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we’re unbelievably thrilled to announce the release of Landowner’s new album, “Assumption,” due out February 27th!! one of the greatest punk bands alive, their abrasively clean attack has never sounded better. landowner.bandcamp.com/album/assump...

Assumption, by Landowner

12 track album

landowner.bandcamp.com

January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM

Exploding In Sound Records

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EIS WEEKEND POSTERS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE!

www.explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com/merch

Beautifully designed by Drew Millward

four color screen prints on 100 # cardstock

available...

* full weekend poster (36x24)
* friday poster (12x24)
* saturday poster (12x24)
* sunday poster (12x24)

January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM

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Milk Sauce

@claussy.bsky.social

Valerian Tea by Magic Fig is a delightful psychedelic throwback vibe. Some of it is quite modern sounding, some of it is *super* retro psychedelic. All super enjoyable. #indieRock #neoPsychedelic #2025albums

youtu.be/dD4l8PymwaU?...

Magic Fig - "Flammarion" (Official Video)

YouTube video by explodinginsound

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December 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM

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KALX Playlist

@kalxplaylist.bsky.social

7:04 AM "Flammarion" by 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐢𝐠
from 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑎 (Exploding In Sound Records) #nowplaying

December 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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Rosy Overdrive

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And now: Rosy Overdrive's favorite reissues and compilations of 2025!

Rosy Overdrive’s Favorite Reissues and Compilations of 2025

Today, we’re closing out my personal best-of-2025 picks with Rosy Overdrive’s favorite reissues, compilations, and archival releases from this year. As this list encompasses a fairly wi…

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December 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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Michael Organ

@michaelorgan1.bsky.social

My Top 50 Albums of 2025 (in no particular order):

Magic Fig – Valerian Tea (Exploding In Sound)

magicfig.bandcamp.com/album/valeri...

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Valerian Tea, by Magic Fig

10 track album

magicfig.bandcamp.com

December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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4695712 07380

@4695712.bsky.social

31. Davie, de Lawn ⛽⛽⛽⛽⛽

💿 God Made The Highway (@eisrecords.bsky.social): frontlawn.bandcamp.com/album/god-ma...

Lawn - Davie (Official Video + Lyrics)

YouTube video by Lawn

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December 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM

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Rosy Overdrive

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It is time! Parts one and two of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 are up today! Here is part one!

Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 (100-76)

It looks like we’ve found ourselves in December, which means that I find myself putting the finishing touches on Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of the Year. Today, albums 51 through 10…

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December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Exploding In Sound Records

@eisrecords.bsky.social

we're having a big sale over at www.explodinginsoundrecords.bandcamp.com. take 30% of your order using code "eis30"

thanks for all your support

December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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MAGNET Magazine

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Five Questions with Magic Fig (@eisrecords.bsky.social). “Our mantra was, ‘We will do anything to be playlisted and be liked by everyone. Oh, great Moloch, make us go viral.’” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2025/12/05/f...

December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM

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Andy Hibberd

@andyhib101.bsky.social

Dreamy Bay Area psych pop prog anyone? Now playing...

Magic Fig - Magic Fig [Silver Current Records 2024] & Valerian Tea [Exploding In Sound Records 2025]

...the latter released yesterday and recommended by @normanrecords.com

They might just become an obsession

#MagicFig #NewMusic2025

November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM

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Rosy Overdrive

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New blog post! Rosy Overdrive’s 2025 Label Watch, feat.
@lameorecords.bsky.social @dearliferecs.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @troubleinmind.bsky.social @jon.wprb.com @slumberlandrecords.com @eisrecords.bsky.social @12xurecs.bsky.social @repeatingcloud.com @mtstmtn.bsky.social & more:

Rosy Overdrive Label Watch 2025

Welcome to the fourth annual Rosy Overdrive Label Watch! It’s time to check in on what a dozen (give or take) of Rosy Overdrive’s favorite modern labels have been up to for the past few…

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November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM

Exploding In Sound Records

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Magic Fig's “Valerian Tea” is out today! We're so honored to be a part of this LP, profoundly complex yet easy listening, like a gentle breeze on the LSD tinged air

magicfig.bandcamp.com/album/valeri...

