Visions - s/t LP out now! Maybe 2020 wasn't the best year for Ebullition to start releasing new records. Not much that can be done about that, I suppose. In any event, following on the footsteps of the new Downcast LP Ebullition is now helping to release the new Visions s/t LP. Visions is a new band out of Portland, OR featuring folks that have been around for many years. Their drummer, Mike, grew up here in Goleta. I have known him a very long time. He played in a few bands from Goleta over the years, but has been in Portland for some time now. When I heard the new Visions recording I was both impressed and inspired to give them some help. VISIONS - s/t LP

Dark, gothic, melodic, and catchy punk rock from Portland, OR backed with very solid singing that is delivered with depth and sophistication. Very well done. Three of the four members were previously in the anarcho post punk goth band known as Dead Cult. Two of the members were also in Broken Spirit, another top notch band out of Portland. Akin to older bands like New Model Army, The Chameleons, The Mob, Siouxsie and the Banshees or somewhat newer bands like Bellicose Minds,The Estranged, or Terrible Feelings. This is a split label release with Old City Records and Ebullition. Only 300 made. (Ebullition Records/Old City Records #5)

Downcast - Tell Me I Am Alive LP out now! In 2015 Downcast started practicing again. They had originally wanted to record some older songs that they didn't manage to record before they split up in the early 1990's. However, once they started practicing they decided they wanted to reform and continue on as an actual band as they still had aspirations for Downcast. They have played a handful of shows since they reformed, but they were mostly working on a new LP. In the future they hope to play more shows and will also release additional material if all goes as planned. This LP features four older songs that were never recorded back in the day as well as 6 new songs that continue the Downcast journey into the future. These are serious songs that deal with issues currently plaguing our society. DOWNCAST - Tell Me I Am Alive LP

30 years ago Ebullition came into existence when we released the Downcast 7" with No Answers #10. Downcast was a key ingredient in Ebullition's beginning. Brent, the Downcast guitarist, drew the Ebullition logo and Downcast played a major part in creating the ideology that would define Ebullition. When Downcast broke up they left unrecorded songs on the table. "Tell Me I Am Alive" picks those unrecorded songs up, and also moves forward with a whole set of brand new Downcast tracks; 10 tracks in total. This LP is not about the past, however, it is about now and the future. It picks up where the debut Downcast LP left off and continues pushing their sound forward both musically and politically. Ebullition is ecstatic to be releasing this LP in 2020. This is the sort of LP that Ebullition was created to release. Amazing. (Ebullition Records #61) The digital version of this LP will be available from 31G.

Orchid - Chaos is Me 20th anniversary edition! In 1999 Ebullition released the Orchid - Chaos is Me LP. At the time Orchid was a fairly new and unheard of band. It was the 45th release on Ebullition, but over time it became the most popular band and record that Ebullition ever had the privilege of releasing. In honor of this, in 2019 Ebullition has decided to releases a special limited edition 20th anniversary version of this monumental LP. Colored vinyl and a special foil printed cover with all of the grey elements from the original cover replaced with the silver foil. Limited to 1,500 copies. Here is a list of all the currently available Orchid releases from Ebullition. EBULLITION RECORDS (new)

ORCHID - Chaos Is Me LP (silver foil 20th anniversary edition) $10.00 EBULLITION RECORDS (restock)

ORCHID - Chaos Is Me/Dance Tonight! CD $6.50

ORCHID - Dance Tonight! 10" $7.75

ORCHID - Gatefold CD $5.25

ORCHID - Gatefold LP $7.75 ORCHID - Chaos is Me LP

Orchid's first full length 12" features eleven songs of their unique blend of emotive chaos and combustible hardcore. Blending it all together to create emo violence. The cover design has an almost Misfits inspired motif, and their lyrics are... well, they are Orchid lyrics, which means that they are slightly emotive and vague while retaining a sense of purpose. Orchid is all about blending; taking the best of several genres and putting it all together to get the Orchid sound. Screaming vocals and harsh sounding music to keep the kids screaming and dancin' whether they are Romulan emo kids or crusty Klingons. (Ebullition Records #45) ORCHID - Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! 10"

Ten new blasts of chaotic fury and emotive noise on a cute little 10". The Orchid sound is even more aggressive than on their 12", and anyone that enjoyed any of their previous releases will be floored by these new songs. Tuneful, vicious, throbbing, and chaotic hardcore played with finesse, heartfelt energy, and a wee bit of arty pretense. (Ebullition Records #46) ORCHID - Chaos Is Me/Dance Tonight! CD

Combining the eleven tracks from the Chaos Is Me LP with the ten tracks from the Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! 10", this Orchid CD will be a definite crowd pleaser. The CD is packaged in fittingly chaotic hand stamped red opaque jewel cases, and it comes with CD sized versions of the original booklets from the LP and 10". Twenty-one Orchid tracks that highlight the band's blend of emotive chaos, vicious attack, combustible energy, and arty-heartfelt pretense all together in a handmade case! Let the party begin! (Ebullition Records #46 CD) ORCHID - Gatefold LP/CD

