"I Should've Stayed Home" out March 20, 2021

Music and lyrics by Lindsay Baffo

Vox/guitar- Lindsay Baffo
Bass- Gus Puga
Drums- Tib Van Dyke Jr.
Guitar- Carlos Marroquin

Music and Lyrics by Lindsay Baffo

Tracks 1-8 recorded, mixed and mastered by Danny Balistocky at Rev 9 Recording in Hollywood, CA

Track 9 recorded, mixed and mastered by Michael Keehan at Downtown Rehearsal in Los Angeles, CA

Artwork by Simone Arasimowicz

What's The Craic?

Taken from the new album 'Minimum Rock N Roll' by Chain and the Gang - due out on Fortuna POP! on 14 April.

Chain and the Gang are led by the hugely charasmatic Ian Svenonius, the prime mover of two of the most essential bands of our time Nation Of Ulysses and The Make-Up. They deal in deal in a new genre called CRIME ROCK that updates rock n roll, blues, and gospel music or vocal quartets from the late 50s /early 60s for the discerning few. Minimum Rock N Roll is minimal and ferocious, lean and mean. This record is a kind of aural austerity with barely any words, hardly any beats, fewer notes - its just EXACTLY ENOUGH.

Chain & the Gang bring their dynamic live show to Europe in May and June...

21.05_Prague, Pilot Klub
22.05_Trier, Exhaus
23.05_METZ, TRINITAIRES
24.05_TOURS, TEMPS MACHINE
27.05_Liverpool, The Kazimier
28.05_Glagow, Broadcast
29.05_Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
30.05_London, Tufnell Park Dome
31.05_Antwerp, New Scheld'apen 
03.06_Bordeaux, Festival Relâche
04.06_San Sebastian, Ayo Silver!
05.06_Madrid, Charada
06.06_Puerto de Santa María - Escena Rock
07.06_Granada, Planta Baja
10.06_Ravenna, Hana Bi
13.06_Brescia, Lio Bar
15.06_Munich, Kafe Kult
16.06_Wurzburg, Cairo
18.06_Berlin, Privatclub
19.06_Hambourg, Uebel & Gefährlich
20.06_Aalborg_1000fryd
25.06_Helsinki, Kuudes Linja


Chain and the Gang - Devitalize

Buy ltd edition screenprinted comic with 3 track download: 
http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/546802?preview=true

Following last year's double-sell out run of introductory EP 'Honey, Milk and Blood', we're delighted to welcome the return of Shunkan. 

'Our Names' is the first material to emerge with her newly assembled full-band ethic, but the accessible intimacy that shone through on Marina Sakimoto's previous melodies are less than far removed. Blasting through the 2 minute mark by the skin of it's teeth, 'Our Names' is a toe tapping taster of greater things to come.

We've commissioned our illustrator pals Hats & Milk to put together a comic based on 'Our Names' and are releasing it as a super ltd screenprinted A6 comic, courtesy of our buddies at Broadside. The single is due out on April 13th, but you can download it right now for free. 

If you buy the comic you will also receive a download code for 2 demo tracks from Shunkan's debut album, due out later this year. 

Shunkan - Our Names

drive away a different day

Soft Blue Shimmer's debut album Nothing Happens Here out June 28th, 2019 on Disposable America.

Pre-order the album on digital and cassette @ https://disposableamerica.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-happens-here

Soft Blue Shimmer "Happier Than Mitsuru"

#SCFIRST

'Swear Jar' is the first single from our forthcoming EP 'Zero' out Friday 25 October via Dot Dash / Remote Control

'Swear Jar' is an optimistic tune about the dumb stuff we fight about in the heat of the moment, and having the patience to find out what the other person really means without judging them on the language they used initially, on the premise that hindsight is the mother of foresight.

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Lyrics:

it helps to swear if you're hurt,
to scream, and kick, and curse
damning the hypocrites and liars
for what they call friendly fire
when it seemes no suture can make it better
just remember...
it helps to swear if you're hurt

even when you've done nothing wrong
the resentment is just as strong
don't punish yourself for painting fiction
for there's more to be seen in a narrowing vision

if you swear I can tell something's beating you down
we'll dig you out from your underground
it's less like a light switch and more like a dimmer
while the anger is fading, the room will get brighter
same with your language, I understand
there's a spectrum between words like fuck and damn
there's a spectrum between words like fuck and damn
there's a spectrum between words like fuck and damn
so remember...
it helps to swear if you're hurt

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