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Details: Jahnah Camille "My sunny oath!" EP (Winspear, 2025). Hazy Blue, Black Vinyl, or CD variant. New stock, sealed. Includes Jahnah Camille's first EP (bonus!). Description: "Set in the pressure cooker of fresh adulthood, Jahnah Camille’s defiant new EP My sunny oath! is a guitar-based grab at self-acceptance. Romping through alt-rock, lo-fi grit, and sardonic grunge with unflinching momentum, the new six-song collection channels Jahnah’s era-agnostic songwriting influences, from The Sundays and Liz Phair to Minnie Riperton and Japanese Breakfast. Largely written before a breakout year including tours opening for Luna Li, Tops, and Blondshell, My sunny oath! is set in stormy self-development. Dreamily layered vocals, modern shoegaze sheen, and keyboard lines accompany Jahnah’s ear-worming guitar parts and coyly detached tone, as she pushes through the muck of outgrown relationships, misogyny, and hometown anxiety with the help of producer Alex Farrar (Wednesday, Indigo De Souza, MJ Lenderman). The clear-eyed sonic expansion of My sunny oath! marks a decisively bold, exploratory new direction for Camille’s sound with fearless hooks and swirling production abound. It’s a messy, vulnerable, and inviting picture of early adulthood." Grade: M (new stock) TRACK LISTING: 01. close to heaven02. what do you do?03. rocket04. summer's scorch05. sit with you (pain)06. away, again. 01. flesh02. roadkill03. elliot04. paper doll05. carnival sounds

Jahnah Camille "My sunny oath!" EP (2025)

Details: Billy Nomates "Metalhorse" LP/CD (Invada Records, 2025). Available on Silver Metal, or Black vinyl, and CD. New stock, sealed. Description: "Themed around a decrepit “unfair funfair” representing life’s challenges, Billy Nomates/Tor Maries began recording Metalhorse three months after her father’s death from Parkinson’s and has recently had to come to terms with her own MS diagnosis. Moving on from the stripped synthpop of her early records and the post-punk guitar moves of 2023’s CACTI, her recent life experience meets a growing sophistication that suits her, especially on piano and drums-led driver The Test, which veers close to The Weather Station, and Comedic Timing, which has something of the seasoned cool of Alison Goldfrapp. The slinky noir of Dark Horse Friend is perfectly complemented by The Stranglers Hugh Cornwell, while the propulsive Plans sounds like the theme song to an imagined ’80s teen movie whose central character is suffering from intrusive thoughts. Altogether, with added depth and melody, it’s Maries’ best yet."--MOJO Grade: M (new stock) TRACK LISTING: 01. Metalhorse02. Nothin Worth Winnin03. The Test04. Override05. Dark Horse Friend (Feat. Hugh Cornwell)06. Life's Unfair07. Plans08. Gas09. Comedic Timing10. Strange Gift11. Moon Explodes

Billy Nomates "Metalhorse" LP/CD (2025)

Details: Florry "Sounds Like..." Apple Red vinyl LP or CD variants (Dear Life Records, 2025). New stock, sealed. Description: "For ‘Sounds Like…’ Florry’s sophomore effort as a fully realized band, Medosch and co. decamped to Drop of Sun studios in the nest of the Blue Ridge Mountains to record with Asheville wunderkind Colin Miller, a critical voice behind the records of MJ Lenderman, Wednesday and Merce Lemon and a powerful songwriter in his own right. Three powerhouse days in late 2023 solidified writing work done by the band earlier that summer in the now defunct Haw Creek compound under Miller’s guiding suggestion.The result is a portrait of a ripping band cresting towards the height of their powers, uniquely equipped to capture a wildly loving, barn-burning camcorder clip of a turbulent trip with your best friends, without dipping into nostalgia bait. Lyrically, Medosch’s utterances are both careful and excessive, the product of sifting through the rubble of classic good-time media, and finding what works for both her and her community to reach the heights of abandon. The expansive personnel and continent spanning footprint of Florry casts a wide net for this community. Florry the band rolls deep in the heard of North American DIY, featuring Jon Cox (Sadurn, Son of Barb) on pedal steel, John Murray on electric guitar, Collin Dennen on bass, Will Henriksen on fiddle, Katya Malison (Doll Spirit Vessel) on Vox, and Joey Sullivan (Bark Culture) on drums. Medosch’s recent move to Burlington Vermont entrenches the Philly born project firmly within the ranks of fellow alt-country upstarts Lily Seabird and Greg Freeman, and gives them a vantage just outside of Pennsylvania at the thresholds of New England and the Midwest. There is a new life breathed into this music that confirms Florry as equally rooted in place work, and at home on the vast roads of America." Grade: M (new stock) TRACK LISTING: 01. First it was a movie, then it was a book02. Waiting Around to Provide03. Hey Baby04. Sexy05. Truck Flipped Over '1906. Big Something07. Dip Myself in Like an Ice Cream Cone08. Say Your Prayers Rock09. Pretty Eyes Lorraine10. You Don't Know

Florry "Sounds Like..." Apple Red LP/CD (2025)

