"Big Bombs EP" marks the debut release on Bertie Bassett’s self-titled label, introducing a collection of groove-led house cuts rooted in classic influences and underground club culture.

Across four tracks, Bertie Bassett delivers a mix of DJ-focused tools and edits, blending raw house rhythms, funk-driven elements and stripped-back arrangements designed for dancefloor use.

From the driving energy of "Get House" and "Back To Underground" to the reworked grooves of "Man In Black (Edit Mix)" and "Finga Loop (Bertie Bassett Rumba Remix)", the EP offers a versatile selection suited to both peak-time and deeper club sets.

With a long-standing background in house music and production, Bertie Bassett brings a seasoned approach to this first release, combining classic influences with a modern underground edge.

As the first release on the label, this EP sets the tone for the project moving forward, offering strong appeal for DJs looking for fresh, playable house cuts with a raw, groove-led feel.

A natural fit for fans of labels such as Razor-N-Tape, Toy Tonics, Bed Edits and Disco Express.

A DJ-friendly and versatile release for stores supporting underground house and edit-driven sounds.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Get House
A2. Back To Underground
B1. Man In Black (Edit Mix)
B2. Michal Diniego - Finga Loop (Bertie Bassett Rumba Remix)

William Onyeabor was born outside Enugu, a small, rural town in Eastern Nigeria, he created his own genre of African electronic funk in the late 70s and early 80s, making music completely unique for his time. Today, he is reaching cult status among a growing list of admirers, including everyone from Damon Albarn and Hot Chip to Carl Craig and Madlib, with some likening him to the Kraftwerk of West Africa, or a precursor to LCD Soundsystem.

Among the crate-digging few that knew of him, he is considered a complete myth. While he has never performed live and almost never given interviews, his fantastical biography is scattered and has to this day not been verified. And he refused to speak about anything regarding the past.

According to various rumors, he left home following the Biafran War and went to study cinematography in the Soviet Union, returning in the mid-70s to start his own film company and record label, Wilfilms. He then self-released eight remarkable records from 1978-1985. He wrote and produced everything on his own, and possibly played every instrument himself. Then, at some point of his life, he became born again and denounced his earlier music, deciding it is something he would never speak about.

TRACK LISTING

1. Beautiful Baby
2. Better Change Your Mind
3. Atomic Bomb
4. Shame
5. I Need You All Life

Back in 1990 the New Bomb Turks got together as four Ohio State University Students who "just wanted to rock". With Nightmare Scenario, New Bomb Turks returned to their snaggle-toothed first mistress — hard-driving, no-holds-barred American punk rock. With the guitar jive of Chuck Berry, the blinding ferocity of Motörhead and the snot of The Dead Boys, singer Eric Davidson and his backing trio fire off a dozen grenades of authentic old-school three-chord riff-rock in little over a half-hour, with nary a pause for breath between tracks. You can’t quibble with the four-on-the-floor intensity of tunes like opening salvo Point To A Point Blank. It was recorded over four days and nights, the only break being a jaunt over to a bar to see a reunited Real Kids, their first show in years, which floored the band and only added more mezcal to the fire.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Point To A Point Blank
2. Automatic Teller
3. End Of The Great Credibility Race
4. Too Much
5. Killer's Kiss
6. Continental Cats
7. Instrumental Bonus Track

Side B
1. Spanish Fly By Night
2. The Roof
3. Your Beaten Heart
4. Turning Tricks
5. Wine & Depression
6. Quarter To Four

Axel Boman’s critically acclaimed double album "LUZ/Quest For Fire from 2022 gets a remix & dub treatment from one of Scandinavia's finest reggae-and-beyond soundsystems, Trensum Tribe.

'Great, now they sound better that the originals' said Axel when he heard the remixed versions for the first time, excitedly starting to collect the best ones for an album. Having been heavily inspired by Mad Professor’s work for Massive Attack since a young age (listen to "No Protection" for example), a project like this had been a dream of Axel Boman's for decades. There is a certain freedom that comes with remixing, where you can step outside yourself as a producer and take risks and chances you might not in your own work, and Trensum Tribe really took an adventurous new path when they approached this music. On this homage to soundsystem and rave culture, jungle, dub, disco and house all become best friends in front of a huge stack of homemade speakers, standing tall on fresh dew in a Swedish forest on a cold summer night.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sottopassaggio Dub
A2. Gröna Dalen Dub
A3. ’Atra Dub
A4. Dub Grape
A5. One Two Dub
B1. Bhuka Dub
B2. Nowhere Good Dub
B3. Les Lèvres Dub
B4. My Dub Is Out Sailing
B5. Hold On Dub

William Onyeabor was born outside Enugu, a small, rural town in Eastern Nigeria, he created his own genre of African electronic funk in the late 70s and early 80s, making music completely unique for his time. Today, he is reaching cult status among a growing list of admirers, including everyone from Damon Albarn and Hot Chip to Carl Craig and Madlib, with some likening him to the Kraftwerk of West Africa, or a precursor to LCD Soundsystem.

