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• KIT-001 Toby Foster / Evan Gornik - Split
• KIT-002 Title It Yourself
• KIT-003 Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - What It Takes To Move Forward
• KIT-004 I.Witness - Southeastern Blues
• KIT-005 Joie De Vivre - The North End
• KIT-006 Football, etc. - Football, etc. 7"
• KIT-007 Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin - BFFL (a split tape)
• KIT-008 Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - Early Discography
• KIT-009 Shat Shorts - Seersucker and Sundresses
• KIT-010 Enemies - We've Been Talking
• KIT-011 Malegoat - To Face The Music
• KIT-012 Sleep Bellum Sonno & Joie De Vivre - Split
• KIT-013 Your City/State - Discog/raphy
• KIT-014 Dude Japan - The Things That Matter...
• KIT-015 A Garden Overgrown - The Lost Art Of Conversation
• KIT-016 Rapid Cities - Peripheries
• KIT-017 Joie De Vivre - Breaking Up With...
• KIT-018 Mountains For Clouds - Some People Buy Scenery Like This
• KIT-019 For The Agenda - The Downfall
• KIT-020 Summer Vacation - Condition
• KIT-021 Your Neighbour The Liar - Your Neighbour The Liar
• KIT-022 More Than Skies - The Liar, The Puppet, The Fox
• KIT-023 Bloom - Bloom
• KIT-024 Monument - Sweatpants Fever!
• KIT-025 The Whoopass Girls - The Whoopass Girls
• KIT-026 Swear Words - No Blankets!
• KIT-027 Emo Side Project - The End of Something
• KIT-028 Sofy Major - Permission to Engage
• KIT-029 It's Just Vanity & The Ground Is Lava - Split
• KIT-030 Northwestern - Can't Get Into It
• KIT-031 Alta - This Space Will Accommodate Canvas EP
• KIT-032 Football, etc. - First Down
• KIT-033 Sanctions - No Land
• KIT-034 Mammoths / Living & Wrestling - Split
• KIT-035 Studying - Songs About Leaving Home
• KIT-036 Low-pass - Trimurti
• KIT-037 For The Agenda - On The Negative
• KIT-038 Adaje - Yore Veils
• KIT-039 Japan Five Way Split
• KIT-040 Alta - Places
• KIT-041 LITE - Past, Present, Future
• KIT-042 Saisa - This Empty Space Returns Your Solitude
• KIT-043 Studying - Sophomoronic
• KIT-044 Dowsing - It's Just Going To Get Worse
• KIT-045 Cease Upon The Capitol - Discography 2004-2007
• KIT-046 Temple - The Conscience of The King
• KIT-047 The Island of Misfit Toys - Furiouser & Furiouser
• KIT-048 SZKN - The Present
• KIT-049 LITE - Installation
• KIT-050 Saisa - Aftermath
• KIT-051 Statures - Closure Songs
• KIT-052 Emo Side Project / Coate / Boy Parts - Split

Toby Foster / Evan Gornik - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-001
Artist(s): Toby Foster / Evan Gornik
Album: Split
Format: 12" Vinyl Record
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Pressing Info: 523 Pressed: 471 Cokebottle Clear / Black (Half&Half), 52 black. 5 in handmade packaging.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A: Toby Foster

1. Attraction
2. Warm Weather
3. While I Fall Asleep
4. Six Hours Of Sleep
5. Smokestacks
6. Hardly Ever
7. I Believe In You
8. Comfortable
9. On The Hudson River

SIDE B: Evan Gornik

1. Take You With Me
2. Broken Hearts
3. Movies
4. Big Shoes
5. Easy
6. Electricity
7. Miss My Friends
8. Growing Up

Description

Two great acoustic/folk/pop/punk artists, two great people. Both Toby and Evan bring great songs to this release, and it's an excellent introduction to vinyl for both of them. Get in touch with them:

Artist Contact

Toby Foster: , myspace.com/tobyfoster
Evan Gornik: , myspace.com/niceandfriendly

Title It Yourself

Catalog Number: KIT-002
Artist(s): V/A
Album: Title It Yourself
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 14th, 2009
Pressing Info: 200, 95 minute tapes. 100 black with line art, 100 red tint
with doodle art.

Track Samples & Digital Download

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Victor V-B - It's Not You, It's Me
2. Brown Bird - Lake Bed*
3. Death Metal Steve - Remember Love*
4. Eric Ayotte - Wavin' Flag (by K'naan)*
5. Wabash - Here To Learn
6. A.P. Swearengin - Find*
7. Toby Foster - Speech Patterns
8. Perpetual Dusk at Curtsy Caverns - Likewise, Spinning Wheels
9. Paul Baribeau - Things I Wish
10. Big Spirit - Cryin' Shame*
11. Ghost Mice - The Alchemist
12. Y Lime? - Faries
13. Dustin and the Furniture - Intruder
14. Plumwife - Green Stone, Slight Moan
15. Ben Block - Italy or Sorrento*
16. Spoonboy - Gerald Lee Palmer
17. Teaadora - Sharing Chairs*
18. Jenny Is A Boy - Eggs

SIDE B:

1. Amo Joy - Diggity Doom
2. Joie De Vivre - Salt*
3. Get Rad - It's Not A Fire*
4. Loose Lips Sink Ships - Duck Funk
5. Erfert - Cross Your Fingers
6. The Burnside Fountains - Thinking of You
7. Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - Jacob's Song*
8. Suffix - Brutal Knowledge
9. Pianos Become The Teeth - Creatures of Habit
10. Monsters Armed With Scissors - We Are All Spiders
11. Sleep Bellum Sonno - Hunter
12. One Win Choice - Where My Allegiance Lies
13. Arkansas? - Hashbrowns
14. Victor! Fix The Sun - Paper Thin Feather Fuck

Description

This is a compilation of bands who have played at my house, here in Elkhorn, WI. I originally put this together in an effort to spread the word about DIY in Elkhorn, but it ended up becoming a sweet compilation in general. Songs marked with a * are either new, recorded for this comp, alternate recordings, etc. and at the time only appear on this compilation. This is about 95 minutes of music. I can provide a digital download if you want one. Listen to it in your car.

