“Gloomy, majestic, and poetic.” – Stereogum

“Hyacinth is most reminiscent of Edwards' mid-era work, such as Mosaic or the experimental Puur album, resting heavily on the mixture of his stark banjola-and-voice compositions and the dense atmospheres that fill the voids between them. It's an adventure through bleak Americana and suffocating ambiance.” – Brooklyn Vegan

“A hauntingly awe-inspiring set of dark folk at its most apocalyptic.” Best New Music - September '23 – TrebleZine

"With Hyacinth, his three-and-a-half-decade career adds another bright star to his glittering crown and announces what I hope will be a richly rewarding solo career.” – Angry Metal Guy

David Eugene Edwards shares the official video for "The Cuckoo" today from his first ever solo album under his own name, titled Hyacinth. The video, directed by Loic Zimmermann premieres via Brooklyn Vegan HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Hyacinth is available to hear/share/purchase HERE. Edwards is currently on tour in the EU & UK. See dates below. US tour dates to be announced soon.

David Eugene Edwards has always been larger than life. His atemporal style and powerfully iconoclast presence make him seem a man somehow beyond us. 

His music with innovative heavy droning folk band Wovenhand, and before that the haunting revivification of high lonesome sound antique Americana of 16 Horsepower breathed a near apocalyptic sense of urgency and poignance into musical archetypes long abandoned in the latter-20th Century. Anyone who has seen him perform live will attest to his captivating intensity as he sings and coaxes sweeping, dark fury and beauty from his instrument. 

Now, on his first-ever solo album under his own name, Edwards delivers a sound uniquely his own, with a vulnerability and introspection unheard from him before. Stripping back the heavy rock of his recent work with Wovenhand, Hyacinth puts the man’s voice, and sparing instrumentation into the main focus. There’s a somber beauty and world-weary tone throughout these songs. The album could been considered a slight return to the more melodic sounds of 16 Horsepower’s Secret South (2000) and the first, self-titled Wovenhand album (2002). But there’s more going on here: a rhythmic, pulsating undercurrent reminiscent of the tape loops and rudimentary rhythms of 80s Industrial post-punk as well as 808 Drill Style beats. The overall effect is often as if we’re hearing the clock ticking away our own mortality.

“Hyacinth was a sort of vision,“ Edwards says. “A dream. I sought out of my old wooden banjo and nylon string guitar a hidden path. Secrets they had kept from me within themselves all these years, and created a new Mythos to myself of philosophical and spiritual ideas or concepts.” From the outset of the pandemic, Edwards spent considerable time in solitary isolation, sick and impacted very hard in every way. Once he’d harnessed the music within, he enlisted multi-instrumentalist and producer Ben Chisholm (The Armed, Chelsea Wolfe, Converge, Genghis Tron) to help him realize the album’s recording and mix. 

“Overall, I guess the album is a weaving of narratives ancient and modern, of humankind’s search for understanding of this world we find ourselves in and of each other. In all its simplicity and complexity,” Edwards says. “Hyacinth is a reference to the Greek myth of Apollo. And, the word meaning a precious stone and blue larkspur flower of purple and pall.” 

In addition to his work with Wovenhand from 2001 to present, and Sixteen Horsepower between 1992 to 2005, Edwards has collaborated with such artists as Crime & the City Solution, Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), and Carpenter Brut. He has also contributed to the soundtracks of films such as Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, The Brass Teapot, and Titane. 

Hyacinth is available worldwide on LP, CD and download via Sargent House released on September 29th, 2023. Order/save the album HERE. 

