Slow Riot Records / Collective

Bio:

e-mail: slowriotrecords [at] googlemail [dot] com

SRT 01: DAY FOR AIRSTRIKES - "Into The Comet" LP will be appearing in our solar system this Summer, after its long journey round the galaxies of recording for quite some time. A couple of tracks have been mixed, and one titled "Cosmonaut" is now available on both this page and theirs. It is extremely sexy - slimmed down in all the right places, though not always where you'd expect it, and plenty buxum where you want it to be. I want a woman in my bed so that I can make love and imagine it is to this song instead of her. Go and listen to it!

Slow Riot is now a collective! For the gigs at least anyway. I've joined forces with my very good friends John and Fergus, and we're gonna have some really great stuff this year. I'm in Manchester now but John and Fergus are going to continue doing gigs in Lancaster and I'll help from the sidelines, whilst possibly doing stuff in Manchester too. Same deal goes though, don't bother getting in touch about wanting to play a one off here unless you know for a fact that one or more of us likes you and we might want to, we usually have a good idea of who we would like to see, and at the moment we're usually way too ahead of ourselves. If you're booking a tour though and your band (or the band you're booking the tour for as long as you're not a sleazy money grabbing agent) has a DIY attitude then ask away and if we like the music we'll see what we can do, although it might not be much. A few more people are interested in putting gigs on round here these days so if we can't do it we might be able to put you in touch with someone that might be able to at the very least.

Saturday 16th January 2010:
The Yorkshire House, 2 Parliament Street, Lancaster LA1 1DB
£4; 8pm
DIET PILLS - Heavy noisy rock, a bit like THE MELVINS covering THE JESUS LIZARD, with a four-way split 12" coming out on Slow Riot and At War With False Noise!
APES FIGHT BACK - Drum 'n' bass duo with inevitable lazy comparisons to LIGHTNING BOLT.
NASDAQ - THE FTSE 100's rebellious riff fuelled cousin. Members of BURNST and THE FREEZING FOG etc.
JOYEUX - Balls out noisy punk rock and roll, earplugs and blindfolds recommended.

Out Now:

SRT 0.5: THE DAY MAN LOST / ANXIETY ATTACK split CD-R
SRT 03: S.A.T.A.N / AFTER THE LAST SKY split 7" (co-release with a whole load of labels)

Coming Soon:

SRT 01: DAY FOR AIRSTRIKES - "Into The Comet" LP (Summer 2009)
SRT 02: MANATEES - "Icarus The Sunclimber" LP (CD out now on Eyes of Sound)
SRT 04: DIET PILLS / CUNT RAG / JONATHAN ROSS / WE HAPPENED NEXT split LP

All vinyl releases will also include a CD-R for all you digital types who want to put them on an mp3 player or similar device. The CD-R will obviously contain the tracks on the records, and possibly some extras like live recordings or remixes or something as well. No point in wasting space, eh?

SRT 0.5:

THE DAY MAN LOST were one of the best powerviolence bands in the UK. They are all vegetarian/vegan and campaign for animal rights on a regular basis, and play very fast indeed. They have a long awaited split 7" with DREAMS ARE FREE, MOTHERFUCKER! out now as a Jerk Off / Bay Area Thrash / Force Fed co-release.

ANXIETY ATTACK were a symptom of the Bay Area's horrible inbreeding rituals and are made up of current and ex-members of BURN ALL FLAGS; DREAMS ARE FREE, MOTHERFUCKER!; THE DAY MAN LOST; RUN LIKE HELL; CALCULON and many, many more. They played funky thrash.

This release was going to be on a 7" but unfortunately both bands decided to call it a day, at the same time that the price of pressing vinyl went up and it just became a bit too risky to throw all that money at it, so it was done as a CD-R instead. It is in a nice DIY photocopied paper sleeve and was rushed to be ready for THE DAY MAN LOST's final show at The Bitter Suite in Preston on the 28th of August 2008. It was indeed a bitter sweet occasion.

"Pressing" info:
1st: 100, red paper covers. SOLD OUT.
2nd: 50, red paper covers. No different really. SOLD OUT.
Some still available from the bands I believe, and I might do another run soon. More interest in it makes it more likely, so don't hesitate to get in touch!

SRT 01:

DAY FOR AIRSTRIKES have been one of my favourite bands for a fair few years, and I'm lucky enough to know them too. They've gone from strength to strength, and the new stuff they've written for this record is so stupidly good that I'm possibly the most excited I've ever been. It's still post-rock, but with proggy interludes and some really quite noisy moments. Their new full length album is called "Into The Comet" and will be with us (at long last!) this Summer!

SRT 02:

MANATEES are one of the greatest and loudest bands in this country right now, and when I discovered that their new album, Icarus The Sunclimber (available on CD right now on Eyes of Sound), wasn't getting a vinyl release I offered my services. It looks like it's hopefully going to be a split release between myself, Eyes of Sound and Privileged to Fail Records. I'm personally very proud to be a part of it! ..

Member Since:

January 03, 2007

Members:

in alphabetical order:
AFTER THE LAST SKY
ANXIETY ATTACK
DAY FOR AIRSTRIKES
THE DAY MAN LOST
CUNT RAG
DIET PILLS
JONATHAN ROSS
MANATEES
S.A.T.A.N
WE HAPPENED NEXT

Influences:

Dischord, SST, Constellation, Flat Earth. DIY!

Record Label:

Unknown Indie