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Box Bedroom Rebels Volume 1

Box Bedroom Rebels

2xLtd LP

£23.99

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Cat Number

BBR#20LP

Release date
25 Sep '15
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Super deluxe compilation of Kev Beard's iconic label. Comes in a thick, embossed, matt card gatefold sleeve with full colour inner sleeves, double sided insert & envelope containing 40 track download code, BBR Letter, BBR#20 Confetti & pages from The Picture Of Dorian Gray.

Yowzers! Just in time for the Christmas hustle (yes I just mentioned the C-word!) we have this most perfect of festive present ideas. Kev Beard's iconic DIY label, Box Bedroom Rebels label bring a compilation of the best bits from the series in a beautifully presented pack. 33 tracks from the first 2 years of BBR, most of which are now impossible to get anywhere; this also includes a few previous 'download only' tracks. In the two years since its inception, BBR has become somewhat of a cult label amongst its fans, garnishing support across the world and media. They released one of the very first Horsebeach 7"s, have put out material from the farthest reaches of Scotland, to the darkest suburbs of Wigan and kept a ridiculously creative, inspiring aesthetic throughout. Punk rock through and through in mindset and execution, the styles and genres on show from the label range from morose shoegaze through melancholic, rain-soaked indie-fuzz through to glacial moments of icy shimmering electro-pop. There's always a hook or a melody, but you might have to fight through 6-inches of distortion, grit, blood and tears to get to it. A lesson for us all that 'doing it yourself' can be much more inspired than running the normal course of label / distribution / record deal; Kev's kept hold to every last drop of artistic credibility but still achieved widespread appeal and a die-hard fan base to boot. It'd be both shameful and against the punk spirit of this record to talk about how the OG 7"s sell for loads of discogs (but I just did). Just buy this record to feel it through your bones to the bottom of your feet and to the pit of your heart. And that's what matters. We heart Box Bedroom Rebels 4 ever!

TRACK LISTING

Side. 1
Water World - Dead
The Faded Tapes - I Will Race You
Temple Songs - Dragging You Down
Mini Dresses - River
Tape Waves - Somewhere
The Arctic Flow - Lost Wishes
Mini Dresses - Watching You
Temple Songs - ...
Yosoy - Mistakes

Side 2 -
Tape Waves - Drifting
Horsebeach - Even
The Arctic Flow - I Know A Place (fast Instrumental Pop Version)
Adult Books - Girl Space Friend
Sur - Southern Boy
The Scottish Enlightenment - Black Dog (Toad Session)
The Arctic Flow - Harbour Grey
The Faded Tapes - New Song

Side 3 -
The Watchmakers - Waves
Sur - Nay's Song
Temple Songs - Luxury Lice
Adult Books - Bedsit Infamies
Water World - Cream Soda
Lost Tapes - Cry & Lie
Horse Beach - Avoid The Light (Demo Version)
Unhappy Shoppers - Aisle6

Side 4 -
Lost Tapes - Lost In Youth
Unhappy Shoppers - Horsepower & The Modern Slog
Horse Beach - How Long Must I Wait
Yosoy - Running
The Watchmakers - Summer Of Love (Acoustic Version)
The Arctic Flow - Flightless Birds
Yosoy - Talk
The Scottish Enlightenment - The Strong Force

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Unhappy Shoppers

Box Bedroom Rebels

Ltd 7"

~~£7.49~~ £2.00

Limited 6 track 7" &... [ + ]

Cat Number

BBR#17

Release date
13 Apr '15
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Limited 6 track 7" & 7 track download in a doublesided sleeve with a double sided insert including 'colour your own' insert on one side (colouring pencils included). The envelope contains all the usual Box Bedroom Goodies - BBR Letter with detailed band notes, bag of confetti & download code.

BBR#17 IS HERE!
It's by Mancunian (well, Ashton Under Lyne actually), instrumental, electronic four-piece Unhappy Shoppers, a group of youngsters who make DIY electronica in the same style as those acts who graced MORR Music / Awkward Silence Records and City Centre Offices with the likes of Solvent, Isan, Bauri etc. It's what they call domestic disco - one side is quirky pop and the otherside is downtempo'd coldwave. I love it as it reminds me of that golden age of electronica and indie-minded youths mixing styles and influences. A glorious EP of electro beats, walls of distorted battered syths, faulty radio waves, melancholic rhythms, wierd sounds and a whirr & click groove. The sound of the suburbs channelled through affordable technology! 'Horsepower And The Modern Slog' is an upbeat electro stormer with a gorgeous melody. 'Ersatz Beat' could be by Adult or LeCar or Perspects with its minimal approach. 'Every Day' is a beautiful dreamy pop tune that could be what happened if The Field Mice went electro-pop while 'Untitled 2' is a gloomy hazy blurred downtempo track with more than a hint of doom. 'Save As' concludes with dark industrious tones sunk deep in its recesses while toxic gloop seeps from knife wounds across its tattoo-covered arms.

Limited 6 track 7" & 7 track download in a doublesided sleeve with a double sided insert including 'colour your own' insert on one side (colouring pencils included). The envelope contains all the usual Box Bedroom Goodies - BBR Letter with detailed band notes, bag of confetti & download code. Beautifully presented as always. Recommended tackle from Manchester's finest 7" label!