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Pre-order : Alek Barkats - Here we are in the garden Posted 21 Jun 2024

Thrilled to have Alek Barkats debut album as our July release!

Alek Barkats is songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Philadelphia. He established himself in the Bay Area music scene, both recording and touring his own music, and as a pianist in several projects- including singer-songwriter Lizzy Dutton’s live band, and the instrumental, jazz-rock ensemble, Cheap Charms.

Barkats’ upcoming sophomore album is the warm and thoughtful Here we are in the garden. The album’s 10 deeply personal songs range from sunny acoustic strummers to piano-led ballads, characterized by Barkats’ calm and poetic delivery. Echoing the breezy melodies of Belle & Sebastian and the theatrics of Randy Newman, Barkats paints a world with daydreaming dogs and romantic descriptions of television, where each song feels like an ode to the little lives we cultivate.

Most of HWAITG was recorded at Oakland’s Itinerant Home by Geoff Saba, who also plays on the album. The remainder was recorded in Philadelphia where Alek Barkats relocated, serendipitously moving into the apartment below audio engineer and musician Heather Jones. Jones and Barkats added hammond organ at Philly’s legendary Headroom Studios, and wrapped up vocals at Jones’ own studio, So Big Auditory.

Featuring a cast of Bay Area musicians including Emmett Moskowitz (Magic Fig, Froogies Groovies), David Mandle (Moral High Horses), Ben Hartman (Old Time Relijun), Travis Snyder (Catch Prichard, The Sunshine Bores), Lizzy Dutton, Artur Friedhoff (Cheap Charms), Abe Finkelstein (The Forgetmenauts), Nansamba Ssensalo (California Honeydrops), Geoff Saba (Forest Floor), and Tacie Moskowitz.

Tapes are up for pre-order now. The limited cassette run (/50) comes on normal bias marble blue tape, hand duplicated in real time at Ghost Mountain Records in Seattle, WA. Included is a digital download code, which for US and Canada based shipping, is on wildflower seed paper by Botanical Paperworks.

Album shipping and releasing July 19th. You can grab your copy here, or save on shipping and pick one up at the album release show.

Or during Alek's upcoming east coast summer tour:

If you missed it, check out the write up about the first single, "Jewels" on Various Small Flames and listen here.


Moving, Shipping Pause, and Discount Code Posted 14 Jun 2024

Hello!

We are moving this upcoming month back to our old office. Because of this, shipping will be paused July 1st - July 15th while we pack and get set up again. Get all your orders in before then to not have any delays.

To ease the load, we are offering 20% off all in stock merch on the site, with code “untilwemeetagain”. Offer ends July 1st.

Thanks for understanding and all your support! Can’t wait to be back in the old, roomier, space.

New Release: Nesey Gallons - eyes & eyes & eyes ago Posted 14 Jun 2024

Surprise! We are thrilled to celebrate the 15th birthday of Nesey Gallon's eyes & eyes & eyes ago with a special cassette re-release.

Originally released Sept 8th, 2009, Nesey's debut album charmed those who found their way to it. Featuring fan favorite track "aurora borealis"

We have a limited cassette run (/100) that comes on normal bias "pumpkin" orange windowless tape, professional dubbed at duplication.ca in Toronto, ON, and hand numbered on the tape. Featuring alternative "15th Birthday" artwork, fold out J-card with photos, and outer O-card.

Included is a digital download code, which for US and Canada based shipping, is on wildflower seed paper by Botanical Paperworks.

Tapes ship now! Grab one here, on Nesey's Bandcamp, or at Nesey's upcoming shows. First up is this incredible one night only show in Portland, ME!



June 19th Nesey will be playing a special evening with Orbiting Human Circus and Music Tapes at the Space Gallery. Tickets here. Julian Koster (OHC, Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel) contributied to a number of tracks on eyes ago including his saw playing on "aurora borealis" and "who."


