Yearbooks

Yearbooks is a Tropiskrama band from Oakland.

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See You Next Year

Where My Bones Rest Easy

My buddy John is in Where My Bones Rest Easy. I don't know what to write at the moment that would be better than the description of the band/album that is located on their bandcamp, so I'm just going to copy/paste that shit. Fuck it.

The four members of Seattle’s Where My Bones Rest Easy have certainly cut their teeth in the punk scenes of the West Coast for the last 10 years(Time For Change, Burn Your Life Down, Beau Navire). The maturity shows in their new project, where they depart from their previous abrasive musical projects and seamlessly transition into playing utterly beautiful music. A breath of fresh air, even in the recent resurgence of “shoegaze” bands. Their music stands out, with glorious harmonies that recall the emo bands from the 90’s (before that was a thing). The recording is wonderful; every element that WMBRE brings to the table is clear and honest.
The fuzzed out guitar and heavy drumming of “Harmonix” brings anelement dramatically underused in modern music, creating a nice contrast to the sullen vocals. The music descends into a beautiful crescendo of noise, but still with an underlying beat the listener can follow. “Cancer” plays out almost like a letter being read to a loved one, with the vocals dripping in sympathy and pain all over beautiful guitar tones and crashing cymbals. The climax is reached when the guitar and bass follow the boorish vocal patterns and the drums kick in full swing. The end swells with a bright sound that gives hope to the listener.

WMBRE may draw comparisons to that “Seattle sound” that became famous over the years. While they do give a nod to their predecessors, the maturity and innovation will certainly write a new chapter in the always burgeoning Seattle music scene.

Engineered/recorded at D-Wreckords By Derek Leisy and mixed and mastered by Alex Estrada at Earth Capitol (Touché Amoré, Joyce Manor, Silver Snakes) in Los Angeles, CA. Limited vinyl first press of 200 pieces, hand stamped center labels with full color insert. Comes with a digital download of record with a additional track aside from vinyl track listing.

I don't even care how lazy that was. Not one bit. I really like WMBRE, I listen to them when I sit in my room alone and play The Sims or read. I also listened to this band alot when I was having a really shitty time.  You can't download the album for free via bandcamp, but you can stream it all. You can also buy it, which you should, because they are the homies and deserve your money. Word? Word.

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Bandcamp

Heist

So my buddy Jon of Beau Navire / 50 Year Storm Records sent me this the other day and I have been bumping it consistently. I really don't know anything about the makeup of this band, other than that Jon is doing the vocals. And I think that this band isn't doing anything anymore, for whatever reason. I guess they just never really got going, which is a real fucking bummer because this shit is ill as hell.

Heist is a bay area hardcore / punk band. I am hesitant to say they are a hardcore punk band because they don't really sound like Youth Attack stuff or any of that stuff. It's like, too real punk to be just hardcore, but at the same time its too hardcore to be just straight up punk. they found a really nice middle ground and came up with 6 really cool songs. All of them are pretty short and not too complicated, but they are really fucking solid. The recording quality of the demo is really awesome, especially for a "demo". Jon's vocals are sick, and his lyrics are really cool also. All around sick band, and it fucking blows that they never really did anything because this would have been one hell of a band, if you know what I mean. It basically sounds like what I would expect to hear if I was watching some sick skate video from back in the day. Check it out, its fucking awesome. Word.

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Demo

Beau Navire - Lumens

So, I would imagine you know this already, but Beau Navire is a screamo band from Oakland that consists of members of, amongst other bands, Iwrotehiakus... and Loma Prieta. They recently went on a midwest / east coast tour with We Were Skeletons. I got to see them twice, and it was stellar. Top notch. Anyways, before their tour they released a really fucking good lp called "Lumens", and I wanted to share it even though I'm sure anyone who was waiting for this LP to drop already has it. For those of you who don't, you are missing out and should take a listen. Really great dudes, backed pretty hard. Jon just started a label called 50  Year Storm. Check it out. Support these dudes. Word.

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Lumens

Beau Navire / Republic of Dreams

This split has already made its rounds through the blogs, seeing as it has been out on the internet for a minute now. I picked this joint up a while ago when I blog raided. I admit I don't really surf that many sites regularly, but every once in a while I'll just binge download a shitload of stuff from the same like ten blogs.

