CR / 024 · NEW · OUT MAY 30 Sundialer

Phaser,
at last.

Sundialer
Phaser · LP
180g · clear / 500
$32 · pre-order
Out May 30, 2026
Ventura, CA
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Recent

Last six releases · CR-019 → CR-024
Statement
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cr-001 / 2026

Crushing Records. is an independent label working out of a detached garage in Ventura, California.

Founded in 2026 by one person, with no plan and no roster — only a conviction that good music deserves to be collected, pressed, and passed along.

We don't know what the future holds. We don't know where we are going. But we know we need to start.

About · Crushing Records. Established MMXXVI · Ventura CA

A label, not a brand.

Origin

Crushing Records. began in 2026, in a detached garage on the south side of Ventura. One person. Four walls. A concrete floor. A stack of records that needed a home.

There was no industry grievance behind it. No scene we were trying to escape, no manifesto we were nailing to anyone's door. Just a quiet desire to build something from the ground up — a place where good music could live together, regardless of where it came from.

We don't know what the future holds. We don't know where we are going. But we know we need to start.

Approach

The sound leans atmospheric — shoegaze, dream pop, hushed and reverb-heavy things — with a West Coast tilt. Sun-bleached, salt-corroded, recorded close to the Pacific.

We work in editions of 300 to 1,000. Every record is mastered for vinyl, pressed at Gotta Groove or Furnace, and packaged in heavyweight tip-on jackets. No streaming-first releases, no shrinkflated jackets, no perfume samples in the gatefold.

Royalties are 50/50 after recoupment of pressing and mastering. Contracts are two pages. Artists keep their masters.

People

The label is run anonymously. No names on the masthead, no founder photo, no LinkedIn. The records do the talking; the people behind them prefer the back row.

Mailing address in Contact. The garage door is usually closed.

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Releases
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Artists
7,400
Records pressed
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Garage
Artists · Two, currently Roster · MMXXVI

The roster.

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Roster

A–Z · 2 active
Releases · CR-001 → CR-024 All formats · 2026

Twenty-four
records.

Cat. № Date Artist Title Format Price
Contact · Crushing Records. Ventura CA · MMXXVI

Get in touch.

General
hello@crushingrecords.co Replies in 1–3 days
Demos
demos@crushingrecords.co Three songs · WAV / MP3 · Patient
Press
press@crushingrecords.co Promos · interviews · imagery
Mail
247 E Main St, Suite 4F
Ventura, CA 93001
Returns by appointment only
Wholesale
trade@crushingrecords.co Independent shops · 50/50 split
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