Or grab them during Nesey's West Coast tour this summer with Carousel Museum, Pure Mothman & Fly! Tanager!

7/2 - Seattle, WA - Black Lodge
7/3 - Portland, OR - Turn Turn Turn with Foot Ox and Moth Kit
7/3 - Portland, OR - Kelly's Olympian
7/4 - Oregon City, OR - House Show
7/5 - Arcata, CA - Manila Community Center
7/6 - San Francisco, CA - Bazzar Cafe
7/8 - Los Angeles, CA - Heavy Manners Library
7/9 - San Diego, CA - House Show
7/11 - Oakland, CA - Edoff Memorial Bandstand
7/12 - Arcata, CA - Richard's Goat
7/14 - Albany, OR - Albany Carousel Museum
7/15 - Portland, OR - Speck's Records with Foot Ox and Moth Kit

Follow Nesey's instagram for more details.

New Release: Zack Kardon - Untitled Tour Tape Posted 31 May 2024

Starting today, you can grab some early copies of Zack Kardon's untitled tour tape, for his upcoming east coast tour this summer!

Zack has played in groups such as Indigo De Souza, Midnight Snack, and the Dead Tongues. Solo, he was FKA Southern Pine and toured the US and Argentina. This first release under his name will be a collection of songs that have been recorded at various points in time in Asheville, NC, Los Angeles, and Buenos Aires, Argentina and released as a special tape for his upcoming tour.

The limited cassette run (/50) comes on normal bias purple tape, hand duplicated in real time at Ghost Mountain Records in Seattle, WA. Included is a digital download code, which for US and Canada based shipping, is on wildflower seed paper by Botanical Paperworks.

Majority of the tapes will be available at shows during the upcoming tour later this summer, but we have a small batch available online today! If you are not on the east coast, or want to give it any early listen, grab it while you can.

Follow Zack to find out more about his soon to be announced upcoming tour with Lizzy Dutton and Weeper this summer. Save on shipping and pick up your copy at one of those shows!

*image is a digital mock, actual cassette may vary

Donation: Nesey Gallons - when i was an ice skater Wax Mage Posted 12 May 2024

UPDATE: Sold out! Sold for $88 so we donated $88 more for a total of $176 today. Thank you!


Happy Mother's Day and birthday to Anna "Nesey" Gallons!

To celebrate, we are putting our final Wax Mage copy of when i was an ice skater online at 9am PST today. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Mabel Wadsworth Center.

They are the only not-for-profit, private, independent feminist health center in Maine and one of just a handful nationwide. The Center’s philosophy of care is based on empowerment and putting individuals in charge of their own healthcare decisions.

This vinyl is hand poured in a "spring snow" green for the A/B side and "moon jelly" purple for the C/D side. Packaged in the same gatefold jacket with the same bonus items as the standard black copies.

When purchasing, the vinyl is sliding scale from $65 and Ghost Mountain Records will also match for an additional donation, up to $100.

We have one 1 copy left, so once it's up, grab it while you can. And if you missed out you may be able to snag a copy from Nesey herself at one of her upcoming soon to be announce shows on the west coast. Follow her instagram for more details on that.

And to donate to Mabel Wadsworth Center yourself, click here.

Also, keep your EYES peeled next month for another exciting Nesey related announcement.

Pre-order Announce: Brenna Bruce - Honest Bloom Posted 05 Apr 2024

Delighted to announce our next release, the debut EP from Seattle's Brenna Bruce, Honest Bloom.

"Following a path of curiosity and introspection, her music moves with a quiet power, balancing sharpness and tenderness with an understood patience.

Bruce pulls from the tradition of vulnerable folk through delicate and crystalline vocal prowess akin to Courtney Marie Andrews and Emmylou Harris, with the simplicity and focus of Gillian Welch’s storytelling. On her forthcoming debut EP Honest Bloom, Bruce weaves ambling stories of the heart with peripheral landscapes passing through the deserts, rivers, and mountains of her past in the southwest, and present in the Pacific Northwest.

