"All Aboard That's
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Parents has released 19 cd singles and 2 vinyl singles and an album by Extradition Order.
Album and download single from
Extradition Order and download singles from Maxx Green, Scott Schipper
Bowden and Crescendo on i-tunes, Amazon and many more sites. Next
year a series of (probably) split pro manufacture CD singles limited to
runs of 100 starting with Asleep Beneath Volcanoes/Crescendo all being
well.
News
September 1st 2010
A picture paints a thousand
words - and also helps us get the message across that the Joy Of Sex/Gindrinker
split cd is out 13th September and the launch gig is 14th at Cardiff
Buffalo. Simples.
Been on holiday from IBTP
Towers so here's a little review found on our return.
"For the past year and a
half, there’s been a new sound coming out of Wales, which has been both
exciting and infuriating to watch as the quality of music has wavered so
much. That sound is a return to the period of bands like Joy Divison and
Ultravox! with smatterings of British punk (both kinds) and strains of dub
step whacked in for good measure.
Joy Of Sex aren’t ignorant of this exciting sound and settle down to
take their place somewhere between the outrageously wild antics of Islet,
and the slightly more poppy offerings of The Victorian English Gentlemens
Club. Their first track, ‘Hypnic Jerk’, is a very catchy, very poppy
offering with drum beats galore and incomprehensible lyrics, which as the
title suggests, takes flight very quickly with the dub step bass that’s
so characteristic of Cardiff at the moment, using drum sounds to form the
melody. It’s all going well when at 2:25 in there’s a quick change to
an altogether more exciting part of the song, but it’s curtailed so
quickly that it can leave you feeling rather cheated.
Next, the click track for ‘Red Rocket’ has a bit of a go followed
by cascading guitar chops which are very reminiscent of ‘She Lost
Control’ by Joy Division. The lyrical content is as off-the-wall as
‘Hypnic Jerk’ , with lines such as “Baby I wonder why why we try /
When love is just violence well disguised / So we measure our daily dose
as prescribed / With diligence never sold as advertised," but despite
this it's still a nice track, easy to put on repeat." This Is Fake
DIY August 2010.
Split CD EP with Gindrinker 200 copies out 13th September. Oh, and
here's some new Extradition Order live.
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August 1st 2010
Well, we have advance warning -
just. "By The Gallon" by The Outdoor Types is on Tom
Robinson tonight on BBC6 between 1-3a.m. (about halfway through).
But it's on the i-Player all next week so no excuses to miss it.
Album out now and available here with Paypal (see above, below and band
page). Also from www.roughtrade.com
and www.normanrecords.com
£5 (that includes P&P anywhere bought from us).
We have 2 releases coming your
way – on August 2nd the album “All Aboard That’s Coming Aboard” by
The Outdoor Types which may well have been in your post in the past month.
It was Rough Trade recommended week starting 19th July, Tom Robinson is
set to play free download single By The Gallon. Here’s the hard
word.
“To my ear, aside from absolutely falling in love with their debut All
Aboard That's Coming Aboard, I am hearing a folky Radiohead at times, at
others a sly, more poppy version of folk-punk heroes Dropkick Murphys.
Mostly, I am just filled with an urge to make a fool of myself and dance
all about my house. At other times, I am just left in awe of the
creativity and catchiness. This album has me in awe!” Music Emissions
5/5
“On ‘Bones of Convention’ the band manage to clock in a track
lasting 1:42 minutes and in that time they conjure some subtle lyrical
play and sing along chorus – the bleak sounding songs such as ‘Come
and Join Us In Hell’ and ‘ Over The Pylons’ display the bands softer
side showing they are not a one trick pony. The strongest track is
‘Devils on Horseback’ which combines great lead guitar, fiddle playing
& singing and in fact sounds a little like Curved Air playing with
Depeche Mode.”Americana UK 7/10
“What shall we do with a drunken sailor?” P.I.X.
“I Blame The Parents is a music label which continues to drag
fantastically talented bands out of nowhere for your listening and dancing
pleasure, and The
Outdoor Types are no exception. With witty lyrics, deceptively simple
arrangements and the voice of Luke- a man who sounds like a cross between
Patrick Wolf and The Lone Ranger, you are taken on a wild ride that feels
like being spun in a tumble
dryer filled with harmonicas, guitars and fiddles. A disorientating ride
of pure joy that will ring in your head long after the last track has
rocked to a close.” Unpeeled
Joy Of Sex/Gindrinker Split. Not out till 13th September this will
mark the first in a series from I Blame The Parents Records called Split
Definitives – two or more bands across 4 tracks. Limited to 200
copies from us or Rough Trade the idea is to showcase new music and
perhaps put out the out rarity from I Blame… acts.
First out of the traps is a twitchy rock beast combing two track each from
Joy Of Sex and Gindrinker, two of Wales’ finest. Joy Of Sex have
already self-released a couple of EPs that caught our ear and we made a
point of seeing them live and fell in love. They in turn introduced
us to murky fiends Gindrinker, led by Welsh underground legend D.C. Gates.
And if that wasn’t enough the cover is by revered abstract man Anthony
Frost who aside from his day job as a leading UK painter is behind the
Falls’ Imperial Wax Solvent & Extricate cover images. And yes,
he knows we’re using it!
Lastly - here’s a last plug for SeeSound’s all-dayer at Peter
Parker’s R&R Club in Denmark Street (Nearest tube Tottenham Court
Road). IBTP bands in bold but many sound good and we unreservedly
recommend Ben Shaw and Paul Hawkins. Doors are at 2pm and IBTP DJ in
all the gaps, reply for guest list.
Ben Shaw 2.45-3.15
Romans 3.35-4.05
Clacka 4.25-4.55
Shiva 5.15-5.45
Kid Gloves 6.05-6.35
Outdoor Types 6.45-7.20
The Cellophane Flowers 7.40-8.15
Extradition Order 8.30-9.05
Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences 9.20-10.00
(Now far be it from us to plan your day but you could do worse than travel
the relatively short distance from Denmark Street to Kings Cross-ish and
rock to the wee smalls at this – it’s free at The Lexington. We
love Rough Trade at IBTP, we do.
“Saturday, July 31 Rough Trade East Anniversary Special - Bo Ningen,
Becoming Real, Drum Eyes, MNDR - DJs from Rough Trade, Co-op, Tough Love,
Fuck Buttons, ATP and Intensive Care 9pm-4am free Come and celebrate Rough
Trade Shop East's 3rd anniversary with live stuff from Bo Ningen (Japanese
feral punk-metal freak-out band) , Becoming Real (ghost-step progenitor),
Drum Eyes (electronic sludge-doomists) and MNDR (bass-heavy synth- popping
Mark Ronson song-writing newbie) plus DJs from Co-OP, Rough Trade, Tough
Love, Fuck Buttons and ATP.”)
"UK based Indie Folk Anarchists ‘The
Outdoor Types’ sound like a reincarnation of Family, Horslips &
Fairport Convention – on first listen it sounds like a ramshackle of
sounds & influences. On further inspection there’s more to this
record than the bleak cover of ‘All aboard That’s Coming Aboard’
first portrays.
The three or four piece band are the brainchild Luke Novak songwriter,
singer and guitarist who is joined by Gordy (one name) on bass and
Richard Bowman on drums, the inner sleeve shows a female singer (takes
lead vocals on ‘Biro Springs’) although no name is supplied so she
may want to remain anonymous! The band makes the point that this is not
a retro record as they explore many musical paths, that may be the case
but they have not shrugged off the influences. To my mind the band
sounds like Family with Fairport convention (minus the vocals of Roger
Chapman).