Among the crate-digging few that knew of him, he is considered a complete myth. While he has never performed live and almost never given interviews, his fantastical biography is scattered and has to this day not been verified. And he refused to speak about anything regarding the past.

According to various rumors, he left home following the Biafran War and went to study cinematography in the Soviet Union, returning in the mid-70s to start his own film company and record label, Wilfilms. He then self-released eight remarkable records from 1978-1985. He wrote and produced everything on his own, and possibly played every instrument himself. Then, at some point of his life, he became born again and denounced his earlier music, deciding it is something he would never speak about.

TRACK LISTING

1. Beautiful Baby
2. Better Change Your Mind
3. Atomic Bomb
4. Shame
5. I Need You All Life 

Nick Byng aka Snorkie is a Worcester based musician who started out working at Rockfield Studios with bands such as The Charlatans, Black Sabbath, XTC, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Paris Angels and The Damned.

His music has since been used by the likes of Norman Cook and Manchester United, with airplay by radio stations such as BBC 6 Music and NYC's East Village Radio. Champions of previous Snorkie releases include Ursula 1000, Craig Charles, Tim 'Love' Lee, DJ Andy Smith, Nemone, Dr Rubberfunk and Don Letts to name a few.

2025 sees a new release 'Hypnotised' on Muito Bom Records. First conceived during the pandemic lockdown of 2020, the lyrics were in fact, first written many years ago and shelved, until now.

The A side is a nu-disco style groover with vocals by Solihull's Bethan Wyn Davies. Side B is a deeper edit with a sprinkling of techno and house. All parts were recorded from live performance in the studio rather than programmed in.

We're currently the only UK record store holding a very limited first press lathe-cut release on 7” with attractive printed centre and clear/transparent vinyl.

Watch out for a new Snorkie release on Muito Bom Records for 2026!

Music / Performance / Production / Lyrics by Nick Byng / Bethan Wyn.
Artwork by Chez @his_name_is_lamar_vanoy / design by Pistachio.
Mixed / Mastered by Gussy Campbell.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Phwooarr! Don't sleep on this one pop pickers! One side - super deep house business with lashings of soul. Ont'other - a silky, laser-guided, late night electro-disco number that's got Red Laser at The Carlton Club written all over it... best of all - we're the only MF's in the country with this record at the moment! Form an orderly queue!

TRACK LISTING

A. Hypnotised (Deep Edit)
B. Hypnotised (Radio Edit) 

Featuring epic 1970 concepts from this far reaching trio much praised by Underworld’s Karl Hyde, Captain Sensible, Stephen Malkmus and a host of others. ‘Thank Christ For The Bomb’ is a visionary tale of cold war fear, alienation and everyday drama.

A thinking man’s rumination on alienation, the album is a game of two halves; side one tackling the thermo nuclear threat while side two traces riches to rags alienation in everyday London. First of a trio of ground-breaking albums that steered the band from the Blues into a heavier, more prog-based sound and a true reflection of their much praised live sound.

TRACK LISTING

1. Strange Town
2 Darkness Is No Friend
3 Soldier
4 Thank Christ For The Bomb.
5 Ship On The Ocean
6 Garden
7 Status People
8 Rich Man, Poor Man
9 Eccentric Man

Digging into the vault, The Bombillas have unearthed two previously unreleased tracks: "Sema's Walk" b/w "Mawasa." These songs were written and initially recorded shortly after the release of their first 45, "Tortuga b/w Kings Up," in 2017, however, they were not fully completed until late 2024. This new 7-inch features a more mellow Ethiopian jazz aesthetic, utilizing a larger ensemble that includes additional percussion, flute, and horns to the more recent Bombillas lineup you might be familiar with.

On Side A, "Sema's Walk" establishes a steady 2-step 6/8 feel, driven by David Michael Celia on drums, Aquiles "Lito" Magaña on rhythm guitar, Steve Haney on percussion, and Josh Wiener on bass. Together, this core group creates a hypnotic groove, allowing the melodic tapestry to blossom. Celia leads the melodic elements, overdubbed on a Wurlitzer 200a, with contributions from Jesse Audelo on flute, Ian Anderson on saxophone, and Greg Zilboorg on trumpet bring a cinematic element to their interwoven melodies gracefully interacting with the steady bass pattern.