DAVID EUGENE EDWARDS EUROPEAN TOUR 2023 

Oct 04 BIKO - Milano IT 

Oct 05 Casa del Popolo Il Progresso - Florence IT 

Oct 06 Locomotiv - Bologna IT

Oct 09 De Spot - Middelburg NL 

Oct 10 Tolhuistuin - Amsterdam NL 

Oct 12 Train - Århus DK

Oct 13 Amager Bio - Copenhagen DK 

Oct 14 Mejeriet - Lund SE 

Oct 15 Nefertiti - Gothenburg SE 

Oct 17 Kulturkirken Jakob - Oslo NO 

Oct 18 Kulturhuset - Bergen NO 

Oct 19 Folken - Stavanger NO

Oct 20 Gamla - Kristiansand NO 

Oct 23 OSLO - London UK 

Artist: David Eugene Edwards

Album: Hyacinth

Label: Sargent House

Release Date: September 29th, 2023

01. Seraph

02. Howling Flower

03. Celeste

04. Through The Lattice

05. Apparition

06. Bright Boy

07. Hyacinth

08. Lionisis

09. Weavers Beam

10. Hall of Mirrors

11. The Cuckoo

On The Web:

sargenthouse.com

linktr.ee/davideugeneedwards

“The Living Pins filter 60s psychedelic grooves through the more straightforward sensibilities of 90s alt-rock,

a combination that's both accessible and impossibly cool. Hearing Clark and Peltz harmonize over the garage-rock strut of opener ‘Raven,’ or the sweet pop-rock hooks of ‘Jaguar,’ you can see why Kim Deal of The Breeders counts herself as a fan.” — The Onion AV Club

"Channels classic pop rock sounds, brimming with assuredness and melodic hooks." -- Austin Town Hall

"A truly rousing rock and roll anthem that could command an arena stage." -- Glide Magazine

"A lively union of post-grunge guitar psychedelia and Stonesy chug, as if the nation's Nineties soundtrack evolved out of seminal garage rock comp Nuggets instead of the Velvet Underground." -- Austin Chronicle

Austin, TX band The Living Pins share the first single from their forthcoming Let It Be So EP today via Glide Magazine. Hear and share "Aeroplane" HERE. (Direct Bandcamp and Spotify.)

Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran says this about The Living Pins: ”One of the things I can really recognize when I hear a bit of music -- is the FUN. The fun that they were having when they made that. And they were having such a great time making that music. In fact, if you do check out Living Pins, you will hear that in all of their music. They don’t have a lot of it out there, but they are having such a laugh when they’re doing this stuff, and I think it’s wonderful.”

Say hello to the new Let It Be So EP by The Living Pins. Singer and guitarist (and Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee) Carrie Clark, has this to say about the four new songs, “I think that we keep riding on that 70s FM radio vibe. We all grew up listening to FM radio, and we love the way that when you listen to everything from T. Rex to AC/DC to Slade to ELO and ABBA, there’s a fullness of sound and a wave that envelopes you and that can take you out of your present moment. On this EP, "Love Is 4" and "Aeroplane" are more on the AC/DC side, like if Marc Bolan and Rob Halford were hanging out. And then "Scorpion" has some Paisley Underground, you know, Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade, woven into it… plus it’s a story-telling song. And those were really big on FM radio. So it’s like a 70s story song with these beautiful effected guitars that come from our own live music experience. And then "Starlight" is just fun. That song is like candy for me – tasty sound candy.”

The recording personnel for the Let It Be So EP is A-List all the way. Legendary producer Chris “Frenchie” Smith (who’s also a Sixteen Deluxe bandmate with Carrie) was at the production helm once again. The shared history of working on the last two Living Pins’ recordings with Pam and Carrie just adds to the swagger. Joey Shuffield on drums and Bobby Daniel on bass are also top notch pros. And they really really understand the straight-forward nature of the songs. Like singer and guitarist Pam Peltz says, “We are at home in this, specifically with this incarnation of musicians. It feels very natural. It feels like it’s just in our DNA. We’re not even thinking about rocking. We just do it.”

More on this shared history from Carrie: “I first got to know Joey at The Hole in the Wall (legendary Austin nightclub) in the ‘90s. I’m playing in Sixteen Deluxe, Pam is playing in Ursa Major, and Joey is playing in Fastball, but under their pre-Fastball name, Magneto USA. Plus, Joey was in Young Heart Attack with Frenchie. Joey’s definitely in the family. He gets it. We’re coming from the same planet.” 

