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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

YUSUKE / LOCKTENDER / SHOTO live show

For the entire set from each band, go the Zegema Beach Records page here.

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*YUSUKE*

YUSUKE pronounced "yooz-kay' are definitely carrying the spastic screamy meets jazzy/clean hardcore torch, aka for fans of Saetia, Caught In The Fall and The Spirit Of Versailles. I haven't heard anything this exciting in quite some time. I liked their older releases, but their upcoming split vinyl with Lori Berenson is hands down the group's crowning achievement thus far, and I have included 2 of the 3 songs on the upcoming split below, as they were the band's opener (insane drumming once the clean riffs start) and closer (which features an epic finale of screaming and the audio equivalent of the apocalypse in breakdown form). Amazing set and super nice guys. It was an honour meeting them at the show. If you're in Germany you'll be able to catch them at the React With Protest festival that I will fantasize about every night.
*Bandcamp

"If Home Is Where The Heart Is, Consider Me A Zombie"

"If I Had A Quarter For Every Time You Were Inconsistent"

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*LOCKTENDER*

Super nice dudes! Fellow Canucks!
I've been injecting LOCKTENDER into my ears/brain for the past few months and I still wasn't prepared for what lay in store once the band hit the...basement. These guys commanded the room and absolutely destroyed everyone. 'Rodin' is coming out next month and the band played 2 songs from it, as well as "The Piazza" from their upcoming Amber split 7". The third video was live premiere of the final track from 'Rodin', titled "Man With The Broken Nose". One of the bands of 2014 - no doubt in my mind.
*Bandcamp
*'Rodin' Stream
*Order LOCKTENDER/AMBER split here

1 "Burghers of Calais"

2 "The Piazza"

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*SHOTO*

Local natives SHOTO took the stage last, accompanied by a member of The Reptilian (I think) on pedal/drone duty. This band, holy shit, is heeeeeavy. The slow, trudging music builds with haunting atmospheric riffing and the thickest bass I've heard in a very long time which explodes with some gutteral screams and growls from the guitarist and bassist, respectively. Check these 2 out and then watch another 3 on the ZBR full set link here.

Unknown (aka, that fucking heavy-ass bass song)

Unknown

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Monday, 3 March 2014

2014 OMSB mp3 Mix #4 (April)

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April 2014 mp3 MIX #4

=> ***DOWNLOAD HERE*** <=

(http://www66.zippyshare.com/v/27600780/file.html)

...and updates

Check back tomorrow for a full show review from the Kalamazoo house show with Yusuke, Locktender and Shoto. I met so many amazing people I blabbed on and on like a school-girl to my wife for hours. Twas a great time. For now, gaze into the moonlight outside of my window...if you can see past the icicles. Let's do this.
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ZBR News:

LA PARADE in stock
12"/cd (order here)
(listen here)

FOXMOULDER in stock
7" (order here)
(listen here)

AMBER / LOCKTENDER
split 7" (pre-order here)
(listen here)

AMBER vinyl discography
only 2 full sets (available
with a chance of winning a "self-titled" test press!
(order here)

CASSILIS gone to print
(2 songs here)

OAKEN gone to print
(1 song here)

SEVENTEEN AGAIN gone to print
(2 songs here)

RAYLEIGH cassette pushed back a month or two
(listen here)

CHUCK BASS and VI SOM ALSKADE VARANDRA SA MYCKET's 7" split has gone to press
(listen here for Chuck Bass) / (listen here for Vi Som Alskade)

ZAMPLER #2 'The Bug Is In Your Brain' is available for download and streaming. It's $3 (stream or physical copy) and includes some amazing bands: -Adobe Home, Amber, Callow, Carrion Spring, Cassilis, Chuck Bass, Coma Regalia, Descubriendo A Mr. Mime, Foxmoulder, Greyscale, I Love Your Lifestyle, Ice Hockey, La Parade, Locktender , Said Goner, Secret Smoker, Tentacles, Tetola93, Totem Skin, Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket and Via Fondo.

(listen here)

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-distro products from Flood Hardcore, Friendly Otter Records, Off Clould 9 Records, Locktender and Leer in the next 2 weeks
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***Interviews coming up for sure:

-Locktender
-1 more I'd assume, but can't promise

***Interviews last month:
-Beau Navire
-Casey Boland (You And I / Hot Cross / We Are Empire)
-Mahria

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The following page have changes:

*nuthin'
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As always, on or around the 1st of every month, I will be posting a ZIP file with songs for the upcoming month with ALL specifics deleted from the tags, so unless you already know the band, there is NO information regarding each track.

During the following month, I will post reviews for those bands and link the tracks to the review so you can associate the two together. This way you can listen to a new song/band and have little-to-no bias. Below, I have reposted the February mp3 mix that is used for this month's reviews.

