Our brains are exploding over the fact that that Parts & Labor are back after a 15 year hiatus with a 79-MINUTE, DOUBLE-DRUMMER, DOUBLE ALBUM coming on July 10! They've also announced shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco and NYC with an expanded 6-piece lineup. This has been a near impossible secret to keep and we are SO psyched to finally have the world hear this music. It's a massive rock record with wall to wall noise and anthems and it's going to blow all your minds. preorders are up now and shows are on sale with more to come.
And of course there's still Weezer's 1192 coming for Record Store Day on April 18th! This entire package is astounding and fans are going to freak out. we promise. Also a friendly reminder that there WILL be more of these pressed in the near future so don't pay crazy scalper prices if you can't get your hands on one out of the gates. Digital release coming eventually as well. It's so good. Worth the 34 year wait.
Preorders are shipping shortly for Bach Artillerie LPs and CDs: If you haven't gotten to listen to any of the singles yet, the one features Curt Sydnor and Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) playing the Goldberg canons of J.S. Bach on synth and drums and its WILD. Really a unique and magical record that lands somewhere between Wendy Carlos and Lightning Bolt. grab a copy.
Carla J. Easton's new LP is also available for preorders and shipping out soon. It's perfectly brilliant Scottish guitar pop from Carla, who is also the lead singer of Poster Paints, plays in the touring version of the Vaselines, directed last year's acclaimed documentary on the history of Scottish girl groups and is one of our favorite songwriters.
There's so much more coming. There's so much more to see.
Pigeon Pit on US, UK and EU Tours. Perennial US Summer tour, Savak in Australia!?
Stick around.
So, we're putting out a Weezer album and that's pretty wild!
1192 features newly remixed and mastered versions of the studio demos that became the Blue Album - Officially released here for the first time after original Weezer bassist Matt Sharp found the studio tapes and prepared them for this incredible release. It's coming out on limited edition silver vinyl on Record Store Day - 4/18/26 - and will be followed by a wider release this summer. It's amazing and we can't wait for you to hear it.
We also just announced - I Think That I Might Love You - a brand new LP from Glasgow's Carla J. Easton and its a perfect Scottish pop masterpiece. You may know Carla from the Poster Paints record we released a few years back or maybe you've seen her as a member of The Vaselines or heard one of her amazing previous solo records. This time around she's joined by a killer cast of characters including members of Belle & Sebastian, Frightened Rabbit and Hefner performing some of the best songs she's ever written. This one is gonna keep you in love all spring.
Last week we announced a split flexi 7" from The Taxpayers and Ryan Cassata. While they're spread across the country, one of The Taxpayers' home bases is in Minneapolis, and their new track takes aim at the awful situation going down there right now while also raising funds for local residence currently displaced by ICE actions in the Twin Cities. Support the good guys and hear an amazing new track.
Perennial about to tour the UK, US dates coming up for Animal, Surrender!, Pigeon Pit, Perennial and more. I count at least eight other incredible records on the horizon we haven't even had the chance to announce yet. Stick around.
Surprise! There's a brand new Pigeon Pit record! It's called Leash Aggression.
It's their second LP of the year, and it is available everywhere RIGHT NOW! If January's Crazy Arms LP was Pigeon Pit at their most expansive, Leash Aggression streamlines the whole operation - stripped down arrangements reminiscent of some of the earlier records with elevated storytelling and world building. Is this the best one yet? Yeah. it is. We have mail order only color vinyl copies on the EJRC site and bandcamp and odds are they will only last one day. On tour for the rest of the year with much more to come.
Here's what's still new:
Aitis Band - IV: Aitis Band is the macabre and slightly off-kilter project of Melina Ausikaitis(Joan Of Arc), Bobby Burg (Joan Of Arc, Love Of Everything) and visual artist Ray Borchers. Imagine a midnight ride through a haunted house while your best friend whispers gossip in your ear about that kid they heard murdered somebody.