And then the Bobby connection: “Pam and I sat down with Joey and we asked him, who is somebody that you feel great about playing with, who will understand what we’re trying to do here? And he immediately knew it was Bobby from playing together in bands with him, backing Jon Dee Graham and William Harries Graham. And it was funny because when I was on tour with Sixteen Deluxe, Bobby was probably running sound at The Nick in Birmingham (Alabama). So we‘ve probably been in the same room, at the same show, hanging out, and maybe we were even at the same party, sometime in the 90s, because The Nick was an awesome place to play and he was the sound guy. In a nutshell, this is not our first rodeo.”

For those that could use The Little Golden Book version of The Living Pins origin: Carrie and Pam formed The Living Pins as a side project to their respective bands. Cut to March 2020, when everything shut down, they’d already been talking with Jeff Copas (Sixteen Deluxe) about producing some songs. The three set up an ad hoc recording session in a warehouse in East Austin and over two weekends in the Fall of 2020, the Freaky Little Monster Children EP was recorded. It was released in April 2021 and was liked by many people. And The Living Pins like to be liked. Two more singles, “Chateau” and “Oh Yeah”, produced by Chris “Frenchie” Smith, were both released last year. “Oh Yeah” was especially honored by being chosen as one of “Our Favorite Songs of 2022” by Austin radio station KUTX 98.9. 

Let It Be So EP will be available for download and streaming on November 10th, 2023. 

THE LIVING PINS LIVE 2023:

10/07 Austin, TX - Sagebrush - Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta (Carrie & Pam duo set)

10/28 Austin, TX - The Parlor (full band set)

11/17 Austin, TX - The Buzz Mill (Carrie & Pam duo set)

Artist: The Living Pins

Album: Let It Be So EP

Record Label: self-released

Release Date: November 10, 2023

01. Aeroplane

02. Starlight

03. Scorpion

04. Love is 4

On The Web:

livingpins.com

thelivingpins.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/livingpins

facebook.com/livingpins

Photo: Shawn Scallen

“Vastly under appreciated... This is essential listening.” — Exclaim! 

"A beautiful record of... a band that made music history." -- CvltNation

Solid Brass Records shares a new remastered single today from the forthcoming triple LP colored vinyl retrospective of Ottawa, Canada 90s post-hardcore trio Shotmaker. In an in-depth interview with CvltNation, the band drops "The Game" culled from the deluxe band-curated box set A Moment In Time: 1993-1996. Read the interview and hear the song HERE, pre-order/pre-save and share two tracks HERE.

SHOTMAKER was formed in 1993 by three friends from the small towns of Tweed and Belleville in Ontario, Canada: Matt Deline (drums, vocals), Tim McKeough (guitar, vocals), and Nick Pye (bass, vocals). The band relocated to Ottawa in 1994 before ending its run in 1996. The band is widely recognized for influencing the direction of emo and post-hardcore music. 

During their relatively short time together Shotmaker harnessed the collective creativity of the Canadian DIY community to make something special happen. They wrote and recorded two 7”s, two LPs, a split LP (with Washington, D.C., based Maximillian Colby) and numerous songs for compilations and other split records. The band thrived on playing live shows and completed three coast-to-coast North American tours in addition to many smaller tours. They regularly shared the stage with bands like Policy of 3, Los Crudos, Unwound, Rorschach, Cap’n Jazz, Indian Summer, Rye Coalition, Modest Mouse, Propagandhi, Hoover, Clikatat Ikatowi, Blonde Redhead and Fugazi.

A Moment in Time: 1993-1996 is a band-curated, 3xLP box set on colored vinyl. Also included is a 12 page booklet with never before seen images from Canadian photographer Shawn Scallen who chronicled much of the band's history. All the music has been mastered for vinyl by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, OR.

