Cream Abdul Babar"s "Excavation: 1995-1998" collects all of the band"s out of print material in one low-priced 2CD package. Disc one contains their first full-length, "The Backwater of Masculine Ethics" in it"s entirety, while disc 2 collects tracks from their split seven inch with I Guard the Sheep, their "Buried in Broken Glass" EP, a live track and a remix by larvae. Cream Abdul Babar, whose new material lands between the faint and karp, currently has releases in stores from At A Loss Recordings (including the full length, "Catalyst to Ruins" and a split CD/LP with Savannah"s kylesa), and Hyperrealist (a split with Seattle"s teen cthulu). Upcoming releases include a covers EP due out this summer on Underadar Records and a split 7 inch with Japan"s melt-banana on Hyperrealist. Cream Abdul Babar tours extensively and has shared the stage with isis, mastodon, dillinger escape plan, melt-banana, neurosis and the locust.