ALBUM REVIEW – FORMAL SPPEEDWEAR: PUNCH CARD

Enemies of spellcheck, Stoke-on-Trent’s Formal Sppeedwear, parade a dazzling debut decked out with a lorryload of ideas. It is easy to recognise influences (Devo, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Fashion-era Bowie, Steve Reich, Talking Heads) but they manage to create something fresh, energetic and coherent from that sonic jumble. Although these are all 20th Century influences, they […]
A unique musical collaboration between artist David Shrigley and songwriter Malcolm Middleton will be released on December 15th via Melodic Records. The duo have blended their work to create Music and Words, a 12 track LP featuring the vocals of comic actor Gavin Mitchell, the transatlantic tones of Californian Scott Vermeire, actor Bridget McCann and Shrigley […]

DAVID SHRIGLEY AND MALCOLM MIDDLETON TO RELEASE ALBUM

NEWS: KING OF THE MOUNTAINS (PHIL KAY of WORKING FOR A NUCLEAR FREE CITY) ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

If the scattershot ideas of Melodic Records’ schizophrenically brilliant Manchester experimentalists Working From A Nuclear City seemed to be aural metaphors for a galactic explosion, then King Of The Mountains, the new project of their songwriter, keyboardist and producer Phil Kay, hones in on a singular galaxy hurtling away from the blast’s initial impact into […]
Hey!!! Have a listen to Patterns new track ‘This Haze’ and then you will have an idea about their debut album ‘Waking Lines’ which will be released on 6th Jan 2014 on Melodic Records.   Patterns are a young Manchester band on the verge of releasing their first record “Waking Lines” on Melodic records. ‘This […]

NEWS: PATTERNS – NEW TRACK ‘THIS HAZE’ + DEBUT LP ‘WAKING LINES’

NEW: DARK DARK DARK – HEAR ‘TELL ME’ TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM + UK LIVE DATES

‘Who Needs Who’, the new album by Dark Dark Dark, is a stirring and rich body of songs that sees the band breaking new ground, and settling into the strengths of a quintet that has worked incredibly hard, both on the road and in their personal lives. The band’s commitment to their music has proven […]