A Moment in Time: 1993-1996 will be available on limited edition 3xLP on three colored vinyl and digital on October 27, 2023 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Shotmaker

Album: A Moment in Time: 1993-1996

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: October 27th, 2023

A1: Sky

A2: Shortwave Radio

A3: Uninhibited

A4: 4

A5: Bailer

B1: Now and Then

B2: Failure

B3: Reconstructing Barriers

B4: Controller Controller

B5: Driver

C1: Satellite Screens

C2: Security

C3: Drifting

C4: In Motion

C5: 10/22/94

D1: Curve

D2: Drown

D3: Two Left Standing

D4: Table

E1: The Game

E2: Archaeologist

E3: Blocks and Channels

E4: Untitled

E5: Spark Lights the Friction

E6: Newest Sound System

F1: Believe In

F2: Rope and Pulley

F3: Add and Subtract

F4: Fine Day

F5: One Two

F6: In Betweens

F7: Nick’s Question

F8: I Say

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/shotmaker

"Bald, bold and super bad." -- Rolling Stone

"He has a real attachment to truth that makes him continually vital.” -- Henry Rollins

"Bill Hicks, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joe Strummer all rolled into one" -- Philadelphia Weekly

Hamell on Trial shares the first single and lyric video today from his forthcoming album, Bring The Kids. Watch/share "Pepper Spray" via YouTube HERE and hear/share the single on all DSPs HERE. 

Hamell on Trial is the musical alias of folk punk hero Ed Hamell. A one-man explosion, he is loud-as-war one minute, stepping off the microphone to whisper to an enthralled audience the next. Hamell’s unique and dynamic performance style is informed by politics, passion, intelligence and an irreverent sense of humor. 

Armed with a battered 1937 Gibson acoustic guitar that he amplifies mightily and strums like a machine gun, a politically astute mind that can't stop moving, and a mouth that can be profane one minute and profound the next, Hamell sets his sights on the new America. He shoots straight with his audience, whether unraveling topical issues or sharing confessional tales from his own past. 

In addition to world-class songwriting, a Hamell show is a multidisciplinary experience drawing from the worlds of theatre, stand-up comedy and storytelling. His performances invoke thoughts of the great rebellious satirists and social commentators of the past, from Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor to Bill Hicks. 

Living as an artistic renegade on the fringes of the traditional music industry, Hamell has toured the world tirelessly for decades as an underground DIY artist whose joyous followers pack into dive bars, coffee joints and house concerts, burning over a million miles across the map as an enigmatic punk proletariat. Over 200,000 of those miles have been shared with his son Detroit, who has joined his dad on annual tours since he was seven years old. 

Hamell has shared countless stages with fellow anti-establishment icons such as Ani DiFranco, Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock and The Pogues, as well as winning the coveted Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Hamell’s 2023 full-length record, Bring The Kids, marks the seventeenth release in a discography overflowing with four star reviews and critical acclaim, ranging from major label releases (Mercury / Polygram) to top independents such as New West and Righteous Babe Records. Bring The Kids will mark Hamell’s third record on Texas indie Saustex Records, helmed by Hickoids’ lead singer Jeff Smith. 

On the new record, Hamell teams up with NY-based producer Matt Labozza to meld his punk rock hooks into the most beat-driven and expansive production approach in the history of his catalogue. “This is definitely the most musically adventurous record so far,” Hamell explains. “I recorded my last two albums on my phone. I think some of my fans have been wondering what the songs would sound like if I were to open them up to every musical idea and tool that swirls around them in my brain. Here’s your answer.”

One of the biggest surprises at a Hamell show can be found at the merch table. Instead of the typical offering of t-shirts and hats, audience members find a huge offering of original hand painted artwork, featuring images of legendary figures from the worlds of music, politics, art and culture who Hamell find inspirational. Each acrylic on canvas creation is unique and painstakingly crafted by Hamell himself in his unique style of illustration. Thousands of fans have taken home a painting of a beloved icon, from Bowie to RGB, Banksy to Kendrick Lamar. 

Hamell on Trial is the modern day voice of dissent and social commentary, fighting a one-man war armed with irrepressible energy and a seeker's soul. His show is a 75-minute journey into true and authentic connection driven by the willingness to fight for the disenfranchised and celebrate the free thinkers of the world. Don't we need that now more than ever?

