Cat # 109TZM
New Zealand band produced their own CD which I imported and sold under the tenzenmen banner.
Month: June 2012
Idylls – Farewell All Joy – 20th June 2012
Cat #: 101TZM
‘Farewell All Joy’ is an intense journey that brings to ferocious light the uglier sides of human experience. IDYLLS balance astounding technical precision and an unbridled punishment across all instruments with a gnashing, multi-faceted vocal input. The 10 harrowing tracks warp 20 minutes through an insurmountable passage of time, with absolutely maniacal arrangements, grinding intensity, and sudden yet progressive drops in mood as key components.
A
01. Funerals In Queensland
02. Paradise of Blood
03. Swine / Virgins/ Utopiates
04. Bombs Reign Youthless
05. Bastardized Harvest / Spring In The Badlands
B
06. Amps For God / Plague Hell
07. Violent Caves
08. Heaven’s Transistors
09. Teenage Noose
10. Susy
This is a co-operative split release with the awesome Monolith Records (monolithmonolith.com) from Brisbane.
Tristan Agostino – drums
Jordan Pulman – vocals
James Horgan – bass/vocals
Chris Brownbill – guitar/vocals/electronics
Additional vocals by Patrick Ruggles, Lochlan Watt, Agador Spartacus. Additional guitars and noise by Karl Hartwig.
Tracking and mixing was a collaborative effort from both James Balderston at Capitalsound Studios, Adelaide, and Chris Brownbill at Sun Distortion Studios, Brisbane. Mastered by Carl Saff.
Keeping up with tenzenmen – 12th June 2012
New titles
Mere Women – Old Life LP
Due: Late June
After a 2 track 12” release and lots of valuable support shows Mere Women release their debut LP, Old Life.
Idylls – Farewell All Joy LP
Due: Late June
Idylls devastating debut LP Farewell All Joy will come in a selection of coloured vinyls.
Nikko – Gold & Red CD/Double LP
Due: Late June & July
Nikko’s sophomore LP Gold & Red will initially come on CD and later on Gold & Red double vinyl!
Hira Hira – Now Here Nowhere LP
Due: Late June
Life is hard for Hira Hira and they certainly let you know about it on their debut LP Now Here Nowhere.
Sunken Seas – Null Hour digital
Due: Late June
Big noise from New Zealand with Sunken Seas album Null Hour available via your favourite digital channels.
Little Shadow – Possessions CD
Out now!
Brisbane’s Little Shadow quietly drop their corker debut album Possessions.
New photographs
Mere Women at Black Wire
You may or may not know that tenzenmen is too old to jump around and get too crazy at shows these days, instead concentrating on capturing the moment with photographs. There’s a huge backlog of pictures to be processed, hence the latest photos posted are now over one year old.
These are of Sweet Teeth, Kasha and Mere Women and taken at Black Wire Records – let me know what you think? I’m slowly improving.
You can find all my pix here.
This month’s special
You didn’t see the Discover China CD packs special already? 6 CDs for $20 or 10 CDs for $30!
What? You want more?
How about the El Eje Del Mal/Inquiry Last Scenery split 7″ for just $5 plus shipping?
More?
OK – been thinking about that god bows to math CD but $9 is just too damn much to pay? Enter the code “minutemen” on checkout to receive a 15% discount! Valid until June 20th!
Recent posts at tenzenmen.com
- First China Bridge mixtape is up
- Teaser tracks up at tenzenmen for 5 upcoming releases
- Discover China CD packs at tenzenmen
- Videos for upcoming releases at tenzenmen
- Daighila interview (Malyasian hardcore punk)
8th Sept 2021 – Having discovered Mail Chimp for newsletters and press releases I kicked off what I hoped would be a monthly update with what was going on with tenzenmen. It was a good time and a bad time! I got so busy that I didn’t have time to do more than six, up until mid-2013, and because I was so busy it would have been the best time to do a newsletter like this! Trying to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp and whatever else to try and promote what I was doing was a whole other job that was way less fun than just enjoying music!
Little Shadow – Possessions – 9th June 2012
Cat #: 105TZM
These six tracks on Little Shadows debut release, Possessions, evoke memories of later Hopesfall, Cursive, and at their more dischordant and punishing, a more melodic Nation Blue. All of this is coupled with vocalist Cam Gillard’s stories being told with a balance of layered analogies, and brutal honesty, whilst delivered in a more angelic and balanced tone than his previous work. It’s a fine moment for a relatively fresh band when they can set the benchmark for their peers in such a seemingly effortless manner.
Seaworthy and Hinterlandt (Vivid) – 7th June 2012
21st May 2021 – If memory serves me correctly, and it may not, and Jochen may be able to verify, but I’m pretty sure I picked him up and drove him and his one man band to this show. Put on as part of the annual Vivid Festival (festival of light, right?) at a small art gallery at the Rocks it was pretty much the perfect place for these two musicians. It was a nice relaxing evening and I remember chatting with Dimity (who took the attached photos and posted to her blog.) Jochen played first and afterwards we chatted about hardcore as he was drinking some red wine, myself Coopers Red and then watch Cam (Seaworthy) play. I like the Rocks at night time – you can feel the history there. This night made a minor addition to that history.
Alternative China – 1st June 2012
Maybe Mars, Snapline, Lolly Fan, Michael Pettis, Carsick Cars, Shanghai 24/7, Yugong Yishan, Hedgehog, Space Bitch, Live Beijing Music, Pacalolo, Baijng Daze, Badr, Andrew Field, Subs, Down, Residence A, D-22, Uptown Records, Sacco, Genjing, Rainbow Danger Club, Duck Fight Goose, The Song Dynasty
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