Barsuk Records

Can’t wait to kick off the UK/EU tour tonight in Glasgow at the OVO Hydro with The Postal Service.

Poster is designed by Max Loeffler and available for purchase at all headline shows and select festivals.

Still some tour tickets left: giveuptransatlanticismtour.com

Giveaway time! We’re celebrating one of our favorites, an album that’s chalked up countless spins at the Barsuk office - American Soft, by Chris Staples. Released on vinyl in August 2014, American Soft is a timeless listen, filled with delicate melodies & introspective lyrics that will get stuck in your head.

Like & comment on this post with your favorite Chris Staples song for your chance to win! Contest is open to everyone. Non-US residents will need to cover shipping costs if they win. Good luck🍀

In the meantime, follow our link to listen to American Soft wherever you get your music. And don’t snooze on getting tickets for his upcoming tour with Ocie Elliott starting next month! https://www.barsuk.com/to/americansoft

Join our good friend Rocky, live on Facebook tomorrow & check out his new band, Suzzallo!💙

Can't wait for this!💙🩵

The American Analog Set announce our first proper shows in nearly 20 years with live dates set for Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21 at Rollins Theater inside The Long Center in Austin, TX. Titled “Magic Hour”, fans will be treated to an intimate, immersive live show featuring a 90 minute set of thoughtfully selected songs from The American Analog Set’s first 6 albums. From fan favorites to band favorites, we invite you to join us deep in the heart of Texas in the final days of summer for a very special night as we play from across our back catalog.

If you were a fan of the New Drifters box set released by Numero Group earlier this year, this is the show for you.

There will be a ticket pre-sale for these shows that begins Thursday, August 15 at 10am CT.

The code MAGICHOUR lets you take advantage of the pre-sale.

After the pre-sale period, regular ticket sales begin on Friday Aug 16 at 10am CT.

Both the pre-sale and general tickets can be accessed at the following link https://my.thelongcenter.org/overview/3823

THE AMERICAN ANALOG SET "MAGIC HOUR"
ROLLINS THEATER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - SOLD OUT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - SOLD OUT
Doors 7pm Show 7:30pm - 9pm
All Ages
Tickets and info: https://my.thelongcenter.org/overview/3823
Venue: Rollins Theater at the Long Center, 701 W Riverside Dr, Austin, TX 78704 // 512-457-5100

Menomena fans rejoice 🙌🏻 The expanded edition of their 2012 album ‘Moms’ is out today! We’ve unearthed some Moms-era choice jams, demos, and a gorgeous cover of The Standard’s “A Year Of Seconds”. https://www.barsuk.com/to/moms
Listen where you listen & don’t miss out on their hometown shows this weekend! Night one is sold out, but you can still get tickets to night two (8/11) at Revolution Hall in Portland. See you there!
Band photo by the great Alicia J. Rose 📸✨

Ben is featured on Toro y Moi’s new track “Hollywood” from his upcoming album ‘Hole Erth’. The song is available across streaming platforms now - listen via toroymoi.lnk.to/Hollywood-bw-CDR

Two Portland greats, The Helio Sequence & Menomena, teamed up in 2010 for a limited-edition Record Store Day split 7” called “Heliomena” – streaming now for the first time🎉 Listen to The Helio Sequence’s “Converter” & Menomena’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” in one handy & epic little playlist✨ https://spoti.fi/3WGDjob

Ahead of Death Cab for Cutie's August shows in the UK, Spain & Portugal - the Europe-exclusive clear-vinyl pressing of 'Transatlanticism', limited to 2,000 copies, is out now via our friends at Grand Hotel van Cleef 🤍 The gatefold 2xLP package includes a beautiful full-size 12-page booklet & download code containing the album and all original album demos: www.barsuk.com/to/transatlanticism20

The 21-track expanded edition of Menomena's heavy-hitting album ‘Mines’ is streaming everywhere today🎉 Unveiling previously unreleased gems (including the monster “Jeans”), that will melt the brains of Menomena aficionados & casual fans alike. Go listen where you listen, at the link!🎶✨ www.barsuk.com/to/mines

Today’s the day! Mates of State's great ‘Re-arrange Us’, on limited-edition silver vinyl, is now in stores🎶 Check your favorite local indie record store at our link, or pick up a copy from the band, on tour now🤍 https://found.ee/J09VV

Ooooh! Josh from Barsuk Records and Nabil Ayers from Beggars Group sporting some Western State Hurricanes caps. These gents clearly know what’s what with fashion.