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - What It Takes To Move Forward

Catalog Number: KIT-003
Artist(s): Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Album: What It Takes To Move Forward
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: March 16th, 2010
Pressing Info: 200 tapes, "smokey" clear.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. How To Make Love Stay
2. Keep What You Have Built Up Here
3. What Safe Means
4. It Happened Because You Left
5. Rally The Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!
6. It's a Plague and You're Invited

SIDE B:

1. Everything Is Connected And Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution To A Permanent Problem)
2. The Next Step to Regaining Control
3. With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Never Be Comforted
4. I Am A Snail, And You Are A Pace I Cannot Match
5. An Idea Is A Greater Monument Than A Cathedral
6. It Was Your Heart That Saved You*
7. Archival Footage**

Description

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) is an emo/indie band from Michigan. Very heartfelt, emotional songs with twinkly guitars and epic jams. This is the tape release of their upcoming album, and I'm really excited about it. The LP and CD versions are going to be released between Count Your Lucky Stars, strictly no capital letters, and Stiff Slack Records. E!E! consists of some of the nicest/coolest people I've ever met, and I'm really happy to be a part of this. Digital version available upon request.

*This song is not on the CD version, but is also on the Vinyl and Japanese version.
**This song is only on the tape version.

Artist Contact

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Count Your Lucky Stars
strictly no capital letters
Stiff Slack

I.Witness - Southeastern Blues

Catalog Number: KIT-004
Artist(s): I.Witness
Album: Southeastern Blues
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: October 25th, 2010
Pressing Info: 150 tapes. 50 yellow, 50 clear with purple liner, 50 clear green.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
2. The Doors Closed On The Inside
3. Tragedies
4. November, 19th
5. Signs of Prolonged Rain
6. Society of Deceived Children
7. Might Sink Ships
8. Isolation
9. Loose Lips

SIDE B:

1. Widows
2. Altaians
3. Catchers
4. Runways
5. Fast & Endless Youth
6. Missed Calls
7. Broken Toys
8. Lighthouses
9. The First Circle
10. Thanksgiving Day (Live)
11. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Live)
12. On The Military Radars (BAGNA Cover)

Description

Back when my label was first starting, Ilya saw that I was listening to his band on last.fm and decided to contact me and ask if I wanted to release something for his band in the US. After about a year of not getting anything released for them for various reasons (no internet in Siberia, art problems, me procrastinating, etc), we've finally worked out a release.

This tape is a collection of their first self titled album, two EPs (All Roads Lead Southeast and Secret Handshakes), and three bonus live tracks. All of which were never released here in the US.

There were 150 copies made (50 of three different colors) with artwork done by the wonderful Jeffery Ramirez (allinvisiblethings.com).

Artist Contact

I.Witness: myspace.com/iwitnessrus

Joie De Vivre - The North End

Catalog Number: KIT-005
Artist(s): Joie De Vivre
Album: The North End
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 clear orange tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (The North End):

1. Summer In New London
2. Salt
3. Sundays
4. Upper Deck San Diego
5. Next Year Will Be Better
6. One In The Same
7. I'll Support That
8. The North End
9. Praise Song
10. We're Equals
11. Autumn In New London

SIDE B (Live at Sub-T in Chicago):

1. Salt
2. Sundays
3. Upper Deck San Diego
4. Madja Look
5. Local Local
6. We're Equals
7. Praise Song
8. One In The Same
9. Handshakes
10. Tails for Tonic

Description

Totally solid dudes playing really heartfelt emo jams from Rockford, IL. They played at my house one time and we became good friends. The tape release is going to have the entire new LP on one side, and a live show on the other.

Artist Contact

Joie De Vivre: myspace.com/joiedevivreband

Football, etc. - Football, etc. 7"

Catalog Number: KIT-006
Artist(s): Football, etc.
Album: Football, etc.
Format: 7" Vinyl Record
Release Date: September 20th, 2010
Pressing Info: 1000 black records

Track Samples

Tracklisting

1. Away Game
2. XXL

Description

Female fronted emo from Texas, very reminiscent of Rainer Maria, 125, Rue Montmartre, or other 90s female fronted emo with twinkly guitars and stuff. This 7" is a split release between Count Your Lucky Stars, strictly no capital letters, and Football, etc. All of the records come with a digital download code.

Artist Contact

Football, etc. : myspace.com/footballetc
Count Your Lucky Stars: cylsrecords.com
strictly no capital letters: sncl.collective-zine.co.uk

Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin - BFFL (a split tape)

Catalog Number: KIT-007
Artist(s): Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin
Album: BFFL (a split tape)
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 hand numbered clear tapes with gold foil inside

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Sleep Bellum Sonno):

1. O, The Wonderful Ways we will Ourselves to Death (Shelter)
2. This Is Not (Ending)

SIDE B (Warren Franklin):

1. Best Years
2. Art Show (Live)
3. Sophomore (Live)
4. Historical Inaccuracies (Live)
5. Lutmer Sings Franklin

Description

This split tape was made for the Sleep Bellum Sonno / Warren Franklin summer tour. Both bands bring very different styles to the tape. The Sleep Bellum Sonno songs are loud, rough, and sprawling. They even have a trumpet. Warren plays really catchy folk/country/punk songs about girls and friends and stuff. Both sides of this tape are really good.

Artist Contact

Sleep Bellum Sonno: sleepbellumsonno.com
Warren Franklin: myspace.com/warrenfranklin

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) - Early Discography

Catalog Number: KIT-008
Artist(s): Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Album: Early Discography
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: August 24th, 2010
Pressing Info: 200 tapes, 100 white and 100 yellow

Track Samples

Tracklisting

1. Our Love Has Made Us Pariahs
2. You Have To Believe That Life Is More Than The Sum Of It's Parts, Kiddo
3. Lilly, I Have Something Important To Tell You
4. They Will Throw Us To The Wolves
5. K.O. K.O. (The Most Of My Worries Are The Least Of Your Concerns)
6. Year Of The Rabbit
7. idk, my bff jill
8. How To Stay Afloat In A Sea Of Change
9. I knew this because as I drove, the hole that was me and my life was getting smaller and smaller and was being filled with New Hampshire, or maybe it was the idea of New Hampshire, but who cares, as long as it was filling up the hole.

NOTE: the entire album is on each side of the tape.

Description

This tape is a collection of Empire! Empire!'s early EPs (When The Sea Became A Giant and Year of the Rabbit), as well as the track from the 09 tour EP and a new track recorded for this tape. This was originally going to be released by a tape label from Mexico, but then the guy took everyone's preorder money (including mine), and disappeared. So here, a long while later, we finally have done a proper release of this and it turned out really great. All albums come with a digital download.

