A year in the making and the product of a team of wonderful musicians letting loose and having fun, Sorry About That is a joyful romp through the realisation of all those things you decide would be a good idea at 2am, but are too hungover to get on with in real life.

Aiming all glitter cannons firmly at CHRISTMAS #1 (vinyl singles chart - let's be real), art punk royalty Art Brut and electro pop gems bis deliver genuine glitter dancefloor filling power with a cover of Paula Abdul's 'Opposites Attract', twang liberally at heartstrings with a take of 'Make Your Own Kind of Music' by Cass Elliot - finally covering each other's seminal bangers with an icy fresh take that can only come from years of genuine love of the band you're reimaging. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Opposites Attract (Paula Abdul Cover)
2. Make Your Own Kind Of Music (Cass Elliot Cover)
3. Teen-C Power (performed By Art Brut)
4. My Little Brother (performed By Bis)

An incredibly special project between decorated Manchester punks Loose Articles and lauded Marseille rapper NADIR, the inviting clash of cultures come together in a beautiful smash hit - penned as a love letter to Manchester and Marseille, merging culture, camerarderie and football.

You try genre defining this one??? The B Side remix by The Beatmasters is currently bouncing across dancefloors across the UK and France.

TRACK LISTING

Marseille, Manchester (In The Area)
Marseille, Manchester (In The Area) [The Beatmasters Mix]

You've been asking for AGES, and finally the long-long-LONG ago sold out Five Songs EP is back available on vinyl, this time on starlit green wax, strictly limited to 1000 copies EVER (in this colour). Tightly packed with a quintet of explosive hits that defined DITZ's early career, this is an echo back to the band sounding their most raw and unhinged.

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Seeking Arrangement
Gayboy
Total 90
Role Model
Fuck The Pain Away

Formed with the intention of calling out shitty behaviour in the conservative
Faroe Islands, where the rock scene is flled with boneless homophobes and
meat-eating misogynists - and continue to take their aim at general vibe
killers everywhere.

The live shows are full of energy, with a barrage of songs often under a minute long, like 'Save The Planet You Dumb Shit', 'Life Is Great You Suck' and 'If You Believe in Eating Meat Start With Your Dog', being broken up by the famboyant frontman roasting the audience relentlessly.

The record compiles the band's frst 3 albums (originally released on 7" due to their blistering 10 minute run times) plus a salvo of red hot new singles.

TRACK LISTING

1. DRUGS R'4 KIDZ
2. THE RESON FOR HARDCORE VIBES 2
3. RAM ME
4. LIFE IS GREAT YOU SUCK
5. WONDERWALL
6. MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE
7. FuCk
8. PRETEND SERIOUS
9. IF YOU BELIEVE IN EATING MEAT START WITH YOUR DOG
10. SHITBOYS THEME
11. PERSONAL SPACE INVADER
12. PULL THE TRIGGER
13. THE GOOD OL' DAYS
14. CLOSETED HomoFObe
15. MANSPREDATOR
16. SAVE THE PLANET, YOU DUMB SHIT
17. KILL YOUR DARLINGS
18. ROCK AND ROLL (WE STOLE THAT SHIT)
19. THE RESON FOR HARDCORE VIBES (AGAIN)
20. AN ODE TO SHITHEADS
21. PLEASE SEEK HELP
22. LEGALIZE EVERYTHING
23. DON'T FEAR THE NIPPLE
24. IF YOU WANNA BE A CUCK I'LL BE YOUR BULL
25. MR. NOBODY
26. FUCK EVERYBODY
27. 4 R4SONS 4 H4RDCORE VIBES
28. STAND UP SPEAK UP SHUT UP
29. THE REVENGE OF THE VANDALIZER
30. EAT ASS YOU FUCKING COWARDS
31. YOU ARE MY FRIEND
32. SUCKBOI
33. OUT FOR A HUNT
34. LABELS
35. POINTLESS VANDALIST
36. YOU ARE THE BEST
37. 5 RE5ONS 5 HARD5ORE VIBES

Everyone's favourite psych surf-rock legends, The Wytches, commit a past / future classic to delicious blue moon vinyl - with a repress of incendiary debut album Annabel Dream Reader on their own label.

Originally released on Heavenly Records in 2014, the album was recorded at Toe Rag Studios and co-produced by the band's Kristian Bell and Bill Ryder-Jones.

NME said it was "blizzard of darkness full of both melody and menace". They weren't wrong.

TRACK LISTING

Digsaw
Wide At Midnight
Gravedweller
Fragile Male For Sale
Burn Out The Bruise
Wire Fram Mattress
Beehive Queen
Weights And Ties
Part Time Model
Summer Again
Robe For Juda
Crying Clown
Track 13

A rollercoaster of a release, forthcoming debut album Scream If You Wanna Go Faster covers everything from the highs of being pinball champions to the lows of having to deal with rubbish jobs and managers, inviting all-comers to jump aboard and throw those hands in the air like you just don't care

The Loose Women juggled gigging every weekend in 2023 with their 9-5 jobs, somehow finding time to write and record the album, and then still managing to make it to the pub for a pint or two to celebrate.

