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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

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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...

Remainderfour Seek New Bassist

Having developed a serious case of tinnitus, Chris Wooding has unfortunately decided to leave Remainderfour.

The West London band are continuing but are obviously now on the lookout for a new bassist. If you are interested please contact the band via their MySpace page at http://myspace.com/remainderfour.

We wish both Chris and the rest of the band all the best for the future.

Joe Ninety Reform for Leeds Birthday Gig

Well, we promised you some exciting fun news and here it is...

Joe Ninety are coming out of retirement for the joint celebration of Steve Jackson (me) and Lee Wall (Joe Ninety/The Dauntless Elite) both hitting the grand old age of 30!

The fun will be spread across Friday 2nd December and Saturday 3rd December and also set to appear we have Milloy, Pylon, The Mercy Suite, The Leif Ericsson, Homebrew, The Mercury League, Brown Hound James, The sWord and more... including some Very Special Guests!

"When you look back..."

The Leif Ericsson hit Japan!

Yes, the mighty Leif Ericsson hit Japan's shores by storm in November! They will be playing Nagoya, Tokyo and Hammamatsu. Read the full article to see the tour dates and details.

Jets Vs The Elite - A Collaborative Record

The second split 7” to come from the Bombed Out stable will feature Leeds all-stars The Dauntless Elite (who, as you all know by now, feature Andrew and Lee from Joe Ninety and Steve and Joe from Fig. 4.0) and SouthCoastHardCore protagonists, Jets Vs Sharks.

Updated: The Dauntless Elite's tour in October will continue without One Reason, who have unfortunately had to cancel.

MySpace!

Yes, Bombed Out has joined Myspace, which, for the uninitiated, is an online community/profiling thingy, where you can read our news, see links to our bands' Myspace pages and download their mp3's.

So if you haven't already, make sure you add us as your friend on your own Myspace page and stop by and say hello while you're at it. You can also download your own Bombed Out sampler!

The Mercy Suite present Crestfallen

On the way this winter will be the latest record from Leeds veterans The Mercy Suite. Crestfallen actually marks the band's debut full-length, following on from 2002's Credis Quod Habes et Habes MCD.

The Mercy Suite once again deal out an explosive mix of skate-punk and hardcore across the 14 tracks included here. They now have a new line-up, they've switched instruments and they've come back harder and heavier than ever while maintaining that strong sense of melody. Read the full article for track listings and mp3s.

Also in the pipe-line we’ll have TMS teaming up with The Mercury League for a split 7” which will hopefully be out early next year. More news on that in a couple of months time.

Bombedout.com v5.0

Well, it's been one hell of a long time in the making but finally we figured we'd best roll this bad-boy live.

Feels like we've been working on this for ages (Steve started work on it in January) so we hope you all think it's worth it.

What started out as a small update to the look and feel of the site as ended with a complete overhaul of the database schema and we've built up our underlying CMS from scratch.

Update

This site has now been featured on the CSS Vault website (see the entry here) - one of the finest CSS design showcase sites around. Almost makes me feel like a bona fide website designer!

Dugong on Hiatus

For anyone who hasn’t already heard, Dugong are going in an indefinite break after their appearance at the Out of Spite festival in a couple of weeks time.

Out of Spite VII

Not long to go now to the 8th Out of Spite weekend festival in Leeds. Capdown, Pylon and Dugong headline. Click "read full article" for the full line-up.

Remainderfour join Bombed Out

We are proud to introduce the latest addition to the Bombed OutT roster: London based four-piece, Remainderfour. Their debut album, On With The Experiment is just back from press and should be hitting the shops mid-summer.

Kelly 8 / Dugong UK Tour Dates

The Dugong / Kelly 8 tour has now been finalised, with the dates listed below. Kelly 8 are flying in from Sweden on the 18th then it'll be all go for the next 11 days!

New Year / New Thanks!

We managed to total just over £860 for the Tsunami Disaster Appeal which has been sent to Concern this week (Concern are just one of the charities working as part of the Disasters Emergency Committee).

New Year / New Start 2005

Yep, the 5th New Year / New Start is upon us and once again we’re chuffed as fuck about the line-up!

Brand New Kelly 8 Album Out October 11th

Kelly 8 have returned from their 5 week stint in the studio with 12 brand new tracks that'll make up The Technique of Pushing Someone Forward, the new album.

Fig. 4.0 RIP

We’re saddened to announce the imminent demise of one of the finest hardcore punk bands the UK has ever seen.

Eighty Six UK tour kicks off tonight

Eighty Six are set to start a new UK tour this very evening (note to self - post these damn dates sooner next time!).

Some say if you haven't seen Eighty Six in the last 12 months you haven't seen them at all.

New Year / New Start 2004

After much swapping, cancelling and other headaches we finally have a line-up sorted for this years January Bombed Out Fest. It's one hell of a testament to the current state of the scene that we could get such a great set of bands even after all this. Hell, maybe we should have made it a 3 day thing after all (maybe next year if these two days don't kill me!)

The Army of Cats are here!

The latest release from this Leeds based trio showcases a band coming of age. Eighty Six have subtly moved on from the melodic punk rock of What's My Problem Today? to incorporate a new found aggression. The six tracks on this latest CD just plain rock.