This is a split release with Count Your Lucky Stars

Artist Contact

Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Count Your Lucky Stars

Shat Shorts - Seersucker and Sundresses

Catalog Number: KIT-009
Artist(s): Shat Shorts
Album: Seersucker and Sundresses
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 smokey brown tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Amateur Hour
2. Quarterlife Crisis
3. Zombies Ate My Neighbors

SIDE B:

1. Liveblogging The Loss of My Virginity
2. Sick Day
3. QRTRLFCRSS (goodnightmares dubstep mix)

Description

Fuzzy hardcore from Washington DC. 3/4 of Monument and 1/3 of French Stewart. Good dudes, good jams, funny lyrics, silly name. Get into it. Check out their website for lyrics, band contact, live videos, etc.

Artist Contact

Shat Shorts

Enemies - We've Been Talking

Catalog Number: KIT-010
Artist(s): Enemies
Album: We've Been Talking
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 12th, 2010
Pressing Info: 150 yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Backaches and Cardigans
2. Nag Champa
3. Fierce Pit Bosses
4. Gabbi Gabby
5. Gingerly

SIDE B:

1. We've Been Talking
2. Creamist
3. Piano
4. Morse Code

Description

Enemies are an instrumental post-rock/math rock/emo band from Ireland in the vein of Ghosts and Vodka and the like. This album was originally put out by Richter Collective in Ireland and Stiff Slack in Japan, and this is the first time it will be released in the US. 50 of the tapes were sent to Japan, and 30 to Ireland, so there are only 70 here in the US. Highly recommended.

Artist Contact

Enemies: myspace.com/enemiestheband
Richter Collective
Stiff Slack

Malegoat - To Face The Music

Catalog Number: KIT-011
Artist(s): Malegoat
Album: To Face The Music
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: February 25th, 2011
Pressing Info: 200 orange tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Matured Sense
2. Change With Our Time
3. Expression
4. Your Lie

SIDE B:

1. Ignore
2. Time Passes
3. Tidying
4. My Blues

Description

Malegoat is an emo band from Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Very upbeat, super catchy, and overall fun songs. I was hooked the first time I heard them. For fans of Cap'n Jazz, Algernon Cadwallader. This album was originally released on CD in Japan by Stiff Slack, and is finally being brought to the US here on tape. 100 of these tapes will be sent to Japan, and the other 100 will be for the US.

Artist Contact

Stiff Slack
Malegoat

Sleep Bellum Sonno & Joie De Vivre - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-012
Artist(s): Sleep Bellum Sonno & Joie De Vivre
Album: Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: January 07, 2010
Pressing Info: 100 tapes. 50 red, 50 black

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Sleep Bellum Sonno):

1. All I Can See Is An Open Road
2. Do You Hear That Old Ship's Song?

SIDE B (Joie De Vivre):

1. Of Up and Coming Monarchs (originally by Pedro the Lion)
2. You Ruined Everything That Was Ever Good
3. Another Month, Another Season

Description

My second release from both Joie De Vivre and Sleep Bellum Sonno. The Sleep songs on this release are a bit less yelly than their last tracks, instead revisiting some of the more mellow/post-rock elements from their LP. The Joie tracks have a Pedro The Lion cover, and two songs from the very limited Tour EP. A bit more upbeat than the North End, but still pretty bummer. Good stuff.

Note: The Sleep Bellum Sonno songs on the tape are a different recording than the digital download. The two on the tape are exclusive to the tape itself. (digital download code included with tape)

Artist Contact

Sleep Bellum Sonno
Joie De Vivre

Your City/State - Discog/raphy

Catalog Number: KIT-013
Artist(s): Your City/State
Album: Discog/raphy
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 22nd, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 white, 50 olive green

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. When Hopes Fail Vs. Etchfir
2. You Drive A What?
3. You're A Patriot
4. InMediaRes
5. Tenure

SIDE B:

1. Anchorage
2. June or July
3. You're A Patriot (Live)
4. InMediaRes (Live)
5. June or July (Live)
6. Let's Get Down To Brass Tacks (Fuck-Up Live)

Description

Your City/State was a band from Rockford, IL. This tape is a collection of everything they've ever done and somehow managed to record or play live. They liked drinking and listening to the Get Up Kids. A few of them went on to form Joie De Vivre. Chris French, when asked about his time with the band, told me "Sorry man, that band is dead to me." He misses them dearly and is glad this tape exists.

Artist Contact

Your City/State

Dude Japan - The Things That Matter...

Catalog Number: KIT-014
Artist(s): Dude Japan
Album: The Things That Matter...
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 22nd, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 transparent yellow, 50 clear with blue liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Plaid Dress
2. Raft Captain
3. The King Is Back
4. Every Good Boy Dies With Fudge
5. Can We Pretend

SIDE B:

1. Last Call For Nowville
2. Our Perfect Day
3. True Love With Find You in the End
4. Based On A True Story
5. Sunny Disposition
6. Epilogue

Description

Dude Japan is an indie pop band from Long Island, NY. Mike, the frontman, also runs Rok Lok Records and has been in many other long island bands over the years. This is the new full length, and Rok Lok is handling the CD release of it, whereas I'm handling the tape. Great art by Jonathan Kaplan. I messed up a form so the ink on the tape looks sort of silly. My bad.

Artist Contact

Dude Japan

A Garden Overgrown - The Lost Art Of Conversation

Catalog Number: KIT-015
Artist(s): A Garden Overgrown
Album: The Lost Art Of Conversation
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: February 25th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 tapes. 50 orange, 50 green

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Go, Mordecai!
2. Starboard
3. Frequencies

SIDE B:

1. Cassini Division
2. Screamed the Sun
3. With Endless Love, We Left You Sleeping

Description

A Garden Overgrown play a blend of post-rock, emo, and indie. This album provides quite a bit of variety, ranging from quiet post-rock style build up to indie style sung vocals to some rougher emo rock bits. They're from Maryland. They had a demo EP a long while ago, but this is their debut full length.

Artist Contact

A Garden Overgrown

Rapid Cities - Peripheries

Catalog Number: KIT-016
Artist(s): Rapid Cities
Album: Peripheries
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: February 25th, 2011
Pressing Info: 75 clear purple, 50 red

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

2. Circumventing the Machine
3. So What Nothing
4. Impossible Shadows

SIDE B:

2. Space Is Infinite
3. There Is A Black Hole
4. In My Mind

Description

Rapid Cities were an emo band from New Jersey. Not twinkly and pretty like a lot of modern emo bands, but much more like Dischord bands from the 90s. Rough vocals and driving melodies. This tape is a collection of everything not on their 2009 full length, Machinery Saints, and their split with mOck. It has their demo, three new songs, and two instrumental, untitled songs.