The record features strange tales of ‘Jangler Swifteye’, ‘Men in
White Coats’, ‘The Doll Enthusiast’ and ‘Devils on Horseback’
all surprisingly good songs – rather left field but certainly not in
the middle of the road.
On ‘Bones of Convention’ the band manage to clock in a track lasting
1:42 minutes and in that time they conjure some subtle lyrical play and
sing along chorus – the bleak sounding songs such as ‘Come and Join
Us In Hell’ and ‘ Over The Pylons’ display the bands softer side
showing they are not a one trick pony. The strongest track is ‘Devils
on Horseback’ which combines great lead guitar, fiddle playing &
singing and in fact sounds a little like Curved Air playing with Depeche
Mode.
An interesting record full of variation... come and join us on
board."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t3t3s fFor
Tom Robinson's latest show featuring Laura In The Water. It's the
last track but we urge you to listen to the show (feel free to scoot to
the end first, then backtrack of course!).
The track is on i-tunes, spotify etc as is the
album. The CD album is £4.99 (14 bleedin' tracks - barg) from their
band page here (or the bargain option with The Outdoor Types, below).
OK it's out officially on 2nd
August but if you're itching to get The Outdoor Types CD album it's
available from their BAND page on this site £4.99 posted anywhere in the
world. If you want a real bargain £7.99 on the button below gets
you that AND the Extradition Order album Since The Bomb Dropped also
anywhere in the world. That's 27 tracks...
July - and a fulsome start to
the news month. At http://www.dandelionradio.com/
our good friend (never met him, of course!) Mark Whitby has a session
featuring not one, not two but three tracks by Extradition Order.
Works in progress and improvisation etc. the tracks are "Day 1,
2p.m.", "Hate" & "Ludmilla's House" Also on the EO front - they
have recorded a track for an election themed charity album. More
news on that when we have it but we've heard it and it's 'mazin' and funky
and tight as. Despite the very EO vocal (and hoorah for that) it is
a leap forward.
Also on Mark's show an album
taster from The Outdoor Types in the shape of "Vanishing Cream".
That it? Oh, no
mates. Extradition Order say "farewell" drummer Mark and
"hello" new drummer Radhika (and quite possibly "oh look it's
drummer Ian Button")at a
star-studded night at the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon. The full
range of EO tracks past and present. Plus The Outdoor Types.
Come and sweat freely.
And at the months very end it's
a pretty amazing 9 band bill put on by SeeSound http://seesound.co.uk/
with - and here's why we're mentioning it - Extradition Order and The
Outdoor Types, with our Indie Dad DJing all day. £3 - BARGAIN!
Word has reached us that Tom
Robinson (and at I Blame Towers that name means something both in music
AND integrity) will be playing Laura In The Water by Extradition Order in
the next month. Probably also worth noting that Mark Whitby will
have a 3 track session by EO on his show airing throughout July.
Oh, and The Outdoor Types
digipaks are back from the plant...
You can already pre-order for
£4.99 from Rough Trade, we'll a Paypal link for it here soon.
Meanwhile if you're hungry for a deal send £7.99 to i.blame.the.parents@ntlworld.com
via Paypal and get The Outdoor Types album PLUS the Extradition Order
album POST FREE. DEAL! (put "2 albums" in the
note section)
First review (that we know of)
is in for The Outdoor Types album "All Aboard That's Coming
Aboard" and it's a 5 out of 5 from U.S. site Music
Emissions. here it is from www.musicemissions.com
Wow. I am quite sure there are other
bands who sound similar to
England
's The Outdoor
Types, but forgive me if my frame of reference is not
suitable to draw many comparisons. To my ear, aside from absolutely
falling in love with their debut All
Aboard That's Coming Aboard, I am hearing a folky Radiohead at
times, at others a sly, more poppy version of folk-punk heroes Dropkick
Murphys. Mostly, I am just filled with an urge to make a fool of myself
and dance all about my house. At other times, I am just left in awe of the
creativity and catchiness. This album has me in awe!
Right off the bat, "Vanishing
Cream" lets you know what TOT is all about; catchy, folk-infused rock
that keeps up a frantic pace even when it slows itself down to let a
particular melodic hook snag you. Their lyrical approach is seemingly of a
fantasy nature, but it sounds more like they worked to fit the words into
the sound more than the other way around. Their vocal melodies are some of
the best I've ever heard in terms of matching the music and in turn
enhancing it, blending as one fantastical sound. To be honest, a lot of
this album sounds like nostalgia to me...like tributes to classic rock
songs of all sorts, done up in a specific sound. That's either the band's
intention, or just a nod to their songwriting prowess. "Jangler
Swifteye" is a wonderful anthemic number. "Got a Concept, Got a
Job" reminds me a lot of Radiohead and is one of the reasons for the
earlier mention. "Long Distance,
Long
Range
" is just beautiful, almost like a folkier The National in a way,
understatingly epic. One of my favorites. The rest of the album pleases in
various ways, never disappointing but occasionally blending together
without standing out from track to track. Not until the barnburning
"Devils On Horseback" does another true highlight pop up, one
that sounds to me like a tribute to the classic "Ghost Riders In The
Sky", and I think you'll agree.
On the whole, All
Aboard That's Coming Aboard is a moving, grooving good time,
as much fun as I've had with a record in a long time. Very creative,
catchy, everything it should be as a fast-paced folk-based album. The
fellows of The
Outdoor Types have certainly set themselves up for
immediate success, and I'd recommend this album to anyone. And I mean
anyone.
You can hear 5 tracks of 13
(including the free download single By The Gallon) on the top of the music
player on the bands page. You can pre-order the album from Rough
Trade
In other news... the Joy Of
Sex/Gindrinker split is pretty much sonically ready - the four tracks are
Red Rocket/Hypnic Jerk (Joy Of Sex) and Bob Grainger, Sexual Pervert/Y
Chromosome (Gindrinker). Release date tbc but hopefully first half
of September. Meanwhile here is the amazing Anthony Frost painting
that will be on the cover...
...that's the Anthony Frost who
did the cover of Imperial Wax Solvent (and others) by the Fall BTW.
Also apart from the various
artists split CD mentioned in the last "News" and the second
Crescendo single we hope to release our first cassette single - by the
mysterious Stella Assembly.
Oh dear, Oh dear. 3
months since an update. Poor. VERY POOR. But we do have
an update and we haven't been dossing. So here's some things that
have happened -
Extradition Order supported
Darwin Deez at The Black Heart, Camden as he came saw and conquered
London. They also played the Paul Hawkins album launch at the
Brixton Windmill. They also played a semi-acoustic show at Pure
Groove near Barbican (with IBTP Indie Dad on the decks).
We are pretty near to having
the finished tracks for the Joy Of Sex/Gindrinker split CD single.
And Crescendo have around 5 tracks being completed.
A bit of a change to the hoped
for Asleep Beneath Volcanoes release. They have been put on hold
while the 2 members pursue other musical avenues (although they should be
working together in the future) but we should be putting out one track as
part of a larger EP. We have 3 tracks in mind to join them subject
to agreement and I hope one is a fantastic new track called
"Spiders" by LOVE/TRON plus a couple of more dancefloor tracks
to make a magnificent and varied Electronic EP.
And - a bit of an unplanned and
happy surprise - we are releasing a new album! Yep, we have a hand
in bringing out the debut album by The Outdoor Types - a band we've
admired for several years. Promos are flying out now for a release
in August. We'll have a page for them up soon along with a free
download single as a taster. Here's the cover to be going on
with. More soon...
