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NYNS 2012

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.

The Mighty 'Brew

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!

Free Bombed Out Compilation

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...

More Bloody Bad News

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.

Adam Jones from Peachfuzz unplugged

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!

Saturday’s Kids

Another fantastic band from South Wales, Saturday's Kids play the kind of fuzzed-up, grungy post-punk that's a breath of fresh air.

I love it when a plan comes together. Late last year I fell head-over-heals in love with the 7" that Saturday's Kids recorded for Art For Blind Records. This year I get to be involved in putting our their latest 10”. Good times.

Saturday’s Kids are still a young band - and when I say young I mean “ID’s-at-the-bar” young - and yet they’ve already managed to self-release a couple of demo’s, a split with their friends Evariste Galois, the aforementioned 7” and, most recently, a split 10” with Kids Return. They’ve also managed a handful of tours and a session for BBC Radio Wales. Now that’s youthful exuberance for you!

The self-titled 10” is a split release between ourselves, Art For Blind and Germany’s Time As A Color Records and will be back from press shortly. The lads are playing a launch gig for the release with their mates Harbour, Facel Vega and Oui Messy on the 7th April (Facebook event here).

I’ll put up a full band page for them here soon but in the meantime I’ve added a song to the music player now. “The Old Comedians” is just a glimpse of what this band sound like as they really do mix things up a fair bit - from mellow Sebadoh-meets-Codeine indie rock to messy and spazzed out Gravity-esque hardcore and back, more often than not in the same song! It's the kind of flagrent disregard for sticking with the same formula that made bands like Fugazi or Sonic Youth so good. Yep, this band are really rather special.

UPDATE: Added all the dates for the band's upcoming European tour to our gigs page now. France, Germany, Slovenia, Serbia and Romania - here they come.

Zapiain - Jibberjabber

The debut album from Leeds' own Zapiain has arrived and, judging by the number of copies that flew from the distro at NYNS, it's already going down rather well...

Recorded, like most Bombed Out releases, at Soundstation Studios in Horbury (as an aside: The Dauntless Elite and Homebrew have both been recording there this month!), Jibberjabber is an incredible album. Fans of Jawbreaker, Blueline Medic and Pezz really need to give this a listen but fans of UK punk rock in general will be pleasantly surprised by the nods given to older scene heroes like Hooton 3 Car and Leatherface.

From the restrained punk of opener Last Chance to the almost folky (but not in a dirty folk-punk way) album closer, By All Means, the band have crafted one hell of a debut and we're really rather please to have helped them release it (with help from US label Unsane Asylum).

The album will be in the shops (and available digitally) the 4th April or you can buy it from us or the band now.

NYNS 2011

A huge, sloppy-wet "thanks!" to everyone who came down to The Well last week for New Year/New Start 2011!

We had an amazing time (stress? what stress?) and the turn-out seriously couldn't have been better - including band-members we reckon there were about 325 people milling about! At a DIY punk gig... in Leeds... in 2011. Get in. So many old friends and faces too added to the feeling that we'd all transported back in time 6 years!

All the bands were brilliant and definitely went away with some new fans - cheers to you all for playing! Alas I never get to see everyone because of time spent on the door but personal highlights for me included the one-off Eighty Six gig (brilliant mix of old and new(er) songs capped with a perfect Jawbreaker cover), Caves, The Dauntless Elite and Peachfuzz. I'm really looking forward to seeing The Brown Hound James Band properly at some point and, from where I was listening, Attack! Vipers! sounded phenomenal. Popping my head around the door for Milloy, when the crowd in the main room was HUGE, made me so glad I decided to give this thing another go and reaffirmed my faith in the "for the love of it" ethic.

The midnight acoustic set by Dave Hause (of The Loved Ones) and Franz Nicolay (and Helen Chambers) and Juvi Hall just cemented all of that.

Extra thanks to to all the staff at The Well for being super nice and utterly relaxed all day - despite the lateness of the bands and the last minute requests.

Now all we have to do is figure out a way of topping it in 2012. :-)

Happy New Year / NYNS

Right, so there are some ace label plans already taking shape behind closed doors but you'll have to wait until after NYNS for me to divulge any juicy information. In the meantime, here's how the line-up for NYNS is looking...