Bring The Kids will be available on LP, CD and digital on November 27th, 2023 via Saustex Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Hamell on Trial

Album: Bring The Kids

Label: Saustex Records

Release Date: November 27th, 2023

01: Hail My Rage (ft. Christine Oilman)

02: Tell You Why (ft. Ruth Theodore)

03: Pray

04: Drunk Dial Me

05: Robbery

06. Jelly

07: The Way She Says

08: To Get Thru

09: NKGG

10: Um, Actually No

11: Pepper Spray

12: Hippy Shake

13: Tucker Carlson

14: Trail Mix

15: Johnny Rydell

16: Jelly (Single edit)

On The Web:

linktr.ee/hamellontrial

saustexrecords.bandcamp.com

hamellontrial.org

“The kind of jangly guitar music they called “college rock” in the ’80s and “indie rock” in the ’90s.” – Brooklyn Vegan

“Honestly, I couldn’t stop jamming out. There’s tons of nods to all the eras of punk and punk-adjacent indie rock.” — Austin Town Hall

Minneapolis quartet Products Band share a new single from their forthcoming Solid Brass Records debut album today on all DSPs. Hear/share "The Matter" HERE. 

Brooklyn Vegan recently featured the official lyric video for the song HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Some Sudden Weather finds Products Band sharpening their focus on presence of mind in a culture of noise. Sure, what else is new, another rock record detailing this late-capitalist hellhole, blah blah blah — but then it hits you. This record refuses to default to post-punk tropes of obliqueness, intellectual box-checking, or emotional alienation. Instead, they strike a balance between critique and sincerity with stunning grace on their sophomore effort.

For each pummeling wave of distorted guitars, a tender, melodic vocal floats over its crest. With every winking, deadpan lyric comes a genuine admission of desire, shame, or hope. Products Band embraces the literary traditions of their influences while telling their stories on their terms. We may spend our days scrolling through conjecture about impending doom, but they angle their songwriting toward capturing conscious experiences: maintaining intimacy under the chokehold of professional life, trying to heal with humility, and confronting Carl Jung know-it-alls who misread their big-britching as sullen sex appeal.

These songs in sequence create a striking mosaic, and faithfully represent the diversity of Products Band’s musical influences. From high-energy, airtight punk’n’roll to intricate, groove-driven pop, Some Sudden Weather refreshes rock vocabularies by sculpting them within the band’s unique perspective. Whether you crave dancefloor-ready bass hooks, spiderwebbed guitar skronk, interwoven vocal duets, hell, even melodies sung by a busted toy Casio, Products Band delivers. An essential listen for all fans of contemporary post-punk, guitar pop, and thoughtful Midwestern charm.

Some Sudden Weather will be available on limited edition Coke-Bottle-clear vinyl and download on October 20th via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Products Band

Album: Some Sudden Weather

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: October 20, 2023

01. Shell Text

02. Dead (But Not Like Me)

03. The Matter

04. I Can’t Praise Your Head Trip

05. Proverbial Con

06. Canary Dream

07. Reclined Derealized 2022

08. Warped Page

09. Count To Ten

10. Lab Rack

11. On A Curve

12. Sun Turned Over

On The Web:

linktr.ee/products.band

solidbrassrecords.com/artists/products-band

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

instagram.com/products.band

“Essential Dream Pop: Blending the saccharine pop pleasures of mid-era OMD, the hearty gloom of Comsat Angels, and the dizzying hooks of The Ocean Blue, 81:03 is far ahead of its time in scope.” — Post-Punk 

Solid Brass Records today releases the reissue, and first time ever on vinyl, of 81:03, the sprawling masterwork of NYC synth/dream pop band Antarctica. The short lived band achieved cult status for the 1999 album, originally released on File 13 Records. Hear/share the singles, "Tektur the Water", "Chrome Selected" and "Absence" on all streaming platforms HERE.

After the breakup of popular Denver band Christie Front Drive singer/guitarist Eric Richter moved to Brooklyn and started Antarctica with other members from the local scene. 

