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I received a call on November 8, 2005 (a day which I remember because I was pulling up to my polling place to vote as the call came in) from Mike Park, asking if Shinobu would be interested in releasing a 7″ on Asian Man as part of a 7″ record club. I was very excited and honored, to say the least, at the prospect of having a record out on my favorite label.
Long story short, the 7″ club never happened, but Mike said he wanted to release our album instead! Worstward, Ho! came out on September 12, 2006, and now, almost a full 10 years later, I’m very excited to be releasing it on wax for the first time! The whole record has been remixed and remastered from the original recordings, and it still sounds very lo-fi, but in a way that you hopefully all enjoy better! Check out “Same Bastards” below and see for yourself!
The LP is still getting pressed at the moment but should be all finished up by Fall 2016. You can PRE-ORDER a copy for yourself HERE!. Our good friend Dianna from Hi-Lo Press is making an exclusive art print to accompany the LP, and other good friend Jeff Rosenstock is helping to co-release the record on his label Really Records. Thanks, you two!
Tags: shinobu
Posted Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
We’re super happy to present to you The Albert Square’s first full length LP, I (Assume I) Know What I’m Doing. 13 tracks of gigantic guitars and Costello-esque melodies, with lyrics about the potentially never-ending journey to self-discovery and fulfillment. Available on five very pretty colors of vinyl, as well as a variety of bundles. Check the MAILORDER page for all that!
Preview the song “Agnes” below:
Track List
1. One Seventh of the Week
2. Pictures of Your Grandson (Oh, Donald!)
3. Galesburg, IL
4. She Was A Deist
5. The Kids Are All Jerks!
6. Pins and Arrows
7. (Nobody Is) On Your Team
8. A Skull. A Door. The Middle of the Desert. (Waldorf)
9. Agnes (I Assume I Know What I
Tags: The Albert Square, vinyl
Posted Monday, November 30th, 2015
BA-BAM! Another new release comin’ at ya! I’m very excited to be releasing the debut tape from San Jose’s very own KOI. First Week comes with five tracks of sincere pop punk, whose deceptively intricate songwriting is played with a loose, youthful abandon. Check out the first track “Pond” below:
Pre-order the tape HERE!
Tags: koi, San Jose, tape
Posted Monday, May 11th, 2015
We’re very excited to be releasing the new 7″ from Los Angeles’ SLIME GIRLS. Their first album Vacation Wasteland was a groundbreaking chiptune record, with deep rocksteady grooves, and sentimental punk anthems. Slime Girls build upon that foundation and explore new territory with the 2 new tracks on this record. “Yumemi” takes the band’s punk roots in a dreamier, hazier direction, while dance track “Lonely Planet Girl” celebrates the moods and melodies of the band’s J-pop influences. Each record comes with a download code which includes remixes by Uio Loi, bansheebeat, and Shoujo Kiss. This is a one time pressing of 500 on coke bottle clear vinyl. CLICK HERE TO ORDER!
Tags: Slime Girls
Posted Sunday, May 10th, 2015
We’re super jazzed to finally release this split between YULIA and OLIVIAS. Yulia play reverb-drenched indie/punk, as if the Buzzcocks had stumbled drunkenly onto the Creation Records roster. OLIVIAS play stark indie rock, with the no-frills catchiness of Sebadoh, and the tense energy of Track Star. Check out the songs below and MAILORDER HERE.
First pressing of 500 on marble red vinyl.
Tags: olivias, Yulia
Posted Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Howdy! I’m excited to announce that our next release will be a 10-inch jammer from ORGANIZED GRIME. OG are some grimey dudes from the Bay Area playing fast, fed-up punk jams. Inspired in part by the late 90?s, beers, and the human condition. The songs are very political and also very funny at the same time. Serious punk that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
If you’d like to pre-order the record, go to the MAILORDER section.
Preview a track below:
Organized Grime will be playing the Shinobu record release show in San Francisco, so you can also pick up their record then if you’d like.
Tags: organized grime, shinobu, vinyl
Posted Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
We only have about 30 copies left of the TOUMING MAGAZINE 7-inch. We made 300 to start with, and once they’re gone… that’s it! Pick one up from the MAILORDER page if you’d like.
Tags: ????, touming magazine
Posted Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Got a bunch of new distro records in the mailorder section. Pick one up if you’d like!
Tags: dad punchers, glocca morra, hawk jones, Lemon Party, spraynard, Summer Vacation, The Exquisites, warm thoughts, Wild Moth
Posted Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Preview a song from the forthcoming SHINOBU album, 10 Thermidor, called “Culture, Inc.” over at the Onion AV Club. Click HERE for that. We’re very excited to share that with you and can’t wait to share the rest of the record with you soon.
What we’re doing for the album is a pre-order meets fundraiser of sorts. Our good friends at LAUREN RECORDS and REALLY RECORDS will be releasing the record and are currently taking orders for the LP (on either translucent red or white vinyl), along with bundles that include extra goodies like an exclusive zine, tape, and t-shirt. Here’s what that insane t-shirt will look like…
The fundraiser part comes in like this: Once we sell $1000 worth of stuff, we’ll release another song. At $2000, yet another song. Upon hitting $3000, we’ll release the whole dang record for free over at Quote Unquote Records. I hope that sounds coooooool.
Peace!
Bob
Tags: Lauren Records, really records, shinobu, vinyl
Posted Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
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