Artist Contact

Rapid Cities

Joie De Vivre - Breaking Up With...

Catalog Number: KIT-017
Artist(s): Joie De Vivre
Album: Breaking Up With...
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 28th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Joie de Vivre, Acoustic):

1. Salt
2. Vicodin Lite
3. Autumn In New London
4. Upper Deck San Diego
5. Canaries (Kind of Like Spitting cover)

SIDE B (Joie Covers Mixtape):

1. The Island of Misfit Toys - You Ruined Everything That Was Ever Good (JDV cover)
2. Joie De Vivre (Feat. Jeff Schott) - Sundays
3. Emo Side Project - Sundays (JDV Cover)
4. Haunted Hayrides - Local Local (JDV Cover)
5. Warren Franklin - I'll Support That (JDV Cover)
6. Joie De Vivre - Magnet (Live)

Description

Joie De Vivre broke up. Their final show was May 28th. This tape was made for that show. It has some acoustic tracks and some of their friends covering their songs. I am very sad to see them go. The show was crazy. I assume you are familiar with Joie, but if you aren't by now, they play bummer emo songs. On this tape they are all acoustic. The B-side has a wide variety of bands playing their songs. Most of them don't sound like Joie at all. I miss them already.

Artist Contact

Joie De Vivre

Mountains For Clouds - Some People Buy Scenery Like This

Catalog Number: KIT-018
Artist(s): Mountains For Clouds
Album: Some People Buy Scenery Like This
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 28th, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 clear blue, 50 green tapes.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Operation Latte Thunder
2. Here Pep Pep! (You Murderous Rascal)
3. Gumption
4. This Island Is Death
5. Sounds On Paper
6. Sea of Nurnen
7. Gumption (Acoustic)

Description

Mountains For Clouds are three awesome dudes from Michigan. They play a mix of math rock, emo, and indie. Lots of finger tapping, loop pedals, etc. They are totally awesome live. Most of this album is instrumental, but a lot of their newer songs have vocals and stuff. This is a tape version of their EP originally released on CD by Count Your Lucky Stars. The tape has an extra track on it.

Artist Contact

Mountains For Clouds

For The Agenda - The Downfall

Catalog Number: KIT-019
Artist(s): For The Agenda
Album: The Downfall
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 1st, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear with purple liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Winter Jacket
2. The Downfall
3. Grievance In A Trash Can
4. It's Hot In Here
5. Cameracamerca

SIDE B:

1. Car Crash
2. Mixing The Colors
3. Monument
4. Neurosis
5. Rescue Mission

Description

For The Agenda is Anton. For The Agenda has released a few tapes already, all Anton's unique style of lofi indie/singersongwriter stuff. This release is his new full length, and I find myself having a hard time trying to describe it to you. Some acoustic, some stuff borderlining on electronic music, some post rock mixed in, emo, who knows what else. It's good. Anton plays in Monument and Shat Shorts, and used to be in bands like the Summer We Went West and Dawn Treader. The art on this tape is especially awesome. Include a full color insert with the lyrics. On the inside, it says that it is KIT-014, but it's actually KIT-019.

Artist Contact

For The Agenda

Summer Vacation - Condition

Catalog Number: KIT-020
Artist(s): Summer Vacation
Album: Condition
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: March 5th, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 transparent yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. I Know What You Want
2. Tiffany Sucks
3. Post-You
4. Team Captain
5. Wormhole Blueprint
6. Last Summer
7. Blue Dream

SIDE B:

1. The Flower That Drank The Moon
2. Dementia
3. Not That
4. Vice City
5. Apparatus
6. Cancer

Description

Summer Vacation is a punk/indie band from California comprised of some ex-screamo/hardcore dudes. They had a lot of tape EPs before this, but this is their first full length album. It's so good. I was trying to think of ways to describe it, but I couldn't really come up with a good way besides saying just that; it's so good. Upbeat, catchy songs that make me want to dance and rock out. The vinyl of this album was released by Recess records and the CD was released by Lauren Records.

Artist Contact

Summer Vacation

Your Neighbour The Liar - Your Neighbour The Liar

Catalog Number: KIT-021
Artist(s): Your Neighbour The Liar
Album: Your Neighbour The Liar
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 31st, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 green, 50 yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (EPs+1):

1. Circus
2. Snow
3. Birthday
4. Harbour
5. 2009
6. Guilt
7. John Slow

SIDE B (Live):

1. Window
2. Circus
3. Guilt
4. Year
5. John Slow
6. Harbour
7. Birthday

Description

YNTL is a scottish emo band. This tape is a collection of their first two EPs, a song from a split, and a live B-side. Twinkly guitars, bummer lyrics, really catchy tunes that get stuck in your head. I find these songs stuck in my head all the time, even if I haven't listened to them for a little bit. The tape plant originally messed up and sent me a bunch of tapes with double A side. If for some reason you would prefer a tape with a double A side instead of having a live side, let me know.

Artist Contact

Your Neighbour The Liar

More Than Skies - The Liar, The Puppet, The Fox

Catalog Number: KIT-022
Artist(s): More Than Skies
Album: The Liar, The Puppet, The Fox
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 clear blue, 50 clear yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Feathers, Twine, and Kindling
2. Here We Come, Naked From The Garden
3. Wind and the Wheels
4. I am Everyone I need and the Only One who Stuck Around
5. If Not for You
6. Make Me New

Description

More Than Skies is Adam from Sleep Bellum Sonno's solo/acoustic/folksy project. The songs sound virtually nothing like Sleep Bellum Sonno, and feature a wide variety of acoustic instruments. Some of the songs are more upbeat, some haunting, all with personal lyrics and a good mix of everything.

Artist Contact

More Than Skies

Bloom - Bloom

Catalog Number: KIT-023
Artist(s): Bloom
Album: Bloom
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 28tg, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 olive tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Jenny
2. Because
3. Georgia
4. Breeze
5. Nice Knowing You

Description

Bloom is a pop punk band from Rockford, IL. This is their first release. They're all young dudes playing music that reminds me of old Green Day or MXPX, with lyrics about girls and stuff like that. Fun stuff, and they put on a great live show.

