Self described as “suicide pop”, their debut album “Oh Unhappy Bella” is the narrative of a boy and his sombre, twisted journey through love with a girl who never existed -- none of the dark bits removed. “Suicide pop isn’t a glorification of sadness or anything like that,” says Johnny Glass. “These things happen, we’ve all been through something horrible and this was our way of putting that into song through the vehicle of someone else’s story.” 

That story was Sidney’s (Kauffman): “I spent a whole summer doing menial work painting fences and out of that mind numbing abyss has come this whole project, the story, everything.” All the work has been done in the shadow of their redbrick dwelling in a little outbuilding they’ve recreated as an amateur studio. “It’s all we ever wanted, just a little room to play about in and make some tunes,” says Tommy Cowley. “Only this time we had a story and a concept”. 

Utilising the DIY ideals laid down by the punk generation before them, RA! have made a point of making this project an entirely self-made operation. Everything from producing, to mastering, to graphics has all been the work of a select coterie of friends and co-conspirators. And now they’re ready to share this less-than-gleeful project with the world, in the hope that - ironically - it might just put some smiles on people’s faces.

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Instrumental music and songs of varying genres.

'Tether' is the debut EP by Big Fin, the principle musical vehicle for Matthew Reynolds. An incredibly prolific songwriter (rumoured to have written over 250 songs), the songs that make up 'Tether' have been taken from a wealth of material recorded in 2012 after years working behind the scenes as a guitar teacher, producer and guitar tech.

Rough demos of this material were circulated amongst friends and after much encouragement, Reynolds set about fervently recording songs and performing as much as possible, both solo and with a band of talented friends helping to bring his honest, fierce and poignant songs to life. 

Recorded mostly at home (a piano or drum kit won't fit in his flat), the recording of 'Tether' was aided by Neil Kennedy at The Ranch Production House and mixed and mastered by Peter Miles at Holne Bridge Studios.

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