On the flip side, we find "Mawasa," which draws inspiration from one of the legends of Ethiopian jazz, Mulatu Astatke. The Bombillas utilize the Tizita scale in their own way, again led by Ian Anderson on saxophones and Jesse Audelo on flute, this track features David Michael Celia on drums, vibraphone, and Wurlitzer, alongside a steady instrumental backdrop provided by Aquiles "Lito" Magaña on guitar, Steve Haney on percussion, and Josh Wiener on bass. This collective of original and new Bombillas members brings back their eclectic sound and inspirations.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sema's Walk
2. Mawasa

Following Third Man Records’ reissue of The Belair Lip Bombs’ (the label’s first Australian signing) 2023 debut album ‘Lush Life’ last year – which gained widespread praise including a - NME review, 7.8 Pitchfork review by Laura Snapes, a Guardian Ones To Watch piece and a ‘Best Rock or Punk Work’ award at the Victoria Music Awards – the Melbourne four-piece are gearing up to release their eagerly anticipated second album 'Again' on 31st October. Helmed by Maisie Everett (guitar, keys, vox) and fleshed out by a talented trio of musicians in Mike Bradvica (guitars), Jimmy Droughton (bass) and Daniel Devvlin (drums), it was recorded with producer Joe White of Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever. (‘Again’ cements the Lip Bombs as a long-term fixture in the current indie scene). “Hey You", the first single to be taken from the record, captures the band's widescreen songwriting and innate knack for soaring melodies.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Again And Again
2. Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)
3. Another World
4. Cinema
5. Back Of My Hand

Side B
1. Hey You
2. If You’ve Got The
3. Time
4. Smiling
5. Burning Up
6. Price Of A Man

France - the 1980s. A local radio and studio system almost unsurpassed in
Europe - add brilliantly inventive labels and producers with a sense of fun & adventure & the result? A golden age of Synth-Pop – Post-Disco.. inventing the future.. celebrating the chanson of the past. Updating that for a new generation & a new dancefloor. With Tangui/Corinne Tell/Kelly Way and more ..

TRACK LISTING

A1: Corinne Tell -Histoire De Coeur 3:24
A2: Fanny Forest - Les Lolitas Des Magazines 4:01
A3: Fabienne Stoko – Poupee 2:56
A4: Valene - Sauve-Moi 3:12
A5: Kelly Way-Illusion 3:37
A6: Sonia - Sur Ma Musique 3:59

B1: Tangui-Amour Combat 3:56
B2: Praline Et Toni -Meteo 3:57
B3: Generation Egoiste (Tout Tout D'Suite) 3:03
B4: Kira – Vacances A Deux 2:47
B5: Geraldine Danon – Electric Eyes -3:05
B6: Nani Antoni - Faites Vos Jeux 3:45 

Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Schoolboy Q are among the big guests on 'Cherry Bomb'. It is practically an all-caps homage to Pharrell's funk-rock vanity project, trading in the grayscale of his angst to explore the technicolour corners of his quirkiness.

The Odd Future frontman is at his most indecisive, swerving from high-decibel ear assaults ('Deathcamp,' 'Pilot') to sugary, saxophone-laced cuddle tunes ('Find Your Wings,' (expletive) 'Young / Perfect'). He makes the obligatory rap muscle-flexing feel like recess, hopscotching through Galaga blips with Schoolboy Q ('The Brown Stains of Darkeese Latifah Part 6-12 (Remix)') and playing lyrical hot potato with Kanye West and Lil Wayne ('Smuckers').

It takes patience to tag along, but hearing Tyler abandon shock for shock's sake to explore other sides of his oddness is a sign he's less interested in being rap's Quentin Tarantino, and more its Wes Anderson.

TRACK LISTING

1. Deathcamp
2. Buffalo
3. Pilot
4. Run
5. Find Your Wings
6. Cherry Bomb
7. Blow My Load
8. 2Seater / Hair Blows
9. The Brown Stains Of Darkeese Latifah Part 6-12 (Remix) / Special
10. Fucking Young / Perfect
11. Smuckers
12. Keep Da O’s
13. Okaga, CA
14. Yellow

Formed in 1987 by Fruitbat and Jim Bob, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine burst onto the scene with their signature style of punk-pop infused with samples, drum machines, and social commentary.Released in 1995, 'Worry Bomb' was Carter USM's ffth album and their fourth in a row to break into the top ten of the UK album charts.