I have posted a few times about Beau Navire, so I don't really feel the need to describe them again. If you don't know who they are you can look at the older posts about them, but I don't really think that is nesecarry. They are real good. This other band, Republic of Dreams, surprised the shit out of me. Chaotic screamo with members of Resurrectionists, Apoplexy Twist Orchestra, and Louise Cyphre. Super impressed with their material. This split is one of the better releases I have heard thus far in the year, and one reason why is because both bands compliment each other beautifully. Moment of Collapse put out this record, so you can pick it up here along with tons of other distros. Download it below and please buy it so you can support these bands. Beau Navire is going on tour with We Were Skeletons this summer and the dates are right here.

On a side note, with all this weird shit with mediafire and the government and downloading we will do our best to continue Chug Life. My mediafire is still up and works, but if it shits the bed I'll switch over to other similar hosting sites. If/when all those go I'll just switch everything over to torrents. I don't want to stop doing this.



word.


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Beau Navire / Republic of Dreams

Beau Navire - Hours

Album of the year. React With Protest is releasing Beau Navire's newest effort to support their European tour thats going down in June. I heard about this album leaking from the kid who does re-winded tapes, but his link is dead so I got this album from Circling The Drain.

The quality of the record is superb. All the levels are perfect. It isnt as spazzy as Life Moves, but that doesnt mean it isn't skrumzy as balls. Super mature too. Grown up screams. Aside from "No Ghost", this is the record I have been most excited about so far this year. You know how every album has those like three tracks that are the bangers, and then the ones that are cool and then sometimes there are those filler tracks? Well, this album is, literally, all club bangers. The intrumentation is superb, the vocals are really well done (only one set of vox now? No, but they don't utilize dual vocals as much as Life Moves), and they have started using more ambient guitar tracks to excentuate the soft/loud stop/start dynamics. Also some obvious hardcore dynamics involved. Their guitar tone and melodies are on point 100%.

Your new favorite band, and in the running for best dudes in California. Hopefully they will be able to do some touring in America. I hope that this surge of material from Beau dosnt burn them out, because they need to keep on pumping out the jams. Insert some stupid tagline about screamo and d.i.y this and that. Download Hours below, under that video. BUY IT.

Word.





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Hours
LINK REMOVED AT BAND'S REQUEST. CHECK OUT THEIR BANDCAMP./

Beau Navire / Suffix Split

Oh shit. Three new Beau Navire tracks and two new from Suffix. Beau Navire is from the San Francisco bay area and has members of Spectres, Loma Prieta and Iwrotehiakusaboutcannabalisminyouryearbook. Suffix is from Chicago and has members of Coping and Lautrec.

This split is hard hitting. Suffix has the A side. The vocals are pretty harsh, but they sound fucking great. The instrumentation and quality is pretty boss too. Really catchy riffs and good lyrics. I have a crush on their vocalist. I never really paid much attention to this band until now; hate to say I was missing out.

Beau Navire is, by process of elimination, side B. Their side starts out spacey, then gets really spastic and wild. Their recording quality on this record is different than their other releases: a little more lo-fi and the guitars are lower in the mix. This side of the record, in general, sounds way more experiential than anything else I have heard by them. Still driving punk parts and skrimzy what-have-yous, but there are a few added elements. Solid side though.


Both bands did a killer job on this split. Hurry and pick up your copy so Beau Navire can get some more money for Europe. What is Suffix up to? Give them money to do the stuff that they want to do as well. This was released by Bear Records, Forever Escaping Boredom, and A Mountain Far Records. Please go pick up a copy from whichever label you chose.

Word.

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Suffix / Beau Navire Split 7"

Adobe Homes & Beau Navire Split

So I'm at school right now, sitting in the computer lab waiting to go sleep through a movie about Japanese internment camps or something. I am using the high-speed internet to my advantage and getting about a week's worth of blog-trolling in, and I stumbled upon this gem over at Circling The Drain (tight blog, if you have never been there before). I have not gotten the chance to download this album yet, but I am 110% positive that is is fucking dope. The pre-orders should have been shipped I think (still waiting for my copy, RAMY) but this is the first time I have seen the rip online. I didn't want to wait until I got home to repost this, so below is some copy/pasta from CTR.