Milloy
The Dauntless Elite
Attack! Vipers!
Eighty Six
Peachfuzz
The Amistad
Caves
Protectors
Homebrew
Zapiain
The Better End
The Brown Hound James Band

The sad news is that Kelly 8 are no longer coming over so that marks the end of the band. Gutted doesn't come close but we'll be keeping an ear out for their new band soon.

The great news is that Eighty Six are playing! The 'Six last took to a stage in 2004 and this is looking like it'll probably be a one off so make sure to catch them here!

For more info on the bands above and for other info on the gig itself... Visit the official New Year/New Start 2011 website.

RIP Kelly 8

All good things must come to an end and it is with heavy hearts that we announce the end of Kelly 8.

Following on from the last news update where we mentioned that Dan would be leaving the band, I got an e-mail from Jacob. In his own words, "after some considerations we decided that a Kelly 8 without Dan wouldn't be a decent Kelly 8. As a matter of fact, it's not an alternative at all..."

We're obviously gutted to hear this. After 3 great CDs, UK tours with The Mercy Suite and Dugong, on which we tagged along, plus some fantastic appearances at our annual all-dayer, we'd come to know and love the band as much as all their UK label mates. Probably more so because they could teach us how to swear in Swedish, which is kinda cool.

On the up side, there is already a new band in the works which will feature the remaining 3/4 of Kelly 8: Pia, Jacob (now on guitar), Joakim; along with and a new drummer and, if early indications are anything to go by, the sound should please long-time 8 fans.

So, to conclude... Rest in peace, Kelly 8!

... Oh yeah ...

And because we couldn't let them bow out so easily it gives me a bittersweet pleasure to say that the band will play their last UK gig ever at New Year / New Start 2011 at The Well, Leeds on the 15th January. Come along, you won't get another chance!!

New Year / New Start '11

After a three year haitus New Year/New Start will be making a cautious return come January.

Yep, our Dugong-inspired all-dayer will once again aim to start the new year off with some much needed ROCK come January 15th. The line-up will include the "new blood" on the label as well as a few old Leeds scene die-hard's and some friends from further afield. Balancing the line-up is always tricky, especially with 6 active bands on the label, but hopefully we've managed just enough variation to allow each band room to breathe.

The line up is 90% sorted and will be announced in full in good time. In the meantime I'm happy to confirm the following:

Keep checking back for more news on this. We should also have a lovely poster for the event soon courtesy of all-round gent, Joe Watson of Attack! Vipers! / Vision Incision.

Oh, and if Facebook is your bag then feel free to register your interest at our New Year / New Start event page.

Zapiain join Bombed Out

Following on from The Amistad and Peachfuzz, we'd like to formally welcome our third new band to the Bombed Out stable this year: Zapiain.

Zapiain have been playing in and around Leeds since mid-2006 and, having self-released 2 great little EPs (2007's ERM... and 2009's Wrong In Our Own Way), earlier this year decided it was time to assemble their debut full-length: Jibberjabber (whether this is a reference to Chris' lyrics is unconfirmed).

Recorded at Soundstation Studios during the 2010 World Cup, the band definitely did a lot better than the England team did. With long-time Bombed Out collaborator Mark Sturgess (The Amistad, Fig. 4.0, The Dauntless Elite, Dugong etc.) twiddling the knobs it's no surprise that Jibberjabber retains that distinctly British punk rock sound while Chris' melancholic vocals bring to mind Jawbreaker, Blueline Medic or, at times, Face To Face. You can hear a handful of tracks from the album by pointing your browser to the Jibberjabber page here.

The album should be out around about January 2011 and will be a co-release with John from x1984x Zine's Tennessee based record label, Unsane Asylum.

We're definitely happy to be working with another Leeds-based band again (well, OK, Dewsbury-based, but close enough) and having already shared more than a few beers with the band I can honestly say they'll fit right in on Bombed Out!

The Amistad reviews round-up

Here's an update with some of the reviews that The Amistad have gotten with the Kept Under By A Generation of Ghosts album. Click on the title above for more!

Big Cheese

South Yorkshire punks' accomplished debut gull length.

If you love the gritty melodies of The Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio and the Northern wit and satire of Leatherface and Milloy then you need The Amistad in your life. Following on from two split 7's in their two years as a band comes their debut album, filled with the kind of anthemic yet raw political punk and occasional acoustic folk that'll win your heart after a couple of spins. Paying homage to Lifetime on 'Thorpe Hesley's Best Dancers' and elsewhere lamenting aging and non-descript high streets, this is a passionate, confident release that you cannot afford to miss out on. 4/5.

