SOFT ABUSE RECORDS P.O.Box 50601 ****************** Minneapolis MN 55405 USA 2016 PO Box 18638 Minneapolis, MN 55418 USA www.softabuse.com info@softabuse.com list@softabuse.com webmaster@softabuse.com booking@softabuse.com www.softabuse.blogspot.com www.softabuse.bandcamp.com Owner : Christopher Berry Distr. : US - Darla/Carrot Top/Forced Exposure/ CA - Scratch UK - Forte Distr./Volcanic Tongue/ Style : loft-psych. / rock / art rock / folk rock / experimental / avantgarde / indie / world / noise / freak-out / punk / lo-fi garage rock / art rock / industrial / shoegazer / blues rock / abstract / rhythmic noise / post punk / new wave / ethereal / About Soft Abuse started in 2002 - 2003 in Tallahassee, FL, uprooted to Brooklyn, NY a year or so later (for a few years), and is now based in Minneapolis, MN. SAB 001 FROG EYES EMBOLDENED NAVIGATOR 7" .2001 World Featuring Men And Knuckles / I Hope My Horse Don't Make No Sound /// Only To Come Across Pleasant Meadows And Madames / They Did Not Notice The Rushing Rapids --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 002 THE FRANCISCAN HOBBIES : THE MASKS & MEANINGS CD .2003 A Preordained Sequence / Wasp Embodiment / Withered Spring / The Animal Performers / Plough Drawn By Toads / Apprehension Of Reality / The Matchless Phenomenon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 003 OLD BOMBS AUDIOS CD .2003 Audio 1 / Audio 1 / Audio 2 / Audio 2 / Audio 3 / Audio 3 / Audio 4 / Audio 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 004 HUMAN TELEVISION ORANGE 7".CD .2003 Tell Me What You Want / Automobile / Saw You Walking By (Note : CDEP , 500 copies comes with sticker --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 005 THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS ONE THOUSAND BIRD CEREMONY CD .2003 Summer Alchemy / Morning Of Gulls (A Dream Of Waters , Pt.1) / Let Me Grow In Your Meadow / Walk With The Golden Cross / All Our Plagues Were Rainbows / One Thousand Birds / Hello To All Your Rain / The Heron (A Dream Of Waters Pt.2) / Tambourine , Play It Slow / Seaflowers (A Dream Of Waters Pt.3) / Lose In The Shadow Arms Of Lust / Where Do Songs Come From ? / Parallel Shadows / A Breeze Of Pine Blows Through Me / Summer Pharmacy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 006 BLACKOUT BEACH LIGHT FLOWS THE PUTRID DAWN CD .2004 01. If I Were Not Alexander , I Would Like To Be _ _ _ _ _ 02. The Swineherd Sings And The Fountain Dwellers Grow Apart 03. Krull Courtship 04. The Putrid Dawn Is Only For Us Baby 05. Fever Of The Patriots 06. New Soft And Shimmering Motherhood Alliance 07. Sea : There Is The Wisest Son Of An All Wise Fathers 08. The Stuttered XXX Breeze XXX 09. The Painted Forest Screen Hides Its Witch 10. The Reticent Burglar's Den 11. The Transfiguration Of BO-BRICK-IUS 12. Meadows And Pleasant Madames Or Something Of The Sort 13. The Hobo Who Learned To Eat Stone 14. The Quiet Merchant Gets His Song Too --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 007 LANGTRY AS UPON THE ROAD THERETO CD .2004 Billy Bowlegs Blues / Hobojangle / The Ballad Of Painless Parker / Binderstiffs / The Devil's Horse / Smylax / There Is No Such Joy As Upon The Road Thereto / Chasleen , YouGotta Run To Catch That Train / He Uses Special Stamps On His Last Letters / The Erotic Melancholy Of Cypress --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 008 THE FUTURIANS FAKTORY ! CD .2004 Space Wolf / Construkt / Big Fish / Venus / Pinkpinkblue / Interactive 80's Game / Specification / Velocity / R.U.R. / Out ! / Move Me / Vampires Never Die --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 009 HALA STRANA THESE VILLAGES CD .2004 Wood Scree / Dressed In Rushes / The Great Season / October / Meitas Gula Abolaje / Fear Of The Land / Nepdal Tarogaton / The Carved Yoke / Dilkash / Peal / For G.Mesmer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 010 FELIPE & FORTE SHAGGY BLACK CD 06.2005 Serafoam / Pick Yer Poison / Shadow People Revisted / Anteater / Cannon Fodder / Gnome On The Noggin / Crispy Crude / One Needle Per Village / Hoof Lager Or Horse Pills / Dander / Violet Flag --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 011 DESTROYER : NOTORIOUS LIGHTNING AND OTHER WORKS 12".CD .2005 Notorious Lightning / New Ways Of Living /// The Music Lovers / An Actor's Revenge / Don't Become The Thing You Hated / Your Blues CDEP Merge MRG 258 2005 US --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 012 WOODEN HAND : HAREM OF THE SUNDRUM & THE WITNESS FIGG CD 07.2005 Leave Your Perch / Perch Modifier / Vengeance , Pt.2 / Sundrum Ladies / Babylon The Great Pt.3 /// (Ask A) Sufist Chef / Spiritual Inmate / Forgiveness Figg (Bethany Hotel Blues) / Eagle Claw / Warn Winch Pts.3-3 CD 5 Rue Christine GER 057 2004 US LP+7" Time-Lag LAG 028/029 2005 US Distance Is Free / Young Face /// Cry With Me --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 013 THE BATTLES TOMORROW'S EAGER HANDS CD 02.2006 Changes / Omega Man / Poem # 8 (That Would Be Good) / Wonder... / Suzanne / Susan's Replay / (Make Love) In The Beds Of