Finally, this split is almost out. Preorders will ship as soon as we receive our copies. One-sided 7" featuring one song from each band. "Eyelids" by Beau Navire and "I Don't Think I'm Glorybound, Bound, Bound" by Adobe Homes. Adobe Homes dabbles in a nifty group chant on this one and takes their chaotic sound up a notch. Beau Navire go a little heavier on "Eyelids." Still the same Beau Navire we know and love, only heavier. Did I mention it was a little bit heavier?

-Black With Sap Records' Webstore

BUY THIS RECORD AND SUPPORT MY FRIENDS. The labels and bands involved are great people and I am beyond stoked regarding this vinyl. Word.

(This is what I woke up to today)


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Adobe Homes & Beau Navire Split

Beau Navire - Life Moves

Beau Navire, as many of you should know by now, is a screamo powerhouse containing members of Loma Prieta and Iwrotehiakusaboucannabalisminyouryearbook. I can also say that these guys are some of the nicest dudes you will meet. Anyways, they have been pretty busy recently with two splits on the way (Adobe Homes and Suffix), a European tour that will include Cry Me A River, and a one-sided full length on React With Protest and Moment of Collapse. Beau Navire posted a link to the streaming of their album on their facebook via the Moment of Collapse website.

Anyways, a good friend of mine gave me a downloaded copy of the new album, entitled "Life Moves". I wasn't going to put this up just because I have a feeling I will be asked to take it down, but if its floating around the internet already I don't see any harm with sharing it. I know that I plan on buying this album, and you should too. Help them get to Europe and stuff by buying the Adobe Homes split and the pre-orders(are they up yet) for this record.

Beau Navire delivers some of the most solid American Screamo music I have ever heard on this album. Incorporating elements from both their affiliated acts plus expanding on traditional screamo dynamics, Life Moves is going to really blow people away. This record can be lumped into any of the vast categories that tend to divide the emotional hardcore scene, making it accessible to any fan of the genre without causing the band to loose its edge and more raw elements. I have greatly enjoyed watching this band evolve, over the internet for the most part, from an obscure California group to one of the leading American Skramz acts. Below is the album, and if it gets taken down I will let you know. Word.




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Life Moves

Beau Navire / Carrion Spring / Te Lloraria Un Puto Rio / The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch Split

It seems like this is the season for splits. Luckily for everyone involved all the releases that have caught my eye have been amazing, including this one. Basically, all four of these bands rip it really hard, but I had only heard of two of these groups prior to receiving this record. Bear, Forever Escaping Boredom, D7i and L'oeil Du Tigre Records put this out on 8" recently. Bear's website says that its limited to 500 copies. You need this record. First off, Te Lloraria Un Puto Rio, who are from Mexico, are fucking amazing. They sound alot like Arse Moreira (they share a bassist) but with a more post-whatever feel to it. Beau Navire, who have already been on this blog, have some amazing stuff on here as well. These recordings, as far as I know, feature Sean from Loma Prieta on guitar. Carrion Spring are from Portland and surprised me with their songs; I visited their myspace a while back and wasn't really into it, but once I heard their songs for this release on vinyl I changed my mind. The Discord of A Forgotten Sketch are also pretty dope, I think they are Canadian. Like I said, buy this record from Bear so he can continue to put out amazing releases and shit. Also, if you live in the greater Boston area he throws shows at his place (The Wacky Kastle), so go to those shows and give him beer. Below is the record. Word.



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4 Way Split

Beau Navire

Time for a math problem:

Ex-Iwrotehiakusaboutcannabalisminyouryearbook
+
Current member of Loma Preita
=
BEAU NAVIRE

They are currently working on a self titled 7", a split 7" with Suffix, a 4-Way 8" split with The Discord Of A Forgotten Sketch, Te Lloraría un Puto Río, and Carrion Spring, and a split 5" with Adobe Homes.

Word.

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Demo


Myspace Songs

I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism in Your Yearbook

First of all, I don't know if you spell it I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism in Your Yearbook or Iwrotehaikusaboutcannabalisminyouryearbook, but it doesn't matter because either way their music is fucking sweet. They played spazzy emoviolence in the San Francisco area, but I don't know when. I'm guessing it was at least 5 years ago, but I really don't know. All I know about this band is that they only played a few shows and members when on to play in Beau Navire, ...Who Calls So Loud and Punch. Disco Huelga put out their discography on vinyl, so buy it.

Word.



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Discography