Suspect Divice

Wasn't familiar with these chaps but lordy am I happy I am now! This top drawer No Idea/HWM style punk rock but with that magnificent UK twist that few bands manage to pull off, I'm thinking about bands like Milloy and a few other truly great Yorkshire bands. The promo sheet also mentions the Chicago sound circa '90's and I can see what they mean. A full album of top tunes, so good it flies by! The lyrics are well thought out and excellently written, some personal some about bigger stuff, and sung beautifully. And the artwork is some of the best I've seen in quite some time. This album demands to be purchased and loved!

Kelly 8 "No Sounds Amplify" video

Kelly 8 have been busy over the last few months filming a video for the song "No Sounds Amplify" from The Union album. Directed by Alex Giacomini it's definitely the most professional video yet from one of our lovely bands so please check it out.

No news yet on the new guitarist front but when we know something we'll post about it I'm sure. Itching to get the band back over to the UK for some gigs!

The Take reform for tribute gigs

The Take are reforming for two gigs at the start of July. Don't get excited though, this is reportedly going to be a one (two?) off as they play Le Pub along with a reunited Douglas as a memorial to John Sicolo, the TJ's owner who died earlier this year at age 66. The two dates are Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July and I believe tickets for both have now sold out (contact the venue in case there are Sunday tickets left).

TJ's in Newport was kinda like the Welsh CBGBs and the number of great bands that have played there over the years is just crazy. The late BBC DJ and presenter John Peel dubbed the venue "the legendary TJ's" on his radio shows and our own man from The Valleys, Jamie Duncan, spent a good deal of time discovering new and great music there back in the day.

Kelly 8 and guitarist part ways

Kelly 8 and guitarist Dan "Kaufax" Åkhagen are parting ways as Dan has decided to hang up his Charvel, at least for now.

After 9 years with the band, and with Dan's guitar playing being such an integral part of that Kelly 8 "sound" we're wishing the band the best in finding a replacement, something which Dan is lending a hand with. We also wish Dan all the best for the future. Take care mate.

This is Peachfuzz

We're pleased to announce that the next release to come from the Bombed Out stable will be the 2nd album from Bridgend, Wales' Peachfuzz. A fantastic album (that has been secretly streaming to "those in the know" for a while now), Everything Takes Forever will see the light of day in July when the band will also embark on a short UK tour. Fans of Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Big Star and Gin Blossoms, or even The Hold Steady, take note. Peachfuzz could be your new favourite band. "So damned brilliant" said Ben Deily of The Lemonheads (now Varsity Drag) fame. Listen to some Peachfuzz goodness here.

The Amistad's "Real Ale" tour of England

The coincide with the release of their debut album (Kept Under by a Generation of Ghosts is out in the shops April 12th) The Amistad will be taking their sweet melodies all over the UK as part of their 2010 "Real Ale" tour, starting April 9th. The band will have the album available on CD and LP for the first time at these gigs.

All the tour dates are on our gigs page now or keep up to date (and invite your friends!) on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=373394830241&ref=mf. Get to a gig and get involved!

The end of The Leif Ericsson

Gutted to say that after a long spell of inactivity The Leif Ericsson have now formally called it a day. They leave behind them one hell of an album, a split album with Milloy and split 7's with Southport and Beecher, as well as a few tour EPs that you'd do well to track down (I'll see if the lads will let me put them up for download here soon).

We wish Will, Neil, Mark and Dave all the best for the future and keep an eye out for Neil's new band, The Better End, which also feature ex-Grover bods.

Kept Under by a Generation of Ghosts

The artwork for The Amistad album is coming together nicely as you can see. Expect a CD and LP release (co-released by Disillusioned Records) in the new year.

The Amistad join Bombed Out

New band ahoy! No strangers to the label after we received every Four Dumb Kids demo they recorded, The Amistad take the sound of mid-90s punk rock and add their own imitable Yorkshire charm to create a sound that's been compared to Milloy covering The Broadways.

The band have already recorded and released two fantastic split 7"s with Orphan Chair and Above Them and have now recorded a cracking debut album too. Kept Under by a Generation of Ghosts will be released on Bombed Out early 2010. For a preview and for more on the band please see their profile page.

