Vfib is a record label from Woodstock NY.
Our mission is to amplify good music.
Our artists include Justin Tracy, J.B. Mills, Two Dark Birds, Iris Clementine, Todd Adelman, Bicentennial Drug Lord, Marc Delgado, and Airline.
Read an article about the label in in HV1 Magazine here.
TWO DARK BIRDS
Dreamers of the Golden Dream
Single out now. LP out January 2025.
The first single from Two Dark Bird’s sixth release, which shares its name with the forthcoming album, immerses listeners in a sonic journey defined by its propulsive motorik beat and rich lyrical tapestry. "Dreamers of the Golden Dream" weaves together influences from giants such as Didion, Simon, and Yeats, capturing the discord of our current era with both introspection and intensity. Two Dark Birds will be unveiling a series of six singles over the next several months, each offering a glimpse into the evolving soundscape of their latest album.
JUSTIN TRACY
Five Fathoms
Singles out now. LP out November 2024.
British Folk Singer Justin Tracy’s new record Five Fathoms, is an introspective journey inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Employing folklore & ancient symbolism, Tracy weaves a tale & sonic tapestry reminiscent of legendary folk luminaries like Nick Drake & John Martyn & Bert Jansch. Steeped in tradition & craft, Tracy navigates the murky waters of family & fatherhood, life & death on the way to self-discovery.
IRIS CLEMENTINE
Outsider
Outsider is the debut EP from Iris Clementine, a 17 year old singer-songwriter from Woodstock, NY. Her rich voice centers these 6 explorations of the ups and downs of romance, family, friends, and finding your spot. Rich, melancholic, beautiful , hopeful , with a bit of dark undertow. For fans of Mazzy Star, Phoebe Bridgers, Fleetwood Mac. Recorded & mixed by Todd Adelman, Kevin Salem and Alan Weatherhead.
BICENTENNIAL DRUG LORD
BDL
Based in Milwaukee, WI, Bicentennial Drug Lord was formed when longtime friends John Daniels (Soda, Maki), Rick Donner (Punchdrunk) and Alan Weatherhead (Soda, Maki, Sparklehorse, Hotel Lights) needed a side project where, as Weatherhead puts it, “we could play and record the sad-sack country songs we wrote and couldn’t play in our main bands.” BDL’s debut record The First Hit Is Free crystallized a Minneapolis winter with music that could thaw even the iciest heart. For it’s new release, the six song EP BDL, the band got together during a long, muggy summer to record the songs in a cottage outside of Richmond, VA. Emerging from a weekend writing session at a nearby horse farm where Daniels was living, the new songs reflect a fresh collaborative approach to songwriting and a shift away from the country focus of their debut. BDL gets the details right. Big choruses, subtle songwriting, indie pop in places with a dose of 70’s rock. Summer’s coming down.
TWO DARK BIRDS
Songs for the New
Two Dark Birds’ second album evokes the Catskill Mountains from whence it came and stands in the grand tradition of folk-rock from that area while doing something new with the form. A little mountain magnum opus. Recorded and produced by Steve Koester with Jason Mills and Don Piper and mixed by Joel Hamilton (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Sparklehorse). "You will hear the imprint of the broken-but-not-beaten American Bard, from Parsons and Van Zandt to Tweedy... at once folk-accessible and lit-deep... hits the mark again and again.” - Woodstock Times
J.B. MILLS PRESENTS
The Beetroot Instrumentals
The Beetroot Instrumentals is the second collection of music to be released by Brooklyn-based drummer/multi-instrumentalist Jason B Mills under his producer alias “J.B. Mills”. For this EP, Mills pulled some previously unfinished instrumentals from the vault. These are all songs that were originally written for his Independent Music Awards-nominated band “Beetroot”, who were a fixture on the NYC club scene in the early 2000s, but were never graced by (Beetroot vocalist) Fiona’s voice. Deciding that they were too good to remain “unfinished”, he dusted them off, rearranged, and remixed them in the summer of 2020 at his “Little House Music Studio” in Brooklyn, NY. Think King Tubby meets The Meters at a DC Go-go club…. The lineup includes: Derek Nievergelt-Bass; Dave Guy-trumpet; James Hurt-keys; Wynne Bennett-keys; Marivaldo Dos Santos-percussion, programming; Jason Mills-drums, percussion, guitar, additional bass, additional keys, samples & production.
TWO DARK BIRDS + J.B. MILLS
Porous
Porous is the fifth release from Two Dark Birds, the critically acclaimed band from the Catskills. This four song EP, a collaboration between singer-songwriter Steve Koester and producer / dummer J.B. Mills, is a distinct departure from the band’s previous more folk- leaning forays. Sonically speaking, Porous delves into the minimalist sounds of today’s pop and yesterday’s wave. It’s more J. Dilla than J.J. Cale, more New Order than New Riders, more Billie Eilish than Billy Bragg, more Drake than Nick. Or something like that. Lyrically speaking, the songs center around the usual subjects - love, family, nature, space-travel, roof-sitting, interdependent co-arising, bar hookups.
FEATURED from our ARCHIVES
KOESTER
Losers, Weepers
The third and final album from Koester the Rock Band, “Losers, Weepers” is a sonic exploration of NYC in the early 21st Century. Big hooks, weird sounds, AOR airs, Moog magic. Slightly fried. Recorded in 2005, the album was produced by Alan Weatherhead at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond Va.
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