Distro item: LIFERS IV: FINITE SUMMER COMPILATION CASSETTE

Got some copies of the Finite Summer cassette compilation, featuring XV, Shells, Sleep Individuals (Tyvek's Kevin Boyer), ECOATM (new Fred Thomas project), and more friends! More info below.

Life Like #134
Released in an edition of 100 C-45 Cassettes August 4, 2023.

1.Winged Wheel "Decoy"
2.Mountain Movers "Walking After Dark"
3.Sleep Individuals "Feels Like We Lost One"
4.XV "Sorry"
5.Blank Hellscape "Shapes"
6.Shells "Coming Back"
7.Dr. Peter Larson "Delinquent"
8.Ecoatm "Destroyed Day (Edit)"
9.Dominic Coppola & Chuck Sipperley "One"
10.Gold Dust "Germs Burn"

Just for fun, just to wind down the summer and make our way into the approaching colder days, it's the fourth installation of the ongoing Lifers compilation series. While earlier volumes of the series were more involved, the call went out for submissions to this one maybe a week before the tapes were being made. It came together in a perfectly loose manner, trying to keep the stress of the outside world from permeating the vibe these ten tracks maintain.

Fully exclusive and unreleased material from everyone on the tape, with a multi-angled Michigan representation from XV, Dr. Peter Larson, Shells, and other crown jewels of the mitten state, world destruction by way of Texas from Blank Hellscape, eerie New England melancholia from Gold Dust and Mountain Movers, and the first inkling of new material from Winged Wheel since the band expanded and met up in person (a worlds-collide combination lock with members of Matchess, Spray Paint, Powers/Rolin Duo, and more, with Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley on drums). Also featuring the debut of Sleep Individuals (new solo project from Tyvek's Kevin Boyer).