OwnSound Recordings

04/04/2025

Check out the video for Hungry Ghosts, and prep for the new Psychedelic Dirt album next week!

Video single from the Psychedelic Dirt album 'Most Frantic', available April 11 2025 from Ownsound Recordings

28/03/2025

Morning!

Today Andy Elliott's beauty of an ambient record is out!! Don't miss out on this one - Andy did 50 LP's, each with unique hand painted artwork to compliment the music. Truly a labour of love, inside and out. LPs are available here, or at Sour Cat Records in Owen Sound. Check it out!

Tonight at the Rumpus Room is Andy's record release show with Doomed Roadtrips from Stratford; a wicked improv 2 piece you won't want to miss. Check out their stuff on We Here & Now! (wehereandnow.bandcamp.com/album/starlight?)

Andy's LP will be available at the show as well. Will be a fantastic night! After the live music, I'll be doing a live listening party of the upcoming new Psychedelic Dirt LP 'Most Frantic' available April 11th - this LP will be available at the show as well! Hope to see you all there.

14/03/2025

Surprise!

The next Ownsound LP, it's been a busy year for us and we're not stopping. We're stoked to present Psychedelic Dirt's "Most Frantic", another stream of consciousness slab of wax! Featuring members of .speaks
Thresher,
We'll be doing an exclusive listening event just after the Andy Elliott release show before the April 11th release.

11/01/2025

https://ownsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/thresher-earthball-split

We have a very special release this fine evening: a split tape from Owen Sound's Thresher, and Nanaimo BC's formidable outfit Earthball and label Isolated Now Waves. This is a free form tape of ecstatic groove, start to finish - some gorgeous spontaneous composition that wants to leap off the tape. Equal parts hissy and spitty, and a swing like a pendulum, this tape doesn't relent. Don't miss out on the limited 24 cassette copies available here! Also available directly from Isolated Now Waves.

OwnSound and Thresher wants to specially thank Earthball and Isolated Now Waves for including us in this split, and for their work to see the project through. We think your work is beautiful. Thanks so much - love from here.

Kevin, OwnSound.

01/10/2024

https://ownsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/eat-the-middle-out-of-it

Since ballooning the size of the band to 6 members to include an additional guitar and drums, as well as synth in a full time capacity, paired with having made sizeable improvements to their recording rehearsal space, Thresher has emancipated the former trio's roots and has grown their sound through the ceiling of instrumental free form noise rock. Dabbling with vocals, deep polyrhythms and a fresh experimental lens, Thresher has embarked on a journey through the land of experimental no wave, post-punk into darker jazzed out post-rock and psych. Via improvised composition, the band reigns free, guided by the momentary sensibilities of the members; an unfiltered inhale of spontaneous sonic buckshot.

Eat The Middle Out Of It is a track that walks the wandering tightrope between an unhinged psych wall-of-sound, and tender post-punk freakout. The drama plays out over a dynamic run time that sees the band move through varying levels of intensity that immediately set an energetic pace before standing back and playing the wallflower; reflectively finding space to give life over to the song.

Eat The Middle Out Of It unwritten by Thresher

Tommy Snider - Drums
Russ Walsh - Bass Guitar
Emerson Nicoll - Electric Guitar
Travis Taylor - Synth
Andy Elliott - Electric Guitar
Kevin Griffin - Vox/Sax

Engineered and mixed by Kevin Griffin

track by OwnSound Recordings

05/04/2024

https://ownsoundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wheels-w-in-wheels

Today is the day!

Recorded November 2022 - October 2023, straight to tape, Owen Sound ON

Thresher's latest full-length release was conceived from the finer points of over 30 hours worth of material, captured live in their rehearsal space. The narrative of improvisation runs deep and true through this release; continuing in their theme of unapologetic, entirely improv experimental music, Thresher has come back to the table with a fresh sound and a few additional members to credit with the sculptures herein. The arrangement plays through some of the most tender and forgiving content that Thresher has committed to tape, diametrically opposed by some of the most dense, polyrhythmic, and heavy material conceived by the band. Sounds of all living things. Sounds of the inanimate. Momentary Dharma.

13 track album

03/04/2024

Unboxing" the new Thresher record.

Available Fri April 5th on bandcamp
Catch the LP release show
Or if you can't make it copies will be available

22/03/2024

Check out the 2nd single "My Lizard Brain" from the upcoming Thresher album Wheels W/In Wheels

Thresher - My Lizard BrainMusic produced by ThresherVisuals produced by Lumia Projections & Kevin GriffinTrack from the forthcoming release Wheels W/in Wheel...

08/03/2024

We're extremely excited to present the forthcoming Thresher album Wheels W/In Wheels!

Named after a quote from on his blog to describe the bands "tripped out swirls of rhythm," Thresher expands on their collage-style albums recorded to unforgiving tape. Fusing elements of kosmische music, free jazz, and post-rock they offer a bad trip wrapped in a security blanket.

The album will be released digitally and as a limited edition LP (thanks to .ca for their care with this project) some copies will include a bonus handpainted CD, a live recording from the band's set.

We're also excited to show the music video for the title track created by Sarah and Andy

To celebrate, please join us on the April 5th release day for a show with our new friends in DAUNTS!

Check out the music video for the title track
https://youtu.be/ok4tg7qYOvs?si=kVU2UBkGbzkrZ7-U

01/03/2024

Announcement next week!