Artist Contact

Bloom

Monument - Sweatpants Fever!

Catalog Number: KIT-024
Artist(s): Monument
Album: Sweatpants Fever!
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: July 10th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear blue tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Goddamned Claw Machine
2. Extreme Walrus Juice
3. Hey Kid I'm A Computer
4. Fiestaval

SIDE B:

1. Precision Auto (Superchunk)
2. Dot Dash (Wire)
3. Bikeage (Descendents)
4. What A Wonderful Puddle (Braid)

Description

Monument is an emo band from Washington DC. Upbeat emo in the vein of Braid or Cap'n Jazz and the like. Members of too many past bands to list. Anton from For the Agenda and 3/5 of Shat Shorts are in Monument. The A side of this tape is four new songs to follow up their LP, Goes Canoeing. The B Side is 4 covers, one song picked by each member of the band. Every tape comes with a download code.

Artist Contact

Monument

The Whoopass Girls - The Whoopass Girls

Catalog Number: KIT-025
Artist(s): The Whoopass Girls
Album: The Whoopass Girls
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 green tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Old Red
2. Scout's Honor
3. Memorial
4. Stewie's Song
5. Sunset

SIDE B:

1. Happy Birthday
2. Three Men and a Comic Book
3. Glass Case of Emotion
4. Sunrise

Description

The Whoopass Girls are an emo band from Montana. The recordings are rough and the songs are unpolished and messy. Very raw, very emo. They remind me a lot of 90s emo bands. Lyrics about girls and being sad and the like. This is a split release with sncl in the UK.

Artist Contact

The Whoopass Girls

Swear Words - No Blankets!

Catalog Number: KIT-026
Artist(s): Swear Words
Album: No Blankets!
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 red tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. No Blankets
2. Mom Shorts!

SIDE B:

1. Ex-Girlfriends With My Shitty Taste In Music (Buckcherry)
2. THANKS FOR THE DENNYZ
3. Curb Dawgz

Description

Emo/yelly/pop punk band from Rockford, IL. One of the guys from Bloom, Warren Franklin's brother Brian, and two other dudes. Some of the songs remind me of algernon, except more pop punky and more yelly. The occasional twiddle, gang vocals, etc. Songs about girls and friends and making out while listening to Joie De Vivre.

Artist Contact

Swear Words

Emo Side Project - The End of Something

Catalog Number: KIT-027
Artist(s): Emo Side Project
Album: The End of Something
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear with red liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. How's The Weather?
2. A Letter
3. It Could've Been Different
4. There's No Such Thing As Destiny
5. I Guess Everything Reminds You Of Something
6. Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

SIDE B:

1. Why Do We Always Have To Resort To Pillows And Natalie Portman?
2. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
3. A Way I'll Never Be
4. The End Of Something
5. Marble Hornets

Description

Emo Side Project is Andrew, and he's one of the best dudes. He Also plays in a screamo band called Lizards Have Personalities. He usually plays acoustic, but this album is all recorded as a full band and is mostly electric. Fans of pretty much any sort of emo will be into this. Also, this album has an all star cast of guest vocals and tons of emo goodness. Get on it!

Artist Contact

Emo Side Project

Sofy Major - Permission to Engage

Catalog Number: KIT-028
Artist(s): Sofy Major
Album: Permission to Engage
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: March 5th, 2012
Pressing Info: 150 red tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Sky Silence Broken
2. Cobra Blanc
3. Reproached and Scattered
4. Death of All
5. Outil
6. DouxJesus666

SIDE B:

1. Stoom Stoom Stoom
2. Non Rien
3. Vraiment Pas
4. Eugene
5. Bastion

Description

Sofy Major are a hardcore/noise/metal band from France. Their earlier work leaned towards french emo/screamo (like Amanda Woodward, Daitro, etc), but this new album takes them in a more sludge/metal/noise/hardcore direction. This album is a monster, clocking in around 65 minutes or so. Originally released as a double LP by a lot of labels, this is the tape/US/Canada release of the album. This album comes in a three color screenprinted cardboard jacket and includes a full color insert. The packaging/art is really awesome. This is a split release with L’Orchidoclaste and Désordre Ordonné from Canada.

Artist Contact

Sofy Major

It's Just Vanity & The Ground Is Lava - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-029
Artist(s): It's Just Vanity & The Ground Is Lava
Album: Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 clear purple tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (It's Just Vanity):

1. Second Elevation
2. Are You Aware of Garfield?

SIDE B (The Ground Is Lava):

1. You'd Rather Ride Your Bike
2. DJ Baby Bok Choy

Description

Two midwest emo/indie bands come together on this fine split tape here. It's Just Vanity take a more structured approach to the genre, taking some influences from 90s emo bands and some post rock, that sort of thing. The Ground Is Lava take the more twiddly, almost messy approach with their upbeat songs and singalong style songs. Fun! Includes digital download code.

Artist Contact

It's Just Vanity

The Ground Is Lava

Northwestern - Can't Get Into It

Catalog Number: KIT-030
Artist(s): Northwestern
Album: Can't Get Into It
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 23rd, 2011
Pressing Info: 50 black, 50 clear w/ black liner tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Thursdazed
2. Windemere Stars
3. Jump The Shark
4. Snowbird

Description

Northwestern is from Ohio. It has two members from Annabel and a couple other guys playing some catchy indie jams with the occasional emo guitar riffs and some singalongs. This tape is their debut release.

Artist Contact

Northwestern

Alta - This Space Will Accommodate Canvas EP

Catalog Number: KIT-031
Artist(s): Alta
Album: This Space Will Accommodate Canvas EP
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 18th, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Introspection I (Amid The Chaos)
2. Introspection II (Quiet Quiet Alone Alone)
3. UNI

SIDE B:

1. Dude, You Look So 90's
2. Brostory

Description

Alta is a band from Milwaukee, WI. They play a weird style of music that I'm having a hard time describing. Sort of like a hardcore/emo band, except instead of yelling they've got high pitched sung vocals. There are some post rock elements mixed in too. This tape was originally self released.

