirror is out and doing well. The merges are running low, black is down to four copies left, and there is a test press on Bandcamp and in the U.S. store.

CanaDave interviewed Andrew (vocals) from .gif from god on his OMSB podcast which you can check out above or go to the full post (with additional links, text, etc.) by click on this text. You can snag the last few cassettes for ‘Digital Red’ below!

Here’s a direct embed to that new Excrucis song “Parasite”. What a banger. 11-song full length cassettes July 22nd on ZBR!!!

Operation X-Ray premiered a brand new Detach The Islands song!!! As well as Onewaymirror, Gil Cerrone, and Hillsboro!

This Noise Is Ours tackled the Spoiled release that we just put on 12” alongside Larry Records. Here’s the full review linked to the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below as Canada only has one copy left, Bandcamp and the U.S. store carrying about four copies each, then she done.

You should know we’re down to the last Terry Green copies of ‘Provisional Living’ already. This Canada/International store AND Bandcamp are completely sold out, leaving 4 splatter in the US store as our final copies. Get’em now! Eklektik Rock certainly knows what’s up. Click on this text or the picture above to go to their Terry review. Link to US store in the Bandcamp embed below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VOTIVE = Ex-members of Gas Up Yr Hearse!, Foxmoulder, and Portrayal Of Guilt make up this powerhouse that unleashed their awesome debut this past week.