PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - 'THE WAR ROOM'

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• TCRV002 - 12"

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• TCRCD002 - CD

  3610150825407

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Granted unique access to propaganda films from WWII-era Britain by the BFI and setting them to new music, Public Service Broadcasting unveil 'The War Room'. Expect breathtaking visuals, brooding synths and pounding drums as J. Willgoose, Esq and his drumming companion Wrigglesworth teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future. The first single from the mini album, Spitfire, received rave reviews and became a permanent fixture on BBC 6Music over May & June. It won the public vote for the Rebel Playlist before spending 5 weeks on the main daytime playlist, as well as being awarded Artrocker's Single of the Month. The second single 'London Can Take It' is unveiled this August. The title, visuals & samples for the Blitz-based banjo belter come from a film of the same name, filed by American correspondent Quentin Reynolds. The film was shown to audiences in the USA in order to shore up support for Britain and its allies. As the eye of the world is trained on London for the 2012 Olympic Games, this track reminds us of a time when the public had to endure more trying times than Olympic traffic lanes and a disrupted commute. The War Room is dedicated to J. Willgoose, Esq.'s great-uncle, George Willgoose, who died at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940 aged 26. The War Room mini album was initially released on 28th May 2012 on Test Card Recordings as a limited edition run of 500 vinyl which sold out within 2 weeks via the band's website. London Can Take It will be released on 13th August 2012 along with a full re-release of the The War Room mini album on CD and vinyl.

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Extensive support from BBC 6Music. Music Week: ?This duo are bringing the past up to date whilst sounding like they belong in 2012?

Artrocker: ?Genuinely original, innovating and amazing? ? Spitfire Single of the Month May 2012

Mark Radcliffe, BBC 6Music: ?A monumental slab of tuneage?

Chris Hawkins, BBC 6Music: ?One of the releases of the year?

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WOODS - 'CALI IN A CUP'

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• WOODSIST061 - 7"

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First single from the upcoming Woods album "Bend Beyond", amazing song, 7" limited to 1000 copies, exclusive b-side is "Give Your Light Off". The track can be heard on a bunch of music sites / streaming, the album will be one of our MAJOR releases for 2012!!

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http://pitchfork.com/features/update/8875-woods/

read that to start with.....

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BABIES - 'MOONLIGHT MILE / PLACES'

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• WOODSIST063 - 7"

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The Babies are now signed to Woodsist, a new album is due in the autumn (think October!) heres a limited 7" release with one track from the forthcoming album (Moonlight Mile) and a track exclusive to this 7" (Places) 1000 copies only. Woodsist presents a pair of singles in anticipation of two upcoming full-length releases due out this Fall: Woods' Bend Beyond and The Babies' Our House on the Hill. Both 7-inches feature non-album B-sides and are limited to 1,000 copies each. ? First singles off two upcoming fulllength albums due this Fall ? Exclusive B-sides ? Limited to 1,000 copies each

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THE DEAD C - 'HARSH 70S REALITY'

Formats

• SB1112 - 2xLPs

  655030011214

Details

Originally seeing the light of day in April of 1992, Harsh 70s Reality was not just a high water mark for that year, but for the ages. Technically this was the band's fourth long-play outing, and as a double-album, it followed (and was ever so slightly informed by) two formidable juggernauts that preceeded it: Twin Infinitives and Lake. But it was Harsh 70s Reality that left the decade stronger and more resonant than it came in. People say that rock music died with the passing of Kurt Cobain. But The Dead C slaughtered it in its sleep with this tremendous set of grinding thud. It is in every sense the ultimate post-rock album. To hear it is to understand why one scribe back in the day referred to their sound as "a garbage truck backing over the abyss." A legendary release from a legendary band on a legendary label. 20th anniversary edition of 1000, this time with proper gatefold sleeve! Restored to the full length of the original vinyl release (no omitted tracks as on the CD)? Fully remastered for optimal volume levels on all tracks-no editing, compression, equalization or normalization; just removal of random, transient, high-level clicks ? Includes digital download card

Tracks

1. Driver U.F.O.
2. Sky
3. Love
4. Suffer Bomb Damage
5. Sea Is Violet
6. Shark
7. Constellation
8. T. Is Never Over I & II
9. Baseheart
10. Hope

Press

althought theres a huge glut of "seminal" reissues around, this one really does stand up to that claim!!

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THE MAX BLOCK - 'AIR ACHE IN THE BELLY OF THE LEECH'

Formats

• SB148 - LP

  655030114816

Details

For the majority of newbie Flying Nun collectors, The Max Block's eponymous (and only) 12-inch release is more myth than fact. Few seemed to have been pressed, and even fewer were available in the brief window of time (mid-'80s) when it was "around." Unknown until very recently was that a second EP had been recorded and slated for release by Flying Nun but never realized. Air Ache in the Belly of the Leech is a compendium of both, and thus the complete recorded works of The Max Block. You're welcome. Some background: The Max Block is where Maryrose (n?e Wilkinson) and Brian Crook-now the power couple behind The Renderers-joined forces for the first time. Maryrose was coming out of Above Ground, and Brian out of Scorched Earth Policy. With the enlisted talents of Rebecca Shanahan and Robbie Stowell, The Max Block pushed different boundaries than other active Christchurch bands at the time; they came out slinging a brain-splattering goo of art-spaced, Pere-Ubuseared cerebellum, and frenetic, Mars-fried medula oblongata. Such tantalizing aromas! Pardon me, gar?on, but make mine deux. Bottom line, Siltbreeze is proud to make available this remarkable and awesome collection, much of it seeing the light of day for the first time ever. Edition of 500. Complete works of '86-88 New Zealand band, either long deleted or completely unreleased ? includes digital download coupon

Tracks

1. Burn David Burn
2. Came in a Can
3. Black Fish
4. Sonic Blur
5. Incubator
6. Psychic Discharge
7. Shaking With Mother
8. Johnny Mnemonic
9. Leprosies Leftovers
10. The Young Mussolini
11. The Oldest Lies (Live)
12. The 13th Woman / Different Air (Live)
13. (What I?ve Heard of) Wyoming
14. Dark Continent
15. Establish an Order

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