Nothing IBTP to report so a
couple of quick plugs for other great Indies.
Audio Anti-Hero have made a big
splash with their first 2 releases, "I Got The Pox..." EP by
Benjamin Shaw and the fantastic, nearly lost Nosferatu D2 album. Get
them here - http://www.audioantihero.com/
Ben Shaw also appears on the
Filthy Little Angels Pavement covers free download album (loads more
freebies too) at http://www.filthylittleangels.com/
The obvious reason being no
news. We're waiting for music and while we wait, we watch. And
what we watched in February was Extradition Order at the Camden Head and
Joy Of Sex at The Old Blue Last. But we're not selfish - so go to
their band pages and check out a track each from Youtube. Nick over
to Youtube to catch a couple more.
Crescendo & Joy Of Sex are
well on the way to getting their shit together - shame they're not sharing
the same "split"! Still we're taking it easy like the
Caramel Rabbit. No rush - and when something's ready we'll make a
lot of noise about it.
Oh and while we think of it
Extradition Order will be touring in early April with David Cronenberg's
Wife the length and breadth of Britain. Well, definitely Cardiff,
Glasgow and Hull.
We will put up individual bits
on the "band" pages. I like his description of me as an
"aging genius" - he's half right!
Will have pages up for the
first two new bands to OK releases on IBTP in 2010 - Joy Of Sex &
Gindrinker. Enter The Dragon, isn't it.
Last I must send you scampering
to the new endeavour of our "son" Ross Drummond - it's just the
same songwriting chops but with a dash of the electro...
The last year was very busy and
we plan to make this one equally so.The
Split Definatives CD single series is in place with 5 confirmed acts and a
few more we’d like to get on board – so we’d better go ask!
The timing is really up to the
artists, who gets released first will depend on the artists and how long
it takes them to finish their two tracks.And you know artists…
It
might be a little quite for a couple of months on the surface.But trust us – we’re working our nuts off “backstage”.
So
let’s spend the time productively – here are two things we’d like
you to vote in, on our behalf.
Please
vote for Since The Bomb Dropped by Extradition Order.You get to vote for 3 so get your thinking caps on – we’re
voting for Dead Man’s Bones and Nosferatu D2.You get put in an XFM prize draw too.
Voting ends January 15th.
OK,
I know, we aren’t likely to feature but getting a good few votes can
only help visibility.If you would Extradition Order “Since The Bomb Dropped” best
album and album cover, and best track Laura In The Water or Matches Meet
Petrol by Extradition Order, High Infidelity by Crescendo or… well any
IBTP released tracks released last year .It all helps.Honestly.
But
it’s not all take, take, take.The New Year brings the traditional January
Sale.
So
– Extradition Order album £7.99
with post in
UK (and £2.00 cheaper on the
Europe
and Rest Of The World options).And Docksud’s amazing (though frankly under performing!) Take
Me To The Core Of Myself white vinyl 7” is £2.00 with post
UK (£3.00
Europe
, £4.00 Rest Of World both with post).And that comes with download codes.Go to the Bands section and to the individual acts pages.
Second year
of I Blame The Parents Records comes to an end around now.Our first album was released – Since The Bomb Dropped by
Extradition Order – along with home produced cd singles.We also got into downloads with Crescendo, Scott Schipper Bowen,
Maxx Green and of course Extradition Order.Check out i-tunes &Amazon
among others.Also Extradition
Order are on Spotify and MOG http://mog.com/for your virtual radio pleasure.
Beth Elfyn
gave us airplay on her R1 Wales show (Scott’s “Man Eater” and The
Alligators “Ohohoh”) and Mark Whitby on Dandelion Radio was
ridiculously supportive.Or
sensibly supportive we think!
After getting
entries in last years Dandelion Radio Festive 50 we have Crescendo at
no.46 with High Infidelity this year - congrats guys.http://www.dandelionradio.com/
Next year
will see a series of limited pro manufacture CDs called Split Definatives,
featuring 2 artists doing 2 tracks each.Artist in agreement so far are Crescendo, Asleep Beneath Volcanoes,
Joy Of Sex, Gindrinker, Dozal Brothers and AudioMasher (or whatever he’s
calling himself by that time!).The
more observant will see this means 3 CDs worth so far.Gulp.We’re not going
to set out a rigid schedule as I imagine getting 2 sets of artists ready
for set dates will be near impossible.I’d like to have one ready by March.
Thanks
to all supporters of the label and everyone who spent their hard earned on
us.Ta.
The
lovely AudioAnti-Hero label put Extradition Order in their top 10 albums
of the year and said
"Like putting an audio book and
an electric guitar in a tumble dryer. Very special. 'Laura in the Water',
'Candide' and 'Islington Creeper' need to be heard."
I
know this sort of small label back-clapping is a tad incestuous but AAH
know their music. So ta.
Out
today. At last a second Dozal Brothers release! The
"Faces" EP has three tracks including Crucify Yr Parents (yay!).
The zombie cover tradition is continued with this gem -
This
Saturday Extradition Order play Camden Barfly (they are on at 8pm) in the
rather excellent company of The Bridport Dagger and the wonderful Six
Toes. Should be a good 'un. They will be celebrating the
release of download only single Laura In The Water (coupled with non album
House Carpenter) so pop along if you can. Or help us out and
download them - i-tunes etc. If you could spare a minute please go
here and vote for some I Blame stuff in the Dandelion Radio Festive
50. We had two entries last year and it would be great to appear in
there this year. Ta. http://www.dandelionradio.com/festive50.htm
NRYY
4 track EP CD single out today. "Doesn't Finish Ringing"
plus 3 other beautifully produced atmospheric Noise pieces. Go to
"Bands" section for player with lead track, then go to NRYY page
for Paypal button. £3.00 including post anywhere in world.
Only 35 will be on general sale from here so be quick!
Extradition
Order download single will be live anytime now - "Laura In The
Water" plus House Carpenter. Meanwhile vist their page on site
for their excellent promo video for the track. Expressionist
film-making with added torture scenes. Lovely.
Long
time no up-date. Bad parent. Been relaxing just a tad after
the build up and release of the Extradition Order album "Since The
Bomb Dropped" and the release party at The Old Blue Last in
Shoreditch. I know we are bound to say it was a success but it
REALLY was well attended and punters got a great free show from support
The Bridport Dagger and EO. Stuck on the merch table the filming was
basic but here's Laura In The Water...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbZ5T-bh9sQ
Ooh
that'll be out as a download single with a non album "b-side",
House Carpenter. Meanwhile it's on the CD and download album.
New review on www.sicmagazine.net
London-based
four-piece Extradition Order play with the kind of passion that feels like
they’re on the verge of madness. Post-punk guitars clang and strafe,
cheap keyboard sounds splash colour and humour across the mix, the rhythm
section stomps and crashes, sometimes struggling to keep up with the
galloping momentum, and vocalist Alastair Harper croons and yelps over the
top. Essentially, these Northern fellas manage to synthesize the
lascivious melodrama of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the literate sneer of
Elvis Costello, and the dank British indie-rock that I grew up with in the
early ’90s (Marion, Molly Half Head – remember them?). It stinks of
frustrated masculinity, laughably romantic gestures and righteous anger. I
would have killed to see them live when I was 16.
Since the
Bomb Dropped comes rattling out of the gates with the chunky bass, wafty
keyboard line and call-and-response vocals of ‘Atticus’. Harper
immediately grabs you by the throat with his impassioned vocal style.