New video from Homebrew

Homebrew have recorded a video with Shrimp which will hopefully work on this link below. The band's album has been getting some great reviews too in fanzines which is ace.

Homebrew - Bombs In Your Backyard

Final song released by The Take

The final song recorded by The Take during the Dolomite sessions in December 2004 has now been uploaded to the band’s MySpace page. Sweet Jump is a fantastic swan-song and a reminder of just how good The Take were.

On a related note, Pete is now playing for The New 1920 while Jim and Charlie now have a new band, Markers. Both are worth checking out.

New Kelly 8 album, The Union

The new Kelly 8 album, The Union, is now avaliable for pre-order . 10 brand new songs and a cover of Dugong’s “Quick to the City” (which needs to be heard) announce the band’s return in typically stylish fashion as they continue in the post-hardcore tradition of their previous releases. To listen to 4 new songs from the album, and as a sneak peak at the direction that our new web site design is taking, head on over to this promo page.

The album will be in the shops mid-June and we’ll be announcing a digital version before then too.

Bombed Out takes a month off

Bombed Out will be closing it's doors on the 18th August for a month while I get married and enjoy the beauty of Malaysia. During that time the store will be closed so if you wish to place an order please do so BEFORE the 18th.

We'll be back in September when there may even be news of the next Bombed Out release.

Distro update and sale!

We've recently been adding a whole load of cool records to the Bombed Out Records on-line store. Recent releases on Art For Blind, Plan-It-X, Gravity-DIP and Snuffy Smile (in fact LOTS of Snuffy Smile 7"s have been added) are now available and also, of course, the new picture disc release of The Leif Ericsson's debut album.

Also, we're currently running a SUMMER SALE!!! Spend over £20 and you'll get 15% off and spend over £50 and you'll get 25% off. Not only that but these deals can work in conjuntion with other sale items (most Bombed Out releases are currently on sale: records by Dugong, Fig. 4.0, The Take, The Leif Ericsson, Kelly 8, Joe Ninety and more) so you can basically save a lot of money.

Visit store.bombedout.com! We accept Paypal, cheque or credit card orders.

For a full band list click here .

The Leif Ericsson picture disc

Finally The Leif Ericsson's debut album is getting the vinyl treatment on a lovely 12" picture disc featuring new artwork from Heysi (graphic designer to the stars).

There are only going to be 200 of these pressed and the band are taking half so that leaves 100 that will be available from us or in selected shops so order soon! In fact you can pre-order now in our shop.

Oh, and they look like this:

Expect them to land before the end of the month so we'll ship out all orders the first week of June.

Leif tour and new release news

The Leif Ericsson are heading out for a bunch of gigs between now and the end of July (I've updated the gigs listing now). They'll hopefully be taking with them a load of 12” picture-disc copies of their self-titled album which we're about to get pressed. We’ll let you know once they’re pressed as we’ll have some available here via our web-shop.

Also on the release front, Roadkill Records are releasing a split single featuring 2 new Leif tracks and 2 tracks from Southport that were going to be on Southport's 2nd album (that never happened). Rumours are that Southport may even materialise live at one or two of the aforementioned Lief gigs!

Following this slew of live-ness The Leif Ericsson will be taking things easy while they work on album number 2!

Bombed Out lives!

OK, first, sorry for the lack of an update for what seems like ages (the astute amongst you will note the last news update was October 2007). I've been busy. Silly busy. My website designing alter-ego has been on a mission to rid the world of crap websites and... I got engaged.

The latter of course means that my mind is going to be more on the wedding than on Bombed Out over the coming year which means that Bombed Out's 10th Anniversary shenanigans will have to wait. Fear not though, a couple of things are still in the works. Alas NYNS08 was not one of them. Sorry about that.

Band news to follow...

The Dauntless Elite hit the States

If you're one of the lucky folk to be in Gainesville, Florida this weekend for THE FEST 6 then make sure to catch The Dauntless Elite and Offshore Radio (feat. Joe Elite, Dan Mercury League and Emma) along with a handful of other UK bands and some of the finest bands ANYWHERE right now (Avail, Seaweed, Dillinger Four, Small Brown Bike, Naked Raygun, The Arrivals... aww shit, what am I not doing there??).

