Resting on Pretty "Dragwave"

CASSETTE - $6.50
STREET DATE: 10/11/24
CAT#: PRO-102
LABEL: Protagonist Music

Jenn X and Emma Geddon initially met via social media in late 2022 and became instant sisters, bonding over their mutual love of drag and dark music. Only a few days into their budding friendship, Emma offhandedly tossed out the idea of starting a project together that would combine these two creative pursuits. And, as fate would have it, Jenn was already yearning for the exact same thing. Despite living at opposite ends of California, the two goth queens began writing songs in 2023. They quickly discovered they possessed a rare and highly coveted level of musical synergy. They’d already completed rough mixes of their first two songs before even having the chance to meet in person for the first time.

With the release of their debut EP, “Dragwave,” Resting on Pretty has set out to not only craft songs listeners can lose themselves to on the dance floor but also to serve as a lyrical haven for the beauty and unwavering power of drag and queerness. Anyone who has ever felt like they didn’t fit in with the normative world are invited to live and slay and sing with Resting on Pretty. And this is only the beginning of so much more to come...

TRACK LISTING:
01. Nightmares in Black Lace
02. Fierce Claws
03. (An)nihilist
04. V.A.M.P.
05. We Got Gutz
06. Here Comes the Rain Again

FOR FANS OF: Boy Harsher, Q Lazzarus, Drab Majesty, Skinny Puppy, Antarctica

HELP "Courage"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 667758960996
STREET DATE: 10/11/24
CAT#: 31G143
LABEL: Three One G

Portland's Help is the frenzied sound of a broken and collapsing society. In a world beset with anti-human reactions to daily struggles, Help responds with ways to dismantle evil machines and systems. It is this pro-human mindset that brought Help band-mates Ryan Neighbors (Guitar/vocals), Morty (bass), and Bim Ditson (drums) together. All three had spent the last decade or so in other, perhaps more restrained, bands: Ditson with grinding indie rockers And And And, Neighbors with alt-pop dynamos Portugal. The Man and with his electronic project Hustle and Drone. With Help, they are retrieving punk roots each member had put down in their teens. They are ripping the seams back open to see what's really inside. "Everyone is angry," says Neighbors, "Make some art about it." Help is the band Portland needs right now. Fuck it, it's the band the whole world could use a heavy dose of if we want to climb out of the dark ages of greed and into the next century of mutual aid and collaborative self-directed communities of creativity.

Help's new EP "Courage" is centered around heartbreak and pain. Progress as a series of fresh new hells. Hoping that it is better to be in love than to be right, while enduring the apparent absence of both love and coherence in American culture. The short version of the story of this record is that both Ryan and Bim's lives were exploding and falling apart. Okay, okay, it's a breakup album. Their vulnerability in these songs became necessary for their survival. Though deeply personal, these songs are meant as an invitation for others to feel and hurt freely. After all, this may be one of the last freedoms we get to enjoy in this crumbled world. Courage. In the face of hopelessness, in the face of everyone pretending anything is fine, in the face of the end of things meant to last and last. Courage. For the band, Courage is a step towards a broader sound and an experiment in honesty over security. The upcoming vinyl release from Three One G Records also includes the band's debut self-titled EP. Their focus in all they do: Remove fear from decision making. Act in defiant joy. Refuse to dominate others. Do not hoard the gifts of the universe. Remember: the future is uncertain. Ends don't justify means. Solidarity now. If the goal is growth, success is an ending. War and love are forms of death. This record is an example of the destructive nature of growth: on the planet, on the human spirit, on our ability to hold on.

A note from the band about the EP: "As much as we feel like Courage is a cohesive piece of music and stands alone, we wanted to give fans more bang for their buck and a more complete listening experience. We decided to press our self-titled EP, Help (released in 2019), on side B of the vinyl as well as make these songs bonus tracks on the digital release. The songs we wrote in 2019 still mean just as much to us as these new songs, our lives were just breaking in different ways, and they will be next time around too."

TRACK LISTING:
01. The Consequence
02. Black Cloud
03. Courage
04. Fresh New Hell
05. Claustrophobic Nightmare
06. Feel So Alive (Do You Have To)
07. Help
08. Devil is a Snake
09. Pennies on the Ground
10. Staying Awake
11. Skeletons
12. Class War Now

MARKETING POINTS:

• Produced by Sonny DiPerri (Portugal. The Man, Animal Collective, Protomartyr, Emma Ruth Rundle)
• Vinyl features bonus tracks

FOR FANS OF:
Chat Pile, Shellac, Idles

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Onelinedrawing “Scan Anxiety”

7"EP - $7.00
7"EP UPC: 724399772651
STREET DATE: 10/11/24
CAT#: IOD-76
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

Jonah Matranga has been making music for over 30 years. A prolific artist, he has become an enduring institution in the scene with a devoted fan base, rich lineage, and varied career that has straddled the line between the underground and mainstream.

Jonah has always written from the heart and performed in an intimate way that few others have accomplished. This is most apparent in Jonah’s solo and collaborative project Onelinedrawing. “Scan Anxiety was written for someone in a desperate situation. I don't know what Chinese Satellites was written about, but it feels similar somehow. If these songs find you feeling overwhelmed and help you through to a more serene place, that's what they were meant to do.” Scan Anxiety features the original song of the same name and a cover of Chinese Satellite by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst with artwork by Kevin of 7 Seconds.

"I've loved making unique recordings for decades now, and that's how Scan Anxiety started. Some people were putting together a collection of songs for their friend who was going through cancer, and they asked me to be part of it … I just fell in love with the song, and wanted it in the world one way or another. Even though it was written about someone else's story, it became really personal for me. Chinese Satellite started as a unique recording too, it's just a gorgeous tune with a haunting lyric. I'll sing any song like that forever, whether I wrote it or not. I hope that Phoebe, Conor, and Marshall dig it."

TRACK LISTING:
01. Scan Anxiety
02. Chinese Satellite

MARKETING POINTS:

• Two new recordings by Jonah Matranga of FAR, New End Original and Gratitude
• Features a cover of 'Chinese Satellite' by Phoebe Bridgers
• Original artwork by Kevin of 7 Seconds

FOR FANS OF:
Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Iron & Wine, The Decemberists

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