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The Burning Hell

Ghost Palace

BB*Island

LP

£27.99

Cat Number

BBI0581

Release date

7 Mar '25

"Funny, sardonic, and literate... it's impossible not to be swayed by these acerbically funny story songs " - Mojo Magazine.

The Burning Hell have been writing party anthems about the apocalypse since before the apocalypse arrived at the party. With "Ghost Palace," the band presents their most joyful collection of songs about death to date, always finding something to smile about in the decay. Mathias Kom's maximalist lyrics are underlined with fluorescent highlighter, with surprising twists and turns through pop culture, animal life, history, architecture, and science fiction.

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She Keeps Bees

Eight Houses - 10th Anniversary Edition

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Coloured LP

£32.99

Sparkling starlight vinyl

Cat Number

BBI0161

Release date

13 Dec '24

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Sparkling starlight vinyl

This album is a slow grower and even after 10 years, this dark work by the New York duo still sounds fresh, is touching and overall astonishing. Originally released in 2014 through the BB*ISLAND label the long out-of-print vinyl will be reissued as a special limited edition.

Pressed on 'Sparkling Starlight' vinyl and housed in a deluxe cardboard jacket, it comes with a folded poster incl the lyrics and a postcard with a download code. The download includes the album tracks and an exclusive 1-hour interview podcast with She Keeps Bees.

Considering how controlled the chaos is on Eight Houses, a record that's ruptured by riffs and rattled by rhythms without leaping straight off the rails, it's tough to imagine a time when Jessica Larrabee and Andy LaPlant didn't finish each other's sentences, creatively and personally. But that's how She Keeps Bees began: with LaPlant bashing a borrowed kit (including a garbage-picked floor tom) atop a step-ladder and Larrabee directing the dark solo recordings she began soon after moving from Philadelphia to Brooklyn.

"We grew together slowly," adds Larrabee, "like a tree. It felt powerful with him behind me. Nothing really clicked until I met Andy." That dynamic became more pronounced with each passing record, peaking with the self-produced songs of Nests and Dig On, the latter of which expanded the pair's minimal sound with bass parts and synths. Now joined by an outside producer (Rare Book Room's Nicolas Vernhes) and guest musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Adam Schatz, She Keeps Bees revels in the raw power of subtlety, silence and space, coloring Larrabee's compositions with lean piano lines, hazy horns and warm organ rolls.

TRACK LISTING

1. Feather Lighter
2. Breezy
3. Owl
4. Both Sides
5. Burning Bowl
6. Radiance
7. Wasichu
8. Greasy Grass
9. Raven
10. Is What It Is

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Herman Dune

The Portable… Vol 3

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‘The Portable Herman Dune’ Vol. 3 is the final part of Herman Dune’s acoustic anthology, in which 22 years of songwriting are laid bare, stripped to the most intimate bone. Though sonically naked, the songs are bundled up in emotion and loaded with life.

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The Burning Hell

Public Library - 2023 Reissue

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Coloured LP

£29.99
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Cat Number

BBI0231X

Release date

26 May '23

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Limited edition reissue of 500 copies on transparent red/black marbled, with lyric insert.

Public Library, the album by Canadian indie rock/folk rock band The Burning Hell was released in 2016, and has been sold out for several years. Now it returns as a limited edition coloured LP. Public Library was another high point in surreal humour, virtuosic wordplay wrapped in smart indie rock songs.

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Herman Dune

The Portable Herman Dune Vol. 2

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Coloured LP

£26.99

Limited orange vinyl.

Cat Number

BBI0501X

Release date

3 Mar '23

Format Info

Limited orange vinyl.

The Portable Herman Dune' is an acoustic anthology in three parts, in which 22 years of songwriting are laid bare, stripped to the most intimate bone, an being released at intervals over a series of months. Though sonically naked, the songs are bundled up in emotion and loaded with life. Centre-stage are David Ivar's songs, with his 1954 guitar, his 1930s mandolin, and his voice, plus exceptional guests: Julie Doiron, Mayon (Ivar's life partner), Caitlin Rose, Jolie Holland, and Kimya Dawson providing vocal counterpoint.