The final recordings of Orchid. These nineteen tracks are probably the best songs that Orchid ever recorded. Their sound has been honed and defined, and the recording perfectly captures Orchid's diverse combination of arty sensibilities, heartfelt emotive song writing, Mohinder-esque drumming, frantic precision, controlled mayhem, and chaotic adrenaline. An excellent record that even surpasses their previous releases. Definitely Orchid's opus. Both the CD and LP come packaged in gatefold sleeves. (Ebullition #51) ORCHID - Totality LP/CD

The complete 1998 - 2002 singles collection finally available on LP! Twentyfour songs remastered from the original recordings, including the self-titled 7", five split releases, three compilation tracks and one unreleased song. Vinyl includes a 20 page, full color, 7" x 7" booklet, and download code. (Clean Plate Records #38)

HeartattaCk on-line All issues of HeartattaCk are now available in PDF form from the HeartattaCk archive ( heartattackarchive.com ). This web site is not connected directly to HeartattaCk or Ebullition, but we do support their efforts to make these issues available on-line. Also, if you want to support them you can buy HeartattaCk t-shirts from World of Need Clothing as well as Struggle, and Reversal of Man t-shirts.

Blasting Concept - Sloth Rocket LP out now! Influenced by Blast, SST, RKL, and Annihilation Time, Blasting Concept expertly melds '70s rock with early '80s SoCal hardcore. Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Ventura have a long history of this sort of ear damage... there is a reason that these cities produced RKL, Annihilation Time, and Blasting Concept. The only odd thing is that Blasting Concept is releasing an LP on Ebullition Records, which doesn't normally release such rock influenced records, however, Jeff Capra, one of Blasting Concept's two guitarists, was also in Manumission, which Ebullition released over 20 years ago. Jeff has actually been in a million hardcore bands over the last 25 years... Like It Or Not, Manumission, Holier Than Thou?, Become, Broken Needle, Embassy, Ochre, Surprise Vacation, and probably a few others as well. When guitarist Calvin (formerly of Bone Explosion) started Blasting Concept back in 2009 he was heavily influenced by Blast, but over the years the band has become more and more influenced by '70s rock while still retaining those original Blast influences. Blasting Concept has previously released an LP and a 7", which are both sold out at this point.

New Web Site Features We have added several new features to the web site. We are now listing the full catalog both alphabetically and by label. We now have a clearance list that shows all of our special blow out deals. There are now descriptions for all of the new releases and some restock items. Lastly, every week we are doing a special spotlight on one of our labels. Plus you can check out the previous weeks spotlights as well. Click here to switch to the new releases for the week.

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Sad News As some of you may know, Sarah Kirsch (formerly known as Mike Kirsch) passed away on December 5th, 2012 from Fanconi Anemia, which is a rare inherited bone marrow syndrome. Sarah was a visionary and guitarist for many bands that were released on Ebullition over the years: Sawhorse, John Henry West, Fuel, Torches To Rome, Bread & Circuits, and Baader Brains. She played in many bands that never had releases on Ebullition such as Skinflutes, Silver Bearing, Fifteen, Pinhead Gunpowder, Navio Forge, Sixteen Bullets, Please Inform The Captain This Is A Hijack, and Mothercountry Motherfuckers. Sarah was an inspirational human being and she did indeed believe in hope and progress. She helped to influence me over the years and inspired and contributed to the direction of Ebullition's manifestation as a musical concept. My life was enriched by her existence and I will miss her, as I know many in the punk/hardcore community will. Our thoughts go out to all of her friends and family during these difficult times. - Kent / Ebullition

John Henry West - discography LP out now!! The John Henry West LP is out now. It comes with a bonus CD. Yeah, it took some time, but I think people will be pleased with this high quality release! Take a look at the John Henry West page to get more info about this great release. John Henry West members also played in Fuel, Navio Forge, Bread & Circuits, Sawhorse, Torches To Rome, Sixteen Bullets, End of The Line, Please Inform The Captain This Is a Hijack, and plenty more! LP jacket and CD booklet images below.



Portraits Of Past - discography CD out now!! Thirteen years after they broke up, the Portraits of Past discography CD has finally came out. It will be available for sale on 6/23/08. They are also playing some shows in the Bay Area and in NYC this summer. Check them out. A little blast from the past. Take a look at the Portraits of Past page to get more info about this great release.

Things you might want to know about Ebullition How many people work at Ebullition?

Two. Just Lisa and Kent. Kent, of course, founded Ebullition, and Lisa has worked here for more than 13 years. Who does what?

Lisa keeps track of all of the inventory in our office. She pulls all of orders, and she personally packs and ships 99% of all of the orders within the USA. She also helps with deciding on restock orders when we are low on inventory. Kent does all of the accounting, and decides what we will carry. He does all of the catalogs and updates the web site on either Saturday or Sunday each week. He also ships all of the international orders. And he pays labels/bands and manages the restock orders with Lisa's help. Can either of you read minds?

