Edible Onion

Edible Onion is a Philadelphia based label/collective that is focused on releasing small run, hand-made records of artists and musicians.

We like to make our lives difficult. We take pride in small impractical touches.. like sewing individual flower pedals to the cover of cd jackets, and hand painting 100 records just so every single release is individually unique and special.

You can contact us via email if you have any questions! If you are a record store and are interested in stocking our catalog or placing an order, email darian@edibleonion.com.

::: Tour News - January 16th, 2009 :::
Br'er Tour This Spring

Photo By Paul Rosales
Photo by Paul Rosales

This March, Br'er are hitting the road again for a five week tour around the east coast and midwest. They will be touring in support of "Filled With Guilt & Diamonds" and a new 12" that will be coming out on Edible Onion later this year. Details on that will be coming shortly. The lineup will consist of mainstays Benjamin Schurr and Darian Scatton, in addition to Hyden Weiner-Grossman playing synths.

Confirmed Dates:
3/05 Raleigh, NC ~ Marsh Woodwinds
3/07 Savannah, GA ~ SCAD Radio In-Studio
3/08 Atlanta, GA ~ 116 Vanira Ave.
3/09 Birmingham, AL ~ AC Temple
3/10 Little Rock, AR ~ The Rad Rad Rad House
3/13 Denton, TX ~ NX35
3/17 - 3/21 Austin, TX ~ SXSW
3/23 Tulsa, OK ~ Blue Jackalope
3/24 Kansas City, MO ~ The Pistol
3/25 Lincoln, NB ~ Clawfoot House
3/26 Ames, IA ~ Ames Progressive
3/27 Madison, WI ~ The Project Lodge
3/28 Minneapolis, MN ~ The Kitty Cat Klub
3/29 Champaign, IL ~ WEFT Session
3/30 St. Louis, MO ~ LEMP
3/31 Carbondale, IL ~ The Swamp
4/03 Jamestown, NY ~ The Labyrinth
4/06 Danbury, CT ~ Heirloom Arts Theatre
4/09 Jamaica Plain, MA ~ Whitehaus
4/11 Yonkers, NY ~ The Teahaus @ Sarah Lawrence


::: New Release - October 27th :::
Br'er: Filled With Guilt & Diamonds 12" EP

Edible Onion is proud to announce the pre-release sale for its first 12" vinyl release, Br'er's EP "Filled With Guilt & Diamonds." We are releasing the EP on 180 gram vinyl, and comes packaged in a screen printed, double gatefold sleeve with the lyrics laid out inside surrounded by ink drawings. Features a bonus track called "Centralia". Only 400 will be available! Comes with a digital download link. Buy It!

"Filled With Guilt & Diamonds" runs the gamut between more accessible pop songwriting and noise music that is heavily influenced by modern classical and avant-garde composition. "Painted Lady" is intricately arranged shoegaze pop and includes Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors) on upright bass. Its explosion of color at the end is in stark contrast to the mechanized horrors of album closers, "Sugar Bear," a voice and noise piece including Charles Cohen, and "Catch a Falling Knife," an avant-garde chamber pop song rife with organ, baritone sax, piano, harp, and noise. The album represents the schizophrenic nature of Br'er and showcases the two primary focuses that exist in Schurr's songwriting, blistering pop arrangement, and dissonant noise music.