50+ releases from Bridgetown's 5 year history are now available digitally on Bandcamp!
Shipping Rates:
• USA: $1.25 flat rate for any amount of items
• Canada: $6 flat rate for any amount of items
• Rest of the world: $8.50 for 1 item, $10 flat rate for 2 or more items. Package deals count as only 1 item!
NOW BOOKING:
• Kevin Greenspon / Reighnbeau West Coast tour from July 10 through July 22 in support of upcoming split 7" on Family Time.
• Kevin Greenspon / Big Waves of Pretty USA tour from approx. August 15 through December 15, focusing on the Eastern US.

I will be performing pieces from forthcoming "Betrayed by the Angels" split 12" LP with Former Selves accompanied by new visual projections.

All possibilities for performances welcome, we are no strangers to tiny towns or unusual situations.
Contact me at bridgetownrecords@gmail.com
SPRING 2013 BATCH package deal: (download free mixtape here)
#90: School Knights Lethargy cassette
#89: Reighnbeau Friends cassette
#88: Torn Humorist Everyone Works So Hard cassette
#87: Lavas Magmas INT.eruption cassette
#86: N O W Are You New Age? CDr (specify cassette if preferred)
#84: Paper Armies Tell Me To Give Up cassette
#82: Derek Rogers Don't Stop Bereaving cassette
PICK YOUR OWN PACKAGE DEAL

Pick any 5 titles you want from the catalog or distro:


Note: "Common Objects" vinyl LP counts as 2 titles for USA,
and 3 titles for Canada/international orders.
Available Catalog:
Bridgetown #90 - $6
Two and a half years after their Bridgetown debut, School Knights return with a richly multi-faceted album. The eight songs that comprise "Lethargy" shun the notion that rock music is meant to be lazy or simple. School Knights have achieved a level of maturity rare among their peers, and have spun a complex web of rhythms, harmonies and song structures that remains immediate, accessible and fully gratifying, as rock has always been throughout its history. "Lethargy" bursts with a propulsive energy that effortlessly bends around shifting time signatures and races towards the ten-minute magnum opus of a cliffhanger "And the Moon Descends Upon the Temple, Which Was."
Limited to 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with full-color labels and doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock, includes digital download card.
Press: Portals 1, Portals 2, Their Bated Breath, Shiny Shiny New


Bridgetown #89 - $6
Reighnbeau's sophomore release for Bridgetown serves as an adventurous contrast to the sparsity and silence that dominated 2012's "Ashes." On "Friends," Bryce Hample twists the methods of shoegaze and slowcore into softer, acoustic-based miniatures. The result is a unique and captivating collection of songs that embrace quiet moments with a dynamic liveliness. The warmth of plucked nylon strings, breathy vocals and sparse drumming have a distinctly organic nature; a refreshing escape from the typical effect pedal overload commonly associated with shoegaze.
Co-release with Grey. Limited to 100 cassettes dubbed in real-time with full-color labels, doublesided printing, includes digital download card.
Press: Anhedonic Headphones review


Bridgetown #88 - $6
Laying his Trudgers project to rest, Brent Mitzner has returned under the guise of Torn Humorist to infiltrate new concepts in home-taping. "Everyone Works So Hard" is a testament to the 8-track tape machine as a vehicle for instrumentation. Synthetic sheets of melody are fabricated from dense layering of guitar and viola as the tapes are sped up, slowed down, pitch shifted, EQed and layered again and again into abstractions that bear little resemblance to their original form. A swirl of textures twist into and out of each other in the pool of self-reflection, leaving more questions unanswered than before.
Limited to 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with full-color labels and doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock, includes digital download card.
Press: Tiny Mix Tapes


Bridgetown #87 - $6
A mainstay of the Portland experimental scene, Luis Gonzalez has tinkered with sophisticated noise composition, sound design and developed homemade instruments for years. His works are often characterized by ominous, industrial overtones sweeping over an immersive world of post-apocalyptic anxiety. On this full-length album, Gonzalez has crafted meticulous arrangements evocative of natural environments: insects chirping in a swamp, the grinding of tectonic plates, an angelic choir filling an echoing cave below the earth's surface. This elaborate landscape is as much a living, breathing organism as it is a network of rusted factories, metal clattering and ringing out in the halls of a failed utopia long after human extinction.
Limited to 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with full-color labels and doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock, includes digital download card.