It would also be the frst to feature their new drummer, Wez, marking a shift away from the famous drum machine sound. The album mixed things up musically, balancing mellow acoustic tracks like 'My Defeatist Attitude' with Carter's signature high-energy indie rock, including 'Let's Get Tattoos' and The Young Offenders Mum which both hit the UK top 40.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the album, 'Worry Bomb' is reissued for the frst time. Featuring the original album newly remastered on CD 1 (including the singles 'Let's Get Tattoos' and 'The Young Offender's Mum'), a new collection of B-sides and rarities on CD 2, 'Avon Calling!' - a newly restored and remastered recording of the band at the Phoenix Festival on CD 3, and a DVD with music videos, a performance of 'Let's Get Tattoos' from Top Of The Pops', and exclusive new interview featurettes with Jim Bob and Fruitbat

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklist:
1. Cheap 'N' Cheesy
2. Airplane Food/Airplane Fast Food
3. The Young Offender's Mum
4. Gas (man)
5. The Life And Soul Of The Party Dies
6. My Defeatist Attitude
7. Worry Bomb
8. Senile Delinquent
9. Me And Mr. Jones
10. Let's Get Tattoos
11. Going Straight
12. God, Saint Peter And The Guardian Angel
13. The Only Looney Left In Town
14. Ceasefre
15. Turbulence!
16. King For A Day
17. Especially 4 U
18. This One's For Me

CD Tracklist:

CD1:
1. Cheap 'N' Cheesy
2. Airplane Food/Airplane Fast Food
3. The Young Offender's Mum
4. Gas (man)
5. The Life And Soul Of The Party Dies
6. My Defeatist Attitude
7. Worry Bomb
8. Senile Delinquent
9. Me And Mr. Jones
10. Let's Get Tattoos
11. Going Straight
12. God Saint Peter And The Guardian Angel
13. The Only Looney Left In Town
14. Ceasefire

CD2:
1. Turbulence!
2. King For A Day
3. Especially 4 U
4. This One's For Me
5. Speed King
6. Silver Dream Machine
7. Trouble
8. Ceasefire (Acoustic Version)
9. Airplane Food (Acoustic Version)
10. This One's For Me (Alternate Version)
11. Born On The 5th Of November
12. Tomorrow When You Die
13. The Aftertaste Of Paradise
14. Airplane Food (B-side Version)
15. D.I.V.O.R.C.E.F.G.

CD3:
1. Do Re Me, So Far So Good
2. Re-Educating Rita
3. Let's Get Tattoos
4. Rubbish
5. The Only Living Boy In New Cross
6. Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over
7. The Only Looney Left In Town
8. The Young Offender's Mum
9. Sing Fat Lady Sing
10. Commercial Fucking Suicide
11. Falling On A Bruise
12. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
13. Sheriff Fatman

Rat Life welcomes back Leibniz for the label's 23rd release! This 12" piece of wax is jam packed with five grimy techno mantras, each one proofing once again that the highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only Leibniz knows what to ignore.

Frankly, these are high grade techno and UK bass flavoured any nightclub technician worth their slipmatts ain't gonna wanna do without! Big T I P on this one... 4 the heads!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Real deal techno biznoinks on the ever-reliable Rat Life. Agro AF but twisted, demented and fun at the same time. Plenty of energy and attitude just the way we like it.

TRACK LISTING

1 La Bomba
2 DJ Dumm
3 GT
4 Teka
5 Zero Bass

When Motorhead released a classic of the magnitude of 'Overkill' in March 1979, they would have been forgiven for taking a breather soon after, but then not all rocks bands had their DNA. Somehow in all the madness, they managed to the legendary 'Bomber' the very same year. Reaching number 12 in the UK charts the record brought some of Motorhead's most popular songs, like 'Bomber', 'Dead Men Tell No Tales' and 'Stone Dead Forever'.

Honouring one of the greatest and most influential hard rock bands of all time, this classic album is now available on coloured vinyl, with the half speed masters created from the original tapes. It also comes with a poster.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dead Men Tell No Tales
2. Lawman
3. Sweet Revenge
4. Sharpshooter
5. Poison
6. Stone Dead Forever
7. All The Aces
8. Step Down
9. Talking Head
10. Bomber

THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2024 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29TH 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 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH).

How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb is a collection of 10 songs taken from the original recording sessions for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, U2’s 2004 critically acclaimed, eight-time Grammy-winning album. Recently discovered in the band’s archive and now released for the first time as a standalone record, this shadow album features new, previously unreleased songs, including “Luckiest Man In The World,” “Happiness” and “Country Mile,” as well as newly remastered songs, including “Picture Of You (X + W),” all collected together for the first time to mark the 20th anniversary of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Available on black and red marble color vinyl exclusively for Record Store Day.

A follow up to Bombay Bicycle Club's sixth studio album 'My Big Day', EP 'Fantasies' is an illustration of Bombay Bicycle Club's irrepressible urge to keep creating. With an album barely out the door, this new EP sees one of Britain's best guitar bands joined by Lucy Rose, Matilda Mann, Liz Lawrence and Rae Morris on set of vibrant, joyous new compositions.

