Wharf Cat Records

SPECIAL EDTION LP IS ON BLUE OR CLOUDY CLEAR VINYL AND COMES WITH DEAD CONFETTI ZINE.

LIMITED EDITION LP IS ON BLUE OR CLOUDY CLEAR VINYL.

Birthmarks emerges directly from the band’s favored aesthetics and themes, but captures them with a new sense of sonic adventurousness and thematic subtlety, resulting in a collection of songs that are somehow both the band’s most apocalyptic and most poignant.

Dreamviolence is Bambara’s full-length follow-up to their acclaimed debut EP Dog Ear Days (2010).

After playing countless deafening shows in their hometown of Athens, touring the US in sweaty house shows and sharing bills with Iceage, Grimes, Liturgy, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Parts and Labor, Bambara decided to leave their beloved Athens and move to a basement apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn for a change. Here they practiced, slept and recorded for the majority of 2012.

With a minimal recording set-up and little sunlight, the band was able to completely capture the dark, grimy, noisy sound they are known for while maintaining the lush beauty that glues it all together. Reid’s voice croons and snarls the fragmented images of the city. Blaze and William’s driving rhythm section plows and swings through the dirge of vocal noise with furious power.

SPECIAL EDITION 12” MINI-LP IS ON BLACK VINYL AND COMES WITH A LYRICS CHAPBOOK.

Love on My Mind is another massive step forward for Bambara, the boldest thing they’ve ever done and the sound of yet another breakthrough. “Mythic Love” (featuring vocals from Bria Salmena), with its driving bassline and ricocheting guitar lines, brings to mind past rave-ups like “Serafina” and “Sunbleached Skulls” but obliterates them in the process, while “Feelin’ Like A Funeral” - a dangerously oscillating tale of a city knifing - is probably the most thrillingly anthemic song the band have ever recorded. There’s also a newfound tenderness here that hasn’t always been present before - especially on “Birds” a rare love song (from which the mini album’s title is derived) and album closer, “Little Wars,” a gripping finale of loneliness and isolation.

Upon Swarm’s 2016 release, Brooklyn-based Bambara had been honing their noise-rock brutalism since forming in Athens, Georgia in 2009. On Swarm, their second full-length, the band began to pull their approach into sharp focus, and the result was a foundational triumph.

After the pure noise experimentation of their 2013 debut Dreamviolence, here the band began to develop many of their later trademarks. 

For fans of Bambara’s visceral and pummeling performances, which led to extensive touring opportunities along rising star contemporaries such as Gilla Band, Algiers, and IDLES before earning the band their own headlining slot on multiple international tours, Swarm will serve as a sort of missing link. Now, for the first time ever, live-set favorites such as the brooding “An Ill Son,” the flawlessly dynamic “Black,” and the pop-snarled “All the Ugly Things” can be listened to at a level of audio fidelity on par with the band’s later recordings.

Back in Print!

Special Edition comes w/ Enamel Pin

6 LP Bundle comes w/ Birthmarks LP (Red Vinyl), Love On My Mind (Green Vinyl), Shadow On Everything (Black Vinyl) + Swarm (Black Vinyl), Dream Violence (Black Vinyl) + Enamel Pin

Stray is both the band's most experimental and accessible work to date. The addition of Drew Citron (Public Practice) and Anina Ivory-Block’s (Palberta) vocals create a hauntingly beautiful contrast to Bateh’s commanding baritone on tracks like “Sing Me to the Street”, “Death Croons” and “Stay Cruel," while the Dick Dale inspired guitar riffs on “Serafina” and "Heat Lightning" and the call-and-response choruses throughout the album showcase Bambara’s ability to write songs that immediately demand repeat listens. Here Bambara sound like they’ve locked into what they were always destined to achieve, and the effect is nothing short of electrifying.

We are excited to announce that Bambara's Western Gothic epic, 'Shadow on Everything’ will finally be back in print!

A beautifully dynamic nightmare- NPR

One of the year’s most gripping listens - Bandcamp Daily

Not for the faint-hearted - The Quietus