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Sound capturer. Record makerer. Producerer. Studio ownerer-operatorer @icfstudio

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OUT NOW! Our third EP “Better Days” is available wherever you listen and are so excited to share it with you ✨We are beyond grateful to our incredibly talented local Austin friends and artists that contributed their time and work on this EP ✨ @tormenter with @icfstudio (bass and engineering) @maddbrother (violin) @juliemom527 (cello) @summersleepmusic (bass) @jeanclaudeamitie (bass) and last but not least @peerlessmastering (mastering)

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Just received my advance copy of @themaplesband “Grey Majesties” and gave it a spin. Such a lush soundscape and great flow start to finish!! Hadn’t heard a bunch of these finished songs since tracking them @icfstudio, and I’m blown away by @tormenter ‘s bass playing and production, @jonsanchez2000 ‘s guitar playing, and @_josh_blade_ ‘s vocals and vision. Stunning work all around!! This is my third record on vinyl with The Maples and I’m super proud of everything we’ve done, starting with our first record with the late great @forrest_culotta, who has been an enduring inspiration. I included an overhead video of myself tracking part of “Tell a Telephone”, and you probably can’t tell, but a week prior I suffered a gnarly mallet finger injury on my left index finger and almost thought I’d have to cancel this session. Somehow I locked in, made it through and still pulled off some crazy shit all over this record, which is also the first full length I tracked since becoming a Dad, so, mega special personal experience. Hope y’all check it out and dig!! #themaples #gothrock #newrecord #sessiondrummer #cryptid

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“Catching Fire” is out now!
Today, we are excited to release our Fourth single to our new album!
Recorded in Austin, Tx at Ice Cream Factory Studios in 2025.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Matt Parmenter, Josh Blade - Vocals / Guitar
Ryan Henderson - Drums
Matt Parmenter - Bass
Jon Sanchez - Guitar
The new record has a lot of nice surprises in it, “Grey Majesties” the new full album releases on October 16th 2026. Along side @cassetteweek Thank you everyone for your kind words on the album. Pre-Orders shall be shipping very soon. Cover art Photography by Josh Blade. Thanks to the people behind the scenes making this happen they put in a lot of hard work into it. Your patience and support means a lot.
Our next shows is on Halloween October 31st 2026 in San Antonio, Tx at @thestarlightersatx and later in the night longer set at @somewherebarsa two different sets in one special night #catchingfire #themaplesband #postpunk #goth #cassetteweek

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“Catching Fire” out on October 6th 2026. You can pre save / preorder the digital track today on our link tree [link in bio] & themaplesband.com. It’s the fourth single from the new album “grey majesties” which releases on October 16th 2026. Art by @_josh_blade_
#themaples #themaplesband #catchingfire #postpunk

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🤠 PRE-ORDER 7" 45RPM SINGLE NOW 🌵

Holler at me! Here's your chance to pre-order a Still Smiling 7" 45rpm vinyl single featuring songs from the Still Smiling LP. Limited run only, so once they're gone, then they're gone, gone, gone.

Thanks @redriver_sound & @icfstudio for making this happen and for my good friend @brandonrosage for the album design. We're still smiling!

This project is supported in part by an Austin Live Music Fund Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.

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behind the scenes: how we made our song TV Girl 📺👧🏼
this is the first song on our debut album SIGNALS - streaming everyyywhere 💿
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mini studio vlog at @icfstudio
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#newmusic #studiovlog #synthmusic #tvgirl #austinband

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Au Revoir is officially out on all streaming platforms! 💟

Ruby Meza: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Jake Nunis: bass, backing vocals
Jade Parx: lead guitar, synthesizer
Vincent Milazzo: drums

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Matt Parmenter at Ice Cream Factory Studios, Austin, Tx
Cover art by Ed Zomby

2nd slide, 📸: @delconic

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⚡️NEW ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 9th⚡️

We are elated to announce that our new self-titled album, “Wezmer,” will be out everywhere on October 9th.

We have poured so much love into this musical soup, and we are thrilled to finally share it with you 🌎

Enjoy this sneak peek at our album art and track listing, and stay tuned for exciting news about vinyl pre-order and album release shows in San Marcos & Austin 🎉

“Wezmer”

recorded & mixed by Matt Parmenter at Ice Cream Factory in Austin, Texas

mastered by Chris Allgood at Allgood Audio Worx

album artwork by Wezmer
with edits by Stijn Dobbelaere

#newmusic #sanmarcosmusic #austinmusic #viral

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OUT NOW! “Falling Up” is the latest track off our upcoming EP and available wherever you listen ✨ Special thanks to @maddbrother for joining us on violin and @summersleepmusic on bass and to @tormenter at @icfstudio

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SAD COWGIRL IS OUT. 🤍 Music Video on YT!

I don’t really know how to explain what it feels like to finally say that.

These songs came out of some of the loneliest, messiest, most heartbreaking years of my life. Losing things I thought would last forever, starting over, questioning everything, and slowly finding my way back to myself.

Sad Cowgirl is about heartbreak, but more than anything, it’s about becoming. Becoming the woman you were always supposed to be after life takes you somewhere you never planned to go.

There is absolutely no version of this record without the people who helped me make it.

Thank you Dayna Young for believing in me and pushing me to keep going and Derek Babb for being beside me through every idea, video, late night conversation, and crazy dream.

Thank you Matt Parmenter and Ice Cream Studios, Max Lorenzen, Jeff Elliot, Jon Sanchez, Ryan Hayes, John Fulton, John Williams, Chris Reynolds, Candice Ghai, Amie Peňa, Shelly Hartman, and every person who played, produced, mixed, mastered, filmed, photographed, edited, listened, encouraged, shared, and helped me get this thing across the finish line.

And to my little girl, who has watched her mom keep chasing this ridiculous dream, I hope someday you understand that part of why I kept going was because I wanted you to see what it looks like to keep becoming yourself.

And thank YOU for listening.

This record is for anyone who has ever had to rebuild a life they didn’t expect to be rebuilding.

I hope you find a little piece of yourself in it.

Lonesome
For You
Long Before
Beg

Sad Cowgirl is yours now. 🤍
JE55IE SAD COWGIRL OUT NOW

#SadCowgirl #JE55IE #NewMusic #IndieFolk #AltCountry

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“I Saw A Casper” is out now!
Today, we release our third single to our new album!
Recorded in Austin, Tx at Ice Cream Factory Studios in 2025.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Matt Parmenter,
Josh Blade - Vocals / Guitar
Ryan Henderson - Drums
Matt Parmenter - Bass
Jon Sanchez - Guitar
The new record has a lot of nice surprises in it, full album releases on October 16th 2026. Cover art Photography by Josh Blade. Thanks to the people behind the scenes making this happen they put in a lot of hard work into it. Your patience and supporting means a lot.
Happy to have another new single to share with all you, our next show is sometime in October in San Antonio, Tx & Our radio appearance on 107.3fm Laredo last night amazing glad to be on it! #isawacasper #themaplesband #postpunk #goth

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‼️ATTENTION SCAREDY CATS‼️the lead single, Au Revoir, from our debut album is out on friday, 9/25 on ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS!

come celebrate it’s release with us on sunday 9/27, where we’ll be getting out our girl-rage at @hotelvegastexas alongside our pals @heavyvelvet 💀, @boo85_band 😈, and @thecandlecompanyband 🕯️(Dallas)!

if you’re a fan of our first EP, Bites, you’re definitely going to want to be there 👀 more details to come! 💋

📸: @delconic
🖼️: @edzomby

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