GREG MENDEZ - BEAUTY LAND - RED NEBULA SPLASH VINYL LP
Released May 29, 2026.
Greg Mendez has always been an economical songwriter, he wields restraint and simplicity as tools, the core of his songs sharpened into simple, cutting truths. On Beauty Land, his new album and debut LP for Dead Oceans, we’re guided by a wry but forgiving narrator, an underdog who has learned to balance cynicism and faith. These songs are self-effacing without self-pity, carefully constructed altars of imperfection channeled through pop melodies, shimmering but urgent guitars, and a voice that reaches for choir boy innocence.
The bulk of Beauty Land was recorded directly to tape, almost entirely alone in Mendez’s makeshift home studio in Philadelphia – a small room with no natural light. It’s his first full length since his unexpected self-titled breakthrough in 2023, which was a slow burn success following 15 years of writing and recording music in relative obscurity between Philly and New York. Beauty Land picks up where we left off three years ago – plumbing the depths of grief, love, and addiction – but its intense, quiet clarity shows Mendez at his songwriting best.
Pressed in 'Red Nebula Splash' Vinyl, and limited to only 100 copies with our signature, numbered obi strip. Only on Impressed.
Shared with Rough Trade / UK, US
Ships May 29.
SIDE A
I WANNA FEEL PRETTY
LOOKING OUT YOUR WINDOW
MARY / DREAMING
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND (EXCEPT ME)
GENTLE LOVE
FROG
IT BREAKS MY HEART
SUNSICK
SIDE B
NO EVIL
GERANIUM
INTERLUDE IN D MINOR
SERVING DRINKS
SO MEAN
CONCUSSION
GREG MENDEZ - BEAUTY LAND - RED NEBULA SPLASH VINYL LP
FOR FANS OF ACETONE, DUTCH INTERIOR AND THE AMERICAN ANALOG SET, GIVE GREG MENDEZ A SPIN
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"Mendez's unrefined, plaintive voice, his piercing melodies, and his conversational but haunting lyrics all mark him out as one of the best songwriters to come out of a city teeming with great songwriters."
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A sweeping, guitar-driven road trip that recalls and reinvigorates the alt rock and slowcore of the 90s and early naughts, Mount Zero, the debut LP from Swapmeet, marks the moment the Australian four-piece come into their own.
Following their dreamy 2024 debut EP Oxalis, Mount Zero arrives on the heels of the band's signing to LA-based label Winspear, after stirring up buzz throughout Australia, taking home awards for Best Release and Best Song ("Ceiling Fan") at the South Australian Music Awards and earning the title of 'Best Emerging Artist' at SXSW Sydney. (Impressed was at that show in Sydney and were completely blown away!) Mingling airy sweetness with jagged surrealism, Mount Zero transmutes so many of the regrets and uncertainties of young adulthood into a burgeoning, newfound confidence.
Though the members of Swapmeet often begin their songs by writing individually, the tracks on Mount Zero ended up circling common themes: first loves, first heartbreaks, first embarrassments, first disasters.
As they've done since their earliest days as a band, Swapmeet traded instruments throughout Mount Zero and shared production duties as a foursome, developing their sound by layering dozens (sometimes hundreds) of tracks within each song, then carefully removing elements until the production took a clear shape.
The result is a record where Swapmeet bottle up the tooth-gritting intensity of feeling yourself change at the cellular level under reality's unyielding pressures.
The pressing is strictly limited to 300 copies, pressed on red galaxy vinyl and hand-numbered on a specially-designed obi strip.
Only on Impressed.