Rivers / We Were Right To Fight / In Excelsis,Yeah / Northern Man / Right On --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 014 PUMICE YEAHNAHVIENNA CD 04.2006 Abominable / King Korny Remains / Worsted / Wild Dogs / Brawl / Worsted / Teas Tasting Fair / Darkpark / Worsted (1:52) / Worsted (1:12) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 015 HALA STRANA WHITE SLEEP 7" .2006 White Sleep /// Dream Forever / Untitled (Note : 7" , 60 copies with hand-made jackets) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 016 BLACKOUT BEACH Claxxon's Lament 7" .2006 // The Street Folds (Note : 7" , 60 copies with hand-made jackets) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 017 FLYING CANYON FLYING CANYON CD 10.2006 In The Reflection / Down To Summer / Crossing By Your Star / The Bull Who Knew The Ring / The Dawn Curtain / Relover / Gibraltar May Fall / This Can't Be My Home / At Nigh When The World Goes Quiet / Black April --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 018 O V NOCTILUCENT VALLEYS CD 05.2007 Arms Of The Mountain / Spring Clock / The Noctilucent Valley / Bone Of The Bone Scholar -Moon Of The Moon Cholar / Ghost Of The Future / Centaur In Saturn / Soul Of Swan / The Noctilucent Cloud / Canals --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 019 GIANT SKYFLOWER BAND BLOOD OF THE SUNWORM CD 03.2007 Oh Mary Green / Starbeams / Time Won't Sing A Song For You / Feast Of Blood / Rainbows And Dreams (With Worms Singing) / [Bitter Wild Rabbit/Builds The Bone] / All Of Us (You And Me) / Lice Of Rainbows / The Arcangel (Hurray For The Beast) / Meditations On Christ And The Magi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 020 SUNKEN Trawler 7" .2007 ?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 020 THE FUTURIANS : PLAY THE BREATHTAKING SOUNDS OF TIVOL 7" .2008 Vihaan Vitusti Kaikkea Mita Kulutusyhteiskunnan Aikaansaama Pinnallinen Alkoholiin Perustuva Sosiaalinen Kayttaytymiskulttuuri Edustaa // Jawol , Tivol (Note : 7" , 50 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 021 THE CHILD READERS MUSIC HEARD FAR OFF CD .2007 Infant Wings / Planet Waters / Young Worlds-Try To Hear! / A Tree Waits / [A Loved Thing/Gull's Blood] / Fortune (Inc.The Morningnight/A Hatred Art)] / The Plague Angel / Son Of A man / Hearts Made New (Inc.The Quiet Adventure) / Girls And Shadows / A Poem In One Song / Underground Colors / Death Of A Cloud / Fire At Sea / Starlight Morning / Music Heard Far Off + MP 3 video SUPERSTITION ISLAND : Pt. 1 Silver Pennies On A Shore 2.Cathedrals Neuruppin 3.Prayers To An Island 4.The Ends Of Words (Note : the duo of Jason Honea & Loren Chasse) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 022 PUMICE PEBBLES LP+DLc 07.2007 SAB 022 PUMICE PEBBLES CD 08.2011 LP Eyebath / [Bold/Old] / Brown Brown Brown / Stopover / Greenock / Northland //// [Spike/Spear] / Both Beasts / The Only Doosh Worth Giving / Pipi CD + Onion Union (Note : LP , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 023 GIANTESS GIANTESS CD 10.2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 024 PANTS YELL! LIVE IN A LIVING ROOM 7" .2007 A1 The City Life A2 Southend-On-Sea B1 The Not-So-City Life B2 19 Year Old Me --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 025 PANTS YELL! ALISON STATTON CD 12.2007 More Purple / Reject , Reject / Tried To Be Good / Evan's Way / A New City Life / Magenta And Green / Shoreham Kent / Alison Statton / The Royal We / For Dee / Two French Sisters --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 026 ULAAN KHOL I CD 02.2008 Intitled 1 - 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 027 DONOVAN QUINN & THE 13TH MONTH : Sister Alchemy 7" 06.2008 // The Rabbit Tracks --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 028 DONOVAN QUINN & THE 13TH MONTH : s / t CD 09.2008 October's Bride / Horror & Fear / Sister Alchemy / Patterns On A Summer Dress / The Wind At Her Craft / Quarantine / They're Going To Pick Us Apart / Take The Cross Off The Mantle / Hollowed Candles / Moose Indian / Holy Agent / Dark Motel / Heathen Honeymoon / I Have Seen The Season Change --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 029 PUMICE QUO CD 06.2008 Pumice Quo / World With Worms / Fort / Thermos In The Studio / Pebbles / Whole Hoof / Sick Bay Duvet / Dogwater / Heavy Punter / Battersby / Beak Remedy LP Tipped Bowler Tapes TBT 006 2008 US --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 030 CAR COMMERCIALS ERIC'S DIARY LP .2008 Sorry Oracle / Bad Plans In Action / John's Gone , Forget It / In A Hallway / Jack And Paul / Everything Hurts Me //// Teenage Pact / In My Pocket's Deep / Oh My God , Its Hapenning / Blew It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 031 BLACKOUT BEACH SKIN OF EVIL LP.CD 01.2009 Cloud Of Evil / Biloxi , In A Grove, Cleans Out His Eyes / Three Men Drown In The River / William , The Crowd , It's William / The Roman //// Woe To The Minds Of Soft Men / The Whistle / Nineteen , One God , One Dull Star / Sophia , Donna , I Was Down The River Waiting / Astoria , Menthol Lite , Hilltop , Wave Of Evil , 1982 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 032 ULAAN KHOL II CD 11.2008 Untitled 1 - 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 033 SONNY & THE SUNSETS : Death Cream // Strange Love 7" .2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 034 THE DEADNOTES ORANGE TRUMPET LP 09.2009 Through The Hoop / Broken Wheel / Orange Trumpet / 3 - 0 / Ask The Quastion / Twice Around The Block / Gigantor / Formula Discovery / Louis' Dog / Ants / Falling Up / Hourglass / Make Waves / Three Set Sail / Chasing The Tail / The Equation / Guinea Pig / Form A Ring , Shuffle Left / Tug O'War / The Days And The Nights / Join The Dots / Pandanus / Mr.Methodical / The Processional / In The Fall Of Time / Do The Deadnote / Gigantor (Reprise) / Blindfold / Towards Home / 30. The Deadnotes Theme --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 035 GROUPER Rising Height 7" 03.2009 PUMICE : Twin Neck Double Kick Bum Chin (Note : 7" , 500 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 036 THE PIGEONS LUNETTERS 7" 10.2009 Tendresse / Lowest /// Oubli / Cruel Circumstance (Note : 7" , 400 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 037 PUMICE PERSEVERE 7" .2009 The Dawn Chorus Of Kina /// Open Up / Pacific Ocean (Note : 7" , 500 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 038 ULAAN KHOL III CD 03.2010 Untitled 1 - 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 039 SONNY & THE SUNSETS TOMORROW IS ALRIGHT LP.CD .2009 Too Young To Burn / Death Cream / Strange Love / Planet Of Women / The Houris //// Stranded / Bad Vibes And Evil Thoughts / Chaptars / Love Among Social Animals / Lovin' On An Older Gal (Note : LP , 500 copies) LP Crybaby CRYBABY 001 2011 US white CD Fat Possum FP 1225 2010 US --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 040 DONOVAN QUINN & THE 13TH MONTH : YOUR WICKED MAN LP 08.2010 Winter In A Rented Room / Mom's House / Your Wicked Man / April 10th / Street Fighting Girls //// The Door Locks Itself / Leave Me Like You Came / Sylvia & The Gremlins / Red Corona / Open Flame CD Shrimper SHR 157 2010 US --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 041 OLYMPUS BOLD MOULD LP 10.2010 Olympus / Stalker / Is Love An Emotion ? / The Beard Or The Blood / Dear Listener //// Laser Burn / Untitled / Ere I Die / Heavy Punter / Charles Martel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 042 CAR COMMERCIALS PRISONER OF TYPE 7"+DLc 08.2010 Supper's On The Table / Prisoner Of Type /// S's Pawn / The Bag Saga Pt. & Pt.2 (Note : 7" , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 043 THE PIGEONS VISIONS OF THE VALLEY 7" 11.2010 The Postcard // Sunset Park (Note : 7" , 200 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 044 HORRID RED PINK FLOWERS 7"+DLc 02.2011 Pink Flowers / Banquet In Blue /// Foehn Winds (Note : 7" , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 045 THE PIGEONS LIASONS LP.CD 11.2010 Smoke / Race / Lil Deb's Debris / Laisse Tomber Les Filles /// No Other Way / Pure / Tresor / Invitations (Note : LP , 500 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 046 PRIMITIVE MOTION CERTAIN MATERIALS 7" 03.2011 Certain Materials / A Straight Line /// Circle Of Light / Your Eyes (Note : 7" , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 047 HORRID RED SILENT PARTY 7" 07.2011 Silent Party / The Horror & The Cruelty / Marble Staricase Pts.1 & 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 048 BRUTE HEART LONELY HUNTER LP 06.2011 Eclipse / Blindfolded / Hunter / Serpentine //// No Darkness / Satellite / Charmed One / Evil Eye / Open Window --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 049 JULIAN LYNCH : MUSIC FOR HOW MATA HARI LOST HER HEAD 7"+DLc 10.2011 AND FOUND HER BODY 7" Natalie Barney's Salon / Temple Dance /// Dream Of A Thousand Nights / Dance Of The Seven Veils DL + Bow To Shiva --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 050 PUMICE PUNY LP.CD 03.2012 Hey Crap Crab / Stink Moon / Ready To Rot / Trophy //// Coeliacs Bring A Plate / Covered In Spiders / Hump Piss / Smell The Towel / Cuachag Nan Craobh (Note : LP , 500 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 050 X PUMICE PHONY 7"flx. 03.2012 A. Fool, Fool, Fool B. Puny (Note : 7" flexi disc, 40 copies, for "Puny" pre-orders only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 051 PRIMITIVE MOTION BY ARC OR CHORD CS 09.2011 By Arc Or Chord / Different Bird , Same Tree / In The Space Of Shape Time / I Am Elemental //// Guide To The Future / World Behind The Great Mirror / Geodesic Garden / Amplify This Thought CDR Kindling KIN 22 2011 AUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 052 SUSPENSERS : TOO DUMB TO LIVE, TOO STONED TO DIE CS 05.2012 Trouble / Time Is All / I'm Legs (vers.) / Duio / All You Little / Friday Afternoon / The Opener //// Strings & Wood / I'm Legs / Raise Your Rockets / Spinsow / All You Little (vars.) / MOB / Time Is All (vers.