Details: Japanese Breakfast "For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)" cassette, Frosted Shadow or Black LP variants (Dead Oceans, 2025). New stock, sealed. Description: "Over the course of 10 songs, Zauner grapples with the fickle nature of the muse — whether you’re a long-ago poet or a small-town strummer. See “Orlando in Love,” a Greek legend of a track with silky, old-movie strings and playful percussion that tells the tale of the titular poet and the sirens that drag him down in the end: “Singing his name with all the sweetness of a mother/Leaving him breathless and then drowned.” And then there’s “Mega Circuit,” a country-tinged, yet ominous tune about ATV-riding “incel eunuchs” and the women who yearn to “write my baby/A shuffle good.” Romance is a double-edged sword here — on the delicate “Leda,” which hums with death and destruction when you recall that the titular heroine was raped by Zeus in swan form — and on “Winter in L.A.,” a sweet and swinging track about wishing to be the kind of girl who loves the sun. With love and loss, inspiration and indignation, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is a folk tale, a small-town barroom yarn, a gothic novel, and a ghost story. Don’t even try to pin her down."--Brenna Ehrlick, Rolling Stone Grade: M (new stock) TRACK LISTING: 01. Here is Someone02. Orlando in Love03. Honey Water04. Mega Circuit05. Little Girl06. Leda07. Picture Window08. Men in Bars09. Winter in LA10. Magic Mountain

Japanese Breakfast "For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)" CS/LP (2025)

Details: girlpuppy "Sweetness" Bubblegum Pink LP or hard-clear case CD variants (Captured Tracks, 2025). New stock, sealed. Description: "On her first album of alt-pop anthems - 2022’s gorgeous, folk-infused When I’m Alone - girlpuppy (neé Becca Harvey) often felt like she was working in the shadow of her collaborators. Made on the other side of a relationship where she often felt marginalized, Sweetness felt like the right project for the 25-year-old Atlanta-based singer-songwriter to rethink her creative approach and work solely from her own lyrical and melodic ideas. The result of this process was a darker, more texturally expansive record than its prede-cessor, full of heart-rending songs about pushing back against self-blame and doubt. From its heavy-duty sonics to its naturally flowing melodies to its emotionally generous lyrics, every element of Sweetness exudes confidence, capturing Harvey relishing raw creativity and trusting her inclinations. The record takes place within that moment all artists wait for: when their “voice” becomes so clear, they realize they can just open their mouth and start speaking in it. Freed from the nagging insecurity that she couldn’t be a songwriter with-out playing an instrument - she cites The National’s Matt Berninger as an inspiration - Harvey began Sweetness by recording full-length acapella voice memos. To find a backdrop for the vocals, Harvey delved into her diverse, lifelong set of musical reference points, from the country and Top 40 pop she grew up on in small-town Georgia to the later favorites that expanded her idea of what songwriting could achieve: Elliott Smith, Lana Del Rey, Yo La Tengo, and more. With the help of Asheville-based producer/co-writer Alex Farrar and additional co-writers Tom Sinclair and Holden Fincher, Harvey pinpointed a sweet spot between shoegaze, dream-pop, and pop-rock anthems from the turn of the millennium. Mixing the playful with the devastating, Harvey coasts on cathartic waves of emotion and monster hooks throughout Sweetness - a momentum which is guaranteed to push her to the front of the ranks of today’s most fearless rising indie-pop singer-songwriters." Grade: M (new stock) TRACK LISTING: 01. Intro02. I Just Do!03. Champ04. In My Eyes05. Windows06. Since April07. Beaches08. I Was Her Too09. For You Two10. I Think I Did

girlpuppy "Sweetness" Bubblegum Pink LP or CD (2025)

Details: The Tubs "Cotton Crown" LP (2025, Trouble In Mind Records). New stock, sealed. Description: "The Tubs' second album, Cotton Crown, sees the Celtic Jangle boyband venture into darker, more personal territory while continuing to hone their highly addictive brand of songcraft. It’s a true level up album which sees the band expand their sonic palette to take in a kaleidoscopic range of influences: everything from soulful pub rock (Chain Reaction) to Husker Du aggression (One More Day) to melancholy sophisto-pop (Narcissist) gets a look in. As Pitchfork noted, The Tubs see jangle as a ‘vast world of moods and muses’ and Cotton Crown sees them continuing to explore this world and creating a distinctly Tub-ular sound in the process. The band (minus Stewart) were previously members of Joanna Gruesome- who won the Welsh Music Prize, toured the UK and US extensively, and were praised in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The NY Times, The Guardian and others. Lan McCardle (Joanna Gruesome, Ex-Void) also provides backing vocals on several tracks. The Tubs are part of the Gob Nation collective- the London-based network of bands, writers and promoters who were recently profiled in The Guardian." Grade: M (new stock) TRACK LISTING: 01. The Thing Is02. Freak Mode03. Illusion04. Narcissist05. Chain Reaction06. Embarrassing07. One More Day08. Fair Enough09. Strange

Tubs, The "Cotton Crown" LP (2025)

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