My Name Is Ian - Where Is The Time

It’s been 10 years since Little Arrow emerged with their debut album, ‘Music, Masks & Poems’ way back in 2011. In marking this monumental milestone, we also celebrate the life and music of frontman, William Hughes, who we sadly lost to cancer in December 2018. 

Available for the first time on vinyl, and accompanied by a raft of bonus digital tracks, ‘Music, Masks & Poems’ completes the collection of existing fans, but also acts as the perfect introduction to a stellar, much-missed songwriting talent.

Little Arrow - People Of The Volcano (Live Greenman Session, 18/08/2014)

The Gentle Good - 06. Meddyliau Distaw'r Nos

The Gentle Good - 07. Yfed Gyda'r Lleuad

Quiet Marauder - MEN - Volume 1 - Man

Quiet Marauder - MEN - Volume 1 - The Internal Monologue Date (feat. John Mouse)

Quiet Marauder - MEN - Volume 2 - Eggs!

Ivan Moult - I Know I'll Never Be Born Again

Datganiadau

Books

Bingo

Success

Bach A Dwl

Cockapoo

Offended

Ceredigion

HMS Morris - Balls

HMS Morris - House

Ivan Moult's Debut Album 'Second Guessing' Out 9th September, 2014

Ivan Moult - Lazy Day

Over the last five years, the band have accumulated more EPs and albums than most bands achieve in several lifetimes, blurring garage rock, lo-fi, anti-folk, prog, psych and pop into one almost indefinable expanse. More than any of these previous releases, In The Best Case… incorporates the songwriting input of James Buzzanca (bass) and Joe Coleby (drums) resulting in epic, tight, bass-rich sonics akin to Mystery Jets, The Wave Pictures, Herman Dune and Arcade Fire. On top of these sit the abstract, everyday lyricism of frontman Reginald Foxwell charting topics ranging from the relative speed of slugs to death to love to the end of the world.

MY NAME IS IAN - In The Best Case Scenario We'd Die At The Same Time

Little My - It Was Christmas When I Fell Apart

This is the first single off Mandy's 'Universe'.

MANDY is the the moniker of Mel and Andy Fung. Their album ‘Universe’,  was written and recorded in the lead up to Mel’s passing from cancer in October 2014, it marks her final profound and beautiful musical statement.

Both MANDY’s members pedigree in the Welsh music scene is well-established, performing with the likes of Derrero, Richard James, Pink Assassin, The MeMeMe’s, No Thee No Ess and many, many more. ‘Universe’ marks a departure both from these previous projects, as well as MANDY’s anarchic approach to music-making itself, demonstrating even greater maturity and songwriting depth. More than this, the album is testament to its creator’s restless creativity. Mel’s close friend, Mared Lenny, says it better than we could:

“The beautiful thing about music making is that it transcends mortality. It outlives us. And for someone with such a distinctive voice and spirit it’s comforting to know she’ll be on record for all time, forever immortal through her incredible creativity”

Mandy - Angela

Bubblewrap Collective are proud to announce the forthcoming release of ‘Universe’ by MANDY, the moniker of Mel and Andy Fung. Written and recorded in the lead up to Mel’s passing from cancer in October 2014, it marks her final profound and beautiful musical statement. 

Both MANDY’s members pedigree in the Welsh music scene is well-established, performing with the likes of Derrero, Richard James, Pink Assassin, The MeMeMe’s, No Thee No Ess and many, many more. ‘Universe’ marks a departure both from these previous projects, as well as MANDY’s anarchic approach to music-making itself, demonstrating even greater maturity and songwriting depth. More than this, the album is testament to its creator’s restless creativity. Mel’s close friend, Mared Lenny, says it better than we could:

“The beautiful thing about music making is that it transcends mortality. It outlives us. And for someone with such a distinctive voice and spirit it's comforting to know she'll be on record for all time, forever immortal through her incredible creativity”

MANDY - For Now

Rhodri Brooks - Saw You In The Winter

My Name is Ian and Quiet Marauder cover Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures 'Orange Juice'

My Name is Ian & Quiet Marauder - Orange Juice (Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures)

Following on from tracks featuring The Gentle Good​ and Maddie Jones - Band​, the next in our staggered monthly reveal of Charlie Francis​' Songs For Singers album will be 'Touch These Hands'. The track features the naturally emotive tones of Bubblewrap's own Ivan Moult​, lending his thoughtful delivery to the lyrical concerns of homelessness, dislocation and social empathy.