TRACK LISTING

1. Fantasneeze (feat. Matilda Mann)
2. Blindfold (feat. Liz Lawrence)
3. Willow (feat. Lucy Rose)
4. Better Now (feat. Rae Morris)

Heading back to the band’s studio in London, Bombay Bicycle Club have lovingly crafted album six – My Big Day. It’s a powerful, expansive body of work, replete with an irrepressible dose of joy. My Big Day also found the band’s studio door wedged open for a collaborative experience, inviting the likes of Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya, and Holly Humberstone and Damon Albarn who all feature. On first listen, Bombay Bicycle Club have opened up the curtains and let this revelatory set of vibrant, joyous compositions bask in the sunshine. It’s an album that means business, sculpted by one of Britain’s best guitar bands.

TRACK LISTING

1. Just A Little More Time
2. I Want To Be Your Only Pet
3. Sleepless (feat. Jay Som)
4. My Big Day
5. Turn The World On
6. Meditate (feat. Nilufer Yanya)
7. Rural Radio Predicts The Rapture
8. Heaven (feat. Damon Albarn)
9. Tekken 2
10. Diving (feat. Holly Humberstone)
11. Onward

Bombino is back with a brand new studio album - 'Sahel'. The new record is Bombino’s first full album in over five years, and follows 2018’s ‘Deran’, which garnered praise like ""the Sultan of Shred"" from The New York Times, and ""the World's Best Guitarist"" from Vice. This praise also turned the guitar luminary + Tuareg folk hero into the first-ever GRAMMY®-nominated artist from Niger. ‘Sahel’ was produced by David Wrench (David Byrne, Frank Ocean, Caribou, The xx) and was recorded at Studio HIBA in Casablanca, Morocco.

The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer / songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences. From Fontaines D.C to Guy Garvey, and Aurora to Feist, each artist has offered their own incredible take on a timeless classic.

TRACK LISTING

1. Road - Bombay Bicycle Club And The Staves
2. Northern Sky - Karine Polwart And Kris Drever

Having previously collaborated with Al Doyle (LCD Soundsystem/Hot Chip) on their debut album, this time the duo absconded to Doyle’s studio in his own touring absence and took to production duties themselves. Laugh Like A Bomb was recorded in just three weeks before being mixed by Sheffield producer Ross Orton (Working Men’s Club / Arctic Monkeys / MIA).

“I think a lot of the process of writing this album came from pushing ourselves to our limits to get to the essential idea, and discarding anything that felt superfluous or unnecessary.” explains Baba. “There was a lot of writing, re-writing, deleting, re-recording and then just repeating that process again. A lot of times the best idea would come out of that final push when you’re too exhausted to even think and you rely on feeling.”

Returning following the release of their debut ‘Memory Device’ in 2020 and 18 months of touring across Europe and the US with the likes of Yard Act and Chk Chk Chk, Baba Ali have created an incendiary follow up with one foot firmly placed on the dance floor, the other in a state of constant frenzy. Laugh Like A Bomb showcases anxious synths and scratchy guitars that collide with concrete drum hits, pulsing bass and Baba’s snarly vocals in 40 minute collection that explores feelings of unease, abandon and desire as well explorations into the more sinister.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Stark minimal wave synth lines and snappy percussion meet euphoric hypnotic dancefloor business in a perfect clash of styles, resulting in a wonderfully evocative and singular LP. Part funk, part synth, part pop, and all hugely enjoyable.

TRACK LISTING

Hold My Head
Burn Me Out
Gold Rush!
I'm Bored
Anesthesia, Beverly Hill
Laugh Like A Bomb
Make U Feel
A Circle
Lip Service
Bankrupt Funk
Yves Klein Blue

Howard "Youngblood" Bomar's long overdue debut album finally makes landfall! Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody's fingers but his artistry escapes that fate thanks to I, Who Have Nothing, the first full length Bomar release! This collection features his early '60s 45 soul sides and largely unissued R&B recordings, including a cover of Prince's "Purple Rain." Mixing explosive renditions of familiar favorites with outtasite originals, Bomar's music makes you wonder why his music never surfaced in the first place. Includes 5 CD-only bonus tracks!

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting
Set Down Fo I Fall Down
I Who Have Nothing
I'm Gonna Love You
Best Of Luck To You
I'll Be There
Let It Be Me
Shotgun
What Love Has Joined Together
I Who Have Nothing
She's A 911
Purple Rain

CD Tracklisting
Set Down Fo I Fall Down
I Who Have Nothing
I'm Gonna Love You
Best Of Luck To You
I'll Be There
Let It Be Me
Shotgun
What Love Has Joined Together
I Who Have Nothing
She's A 911
Purple Rain
Down Home Georgia Girl* (CD-only)
Crazy Bout You Baby* (CD-only)
Something Beautiful* (CD-only)
I'd Like To Be* (CD-only)
Just Let Me Love You* (CD-only)

Ribbon Around The Bomb is the first new music from Blossoms since their ‘vibrant single’ (NME) Care For, which was released in 2021. 