"Playful, tasty psychedelic music. It's blissed out and full of wonder and fantasy" - NPR Music

Valerian Tea, by Magic Fig

10 track album

magicfig.bandcamp.com

November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM

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Andy Molholt

@ambymoho.website

playing this excellent show on Saturday at Baby's All Right for @eisrecords.bsky.social's 14th anniversary party 🥳 @sad13.horse

Exploding In Sound Records @eisrecords.bsky.social · Nov 18

come celebrate with us on Saturday at Baby's All Right with music from @sad13.horse, Two Inch Astronaut (!!), El Kempner (of Palehound), and @bimboband.bsky.social!! it'll be a great time. wl.eventim.us/event/explod...

November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM

Exploding In Sound Records

@eisrecords.bsky.social

come celebrate with us on Saturday at Baby's All Right with music from @sad13.horse, Two Inch Astronaut (!!), El Kempner (of Palehound), and @bimboband.bsky.social!! it'll be a great time. wl.eventim.us/event/explod...

November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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Sun 13

@sun13music.bsky.social

Albums Quarterly #20

Ft. @Starer (@fiadh.bsky.social), Matmos (@thrilljockey.bsky.social), @nadjaluv.bsky.social (@cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social), Cosimo Querci (@quindirecords.bsky.social), The Radio Field (@subjangle.bsky.social), Prewn, Joanne Robertson & more...

sun-13.com/2025/11/10/a...

Albums Quarterly #20

Featuring Jessica Moss, Shrine Maiden, Prewn, Cosimo Querci, Orcutt Shelley Miller, and more.

sun-13.com

November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM

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zaphmann.bsky.social

@zaphmann.bsky.social

Featured on Zaph Mann's show - The Beat Goes On - inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/11/02/t... Don't Be Scared by Prewn @prewn @lost_poncho "System" (Exploding in Sound) @eisrecords.bsky.social 2025 Izzy Hagerup prewnmusic.bandcamp.com/album/system

System, by Prewn

9 track album

prewnmusic.bandcamp.com

November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM

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Drew Millward

@drewmillward.bsky.social

Got asked by @eisrecords.bsky.social to make some posters for their upcoming birthday shows. A triptych of prints, or one big print, the choice is yours.
An honour to be asked.

October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM

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Rosy Overdrive

@rosyoverdrive.com

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Sam Woodring @pretzlerecords.bsky.social, Cusp @cuspband.bsky.social @eisrecords.bsky.social, E.R. Visit, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social @youvechanged.bsky.social:

Pressing Concerns: Sam Woodring, Cusp, E.R. Visit, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Welcome to the first Pressing Concerns of the week! It features new albums from Cusp, E.R. Visit, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and a new EP from Sam Woodring. It’s all pretty good, in my …

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October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM

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Merry-Go-Round Magazine

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We're thrilled to have Jobber's Kate Meizner step back into the ring with Hard Time Blues to discuss the new album JOBBER TO THE STARS, out now via @eisrecords.bsky.social. We chat about noted wrestling fan Bob Mould, the state of the AEW and WWE's women's divisions, SOME KIND OF MONSTER, and more!

Hard Time Blues vs. Jobber [Round 2] - Merry-Go-Round Magazine

Jobber's Kate Meizner steps back into the ring with Hard Time Blues to discuss the new album JOBBER TO THE STARS, Bob Mould, the state of the AEW and WWE's women's divisions, and more!

merrygoroundmagazine.com

October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Exploding In Sound Records

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Cusp's new album "What I Want Doesn't Want Me Back" is out everywhere today!! we couldn't love this record more. each song is a compliment to the last, building and shifting with textures that come and go in service to the songs' enormous hooks. a genuine gem. cusptunes.bandcamp.com/album/what-i...

What I Want Doesn't Want Me Back, by Cusp

10 track album

cusptunes.bandcamp.com

October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Exploding In Sound Records

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YOU ARE INVITED TO THE EIS BDAY WEEKEND - 11/21 to 11/23. Tickets are on sale now and we'd love to see you there. Performances by Ovlov, Prewn, Washer, Rick Rude, Speedy Ortiz, Two Inch Astronaut, Grass Is Green, Bimbo, Krill 2, Baked, Smile Machine, Landowner, and Beck Zegans (fka Goo).

October 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM

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Jennifer Kelly

@jenpkelly.bsky.social

“Prewn’s Izzy Hagerup follows up to 2023’s Through the Window with a noisy, powerful slice of feedback-addled rock, a primal wail that sits alongside howling classics like PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7973033... @eisrecords.bsky.social