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 053 THE PIGEONS THEY SWEETHEARTSAMMERS LP 12.2011 Behind The Reeds / Tout Nulle Part / Dead Echo / Chances //// Red Friend / Tournoi / Lauren / The Welcome / Coquille --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 054 ULAAN KHOL LA CATACOMB CS+DLc 11.2011 Pariah Dogs / From Overland They Came In Droves / Everything In Everything //// And I Dreamt The Sky Was A Great Ocean Of Blood / After The War Was Before The War / Watching The Cave Of My Skull (Note : cassette , 200 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 055 MYRRH MYRRH LP 08.2012 Untitled 1-4 //// Untitled 1-4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 056 ULAAN MARKHOR ULAAN MARKHOR LP+DLc 07.2012 SAB 056 CD ULAAN MARKHOR ULAAN MARKHOR CD 07.2012 Pharaohs / White Markhor / 100 Birds / Slipped God / Plague Of Farewells / Half Ricochet / Kites / Hand In Circles / City Of Lakes / Dancing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 057 MAD NANNA MY TWO KINDS 7" 02.2013 A. Mt Two Kids B. I'm Not Coming Here (Note : 7"/45 RPM , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 058 NATHAN BOWLES A BOTTLE, A BUCKEYE LP+DLc 11.2012 SAB 058 CD NATHAN BOWLES A BOTTLE, A BUCKEYE CD 11.2012 Charlie's Pontoon / Cindy / Alabama Gals / Lick Mountain Ramble / Come Back Boys, Let's Feed The Horses / Beans / Ship In The Clouds / Snaps / Craig Street Hop / Uttararama / Elk River Blues --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 059 TILTH ANGUALR MUSIC LP 12.2012 Godfather / Burden Music / For Sean / Drisk //// First Breath / In Vein / De La Sema (Note : LP , 120 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 060 BLACKOUT BEACH BLUES TRIP LP 04.2013 Hornet's Fury Into The Bandit's Mouth / Deserter's Song / Beautiful Burning Desire / Broken Braying Of The Donkey's Cry //// Torchlights Banned / Cloud Of Evil / Be Forewarned, The Night Has Come / Sending Postcards To A Ghost --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 061 THREADS TALL BUILDING 7" 12.2012 A. Constellation / Elevator B. Tall Buildings / Room (Note : 7" , 20 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 062 MATTHEW DE GENNARO : CHAUNG TZU MOTHERFUCKER LP 11.2013 Butterfly Companion / Forty (For Pip Proud) / Alley Violinist / Sugar Hill //// Shangaan Dance / [The Plumb Line/Bells For Mompou] / Tranquility Blues / Hymno Al Sol --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 063 IT HURTS 33 TEARS 7" 08.2013 A. 33 Tears B. Earth Sun Moon Us --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 064 EXILES FROM CLOWNTOWN TAPE SCISSORS ROCK LP 08.2014 A1 Space Today A2 Tremblo A3 Out Of Nowhere A4 La La La A5 (No) Original Thort A6 Fast One B1 Around The Corner B2 One Regret B3 Something B4 Dropout! B5 Quiet One --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 065 MAD NANNA I WANNA SEE YOU 7" 11.2013 A. I Wanna See You B. The Nectarine Tree (Note : 7" , 300 copies + insert) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 066 PUMICE LAND CS 09.2014 1 Murupara 2 Goodnight Fox 3 Porridge 4 Crowded Scum 5 Matata --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 067 LXV ASYLUM/THEOPHANY CD 09.2015 A1 Dive 5:54 A2 Visitation 2:10 A3 Cell 8:56 B1 Veil Lapse 8:25 B2 Purpose 4:43 B3 Back Drop Pull 3:32 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 068 MATTHEW DE GENNARO OLD JACK SOMEBODY CS 09.2014 1 Sick Payador At Your Door 2 Mothers' Hands 3 Tsotsi Shuffle 4 Lowland Schottische 5 Old Jack Somebody 6 Abrupt Rural 3 7 Creative Drunkards Association 8 Abrupt Rural 4 9 Doxa Blues --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 069 ULAAN MARKHOR : SPIRAL HORNS, BLACK ONIONS, ET AL. LP 11.2014 A1 In The Ravine 5:05 A2 The Nocturnal In Daylight 4:04 A3 Black Onions 3:52 A4 Heroine Of The Goat Bells 2:15 A5 Last Leaf Of The Season 3:25 B1 This Cabled Distance 3:42 B2 No Train Like Water 3:52 B3 Butterfly Tar 4:04 B4 Rolling 6:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 070 PIGEONS BUOY 7" 08.2015 A Buoy B But For The Waves (Note : 7" , 33.3 RPM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 071 PUMICE PUDDLES LP 12.2015 SAB 071 PUMICE PUDDLES CD 12.2015 LP A1 Why I Chew My Sleeves A2 Set Of 666 A3 Bolus A4 A Window Into A Egg A5 Medallion B1 Mothers In Mantis B2 Glordinary B3 What Did You Have For Tea Last Night? B4 Ahipara Spaniel CD 1 Why I Chew My Sleeves 4:01 2 Set Of 666 4:33 3 Bolus 2:15 4 A Window Into A Egg 9:31 5 Medallion 0:39 6 Mothers In Mantis 2:32 7 Glordinary 4:00 8 What Did You Have For Tea Last Night? 