‘Petrol Meets Matches’ follows, a tight dance-punk stomper akin to The
Rapture minus the cloying production sheen. A punchy opening salvo.
‘‘Peterloo’
with its filthy bassline and eerie keys, Harper’s voice cracking in the
chorus, leads into the superb middle trio of songs- ‘Laura In The
Water’, ‘The Bullet, The Knife and The Ice’, and ‘Candide’.
‘Candide’ is especially good, with Harper even getting away with
speaking the bulk of the lyrics without sounding like a dick. Quite a
feat. 7.5/10
Next
Monday (9th November) see the release of an exceptional (and very limited
- 35 for sale from us, 50 in total made) EP from Japanese artist NRYY.
He is broadly aligned with "Noise" but the four EP tracks are
really soundtracks in search of films. Although certainly rather
twisted films!
Towards
the end of the month another limited cd single - the fantastic return of
The Dozal Brothers with the "Faces" 3 track. Again only 35
from us (and the first single of theirs sold out the 100 we did).
It
occurs I've mentioned Extradition Orders album launch gig everywhere but
here. So get along to The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch if you're in or
around London for a FREE gig with The Bridport Dagger supporting EO plus a
few DJs. Approx times Bridport 9.30, EO 10.30.
For
more in depth reviews see news sections below. Here are a couple
more snippets -
"In
these tapes, the songs themselves are at the fore, and the time and effort
put into writing them is clear.
Take Matches Meet Petrol - a rock
song without a guitar shoved right under your nose; a song where jittering
drums, rhythms and bottle-tapping take precedence; a song that excels,
screaming, in its self-constructed arena of mania and threat. It's as
thrilling a song as you'll have heard all week.
Or take Laura In The Winter,
flooded with gothic (note: not 'Goth') melodrama and strange lust, the
sheer attentiveness of which shows Extradition
Order to be a band with their eyes fixed firmly on bigger and
better things." A New Band A Day site
"Extradition
Order’s debut album Since the Bomb Dropped reminds me
a bit of the Clash’s 1980 triple-album Sandinista! Like that
record, the album is hugely varied in style, rough round the edges.
Occasionally, the vocals are reminiscent of Mr Strummer’s coarse style,
too. This is a recklessly ambitious debut which attempts lo-fi acoustic
guitars and whistling with synthesisers stuck on the end (’Precious
Home’), a plodding, waltz-like tune (closer ‘Marriage’), and a
semi-progressive song with jucious cyclic piano and organ (’The
Wheel’)." Line Of Best Fit site
track
info for November's CD singles from NRYY and Dozal Brothers soon along
with cover images.
Hooray,
Hooray, Extradition Order album out today.The more cautious can listen on this page and download the first
and last tracks for nada.The
reckless romantics can yomp to the SHOP page (or below) and use Paypal .In this case Who Dares Wins as you will get a free copy of the
superb “Take Me To The Core Of Myself” white vinyl 7” by Docksud for
a limited time only (ie about 2 weeks before next website up date).Other stockists below(Jezus Factory currently on cheap offer £8
before P&P but you won’t get the 7” of course).
It's on i-tunes for the usual stipend (and lots more I'll blog when
confirmed). It's on Spotify too. Whooooooa, our 1st
album.
Days only till the official
release date for the album Since The Bomb Dropped by Extradition
Order. thanks to all early bird purchasers. It's in Rough
Trade (shops and on-line), Sister Ray in Berwick street London. It
will be in Jumbo Records in Leeds, Piccadilly Records in Manchester
(and on-line) and Puregroove (on-line). And of course you can get it
direct from us - current details on SHOP page (with free Docksud 7"
offer), links to follow on 28th.
As a folk singer’s daughter who was brought
up with fisherman-jumper-clad beardy singers around her breakfast table
plucking banjos, when I was asked to review the anti-folk movements Extradition
Order’s 1st album ‘Since The Bomb Dropped’ I giggled
somewhat whilst humming fidley-ridley-roll. The anti-folk movement
itself was born in Greenwich Village, New York in the early 80’s. This
first long-player (14 tracks) from the Warrington based quartet is an
anarchic, manic, raw, strung out and passionate post punk gothic folk
ride by whirlygig.
The album cover by Clifford Harper,
the anarchist illustrator, is a striking woodcut of a man heading
towards the city under a waning moon and the opening track ‘Atticus’
is the tinder that smokes and sparks the musical journey ahead into
wildfire. With the guttural vocals building “she will take you
away…”, the album does just that leading onto ‘The
Wheel’, laced with organ and deep backing vocals that evoke the
feeling that you are in a wild man’s church.
This album has the sounds of Armageddon,
with the wild broken voice of Alistair reminiscent at
times of Nick Cave in his dark romanticism especially on ‘Laura In The
Water’ and less so on ‘Marriage’ which will be one of their two
digital singles. The other ‘Petrol Meets Matches’ with its’
screamed, spit-filled vocal delivery, go-go bells and more of those
wonderful backing vocals is the one that will make you want to move,
jump and dance. And so it goes, the tracks switch between angry
expressive pain filled pieces, to the promise of reprieves like
‘Precious Home’ which nurtures, feeds you tea and pulls you back
together again.
Awkward timings, out of tune, this is no
criticism…it adds to the slightly other-worldly feel, as if the music
is forming itself as you listen from the bog where things are born.
There isn’t enough space here to tell more but congratulations
Extradition Order, you made a classic especially for a
rebellious, pyromaniac folk singer’s child. 10/10"
September
28th 2009 - "Since The Bomb Dropped" by Extradition Order
RELEASED. Manufactured
CD and full download across all sites you can think of. Spotify as
well. Did I mention the amazing Clifford Harper cover? The
first and last tracks on the album - Atticus & Marriage - are
available gratis on the reverb nation player widget on the MySpace and
website. This may not last past the release date so make the most of
it! Let us know what you think and make sure you add them to
"friends" at www.myspace.com/extraditionorder www.musosguide.com had it as their
pick of the day, Tweeting "it's very, very good". If you
haven't seen them live you have some great chances coming up in London-
27th August Last Days Of Decadence, 2nd September Queen Of Hoxton, 9th
September Brixton Windmill (a bit of a summit, this one - Dan Costello,
Paul Hawkins & Superman Revenge Squad too). And
you are all cordially invited to the album launch on 8th October at The
Old Blue Last, Shoreditch. Yes,
we'll be selling the album - it's back from the factory, it looks and
sounds great. In fact you can get it now from the website - www.iblametheparentsrecords.com
with the added enticement of a free white vinyl 7" by Docksud.
Rough Trade (it's there on pre-release), Piccadilly Records, Sister Ray in
Lonndon & Jumbo in Leeds will all have it come 28/09/09
In October Laura In The Water b/w a non album track will be out as a
download only single followed by Matches Meet Petrol (with some remixes)
in November.
Phew, what a lot of Extradition Order.
But we are not an all eggs, one basket label - oh no.
November will see the final 2 or 3 CD-R limited cd singles on the label.
Confirmed - a 4 track EP from an amazing artist from Japan N.R.Y.Y.
& the long awaited second UK single from El Paso electro punks The
Dozal Brothers. 3 fun packed
tracks.
So why no more CD-R singles? Next year the plan is to release a
split cd single EP every 2 months in proffesionally produced editions of
100. The first release, pencilled for January, is Crescendo
Vs Asleep Beneath Volcanoes.
SPLIT DEFINATIVES - Coming Soon!
Lots happening.