After touring in the summer of 1997 in support of their CD/EP 23:03, the band sequestered themselves for several months as they dove deep into the sounds of the NYC electronic music scene, revisited some of their favorite musical output from bands like The Church and Slowdive, and worked to meld the two musical aesthetics into something new and interesting.  

In 1999 they enlisted Alap Momin (Dälek, The Lapse) to engineer and produce 81:03 in a way that both captured their electronic explorations and paid homage to their indie heritage. The result was extraordinary! The swooning, syncopated pop of New Order, the dark chill of Pornography-era Cure, the hypnotic pulse of Underworld, and the guitar harmonies of Ride and For Against. Originally released as a 2xCD in 1999 on File 13 Records, 81:03 is an expansive and textured example of electronic-infused shoegaze music. It is dark, contemplative, and at the same time eerily uplifting. Almost 25 years later, 81:03 still feels fresh; like a modern soundtrack for those seeking moments of beauty in an increasingly troubled world.

Remastered in 2023 by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room in Chicago, IL. This is the first time any Antarctica material has appeared on vinyl.

81:03 is available on limited edition 2xLP on opaque white vinyl and digital on September 15, 2023 via Solid Brass Records. Orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Antarctica

Album: 81:03

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: September 15th, 2023

A1: Absence

A2: Tower of Silence

A3: The Velvet Flood

B1: Return to Omma Dawn

B2: The Chrome Selected

B3: Ultra Norsk

C1: Hallucinus

C2: Tektur the Water

C3: Exisis

D1: 7759-60784-1-E

D2: Arctikal

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/antarctica_8103

“Shimmering, summery shoegaze from the LA quartet with the unforgettable name.” — Echoes & Dust

“A hook heavy song that merges 90s style industrial synth of Pretty Hate Machine-era NIN with the band’s omnipresent shoegaze haze.” – New Noise Magazine

“Rarely does a band so artfully combine hard rock riffs and tones with more lush and ethereal melodies with such unique results. It’s almost as if they combine the post-grunge rock of early Radiohead with the pioneering atmospherics of Kid A. “ — It’s Psychedelic Baby!

“It's progressive, classic-era alternative rock infusing shoegaze and alt-metal into a shimmering new sound.” — Spill Magaizne

Los Angeles classic shoegaze band A Reminder are streaming their forthcoming debut album early today via Psychedelic Baby Magazine in the EU HERE and Spill Magazine in North America HERE. The album is out on LP, Bandcamp and all DSPs tomorrow: (Direct Linktree.)

A Reminder are an American alternative rock band formed in West Los Angeles by long-time friends, Bassist/Vocalist Jonathan Burkes, Drummer Kenny Ramirez, Guitarist/Vocalist Richard Abagon, and Keyboardist Edwin Portillo. 

Their music is expressed through a blend of ambient, post-shoegaze, and hard rock. Exploring alternate time signatures and injected with melodically empathetic to raging vocals, A Reminder weaves texturally moody guitars with brooding layers of sub-synth bass and pads. The group acknowledges their infusion of subtle nods to a broad range of metal, indie-dream pop, post-rock, and progressive rock influences within their sound. 

The band recalls arriving at their name through the feeling of what initially reminded them and "inspired us all to make music and to never grow old." That motif kept appearing as an affirmation of mindfulness and awareness of the gift of presence within creativity and daily life. The song, "A Reminder" by Radiohead came on one day and all of these similar themes collectively added to the realization that everything was a reminder and that the band now had a name and a direction. 

A Reminder has long been connected by a rooted network of members since the mid 90's. In early projects, drummer Kenny Ramirez and Keyboardist Edwin Portillo shared stages alongside diverse acts such as Weapon of Choice, Trulio Disgracias, Skankin' Pickle and Michelle Shocked. Richard and Jonathan signed to Interscope Records with their hybrid electro-rock group, Woven in 2001, featuring Jonathan on bass and vocal duties and Richard on drums.

In 2015 Johnathan recruited Kenny Ramirez for what would be the template for A Reminder with original keyboardist, Andrew Rodriguez. Shortly after, rounding out the sound with the addition of Richard Abagon on guitars and vocals. In the summer of 2017 Andrew would leave the group giving way to Edwin Portillo finalizing the current lineup of the band. 