Artist Contact

Alta

Football, etc. - First Down

Catalog Number: KIT-032
Artist(s): Football, etc.
Album: First Down
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 23rd, 2011
Pressing Info: 100 green, 100 clear w/ gold liner, and 100 clear w/ black liner tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Dream Big
2. Touchdown (Dance)
3. Catch The Spirit
4. First Down

Description

This is a re-release of Football, etc.'s demo, originally released as a CD-R in 2010. These tapes were made in support of a UK tour, but enough were made so US people could get some too. Football, etc. is a female fronted emo band from Texas. This is a split release with Count Your Lucky Stars. The art was done by Jeff (of Sleem Bellum Sonno) at theUPstudio.com.

Artist Contact

Football, etc.

Sanctions - No Land

Catalog Number: KIT-033
Artist(s): Sanctions
Album: No Land
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 18th, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 clear w/ blue liner tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Delusions of Grandeur
2. New Foreigners
3. Walk The Plank
4. Faceshield
5. Another Drop In The Mainstream
6. The Ego Has Landed
7. Taking Back A Breath

SIDE B:

1. Stay Weak
2. Laugh While You Can
3. Wiser Is Cheated
4. Meaningless Life
5. Medicated
6. No Land
7. Home Sweet Home.

Description

Sanctions is (was?) a crust/screamo/hardcore band from Nashville comprised embers of Cease Upon The Capitol, Karoshi, Moral Decay, and probably quite a few other bands. Ryan runs Meatcube label and Dan is part of Anti-Corp label. Ryan moved out west and Sanctions is on an 'indefinitely hiatus', but thankfully they managed to get this album recorded before all that happened. Melodic crust with dueling vocals and tons of rippers. I think a vinyl version of this is eventually coming out, but for now the there's only a tape.

Artist Contact

Sanctions

Mammoths / Living & Wrestling - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-034
Artist(s): Mammoths / Living & Wrestling
Album: Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 22nd, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 black tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A (Mammoths):

1. Broken Roads
2. A New Era

SIDE B (Living & Wrestling):

1. SYRP MAKS CRZY
2. Wisconsin Lifts It's Skinny Fists
3. Bridge Burner

Description

Mammoths is from Illinois and Living & Wrestling is from Milwaukee, WI. Mammoths is a post-rock band with some screamo elements, notably yelling. I was originally going to describe them as a screamo band with post-rock elements, but they sound more like Explosions in the Sky than they do City of Caterpillar, so take that how you will. Living & Wrestling is a screamo band. Some of their songs have a lot of buildup and some of them are really chaotic and crazy. They're really good live. This is a split release with Honest Empire Records.

Artist Contact

Mammoths
Living & Wrestling
Honest Empire Records

Studying - Songs About Leaving Home

Catalog Number: KIT-035
Artist(s): Studying
Album: Songs About Leaving Home
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: April 18th, 2012
Pressing Info: 50 clear teal, 50 clear red tapes.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Wait, I'll Get Back To You
2. Call To No One
3. Winter Kept Us Warm
4. Up The Corporate Ladder

Description

Studying is an emo band from Virginia. This EP is appropriately titled 'songs about leaving home', and that's exactly what it is. Four songs about growing up and friends and being sad and stuff. Genuine sounding without coming off as too cheesy, unlike a lot of modern emo bands. Messy guitars and sang/yelled/cried vocals. Good stuff.

Artist Contact

Studying

Low-pass - Trimurti

Catalog Number: KIT-036
Artist(s): Low-pass
Album: Trimurti
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: May 22nd, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 cobalt tapes, 75 clear w/ blue liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. AR
2. Reconstruct
3. Nitro
4. Fog

SIDE B:

1. Glide
2. Δ
3. Landscape
4. Days Over

Description

Low-pass is an instrumental math-rock band from Japan. They remind me a lot of LITE, Toe, etc. Lots of finger-tapping and catchy hooks. My favorite part about Low-pass is how none of the instruments seem to take the backburner. For a three piece, their sound is really impressive. This album is great, and it was originally releases on CD by Stiff Slack in Japan. 100 of these tapes were sent to Japan.

Artist Contact

Low-pass
Stiff Slack

For The Agenda - On The Negative

Catalog Number: KIT-037
Artist(s): For The Agenda
Album: On The Negative
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: August 11th, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Untitled
2. History
3. Forgettable
4. Continents
5. Cows

Description

For The Agenda is Anton. When he's not busy playing in Monument or Shat Shorts, he finds time to record these solo songs for For The Agenda. A good mix of indie, lofi stuff, some electronic, emo, whatever. It's good. If you liked his previous album that I put out, The Downfall, or any of his previous stuff, you'll like it. Five new songs!

Artist Contact

For The Agenda

Adaje - Yore Veils

Catalog Number: KIT-038
Artist(s): Adaje
Album: Yore Veils
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 25th, 2012
Pressing Info: 200 yellow tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Slithering Snakes on These Slandering Mountains
2. An Avalanche of Broncos
3. Pending
4. KWP

SIDE B:

1. Seppuku
2. To Become Corroded, Guided by the Light
3. Harrowing Sounds from the Ravine

Description

Adaje was a screamo band. They broke up really recently, and this was their final effort. Seven songs of spacey, swirling, and often chaotic screamo. Some parts remind me of Cease Upon the Capitol, but with more screeching and some back and forth vocals. This tape was dubbed and crafted by Broken World Media, and this is a split with them.

Artist Contact

Adaje
Broken World Media

V/A - Five Way Split

Catalog Number: KIT-039
Artist(s): V/A
Album: Five Way Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 6th, 2012
Pressing Info: 150 cream, 150 grey tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Blue Friend - Dasai
2. Blue Friend - Saisho
3. From Ten To Nine - #9
4. Cofun - Trains Don't Bring A Spring Breeze
5. Cofun - Butterflies Flit Over The Border

SIDE B:

1. Kanataharuka - Bed
2. Kanataharuka - NES
3. Kanataharuka - #1
4. None But Air - At The V.P In Your 6-Color Cheap Dream
5. None But Air - Heisa

Description

This is a split between five young, relatively unheard of Japanese bands. Blue Friend is an emo/screamo band with some clean guitars and two guys yelling back and forth. From Ten To Nine is sort of a noise rock band that reminds me a bit of the Jesus Lizard or something. Cofun is a screamo band that sort of sound like a Japanese version of Lost in Bazaar. Kanataharuka is an emo band, and they remind me of 90s emo bands. None But Air is a post-rock/shoegaze band, mostly instrumental with some samples and yelling. This tape came in to be because Ryoma (of Cofun and None but air) started following me on twitter and then I listened to his bands and liked them a lot. Neat. This is a split release with Meatcube Label.

