We’ve got a sweet Winter-time digital release from our Manchester friends ROMAN LAKES. ‘Cross Thread‘, the lead track features a collaboration with the talented Canadian drummer, Mario Lunardo. The release also features a new demo (‘Home Tonight‘) and a ‘Reprise‘ version of the title track. Download for FREE or Name Your Price here.
Rose Chariot is the moniker of 26-year-old Mancunian producer/musician Ross Marriott. His new material – recorded between Manchester and Lisbon – is colourful, dramatic and dense, drawing from influences such as Jai Paul, The Cardigans, Grimes, Foals, Prince, Björk and Interpol.
“Last year I moved to Lisbon, Portugal, where I was based for a year,” explains Ross. “It was a really interesting time; I got mugged twice, ended up in hospital, and also met some really fascinating people. With the new songs, I tried to capture the feeling of living in a new place where everything’s exciting, raw and mysterious. It was a huge contrast to the ‘coldness’ of England, so I tried to
use that as my inspiration.”
Download Rose Chariot here.
Continuing the documentation of home-recordings by UK-based artist Tim Chaplin, this 2×12″ gatefold LP features 17 songs cut to Silver and Gold vinyl with a digital download code for the full 39-track collection ranging from 1998 – 2010. Full-color gatefold jacket with artwork by Seattle-based artist Jesse Treece.
To celebrate the release Tim has offered up this amazing mix called Girl To Make You Happy:
1. Sweet Unknown – Cranes
2. She May Call You Up Tonight – The Left Banke
3. Carolay – Crazy Horse
4. Five One Zero Lovers – Lazycame
5. Church Of Wilson (4-Track) – Cotton Mather
6. Guest Informant – The Fall
7. Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache – Warren Smith
8. Needles And Pins – Jackie DeShannon
9. With A Cantaloupe Girlfriend – The Three O’Clock
10. Out Of My Mind – Buffalo Springfield
11. AAA – Paul Westerberg
The long-awaited debut full-length album from Manchester’s SONGS FOR WALTER has been teased throughout the last few years with free download singles and tales of bygone Hulme-family history. Singer-songwriter Laurie Hulme is ready to lay out the full story with this 13-track CLEAR VINYL 12″ LP in gorgeous gatefold cover with printed lyrics. Download features full 16-track album.
BUY 12″LP : USA | UK | FR | iTunes
OUR 100th RELEASE!
BG100 SONGS FOR BLEEDING GOLD II : Released Monday November 9th in conjunction with Independent Label Week (09 Nov – 15 Nov)! 9 Bleeding Gold bands covering other songs from the Bleeding Gold catalog…a follow up to the 2013 covers compilation Songs For Bleeding Gold. We are celebrating the release all week by offering extremely- limited edition LATHE-CUT 7″ picture discs of each of the 9 tracks from the album, all featuring unique artwork by Seattle-based artist Jesse Treece. Only 20 copies will be released of each track and all at various times throughout the week, so KEEP YOUR BROWSERS SET TO OUR BIGCARTEL SHOP NEXT WEEK!!
ARTWORK BY JESSE TREECE
“But good things come to those who wait, and this is definitely a good thing.” – Anders Larsson
(Video by Ken Link)
Edition of 200 various/multi-colored 7″
Full-color fold-over covers. Colors include Grey, Pink, and Green.
ORDER HERE. BUY IN JAPAN HERE.
In SAN DIEGO you can grab a copy of this single at M-THEORY MUSIC on Washington!
Roman Lakes is the solo project of Ben from Bleeding Gold‘s S’s and Special Guests. The Greater-Manchester-born singer-songwriter creates guitalele folk-pop with tones in the right zones. Influences include Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Morrissey, Lucy Rose and The Tallest Man on Earth.
Download the new single for NAME YOUR OWN PRICE (incl. FREE) at bandcamp below:
Also check out this new demo:
San Diego’s own surf-pop-punks KOOTIES have debuted their first 5 recordings titled ‘Yearbook,” with songs by Ren Rogers and featuring other members of Space Heat. This is a co-release with FIELD TRIPS Collective.
BUY CASSETTE TAPE HERE BUY IN JAPAN HERE.
Apache Viking were hatched circa 2009 from members of Newcastle based band Free Diamonds (signed to Deep Elm records in the US), US act Foresake Ya to the Snakes, and the famed Newcastle country band The Devitos.
This unlikely coalition is a jigsaw of pop punk, cartoon lyricism, Russian polka and mid 50’s lo-fi. Instantly Apache Viking were quoted as the best band in Newcastle upon Tyne and ones to watch by BBC 6 music (who have dedicated airplay on many occasions).
DOWNLOAD FREE HERE | BUY ON ITUNES HERE
Aunt Sis started as the bedroom recording project of Justin Morris, utilizing live vocal looping and melodic guitar progressions to imply something larger. Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Aunt Sis now continues this aesthetic as an amplified three piece, with fellow Bleeding Gold members Will Flaugher of Petey, and Justin Hrabovsky of The Sweets. Below you will find a new song from the band in preparation for a full EP later this year.