Bridgetown #86 - $6
Kevin Litrow has pounded out beats as a member of 60-Watt Kid and Dance Disaster Movement for the past decade, finally coming into his own as the solo artist known as N O W. For his first solo EP, Litrow captures the fervor of his live performances over the last few years: a sole body standing before a glamorous dream world of mirrors, lights and smoke that sheds self-consciousness and awareness. There is a room, a dancefloor, a beat, and you are in it. That's all there is. A chance to exorcise the excess and let everything go until the music stops.
Limited to 100 CDrs in full-color double-sided sleeves and 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with full-color labels and doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock, includes digital download card.


Bridgetown #85 - $6

After years in the works, these two best friends team up once again for a new collaborative record of sugary sweet pop punk anthems that are instantly catchy and relatable to anyone who has felt young at least once in their life. For their second collaborative record, Kevin Greenspon and Jon Barba aka Nicole Kidman contribute sincere, heartbreaking and intimately personal songs of foolish love backed by the simple beauty of a busted keyboard, blown out drum machine and raw guitar fuzz. Greenspon's guitarwork has been stripped down from the thicker shoegaze on his prior split CD with Cloud Nothings to complement the trademark Yamaha tones and frantic beats Nicole Kidman has made a name for himself with.
Bridgetown's first vinyl release captures the duo's finest moments together from several years of writing and were recorded in such varied settings as a poolhouse the two formerly ran a venue in (see video above), a dusty woodshop in Oakland, and even on a junked television set. "Already Dead" includes 4 exclusive songs and crowd favorites that fans will recognize from their tours together such as "Thirst For God" plus 8 more bonus songs in the included digital download.

Limited to 550 records with metallic silver labels, housed in tri-fold jackets with doublesided, full-color printing on 100# glossy stock. Package includes all lyrics, over a dozen photos taken by and of the duo, and a high-quality digital download in your choice of format. 100 copies are available as a European edition from the recently revived Almost Halloween Time Records; 50 feature handmade covers. European orders are recommended to order from them!
Press: Depression Chamber, Foxy Digitalis, Dusted: Still Single, Tiny Mix Tapes


Bridgetown #84 - $6
Following up 2011's split with Desert of Hiatus, Jason Calhoun has composed a masterful work of post-rock infused ambient. Perhaps the most cinematic and powerfully moving release on the label thus far, "Tell Me To Give Up" explodes with tidal waves of searing distortion that relentlessly tear at the heartstrings, beckoning even more melody to emerge from the rubble of one's crumbling realization. Calhoun's arrangements command a return to the most painful experiences of one's life not to induce those feelings once again, but to discover that everything will be okay in the end.
Limited to 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with full-color labels and doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock, includes digital download card.
Press: The Sirens Sound


Bridgetown #83 - $6
Folding Focus
Kevin Greenspon


Limited quantities leftover from tour.

Folding Focus is a 10-song exploration of movement, transitions and stasis in the audio/video field. The disc features visual work by Paul Skomsvold (Former Selves) and Matthieu Séry that was projected during Kevin Greenspon's performances on his USA tour this past Fall.

Tiny Mix Tapes' review of the first track explains that Skomsvold's visuals "give new meaning to a term like 'watercolor,' truly painting the frame with soft strokes of vivid shades while keeping the overall image in a decidedly aqua state. Greenspon’s guitar, meanwhile, is at its most fluttery and falsetto with this number, the melody softly gliding to the forefront before unabashedly chiming out its saccharine message, swimming through a gentle pond of tone before the entire thing crumbles as the beauty is rudely devoured in crinkling static." Séry's work serves as a complementary foil, immersing the viewer in subtle shifts of painted color, points and form that gradually coalesce into hundreds of miniature, inconceivable climaxes.
Pro-duplicated and shrinkwrapped region-free DVDs (NTSC Region 0 for worldwide compatibility) with full-color artwork and liner notes.
Press: Tiny Mix Tapes


Bridgetown #82 - $6
One of the most recognizable names in the U.S. experimental scene, Derek Rogers' second release on Bridgetown shatters the canon of his entire history with a surprise from left field. "Don't Stop Bereaving" centers around the exploration of hard panning, rhythms, drastic volume cuts and their interactions with solid walls of sculpted tone. Disorientation plays against stability: a muted piano under rumbling bass, bells ringing through synthesized crunch, fabricated beats bouncing in and out of silence.
Limited to 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with full-color labels and doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock, includes digital download card.