Surprisingly, no. Thus if you send us an order or e-mail then please tell us who you are and what you are talking about. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people in the world that have the same first name. It is best to include your full name and address with every order, and if you are responding to an e-mail from us then please either quote our original e-mail or describe what we were talking about! How do I get something distributed by Ebullition?

E-mail a description for the release, as well as a wholesale price to wholesale@ebullition.com and sooner or later Kent will get back to you. If he needs more information then he will ask. Don't bother sending sound files as Kent doesn't understand how to listen to them, and he certainly doesn't want to read your one sheet. Keep it simple. What are your payment terms?

In general we work on consignment with a payment schedule that will be determined by the speed at which your releases sell. If your stock sells very slowly then you will get paid very slowly, and if your stock sells very fast then you will get paid very fast. Everything is subject to how busy we are. Being that we are only 2 people that can change quite quickly. How come you haven't answered my e-mail?

As noted, Ebullition is only run by two people. Lisa does NOT work on the weekend, and she generally is off 2 Fridays a month. So if you e-mail her when she is off then you have to wait for her to get back. She is very good about e-mail and if you don't get a response within 7 days then something is wrong. Kent does work on the weekend, but he doesn't answer e-mail every day. He tries to do the important e-mail on a very regular basis, but he gets a LOT of e-mail and sometimes he gets behind. It may take a few weeks to get a response, and if it isn't critical then it might take a lot longer then you would like. Are you and Lisa married or dating?

No. Lisa is married to Brett (This Machine Kills/Not For The Lack of Trying guitarist). They have two children, Xander and Quinn. Is Ebullition a cult?

No. It is true that Kent, Brett, Lisa, Quinn, and Xander all live together in one house. That doesn't make us a cult, though I am sure that all of our various parents might think otherwise.

Mailorder and Domestic Distro changes We have changed the rules for mailorder and for domestic distro. Huge changes. Ebullition is a small company; just Lisa and I. Mailorder has become increasingly time intensive and expensive over the last few years. It isn't cost effective nor is it a good use of our time. Lisa would like more time with her son and family, and I would like more time in my life to pursue other interests. Over the years we have tried to integrate a 3rd person into the Ebullition team, but for various reasons it has never worked out long term. So we decided to make changes that would allow the two of us to run Ebullition without having to spend our entire lives here in this office. The following changes are massive, and for most mailorder customers it will mean that we are effectively no longer doing mailorder. Domestic Distro customers won't really find many changes. Here are the major changes. We now have a $50 minimum order.

We now only have one catalog.

Everyone pays wholesale prices + postage. We realize that a $50 minimum will be prohibitive for most people. However, for those that can consolidate their orders the final costs will actually be less. So for those of you that can do a $50 order you will find that you will be getting more records and CDs for less money. For those that can't afford to do a $50 order then I suggest that you mailorder from Interpunk.com, No Idea, Brickwall, Level Plane, Very Mailorder, Revelation, Stick Figure, or any of the dozens and dozens of places that offer mailorder. Our mailorder service has been shrinking each year. Last year we only did about 4 or 5 mailorders a day. That isn't much. Mailorder is less than 2% of our sales. Our main emphasis is on distributing to stores, other distros, people that sell at shows, and other mailorders. I started doing mailorder in 1984. I personally did the mailorder until 1994 when Lisa took over doing the mailorder. Leslie, Chris, Brandy, Fil, and Dave all took their turns doing mailorder over the years. We have many customers that have been ordering from us for over 12 years. It has been a pleasure to serve you over these long years. Hopefully, some of you will still order a few times a year. Perhaps try consolidating your orders with local friends. In any event, Ebullition will still be doing our distribution. We hope that this change will allow us to enjoy more life and to serve our core customers more efficiently. Sincerely, Kent McClard

The Ebullition Owl

In November of 2004 I built an owl box in one of the trees that lives in my backyard. An owl family now lives there. I took this photo of one of the owls. The owl came out during the day because a cat was trying to attack them. The owl came out to protect the family. I chased the cat away. Cats are constantly coming to hunt the owls and wild birds that live in our yard. Cats should never be allowed to run wild. They kill and taunt wild birds and small animals. If you own a cat please do not let it go outside. Letting your cat go loose is the equivalent of going around with a rifle shooting birds and small animals. If you care about the environment and wild animals then please do not let your cat go outdoors. Cats are not natural. They are man-made hunters that do not belong in the wild. Wild animals do not know how to deal with them and unless you live in a very rugged place there are no predators to keep the cats under control. In many places in the world cats are decimating the natural habitat. In the USA cats are responsible for a massive decrease in songbird populations. In some states songbirds may go extinct due to the wholesale slaughter being caused by domestic and feral cats.