Charlie Francis - Touch These Hands (feat. Ivan Moult)

Perfect Body formed in Cardiff, early 2017, inspired by the sonic experimentation of bands like My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Their earliest performances took place in Cardiff’s underground, often in practice spaces and house parties: So, by the time Perfect Body emerged on the music scene, they had already sculpted a distinctive sonic identity. The attention gained from their first single, ‘Getting Cold’, saw them supporting the likes of Jen Cloher, Slowcoaches, and The Wytches.

Perfect Body’s sound is characterized by it’s noisy, psychedelic guitar playing; icy, ethereal synthesizers; and a muscular, yet dynamic rhythm section. Their three vocalists, each with their own style and identities, ensure that Perfect Body’s performances are varied and engaging. Perfect Body is a wall of noise, hazing over and obscuring what is, at it’s core, pop-oriented songwriting.

Perfect Body - Fields

Despite being only 19, Zac White has been playing on Cardiff’s live music scene for over five years. Alongside his early days performing with FUR and part of Lily and White, Zac has been honing his own sound based on influences such as Wilco, Loose Fur, Sonic Youth and Broadcast.

His 90s/00s off-kilter indie sound has grown from minimal arrangements with drummer Ethan Hurst into a rollicking, reverb-drenched, garage-psych experience. For his live shows and upcoming EP, accompaniment comes from Tom and Ed Rees of Buzzard, with whom Zac also plays.

Zac White - Spent On You

ost-Rock duo Right Hand Left Hand are back with a brand new album. Following on from their self-titled, Welsh Music Prize nominated second album, their third offering, ‘Zone Rouge’, tells the story of humanity's contempt for the earth beneath us, the air above us and the people around us. 

Our fractured planet lays the groundwork for the 11 new tracks. Each referring to a location on Earth where something bad has happened: An act of corruption against the planet, an act of evil against fellow humans and occasionally both. 

Recorded and produced by Charlie Francis (Future of the Left, REM, Robyn Hitchcock) at Cardiff’s Musicbox Studios, Andrew Plain (drums/guitars) and Rhodri Viney (guitars/ vocals/drums) continue to build and develop their trademark sound: looped and layered guitars and driving powerful drums that are intercut with atmospheric ambience. Tracks Prora and Chacabuco feature vocal performances; the former from Rhodri himself, and the latter from former Estrons front-woman, Taliesyn Kallstrom.

The album will be released on 15th November, 2019. It will be available digitally, on CD, and on limited edition double clear vinyl.

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Right Hand Left Hand - Chacabuco (feat Taliesyn Kallstrom)

Quiet Marauder enter the Covid-19 cultural content wars with their latest single, Eggs!, out on 17th June 2020. A long-time live favourite initially hatched on their 2013 record-baiting debut album, MEN, this re-imagined version turns the dial up to the figurative '11', maybe even higher. Eggs! captures QM in the midst of one of their bass-heavy, drum-smash performances from times when we could all stand close to one another in the same room. Featuring the full Cardiff live band, Eggs! will be familiar to anyone who has captured QM in their full pomp over the last few years. Lyrically concerned (almost exclusively) with the origin and nature of eggs, the song's protagonist is a man slowly loosening their grip on reality through an unhealthily deep and logically irrational obsession.

Eggs! forms part of Quiet Marauder's forthcoming release, Tiny Men Parts; a collection of 9 tracks upgrading a small fraction of their massive, 111-song deconstruction of toxic masculinity, MEN. Gone is the skittish charm of the lo-fi bedroom bangers. Entering instead are the full-on living room floor fillers . Engineered by Tom Rees (Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard) at Rat Trap Studios, Cardiff, Tiny Men Parts will be in the Autumn before another subsequent full album, The Gift, scheduled for later in the winter.

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