5:45 9 Ahipara Spaniel 8:28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 072 THE SCRAPES THE SONGS OF BARON SAMEDI CS 09.2015 A1 Oblivion's Grip 2:54 A2 Sweat 2:21 A3 The Dictator 5:22 A4 Air As Thick As Water 4:18 A5 A Shadowland Of Megaphone Prayers Part I 5:26 B1 Remembering The Chiefs Of The North 5:20 B2 Unequal Fronts 5:52 B3 Wormholes 1:33 B4 Bloody Mary 4:10 B5 A Shadowland Of Megaphone Prayers Part II 9:51 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 073 CARTER THORNTON : MAPPING THE GHOST VOL.1-THE DIRT CS 09.2015 PATH TO THE FIELD A1 The Dirt Path A2 The Field A3 Ruins A4 The Duct A5 The Church B1 The Fire Pit B2 Ghost Organ / Wooden Pier B3 Day I Left The Prison B4 The Ditch B5 Old And Blind B6 The Field II --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 074 DONOVAN QUINN : DAD WAS BURIES IN HIS LEATHER JACKET 7" 11.2016 SAB 074 DONOVAN QUINN : DAD WAS BURIES IN HIS LEATHER JACKET DL 11.2016 1. Cursed Exile 2:16 2. Heaven Reflected on Chrome 3:43 3. Game With No Rules 2:46 4. Cousin Larry 3:24 Donovan Quinn: Guitar, Vocals David Novick: Guitar Ben Chasny: Guitar Michael Tapscott: Synth Jason Quever: Bass, Synth Elisa Ambrogio: Vocals Glenn Donaldson: Synth, Vocals Artwork by Joe Roberts Mastered by Carl Saff Donovan Quinn makes the leap back into solo activity with Dad Was Buried in His Leather Jacket, an EP of mostly uptempo story songs with character changes but consistent stories throughout each song. Herein Quinn writes about those at the end of a long series of parties, in the penumbra around the fun, just before all the booze and drugs and casual conversation turn sour… A large cast of collaborators help to create the atmosphere of trouble hiding behind fun. Quinn’s New Bum’s partner Ben Chasny adds devastating shredder guitar to “Game with No Rules”, whereas Glenn Donaldson, the other half of Quinn’s duo Skygreen Leopards, adds textural synth and sweet high vocals. Others on board include Elisa Ambrogio (Magik Markers), Jason Quever (Papercuts), David Novick, Michael Tapscott (Odawas) and Eric Amerman, all of whom pushQuinn’s songs into surprising new sonic https://softabuse.com/catalog/donovan-quinn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SABLP 075 THE BIBS FROM THE FISH HOUSES LP 07.2016 A1 Open Water 3:33 A2 Trenches 3:05 A3 This Was 3:25 A4 Already Done 2:00 A5 Counting The Hours 1:41 B1 Afternoon 3:12 B2 It's Not 3:46 B3 Slow Curves 2:18 B4 Fine Wine 3:07 B5 Goodbye Friend (R.I.P. Hombre) 2:26 Chris Durham: Guitar, Vocals, Drums Travis Galloway: Bass, Percussion Alex Franzen: Guitar, Drums, Vocals Artwork by Travis Galloway Mastered by Carl Saff Mysterious, moody, basement trio The Bibs present their debut lp, a 12-string electric DIY Detroit basement folk rock statement in the crude tradition of Index's own confusing reality music. And worth noting that the jangle/folk spice of From the Fish Houses comes not only from the group's Michigan weirdo roots, but also from antipodean forward/free-thinking minds like Mad Nanna, The Cannanes and Tall Dwarfs. Wayward & busted melodies, muffled percussion & delirium sounds in general steer these songs, burrowing in deep like earworms in reverse. Features Chris Durham (Church Shuttle, Quilt Boy, etc) and Travis Galloway (Siobhan, etc), both formerly of Roach Clip and forever All Gone figureheads. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 076 ULAAN KHOL SALT CS 12.2015 A1 In The Spires A2 Sun Like A White Scream A3 From There To Here A4 Tree Herding B1 Saltland B2 Last Dance On The Line B3 Even The Stars Are Damned B4 Purifoy/Delta Lady --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 077 FWY! SAN GABRIEL CS 05.2016 SAB 077 FWY! SAN GABRIEL DL 05.2016 A1 Cathedral City A2 San Gabriel (Song for William P.) A3 CA State Route 138 A4 Old Town A5 Redondo A6 Skyline Blues A7 San Gabriel Library A8 Rosemead A9 Pavillion A10 Yucca B1 San Ysidro B2 Katella Part 1 B3 Thousand Oaks B4 Arcadia (CA) B5 Torrance B6 La Habra B7 Ontario Airport B8 Irvine Civic B9 Katella Part 3 B10 I-8 B11 Ojai Edmund Xavier: Guitar, Drum Programming, Synth William P.: Guitar, Organ, Spike Fiddle Sandra Selig: Saxophone Clay Ruby: Piano California kosmiche from producer and multi-instrumentalist Edmund Xavier (Horrid Red, Der Teenage Panzerkorps, etc.). San Gabriel is the seventh FWY! release, and by far the most sophisticated to date. San Gabriel features contributions from Clay Ruby (Burial Hex), Sandra Selig (Primitive Motion), and the mysterious William P., and collects the digital releases San Gabriel and Arcadia EP along with a new & exclusive track. https://softabuse.bandcamp.com/album/san-gabriel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 078 MATTHEW DE GENNARO SPARK & FLAME 7".DL 04.2016 A Spark & Flame (For xon) B La Chirapita --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 079 EXILE FROM CLOWNTOWN OH WELL 7" .2017 (Note : 7" , 250 copies) SAB 079 EXILE FROM CLOWNTOWN OH WELL DL .2017 1. Oh Well 5:29 2. Contradiction Dance 2:41 Three-headed dog Exiles From Clowntown return from a brief slumber, with a grip of killer new songs in hand. These two are among the first they’ve ever laid to tape in a so-called proper studio. The edges may be smoothed and instrumentation added, but the essence of the EFC (& affiliates) of yore is still very much present. And hey, no hole-punches! Oh well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 080 CARTER THORNTON MAPPING THE GHOST VOL.2 CS .2017 [THE DEAD BEACH TO THE CHURCH] SAB 080 CARTER THORNTON MAPPING THE GHOST VOL.2 DL .2017 [THE DEAD BEACH TO THE CHURCH] 1. The Dead Beach Part I 2. The Dead Beach Part II 3. The White Highrise 4. Jokl Hides in My Closet at Night 5. Children the Size of Remote