NOISE ANNOYS SIMON. NATIONAL PASTIME. SIMON BISH.THE UDAGAWA DEAL. SOME BEANS. FAT BATTERY. A FINE DAY FOR SAILING. THRILLED SKINNY. ANDY B. OFF THE RAILS STUDIO / ANDY FONDA.
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NOISE ANNOYS SIMON video for "Peardrop Sweetness"
Some Beans video for "All Too Real"
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247 MAGAZINE LP REVIEW
Noise Annoys Simon
‘You Say It, I’ll Know It’
(Pop Noise Records)
4/5
Exeter band, Noise Annoys Simon’s singer, Simon Bish was previously in early 90s John Peel darlings, Thrilled Skinny. There’s an honesty and a purity about Noise Annoys Simon, which is captured across these 12 slices of perfect guitar pop. This is a band that is not concerned with regurgitating the same old indie-shmindie angular boredom, which has been doing the rounds for years. Theirs is a fresh sound, and their art lies in delivering summery melodies, laced with a bright guitar sound and embedded in a warm production. ‘Peardrop Sweetness’ and ‘Haybales & Vapour Trails’ can only be described as total pop genius. Although Pop Noise as a label has a very DIY approach, the quality of its music is far from it. I live for the day someone gives them a massive distribution deal, which will see them gracing every magazine cover in the land. In the meantime, MySpace beckons: myspace.com/popnoiserecords
Review by Arash Torabi for 247 Magazine.
SOME BEANS
"FEAR AND LOATHING IN TIPTON ST. JOHN"
(Pop Noise Records)
This is the solo project from Devon-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and arranger, Andy Fonda, showing that he’s Jack-of-all-trades and master of all. To sum up ‘Fear & Loathing…’, think Stone Roses, if they’d managed to make an album around their ‘Fool’s Gold’ era. But then again, that’s selling Fonda short, because as a writer, singer and bass-player, he outshines his influences, despite the fact that he’s entirely responsible for every last note on this album. ‘All About You’ should be a summer anthem. ‘No More Wine’ sounds like a classic you’ve loved for years. His string arrangements, use of drum breaks, bass parts and attention to detail are astonishing. Above all, great songs always stand the test of time.
POP NOISE RECORDS is a small DIY Lo Fi indie label run by Simon Bish from his cottage in East Devon in the UK.
Pop Noise Records specializes in indie pop / alt indie rock / electronica and everything lo-fi…
Artistes on the label include Noise Annoys Simon / Some Beans / Fat Battery / A Fine Day For Sailing / The Udagawa Deal / National Pastime / Thrilled Skinny / and Simon Bish.
All releases are available on CDRs direct from Pop Noise Records via payment thru PayPal and also available to download from iTunes / CD Baby / Napster / Amazon .com.
Current releases include the debut LP’s from Noise Annoys Simon “You Say It I’ll Know It” (12 tracks of blistering indie power pop), Some Beans “Fear And Loathing In Tipton St.John” (12 tracks of electronica / indie ), A Fine Day For Sailing “Honeylands” (12 tracks of lo-fi indie twee pop), National Pastime “Short Stories (12 tracks of pure indie pop), and Thrilled Skinny “Just Another Teenage Dream” (25 track compilation of John Peels favorite Luton pop punk indie band from the 90’s).
New releases for the summer include a lo-fi acoustic LP from Simon Bish, and a Fat Battery ep. And an LP of home recordings from Andy B.
Pop Noise bands play regularly at venues across Exeter City nights at… Tiggas bar, The City Gate Hotel and acoustic Pop Noise nights at the picture house upstairs bar. Check Pop Noise gigs for more details..
Get some Pop Noise in your life…Simon Bish (April 2009).
POP NOISE RECORDS DISCOGRAPHY
NOISE 001 NOISE ANNOYS SIMON "4 SONG EP"(SOLD OUT)
NOISE 002 SIMON GOALPOST "WORSE THINGS HAPPEN" 17 SONG CD COMPILATION / iTunes Download available.
NOISE 003 POP NOISE PROMO (SOLD OUT)
NOISE 004 NATIONAL PASTIME "NO ONE'S COUNTING" 4 TRACK EP (SOLD OUT) iTunes Download only.
NOISE 005 SOME BEANS "NO MORE WINE" 4 TRACK CD SINGLE (SOLD OUT) iTunes Download only.
NOISE 006 NOISE ANNOYS SIMON "PEARDROP SWEETNESS" 3 TRACK CD SINGLE / iTunes Download available.
