'The Screever' issue five

'The Screever' issue five

So yeah, issue five of 'The Screever' is now complete; 48 A6 pages of black and white photocopied awesome-ness, featuring interviews with Stourbridge post-metallers MOTHERTRUCKER, Canadian punk / proper-screamo label ZEGEMA BEACH RECORDS, Charlotte from hand-made focussed SHOP IN THE SQUARE, artist / illustrator LUMBERJACK JOE, and local black-metallers ARROGANT DESTRUKTOR, plus a load of reviews, some puzzles, and a guide to bread-making.

Trades are always very welcome, if you message us via Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/thescreeverzine

 or you can buy a copy for a quid from here:

http://glassofspit.bigcartel.com/

Thanks a tonne! :)

xox

'Open Mind / Saturated Brain' January 2014 Mix

'Open Mind / Saturated Brain' January 2014 Mix

So, Dave from Zegema Beach Records has put together another cracking MP3 compilation of proper screamo and hardcore, so if that sounds like your bag, you should probably get over and download it for FREE right now. It also has one of Leeboy's Merridew tracks on it too, so that's nice! (Cheers Dave!)

You can download the mix from here:

http://openmindsaturatedbrain.blogspot.ca/2013/12/2014-omsb-mp3-mix-1-january.html

And find Merridew here:

https://www.facebook.com/merridewmusic

Thanks a bunch! :)

xox

MERRIDEW on Facebook...

MERRIDEW on Facebook...

So yeah, our Lee does numerous musical projects, one being MERRIDEW, through which he's already put out a couple of EPs via Glass of Spit. It's kind of instrumental ambient emo / hardcore for fans of stuff like ENVY, THE COPPERPOT JOURNALS, and MAHUMODO, so if that sounds like your thing, you should go check it out on the new Facebook page, here:

https://www.facebook.com/merridewmusic

Or listen to stuff here:

http://glassofspit.bandcamp.com/album/fears-that-kindle-hope

or here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDKB8JbZ_Eo

Thanks a tonne! :D

xox

'The Screever' Orwell quote patches

'The Screever' Orwell quote patches

So yeah, Lee will be tabling at the Nottingham Zine Fest tomorrow (Saturday 12th October), attempting to shift some copies of our last few issues, but he'll also have a bunch of THESE; wonderful little George Orwell quote canvas patches, printed by the wonderful Lou at 13 O'clock Screen-printing. It's an appropriate quote given that it's spoken by the character in 'Down and Out...' whose 'profession' is a screever (a pavement artist). Not enough people wear patches these days, so pick one up and stitch it to your favourite jacket / backpack / satchel. Give us a shout if you'd like one!

Thanks a lot! :)

xox

Joint Last - 'Forever Endeavour' EP

Joint Last - 'Forever Endeavour' EP

So Lee's gone and done another EP, and this time it's four tracks of instrumental pop-punk, so if that sounds like your bag, head on over to Glass of Spit's Bandcamp to check the whole thing out:

http://glassofspit.bandcamp.com/

The CD will be up for sale (as soon as he's put all of the packaging together) from here:

http://glassofspit.bigcartel.com/

You can also give the second track a blast here:

Thanks a tonne :)

xox

New Alaska - 'Finer Lines of Tomorrow' review

New Alaska - 'Finer Lines of Tomorrow' review

So I picked up New Alaska's new 7 inch split with Chestnut Road the other day, a review of which will no doubt find its way into issue five of The Screever when it finally begins production. In the meantime, I thought I'd post this lil' review of their EP 'Finer Lines of Tomorrow' that was printed in issue four. Enjoy!

"In the digital age that we've been unfortunate enough to find ourselves dropped in, it's wonderful to see a bit of time and effort go into the packaging of a DIY release, and this CDEP has one of the nicest set-ups I've seen for a good while; a nice fold-out, poster-sized sleeve with crisp, clean photo artwork and lyrics with fab design work, a separate spine-sleeve like the ones you find on Japanese CDs, and a disc that has a black bottom like an old Playstation 1 game disc(!), all folded neatly into a plastic wallet... truly amazing stuff! As for what's actually ON the disc, NEW ALASKA from Stourbridge play indie-punk/ post-punk with some pretty cool, angular guitar work that reminds me of stuff like FUGAZI and THE COMPUTERS' old stuff, with some interesting time signatures. The pace and momentum never lets up on this, and all five tracks are pretty catchy, with some quite harsh, driving vocal melodies that have a way of drilling into your subconscious with some quite obscure but interesting lyricism. Good stuff; definitely a promising release from another band from the 'bridge."

You can find New Alaska on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/newalaska

and Bandcamp here:

http://newalaska.bandcamp.com/

Thanks a bunch! :)

xox

13 O'clock 'Past Lives' scarf

13 O'clock 'Past Lives' scarf

You may well have read our interview with Lou from 13 O'Clock in the last issue of 'The Screever', about all of her lovely screenprinted goodness; well, she now has these pretty amazing stamp and paper ephemera-themed, screenprinted cotton scarfs for sale on her Bigcartel. They're absolutely beautiful, so go and check 'em out! :)

You can find them right here:

http://13oclock.bigcartel.com/product/past-lives-scarf

and the Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/at13oclock

Thanks a lot! :)

xox