Beanie Tapes

I hope someday they make a biopic movie about a boomer musician. That would mean a lot to me. But deep down, I know this is just a crazy dream that could never be real.

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Oh hi! Hadn’t checked in here in a while… bandcds.co.uk is the place to go for me. ✨

Max Blansjaar pledging his allegiance to America, objectively the best and most sensible country, during the album recording sessions in Brooklyn.

Max sold a bunch of records and tapes on the @young-knives.bsky.social tour, but fear not! We still have some left.

Add False Comforts to your #bandcampfriday wishlist… ✨

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Happy #BandcampFriday to all who celebrate.

Going well so far.

Wish me luck with my ambitious plan of releasing no music in 2025. ✨

Free download codes for this sneaky Magana re-release we put out. Still listen to this album a *lot*. ✨

He's 21!

“Honesty is a strange aesthetic criterion to prioritize. Great confessional art was never about accurately representing reality, but about giving voice to the process of experiencing it—how we feel, not what we’re feeling, making lucid that which usually eludes full expression.”

The decay of lying... ...The decay of truth.

Is honesty in pop music overrated? Max has opinions. Jeez, this guy writes a good essay. ✨

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Was going to write an email or blog thing about 2024 and how the Max Blansjaar album got such a great reception and there are some great related albums to explore, but spent 3 hours moving all my websites to a new webhost instead. Vanquished by admin once again. ✨

Those who are veeeery successful, maybe. Personally, I still don’t find much use for Spotify as a listener. It’s handy to be able to listen to a random old song I just thought of every once in a while, but that’s about it. I am admittedly and proudly not normal in that regard.

We can but dream… Infinitely more complicated though, with the many layers of rights holders and agencies who want to get paid when people listen to music.

False Comforts, by Max Blansjaar 10 track album

Last #bandcampfriday of the year! This year we released Max Blansjaar’s début album, and everyone loved it.

We have a handful of tapes left, and plenty of records. Great present for someone who likes “music”. ✨

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The great cassette organisation project has begun - and was frankly a stupid idea.

Today I cannot see anything because the galactic collection of synths, drum machines and other beautiful instruments at @soundgas.bsky.social HQ is still seared into my eyeballs from yesterday. This is 0.00027% of it.

I finally figured out how artists can make money on Spotify…

@bandcamp.com is on bluesky let’s goooooo. ✨

Yep yep ✨

This pack needs more cassette labels, if you know one, recommend one go.bsky.app/MoSxQwc

shout out niche year end lists by people who burrow extremely deep into their beats, shout out boutique zines, shout out spending the last of the severance money you saved up to pay your friends for blurbs, shout out chasing a pipe dream that isn’t sustainable but is fun as fuck

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE HORNSBY!!!!!!

Got a sneak peek of Truck Store’s albums of the year booklet/zine today* and Max’s album is in it. Better drop in a pallet or two of tapes and records for the Christmas rush!

*ok it’s on their website lol

👋 We are a label and also @awbwrecords.bsky.social ✨

If Max Blansjaar was on Bluesky he’d be saying how excited he is that Anna Madonna made the list. But he isn’t, so you’ll have to imagine it. ✨

@nightshiftmag.bsky.social demonstrating once again that PDFs are back. Or that they never went away. ✨

Max Blansjaar’s Anna Madonna at number 7! What better excuse to post the first of many Bandcamp links on this lovely platform?

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Doing an Oxford musicians/promoters/etc starter pack. If you’re in a band or promoting or sound or whatever jump on if you want in. I think I’ve caught all the MOP mutuals but at this point it’s exploding so not 100% sure. go.bsky.app/G62aNr1

Can’t believe it’s been six years since we put out BEANIE001 (“Plug The Leads In” by Premium Leisure). Seems like *checks watch* yeah ok we’re all a bit older now. ✨