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  PRE-ORDER fanclubwallet - Living While Dying fanclubwallet is the indie rock project of cartoonist-turned-musician Hannah Judge, a longtime champion of Ottawa’s local music scene. Even before making music herself, Hannah was immersed in the community; sharing mix CDs, cold-emailing bands for opening slots, and building friendships wherever she could. In 2020, she began quietly recording demos in her bedroom, eventually launching fanclubwallet at the height of the pandemic. What started as a lo-fi bedroom pop project quickly gained traction, with her breakout track "Car Crash In G Major" racking up over 14 million streams. Since then, Hannah has toured...

PRE-ORDER Good Luck - "Big Dreams, Mister" Formed in Bloomington, IN, the trio – Ginger Alford, Matt Tobey, and Mike Harpring – crafted a sound that resonated deeply within the punk and indie communities before stepping away for over a decade. Now they're back, not as a reunion act, but as a revitalized band playing and writing anew. They’ve got big dreams, mister. Check out their new song "Into The Void" out now and pre-order the album on pink vinyl! The first 150 orders will receive and exclusive risograph print. UK variant available from Specialist Subject Records. "Big Dreams, Mister"...

PRE-ORDER Algernon Cadwallader - "Trying Not to Have a Thought" Algernon Cadwallader has a brand new album coming out September 12th on Saddle Creek Records! Pre-Order the Lauren Records exclusive pink vinyl here. VERY LIMITED! Tracklist1. Hawk 2. Shameless Faces (even the guy who made the thing was a piece of shit) 3. What's Mine 4. noitanitsarcorP 5. Koyaanisqatsi 6. Trying Not To Have A Thought 7. You've Always Been Here 8. Revelation 420 9. Million Dollars 10. Attn MOVE 11. World Of Difference  Release Date: Sept 12th, 2025Pressing Info:This pressing is limited to 300 LAUREN RECORDS EXCLUSIVE on Bubble Gum Pink

LISTEN / ORDER Cleveland, OH – July 25, 2025 – Ohio-born punk-leaning indie rockers Signals Midwest are thrilled to share their career-spanning, sixth full-length album, Layovers, which features a curated collection of rarities, B-sides, 7" tracks, live sessions, and covers. It's out today via Lauren Records. The songs that comprise Layovers are borne of different critical points within Signals Midwest’s lifetime. Focus track "Whole Half Century," for instance, was an outtake from the At This Age sessions in 2015, recorded at Atlas Studios in Chicago and produced by Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It.). "I can hear us grappling, growing,...

Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra - Yikes Almighty New Album Out Today! US West Coast Tour with The TaxpayersUK tour with Pigeon Pit Photo Credit: Lisa Johnson LOS ANGELES – July 18, 2025 – Folk‑punk cult heroes Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra are back from a decade‑long hibernation with Yikes  Almighty, a 10‑track existential daydream that began life as a single cassette buried in a California desert cave. Out today via Lauren Records and streaming everywhere, the album pairs songwriter Dustin Hayes’s wandering‑poet storytelling with toy‑instrument arrangements that feel equal parts campfire lullaby and cosmic reckoning. LISTEN: https://lr-d.ffm.to/yikes-almighty ...