Artist Contact

Meatcube Label

From Ten To Nine
Cofun
Kanataharuka
None But Air

Alta - Places

Catalog Number: KIT-040
Artist(s): Alta
Album: Places
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 7th, 2012
Pressing Info: 125 cream tapes, 50 grey

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Winter/Mute
2. Ocean Liners
3. Dakota
4. Ray
5. Merry New Year
6. +-
7. Sorting Rooms

Description

This is the first full length from Milwaukee's Alta. I put out their EP a while ago. This album has them come back even tighter than ever, leaving me with an album that really, really impressed me. Hardcore/emo stuff with high-pitched sung/shouted vocals. So good. This album is also going to be released on vinyl by a few other labels, but the tape is only a Keep It Together release. They're great live, and they are good dudes. This album rules.

Artist Contact

Alta

LITE - Past, Present, Future

Catalog Number: KIT-041
Artist(s): LITE
Album: Past, Present, Future
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 16th, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 purple, 100 black, 100 clear w/ green liner tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Bond
2. Circle
3. 8
4. Time Machine
5. Arch
6. Pirates and Parakeets (Dark Dark Horse REMIX)

Description

LITE is a math-rock band from Japan. This is the tape/US release of their newest EP, and they were originally released on CD in Japan. LITE are a four piece (mostly) instrumental band. Lots of guitar rhythms, finger tapping, synthesizer, etc. They totally rock. The last track on this EP is a remix by Dark Dark Horse, and the two tracks before that feature vocals by Caroline. This is a split release with Stiff Slack in Japan.

Artist Contact

LITE

Saisa - This Empty Space Returns Your Solitude

Catalog Number: KIT-042
Artist(s): Saisa
Album: This Empty Space Returns Your Solitude
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: November 6th, 2012
Pressing Info: 100 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. This Empty Space Returns Your Solitude
2. Lycoris
3. Faith in Ordinary
4. Blessing the Circulation

Description

Saisa is a post-rock band from Japan. Very mellow, longer songs with vocals that basically act as another instrument. Only a three piece, they create a somewhat minimalist but very atmospheric post-rock sound. Someone told me they sound sort of like Sigor Ros, and I think that's pretty accurate. This is their first EP and it clocks in right around 20 minutes or so.

Artist Contact

Saisa

Studying - Sophomoronic

Catalog Number: KIT-043
Artist(s): Studying
Album: Sophomoronic
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 7th, 2012
Pressing Info: 20 clear w/ blue liner, 80 purple tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Because What Has Hardened Will Never Win
2. Nothing But Fingers
3. What Do You See?
4. Tourist With a Typewriter

SIDE B:

1. Where Bluestone Meets Carrier
2. Sophomoronic
3. Goodbye, I Guess
4. A Somber, Dull Call Of Desire

Description

Studying was a band of sad dudes. They broke up a while ago, as emo bands normally do. This is their first full length and final release. Eight songs ranging from pretty guitars and sad lyrics to faster songs with some pretty crazy screeching. A good follow-up to their EP released on Keep It Together a while ago.

Artist Contact

Studying

Dowsing - It's Just Going To Get Worse

Catalog Number: KIT-044
Artist(s): Dowsing
Album: It's Just Going To Get Worse
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2013
Pressing Info: 300 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Driving (demo)
2. Amateur Cartography (living room recording)
3. Dinos (demo)
4. ...And That's Why You Always Leave A Note (demo)
5. Maxwell (demo)
6. Joking/Laughing (living room recording)
7. That Would Be A Lot Of Cool (demo)
8. Untitled 2009 (demo)
9. Best Years (Warren Franklin cover)
10. Smile (Tigers Jaw cover)
11. The Only One Who Could Ever Reach You (Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate) cover)
12. Motorcycle Drive By (Third Eye Blind cover)

SIDE B:

1. Get Dead (demo)
2. I Invested The Piano Key Neck Tie (demo)
3. Gengar! Gengar! Gengar! (demo)
4. Wired For Success (demo)
5. Lavender (demo)
6. Littoral (demo)
7. Midwest Living (living room recording)
8. Up To Me (demo)
9. Leaving (demo)
10. Somerset (wild method workshop recording)

Description

Dowsing is an emo/indie band from Illinois. Upbeat jams with a keyboard and stuff. This tape was originally going to be a 'discography' tape of sorts, but then we decided to change it. This tape is a collection of demos, covers, weird recordings, etc. Before this release, half of them or so were available as a download online, and the rest are new to this tape. This is a split release with Count Your Lucky Stars.

Artist Contact

Dowsing
Count Your Lucky Stars

Cease Upon The Capitol - Discography 2004-2007

Catalog Number: KIT-045
Artist(s): Cease Upon The Capitol
Album: Discography 2004-2007
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: December 26th, 2013
Pressing Info: 50 clear, 50 smokey 2x tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Yelling "Fire" In A Crowded Theatre
2. Citizenship
3. Breaking A Coma
4. Mothers And Widows
5. The End of History
6. Body By Design
7. Protocol For The Left
8. King Of The World
9. Turn Offs Include...
10. Scaleback The Dosage

SIDE B:

1. Lullabies And Bad Dreams
2. Bombs Away
3. More Red Lines
4. Untitled (Emo Armageddon Spoken Word)
5. Paralysis
6. Untitled (2006 Track 1)
7. Untitled (2006 Track 2)
8. Untitled (2006 Track 3)
9. Untitled (2006 Track 4)
10. Untitled (2006 Track 5)
11. Untitled (2006 Track 6)

SIDE C:

1. Untitled (2006 Track 7)
2. Untitled (2006 Track 8)
3. Untitled (2006 Track 9)
4. Untitled (2006 Track 10)
5. Cell
6. Untitled (2007 Track 1)
7. Untitled (2007 Track 2)
8. Untitled (2007 Track 3)
9. Untitled (2007 Track 4)
10. Untitled (2007 Track 5)
11. Untitled (2007 Track 6)

SIDE D:

1. Untitled (2007 Track 7)
2. Untitled (2007 Track 8)
3. Untitled (2007 Track 9)
4. Untitled (2007 Track 10)
5. A Good Death
6. Protocol For The Left
7. Pleased
8. Fucking Wrong
9. Untitled (Third Memory Split)
10. Il A Fallu Ne Rien Dire (Third Memory Cover)

DIGITAL BONUS TRACKS:

1. People Before Profit (Breaking A Coma Demo)
2. Citizenship (Demo)
3. Yelling "Fire" In A Crowded Theater (Demo)
4. Mothers And Widows (Demo)
5. The End Of History (Demo)
6. Lullabies And Bad Dreams (Live)
7. More Red Lines (Live)
8. Mothers And Widows (Live)
9. Paralysis (Live)
10. Protocol For The Left (Live)

Description

Cease Upon The Capitol was a sweet spacey screamo band from the mid 2000s. They broke up a while ago and went on to form a couple other bands (Sanctions and Dolcim). This double tape set is a collection of all their entire discography, with 42 songs in total. Comes with 2x60 minute tapes in a double tape box with two huge inserts containing all of the lyrics. Also includes a digital download with 10 bonus tracks, and a digital booklet containing lyrics, art, flyers, pictures, etc. This is a split release with Meat Cube Label.