Extradition Order CD album "Since The Bomb Dropped" in pressed
and ready for it's September release. It's available to order on
pre-release from Rough Trade (yeah, it's a bit early but just so you
know...). Anyone gagging for it and pre official launch (physical
and digital), shops etc you can send £9.99 (UK), £10.99 (Europe),
£11.99 (Rest Of World) including post to i.blame.the.parents@ntlworld.com
It's rather spiffy. And to make clear this is a fully professional
pressing not cd-r and features 8 page colour booklet with a splendid
cover commissioned from artist and anarchist (we mean it, Man)
Clifford Harper. November will see - we hope - three cd-r single
releases. These will take the running total up to 20 cd-r's in well
under 2 years. Many still plentifully available (hint, hint) on Shop
page with offers to make your mouth water. Then in the new year the
professionalism racks up a nothch with a proposed new series of split cd's
with pro pressings of 100 copies, one every two months. More news on
acts on all these releases soon.
I Blame The Parents hit the
Buffalo in Cardiff on July 23rd with Extradition Order, Crescendo (and non
IBTP Joy Of Sex) all playing sets that impressed the admittedly select
crowd. Indie Dad DJ'd (along with the perhaps more impressive Bethan
Elfyn from R1) and a fun, rather liquid, time was had by all. Here
Indie Dad does his best Freddy Krueger "You are ALL my children,
now..." impression beneath the way cool neon.
Stop back again
soon for more concrete singles news and 2 (count 'em 2) free Extradition
Order album downloads. Oh, and I'm updating the label gig list,
visible on "bands" section.
Go to Shop Page for offer on CD
singles. 2 for £4 including UK post, £5 Europe £6 Rest Of World.
Well, in all honesty not a lot
of news but should mention that after the Extradition Order release in
September the October/November schedule has a new Dozal Brothers EP
(hooray!) and nryy from Osaka. All
pretty experimental in their own way, so next year will probably flash
back to pop.
A reminder - Extradition Order,
Crescendo (plus non IBTP Joy Of Sex) will be playing Cardiff Buffalo on
23rd July (with Bethan Elfyn and Indie Dad).
Officially exciting news.
I Blame The Parents Records hit The Buffalo in Cardiff on 23rd July.
Extradition Order, Crescendo and Indie Dad DJing. Smart eh?But not
just that local heroes Joy Of Sex and Bethan Elfyn of Radio 1 DJing (and
responsible for the invite). I'm off to practice my skillz!
And in late breaking news that
doesn't involve celebrity death UnPeeled just posted Extradition Order
album review. It would be almost disappointing if they didn't have a
small whinge but they most assuredly like it.
EXTRADITION ORDER:
"Since The Bomb Dropped" (I Blame The Parents Records)
RELEASED? 1st September.
SOUNDS LIKE? We very much liked the earlier, three track taster thing
and are even more pleased with the full album, mainly because we've found
a bit of shit to slag, "The Wheel" being an indulgent, mess,
apart from the central, down-tinkling piano riff.
So, yeah, what do Extradition Order sound like? Good question and the bad
answer is largely an unpolished and punkish early Roxy Music trying to
strangle 'Quadrophenia' issue Who, but they sound like themselves,
everyone and everything inbetween, example, "Peterloo" is a
lush, churning, doors-ish drone that's begging for a punk upgrade, a
hippy-shit, keyboard decline, or just leaving alone, because it's
excellent. This is an unusual album, it's listener-friendly for a whole
whack of buyer-niches, it's smart, it's retro (we cite "Islington
Creeper") it's accessible, but could easily become their 'lost' album
because "Since The Bomb Dropped" is so disparate a collection of
cool strands drawn, dragged and seduced into cohesion, that it can be too
much to too many. IS IT ANY GOOD? They've made sense of their parents record
collection and that means 'yes'.
Matches Meet Petrol, the funky
beast from Since The Bomb Dropped album by Extradition Order (don't look
yet, out September), got some early support on Art Rocker Radio.
Expect Mark Whitby on Dandelion to be supporting the album in his August
show. He'll be playing Jeremy Kyle Mash Up by Goby Jovelor in his
July show.
Extradition Order are coming I
tell you and they are bringing their bag of raw sounds with them. With
their debut album here, I caught up with three of the four members via the
magic medium of email and asked them to reveal all to me. The photos shall
remain in my secret draw but you can read their words of wisdom...
Soundsxp: You once said "Hello, we're Extradition Order"
but who are Extradition Order and why are they here? Are you outsiders
trying to conform to 'normal' society?
Alastair: No. We're very much insiders. In fact, we pretty much run
the country in an oblique masonic way. Just last night I hosted a dinner
for cabinet minister and high court judges. From the heart of the British
government to the boardrooms of international banks, our names are known
and influence acknowledged. It's a good job we're so benevolent. But the
whole economic meltdown was a warning shot we thought we'd fire off.
Nick: We are Order. Have been since we all fell for the same girl
when we were 12, and simultaneously let her carry us off with her every
whim. She died in a canoeing accident in Wales, and that was the end of
that. Since then we've forged a brotherhood that hides our grief, and has
brought us all together.
Mark: Let's get one thing straight here. The so called accident was
actually an act of sheer desperation from one of our members. Let's just
say that two in a canoe doesn't go. Unfortunately the girl did. That
member will not be named.
Soundsxp: How would you describe your music to me?
Alastair: It used to be crude garage rock, which people thought was
because we were crude rocky types but really it was just incompetence. I
think it now sounds like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, but most people
still think it's crude garage rock with added twinkly keyboards.
Nick: We've always played with enthusiasm in our music, but I think
since we got a 4th wheel we've come on from our garage rock days. Now
we're making more sounds and less noise. I think our influences come out
at different times: blues, new wave, punk, classical - but our sound is
still quite raw.
Soundsxp: Tell me about the forthcoming debut album and the
thinking behind it. You must all be excited and anxious about its release.
Alastair: It's produced by Ian Button who I insist should be known
to the world as up there with the great. He's sort of non-crazy Martin
Hannet for our times since he's grown a scene around who he records.
People like Paul Hawkins and David Cronenberg's Wife. The three of us
sound nothing alike and he is able to not leave a stamp of his own sound
on their records - he just enhances what the bands do themselves.
It was really important we made something that flowed together. An album
you put on and sit and listen to, not just a bunch of songs. And the
artwork is just as important. We got Clifford Harper to do the cover who
is an amazing woodcut style artist who does a lot of old history book
covers and things like that. Stuff for E.H. Gombrich and A.L. Morton.I
wanted something done in his style and was looking around for someone who
could emulate him but in the end discovered, after writing him a letter,
he was up for doing it himself.
Nick: The ideas have mainly come from Al for a lot of the songs,
but we've all been involved in creating the music, and ultimately this
collection of songs that we think works as a whole. A lot of help has
indeed come from the amazing Ian Button, who has simply been brilliant
throughout. He makes my bass playing sound like I didn't even know I
wanted it to until I'd heard it. It's the first release for us, so of
course it's a challenge and there's so much we don't know but every step
is exciting.
Soundsxp: You say that you are about myths and legends. What do you
mean by this?
Alastair: Ambiguity. So I probably shouldn't say or it's all
ruined. Now Nick will go on too much and ruin it.
Nick: We talk about all sorts of things in our songs. Some are
myths, and others legends. Mark usually has a fine tale of one or the
other.
Mark: Not now Nick.
Soundsxp: You are sophisticated, intelligent, driven souls are you
not?
Alastair: Yes.
Nick: I lack sophistication. I'm off the rack.