The Elite will also be visiting a number of other US towns with Ghost Mice and Offshore Radio throughout the rest or October and early November so if you're in the area please pop along. Dates are in the gigs section now.

Out of Spite X

See you there.
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About that Dauntless album

Just a note to say that The Dauntless Elite album is now in stock... On LP anyway.

Regarding the CDs, we thought we would have them by this weekend - we do have the booklets but not the actual CDs themselves! I'm afraid that this means the pre-orders will not be sent out on Monday as I'd hoped. As soon as we have them I'll update this post so please be patient. Thanks.

UPDATE: We have the CDs now (Thursday 21 June). Expect orders to ship tomorrow! Hurrah!

The Dauntless Elite

As you can see from the records above the next release on Bombed Out will be the debut album from The Dauntless Elite.

This is going to be a split release between ourselves and Plan-It-X Records of Bloomington, Indiana (though they're now based in Gainesville, Florida) for the CD and with Cool Tool Records for the LP.

This album is fantastic and we're really happy to be working with Joe, Steve, Lee and Andrew once again as they make up such a big part of what we consider the Bombed Out family. Cheers!

[ More info... ]

TML Vs. TDE

Last year we mentioned an imminent split 7” featuring The Mercury League and The Mercy Suite but with TMS having recently called it a day the baton was passed to The Dauntless Elite. The split is being released by Yo-Yo Records of Germany who’ve released some fantastic stuff in the past (Latterman, I Farm, The Saint Catherines etc) and we’ll hopefully have some in our distro soon as I think it’s being pressed right now. Having heard both sides of this I can tell you that it's going to be an essential purchase - the TML stuff in particluar might just be the best songs they've done!

If you live in Belgium or Germany you should check the gig-guide as The Mercury League are on tour there right now with Attack! Vipers!... Be sure to say hello from us.

The Take's final gig plans

As you may or may not have heard, The Take have decided to call it a day. We're truly saddened by this news as they really were one of our favourate bands in the UK, like, ever.

The Take will play one final gig on the 6th April at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. Supports will no doubt be announced soon.

The Leif Ericsson... Out now

The self-titled debut album from The Leif Ericsson will be shipping today for those who have pre-ordered. Believe me it will knock you dead!

The band recently got back from a 2nd tour of Japan and played a blinder at New Year / New Start a couple of weeks ago. They’ve a few other gigs in the pipeline so make sure you catch them live if they visit your town!

[ Buy now... ]

NYNS07 Announced

Our annual festival returns in February 2007 and it's sure to be another good one. Maybe our best yet?

Obviously all the current Bombed Out bands will be in attendance: The Leif Ericsson (who's album-launch this years event coincides with), The Mercury League, Kelly 8 and The Dauntless Elite.

As well as that (and some argue this is the more interesting portion of the day) we've lined up The Minor Fall (sadly their last gig), Calcutecs, Attack! Vipers!, Harbour, Fun! Yeah!, A Book Burning Diet, Tatako, The Magnificent and For Old Times Sake.

[ More info... ]

The Leif Ericsson

Despite the song title "Twelve Years in the Making", The Leif Ericsson's debut album hasn't quite taken that long...

Halloween Sale!

For the next couple of weeks we'll be having a sale on most of the Bombed Out back-catalogue! You'll find up to 50% off releases from The Mercy Suite, Dugong, Joe Ninety, Eighty Six, Fig. 4.0, Kelly 8, Remainderfour and more.

Be quick though - from the 1st November to the 1st January the Bombed Out on-line store will be CLOSED as BOHQ moves (along with me) from Leeds to Harrogate... So make sure you get your order in by October 31st!

[ Visit the store now... ]

Brand New Kelly 8 Track

It seems our favourate Swedish post-rock imports have not only been busy writing new material for their upcoming Bombed Out release (details to be finalised) but they've also found the time to enter the studio to record a sample, a brand new track titled "Första Nya". Go get it at www.myspace.com/kelly8.

As an aside you can now buy both The Setup and The Technique of Pushing Someone Forward on iTunes! Of course the physical CDs can also be picked up here.

The Take and Calcutecs Tour 06

The Take and Calcutecs hit the road this weekend and will be rocking a venue near you (if you're lucky). Dates can be found on the gig page or click on the "read full article..." link below.

