Foxmoulder/Coma Regalia - Split 5"

Labels: Boslevan Records/Middle-Man Records/Zegema Beach Records

Formats: Vinyl/Digital

Release Date: 22 Mar 2014 (roughly)

Tracklist: 

1. Foxmoulder - Pine

2. Coma Regalia - Suffering/Anger/Peace

I'm trying to keep the content coming, so here's another dive into the discography of awesomness that Zegema Beach Records has either released or helped to release. This split 5" goes all the way back to 2014 and features Foxmoulder and Coma Regalia, two bands that don't really need an introduction. This was Foxmoulder's penultimate release, while for Coma Regalia it's one in a long line of vinyl releases of varying sizes. It was released with the help of Boslevan Records, Middle-Man Records and Zegema Beach Records, and was limited to 500 copies altogether with 50 featuring fluorescent ink on the covers and 450 with normal ink. I've said the R word way too many times in this paragraph.

This split is small in size but musically it’s more than big enough. Foxmoulder’s Pine is a fine slab of screamo in their usual vein, with melodic riffs, furious drums and vocals that feed off the emotion in the song. It’s over all to quickly but the melodies will stay with you. Foxmoulder’s sound is quite expansive and even on this format, it shows.

Coma Regalia manages to fit three songs into the same running-time. Suffering begins without any such intro and is filled with angry hardcore and emo-violence, but with a big cinematic side as well. After a brief rest, Anger comes and goes within seconds and leads to the aptly titled Peace, which is an instrumental outro that brings just that.

Good things come in small packages and it’s true here. Sometimes, it’s difficult for such releases to leave an impact but both Foxmoulder and Coma Regalia do just that. It may be over five years since it’s release, but unbelievably there are still copies available, which I’ll link to below. If you’re a fan of hardcore, screamo, emo or anything then a copy up.

You can stream and purchase the split digitally and physically from Middle-Man Records below:-

You can also still get copies from Zegema Beach Records below:-

http://www.zegemabeachrecords.com/zegema-beach-releases/foxmoulder-coma-regalia-split-7

Foxmoulder - https://www.facebook.com/foxmouldertoronto/

Coma Regalia - https://www.facebook.com/comaregalia/

Boslevan Records - https://boslevanrecords.wordpress.com

Middle-Man Records - https://www.facebook.com/middlemanrecords/

Zegema Beach Records - https://www.facebook.com/zegemabeachrecords/

Foxmoulder - Lethe 7"

Labels: Boslevan Records/Middle-Man Records/Zegema Beach Records

Formats: Vinyl/Digital

Release Date: 02 Mar 2013

Tracklist:

1. Tesslyn

2. Hum

3. Havelock

4. Endless/Blameless

I haven't done one of these for a week or so but the latest instalment of my review series looking back through the mighty Zegema Beach Records roster. As with previous reviews in this series, the band featured today are no longer release music as a unit. Canadian quartet Foxmoulder called in a day in 2017 and left behind an EP called "Hindsight", splits with Sartre, Coma Regalia and Eaglehaslanded, an appearance on the awesome "Swollen Lungs" 7" comp and this four-track single-sided EP, which was released in conjunction with Boslevan Records and Middle-Man Records. Member from Foxmoulder still play in Respire.

Screamo at it’s rawest, loudest and most emotive. Foxmoulder pretty much rage throughout this entire single-sided 7”. Opener Tesslyn is filled with foreboding melody and a chaotic backdrop of heavy instrumentation that matches the screaming, which itself sounds and feels angry. There’s no catching of breath in between songs as the intricate technicality and outright ferocity of Hum rings out for what seems like forever, but in reality is only sixty seconds. Havelock is a journey and one that twists and turns, as Foxmoulder move between stop/start introspection and full-band craziness with dexterity and integrity, which are both at the core of their music.

The feedback at the beginning of closing song Endless/Blameless heralds one more blast of reality from a band that make (or indeed made) it their mission to speak out against intolerance and hate, while projecting their emotions creatively and wearing their hearts well and truly on their sleeves. This wasn’t Foxmoulder’s final (ever) song but it has that feel about it, especially as the guitars fade out and are replaced by the impassioned screams at the end. As a standalone release, ‘Lethe” is both brief and impactful at the same time. Gathered together alongside the band’s other output, it details the timeline of a tortured band that was being the best they could be.

You can download "Lethe" as a name-your-price download below:-

Foxmoulder - https://www.facebook.com/foxmouldertoronto/

7" copies are available from the stores below:-

Middle-Man Records - http://middlemanrecords.storenvy.com

Zegema Beach Records - http://www.zegemabeachrecords.com

Middle-Man-Records - https://www.facebook.com/middlemanrecords/

Zegema Beach Records - https://www.facebook.com/zegemabeachrecords/