Controls 6. The Dead University 7. The Side Chapel 8. Skull After Skull 9. Under the Street 10. The Day we Left the Prison: The Cabin Carter Thornton: guitar, field recordings, production, tapes Another tramp through the darkness by Carter Thornton. The second installment in his series finds his wrestling itinerant sounds from all sorts of things and in several permutations–from jazz combo to desolate field recordings–in service of the narrative, and it’s own disoriented qualities. Mortality and time are themes, and are rendered with the clarity they deserve. Mapping 2 is a head-scratcher that rewards again and again, even as it becomes less clear what’s going on. Yes, it’s that magical. https://softabuse.com/catalog/carter-thornton-mapping-the-ghost-vol-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 081 ADAM CADELL BUSH SONGS CS 05.2018 (Note : cassette , 100 copies) SAB 081 ADAM CADELL BUSH SONGS DL 05.2018 1. The Bludger's Song 2. Moreton Bay 3. The Ladys of Brisbane 4. Botany Bay 5. Come and Join the Union 6. The Union Boy 7. The Catalpa 8. Kelly's Farewell 9. Wild Rover 10. The Dying Stockman Adam Cadell: violin Artwork by Ruben Warburton Radical traveling fiddler Adam Cadell is a teacher/student of the instrument, one-half of the duo The Scrapes, and is based in Brisbane. Cadell flirted with a life and practice in academia and modern composition, but shed all that in favor of researching and playing with fiddlers from around the globe, including heroes like Tony Conrad and Henry Flynt. The shift from highbrow to a player of the people comes to bear with Bush Songs, his rendering of Australian labor folk songs. Cadell works every bit of his violin on Bush Songs, giving new life to these songs of yore. https://softabuse.com/catalog/adam-cadell-bush-songs/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 082 MATTHEW DE GENNATRO:CONVERSATION WITH A ROADSIDE SKULL CS 05.2018 (Note : cassette , 100 copies) SAB 082 MATTHEW DE GENNATRO:CONVERSATION WITH A ROADSIDE SKULL DL 05.2018 1. Wake / Waking 2. Penumbra Asks Shadow 3. All Thoughts 4. Faddle 5. A Short Ride (for Dan Maister) 6. A Thought Across the Mind 7. Instead 8. What About This 9. In This House 10. Conversation with a Roadside Skull Matthew De Gennaro: guitar, percussion, vocals, organ, tapes, viola da gamba, wood blocks, bells Scott Tuma: guitar (9) Mastered by Sean McCann Matthew De Gennaro is a deep listener & composer of unclassifiable esoterica that draws on folk music from all over. In recent years, his finger-picked, highlife imbued guitar playing has taken on more prominence in his pieces, and there’s been a proliferance of personal story songs as well. Ever present is his gorgeous, otherworldy viol playing, and melodies from an arcane organ or two. There’s no one out there quite like him, and Conversation with a Roadside Skull provides further proof of this. Joining Matthew on guitar for one track is long-time friend and collaborator Scott Tuma. Enjoy the short ride. https://softabuse.com/catalog/matthew-de-gennaro-conversation-with-a-roadside-skull/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 083 CHURCH SHUTTLE NATURAL DISASTER 7" 05.2018 (Note : 7" , 250 copies) SAB 083 CHURCH SHUTTLE NATURAL DISASTER DL 05.2018 1. Isn't Is Right 5:20 2. Factory Child 4:02 Chris Durham: piano, acoustic guitar, words, acetone organ, broken record players, room mics, tapes Artwork by Chris Durham Mastered by Sean McCann Sly smirks mingle with deep mental (chemical?) fogs on each side of Natural Disaster, the first non-tape release for Church Shuttle, and a nice intro to what his whole thing is about. As Church Shuttle, Chris Durham explores the relationships between Fluxus and the Midwest urban folk tradition of scrambled confusion music. Active the last several years, Durham’s playful and nihilistic compositional approach has gelled over the course of here & gone releases for Vitrine, Alien Passengers, All Gone and others. Natural Disaster offers another opportunity to revel in buried realities revealed. https://softabuse.com/catalog/church-shuttle-natural-disaster/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 084 KRAUS GRIP THE MOOM CS 05.2018 (Note : cassette , 100 copies) SAB 084 KRAUS GRIP THE MOOM DL 12.2017 1. Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed 3;37 2. Why Oh Why 3:05 3. Boss Killer 4:23 4. A Cobweb My Dear 3:57 5. Queen of Puddings 2:52 6. Directly From Thor's Brain to You 3:23 7. Throw the Bat in the Fire 2:51 8. Classy Lady 4:27 9. Nietzsche's Candy 4:14 10. Grip the Moon 3:02 Kraus has been a going & growing concern for years now. Each new release from the hands and mind of Auckland’s Pat Kraus is an extension of the one before it, with blasted riffs piled high, explosive drumming and modified electronics teetering on collapse. Grip the Moon is his latest statement, and it’s got all of the Kraus trademarks aplenty with an added dose of Turkish scales bumping up against his Bolan-ish bombast, and primitive futurist take on psychedelic music. Layers and layers of sounds