Animal, Surrender! - A Boot For Every Bane: For their second hypnotic journey of an album in as many years, 8 string bassist Peter Kerlin (Sunwatchers, Solar Motel Band) and drummer Rob Smith (Rhyton) added Curt Sydnor on a massive 120 year old pipe organ!) breathing charged and heavy air over their winding instrumentals.
Foot Ox - A Lighthouse With Silver Dog Ears: Foot Ox come out of Portland, OR by way of the sun-bleached Arizona wilderness with twelve tracks of psychedelic desert folk dreams featuring contributions from members of AJJ, Pigeon Pit, Sad Park, La Luz and more. This whole record floats by like a perfect breeze and is filled with haunted little melodies that stick with you for a long long time.
Rye Coalition - Paid In Full: OK. the bad news here is that by the time you are reading this the 7" itself is already sold out. The GOOD news is that you can still listen to and buy both songs and every cent at this point is going towards a good cause. The first new Rye Coalition music in almost 20 years is a tribute to lost titans Steve Albini and Rick Froberg - a Shellac cover and a Drive Like Jehu cover that you just need to hear. All profits from this one are going to Steve's Letters To Santa Charity as well so grab two incredible songs and throw a few dollars in the right direction.
We have SO MANY new releases since the last time you heard from us! Old favorites, new bands, shocking reunions - it's all here. Tons of tours as well so click over here and see who's coming to your town!
Here's what's new:
Rye Coalition - Paid In Full: OK. the bad news here is that by the time you are reading this the 7" itself is already sold out. The GOOD news is that you can still listen to and buy both songs and every cent at this point is going towards a good cause. The first new Rye Coalition music in almost 20 years is a tribute to lost titans Steve Albini and Rick Froberg - a Shellac cover and a Drive Like Jehu cover that you just need to hear. All profits from this one are going to Steve's Letters To Santa Charity as well so grab two incredible songs and throw a few dollars in the right direction.
Foot Ox - A Lighthouse With Silver Dog Ears: Foot Ox come out of Portland, OR by way of the sun-bleached Arizona wilderness with twelve tracks of psychedelic desert folk dreams featuring contributions from members of AJJ, Pigeon Pit, Sad Park, La Luz and more. This whole record floats by like a perfect breeze and is filled with haunted little melodies that stick with you for a long long time. I sat with this for a long time before realizing I'd been listening to it every day and we had no choice but to put it out! RIYL Built To Spill, Tobin Sprout, Portastatic
Animal, Surrender! - A Boot For Every Bane: For their second hypnotic journey of an album in as many years, 8 string bassist Peter Kerlin (Sunwatchers, Solar Motel Band) and drummer Rob Smith (Rhyton) added Curt Sydnor on a massive 120 year old pipe organ!) breathing charged and heavy air over their winding instrumentals. The vision is clearer than ever on LP2 and the cover of Ahmad Jamal's
Aitis Band - IV: Aitis Band is the macabre and slightly off-kilter project of Melina Ausikaitis (Joan Of Arc), Bobby Burg (Joan Of Arc, Love Of Everything) and visual artist Ray Borchers. Imagine a midnight ride through a haunted house while your best friend whispers gossip in your ear about that kid they heard murdered somebody. It's all awash in sparse beats, throbbing bass and Melina's signature noise-making fake guitar. As fascinating as it sounds.
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We've been keeping this one a secret for way too long, but we can finally tell you about the first new RYE COALITION recordings in 20 years!! The Paid In Full 7" is a true labor of love - dedicated to Steve Albini and Rick Froberg, this is a tribute to friends and inspirations that loom large in everything that we do. It's also the opportunity for us to work with old friends and a band that has been in our orbit since the day we started. The record features two brilliant covers (Shellac, Drive Like Jehu) pressed on limited vinyl, and each copy is in a unique handmade jacket that's been painted / stamped / taped and numbered. All profits from this project are going to the Letters Charity founded by Steve Albini and Heather Whinna. We are so excited this finally exists.