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Mathias Kom & Toby Goodshank

Miller Time

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LP

£22.99

Cat Number

BBI0461

Release date

18 Nov '22

A tribute to Country/Novelty-singer-songwriter Roger Miller, made by two friends from the DIY underground. Mathias Kom is a Canadian musician, songwriter and academic. He releases most of his efforts as The Burning Hell. Toby Goodshank is an American musician, singer, and songwriter who made his high-profile musical debut playing acoustic guitar in The Moldy Peaches. He has a prolific solo career, recording 14 albums in a five-year span.

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Herman Dune

The Portable Herman Dune

BB*Island

'The Portable Herman Dune' Vol. 1 is an acoustic anthology, the first of three parts, in which 22 years of songwriting are laid bare, stripped to the most intimate bone, to be released at intervals over the coming months. Though sonically naked, the songs are bundled up in emotion and loaded with life. Centre-stage are David Ivar's songs, with his 1954 guitar, his 1930s mandolin, and his voice, plus exceptional guests: Julie Doiron, Mayon (Ivar's life partner), Caitlin Rose, Jolie Holland, and Kimya Dawson providing vocal counterpoint.

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Gris-De-Lin

Sprung

BB*Island

Ltd LP

£19.99

Cat Number

BBI0251

Release date

4 May '18

Gris-de-Lin is a singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist from Bridport, Dorset. Her music is a heady mix of post-rock, blues and alt-folk peppered with warped electronics; the songs are narrative and lyrical. Gris-de-Lin's debut album 'Sprung' was recorded in a nursery school, and saw her playing virtually all of the instruments herself - from guitars and synths to drums and saxophone. Working with producer/engineer Chris Hamilton (Squarepusher / Torres / Kite-Base) she also drafted in Rob Ellis (P.J.Harvey / Anna Calvi) to play drums on several tracks.

Gris-de-Lin has also been working with other artists including Tungg, The Duke Spirit, Joe Gideon & Jim Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/Sonic Youth) and Berlin-based artist Gemma Ray. She also composes music for television and film.

Gris-de-Lin (a name inspired by a character from Turkish folklore - a wise bird that could speak!) grew up in the West Country, with parents who were big into the folk and world music scene. After years in London her heart lured her back to the sea. Bridport, where she's now based, is a quirky place with a dramatic coastline, a hearty pub-culture and a thriving arts scene for a small town. Local festivals embrace the mundane (hats, onions, cider!) while eccentricity is celebrated too. It's proved an inspiring place to be for songwriting and getting back to nature.

TRACK LISTING

1. Your Ghost
2. Birthday
3. The Kick
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Sprung
6. Reprise
7. Dead Wife
8. Russian Korg
9. Marching Band
10. I'm The King
11. Underground

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She Keeps Bees

Eight Houses

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She Keeps Bees is a duo from Brooklyn, NY, consisting of singer guitarist Jessica Larrabee and drummer/producer Andy LaPlant. They have self-recorded and released music made at home since 2006. Their debut album, Minisink Hotel, was described by NYC’s Other Music as “the best album you’ve never heard." Nests, their second full-length, was admired by the Guardian as “sparse, soulful and defiantly retro.” Their third LP, Dig On, was praised by the BBC as "an album of fire, spirit, and sweat."

Their new album "Eight Houses" (Sept.2014) finds She Keeps Bees working with an outside producer, Nicolas Vernhes (Wye Oak, Deerhunter, The War On Drugs, Dirty Projectors, Lia Ices a.o.) for the first time and enlisting guest musicians including Sharon Van Etten and Adam Schatz.

She Keeps Bees have created a beautifully timeless and haunting album. Eight Houses revels in the raw power of subtlety, silence and space, coloring Jessica Larrabee's compositions with lean piano lines, hazy horns and warm organ rolls.

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