Soundsxp: Tell me about mountain scavenger hunts, Chipsticks and
rouge lipstick. Is it the way forward for promoting new albums?
Nick: Ask Alastair, although the keyboardist is partial to rouge
lipstick, and who doesn't like chipsticks?
Alastair: It's about absolute desperation to try and get people
vaguely interested in us as the world's bands scream against each other in
every corner of the internet.
Mark: You would be amazed at the people you meet during mountain
scavenger hunts. Chuck them an Order CD and everyone's a winner.
Soundsxp: Warrington versus London . Who wins and why?
Alastair: Luckily all of Warrington moved to London in the last
five years. I am one of those great defenders of their place of upbringing
who has absolutely no interest in living there again. Warrington was a
great centre of the Enlightenment. Benjamin Franklin based his college on
the Warrington Academy - the first secular university in the world. Then
the industrial revolution ruined it and it just became a place inbetween
Manchester and Liverpool. Generally though, the North generally reveres
its writer, artists, radicals and musicians. London worships its
criminals. They can keep their Kray fetish.
Nick: Warrington. You can't get decent fish, chips and gravy here.
Bloody disgrace it is.
Alastair: Actually, that's blind patriotism from Nick. Warrington
hasn't got any decent fish and chip shops these days. You have to go to
Yorkshire.
Mark: Come on now. The Neptune Bar (now called Panny's I think) in
Stockton Heath does grand fish and chips. In terms of the great debate
itself, Warrington is a lovely place to go back to, if only for a short
while. People are even friendly at times and often say please and thankyou.
Soundsxp: Tell me about Extradition Order live.. Is it an
experience to behold?
Nick: Aforementioned enthusiasm means we try to put on a pretty
good show. I think live we're a whole new beast since we got a keyboard
that lights up last year, and someone to finger it. Plus we're not very
fussy on what we use. Bones and selotape have been integral to past shows.
Alastair: The bones didn't work well. I thought we had a brilliant
new approach to the drum stick and couldn't believe no one had done it
before. Then they ripped every skin on the kit by halfway through the
first song.
Soundsxp: If you could play one music festival this year where
would it be and why?
Alastair: We love the End of the Road festival and the smaller more
thoughful places like that. I personally hate the needs to camp in a
field, shuddering as louts consume too much lager and talk about their
awesome hippy lives and how awesome some Gallagher is before returning to
work in the Carphone Warehouse. But End of the Road is more interesting in
both its setting and its music choices.
Nick: I'd say End of the Road too, for the atmosphere and setting.
It was good seeing some of our friends there last year like Congregation,
and I like the idea of it much more than other festivals. The organisers
are lovely too.
Soundsxp: If you could extradite one person from your country who
would it be and why?
Nick: I'd extradite myself to somewhere fun. Maybe Japan. I hope
they've forgiven me for last time. I really didn't mean anything by it.
Mark: I'd also extradite Nick somewhere.
Soundsxp: I overhear you listening to tunes as I step through the
streets of Clerkenwell. What or who can I hear coming out of your music
machine? Who should be on everybody’s ipod/mp3 player/casette
player/compact disc player/square wheel producing music mechanism machine?
Nick: I got a Leonard Cohen cd for £3 yesterday, so he's been
singing to me a lot recently.
Mark: I found a band called Therion on Spotify the other week who
I've enjoyed listening to. I don't think the rest of the band will agree
with this.
Soundsxp: What’s so good about summer?
Nick: Gosh.. I've no idea what to say.
Alastair: We spend most our time indoors.
Soundsxp: What is next for Extradition Order?
Nick: Victory.
Alastair: Or the endless pursuit of glory with each succesful climb
to the top of the mountain of ambition only revealling the next, larger,
obstacle, never feeling satsified with the progress made, only the endless
journey still to go, until eventually the only logical thing is to fling
oneself in front of the subterranean tube train. Or contentment, maybe.
Mark: World domination.
Soundsxp: And finally a great philosopher asks you to sum up in one
paragraph the evolution of music from the early days of banging two sticks
together to the download age that we find ourselves in. What say you to
him?
Alastair: Get a real job.
Nick: That's what my dad told me. But I discovered that great
philosophers don't ask questions but just get on and write great works in
bullet points in wood cabins. Kind of like how Bon Iver writes albums. So
I'd tell him he wasn't all that great bothering us for answers.
Mark: I say what on earth is wrong with just banging two sticks you
ignorant bum?
Quite. Check the lads' myspace for gig and release news.
Finally this headline from
Warrington Guardian PROBABLY isn't about the band...
Friday Jun 5
Murder suspect Ian Griffin
fights extradition order
A Warrington businessman
accused of murdering his millionaire girlfriend in Paris appeared in
court today to face extradition to France.
Out
today - WASTED by MAXX GREEN. 2 track CD (backed with WE ARE THE
ACES) limited to 50 copies - see shop page. Out to download from i-tunes
and Amazon.
Monday 1st June is release date
for the hedonist pop of "Wasted" by Maxx Green (backed with the
laid back boast "We Are The Aces"). Listen on the player
to Wasted, check out We Are The Aces at www.myspace.com/maxxgreen1
. Still trying to sort out the new band pages for Scott Schipper
Bowden, Maxx & Goby Jovelor. Soon come. innit.
The Extradition Order album is
complete, we have fantastic cover art by the respected Anarchist AND
Artist Clifford Harper (his work includes the Guardian and numerous book
covers) - no relation to the bands Alastair BTW. Check this out!
The album will release in
September as a full professional CD and download from i-tunes etc.
Distribution willing it will be a little more visible than just Rough
Trade & Piccadilly Records (no disrespect to those fine institutions
of course).
Still waiting for Scott, Maxx
& Crescendo to go live on the digital sites. Bloody long wait
that, actually!
Lastly for this update here are
some wise words from Unpeeled - the sometimes grumpy, usually correct
bearers of the JP torch.
GOBY
JOVELOR: "Love All The People / Jeremy Kyle Mash Up" (I Blame
The Parents Records)
RELEASED? 15
June.
SOUNDS LIKE? Bill Hicks sampled to point out the obvious; Paul
McCartney on cardigans = "Frog Chorus", the same man on smack =
"Monkberry Moon Delight". It's smart though. There's only one
problem with the fantastic and frantic "Jeremy Kyle Mash Up" and
that's the title. Make that mash into smash and a zillion would buy it,
vote for it, do it. IS IT ANY GOOD? Goby Jovelor has a daft name and a fine record.
MAXX GREEN: "Wasted /
We Are The Aces" (I Blame The Parents Records)
RELEASED? 1st June.
SOUNDS LIKE?
What's the opposite of rabble-rousing? This is. Gently wired
anthemic stamp pop to stay in bed to. Oh, the odd, duvet
protruding limb might
twitch along for a second or two, but phasing everything,
including the phaser,
adds the slack and removes the backbone. Ditto-ish on the flip, "We
Are The Aces", a little something that crash
staples Creeper Lagoon to Medicine Head, both worth looking up. As
are (is?) the woozed and the phased in
the Maxx Green offering. IS IT ANY GOOD? Yes, it's shiny and scuffed and comfortingly
modern, I hate the fact that I like it, but that's my problem, you just
scoot along to the webthing.
EXTRADITION ORDER: "Album Taster" (I Blame The Parents
Records)
RELEASED? Sept 2009.