"We blasted it out in two lots of long weekend sessions to keep the energy high and fast paced, just like our live gigs," say the band of the experience. "Thanks to the fuel of an array of Pot Noodles and medicinal drugs we created a Loose Articles extravaganza bedazzled with big riffs, footy whistles and cowbells to keep you on your toes!"

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Snappy indie-pop, blazing synth lines and grungy guitars all beneath snarling, cleverly written vocal lines. This and the jagged punky aesthetic form the basis of the brilliant debut album from Dipped In Gold (RIP) alumni, Loose Articles. Bold, raucous madness.

TRACK LISTING

Mr Manager
Are You A Welder?
Want
Unpaid Intern
I've Nearly Made It
I'd Rather Have A Beer
Pinball John
It's Art
Guitars, Cars, Knickers And Bras

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2024 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 20TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND.

UK indie punk favourites The Subways are delighted to reveal their ffth studio album Uncertain Joys, cementing their rightful place as one of the most exciting bands on the current touring circuit, thrilling crowds with their explosive rock sound and wild stage performance. Put simply, it's hit after HIT!

TRACK LISTING

You Kill My Cool
Love Waiting On You
Uncertain Joys
Incantation
Black Wax
Lavender Amelie
Fight
Infuencer Killed The Rock Star
Swanky Al
The Devil And Me
Joli Coeur
Futures

After a period of rest, refection and transformation, in 2021 PABH signed to their new home at Alcopop! Records for the release of their longawaited forthcoming ffth studio album 'Reality Cheques', wowing press, radio and adoring fans across the country. All big riffs, beautifully crafted song structures and full on contemporary rock hits, the next PABH chapter is inspired by late ‘70s garage rock, post-punk, and heavy weight rockers like Iggy and The Stooges, The Rolling Stones, Bowie and The Cramps... This is Pulled Apart at their very best!

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Pipe Dream
First World Problems
Sleep In Your Grave
Rinse And Repeat
Devil Inside
Rat Race
Positive Place
Fear Of Missing Out

The debut Beach Riot album is finally here. It’s safe to say that ‘Subatomic Party Cool’ is well worth the wait - a record that’s jam packed with quality songwriting and enormous riffs, one after another, and hits a wide range of musical touchstones along the way. Black vinyl in slip sleeve.

Full of an infectious energy with more horsepower than the South American farm that guitarist/vocalist Cami left aged just 18 to come to the UK to seek pop stardom (Argentinian horse farming’s loss is Alcopop!’s gain), Beach Riot are a slacker pop force to be reckoned with.

Beach Riot cite their influences as ice-cream, weird guitars, PJ Harvey, Mudhoney, 4am mozzarella sticks, dark comedy, dungeons and dragons, and Brighton beach hangover fry-ups. We totally get that.

“90s fuzz, big riffs and dreamy harmonies - what more could you want?” - LOUDER

“Great dynamics, tension and killer choruses” - MOJO

“Gritty indie-pop brilliance” -The iNewspaper

TRACK LISTING

B.A.D.
Wrong Impression
Good To Know (That I’m Still On Your Mind)
Modern Dinosaur
Wraith
Unrequited Love
Medicate For Success
Faze
Sofa Surfer
She’s A Hurricane
Blush
Serial Scruff

“When Bo Ningen decided to re-issue their first album on vinyl [for the first time ever. Originally it was only out on CD], they didn’t want to do the usual ‘remastering’ or ‘re-takes’. No. They “re-built” their our own debut album from a decade ago, using exactly the same material/sounds, “re-mixing”” with their new interpretation and perception.. Taigen says “we simply wanna listen to our 1st album again with fresh ears and mind” and we invite you to do the same. 10 Years on, Bo Ningen's debut is more fresh and relevant than it ever has been“

TRACK LISTING

LP 1:
4 Seconds To Ascension
Yurayura Kaeru
Gasmask Rabbit
Yuruyakana
Ao
Post Yohkai
Post Yohkai (ENA Remix)

LP 2:
Kage
Koroshitai Kimochi
Maguro
Maguro (Merzbow Remix)
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Sudden Fictions is an ambitious attempt to present musical history as open structure in the simple form of a rock band; a “rock band” questioning itself as to what it can do, in this time of bedroom producers.

“If this apparent history of music has its root somewhere, and that root leads to a present where rock bands are being pushed away,” explain BO NINGEN,

“we thought we could dig deep enough to the root, and re-write the present finding a new path leading through an alternative history as a rock band...

TRACK LISTING

You Make A Mark Like A Calf Branding
AKA
Silenced 
Zankoku 
Minimal
Kyutai
Kuzurenai
B.C
Riff

A welcome return for Bo Ningen, showcasing the first cut from their brand new record, with a lead single that is as intense as it is melodic, hinting at the slightly more accessible, though still incredibly intense, tone of what’s to come. Backed with a fascinating remix from Yokohma experimentalist Foodman.

