Past Releases

Sacred Paws "Jump Into Life"

Jump Into Life, the lush and layered new album from Sacred Paws, takes the roots of the project and breathes fresh life into it as it blossoms into something even more colorful than before—a skewing of the duo’s recognizable sound that feels wildly thrilling.

With their signature sense of fervor, Sacred Paws continue to hurtle forward, jumping into life, embracing that forward motion rather than lingering in the shadows of life’s messiness. Full of endearing energy and buoyed by new sounds, textures, and character, Jump Into Life is a callback and an evolution, unafraid to reveal its warm and heavy beating heart, even with all the anxiety that entails.

Bag People "Bag People"

Bag People were Chicagoans who outgrew their home in the maelstrom of the early 80s NYC post-punk/ no-wave scene. They weren’t around long, but their compulsive noise-rock sound, unearthed from tapes lost for 40 years, looms large and stands tall next to the efforts of better-known contemporaries like Sonic Youth and Swans. A righteous puke of art-punk from a time of incredible brokenness in the world – in other words, savage sounds for today!

Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl "For Translucence"

The debut album from Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl has evolved over several years from their initial practice of free improvisation on viola and cello into (for the moment), this: a neophonic orchestral expression. At once stimulating and soothing, For Translucence is a living, breathing meditation in which layers of acoustic strings, synthesizers, field recordings, radio and sine waves illuminate each other as they twine and grow.

Mess Esque "Jay Marie, Comfort Me"

A bold third missive from the Australian duo – Helen Franzmann (McKisko) and Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Tren Brothers) – who sound like they literally dreamed themselves into being, and perhaps might even still be in the dream! Propelling their uniquely twisted aural circus to heights of exaltation and effect, Mess Esque build out their handmade, openhearted soul into new dimensions, pushing them – and yeah, us! – into more vivid states of being.