SOUNDS LIKE? If you were brave enough to cross The Great Crusades with
a beefed up Smog you'd get something like Extradition Order. You'd also
get a shanty-esque swamp drone and ramshackle rant called "Laura In
The Water", all of the above, but with black Irish guys running
slowly away from Haysi Fantaysi to the echo and wobble of "Petrol
Meet Matches" and reverb as terror weapon, early Costello brooding to
violence and on to Magazine with "House Carpenter" and these are
just a 'taster' for the album? IS IT ANY GOOD? Very, very, very.
And bear in mind the band have
so much quality material House Carpenter is now a prospective B-Side, left
off the album (and it's still 14 songs long)
A
while since an update but we haven't been sitting on our hands at IBTP
towers - oh no. June will see the release of ibtpcd00016
"Wasted" by Maxx Green (50 copies only) followed by download on
the major sites. June 15th and it's 2 short n sweet cut ups of Bill
Hicks and Jeremy Kyle over beats by Goby Jovelor on ibtpcd00017.
Promos out with the great and good now.
Extradition
Order have finished recording their album tracks so we can now argue over
the running order. What with getting everything ready I expect it
will be September release but the tracks will be up to hear in advance of
that.
OUT TODAY - Steve & The
Oh's - "A Perfect Catch" (b/w Here's A Feeling). Liited to
50 copies, cd single. Available from shop page £2.50 plus
P&P. Why not get OhOhOh by Steve's other band The Alligators
while you're at it? As heard on Bethan Elfyn BBC Radio 1 Introducing
April 2nd.
Steve & The Oh's "A
Perfect Catch" out Monday, £2.50 plus post - limited 50
CDs.
From today - the rather
wonderful but frankly didn't sell like hot cakes Docksud 7" is now
£1.99 plus post. White vinyl and two timeless shadowy rock
classics. I have about 4 copies in the art print cover then it will
be my original cover design for the rest. So if you wanted the full
colour cover... now's the time. I need Guinness money for the Camden
Crawl, help a brother out!
Below is a journal piece on
last.fm by Dandelion Radio DJ Mark Whitby. Believe it or not he is
not a relative or mate (well - he is now!)
Given
the pace of change in music these days (and indeed, thankfully, for about
the last forty-five years) it’s a dangerous business to claim that
anything is your favourite this or favourite that. But I’ll try one. I
Blame The Parents is my favourite record label.
In my Dandelion Radio show for April, I think I say it’s my favourite
British label. But I’ve changed my mind. Despite the considerable charms
of the likes of Enough Records in Portugal, France’s Al Dente and the
always enormous number of treasurable US indies, following its launch as
recently as January 2008, IBTP is now right up there at the top of the
pile.
If it’s the measure of a truly great label that it can combine a sense
of identity with a hugely eclectic and varied roster then IBTP does this
in a way that few labels since the early Rough Trade has managed. But
maybe that isn’t it. Because legendary labels as diverse as Chess, Stax,
Factory and 4AD, at least in their earlier phase, had a recognisable sound
that wasn’t necessarily eclectic, and they were all great labels,
weren’t they?
So maybe it’s more than, over the course of barely more than a dozen
releases, it’s established something rather special. And while it’s
been doing that, there’s not been a bad one among ‘em. Surely that
puts it up there with the above, along with Two-Tone, Sub-Pop, Fast.
Well, whatever it is, you can’t go wrong by getting yourself onto their
website and shelling out an unfeasibly small amount of money for anything
that’s on there, because you know it’s going to be a small charge for
stuff that’s gonna keep you company for the rest of your life.
But if you still need convincing, I’ll be featuring six tracks from IBTP
on my show at www.dandelionradio.com
throughout the month of April. Regular listeners might question why I’m
playing that many when I’m always moaning about the lack of time to play
all the great stuff that’s out there. Because it’s that good; that’s
why.
And, as I’ve said, hugely varied. Forthcoming single from Steve &
the Ohs (uncomplicated garage punk that just might be about to go a little
bit too far...) jostles rancid noisemarkers Chav Stabber and Endometrium
Cuntplow for airspace. Scott Schipper Bowden slips on his spurs and picks
a fight with 2008 festive fifty debutants Extradition Order. And
Crescendo, who a few weeks ago you might have described as electro-pop
from Liverpool without pissing me off, deliver such a well-found nugget
that anyone attempting such a lazy description stands to be accused of
rampant synecdoche (don’t even know if that one gets found in
dictionaries any more). And no room for Rescue Cat, Earl Grey & the
Legomen showing that even with a strong half-dozen such as that there were
difficult, indeed well-night impossible selection decisions to make. And I
played the fantastic single from Love//Tron in March.
I suspect you’ve got the message - it’s all great. But I’ll finish
with a few words on Crescendo, because it may even be that their
‘Don’t Let Them Tell You What To Do’ is the pick of a very fine
bunch indeed. One of those that, listening it in the car, brought such
unwilled tears to the old eyes that, in a moment of lost vision, I had to
swerve and almost hit a tree. That’s not actually true, but it sounds
right. And that’s the measure of all things. Certainly it is in the case
of the best record label in the world right now. Never has my flabber been
so ghasted!
Available
NOW from SHOP page - Scott Schipper Bowden - Man Eater/Robbin' The Cop
& My Rose ibtpcd00014 £2.50 plus P&P.
As
heard on Bethan Elfyn Introducing on BBC Radio and playing daily all April
on Mark Whitby's Dandelion Radio show on t'internet (along with 5 other
IBTP releases - why not buy a few and get discount deducted from purchases
made together).
Man
Eater by Scott Schipper Bowden will be available to buy from tomorrow from
this website - be quick 50 copies only on CD single with the equally great
track Robbin' The Cop & My Rose. Bethan Elfyn played it last
week on her Radio 1 Introducing show in Wales (still on the i-player till
2nd April, check in about 1 hr 22mins if you don't want to hear the whole
show) said she was "blown away" by it and has described it as
gorgeous. She's not wrong!
Also
from tomorrow Mark Whitby will be playing a veritable cornucopia of IBTP
on his show on Dandelion Radio repeated daily throughout April. http://www.dandelionradio.com/schedule.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bethanelfyn/ I said to Matt from Extradition
Order last night my number 1 priority was getting something on Radio 1.
Thanks Bethan, God is VERY prompt these days!
Check the Bethan Elfyn Introducing show tonight Radio 1 Wales 12-2am for a
play of Man Eater by Scott Schipper Bowden. I'm officially fucking
excited! From here as pre-order 1st April, 50 copies £2.50 plus
P&P. I presume it will be on the i-player after tonight.
We certainly can't claim any
credit for it but Benjamin David & The Goliaths have made the last 20
of Indie Idol (I know we're cringing too) the competition for unsigned
bands to appear at the Camden Crawl on April 24th. As soon as I have
voting details I'll be pushing that mutha fukka hard.
Till then... please listen to
this album taster from the incomparable Extradition Order. Album
(and indeed track) still in progress, soon come.
GO TO
"BANDS" SECTION FOR MUSIC PLAYER
Oh, and we've decided to do two
50 edition cd singles in June. We're bloody addicts, we are.
The
official news item to introduce our next 2 releases…
I Blame The Parents Records give April over to a new direction and an old
one.But they both crawl from
Utah
.
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Scott
Schipper Bowden – Man Eater/Robbin’ The Cop & My Rose
No
doubt popular opinion would dictate I should sell this one to you as
Americana
.So I’m calling it Country.Straight forward song writing, with an instant impact – no tricks
up our sleeve but a prize every time.Scott is a new artist from
Provo
,
Utah
,
U.S.A.