Artist Contact

Cease Upon The Capitol
MeatCubeLabel

Temple - The Conscience of The King

Catalog Number: KIT-046
Artist(s): Temple
Album: The Conscience of The King
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2013
Pressing Info: 150 black tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. The Conscience of The King
2. Jasmine & Her Door
3. Bleeding Time Machine
4. Football On Stage
5. Smooth Sculpture

SIDE B:

1. Warm Chamber
2. Fox River Revisted
3. Heaven Eraser
4. To Make a Bomb
5. Temple

Description

Temple is a band from Milwaukee, WI. They're mostly an indie band, but they draw a lot of influences from emo, hardcore, etc. Sung vocals that occasionally turn in to yells, tight and varying instrumentation, good guitar lines. This is a concept album.

Artist Contact

Temple

The Island of Misfit Toys - Furiouser & Furiouser

Catalog Number: KIT-047
Artist(s): The Island of Misfit Toys
Album: Furiouser & Furiouser
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: June 29th, 2013
Pressing Info: 100 clear tapes with blue liner

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. It's An Honor
2. Burst
3. I Made You Something

SIDE B:

1. My New Room
2. Are You Mad?
3. The Last One

Description

The Island of Misfit Toys is a folk-ish band from Illinois. Normally, they play with a lot of members and a wide variety of instruments. This EP takes a more 'basic' approach, and the result is a much more stripped down and raw take on the band. This release is six new songs and clocks in around 30 minutes.

Artist Contact

The Island of Misfit Toys

SZKN - The Present

Catalog Number: KIT-048
Artist(s): SZKN
Album: The Present
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 12th, 2013
Pressing Info: 250 clear brown tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Step Forward
2. Break The Wall
3. Old Dialogue
4. Idea
5. Just Follow Me

SIDE B:

1. 3:00 AM
2. Carry On
3. What Should I Say?
4. Isotope

Description

SZKN (or (or 静カニ潜む日々/ Sizukani Hisomu Hibi in Japan) is an emo band from Japan. They sing in english, and have longer songs. Emo more in the vein of Empire! Empire! (i was a lonely estate), American Football, Mineral, etc rather than Cap'n Jazz or something. This is their first release under the name SZKN, and it is a split release with Stiff Slack in Japan. The CD was originally released by RX Records in Japan.

Artist Contact

SZKN
Stiff Slack

LITE - Installation

Catalog Number: KIT-049
Artist(s): LITE
Album: Installation
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: September 12th, 2013
Pressing Info: 100 red, 100 blue, 100 "barney purple" tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Starry Morning
2. Echolocation
3. Hunger
4. Alter Ego
5. Between Us

SIDE B:

1. Bond
2. Fog Up
3. Starry Night
4. Subaru
5. Nomad

Description

LITE is a math-rock band from Japan. Installation is the full length follow-up to the Past, Present, Future EPI released a bit ago in the US. If you are familiar with the previous EP, this album is similar except that it doesn't have any vocals (much like their previous releases). This was released on CD in Japan a little earlier this year, and now the tape is being brought to the US. This is a split release with Stiff Slack in Japan.

Artist Contact

LITE

Stiff Slack

Saisa - Aftermath

Catalog Number: KIT-050
Artist(s): Saisa
Album: Aftermath
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: March 22, 2014
Pressing Info: 100 smokey tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A/B:

1. Aftermath
2. Agitator
3. Heart Tree

Description

Saisa is a post-rock band from Japan. This is my second release by them. This EP clocks in right around 20 minutes, and features three new tracks following up their previous Keep It Together release and a full length on a Chinese label. Relaxing post-rock songs with a lot of piano focus. Half of these tapes will be sent to Japan.

Artist Contact

Saisa

Statures - Closure Songs

Catalog Number: KIT-051
Artist(s): Statures
Album: Closure Songs
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: July 3rd, 2014
Pressing Info: 100 white tapes

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Hillside Eulogies
2. Dramatic Irony
3. Closure
4. More Like Scheme Shitty
5. Winter Blues

SIDE B:

1. Days
2. Ghosts Are Real And They Are Everywhere
3. Kill The Past

Description

Statures is Joe. Joe was in Living and Wrestling and Estates for a while. These songs are lo-fi bummed out acoustic emo stuff. Doesn't get much more straightforward than that. Recommended if you like driving by yourself and being sad.

Artist Contact

Statures

Emo Side Project / Coate / Boy Parts - Split

Catalog Number: KIT-052
Artist(s): Emo Side Project / Coate / Boy Parts
Album: Split
Format: Cassette Tape
Release Date: July 3rd, 2014
Pressing Info: 200 tapes. 100 orange, 100 clear.

Track Samples

Tracklisting

SIDE A:

1. Emo Side Project - Erika's Dragonair
2. Emo Side Project - Blaine's Charizard
3. Emo Side Project - Rocket's Mewtwo

SIDE B:

1. Coate - We Have No One To Blame But Everyone Else
2. Coate - Party At The Castle
3. Boy Parts - Best We Can
4. Boy Parts - Joshua Holloway Fit For Battle
5. Boy Parts - Yours Truly

Description

This three way split tape brings together different types of emo from different parts of the world. Emo Side Project returns for his second Keep It Together release, bringing three more tracks of super bummer pretty emo jams. Coate bring two tracks of upbeat emo from New Zealand with sung/shouted vocals and catchy guitar riffs. Boy Parts finish off the tape with three tracks of shouty emo/punk that sort of reminds me of bands like Small Brown Bike or Hot Water Music or something.

Artist Contact

Emo Side Project
Coate
Boy Parts