await. Limited. https://softabuse.com/catalog/kraus-grip-the-moon/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 085 PUMICE PLATELETS 7" 06.2018 (Note : 7" , 300 copies) SAB 085 PUMICE PLATELETS DL 06.2018 1. Hemochromatosis Bring A Plate 2. Real Blood is Better Than Fake Blood 3. Its More Realistic Too Stefan Neville: accordion, guitar, drums, baritone recorder Jade Farley: violin, keyboard (on 1) Artwork by Stefan Neville Recorded by Stefan Neville Mastered by Carl Saff A diagnosis lament from Pumice, complete with a fatigued, wheezing (yet hopeful!) ode on the A side and artwork to match. Stefan Neville mostly returns to onemanband mode on Platelets, save for some crucial violin and keyboard by Jade Farley on “Haemochromatosis…” augmenting Neville’s accordion moves. The flip is pure unadulterated Pumice bash & chug of the highest order. As beautiful and necessary as all of his recordings. https://softabuse.com/catalog/pumice-platelets/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 086 SKYGREEN LEOPARDS : THE JINGLING WORLD OF THE SKYGREEN LP 07.2018 LEOPARDS 1. The Stars Go To Sleep 2. I Dreamt She Rode on a Pink Gazelle 3. I Fell Asleep In The Sunbleached Grass (I'll Just Pass Away) 4. Mascara Priscilla (Things Get Better) 5. Yellow is the Color of Bees 6. Leopard Wings 7. Peppermint Annie 8. Your Face is Modern Art 9. Wild Bird Songs 10. The Jingling World (The Skygreen Leopards Love You) 11. Egyptian Circus (Gods of Bantams) 12. Conversations with Mirrors 13. Pinwheels & Circles 14. Hurray for the Beast 15. Soft Dark Birds 16. Sally Orchid I Can't Help You 17. She Wears a Rainbow Sunday Mornings 18. Josephine I've Seen 19. Greenmarsh Tiger 20. Roman Orchards, Part 2 21. Is It Love, Love, Love (Is It) 22. More Fabulous Animals 23. I Don't Live for Today (I Don't Know My Name) 24. Roman Orchards The latest LP to drop on the questionably-named Soft Abuse (Grouper, Exiles From Clowntown) actually reaches back into the past. The Jingling World Of The Skygreen Leopards brings together two home-taped albums by San Franciscan duo The Skygreen Leopards. https://www.normanrecords.com/records/171329 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 087 ULAAN MARKHOR HELM CS 07.2018 SAB 087 ULAAN MARKHOR HELM DL 07.2018 1. Holy Hitch 2. In the Long Hand 3. Stems Mantled in Deep 4. At the Gate 5. Pararhyme 6. Flowering 7. The Valley in Shadow 8. Below the Outfall Ulaan Markhor returns with Helm, a new batch of songs that explore the dissonant, dark corners of post-punk and it’s many permutations. Steven R. Smith’s first recordings as Ulaan Markhor surfaced in 2012, and since that self-titled debut LP he’s continued to refine the sound and feel of the project. Once more the focus is the intersection of rhythmic groove and scorched guitar (“The Meters-meets-Amon Duul”), but on Helm the nuanced, meditative pieces built around spike fiddle or organ are as evocative and commanding. Just like the many great records he’s made before now, Helm is gorgeous, moody, deep and above all, killer. https://softabuse.com/catalog/ulaan-markhor-helm/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 088 THE IVYTREE A PILLAR OF CLOUDS CS .2019 SAB 088 THE IVYTREE A PILLAR OF CLOUDS DL .2019 A Pillar of Clouds offers another dip into the archives of The Ivytree, a collection of mostly unreleased songs made between 1999-2004. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 088 CHRISTOPHER ALAN DURHAM : BREAD & WINE CS 06.2020 A1 Froze Inside A2 All My Old Friends Are Dead A3 First To Bite The Shoe A4 Panic Button B1 End Place B2 T.V. Dinners B3 God's Door B4 Dolphins --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 089 MATTHEW DE GENNARO WHAT IT IS? CS 08.2019 A1 One Stone A2 Enduring A3 Wandering At Ease A4 Volt A5 Maximum Ned B1 Yaravi / More Scales B2 Planta Del Desierto B3 What It Is ? B4 Everything Quiet Like Church B5 Despidida --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 090 STEVEN R. SMITH A SKETCHBOOK OF ENDINGS LP 05.2019 SAB 090 STEVEN R. SMITH A SKETCHBOOK OF ENDINGS CD 05.2019 SAB 090 STEVEN R. SMITH A SKETCHBOOK OF ENDINGS DL 05.2019 1. Careening 2. Everything in Circles 3. Copper Arches 4. The Days Have Wiped Away the Image 5. Grainstacks 6. That Which is Many, Yet None 7. All Things That Shall Be 8. Hollow Victories in Godforsaken Lands 9. The Pale Tree 10. A Bird That Is All Birds 11. The Toppled Era 12. A Series of Courtyards Reversed 13. The Weaving Mill 14. Let Us Return 15. Mourning Weeds With nearly 25 years of solo recordings & releases to his credit, hermetic Californian Steven R. Smith goes back to the start with A Sketchbook of Endings, the first solo release under his own name in 8 years. A Sketchbook of Endings continues Smith’s exploration of the intersection of moody post-punk and cinematic psychedelia, delivered in lysergic pop song-length spurts. Brevity does nothing to sacrifice density or dynamics; Smith offers both in abundance across the album’s 15 instrumentals. These songs are packed with all of the depth, intensity & nuance that have been trademarks of his music for so long. Despite