Net label specialising in compilations of the wyrd and wonderful. Indie folk. acid country, European chansons, psych rock, electronica, experimental and beyond.

"Music at a remarkable level of quality between creative folk, gentle droning, ambient soundscapes, prog approaches, chansons and a number of places where approaches of this kind skillfully overlap," (African Paper)

Header artwork: Leigh Chalker

Member of Coco Poco Loco,
GILLETTE https://on.soundcloud.com/2srP4qhfqWBTv3dA7
& The Deepend

Ben Mellonie has played guitar in a variety of bands in Melbourne, Australia.

He sometimes writes about himself in the third person.

He writes the odd tune and occasionally takes them out live.

Cold Irons Bound is a Melbourne four-piece who recall the best distorted twang of the past 50 years. Think a mix of Americana (Tom Petty, Black Crowes, The Allman Brothers Band) and classic indie rock (The Replacements, Teenage Fanclub).

Their two albums to date are full of three-part harmonies, twin guitar leads, and tunes that quickly start to follow you around.

Although antipodean to their bootstraps, their tales of broken suburban dreams share a haunted sensibility with those made infamous by acts from the American Midwest and northern UK.

But it ain't all death 'n' taxes.

Cold Irons Bound’s songs are also about wrapping your arms around a friend you haven't seen in way too long.

They’re about getting older, getting over it, and never forgetting why you fell in love with rock'n'roll in the first place.

Playing guitar, singing, writing and recording songs. Guitarist of Icecream Hands and Buff Uncle.

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