“Second Greatest Hits” is out now: “Fresh off the success of their amazing million selling debut CD ‘The Purdins Greatest Hits Volume 1’ comes this, from the hottest new band out of Seattle. ‘The Purdins 2nd Greatest Hits!’ 12 slabs of molten sound that were tailor made to fit everything from your son’s first princess party, to the heroic dose you had planned for this weekend. Remember that time when you lost everything and everybody that ever meant anything to you, and after a long dark journey you stumbled through a door that led you to a place where all had been made right, everything was fine, and the sky had never been so blue? This album is that door! Come stumble with us. Stumble on through to the other side! If you’ve never heard the Purdins, why are you still reading? Put this fucking record on now!”
Kaz Murphy — “Old Protest Records,” a single from the upcoming album Making Noise (Sept 18, 2026): “Kaz: I’ve been listening to protest music since I was a teenager. I was listening to a bunch of the protest LPs that I still have, when the idea came to me; why not just write a protest song by naming all the great protest songs that have stirred me and millions of others. It was a shoo-in.”
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Since 1983, Green Monkey Records has been releasing beautiful, weird, wonderful, occasionally wistful, homegrown, mostly Pacific NW music from an always evolving cast who often don’t much fit in elsewhere. Underground rock. Obscure folk. Forgotten Oly Jazz. A stunningly deep pile of jolly Christmas stuff. And, of course, the beautiful and massive Green Pajamas/Jeff Kelly catalog. GMR is an “artists first” label – we work to help our crew achieve their creative vision. Sometimes we succeed (with advice and help from old pal Howie Wahlen). Chief monkey Tom Dyer writes, plays, and records lots of it from his home(town) studio in Olympia, WA — including his own music – solo, with his True Olympians and a variety of combos – 24 albums to date. Not too slick, not too ruff, mmm – feels just right – 100% truth and beauty and love! Thanks for listening (and buying) – please feel welcome to share our music with all your friends!