NOISE 007 NOISE ANNOYS SIMON "HAYBALES AND VAPOUR TRAILS" 2 TRACK CD SINGLE (SOLD OUT), iTunes Download only
NOISE 008 FAT BATTERY "EGG EP" 4 TRACK CD EP / iTunes Download available.
NOISE 009 SIMON BISH "HEART SHAPE SKY" 3 TRACK 8cm CD / iTunes Download available.
NOISE 010 NATIONAL PASTIME "LP" CD LP / iTunes Download available.(12 TRACKS OF PURE INDIE POP).
NOISE 011 THRILLED SKINNY "IT'S A GOOD DOSS" (DELUXE VERSION) Double CD / iTunes Download available.
NOISE 012 THRILLED SKINNY "THEY SAID WE WOULDN'T BUT WE DID"(DELUXE VERSION) Double CD / iTunes Download available.
POP NOISE 013 THRILLED SKINNY "SMELLS A BIT FISHY" CD (DELUXE VERSION) / iTunes Download available.
POP NOISE 014 THRILLED SKINNY "JUST ANOTHER TEENAGE DREAM" THRILLED SKINNY'S FINEST MOMENTS Double CD including the BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session / iTunes Download available.
POP NOISE 015 ANDY B "SONGBOOK" 11 TRACK CD LP (OUT IN MAY)
POP NOISE 016 NOISE ANNOYS SIMON "YOU SAY IT I'LL KNOW IT". (12 TRACK CD LP) / iTunes Download available..
POP NOISE 017 SOME BEANS "FEAR AND LOATHING IN TIPTON ST. JOHN"
12 TRACK DEBUT CD LP / iTunes Download available.
POP NOISE 018 A FINE DAY FOR SAILING "ME AND THE GIRL" 3 TRACK CD SINGLE / iTunes Download available..
POP NOISE 019 A FINE DAY FOR SAILING "HONEYLANDS" 12 TRACK CD LP / iTunes Download available..
POP NOISE 020 SIMON BISH "BEETLES BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES" 10 TRACK LP (out in the autumn).
POP NOISE RECORDINGS TO BUY WITH PAYPAL...
A FINE DAY FOR SAILING "HONEYLANDS" DEBUT LP
BUY NOW UK / EUROPE 5.00 (INCLUDES P&P)
BUY NOW USA / REST OF THE WORLD 6.00 (INCLUDES P&P)
A FINE DAY FOR SAILING "ME AND THE GIRL" 3 TRACK CD SINGLE, ME AND THE GIRL, VILLAGE IDIOT, IS HE THE ONE THAT YOU WANT.
BUY NOW UK / EUROPE ONLY £1.49 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 018.
BUY NOW USA / REST OF THE WORLD ONLY £1.99 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 018
SOME BEANS
"FEAR AND LOATHING IN TIPTON ST. JOHN"
12 TRACK DEBUT CD LP. TRACKS....ALL TOO REAL, DARK DAYS, NO MORE WINE, NONE OF THE TIMES, ALL ABOUT YOU, TAKE A WALK, UNMISTAKABLE, COME DOWN, TURNING BLUE, SWITCH, BREAKING THE MOULD, EIGHT.
BUY NOW UK / EUROPE £5.00 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 017
BUY NOW USA / REST OF THE WORLD £6.00 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 017
NOISE ANNOYS SIMON "YOU SAY IT I'LL KNOW IT" 12 TRACK DEBUT CD LP.
TRACKS...PEARDROP SWEETNESS, SPEED UP LET'S GO, POSTAL MISTRESS, HAYBALES AND VAPOUR TRAILS, ONLY BEING REAL, ALL HER BEAUTY, HEART SHAPE SKY, HANGING ROCK CLIMBER, JUST LET ME IN, WORSE THINGS HAPPEN, TRENDY SHOE GIRL, LET ME ESCAPE.
BUY NOW UK / EUROPE £5.00(INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 016
BUY NOW USA / REST OF THE WORLD £6.00 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 016
THRILLED SKINNY "JUST ANOTHER TEENAGE DREAM" 25 TRACKS OF THEIR FINEST MOMENTS, INCLUDES A BONUS CD OF THE THRILLED SKINNY JOHN PEEL SESSION RECORDED IN 1988.
