This hand-made 6.7″ plexiglass 33rpm lathe-cut features an xray disc in a band-made cover, limited to 30 copies. A lathe-cut is a real-time groove cutting machine…basically…google it. Sound quality is not what this is about – it is an art piece, lovingly created by the band and a lathe-cutting friend from Washington. Features exclusive B-side “I Don’t Mind”, not featured on the download. Every piece is unique.
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This new Mmdelai EP might remind you of Portishead, Quantic or U.N.K.L.E. – not the usual suspects of Bleeding Gold inspirations. This one’s got a spacier/dancier feel. You might recognize the vocals – a one Annemarie Duff of BGR newcomers Miniatures. Annemarie has recently made a move from her native New Zealand and hopped shores to Melbourne, Australia, seeking new inspiration from a new city. A new band will be formed and plans for a new EP are in the works. For now you can enjoy a free download of the EP or grab a copy on 1989’s favorite format – the cassette tape. Buy cassette here.
This 11″x14″ hand silkscreened poster from our friends KAIZEN COLLECTIVE comes with an exclusively mastered download featuring Bleeding Gold artists the notes, Tim Chaplin, ALEXROSSI (featuring a remix by Canadian shoegazers Indoor Voices), Former Babies and BG newcomers FLOWERS and SEX DREAM.
This week we welcome the addition of New Zealand’s MINIATURES to the Bleeding Gold Records roster. We are offering a free download of their first EP, titled aptly enough, Miniatures EP. Later this year we will have some new music from MINIATURES on vinyl, but for now get to know the band that has been compared to Cocteau Twins, Slowdive and Ride.
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This is our first release from TIM CHAPLIN – Daisy Chain Fridays – a cassette/digital EP of a few favorites from the two upcoming full-lengths on Bleeding Gold Records in 2012. Tim’s been recording under his own name as well as the monikers LUMINOUS and Factory Kids, his partnership with singer Christina Marie. This EP collection shows Tim exploring Shoegaze, Bedroom Pop and Electronica, starting with the blown-out sounds of title track Daisy Chain Fridays and ending with the pulsing blood-whispers of This One, an exclusive tracks to this EP. This summer will see the release of the first full-length, Broken So Bad, a newly remastered collection of some of Tim’s best songs from the last decade.
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Boy Party was formed in the cold of the 2011 North Carolina winter by Zach Romeo and Nathan Romano. The duo began playing shows in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Asheville, and encountered a strange group of people in the woods of Georgia. They released their first EP “On Yr Lips” through their bandcamp page that spring. Boy Party toured the midwest in the summer of 2011 before parting ways, Nathan staying in North Carolina, going to film school, and Zach going to film school in New York. The project now serves as an outlet for songs written by Nathan Romano and sometimes produced by Justin Morris.
Four guys from Liverpool who met in school to form a band….sounds familiar right? Yes Tear Talk is primarily a Liverpool based band. Yes they all know each other from school. But that may be where the similarities end. With the majority of the guys scattered throughout the UK for university it makes it a bit more challenging to come together to make the music happen. But when they do, magic happens. Tear Talk’s passion for music stemmed at an early age when exchanging records, and discovering new music was the bond that brought them together. Their earliest influences being Black Tambourine, The Everly Brothers, The Field Mice and Sweetest Ache. However, it wasn’t until they heard Beat Happening, one of their most significant influences, that they thought to themselves “they can do it, why can’t we.”
After that it was easy. Well, not necessarily. The guys had moved on to universities and although they kept in contact by exchanging albums online it was when they came home for Summer break that they decided to form a band. Geography notwithstanding, to say you’re in a band is a lot easier than actually being in one, especially when it requires the ability to play instruments. Most of the guys had only just picked up their instruments for the first time that summer and had little to no experience being in a band. To quote Tear Talk; “We feel like there’s this real sense of endearment in the naivety of what we’re trying to do, this kind of fragility that is lost in most modern pop music, which we feel like we give off due to our lack of ability. In short, ability has become the death of modern pop, and gladly it’s something we’re lacking in.” So that being said, Tear Talk, despite their inability to play shows every week-end or not having completely mastered their instruments, is one of the most “awkward, introverted and melancholic” bands (their words) out there today. Here at Bleeding Gold Records….well we just think they’re perfection. Enjoy!
ALEXROSSI ft Inès Olympe Mercadal – JE TE PRENDS
Our first release of the year is the amazing digital single JE TE PRENDS from our friend ALEXROSSI.
Former Babies, Moll Ball (AKA Mollie “boom tap” Reep) and Shawna England aren’t musicians. They aren’t trained on their instruments, they’ve listened to way too much punk rock, drank too many beers and have meltdowns on the weekly. These character flaws are what inspires their music. If it weren’t for pesky brothers and shithead boyfriends the world would have a lot less music in it. They write cliché songs that describe what life is like whether you’re a 14 year old girl or a 65 year old man.
Shawna whams the guitar and belts out screeching melodies, while Mollie hits the drums with sticks at a level just below barely audible. Regardless of all the adversity and strife that they have had to overcome, Moll Ball and Shawna continue to rock on. They will probably do so until the day that they die. Oh yeah, they’re supposed to say something in this “bio” about how they are from the Bay Area.
BG003 Alligator Indian – FOOTBALL 10″ EP
Available on Limited Edition [100] Clear vinyl with Lime Green splatter which includes a collage made by the band and an exclusive download of songs found nowhere else. The Regular Edition [200] comes on Lime Green vinyl. Digital files will be available at the band’s BandCamp for a pay-what-you-want scheme on Sept 13th, so don’t be cheap!
Also available at these brave stores:
Harvest Records 415-B Haywood Road Asheville, NC 28806
RECORD ROOM 8 NE Killingsworth | Portland, OR | USA
/////Sone Records 〒430-0944 静岡県浜松市中区田町315-20 2F | Japan
Sonic Boom Records 2209 NW Market St. (Ballard) | Seattle, USA
THE STONE RECORDS (Mailorder in Japan – Limited Editions only!)
Violet And Claire 308 36-2 Udagawacho Shibuyaku Tokyo | Japan
Alligator Indian – Telepathic Boys [Live 5.25.11 BoBo Gallery, NC]
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