Bridgetown #79 - $6

4 copies left
With a string of solo LPs, CDs and tapes for Aguirre, Group Tightener, Debacle and Digitalis in just over a year's time, Seattle's Secret Colors has seemingly appeared from nowhere. However, Matt Lawson bears deeper roots than his enigmatic project may convey at first glance. Impose Magazine describes Lawson's work on "Higher Views" as "effervescent, bouyant mixes of effects-laden guitars, synths, and found-sounds, meticulously mapped out into relaxing journeys you can drift right along with," and these five songs live up to all expectations for the newcomer's stellar track record. Already a fixture of the Pacific Northwest DIY scene as guitarist/keyboardist in local post-punk heroes Stephanie, Lawson channels the songwriting sensibility of his band towards the loose and hazy constructions of the drone underground, refining them into a rich and textural swirl of abstracted synth-pop.
Limited to 125 chrome cassettes with color labels, packaged in white cases with full-color, doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock.
Press: Seattle Weekly, Impose Magazine, Foxy Digitalis review


Bridgetown #76 - $6
Kevin Gwzodz has quietly been releasing a string of tranquil drone works as Desert of Hiatus for the past year and a half, but "Compendium" breaks the cycle with a more sophisticated approach to catharsis. This new album steps away from the dense, layered tones and placid serenity of Gwozdz's previous work and is the first release to feature new member Jon Scheid. Here, their true sense of musicianship is revealed as the rich character of piano and acoustic guitar play off another, flirting with silence and decay while peaceful ambient melodies hover just above the noise floor. "Compendium" sets the stage as a melancholy personal drama that unfolds to the tune of a tiny orchestra in perfect accord: their intensely quiet harmonies bouncing off wooden walls and rain-soaked windows in an empty home, their gasping words drowned out by the streets of NE Portland.
Limited to 100 chrome cassettes with color labels, packaged in white cases with full-color, doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock.


Bridgetown #73 - $6
7 copies left
Jimmy Billingham's output as Venn Rain serves as an altar-ego to his Tidal project, utilizing melodic repetition and tape manipulation as the building blocks for his ethereal sound constructions. The pieces on "Serene Beam" are akin to being trapped in a singular moment that is frozen and played out in slow motion, harmonies unfolding at a glacial pace. Seconds turn to minutes as these songs become the sound of a perceived room, filling the space with an infinite moment that changes in slow gradients.
Limited to 100 chrome cassettes with color labels, packaged in white cases with full-color, doublesided printing on 80# gloss stock.


Bridgetown #72 - $6
In support of two comprehensive USA tours this year and on the heels of splits with Former Selves, Sky Stadium and Trudgers, Greenspon has finally offered his first official follow-up album to 2010's Unveiling album and Common Objects 12" LP. Greenspon effortlessly transforms gentle progressions of soothing guitar notes into a graceful choir of blurry tape collage. The six pieces on Maroon Bells are concise recollections of a very specific set of personal memories: those first times you had dreams of disappearing, seeing a city from the mountains, being dwarfed by the skeleton of a skyscraper, and the deafening railroad tracks that threaten the hope of sleeping to dream once again.
Second edition of 150 chrome cassettes dubbed in real-time and 276 stamped CDrs with full-color printing.
Press: No Fear of Pop, Boy Attractions, Epitonic.com interview, Tiny Mix Tapes, The Creative Intersection, Foxy Digitalis review

Bridgetown #70 - $5
The Science of Consciousness C14 cassette tape
Chasms

Chasms - Total Depth (excerpt).mp3
Chasms - Duality (excerpt).mp3

Cody Kirkendall's recent releases as Chasms showcase a very refined take on contemporary synth composition. His craftsmanship of briskly paced sci-fi miniatures are brief but highly personal doses of kosmische electronica. These documents place the inner self under a microscope, revealing a wide spectrum of fine details that flicker in and out of focus for mere seconds at a time. While much of the current crop of sci-fi synth obsesses over the infinite bounds of outer space, Kirkendall's work serves as a reminder that there is more to us than meets the eye, and that perhaps our exploration of the cosmos should begin inside ourselves.
Limited to 100 chrome cassettes dubbed in real-time with full-color, doublesided glossy cardstock inserts.


Bridgetown #60 - $6
Perpendicular Crosstalk
Mandarin Dynasty

Mandarin Dynasty - Toledo Blues.mp3
Mandarin Dynasty - Perpendicular Crosstalk.mp3

6 copies left
Between extended tours of the USA and numerous relocations, pop song maestro Mike Sherk's long-awaited bedroom masterpiece is finally ready after over four years of recording spread across California, Texas, Michigan, Rhode Island and Ohio. Perpendicular Crosstalk displays an extremely wide range of genres and styles that the seasoned road warrior naturally captures the essence of, makes his own, and redefines within the context of each other. While unafraid to toy with tongue-in-cheek pop culture references, Sherk's commanding quality lies in the sincerity of his storytelling. Amplified by his mastery in the nuances of each instrument and marvelous production values, Sherk pulls these eleven songs from a time capsule isolated from passing fads, trends and buzz-genres.
Second edition of 100 pro-duplicated chrome cassettes with glossy printing. Guest musicians include Kevin Ferguson (Friendship Hurricane), Taryn Popplewell, Eleanor Weigert and John McCauley (Deer Tick).