Speaking about the new album and single, Blossoms’ Tom Ogden says:
‘While on tour in 2019 in Mexico, I visited Frida Kahlo’s house. Looking at her paintings on show, someone had described one of them as being like a ‘ribbon around a bomb’. I immediately thought that it was a great title for a song and album because of the imagery that it evoked in my mind. I thought about how lots of things in life could be described as being a ribbon around a bomb in the sense that as people we often dress things up which have a darkness lying beneath them’.

The band’s new album is produced by their consistent and renowned collaborators James Skelly and Rich Turvey and revolves around a central character ‘The Writer’. 

Tom Ogden explains:

"The more songs I wrote, the more I realised that the writer referenced in the songs was in fact me. Having been so busy for the past eight years I and the band have never really had the chance to step back and reflect on what we’ve achieved. You’re so focused on the future; write the next album then tour. Your life is usually mapped out at least two years in advance".

Standout tracks on the record include Ode To NYC, described by Tom as ‘a love letter to my favourite city, as well as my wife’, The Writer which deals with the fear of and frustration associated with writers block and Everything About You, one of the album’s only love songs, which Tom says is ‘as honest as they come’. Visions meanwhile contains one of the album’s key lyrics ‘Was I complete at 23’, as Tom explains. ’At 23 I had just had a number 1 album and begun my relationship with my now wife Katie. Reflecting on what I’d achieved at such a young age left me wondering, what now?’ 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Blossoms are back! Stockport's favourite export bring with them all the vim of their 2020 hit, 'Foolish Loving Spaces' and expand into even more neon-tinged electronic realms. It's as bold as anything they've done, but perfectly in keeping with their keen grasp of melodicism and pop progressions.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Writer’s Theme
2. Ode To NYC
3. Ribbon Around The Bomb
4. The Sulking Poet
5. Born Wild
6. The Writer
7. Everything About You
8. Care For
9. Cinerama Holy Days
10. Edith Machinist
11. Visions
12. The Last Chapter 

Live At Sefton Park - Deluxe CD Bonus Disc:
1. Intro Live At Sefton Park
2. Your Girlfriend Live At Sefton Park
3. There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) Live At Sefton Park
4. I Can’t Stand It Live At Sefton Park
5. Getaway Live At Sefton Park
6. My Swimming Brain Live At Sefton Park
7. Paperback Writer Live At Sefton Park
8. Blown Rose Live At Sefton Park
9. Honey Sweet Live At Sefton Park
10. Sunday Was A Friend Of Mine Live At Sefton Park
11. If You Think This Is Real Life Live At Sefton Park
12. Oh No (I Think I’m In Love) Live At Sefton Park
13. At Most A Kiss Live At Sefton Park
14. Charlemagne Live At Sefton Park 

Bombay Bicycle Club are very pleased to announce details of their new live album, ‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose - Live At Brixton’. The album was recorded on 8th November 2019 at the band’s sold out Brixton Academy show, celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album. 

The live album follows the release of the band’s fifth studio album, ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ earlier this year. The album peaked at #4 on the UK album chart and garnered widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike. Its release was due to be followed by an extensive European and North American headline tour and numerous festival headline appearances. The new live album acts as a timely gift to their fans and a fine celebration of the power and togetherness of live music.
 

TRACK LISTING

Emergency Contraception Blues – Live At Brixton
Lamplight – Live At Brixton
Evening / Morning – Live At Brixton
Dust On The Ground – Live At Brixton
Ghost – Live At Brixton
Always Like This – Live At Brixton
Magnet – Live At Brixton
Cancel On Me – Live At Brixton
Autumn – Live At Brixton
The Hill – Live At Brixton
What If – Live At Brixton
The Giantess – Live At Brixton

Niger-born Tuareg guitar virtuoso Bombino releases his firstever live album as a solo artist. Recorded in November of 2019 while Bombino and his band were touring behind his acclaimed latest studio album ‘Deran’, ‘Live In Amsterdam’ showcases Bombino’s rich musical palette, as he and his internationally renowned band seamlessly blend folk, rock, blues, funk and, most uniquely, the ‘Tuareggae’ subgenre which Bombino and his band pioneered. In addition to his regular band, this performance features special guests and Bombino’s cousins, Nigerian singer/actress Toulou Kiki as well as Anana Harouna of Kel Assouf.