The Take's Dolomite album will be in the shops on the 9th October (distrbuted by Forte Distribution) but you can get it direct from either ourselves or the band now.

The Leif Ericsson news update

For those of you waiting in sweet anticipation for The Leif Ericsson album (yes, we know it's been a while), the wait is almost over...

Not only that but the band will be returning to Japan for more dates in the new year and, as last time, the Japanese fans will be treated to another exclusive EP.

Suite, League and Leif on Tour

This August there will be three (count 'em!) Bombed Out bands hitting the road!

The Mercy Suite team up with The Mercury League from the 1st to the 8th August to take in Hull, Derby, Huddersfield, Exeter, Guildford, Southampton and London.

The Leif Ericsson then take out Japanese punk "legends" A Page Of Punk (visit them on MySpace ),from the 6th to the 12th August. Catch them in Leeds, Kingston, Stoke-on-Trent and Kendal.

Both tours finish with the Leeds Out of Spite festival from the 11th to the 13th August at Josephs's Well. I'll post details on that in a day or two.

[ Click here for dates ]

Dolomite Now!

You can now pre-order the fantastic new album by The Take, titled Dolomite, in our on-line store.

Pre-orders will ship the 4th September, a month before the album's official release date in the shops and before the band embark of a 2 week UK/France/Italy tour.

The only way you'll get a copy of the album before this is if you can make either the Leeds Out of Spite festival mid-August or The Take's album-launch party in Cardiff that's on the 4th August.

This is the CD version - we'll get some copies of the Art For Blind/Detournement released LP version as soon as it's ready.

The Mercury League Join Bombed Out

The Mercury League have joined the Bombed Out Records roster! TML play fantastic, socially-aware hardcore punk like all your favourite bands from yesteryear and they're hoping to record an album for us towards the end of 2006/early 2007.

This won't effect their upcoming split 7" with The Mercy Suite which should see the light of day over the summer and will feature 2 tracks from each band. A tour featuring both bands is also planned to coincide with this release.

Much chuftness and awesomeness abounds!!

Bombed Out on The Take

We're chuffed to announce that Cardiff's The Take have now joined the Bombed Out crew.

We'll be releasing the band's second album, titled Dolomite, on CD this summer with a limited edition vinyl release to follow a few months later. Hopefully the band will be touring the record upon release - dates will follow.

New On-Line Store Launches

The Bombed Out on-line store is now open for business. We’ve approximately 150 items on-line now from our distro and there are more to come.

Labels like Sanjam, Boss Tuneage, Alice, Snuffy Smile, Town Clock, Jealous and Hermit are well represented and we’ll be selling a number of the older Bombed Out titles at 25% cheaper than usual price for the next month or two. Look out for those and pick up a bargain!

Descriptions and track listings should be appearing gradually over the next few weeks but at the moment we can recommend records from the following: The Mercury League, Written From Negative, The Pine, Heresy, Green Beret, I Walk the Line, Minority Blues Band and of course the new album from The Mercy Suite.

All payment processing is via Paypal which also allows the use of most major credit/debit cards. You don’t even need to sign up with Paypal to use them!

[ Visit the Store now!... ]

The New TMS Album has Landed

The latest release from The Mercy Suite, titled Crestfallen, is back from press now. 14 quality hardcore-punk tracks that'll knock you dead.

It won't be in the shops for a couple of months BUT you can order it direct from us now - visit the Store section for details.

Matt Dugong has already called this record "a triumph" and he ain't wrong.

[ More information and mp3s... ]

NYNS2006: Thank You and Goodnight

A great big THANK YOU once again to everybody that helped make Saturday so special: To the bands (Fuck with Fire, Mansions of Glory, The City Ghosts, Dartz!, Ruin You!, You Me & The Atom Bomb, The Great St. Louis, The Sword, Written from Negative, The Dauntless Elite, The Mercy Suite, The Mercury League and The Leif Ericsson... phew!) who were all fantastic; Andrew, Si, Jamie and Kirsty for keeping me sane and sharing the load AND to everyone else who came down!

Roll on 2007! :-)

New Year / New Start 2006

It’s that time of the (new) year again and we’re proud to announce the details for NYNS2006!

Venue, as always, is Joseph’s Well in Leeds. Doors should open around 2pm and it’ll be just £6 in (50p per band can’t be bad!).

For the full line-up click below...