Also fresh in the shop is the definitive statement on the last 2 years of Perennial. A masters thesis in CD and cassette form, "A is for Abstract - The Complete Art History" collects the band's critically acclaimed Art History LP, 2 7"s, remixes from Cody Votolato (The Blood Brothers) and Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) and a brand new track. This will all be on the test.
Taxpayers Circle Breaker Tour is in full swing right now, and they're joined by Pigeon Pit for a bunch of these shows. Pigeon Pit is also headed to the UK for the first time ever this fall!
Still plenty of fresh records in the shop including the latest from SAVAK, the new Martha's Vineyard Ferries 7", new Pigeon Pit and Miranda & The Beat, plus Bomb The Music Industry! Vacation LPs back in stock!
New Perennial! Hot on the heels of last year's critically acclaimed ART HISTORY LP comes a surprise new digital EP - Perennial '65 - with a brand new song, a Kinks cover, an ambient experiment and remixes courtesy of Cody Votolato (The Blood Brothers) and Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie)! The Perennial sound evolves and amazes once more.
There's a new Martha's Vineyard Ferries 7" in the world! Bob Weston (Shellac, Mission of Burma, Volcano Suns), Chris Brokaw, (Codeine, Come, Pullman), and Elisha Wiesner = The Martha's Vineyard Ferries and the new 7" includes covers of deep cut hardcore gems from Strike Under and The Proletariat. It's awesome. One time pressing of 500 copies.
The Taxpayers Circle Breaker LP is coming 3/21 and you can check out FOUR tracks from the record and their amazing videos right HERE right now. So very excited for everyone to hear this whole thing - it's a JOURNEY. March record release shows announced and more touring to come...
Bomb The Music Industry! Vacation LPs are back in stock!
Almost every one of our bands is on tour! The circus is coming to town!
VERY excited to welcome The Taxpayers to EJRC! The cult punk legends' first new album in 8 years, Circle Breaker, is coming 3/21 and the first 2 tracks are available right now. Epic, heartbreaking, life-affirming punk/jazz/folk/skronk. So many incredible songs on this one - we can't wait for you to hear. Pre-orders up now, record release shows announced and more touring to come...
Pigeon Pit's brilliant LP Crazy Arms is out 1/17 and orders are shipping out now. This one is just endless hits. It's been on repeat over here for months and just keeps getting better. Spring west coast tour already announced with lots more coming in 2025. Can't say enough great things about this album and glad everyone can finally hear it.
Miranda and the Beat touring like crazy, Perennial playing an endless amount of life-affirming rock and roll shows as well.
2025 is gonna be a lot. Let's stick together.
quick update -
We've just announced the upcoming 2nd LP from Miranda And The Beat and its a full-on ripper. "Can't Take It" comes out 10/25 and is a full-realized version of MATB's blurry punk soul. Lots more US and EU dates coming in the new future.
There's a ton more to announce very soon, including a new flexi, a 7", an LP and a brand new band before the year is out (if we write it we have to do it?)
A ton of tours happening right now as well, including the first full US run from Pigeon Pit in 2 years, endless Perennial shows, and UK tours up ahead from both SAVAK and Perennial!
There are still brand new releases available from Perennial , +/- {Plus/Minus} , Wild Yaks, Animal, Surrender! and Trummors too! what a year!
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New Trummors! The aptly titled "5" is now up for pre-order and will be in your hands this April. First track from our favorite Taos based country/psych troubadours is up now with more to come (and wait till you hear the George Strait cover that this one closes with!!!) Stay tuned for some west coast shows as well!
There's a new SAVAK LP coming this March! Flavors of Paradise is yet another brilliant entry in their ever-expanding catalog and we're thrilled to be a part of it. Lots of tour dates coming up including a wild amount of dates in France!
Speaking of tour dates... there are SO MANY shows coming up. Worriers are about to go on tour for the foreseeable future including a full US tour with Alkaline Trio starting in Feb. We've also got a bunch of shows coming for Pigeon Pit, Miranda And The Beat, The Martha's Vineyard Ferries (with Mclusky!), Mary Simich and more.