TRACK LISTING

B.C
B.C (Foodman Remix)

itoldyouiwouldeatyou are that most beautifully human of things: a contradiction. They are a group of young people with the wisdom of older souls; they are angry as hell, and they are loving and kind; at times they are violent, but with a fragility that underpins everything they do; they are deadly serious, and they are seriously irreverent.

The multi-faceted indie-punk/emo/experimental collective will release their debut album Oh Dearism later this year via various formats in a collaboration from Alcopop! Records, Failure By Design Records and Beth Shalom Records. It’s a startling debut that should instantly mark them out as one of the most very special bands that the UK underground DIY scene currently has to offer

TRACK LISTING

Earl, King, Whatever
Gold Rush
Young American
Almost Zero
Gathering Things Together And Not Dividing Them
Get Terrified
Craiglockhart
Greek Fire
Goodbye To All That

Everything But The Here And Now marks a real period of growth for the fledgling outfit, who have concentrated on pushing the whole sound of the band forward from the solid DIY roots they sunk on 2016 debut album You Might Be Right.

Exploring new territory that includes washes of synths, keys and atmospheric production courtesy of Hookworms’ Matthew “MJ” Johnson (Drenge, Doe, Martha, Honeyblood), they’re also forging ahead into new lyrical pastures that reflect the often turbulent, yet upward trajectory of their experiences as a band and in their personal lives.

In their short lifespan, Happy Accidents have already garnered attention from publications including Noisey, DIY, Kerrang! Magazine and Upset. After catching the attention of BBC Introducing London, the band went on to be be played by Annie Mac and Huw Stephens at BBCR1, Steve Lamacq at BBC 6music and John Kennedy at Radio X.

If a debut LP is an artist’s introduction to the world and their sophomore release is their now-or-never moment, their third is their most cathartic: they’ve made it out, they’re here.

Glasgow, Scotland’s indiepop optimists The Spook School, despite personal and political obstacle, made it out, and their latest full-length Could It Be Different? is here. It’s been a journey of self-discovery and feel-good realism; modern, dance-friendly indiepop fueling the fun. They made a name for themselves for their exultant and empowering pop, and now, they’ve shown real growth in nuance. Even at their most beaten down, The Spook School manage to find hope free of naivety. That’s clear the second the album opens with “Still Alive,” and its ascending chorus (and soon-to- be crowd favorite) of “Fuck You, I’m Still Alive,” written by Nye after surviving an emotionally abusive relationship. The song avoids villainizing the past, instead, it celebrates the present and welcomes the unknown future.

The energy of working through the wicked exists all over Could It Be Different? “Bad Year” makes personal connections with universal ennui, the debilitating feeling of an atrocious political climate and the desire to do better. Could It Be Different? is a human release a record full of the insecurities and anxiety that arrive after self-awareness, in learning something new and potentially frightening about yourself. But at it’s heart is joy there’s no desolation on the LP, because The Spook School manage to find light in moments of darkness. All things glum must pass even if hope comes only in the form of acceptance.

“A theatrical indie pop band that embrace’s life’s misinterpretations and messiness...their noise-pop jams remain as joyful as ever” - Pitchfork “The Spook School are that rare and beautiful thing: a band with something to say.” - The Guardian

“Societal norms and gender stereotypes are in the crosshairs of these threadbare tunes...trans love songs that hit home no matter your orientation.” - NPR

“Dance music for introverts, love songs for people who are too shy to be in love” - Stereogum

Stagecoach is a pop rock band from the south of England, with a smashing debut album and UK tour coming in May. Huw Stephens span their single 'Map To The Freezer' exhaustively on both his Radio 1 shows. He then invited the band to play the BBC Introducing stage at Reading & Leeds 2010, before naming Stagecoach one of his BBC Introducing acts of the year. In February 2011 the band recorded a live Radio One session at Maida Vale. You may have heard Stagecoach on BBC One's ‘Gavin and Stacey’ Christmas & New Year specials. Channel 4 also used them on season 2 of ‘Skins’. Two of the band’s tracks feature on the international trailer for this year’s breakout British comedy ‘Killing Bono’. The band recently toured with friends Johnny Foreigner, Glaswegian rockers Twin Atlantic and opened for Jimmy Eat World. With a handful of singles and ep's released through indie labels Alcopop! and This Is Fake DIY the first full length album (produced by Rory Attwell) is due early 2013.

For fans of: Johnny Foreigner, Pavement, Fight Like Apes, Wilco, Los Campesinos, Prefab Sprout Big melodic gutsy slacker pop!

TRACK LISTING

1.) Work! Work! Work!
2.) Action
3.) 56K Dial Up
4.) A New Hand
5.) Threequel
6.) Kings Resolve
7.) First And Last
8.) Nothing Leads You Astray
9.) We Got Tazers
10.) I’m Not Your House
11.) Video Shop