‘Live In Amsterdam’ follows his 2018 release ‘Deran’, which earned Bombino career-best reviews, including a major New York Times profile, features with All Things Considered, NPR Music, Billboard and more. Noisey went as far as to declare him “World’s Best Guitarist™.” The album also received a Grammy nod for Best World Music Album, making Bombino the first-ever artist from Niger to receive a Grammy nomination.

TRACK LISTING

Iyat Na Hay
Azamane Tiliade
Amidinine
Midiwane
Tar Hani
Chatahat
Ahoulaguine Akaline
Takamba
Timtar
Imajghane
Chet Boughassa

A deeply textural, atmospheric and immersive sounding record.

Alice Boman’s fragile yet engulfing ethereal vocals create a vortex that listeners are sucked in by. A world where ambient, dream pop and folk merge into a unique new form.

Produced by Fabian Prynn (EX:RE, Ghostpoet, Dan Croll) and Patrik Berger (Robyn, Charlie XCX, Icona Pop and Santigold).

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: While the progressions here may hark back to 60's soul and doo-wop, Boman's vocals are very much down the Hope Sandoval dream-pop line. Slightly melancholic but constantly immersive and warmingly nostalgic throughout.

TRACK LISTING

Wish We Had More Time
Heart On Fire
The More I Cry
Who Knows
Don't Forget About Me
Everybody Hurts
Hold On
It's OK, It's Alright
This Is Where It Ends
Mississippi

Cardinal Fuzz and Lovers & Lollipops are proud to bring to you the new magnum opus from Black Bombaim titled 'Zone Of Resident Bodies'. Black Bombaim approached their latest creation with the mindset of pushing the boundaries of their musicianship by working with three different electronic composers in three unique recording settings -an old workers auditorium, a huge empty space on the postal office building and on a reverberation room on the university of engineering. Working with Jonathan Saldanha, Luís Fernandes, Pedro Augusto helped Black Bombaim break free of the constraints of a band in a recording studio as each new recording environment and composer brought new textures and ambiance to the music created. It really is rather special to hear.

“this is an amazing album of collaborations that I am sure has taken the participants outside of their respective comfort zones to produce a set that is innovative and explorative. You really will need to hear it all to fully appreciate its strength and breadth because it is outside those zones of familiarity where true expression can flourish… and flourish it certainly does here.” Psych Insight.

The Candy Bomber sessions were spearheaded by Paul Lemp, co-owner of the studio of the same name, theatre, film and dance composer, and impassioned bass player. The sessions were his dream project of free-spirited experimentation into which he injected his boundless energy, teaming up with Thomas Wydler (drummer and longest serving member of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) and studio partner Ingo Krauss (Conny Plank's studio engineer between 1987 and 2001) to form a core triumvirate that spiralled outwards to bring in a who's who of talented friends and studio visitors. In this volume these include Kid Congo Powers, Swiss jazz pianist Stefan Rusconi, Jochen Arbeit (Einstürzende Neubauten/Automat), Gemma Ray, Toby Dammit (Iggy Pop/Nick Cave), André Vida, Toni Kater, Charly Birkenhauer, Paul Kuchenbuch and Matthew Styles .  

Built during the Nazi era, the building which houses Candy Bomber was once the largest in the world. (A Julian Montague impression of the building’s facade adorns the album cover). In 1948/49 it served as the hub for the Berlin airlift when the allied forces flew over 200,000 flights supplying the Western part of the city with daily necessities. The airlift also provided the name for the studio, which set up shop in rooms that previously hosted a computing centre for the CIA. The studio is now legendary in Berlin, not least for its enviable collection of vintage valve gear. With this at their disposal, Lemp, Krauss and Wydler established an environment for sessions that were organic, pressure-free and, more or less, agenda-less. The end result is sonic art unimpeded - a wild cocktail of originality, intensity, beauty, sincerity, and stunning freeform musicianship - underscored by a Dada-ist playfulness and motivating force. But this is not a work of chin-stroking abstraction. Here you will hear some of the coolest jams, ones that will peel your face off.  

Tragically, Paul Lemp died prematurely and unexpectedly in summer 2015, before the Candy Bomber sessions were finished. Krauss and Wydler finished the record shortly after, and despite his passing (and as the Vol. 1 of the title suggests) - intend to continue them in his honour.

TRACK LISTING

1 Cut!
2 Butterfist
3 Slow Blow
4 Blue Melon
5 Black Molly
6 Switcher
7 Hello Stomach
8 Lokohomo
9 North

Alternative pop / folk.

Second release on new London label Happy Death.

Alice Boman’s voice hits with the emotional force and haunting fragility of Nina Simone.

Recorded in a cabin in the woods near her home town of Malmö, Sweden.

Boman has a penchant for creating beauty through simplicity, her lyrics are direct and incredibly revealing.

