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Tough Love is a record label based in Coventry, run by two humans you shouldn’t care less about. Vogue loth by accident and design since forever. We've been saying no to shots at the bar and good haircuts for years now. We're under the radar. We're poised in the bushes. It’s hard to tell what’s going to happen next. That would require a plan. Hand to mouth and back again, it’s a hard knock life for the young and middle class and we only get to holiday three times a year. But pace is the trick, so fuck you, Neil Young.
There’s a history for sure, but it’s not hard to work out; it's all there in compressed colour on your left and even more so to your right. Now purge those timid notions and stop rolling your eyes. Have one last taste of that milk before it turns so sour, but know we aint cream yet. There’s not much else worth speaking of that isn’t self-evident or unnecessary and thankfully there are more questions than answers. It would be a silly, silly world otherwise...It's a silly world anyway, but a little common sense please.
For infrequent information on forthcoming releases, Tough Love gigs and bad spelling, join the mailing list here
We also have a blog now, which we're trying, and trying so hard, to keep up-to-date. It's better than the one on here.
www.toughloverecords.blogspot.com
>>TLV011DISCO DRIVEDanza T-Shirt
LIMITED TO 50 PRINTS - ONLY 1 LEFT
>>TLV012DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!"A List of Things Not to Forget"/"Vaudeville" FREE DOWNLOAD SINGLE
Go to Tough Love Selecter and enter the code "11/10/2007"
>>TLV013THE SEQUINSEveryone Loves The Sequins FREE DOWNLOAD SINGLE
Go to Tough Love Selecter and enter the code "19thNov2007"
>>TLV014THE SEQUINSThe Death of Style
12 TRACK CD ALBUM. 1000 COPIES
>>TLV016POPULAR WORKSHOPWilliam, It Was Really Something
7" ON YELLOW VINYL. 500 COPIES.
>>TLV017SITUATIONISTSThis City Holds Us All EP
4 TRACK GATEFOLD 10” + CD SET. 500 COPIES - ONLY 10 LEFT.
>>TLV018HONEYTRAPFollies in Great Cities
10 TRACK CD ALBUM.
>>TLV020HEALTHTriceratops/Lost Time + Rmxs
7 TRACK 12". 500 COPIES
>>TLV021MIRROR! MIRROR!Silicone Eyes/Wolfgang Bang
7". 500 COPIES
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If you would like to buy any of these, you can either visit our website or take a trip to your local music retailer
All Tough Love releases are now being distributed by Cargo. If your local record shop doesn't have the record you are looking for, ask and they will be able to order it.
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Hello saucy tough love rcords. saucy! Am i right in thinking that the 26th of July now has added Dananananackroyd? how exciting! Looking forward to casting some spells at that one fella, yeah.
Be There, Be Square. 28th June, All Ages Gig, £4, Taylor Johns House, Canal Basin, Coventry. Doors Open 8pm if you need to know anymore www. myspace. com/betherebesquareuk
Saints and sinners, let HYSTERIA be the lost Eden of your childhood... Take a swig of the demon rum, and dance the night away with your best comrades, the butterflies and the inevitable dark horses to the pick 'n' mix of bands and DJs we have in store for you. Allow our burlesque spectacles turn you head over heels whilst our candy girls and strange characters charm and shower you with free treats... every last Monday of the month.
The launch party is just around the corner; so send your FULL NAMES for priority/concessions list over to us at LIST@HYSTERIACLUB.CO.UK or via our MySpace (myspace. com/hysteriaclub). Concessions and reduced entry will be for all those on the list or with a FLYER. Free treats, candy and goodies to give away for everyone, and Hysteria CUPCAKES for the first 100 people through the door... so make sure you are one of those 100!
WEDSNESDAY 18th JUNE The Handsome Family & Lucy Anne Sale £8 ~ £10 door Taylor John's House ~ Canal Basin Cv1 4LY
Where others retrace well-trodden paths and humdrum tradtions, The Handsome Family go offroad to hunt down phantoms, to update forgotten myths and ancient black jokes — UNCUT
Dark, elemental, mischievous and mournful —MOJO
"The Handsome Family - as funny as fuck, as sweet as love, and as serious as death." - Uncut magazime.
Each song is like an abridged Flannery O'Connor story read aloud by Johnny Cash, hovering somewhere between the metaphysical and the mundane... - NME
i was actually going to say how awesome the HEALTH 12" is! i picked it up at selecta disc in Nottingham today and it's so cool man. i wanted to go tomorrow but we're mixing in Northampton, so i'm going to there show on thursday at the Old Blue Last! can't wait for that! hope you boys are well! see you soon lads x
Like fellow Liverpudlians Hot Club De Paris...with bouncy, choppy riffs and a very much danceable rhythm, synths swirl like a demented fairground ride while the boys perform fantastic, sing along harmonies. MAKE NOISE AND DANCE
Elks
Jerky post hardcore pop complete with rousing manic vocals. a bit like Fugazi and Charlottefield FOOTBALL
Rotary Ten
Latest signings to Xtra Mile (home of Dartz!) "'If The Smiths had gone to college in the US this might have been their sound. Complex, melodic guitar entwines with an 'anthemic' chorus. Possible classic.' The Observer
Beat The Radar
"catchy vocal melodies with precise backing vocals on top of angst guitar and clever drums create a package for success" SANDMAN MAGAZINE
Oh man. Didn't realise they were swinging back around after the euro shows - I'm making it my mission to to catch them in Liverpool. Your message saved the world.
yo yo yo! we've only got a handful of real copies of our second issue left. THEY'RE FREE, but they won't last long. email freakkingdomproject@hotmail.co.uk and say PAPER with your postal address for a real copy, or NOT PAPER for a fake one.
this time we've got..
interviews: kotki dwa, cutting pink with knives, munch munch, dan llywelyn hall (sunday times young artist of year '03) + the mae shi, rolo tomassi, pre, antarctica takes it!, fuck buttons, vampire weekend, xiu xiu. romanian cinema, jewish theatre, the one page book review, the flaneur.