Next announcement is going to feature a brand new signing we are SO excited about along with new records by a few EJRC favorites. See you soon.
Scotland's PAWS are back with their 5th LP, a return to their roots that mixes the unfurled fury of their early records with the expansive and experimental sounds they've toyed with in more recent years. It's a monster of a record, and the whole thing is out this week!. ALSO, UK in November with Worriers!
And speaking of Worriers - There's a full US tour underway RIGHT NOW! - don't miss out:
Worriers' Trust Your Gut LP is also available right now! The 2nd Worriers LP of 2023 is a massive rock record that adds Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) and Atom Willard (RFTC, Alkaline Trio, 100 other bands) into the impossibly good mix. Still a SMALL handful of Black/Red/Grey twist vinyl available! And if you have yet to get your hands on Trust Your Gut's more subtle older sibling Warm Blanket (released this April) we've still got some copies of that on hand as well!
Pigeon Pit are about to be on the road too, traveling up and down the west coast (starting Oct 19th in PDX) before hitting Australia in November! We've also pressed up new cassette copies of both Treehouse and Feather River Canyon Blues for anyone that missed out the first time around.
Pigeon Pit - Treehouse LP (Reissue) & Pigeon Pit - Feather River Canyon Blues LP (3rd Pressing on Baby Blue Swirl) + New Cassette Pressings of Both! (Buy / Listen)
So much more on the way - come out to a show or buy a record or just say hey. We're happy you're out there.
Worriers' Trust Your Gut is now available for preorder! Coming 9/15, our second Worriers LP of 2023 is a massive rock record that adds Franz Nicolay and Atom Willard into the impossibly good mix. Twist vinyl only available from us!
Pigeon Pit's Treehouse LP is currently available for the first time ever along with a new repress of Feather River Canyon Blues (blue vinyl with white swirl for this version) - we still have a handful of CDs of that one as well.
Scoville Unit's latest LP See What Can Be is shipping now too, super limited vinyl edition only available here!
Miranda And The Beat just returned from over a month in Europe and copies of their debut LP are moving FAST! More US and EU dates coming soon - stay tuned.
King Khan's second magical punk jazz surf Bollywood odyssey The Nature of Things is out now on outerspace splatter black and white and clear vinyl and streaming everywhere. Take the ride.
We're down to maybe one more box of Beauty Pill's Blue Period 2xLP collection - no plans to repress this anytime soon so if you haven't grabbed one yet the clock is ticking. Maybe the nicest LP package we've ever done?
summertime rolls.
Lots of new stuff to grab!
Pigeon Pit's Treehouse LP! First ever vinyl pressing of this indie/folk/punk benchmark available for preorder now and likely shipping before the 5/19 release date... we also repressed last year's Feather River Canyon Blues (blue vinyl with white swirl for this version) and finally have CDs of that one as well.
Brand new Scoville Unit LP See What Can Be coming 6/2, new single and video out now, drenched in magical harmonies and indie pop goodness. limited to 200 copies on random color vinyl
Worriers new LP Warm Blanket is out everywhere today! pretty obsessed with this record - a new direction for the band that builds and builds on what they've already done and puts a perfect lo-fi pop sheen across it all. Red vinyl LPs still available!
Debut LP from Miranda And The Beat coming 5/26 - Motown meets the Misfits? This record is a monster of deep soul punk attitude. Clear blue vinyl in the store now.
King Khan's second magical punk jazz surf Bollywood odyssey The Nature of Things is out now on outerspace splatter black and white and clear vinyl and streaming everywhere. Take the ride.
We're down to maybe one more box of Beauty Pill's Blue Period 2xLP collection - no plans to repress this anytime soon so if you haven't grabbed one yet the clock is ticking. Maybe the nicest LP package we've ever done?
thanks everyone. enjoy some music. happy opening day.
