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Pigeon Detectives

TV Show

    With platinum and gold selling accolades across their catalogue of 5 albums The Pigeon Detectives return with album 6, an album influenced by their biggest hits but matured beyond them.

    Feeling like a band reborn The Pigeon Detectives have never really gone away, having quietly built a resurgent following at headline gigs and festivals across the UK with their high octane live show, the set is peppered with sing-a-long hits that have passed the test of time with flying colours attracting a younger audience to shows alongside a contingent of Pigeon ‘die hards’.

    Produced by Rich Turvey (Blossoms / The Courteeners / The Coral / Vistas / Oscar Lang / Jamie Webster) the album holds onto the infectious energy that drove the band to huge audiences on their early records, but has a contemporary feel to the production, arrangements and lyrics reflecting a band that have honed their craft and grown as a band and people.

    TRACK LISTING

    SIDE A

    1. Falling To Pieces
    2. Summer Girl
    3. Lovers Come And Lovers Go
    4. The Warning

    SIDE B

    1. Dreaming Of A Song
    2. I Can't Stop
    3. TV Show
    4. Would It Be So Bad?
    5. Purple Skies

    Six Finger Satellite

    The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird - 30th Anniversary Edition

      Sub Pop is thrilled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Six Finger Satellite’s debut album, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird with a brand new, fully remastered CD and double-LP reissue. Formed in 1990 in Providence, Rhode Island by J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar), Peter Phillips (guitar), Chris Dixon (bass), and Rick Pelletier (drums), Six Finger Satellite quickly signed to Sub Pop for the Weapon EP, which got them their deal despite being a tongue-in-cheek take on the then-current grunge/alt-rock sound. Following Weapon, the band quickly jumped into making their debut full-length with Bob Weston (of Shellac, who later named a single The Bird Is the Most Popular Finger in honor of Six Finger Satellite).

      Released in 1993, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird was the first release to truly capture the adventurous, biting spirit and sound of Six Finger Satellite. The album is a landmark of noisy, distressing post-punk, drawing influence from Gang of Four, The Birthday Party, and Wire while adding a healthy dose of the band’s own, unique sonic antagonism. Amongst the brittle rock tracks, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird has dashes of ahead-of-their-time keyboard and studio experiments that became more prominent on the band’s later albums, presaging LCD Soundsystem, DFA Records, and much of the early-2000s post-punk revival.

      Pitchfork rightly called The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird "one of the best noise-rock records of the 90s," writing that "the transitions from silly to searing highlight Six Finger Satellite’s unpredictable and caustic approach… this was the first of several examples of them spurning underground trends, and their most exhilaratingly bitter pill to swallow.”

      TRACK LISTING

      1. ..
      2. Home For The Holy Day
      3. ..
      4. Laughing Larry
      5. ..
      6. Funny Like A Clown
      7. ..
      8. Deadpan
      9. ..
      10. Hi-Lo Jerk
      11. ..
      12. Love (via Satellite)
      13. ..
      14. Save The Last Dance For Larry
      15. ..
      16. Solitary Hiro
      17. ..
      18. Neuro-Harmonic Conspiracy
      19. ..
      20. Takes One To Know One
      21. ..

      Pigeon

      Backslider EP

        Dressed as if they would be equally comfortable starring in a modern spaghetti western as they are cutting slick silhouettes on a festival stage - are Guinean singer Falle Nioke, Graham Godfrey on drums, Steve Pringle on keys, Tom Dream on guitar and Josh Ludlow on bass.

        As Pigeon develop and hone their sound further, Afro-disco remains at the core while jazz and no-wave make way for new elements of electro, rock and synth pop. The introduction of sequencers and drum machines sprinkles a little more structure into the mix, however the recording process still very much embodies the DIY spirit of band members that enjoy jamming together.

        With previous support from Gilles Peterson, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Bandcamp, NPR, Uncut and many more, the new Pigeon EP will undoubtedly fly off the shelves.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Mama Yo Mama Yo
        2. Ikanabore
        3. Trust
        4. Backslider
        5. Infinity (Radio Edit)

        The fifth album from British indie-rock band, The Pigeon Detectives. The band has returned to their old label 'Dance To The Radio' and have worked with producer Richard Formby. We've got some high hopes for this album and we definitely think it'll be their most reflective and personal one yet.

        “On this album we felt we owed it to [our fans] to deliver something real that documents the journey we’ve all been on together. If you listen hard enough and take some time over the record, you’ll realise it’s an ode to everyone that’s ever bought an album or turned up to a show.” - Matt Bowman

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Wolves
        2. Lose Control
        3. Munro
        4. Enemy Lines
        5. Sounding The Alarm
        6. Falling In Love
        7. A Little Bit Alone
        8. Stay With Me
        9. Postcards
        10. Change My World

        Various Artists

        Wet Play Tapecast #1 - Kickin' Pigeon's Galactic Bounce

        Wet Play is a clubnight based here in Manchester. Loosely described as a 'utopic lifestyle upgrade where good friends meet', their hedonistic parties adopt an open-vibe policy and take adventurers through many sonic realms. They put on Maria Minnerva, Ital, Beautiful Swimmers, Seahawks and Chicago Damn before anyone had even heard of them. This is the first in a series of tapecasts produced by the team; DJ mixes from the crew that highlight some of the sounds of the party. Resident DJ and promotor, Kickin' Pigeon aka Matt Ward (the orange bespeckled house and techno buyer / advisor from this very shop!) debuts the series here. Purveying his 'interstella house' sound, "Kickin' Pigeon's Galactic Bounce" was recorded straight to tape, directly from vinyl records through a fat analogue mixer and is an intergalactic journey through house and techno featuring records from Todd Terry, Rob Hood, Instant House and new cosmic techno cuts happened upon through his time working here at Piccadilly Records. Obviously we're gonna be biased but we think this mix ROCKS. The tape sounds super hot too, but don't worry if you don't have a tape player cos this comes with a fully downloadable version too (supplied via a code on some bespoke, very artistic inlay). If you want a taste of one of the hottest parties in Manchester at the moment, plus an insight into what makes our man here in the shop tick; or if you simply crave a rough-as-a-bears-arse vinyl only house and techno mix with some heavy eq'ing and mixing (think someone who's grown up listening to Derrick May / Jeff Mills / Theo Parrish) then you need this in your life!


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