On February 22, 2020, my 26th birthday, I was fully prepared to put my label to bed, once and for all. I had one last release to work on, and then Under the Counter Tapes would go gently off into that good night, largely unnoticed if something I was proud to have worked on. That [...]
Editor's note: This album was originally released by MUZAI Records and since been removed from the label's catalog. As such, we've edited links and info accordingly. Medium Soft Paradise Slums (Not on Label) Today, we're thrilled to premiere Paradise Slums, the debut album from English yacht pop/soft music singer-songwriter Medium Soft. By nature and by necessity, Paradise [...]
Quinton Barnes Aarupa (Grimalkin Records) Today, we’re excited to premiere the new album from Canadian experimental R&B songwriter and producer Quinton Barnes, Aarupa. For those who follow the Grimalkin collective, it's likely that your first exposure to Quinton was the "Domestika" single released earlier this, which made a strong impression with us with its soulful, [...]
R.E. Seraphin Tiny Shapes (Paisley Shirt Records) Today, we're absolutely thrilled to premiere the debut solo album from ex-Talkies frontman R.E. Seraphin, Tiny Shapes. For those familiar with his previous bands' output on Burger Records (2016's Bright / Sunny) and Yippee Ki-Yay/Electrify Me! (2018's Kowtow), the songs and sounds found on Tiny Shapes largely come across as the logical [...]
Today, we’re excited to announce Leviathan Messiah, the upcoming album from Chattanooga lo-fi rockers Mythical Motors, as well as premiere lead single “Ring the Bells Burning”. Following last year excellent This Is What the Twilight Zone Was Preparing Us For on Fall Break Records (for which we premiered "1000 Crossing Hearts"), Leviathan Messiah sees the pop [...]
Today, we're thrilled to premiere a new remix album courtesy of COUNTERZINE regular Thor Maillet aka Petridisch, a re-imagining of Barbara Morgenstern's 2018 album Unschuld und Verwüstung: Innocence and Desolation (The Petridisch Rework). One of three Fish Prints releases queued for March 7th's MiniDisc Day along with an expanded reissue of German electropop duo [...]
Evan Souza is Darko the Super, a Philadelphia-based rapper who's received coverage from the likes of Houdini Mansions, Go Radio, and Dead End Hip Hop. We asked him about his upcoming album with Steel Tipped Dove, his influences, his incredible work ethic, favorite artists, and more. We're also fortunate to be able to share the [...]
More Valentine's Day premieres for you! We're thrilled to share the debut single from Peruvian songwriter and producer Santo Paul, "Dia de Inocentes". "Dia de Inocentes" was composed on December 28 of last year, a day celebrated in Latin America similarly to April Fool's Day, which plays into thematic nature of the song's lyrics. [...]
Blushed I Love You So Much It Hurts (goodhowareyou records) It's Valentine's Day, and we're excited to share the appropriately timed and love crazed EP from Philadelphia garage pop band Blushed, I Love You So Much It Hurts. When speaking on the group's first set of tunes since their 2018 So Cool split with Secret [...]
Today, we're stoked to premiere "Molly", the new single from Edmonton garage-psych rockers Dead Friends. The debut single from the band's upcoming 10-track LP set to release in early May on Houston label Wallflower Records, "Molly" is perhaps a more outwardly animated affair than Dead Friends' past work while still maintaining the morose core [...]
