The DIY spirit. Anyone who has ever started their own record label, lovingly designed a record cover with a load of shitty crayons, the 4-track obsessives, anyone with a stack of their own CDs under the bed but the unerring belief that what they're doing is worth doing.
Sounds Like
Phoenix, The Feeling, The Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Prefab Sprout, XTC, Bob Hund, Bob Hund, Bob James, XTC, Scritti Politti.
Is it easy to DIY in 2007? We don't mean putting up shelving, obviously. Music, we mean. You'd think so, wouldn't you? Well, we're giving it a go.
The challenge: to record, release and promote a single online in the space of one month. You can hear both "sides" of said single on this page. We knocked it together pretty quickly.
You can buy it on iTunes by clicking here! So far, it's been easier than lugging boxes of CDs to a warehouse. But will anyone buy it?
Hello! Our second single ‘Bill Hicks’ is now available for pre-order on download, 7" vinyl and CD.
We are self-managed, self-published, and self-released on our own record label and our debut single "Trauma Town" entered at #9 in the Official UK Indie charts. We're hoping to make this one go even bigger -
Pre-Order MP3 Download from Play.com here: http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/8852713/Bill-Hicks/Product.html
Pre-Order Limited Edtion 7" Vinyl from HMV.com here: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=938316
Pre-Order Limited Editon CD Single from HMV.com here: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1;-1&sku=938317
Cheers! Al, Jonno, Steve & Nigel.
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Hi Rhodri, this is brilliant (the new song)!!!!!!! Stop being so miserable about your music (if you haven´t already). You´re a fucking genious. This is some of the best popmusic I´ve heard for ages. Go on, do a whole album. The world and I we need it. What more proof do you need than over half a million hits on youtube. I´m waiting for it.
I have a new section on my site where you´re heavily featured. I mean it. Hope you´re fine. Cordially, Frenk (Nobody wants to call me Reinhold. So I gave up opon it. What a mess.)
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