“Muffled microphones and ghostly vocals… racked with an unplaceable nostalgia” - The Guardian

“Alice Boman’s voice wavers between ethereal and ghostly, but its fragility doesn’t limit the force of her songs” - The Huffington Post

For fans of Stina Nordenstam and Joanna Newsom.

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"Black Bombaim is the most notable band to come out of Portugal to grace the stoner rock scene.

Barcelos, the small Portuguese market town, where the trio of Ricardo (guitar), Senra (drums) and Tojo (bass) homed their craft, is more widely recognized for its famous pottery and the Barcelos Cockerel than it is for its blistering heavy heathen onslaught.

‘Saturdays and Space Travels’ the bands first full length, vinyl only double sided LP release, clocks in at 39 minutes and 24 seconds however, instead of being comprised as individual tracks, the release is instead made up of two separate instrumental, hard-hitting blistering licks, that have been locked in a cage of ear-shattering feedback.

‘Side A’, at 19 minutes and 47 seconds (as is ‘Side B’) sees the trio unleash their complex sound upon the listener. Beginning with a hazy, wall of sound, made famous by 60’s space-rock icons Hawkwind, the track gradually builds into a trance-inducing, repetitive and sluggish metal ascendancy, with the occasional trip into space.

While ‘Side B’ continues to be more of the same, due to the length of both individual tracks it may be advised to be listened to in broken down segments rather than in one fail swoop.

That said, the blend of sluggish metal and hazy space-rock works well and with this release Black Bombaim have set down the marker for fellow Portuguese stoner rock band to beat." (ChybuccaSounds.com)

This was initially an America-only release, combining all the non-album singles The Smiths had released up until that point. It's "Hatful Of Hollow" (without the BBC stuff) and "The World Won't Listen" combined and beautifully sequenced onto what was originally a lovely double album. There was one new 3 track twelve-inch released after "World" in England though: "Sheila Take A Bow" and its superior b-sides "Is It Really So Strange?" and "Sweet And Tender Hooligan" are on "Louder Than Bombs", as is an ever so slightly different mix of "You Just Haven't Earnt It Yet, Baby". U.K fans didn't need this record, but we all bought it anyway, for the sleeve and the sequencing. Sad but true!

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The sun shines out of their behinds!

The Black Lips take "Back From The Grave" style garage punk frenzy to such extremes of slavering cacophony that they border on experimental noise rock at times. This is their fabulous second album from 2004.

In 2008 I Blame The Parents Records launched to release the debut 7" by Extradition Order. 17 CD's and one 7" by other artists later it's time for the debut album from Extradition Order. "Since The Bomb Dropped" shows a huge progression – garage rock is there but joined by folk tales, Phil Spector lite pop romances and even a Hot Chip style clatter funk gem ("Matches Meet Petrol"). Indie but ambitious.

Originally released in 1987, "Sex Bomb Baby" is actually a collection of Flipper material dated no later than 1982, comprised of singles, B-sides, and compilation tracks. The single version of "Sex Bomb" is an all-out classic, a frenetic, yelping punk answer to "Louie, Louie" and the rest is no slouch either - outrageous, harsh, sludge-punk from San Francisco's finest.

West Midlands math-rock trio The Arm return with this four track EP hot on the heels of their acclaimed debut on Speedowax. On "He Builds Bombs", The Arm have stepped up the intensity with a relentless assault of frenzied rhythms, razor-edged guitars and acid-damaged electronica.

Reformed and back to their primitive best Mad Parade were once one of the "heavy hitters" of the early 80's Southern California Punk scene. "Bombs And The Bible" is their most aggressive, angry and blistering punk rock recording for years. Forget about the poor quality of the insert this is genuine old skool punk.

Blueline Medic formed in Melbourne, Australia in mid 1999 out of the ashes of post-punk pioneers Caustic Soda. Since the formation, the band has released an EP, a full length and most recently a four way split with Midtown, Recover and Silent Corporation. They've moved to a more antipodean version of emocore and "Text_Bomb" is their best work to date.

Digitally remastered version of this 1989 album. Nicely packaged in a limited edition slip case.

Swedish punk grrls with 12 slices of rock'n'roll action.

Fourth release in this consistently jaw-dropping series demostrating the superhuman feats of Technics-monks worldwide. 15 tracks from Q-Bert, JS-1 & Spinbad, DJ Static, DJ Maniphest Feat Mr Thing, The Wristerons and my personal favourite, the fantastic "Lesson 89" by 89 Skratch Gangstaz, which mixes up hip house, Britney, "Sleng Teng" and Bart Simpson! FRESSSHHHHHhhhhhhhh...!

A band that goes from strength to strength with 4 new tracks that are full of quality and great touches. This is quality emocore on Fueled By Ramen.