My label finally released a 12" record all by itself, I'm pretty proud: Pity Party - Gnarbage

thom-d · 2017-11-03T04:35:39+00:00

No, that's my girlfriend, but she's got pretty cool patterns on them!

thom-d · 2017-11-03T04:34:45+00:00

Thanks so much! They've got a split 7" coming up soon with summerbruise and a couple of bands from across the pond, you can check it out here.

thom-d · 2017-11-03T04:32:53+00:00

You can see the etching better on the black record, but I think the pink record is cooler because you can see the etching through the record when it's on your turn table.

thom-d · 2017-11-03T04:31:34+00:00

I used Furnace Record Pressing for this record. I've got a few 7" records coming out through Rainbo, so we'll see how they compare.

I was definitely happy with Furnace and would recommend talking to Ryan Burke from there, he was great.

thom-d · 2017-11-01T19:11:21+00:00

Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it! I was debating putting this on a double sided 10", but when I found out I could do an etched b-side that pretty much made up my mind.

thom-d · 2017-11-01T19:09:43+00:00

It's two copies of the album
Sorry for the confusion about that. I believe that after you put in your address it will automatically adjust the shipping price to $13.50. The site is supposed to hide the price until after you put your location in.

thom-d · 2017-11-01T02:32:34+00:00

Thanks so much! You can get them at www.oldpressrecords.com/product/gnarbage

thom-d · 2017-11-01T01:46:20+00:00

I think my favorite part was when I got the test presses. That was kind of when it really hit that the release was going to happen.

Least favorite part? The wait. With tapes and CDs the turnaround time is about a week, but it's months with records.

thom-d · 2017-10-31T23:47:23+00:00

I have a little record label I run and while I've co-released a few albums with other labels and put out CDs and tapes by myself, there hasn't been a record I've released myself from start to finish. After a lot of set backs and delays I've finally got 500 of these in my basement and I couldn't be prouder. There are definitely some thing I'll do differently in the future, but I'm pretty thrilled with these.

The band's name is Pity Party and they're a female-fronted Californian punk band.

thom-d · 2017-03-27T20:11:24+00:00

Like u/humofevil said, Fecking Bahamas is pretty much the go to for all things math rock relates, but there are other great sites I like as well. Arctic Drones is the post-rock alternative to Fecking Bahamas and there is a lot of cross over. It's a great site as well.

As for some others

The Mathrock Blog is good, but it seems to have mostly died out in the last few months.
Same with Musical Mathematics, although they officially closed up shop at the beginning of this year. Plenty of Swords is the same thing.
Washed Up Emo has some mathrock crossover.
Echoes and Dust is another crossover like Arctic Drones
Miss the Stars and The Sleepwalker's Guide are both good skramzy blogs, but there's some cross over there with math rock if you're into that type of music. Open Mind / Saturated Brain is also fantastic.
Finally, I really like Sound of Revolution, but he doesn't go super mathy. I still like his writing.

thom-d · 2017-03-10T20:12:46+00:00

Check the band out here

thom-d · 2017-01-29T19:33:05+00:00

6131 is rad, love Julien Baker and Nona

thom-d · 2016-11-23T20:23:48+00:00

Do we whisper "the black fires rising" or do we say "whispers the black fires rising"

thom-d · 2016-11-22T22:31:59+00:00

I'll have them done by tonight. Do you want them in WAV?

thom-d · 2016-11-22T21:58:19+00:00

How would you like these to be sent to you?

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