Official Press
Pawn Island Records Press
Approved public press snapshots for Pawn Island Records projects. Additional kits and campaign details remain available by direct request.
Kits
Public Press Kits
Press 01
Rhea Mauro Press Kit
Soul-rooted singer-songwriter
Rhea Mauro is Pawn Island Records' soul-rooted singer-songwriter project. Beginning in soul and moving into intimate songwriter material, Rhea Mauro centers warmth, memory, tenderness, home, and emotionally direct storytelling.
4 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 02
High Ground Press Kit
Hip-hop / rap / boom-bap
High Ground is Pawn Island Records' hip-hop, rap, and boom-bap project. Built around rhythm, verbal presence, beat feel, cadence, and direct expression, it gives the catalog a grounded lane for rap-centered writing and production.
2 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 03
Velvet Orchard Press Kit
Experimental electronic pop / EDM / bass
Velvet Orchard is Pawn Island Records' experimental electronic-pop project. Beginning in bubblegum Y2K pop, it has evolved through EDM, house, dubstep, bass, club, and festival-inspired electronica with a restless, high-gloss sense of experimentation.
17 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 04
Quiet Filter Press Kit
Bluesy stoner doom / grunge groove
Quiet Filter is Pawn Island Records' stoner doom and grunge-groove project. Blues-stained, hypnotic, gritty, and heavy with reverb, the project lives in a world of worn surfaces, dirty light, circular riffs, and spiritual unease.
2 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 05
Resunant Press Kit
Alternative power metal / narrative glam rock
Resunant is Pawn Island Records' alternative power metal and narrative-driven glam rock project. Theatrical, heavy, neon-lit, and story-forward, it channels concept-album spectacle, big choruses, and high-voltage rock worldbuilding.
3 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 06
Matt Freeman Press Kit
Lyric-first songwriter / creative director
Matt Freeman is a poet, songwriter, and independent creator behind Pawn Island Records. His work centers original lyrics, story, atmosphere, and final creative direction across a genre-fluid catalog of project identities and releases.
1 linked release / 1 approved asset
Press 07
Blackout State Press Kit
Pop-punk / melodic rebellion
Blackout State is Pawn Island Records' pop-punk project. Led by No Manual, No Master and the single High Time, the project turns breakup wreckage, buried memories, and hard-won release into loud, emotionally direct pop-punk.
2 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 08
Crick Kinnard Press Kit
Appalachian blues / country grit
Crick Kinnard is Pawn Island Records' Appalachian blues and country project, built around battered-heart storytelling, rough-edged songcraft, and plainspoken music with a weathered soul.
4 linked releases / 1 approved asset
Press 09
second watch Press Kit
Reflective songwriter / devotional-adjacent
second watch is Pawn Island Records' reflective, devotional-adjacent project, built for lyric-forward songs shaped by vigil, prayer, confession, solitude, and self-examination.
1 linked release / 1 approved asset