BG071 // 10 Feb 2014
Songs For Walter aka Laurie Hulme is back with another slice of folk pop, this time armed with a banjo and a story about his Grandfathers philosophy, communism and constitutional stance about Laurie changing his university course to politics.
The title is from the philosopher: Thomas Hobbe’s ‘Leviathan’ of which Laurie studied during his time at university. Hobbes says that ungoverned man would be constantly at war because of Competition, Diffidence and Glory. This is a comprehensible story about family life and how it can affect your studies, read into it as much as like.
Free download here.
BG072 // 10 Feb 2014
North Carolina’s The Sweets and PETEY return to Bleeding Gold for another split cassette release, this time featuring 2 new EPs – 9 tracks of slacker lo-fi goodness. Cassette comes in white with purple ink or translucent purple with white ink, double-sided full color jcards and digital download cards. Order here. Stream here.
Artwork by Jesse Treece
10 Bleeding Gold cover songs by other Bleeding Gold artists!!
Bleeding Gold will be slowing down for the remainder of the year. We are taking a break to reassess the current musical landscape, pay off some serious business debt and return to the fold at a later date with a new business plan that will be better for the artists, the label, and most importantly, the fans.
The download is FREE – but if there is anything you can give, know that the money will go into helping Bleeding Gold return like a phoenix!
Cheers!
Bleeding Gold Records is happy to share the news of the vinyl edition of BG050 – MOON JELLY – featuring 6 songs of electro-weirdo-pop from Orlando, Florida’s MOON JELLY. Available on Baby Blue edition (Edition 150) and Pink Splatter edition (Edition 100), both come with full color inner sleeve and jacket featuring artwork by Kimberly Vang. Watch the new video for B-side lead track Clooouds. iTunes here.
Free download of a new non-album track from Manchester’s Songs For Walter.
UPCOMING Songs For Walter GIGS:
August 25th – The Windmill, Brixton
August 31st – Video Jam (Whitworth park) and Eagle Inn (Salford)
Sept 7th – Maquire’s Pizza bar, Liverpool
Sept 8th – Canal Festival (1-2pm) Brownsfield Mill, Manchester
Spet 14th – Fest No.6
Sept 20th – Fuel , Withington, Manchester
Sept 21st – Salford Lads Club (8pm) and the Castle (10pm)
Sept 27th – Mac, Belfast
Oct 12th – Soup kitchen, Manchester
Nov 9th – The Star & Garter, Manchester
The Sweets – CHOW [Free download]
A brand new EP featuring 3 dreamy tracks from our friends THE SWEETS.
BG049 | Just Handshakes – Say It
The LPs have been delayed by a few weeks. You may still pre-order the grey vinyl and receive the full download now. LPs will ship as soon as they come in.
BG050 | Moon Jelly
Cassette available now and includes download of full EP. 12″ vinyl coming soon.
BG051 | Songs for Walter – Stamping on Snails [FREE DOWNLOAD]
SONGS FOR WALTER // FREE DOWNLOAD
Family sayings stick to the memory like glue. No matter how much you try to shake them for fear of turning into your parents, time-worn words of wisdom come flooding back should the right situation present itself. No stranger to this is Songs For Walter – to date each song has emerged as a musical narrative with family life at its heart, and new single Family Hold Back is no exception.
“’Family Hold Back’ was something Mum used to say,” recalls Songs For Walter alter-personality Laurie Hulme. “It was something her parents told her, then she told my brother and I at social occasions to stop us from gorging ourselves in front of others at buffets!”
On the surface it would seem that motherly advice has been taken. Lighter-than-air vocals reminiscent of Mercury Rev’s ethereal tones flow alongside an infectious ukulele melody and four to floor bass drum making it not only recall the stripped-back, traditional sound of Songs For Walter’s self-titled debut EP, but also the epitome of Englishness in its truest sense – amenable, considered, and always polite.
But don’t be fooled, for Songs For Walter has always been a master of trickery presenting everyday scenarios that represent far deeper lying issues – here a seemingly innocent party spread masquerades as a deliberately misleading yet astute commentary on social etiquette, over-indulgence and addiction.
“I’m just hoping i can find some kind of balance,” sings Hulme at the end of the song. Whatever that balance is, there’s no doubting that Family Hold Back is Songs For Walter at its most accomplished sounding yet.
His last singles ‘Tougher Than A Soldier’s Boots’ and ‘Moon / Two Out Of Ten’ gained multiple radio plays by Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq and Tom Ravenscroft. Having spent the last 8 months furiously bringing his last single and debut EP to life with numerous live performances around the country and relishing a work ethic just as strong, Songs For Walter’s Laurie Hulme has been a busy man.
Building a momentum to release a free single each month up until Summer 2013, in which a lovely piece of vinyl will be released documenting this amazing story of ‘Songs For Walter’.
‘Longlisted’ for the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2013
“Entirely beautiful” -NME
“Irresistibly tuneful gems that you’ll find yourself playing on repeat for days” -Under The Radar Magazine
Free download from our friends THE SWEETS. Hazy guitar jams from North Carolina.
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