appearing under his given name, A Sketchbook of Endings includes traces of recent work, under guises such as Ulaan Khol, Ulaan Markhor and Ulaan Passerine, as well echoes of his forebearers Mick Harvey and Rowland S. Howard. A Sketchbook of Endings is a highlight of Smith’s first quarter century of activities, a beacon of his rich and varied anti-career. https://softabuse.com/catalog/steven-r-smith-a-sketchbook-of-endings/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 091 THISTLE GROUP THISTLE GROUP 7" 04.2019 SAB 091 THISTLE GROUP THISTLE GROUP DL 04.2019 1. Hold On 2. High 3. Always the First to Sleep 4. Into the Night Thistle Group has been a going thing for a few years, and this eponymous EP is the first widely available document of Claire Mahoney’s slowly scrambled solo endeavor. The songs are built from layered, rumbling analog tape loops that snake around multiple axes, augmented with occasional drums and voice, providing some sense of order. Each track exists as its own universe, guided by Claire’s hand. It’s as beautiful as it is primordial and as it is mysterious, but the beauty in these pieces really shines through after each encounter. Like her work as part of the trio It Hurts, Thistle Group’s zone is more in line with early industrial acts than much of anything since. Her songs clatter and throb in a reminiscent manner, but this is no homage. These dream-state pieces reflect the artist and her process, in full covert glory. https://softabuse.com/catalog/thistle-group-hold-on/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 092 OLUMPUS CAUCUS 14FLAC 07.2019 1 Cut Cut Cut 2 Rant Rant Rant 3 Rotting In My Room 4 Like Dogs Grinning At Ghosts 5 My Feelings Are Temporary 6 It's Interesting 7 A Pen Or Pencil In Every Room 8 Dreadlock Pasta 9 How Does It Work? 10 Beautiful Or Bro 11 Celebrities On The Beach 12 Mountain Of The Gods 13 Who Should Monitor The World's Grease 14 Scummers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 093 PUMICE TABLE LP 01.2021 A1 Lest Wet 3:24 A2 Necklace On A Necklace 5:53 A3 Hankerchief 3:08 A4 Marie 7:57 B1 Gride 9:22 B2 Our Schedule To Explore The Large Area, The Heart 5:46 B3 Lest Wet & Forget 4:51 For years Pumice was the vehicle for immensely creative New Zealand-based artist Stefan Neville (the outfit now consists of Jade Farley as well). Here we find Pumice releasing another electronically-enhanced folk gem. 'Table' offsets Neville’s drones and organ sounds against his partner’s violin lines, and the results are captivating - think Bibio. https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=183723 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 094 MATTHEW DE GENNARO : LAUGHING LOST IN THE UNDERGROUND LP 09.2020 A1 Will And Wishes 7:57 A2 New Dance 3:32 A3 Thoughts In Exile 3:20 A4 I Shall Go Singing 4:06 A5 Invitation To Hiding 4:53 B1 Traveler's Moon 6:51 B2 In The Form Of A Coffin Puller's Song 3:31 B3 Impromptu On A Hangover 2:19 B4 Sinecure March 4:32 B5 Laughing Lost In The Underground 1:24 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 095 RICHARD YOUNGS+RAUL REFREE:ALL HANDS AROUND THE MOMENT LP 11.2019 1. Time Is An Avalanche 2. Nil By Mind 3. Another Language 4. Follow My Sleep Consisting of four long-form and circular pieces that are emotionally forceful despite their hushed delivery, All Hands Around The Moment is a collaboration between Glaswegian artist Richard Youngs and Barcelona-based Raül Refree, inspired by their love of religious music and the more experimental end of the Sixties. https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=179231 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 096 DONOVAN QUINN ABSALOM LP 12.2019 A1 So Long Wild Horses A2 Deathstar Over The Dashboard A3 Satanic Summer Nights A4 Haunted Suburban Train A5 Bunny's Girl B1 Zombie USA B2 Dark Motel B3 1,716 Saturday Nights B4 I Wanna Be Your Ghost B5 I Got A Trick To Make It Through The Night B6 Wintering In A Windowless Romm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 097 HORRID RED RADIANT LIFE LP 07.2020 A1 Brazen Altars A2 Omitted Prophets A3 Fountains Of Clouds A4 Still Suffering A5 Pity The Sun B1 Last Flower Of Youth B2 Divine Names B3 End Of The Age B4 In Glass Heaven B5 Clay's Dream B6 Kamel Lights 2 (Note : LP , 150 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 098 ANLA COURTIS+STEFAN NEVILLE : ROOTS OF A KNOB CS 10.2021 1 Gravel + Gravy 11:14 A2 Sabotaged Pinata 10:38 B1 Roots Of A Knob 11:01 B2 Slow Motion Soup 10:12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 099 THE STRANGE GIRLS THREADS CS 10.2021 A1 Silver Thread 10:01 A2 Dust 5:13 B1 Undone 5:16 B2 Swans 10:22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAB 102 FORTUNATO DURUTTI MARINETTI : MEMORY'S FOOL LP 03.2022 A1 All Roads 6:13 A2 A Kind Of Education 8:51 A3 Feels Like 6:07 A4 I Came Here For A Reason 4:09 B1 Everything Is Right Here 6:21 B2 I Would Smile 6:17 B3 I Declare 9:23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =======================================================================================