New Release: How Scandinavian - Philistine Empathy EP

The latest and most delayed-est release by How Scandinavian ever. I put a good deal of work on these and I hope I didn't overcook the songs as a result. Much darker and 'lush' than Pity Won and it reeks of some sort of dreadful nostalgic call-back to Dolorous along with some new influences I've found through nightmares, dreams, and harsh cynicism. Probably the least messy and 'mid-fi' release I've been able to muster at this point in time as well. Now that this is out I'll be working on the sophomore LP and have some peace in not following personal deadlines. How Scandinavian will probably tour this little EP locally for a month and then I'll concentrate on both school and finishing the work I've already begun for the next LP. I hope any fans that still abide by this blog and HS will enjoy this. I'm sorry I took so long.

Track list:
1. Eucalyptus Burning
2. We Exist
3. New Romantic Ideas
4. A Brighter Hell
5. Life Is Saccharine

Catalyst or not

Here's the 'setup' for the collaborative project between Starlon and I; Mister Ugly. Consists mainly of me using the floor tom, hi-hat, and guitar while providing some much needed delayed vox. Starlon handles the drum machine (barely pictured), bugle, vox, and additional percussion. We both interchangeably use the horrible mid-90's keyboard thank you very much! While still in the infantile stages and with little hope of having an audience in the local area, we trudge on with early Saturday afternoon practices despite great sleep deprivation. More to come.

New Release/Upcoming: How Scandinavian - The Woods/Caves

Hey everyone! Big news for the rest of the month for How Scandinavian, we're planning on releasing a brand new single for each Tuesday in the next three weeks, starting today! They will all be compiled into a collection EP at the end of the three weeks for the sake of convenience as well. So whether you prefer to hear them as they come along or if you want to save it all for a giant listening single experience, you can. Listen to the first single, The Woods/Caves, below!

New Release: Old Soybu - Job John Rise EP

Here it is folks! We finished Old Soybu's debut release Job John Rise. It's a heavy mixture of chiptune, post-punk, post-hardcore, drone, and noise. An incredibly experimental release and hopefully the first sign of many new directions and mixtures from this side project Chief Tizo supergroup. Download it for free below!

Status updates: Why hasn't Job John Rise been released? and Shows!

If you noticed that Old Soybu's EP hasn't been released yet, then that's completely correct. But what isn't correct is that we forgot about it. I have been very sick this past week and so has Starlon. So there has been absolutely zero amount of time for us to finish said EP.

We have the lyrics, melodies, and tracks all ready to go but our voices had been destroyed over the week. So hopefully this weekend we'll be able to record and finish up the EP for next week! Also, we started going back to college again, so that kinda slows us down.

In another good news, How Scandinavian is still working on releasing it's first single of the year. It'll probably be our first double A-Side single and will hopefully be out sooner than most expect. We've been gathering up a whole lot lately and some of the new material has been a treat to play. So more on that later.

Also, How Scandinavian has some shows for February and March! Woo hoo. They are as follows:

February 4th, 2012 - Cedar Center
February 10th, 2012 - Undisclosed High School
February 19th, 2012 - Battle of the Bands #36
March 3rd, 2012 - The Industry Theater

New Release/Upcoming: Old Soybu - Job John Rise EP

Chief Tizo is proud to present it's most experimental release yet, the label's very own supergroup that consists of How Scandinavian, 14 Charisma and Starlon are releasing their debut EP under the name Old Soybu. It's a mix of chiptune, post-punk, slowcore, noise rock and drone-y pop tunes. The EP entitled Job John Rise will be released next week, but check out the lead track and debut single 'Karate Means Shut the Fuck Up' below!

New Release: 14 Charisma - No, Not Yet EP

Great news! Chief Tizo Records is putting our their latest release 'No, Not Yet' EP by 14 Charisma! It's a mix of noise-y and wondrous 8-bit chiptune made straight from the Game Boy of our very own Cameron! It's some crazy and fun stuff to enjoy while you're relaxing or fucking shit up with rainbows. We can't wait to see what else Cameron will release under the 14 Charisma moniker in the future for us. PLAY THIS SHIT AT MAX VOLUME. (This was written by Bryan, so no it's not complete self-worship or anything egotistical like that).

Listen to and download it for free on the widget below!

New Releases: How Scandinavian/The Latecomers - Narcissists and Ghost Time - Something to Hold No One Over

Great news everyone, after much procrastination I finally got my shit in gear for our second and third releases on Chief Tizo Records!

Chief Tizo Records Release #2: How Scandinavian/The Latecomers - Narcissists (Split EP)

First off is an exciting collaboration for How Scandinavian as I had the awesome opportunity to mix and master the songs by The Latecomers on this split EP. The Latecomers' two songs 'Followed Home' and 'Fault' prove to be fun and exciting lo-fi post-punk that acts as a great counterpoint to my own moody music. Seriously it makes me want to lighten the fuck up! Lovely. Download/Stream it for free right below on the widget.



Chief Tizo Records Release #3: Ghost Time - Something To Hold No One Over

I'm happy to say this is the definitive collection of late-era Ghost Time and it showcases some of the best songs the band had to offer. All recorded live and made to sound as best as possible as rehearsal tapes would ever allow, this is a great assessment to the band's history. Download/Stream it for free right below on the widget.

New Release: How Scandinavian - Dolorous / Upcoming plans!

Big news. The How Scandinavian debut album Dolorous is out right now. I'm promoting the hell out of it by posting it in god knows where. So please give it a listen and give us some feedback. This is my first real big release and I hope that everyone enjoys it. You can go download it and pay what you want for it (free!) right on this widget thing...



I can't relax just yet though, some big plans are underway for the remainder of the year. The first annual Chief Tizo Thanksgiving Extra Stuffing Eat-You-Out November Festival Extravaganza 2011 is due to happen and much planning is in the works. I hope to make it a big occasion just like Festizo 2011 was this year in the summer.

Also How Scandinavian is going to release a split EP with the post-punk/lo-fi band The Latecomers (check them out at http://breadonbread.bandcamp.com) next month! It's going to be called Narcissists and should be an awesome collaboration. It will contain two songs by each band and will be out on November 1st!

A new EP is also in the works for possible December release or early 2012 from How Scandinavian. Our next Chief Tizo release will be a new compilation of Ghost Time songs, which I've delayed long enough. So stick around for that in November as well!

Thanks for reading (any of you who do!)

- Bryan