A record label that reads like the liner notes.

We started Pressing because the records we loved all did the same quiet thing: they put the work up front. The cover was the colour, the catalogue was the site, and the buy button was an honest link to a shop — not a funnel.

So that’s what we built. Every pressing we’ve made is on the wall, cover to cover. We press vinyl, tape and the odd 12″, we cut loud, and we actually listen to the demos.

The label's studio in low evening light

Who runs it

A staffer pulling a record from a vinyl-lined shelf
R. Vale Founder / A&R
A label manager at a desk stacked with mail-order records
J. Okonkwo Label manager
A mastering engineer inspecting a lacquer at the cutting lathe
S. Aalto Mastering / cut
A sleeve designer at a light table with printed artwork
D. Mercer Design / sleeves

Send us a demo. We actually listen.

Two links and a line about the record. That’s the whole form.

Sync, licensing & press

№ 001 · Halyard — Tidewater 0:00 / 4:12 Open on Bandcamp