Megan Hamilton and I started OxBlood after commiserating over our experiences in the music industry. She is a former member of Frogpond, who did time on a major label, while I worked for indie and major labels in Los Angeles in the late 80’s. Soured by the treatment of bands by record labels, we vowed OxBlood would be artist-friendly. With the scene in Kansas City (and Lawrence, Kansas) burgeoning, there is no better time than now. We want to showcase the diverse talent of our scene and what better way than compiling some of the scene’s stars for our initial release? The compilation has an old-school approach…all new and exclusive tracks recorded at the same studio by one producer -- Mr. Paul Malinowski (Season To Risk, Shiner).

First Blood includes a mix of new projects from Kansas City area veterans featuring former members of Season To Risk, Shiner, The Pedaljets, The Get Up Kids, Boys Life, Dirtnap, The Gadjits, and Butterglory and from the young lions --the likes of The Republic Tigers, Softee, Ghosty, and more. A heartfelt thank you to the musicians, artists, and friends who made this recording possible.

Check out OxBlood Record's website here.  

Track Listing:

1. Be/Non - Garlic
2. The Republic Tigers - Made Concrete
3. Roman Numerals - Consent To Dissent
4. Softee - Sugar Vendor
5. Olympic Size - Friends
6. American Catastrophe - Iron Horse
7. The Pedaljets - Burgundy
8. Ssion - Bullshit
9. The Architects - Promises
10. namelessnumberheadman - Unchopping Our First Tree
11. Ghosty - Make It Easier
12. In The Pines - How To Love Her
13. Lovers In Transit - She Wore Black
14. The Golden Republic - Hemel Dalingen
15. Acousma - What Gives?
16. White Whale - Matchbook