Bombed Out and artist news
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NYNS 2012
Posted: 2012-01-03
Tagged: New Year / New Start
New Year/New Start returns to The Well in Leeds this January.
After the success of last year's all-dayer we decided to give it another whirl so... On the 28th January at 1pm The Facts will kick off what will be almost 10 hours of quality tuneage in Leeds.
Our own The Dauntless Elite, who are celebrating the release of their fantastic second album, will headline, ably supported by the cream of the crop of the current UK DIY punk scene. From the indie-rock of Bedford Falls and Peachfuzz to the Sonic Youth-inspired noise of Saturday's Kids; from the street-punk anthems of Homebrew to the rock and roll swagger of Matadors, from the DC styled pop of Coal Train to the alt-country twang of The Brown Hound James Band - the full breadth of the UK scene is covered.
Add to the above the brilliant Caves, Above Them, Slow Science, Zapiain and The Amistad. It's sure to be one hell of a day!
For more information - visit the NYNS website or get social on Facebook.
Also worth mentioning is the New Year/Pre-Start gig that's happening on the 27th January at The Fox And Newt. Then you'll be able to enjoy the sounds of Protectors, Digger Barnes, Achtung Everybody!, Jimmy Islip (of That Fucking Tank/The Magnificent/Eighty Six),and Get Human so why not make a Leeds weekend of it.
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The Mighty 'Brew
Posted: 2011-12-19
Tagged: Homebrew
The second album arrives from these local legends.
Back once again with ten blasts of good, old fashioned street punk, Homebrew are calling Last Orders, in part because at one point this looked like being their final album (Dave was due to move abroad with work, putting the band on hiatus - something which has now been put off) in part a reference to the number of pubs that seem to be closing, running themselves down or just plain struggling in this current economic climate.
Of course that climate hasn't effected the band. It took them 14 long years to come up with their debut album, The Heart of Insurrection, and yet this arrives only 2 years later - certainly a sign that the band are bordering on prolific in their old age... Or perhaps, in true punk rock tradition, they just needed a Conservative government under which to really find their rage?
The album is once again a split with Boss Tuneage's punked-up little brother, X-Fist Records and the band will be playing a shit load of gigs in the new year to support it.
Up the punks!
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Free Bombed Out Compilation
Posted: 2011-11-11
Tagged: Bombed Out
A People's History of Bombed Out Records.
Here it is then - the compilation I've been tweeting about for about a year! Finally available as a free download either via our shop site or on the Bombed Out bandcamp page. If you just want to listen to the whole thing it's also streaming on our site.
18 songs by the 18 (well 17... news on the other band soon...) bands that we've considered "Bombed Out Bands" since we kicked off the label way back in the summer of 1998 with that first Joe Ninety 7".
This record essentially took 13 years to make, this is what we've built towards since the day we thought it'd be a pretty cool idea to release a 7" record by some of our friends. 13 years of investment of our time, money, blood, sweat and (yep) tears. Some of the bands have since passed on but what they left behind was often glorious and we remain to continue to bask in that glory. So there.
Thanks to Lee Ford and Paul Heys for the artwork, and Scott Stewert (Brocolli/Hard Skin) for the extra mastering and audio tweaks. Please download and enjoy.
In other label news... The new album by The Dauntless Elite is now out, the 2nd Homebrew album is currently being pressed, a new Saturday's Kids 7" is being lined up for release in January and the next New Year/New Start is shaping up nicely and will be on the 28th January. Expect more news soon...
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More Bloody Bad News
Posted: 2011-07-01
Tagged: The Dauntless Elite
The Dauntless Elite's "tricky second album" will be out on Bombed Out later this summer.
Recorded back in February at Soundstation in Horbury (where else?), More Bloody Bad News will include the following tracks:
- Saliva
- God Doesn't Believe I Exist
- Better Than Nowt
- Fizz
- I Don't Wanna Be A Transhuman
- Jack The Rippy
- Danson In The Dark / Don't Ask Me
- Weighed Down Blues
- Motion Sickness
- Silent Running
- Thinkles
- Sod This For A Game Of Soldiers
The artwork for the album is being done by the lovable Joe Watson (Attack! Vipers! / Jets Vs Sharks) so you know it's going to be sweet.
Once a release date is confirmed we'll let you know. Before that, a song from the album will show up on the free Bombed Out compilation that'll be coming along soon. More on that later in the month...
In other Dauntless news the band are playing Out Of Spite XI this July and will also be supporting The Charlatans (yes, The Charlatans) along with Leatherface and more at the Sunderland Split festival on September 18th. For more on that visit www.splitfestival.com.
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Adam Jones from Peachfuzz unplugged
Posted: 2011-05-09
Tagged: Peachfuzz
The first in a series of free download-only releases, here's a lovely little EP from one of our favourite singer-songwriters in the scene, Peachfuzz's Adam Jones.
What started out as a demo of songs that may have ended up being recorded with the full band for Peachfuzz's upcoming third album, EP1 has grown into a neat little release unto itself and we thought this was too good for Adam to keep to himself.
In some ways the EP follows on from the narrative started on the last Peachfuzz album, Everything Takes Forever, as Adam fleshes out the characters from the track on that album, "Are We Broken?" - an alternative version of that song acting as the bridge between the releases. The "demo" quality gives the songs a stripped down, authentic feel and gentle fragility that may seem a million miles away from a usual Bombed Out release... but at the same time it's not. The songs are great, the sentiment is genuine and the integrity is there. Standard innit.
Give it a listen if you fancy something a little bit different and, if you like it, download away!
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Posted: 4th February 2012Nice review of our free comp here including nods to @BrownHoundJames, @zapiain, @Dauntless_Elite and @Saturdays_Kids : http://t.co/IJ2IhEqM
Posted: 3rd February 2012@Bedford_Falls Adam sent me this the other day. Such a good song and he does pretty alright by it too.
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