A Reminder is positioned to release their first full-length album entitled, Only The Silence in You in the Fall of 2023. The album encompasses a wide range of emotionally and musically dynamic performances canying the listener through a sweeping exploration of atmospheric and hard, alt-rock bombast. The 8 song self-produced album was recorded by the band in their West Los Angeles studio and will see a physical 12" vinyl variant and will be available on all major digital platforms. 

The two lead singles representing the album, "Another Day" a wistful shoegaze nod to MBV and Slowdive-era fuzz tones with its melodically dreamy chorus creating the swoony soundtrack to your summer crush. Mixed by Eliott Frazier of Austin's Ringo Deathstarr. "Undo" exhibits a haunting alt-rock staccato charge that echoes the driving and crooning emotions of Deftones and Muse with an arena-sized, falsetto chorus. Mixed by Ken Andrews of Failure. 

Only The Silence In You will be available on LP and download on September 15th, 2023. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: A Reminder

Album: Only The Silence In You

Label: self-released 

Release Date: September 15, 2023

01. Undo

02. Ebony Archer

03. The Giving Tree

04. Prophets

05. Another Day

06. Only The Silence In You

07. For You

08. Tonal

On The Web:

linktr.ee/aremindermusic

areminder.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/aremindermusic

Photo: Shawn Scallen

“Vastly under appreciated... This is essential listening.” — Exclaim! 

Solid Brass Records proudly announces the forthcoming triple LP colored vinyl retrospective of Ottawa, Canada 90s post-hardcore trio Shotmaker. The deluxe band-curated box set A Moment In Time: 1993-1996 is available to pre-order starting today. The first single "Now and Then" is now streaming everywhere HERE.

SHOTMAKER was formed in 1993 by three friends from the small towns of Tweed and Belleville in Ontario, Canada: Matt Deline (drums, vocals), Tim McKeough (guitar, vocals), and Nick Pye (bass, vocals). The band relocated to Ottawa in 1994 before ending its run in 1996. The band is widely recognized for influencing the direction of emo and post-hardcore music. 

During their relatively short time together Shotmaker harnessed the collective creativity of the Canadian DIY community to make something special happen. They wrote and recorded two 7”s, two LPs, a split LP (with Washington, D.C., based Maximillian Colby) and numerous songs for compilations and other split records. The band thrived on playing live shows and completed three coast-to-coast North American tours in addition to many smaller tours. They regularly shared the stage with bands like Policy of 3, Los Crudos, Unwound, Rorschach, Cap’n Jazz, Indian Summer, Rye Coalition, Modest Mouse, Propagandhi, Hoover, Clikatat Ikatowi, Blonde Redhead and Fugazi.

A Moment in Time: 1993-1996 is a band-curated, 3xLP box set on colored vinyl. Also included is a 12 page booklet with never before seen images from Canadian photographer Shawn Scallen who chronicled much of the band's history. All the music has been mastered for vinyl by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, OR.

A Moment in Time: 1993-1996 will be available on limited edition 3xLP on three colored vinyl and digital on October 27, 2023 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Shotmaker

Album: A Moment in Time: 1993-1996

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: October 27th, 2023

A1: Sky

A2: Shortwave Radio

A3: Uninhibited

A4: 4

A5: Bailer

B1: Now and Then

B2: Failure

B3: Reconstructing Barriers

B4: Controller Controller

B5: Driver

C1: Satellite Screens

C2: Security

C3: Drifting

C4: In Motion

C5: 10/22/94

D1: Curve

D2: Drown

D3: Two Left Standing

D4: Table

E1: The Game

E2: Archaeologist

E3: Blocks and Channels

E4: Untitled

E5: Spark Lights the Friction

E6: Newest Sound System

F1: Believe In

F2: Rope and Pulley

F3: Add and Subtract

F4: Fine Day

F5: One Two

F6: In Betweens

F7: Nick’s Question

F8: I Say

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs

linktr.ee/shotmaker