toolshed
2023-

Spent Youth Records
2021-2023 toolshed is a micro-record label. the label was started as spent youth records whilst I lived in boston, ma. the label was focused on providing free distribution to peers and local artists through a new-defunct distribution company that provided me with unlimited free releases to streaming platforms.

the original roster released singles, EPs, and LPs for snowday, ben hoffman, angrybaby, bundt cakes, undecided, girlmoms, and my own music practice.

spent youth records transitioned into toolshed in 2023, as my focus shifted to using the label as a platform for projects myself and longtime collaborator Daniel Nesbit were directly attached to: whether through providing production, artistic direction, or playing in the bands ourselves.

the name toolshed came from my discovery of Jack Whitten’s studio logs and employment of the term woodshedding which stemmed from jazz musicians... toolshedding as an offshoot embodies mine and daniel’s collaborations to a T — creating a girlmoms concept album in a one week stint of writing and recording,  writing and recording an entire LP over the course of a 2 week stint in south carolina for undecided...

time constraints and restricted creative conditions offer the opportunity for calculated improvisations and successful sonic arrangements that result from mining, respecting, and making public the unexpected.
releases[12 songs 2025] (12 singles) - preston taylor
Dane Vamlet LP - bundt cakes & Dinosaur III
Tardy ENG 323 Homework EP- bundt cakes
Sit and Watch LP - CD Cinema
Pining EP - Taccy Chun
Maybe I Can’t Ever Get It Right LP - girlmoms

*archive releases*
selfish LP - bundt cakes
interpellation LP - preston taylor
girlmoms(ST) EP - girlmoms
why am i underwater? SINGLE - snowday
hero’s sidekick SINGLE - snowday
Aquaterra EP -  angrybaby
Hh EP - ben hofmann
play this when i’m old EP - ben hofmann