Running a label, even with just doing tapes, is harder than expected. Money goes quick; getting the word out about releases takes a lot of time and effort; people tend to move slow. That's okay though, we aren't complaining. We didn't start all this to make the big bills. Or did we? Well, either way, good news is to be had.
AVO-003, "Riley Versus Jason in the Battle of Gracious Living" is now available for order from our store. They came out great; M2 Communications does a great job, and we appreciate their work. The cassette comes with a free digital download, so if you complain about not having a tape player, now you can listen to this on your non-tape player.
AVO-004, Bedhed's "...The Return of the Guardian Angel" is in the process of being made. Finding the right kind of black cassettes took a while, but they are being sent off to the tape duplication place. We have put up a preorder for the cassette, just in case you wanna. Looking forward to this release quite a bit.
AVO-005 is the first physical release of the band Pelican Vision. Pelican Vision is headed by our very own Avocado dude, Jacob Brown. For those who appreciate the work of David Bazan (specifically PTL's Control) and the Weakerthans, their 4-song EP cassette "Isolation" will be something worth purchasing. Everything will be sent off in a couple weeks, and the cassette should be ready for purchase by the beginning of June.
AVO-006, which may be out before AVO-005, is the 6-song EP cassette "Our Heads Often Used To Swim" by the band Raise High These Roof Beams. Quite the mouth-full. Raise High These Roof Beams is the solo project of Jeremy Leasure (of Canyons fame). When asked by Braden Nelson to record songs for a project in music school, Jeremy wrote and recorded the EP with Braden and others within a month's span. The physical release will feature a large poster designed and created by Jeremy himself. The tape is being aimed to be completed by May 30th for the RHTRB release show.
We have a few other releases coming down the line, and we will keep you updated on it all. If you are interested...