Customer-favorite Vinyl Weekend at Barnes & Noble includes 2 of our personal favs, Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘Narrow Stairs’ and Rilo Kiley’s ‘More Adventurous’, beloved albums that require no introduction💙🩵 Treat yourself to these limited colored LPs this weekend, while they last!
Weekend🎶

When Mates of State announced their first tour in years, we knew we needed to make the band’s out-of-print & beloved ‘Rearrange Us’ available again on vinyl… silver vinyl🩶
With fan favs like “My Only Offer,” “Now” and “Get Better”, you can get a copy at our shop link, or if you’re lucky enough to be attending an upcoming show, get one from the band! Very limited run, so don’t snooze✨ https://www.barsuk.com/shop/bark074c

Giveaway time! We kicked off our series of expanded Menomena digital reissues with their epic Barsuk debut, Friend and Foe - and this week we’re giving away a Friend and Foe test pressing to one lucky winner💙
All you have to do is like this post & comment with your favorite of the bonus tracks from Friend And Foe (Expanded Edition) for your chance to win🎶✨ Listen where you listen, at our link! Contest is open to everyone. Non-US residents will need to cover shipping costs if they win. We’ll be picking a winner one week from today. Good luck!🍀 www.barsuk.com/to/friendandfoeexpanded

Death Cab for Daily Double. As seen on last night's Jeopardy!

If you missed out on getting tickets for Menomena's sold-out 8/10 show at Portland’s Revolution Hall, they’ve added another on 8/11! Tickets are on sale Friday, June 28th at 10am PT! Follow our link🎶✨ https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/91441523/an-evening-with-menomena-performing-i-am-the-fun-blame-monsternight-2-portland-revolution-hall

Death Cab for Cutie & The Postal Service 'Give Up' & Transatlanticism 20th anniversary celebration comes to an end on Saturday, September 21st in Washington, DC for the legendary HFStival at Nationals Park on 9/21✨

Request your tickets now through 6/16 at 11:59pm ET: https://found.ee/PSDCFC-HFStival

Such a wonderful LP from two of our favorite songwriters that keeps finding its way back to our turntables 💛 Don't miss your chance to get a copy while they last! 🧡 found.ee/BGAK-HomeEP

In case you missed it, Ben Gibbard and Andrew Kenny’s split record, ‘Home EP,’ is available in Cobalt Blue via our webstore and Barsuk Records. The reissue can also be found on Canary-Yellow vinyl at select U.S. indie record stores and Red-Gold vinyl in the UK/Europe through Morr Music. Available now at found.ee/BGAK-HomeEP.

We’ve been spellbound by the music of Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter since first listen with ‘Reckless Burning’🖤✨
The follow-up album, 2004’s ‘Oh My Girl’, spins regularly on our turntables & continues to enchant as we’re celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend! Follow our link to stream it wherever you listen to music🎶 https://www.barsuk.com/to/ohmygirl

Giveaway time! The American Analog Set’s *Know By Heart* is one of our very favorite albums of all time❤️ We were so thrilled to release it on vinyl with the band, 10 years ago today! To celebrate the anniversary we’re giving a copy away to one lucky winner, along with a Barsuk slipmat to keep those spinning LPs cozy🎶

Like & comment on this post with your favorite American Analog Set song for your chance to win, here & on Instagram! Contest is open to everyone. Non-US residents will need to cover shipping costs if they win. Good luck🍀

The captivating artwork for Menomena's Friend and Foe - from the great graphic novelist & illustrator, Craig Thompson, was nominated for a Grammy when it was released 🏆🎨 A mesmerizing world that accompanies this brilliant album, with the expanded edition now streaming everywhere✨ www.barsuk.com/to/friendandfoeexpanded

Happy 16th birthday to ‘Narrow Stairs’ 🎈

To celebrate, we’ve added an exclusive, limited time ‘Narrow Stairs’ album tee to our webstore. Plus, there are still some black vinyl copies of the album available. Pre-order the tee by 5/17 + shop now: http://found.ee/DCFC-store