***2014 mp3 Mix #3 (reviewed in March)***

(http://www66.zippyshare.com/v/17398273/file.html)

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The new OMSB mp3 Mix #4 is linked below and will be reviewed in April. This 16-song mix includes:

*-* an exclusive song premiere that is being released from an upcoming album but can be found nowhere but this comp!
*-* the best mathy/jazzy/catchy/screamy band since Desiderata

*-* a band any fan of the screamo genre should recognize, especially fans of animals

*-* a math-metal band that only released 1 amazing song, but it's really, really good
*-* another new Swedish band has struck screamo gold

NEW => ***2014 OMSB mp3 Mix #4 (reviewed in April)*** <= NEW

(((((http://www66.zippyshare.com/v/27600780/file.html)))))

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Any bands/labels that are interested in having their stuff reviewed, please email zegemabeachrecords@gmail.com: with "Open Mind Saturated Brain" as the subject.

Sunday, 2 March 2014

FOXMOULDER

Band: FOXMOULDER

Genres: Punk / Rock / Noise Rock / Thrash / Post-Hardcore / Metalcore / Screamo / Dark Skramz

Related artists: Delo Truda, Tell-Tale Hearts, White Ribs, Veneers, Spearhead, Quone,
Respire, The Veil and Serbia.

Country: Toronto, CANADA
Years Active: 2011-present
Song: "Havelock"
Album: "Lethe"
Year: 2014
Label(s): Zegema Beach Records / A Mountain Far / Middle-Man Records / Boslevan Records
This post's artist is from the February 2014 Mix. This is track #5.
You can download the February 2014 Mix#2 right here.
For fans of: Violet Eyes, Itto, Orchid, Loma Prieta, Capacities, Coma Regalia, Rayleigh,
Evylock, For Want Of, Kodan Armada, Kaospilot, Ampere, Usurp Synapse,
You And I, Ghostlimb, The Flying Worker, Callow and Reversal of Man.

If Orchid, Reversal Of Man, Rayleigh and Itto grew massive beards, cloaked themselves in black and then held bass-heavy seances in a dark, damp cave, you'd have something that would probably sound akin to FOXMOULDER, Toronto's official skrampa band. They've been around for over 3 years now and with 2 new members I expect some pretty ridiculous material in the near future. After a long wait and record pressing issues, the band dropped 'Lethe' last week. Let's talk about the music.

The bass is like a black hole. Although Matty B. has since left the band (on a good note), some of the riffs on their past material are nothing other than booming and toppling. Listen to the intro to "Tesslyn" or the last half of "Havelock" when the groovin' part starts, as I picture a movie scene where an entire city crumbles to the ground. These two songs also contain some of the bands best instrumental jams. The final 15 seconds of "Tesslyn" has the band at their best, with a pulverizing chaotic breakdown that does not follow the typical chug-style breakdown of the early 2000s metalcore days.

The vocals tend to be in-your-face screaming and yelling that borders on breaking in half at any moment. The lyrics are great and Matt spits out a beauty in "Havelock" when he begins chanting, "And I built a home in your flesh and bones but it didn't still me, but I swear this time your love will be remembered" this is probably the best part in any FOXMOULDER track. I should also touch on "Breath of the City" which is one of the closest things to accurate Orchid-worship that I've heard in quite some time - and this is from the band's demo release (aka 'Hindsight')! The first half of the song lulls you in with an Orchid "Tigers"-esque slow guitar right before everything goes to hell in epic fashion. Rohan (the lone guitarist) is a fan of Orchid, I would presume. Just like me.

The drums are pretty chaotic and fit the music well, but Peter has since left the band (also on a good note) and the drummer from White Ribs is now kicking ass in FOXMOULDER. Lastly, their live show is always intense and has 5-30 people screaming along. Oh, and they are awesome dudes so at least check them out.

I just launched the FOXMOULDER Zegema Beach Records page here.

There is a show review with FOXMOULDER including some other bands (like Lord Snow , Fucking Invincible and Circle Takes The Square) here.

March 8th, holy lord, get your ass over to Soybomb in Toronto as FOXMOULDER will be hosting a killer concert along with Locktender, Coma Regalia and Animal Faces. Stacked line-up much?

Finally, an interview with Matt (vocals) will be posted in a month or so. We just have to finish the last 1/2 of the interview.

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DISCOGRAPHY

Click )==>here<==( to download the band's complete discography in mp3 form.

2012 - Hindsight cassetteEP (stream/donate/download here)
2012 - Sartre Split 7" (stream/donate/download here)

2013 - Comp contributed "Far Away Friends" (stream here)

2014 - Lethe 7" (stream/download here & pre-order here, will be in stock the first week of March)
2014 - Coma Regalia Split 5" (stream here)
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(2012) FOXMOULDER - "Breath of the City" (from 'Foxmoulder' demo)