Bridgetown #58 - $5

5 copies left
A shimmering orchestra of crystallized guitar collage dedicated to the discovery that even the mysterious and resented can be beautiful when memory is slowed down. Intended as a standalone piece, Waypoint freezes the ephemeral moment of realization as it dawns and abruptly divides on itself. This single composition is split in two complementary halves for separate reflections on both the arrival and departure from personal junctures and finally overcoming the questioning of one's trajectory to the present.
Second edition of 115 in clear shells with glossy printing.
Press: Tiny Mix Tapes


Bridgetown #55 - $6

Video collaboration with Matthieu Séry. Headphones and fullscreen HD in a dark room recommended.
After ten tours spanning the USA and dozens of cassette, CD and vinyl releases in the past two years, Californian Kevin Greenspon has exhibited an unstoppable work ethic. On Paradise A.D., 65 minutes of music from 5 limited edition cassettes are presented from the original master recordings. The collection ranges from songs such as Rose Window's "Machine Shop," which Pitchfork Media calls "a sonic feast devoured in three all-too-short minutes composed of deliciously delayed guitar pickings and crunchy crescendo-ing soundscapes" to richly detailed tape collage detritus. Tome To The Weather Machine attests to Greenspon as "a master of dynamics on tape" and in the live arena, as dynamic arrangements of "heartaching drones... field recordings, gorgeous volume swells, strummed chords and contact mic squalor lap slowly into each other gracefully and naturally."
15 songs from 5 limited edition cassette EPs and splits with Sky Stadium and Trudgers on Sound Holes, Existential Cloth, Bathetic, Life's Blood and Tired Trails are collected on this limited edition CD, packaged in shrinkwrapped jewelcase with full-color artwork.
Press: 1, 2, 3, 4, review on KZSU radio, Stanford, CA, Interview about the album and more


Bridgetown #32 - $8


Limited quantities leftover from tour
The long-awaited split album between these 2 rising solo artists opens with 5 new songs by Kevin Greenspon: California weirdo heartthrob pop punk about looking back on teenage years and losing it all. Densely packed with Kevin's unique guitar melodies and featuring Travis von Sydow/Ancient Crux on drums and includes a cover of No Paws. Cloud Nothings rounds out the disc with 5 more exclusive new songs: the Cleveland teenager takes his catchy brand of raw and distorted-beyond-the-red bedroom pop in a direction not seen in his "Turning On" album or subsequent tape/vinyl releases. Limited edition CD packaged in shrinkwrapped jewelcase with full-color insert and lyric sheet.
Press: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, In-depth Review, another review, Interview about the split, review of LA show together


Bridgetown #16 - $6
Turning On
Cloud Nothings

Cloud Nothings - Hey Cool Kid.mp3
Cloud Nothings - Whaddya Wanna Know.mp3
Cloud Nothings - Can't Stay Awake.mp3


Limited copies left
The debut of Cleveland, Ohio's Cloud Nothings is an incredibly catchy and nostalgic 8 song full-length album. Solo bedroom pop punk overflowing with infectious guitar riffs harmonizing perfectly with addicting vocal melodies.
Original handmade version of album later re-issued on Carpark / Wichita.

Distro Titles:

Family Time Records #22 - $12



Limited quantities leftover from tour
Press sheet description: "On his 12” vinyl debut, Greenspon has written and arranged seven songs blending elements and techniques from ambient, drone, field recording, and harsh noise sub-genres into a concise album that seamlessly covers a wide variety of musical ground. Taking a refined approach to actual songwriting in lieu of the unplanned improvisation or loose experimentation of his contemporaries, Greenspon has woven Common Objects into a personal and emotionally moving narrative chacterized by his trademark guitar tones, reminiscent of classical string instruments, lush synthesizers and AM radio interference."
Edition of 530 vinyl records packaged in glossy, full-color jackets with postcard inserts and digital download cards.
Press: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, in-depth review


Monorail Trespassing #83 - $6


Limited quantities left
Label description: "Los Angeles' hardest working man. What may appear to be all bright light soon gets covered by dark clouds. Greenspon combines elements of ambient music, drone, collage and harsh noise, all condensed into song form. Six pieces of dynamic compositions for guitar, keyboard, and tapes."
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