8/10/08 + PSEUDO-NEWS
hey there. i just figured i'd drop the fact that the OS!R site and distro is back online after a long time of being down (years, even?). that means that maybe someone wants to lighten the load of my boxes and boxes of various releases, including both the final Oh Snap! Records monster DVD movie/collection release. people don't seem to realize that there are copies left, so hit that shit up if you're interested: http://timefence.slothrop.info/ohsnaprecords/ .
the site is being hosted on the Time Fence website, my much newer and much less dead band.
you should check out these other current rad bands featuring former OS!R dudes and those that were spawned from that same fertile marshland in the wake of the community the label served to document:
+ Falls of Rauros
+ Time Fence
+ Sand in Fire
+ Eld
OS!R is a one-man punk-run record label based out of amherst, MA and scarborough, ME that since its inception in 2003 served to aid and document the small, pocket music community based around scarborough. I have always felt that, while a sincere band should never focus on image, every artistic outlet should be exploited whenever possible to make everything as intricate and personal as the music itself. this philosophy is what has been infused into this unique working experiment (money pit?) of a label.
PS. you can listen to all past releases in their entirety in streaming audio on the OS!R website if you so desire. check it out .
NEW RELEASES:
In the works for over two years, this thing is out of control,
featuring rare, QUALITY live performances and hijinks from maine's...
Fort Ved Brann + emperor meets crestfallen/the now?
Tom Hamill + solo post-rock stuff
Departure From Apathy + maine's only screamy-hardcore/emo, circa 2003
xBurningFlagx + best live joke band ever?
Midriff + metal-pop-indie-emo-prog-rock???
Apagon + melodic prog-death-metal akin to opeth
...and a shit-ton more.
this is NOT your typical slopped-together D.I.Y. video release.
this shit's tight. from ohsnaprecords . check it.
NOW AVAILABLE (as of November '06):
$12+ OS!R: The Video Experience 2x DVD
featuring mad bands and a ridiculous amount of sweet shit
$3 + Falls of Rauros "Into the Archaic" CD
northern-appalachian folk-black-metal two-piece (60+min!) mp3z
$3 + Fort Ved Brann demo-CDEP
fake-norway's own signature style of metallic-hardcore
$20+ Fort Ved Brann ridiculous hollowed-out bible 3" CD
"collectors edition?!" demo repackaged in evilest,
most indulgent packaging ever. limited run of 20!
$6 + Departure From Apathy s/t CD
maine's real-deal sloppy screamy-hardcore/emo, circa 2003 (45min)
$8 + Midriff "Session" CD
influences out the ass, some crazy motherfuckers (60+min)
$2 + Peter Ferrante/Nicholouse Ferrante split CD
sloppy, dirty screamy-hardcore-punk from 2003
note: Everysmithever's "Bedrooms and Igloos" CDEP (OS!R05) and all older releases are long out of print.
you can pick up any of these at the mailorder distro
on the OS!R site. mad cheap! the mega sick punk-run record store Strange Maine (in Portland, Maine) also carries most available titles.