Honest Bloom inhabits spaces of liminality and cyclical growth, spinning themes of connection, belonging, and becoming, with lilting pedal steel and string arrangements, tethered by pulsing percussion and the intentional delivery of Brenna’s vocal harmonies carrying each sentiment to fruition. Honest Bloom is a capsule of time, reckoning with the ever-unfolding path of being and learning life’s lessons, and Brenna Bruce is an artist burgeoning with timeless truths."

-Hannah Frances

We are excited to release Honest Bloom on tape. The limited cassette run (/50) comes on normal bias split pea green tape, hand duplicated in real time at Ghost Mountain Records in Seattle, WA. Included on the tape is the bonus track "Move - Live at Fremont Abbey," as well as a digital download code, which for US and Canada based shipping, is on wildflower seed paper by Botanical Paperworks.

Pre-orders begin today, with the EP shipping and releasing April 26th. You can grab your copy here, or save on shipping and pick one up at Brenna's EP release show at Sunset Tavern in Seattle, April 28th.

The 2nd single from the album, "The Kite and the Line," releases on streaming today. Give it a listen!

2nd Run: Sophia Corinne - Isabel Posted 30 Mar 2024

We are thrilled to release a 2nd run of Sophia Corinne's Isabel on cassette!


The first run has since sold out when it was released last year, and this 2nd run features the same great tracks, with a new cassette and label color scheme.

We have a few online that you can grab today, or you can save on shipping and pick one up in person at one of Sophia's shows next month!

More details at sophiacorinne.com

Revisit the music video for "Is It Wednesday? Do You Love Me?"


New Single: Mt Fog - Drifting Posted 29 Mar 2024

"Drifting" is the first track on the upcoming Mt Fog album ultraviolet heart machine, coming out Sept 17th via Ghost Mountain Records. DJ Kevin Cole premiered it on Wednesday during KEXP's Drive Time show, and today you can listen to it on Spotify, Bandcamp, and other streaming platforms.

More details on the album to come!

In the meantime you can see Mt Fog tonight in Tacoma, WA at New Frontier Lounge and in Seattle at Sunset Tavern on April 6th.

Shipping Pause: 3/22 - 4/1 Posted 20 Mar 2024

Any orders placed after 3/22 will be shipped starting 4/1.

If you wish to have something in the mail before then, please place before 3/22.

Thank you.

Pre-order Announce: hemlock - talk soon Posted 11 Mar 2024

We are excited to announce our next release, the 2 year anniversary celebration of hemlock's talk soon with its first run on vinyl!

The limited double LP is pressed on coke bottle clear vinyl (/200) and is housed in a wide spine jacket, with the bonus track “Monarch” added in its originally intended position on the tracklist. The D side will have an etch designed by Carolina. Also included is a lyric insert and digital download code, which for US and Canada based shipping, is printed on wildflower seed paper from Botanical Paperworks.

The vinyl was mastered by Vin Christoper at Heavy Meadow Sound, with layout designed by Alex Peterson and photography by Camille Delaune. Pressed at Clampdown Records Pressing in Vancouver, BC.

Preorders begin today and you can grab yours on Ghost Mountain or hemlock's Bandcamp, with the estimated shipping of May 10th, 2024. Records shipped within the US are done in reused vinyl mailers, while internationally shipped records come in new whiplash mailers. Our vinyl is not shrink wrapped and comes in a reusable open polybag for storage and protection.

*Subject to delays, image is a digital mock and is subject to change

Check out the new music video for the track "garbage truck" which premiered on The Ugly Hug.


2nd Run: Westmoreland - Latino Ballroom Posted 24 Feb 2024

Excited to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Westmoreland's Latino Ballroom!

After selling out of the 1st run, you might have spot these new "mirror ball" silver glitter tapes during Westmoreland's recent tour. We have a few copies for sale online now. The run is limited to 25 tapes, so if you missed out the first time, don't delay!