BUY NOW UK / EUROPE £5.00 (INCLUDES P&P)
BUY NOW USA / REST OF THE WORLD £6.00 (INCLUDES P&P)
NATIONAL PASTIME "SHORT STORIES" DEBUT 12 TRACK CD ALBUM POP NOISE 010. RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY ANDY FONDA AT OFF THE RAILS STUDIO DURING 2008.
BUY NOW UK/EUROPE £3.49 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 010
BUY NOW USA/REST OF THE WORLD 4.49 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 010
SIMON BISH "HEART SHAPE SKY" 3 TRACK LTD EDITION 8CM CD. POP NOISE 009. RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY ANDY FONDA AT OFF THE RAILS STUDIO 2008.
BUY NOW UK/EUROPE/USA/REST OF THE WORLD ONLY 99p (INCLUDES P&P)
FAT BATTERY 4 SONG EP (POP NOISE 008) RECORDED BY ANDY FONDA AT OFF THE RAILS STUDIO IN THE SUMMER OF 2009. "ROCK OF SAND" "CACTUS FOR FINGERS" "ALL THE WORLD " "BIG RIVER"
BUY NOW UK/EUROPE £1.49 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 008
BUY NOW USA/REST OF THE WORLD £2.49 (INCLUDES P&P) POP NOISE 008
LIMITED EDITION 3 TRACK SINGLE FROM NOISE ANNOYS SIMON ON BLACK VINYL STYLE CD. (POP NOISE 006).
"PEARDROP SWEETNESS" "ONLY BEING REAL" "JUST LET ME IN". ALL TRACKS RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY ANDY FONDA.
BUY NOW UK/EUROPE £1.49 (INCLUDES P&P). POP NOISE 006
BUY NOW USA/REST OF THE WORLD £2.49 (INCLUDES P&P). POP NOISE 006
SIMON GOALPOST "WORSE THINGS HAPPEN"
17 Track Compilation CD (Includes...Worse Things Happen At Sea EP. V-Neck unreleased Demo "Soap On A Rope" and unreleased Thrilled Skinny Demo's and Home Recordings...
BUY NOW IN UK/EUROPE £3.49 INCLUDES P&P.
BUY NOW IN U.S.A./REST OF THE WORLD £4.49 INCLUDES P&P
hey jus an invitation to check out my latest remixes.
First one is "Ive Seen It All" by the luvly Bjork (featuring Thom Yorke) second is club classic "Missing" by Everything But The Girl. Both been given a dirty Digga-Bit spanking :-)
Just to let you know I'm featuring 'Haybales & Vapour Trails' from the Noise Annoys Simon CD on my Dandelion Radio show in June, streaming throughout the month from tomorrow at www.dandelionradio.com. Great stuff you're putting out.
Smashing Time would be just magnificent - keep the releases coming - some of the finest music from the UK is on Pop Noise Records - John Peel would be proud!
It is your votes that determine the Top 10 ratings each month. So feel free to cast yours while you are listening to Radio Free South West by giving a track either a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Congratulations to Popnoise Records band Some Beans who go to number one this month with their track Dark Days. Dark Days is one of the tracks featured on their recently released debut album entitled Fear & Loathing in Tipton St. John which is available on iTunes.
Fat Battery come in at number two for the second month is a row with their track ‘Rock of Sand’ which is available on iTunes.
The Akibas The Akibas come in at number three with their song Sick and Tired. The Akibas have a number of albums available on iTunes including their latest release called Queen Of The South.
Artist ~ Song ~ Album
1. Some Beans - Dark Days - Pop Noise Sampler
2. Fat Battery - Rock Of Sand - Pop Noise Sampler
3. The Akibas - Sick And Tired - Queen Of The South
4. All Living Fear - Home Too Soon (With Julianne Regan) - Fifteen Years After (Disc 1)
5. Bryher - Golden Feathers - For Ivy
6. Bryher - Blackberry Lane - For Ivy
7. Josie Lloyd - Scarlet - The Gingerbread House and Other Stories
8. Slovakia - Octagon - Slovakia
9. The Starkadders - Black Witch - Black Witch
10. Kellie Cox - I Wait - Pathos and Exaltation Part 1
Hello + Thanks! download the new FREE Remixx EP (21 mb) here: Cineplexx - Remixx (direct link) Espiral & A Mi Lado (Original version from the LP Picnic & Remixx)
Picnic LP Portia Records, Out now (US & CA, envios a todo el mundo) buy Molécula Records, Out now (México) comprar Universal Records, Out Now (Philippines)
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