– “My name
is Scott Schipper Bowden - I am 20 years old. I only started writing music
about 5 months ago & have about 14 songs recorded. I live in
Provo
Utah
and I have lived there my whole life.My two biggest influences have probably been Bob Dylan and Louis
Armstrong. Bob Dylan influences me in the sense that he tells stories
through his music and I try to do the same, Louis Armstrong has influenced
me in the sense that he did music for the love of it and he was so
passionate about what he did.I
try to do the same.”
Don’t
run off, he doesn’t sound like Dylan.
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Steve
& The Oh’s – A Perfect Catch/Here’s A Feeling
The
second I Blame… release that could be described as Garage Punk is by
Steve & The Oh’s.The
first track is Wham Bam R&R under 2 minutes, the States export, we
import, thus was it ever.Second
track is more in line with the Indie Pop of Steve’s other band The
Alligators (ibtp0007 Oh Oh Oh by The Alligators released last year –
keep up).Another from the
Provo
proving grounds.
Both out officially 20th
April 2009 as limited CD singles – 50 copies each.
Now,
chances are I will actually make copies available from 1st
April.
Some
good initial feedback.Bethan
Elfyn from Radio 1 Introducing in Wales Twittered Tune
of the Day: Scott Bowden, Man Eater on 'I Blame the Parents Records' -
gorgeous!3:19
AM Mar 13th from web
Unpeeled
reviewed thus on 17th March 2009 -
SCOTT
SCHIPPER BOWDEN: "Man Eater" (I Blame The Parents Records) RELEASED? 20th April. SOUNDS LIKE? Classic nu-country as Gram Parsons gets upped a beat
while 'The Graduate' storyline gets another updating. Take away the
genuine American accents and this could easily be a track lifted from the
Stones "Sticky Fingers". IS IT ANY GOOD? Yes.
STEVE & THE
OH's: "A Perfect Catch" (I Blame The Parents Records)
RELEASED? 20th
April. SOUNDS LIKE? Very much like young Americans, there's some horrible,
bratty-whine vocals queering the pitch, but there's also some rather
wonderful post twang guitar and some excellent drumming going on, so we'll
not gut them just yet, eh? IS IT ANY GOOD? They could well be.
I won’t get
prissy about the whine comment!
So,
save you pennies (actually – spend your pennies on stuff we’ve got out
already then save some different pennies).
All this
month Mark Whitby is playing Endometrium Cuntplow & LOVE TRON on his
Dandelion Radio show, it's a web show go here for broadcast schedule - http://www.dandelionradio.com/schedule.htm
Also many thanks to Conor at Cork Campus Radio for playing Crescendo's
High Infidelity. And talking of Crescendo have a look at the video
player for a track from both recent shows in Aylesbury & London.
We're getting to the end of the first 50 cd singles, these have a slightly
more elaborate packaging and when the 100 are gone that's it.
Though downloads will hopefully be on i-tunes etc in coming months.
Thanks to all the Crescendo buyers, good opening
sales. Nice reviews in Losingtoday - see Parental Guidance section
. Thanks to Conor on Cork Campus Radio for th play this week.
Crescendo venture down South this weekend, playing The Hop Pole in
Aylesbury on 27th and The Social W1 on 1st March as part of Rescue Cat
Presents... If you are in London on Sunday The Social is very near Oxford
Circus, 6 PM till 12 four acts (inc. Mr Hudson) plus DJs FREE all
night. The event will be repeated with different acts on the 1st
Sunday of April & May.
Mark Whitby at Dandelion Radio (web radio show
based around John Peel's belief in supporting new, sometimes challenging
music) will be playing LOVE TRON and Endometrium Cuntplow on his show
playing throughout March. He features the label again in April,
giving a crack of the whip to Chav Stabber. So he CLEARLY supports
new and challenging stuff! Thanks Mark.
Finally a quick reminder that if you would like
me to hear your music ideally mail me though the Parents Association
contacts page (all band links are there too) and then send a cd (rough as
fuck is fine) or link to download/MP3 direct.
OUT NOW! Endometrium Cuntplow - UK SAC EP
& Chav Stabber - "Black Mental" both CDs are £2.50 each or
both £4.00. See shop for details of this Noise slamdown.
We had two entries in the Dandelion Radio Festive
50 (the spiritual successor to Peel's) - number 49 (any holes a goal) with
"Last Summer" by Earl Grey & The Legomen & number 33
with "Penetrate" by Extradition Order.
2009
will see exciting developments – An Extradition
Order album, new CD singles from Endometrium
Cuntplow, Crescendo, Twin Crystals, Chav Stabber,
LOVE//TRON and at least a couple more to be
confirmed.
We were label of the
week 01/12/08 at CMU Music Network, a daily
industry tip sheet and news forum. See full
article in Parental Guidance section. (Steve
– I’ll send you the piece with other
bits to go in the PG section)
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November 24th 2008. Extradition Order go down
a treat supporting Jeffrey Lewis at a sold out
Brixton Windmill.
Jeffrey got a front row spot as you can see
from the back of his head! Yep – the guitar
IS an oil can.
"Continuing a Christmas
tradition started by the late John Peel in 1976,
join Dandelion Radio DJs Matt, Jeff, Rachael,
Pete Jackson, Mark Whitby, Neil, Simon, Rocker
and Andy as they take it in turns to count down
through the best 50 tracks from the last year
- as chosen by you the listener! Voters picked
their three favourite tunes of 2008 in October
and November, and now you can hear the full
results of this legendary poll in one mammoth
show, repeating daily from Christmas Day until
the end of January!"
01 The Fall - 50 Year
Old Man
02 Das Wanderlust - Puzzle
03 Decoration - square mile
04 MGMT - Time to Pretend
05 ste mccabe - Huyton Scum
06 The Container Drivers - It Must Be The Pipes
07 The Fall - Wolf Kidult Man
08 The Deirdres - Milk Is Politics
09 The Hillfields - Spoon
10 Beatnik Filmstars - Hospital Ward
11 The Lovely Eggs - Have You Ever Heard A Digital
Accordion?
12 Portishead - Machine Gun
13 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything
with You
14 MGMT - Kids
15 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
16 The School - Let It Slip
17 The Manhattan Love Suicides - Heat and Panic
18 Superman Revenge Squad - Idiot Food
19 The Wolfmen - Cecilie
20 The Wedding Present - The thing I like best
about him is his girlfriend
21 Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day
22 Portishead - The Rip
23 Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth
24 sarandon - Kill Twee Pop!
25 Glasvegas - It's My Own Cheating Heart That
Makes Me Cry
26 The Fall - Tommy Shooter
27 Town Bike - dougie
28 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
29 Decoration - Glasshouse
30 Pete Green - Best British band supported
by Shockwaves
31 Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
32 wolfram wire - Armitage Shanks
33 Extradition Order - Penetrate
34 Glasvegas - Geraldine
35 Half Man Half Biscuit - Took Problem Chimp
To Ideal Home Show
36 Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen
37 The Deirdres - Claire, Are We Safe To Be
On Our Own?
38 Sigur Rós - Festival
39 Alex Canasta - Records
40 M.I.A. - Paper Planes
41 The Fall - Can Can Summer
42 The Wedding Present - Don't Take me home
until I'm drunk
43 Thomas Tantrum - Swan Lake
44 The Parallelograms - 1,2,3, Go!
45 Jegsy Dodd & The Original Sinners - Liverpool
2008
46 The Manhattan Love Suicides - Clusterfuck
47 Santogold - L.E.S Artistes
48 The Lovely Eggs - I Like Birds But I Like
Other Animals Too
49 Earl Grey and The Legomen - Last Summer
50 The Pocket Gods - Supermans Head
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