Liverpool Calling 2015

A collection of songs by bands and artists who are impressing us at the moment

Who's on Our Radar

LOCAL

Synth & Dream Pop/Shoegaze/Post & Indie Rock/Dreamwave  Vol.1

TRASH - BROCHURES
From the Pretty Swish EP
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BLAIR DUNLOP - THE STATION
Taken from the album 'House of Jacks'
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SECATEURS - TEMP
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LUKE DE-SCISCIO - ALWAYS
Taken from the 'Rust' EP
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ELEPHANT TREE - ATTACK OF THE ALTAICA
Taken from the album 'Theia'
www.elephanttreeband.bandcamp.com
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Alpha Duplication Showcase - October '14

Factotum the 3rd

secatuer

A selection of what we have happening in the coming months

The Stag & Hounds - Upcoming Shows

Pale Angels - Awful Son

Pale Angels - Bed Bugs

Creeps - Walls

New song taken from my EP Distant Reality!

You can download it here: http://shirobon.bandcamp.com/album/distant-reality

Enjoy! :-)


LYRICS:

It's the right time (to rise up to the top)
Prime time (cause we can't get enough)
And fight for (this city that we made)
To take back (the power that you crave)

Regain Control

It's the right time (to rise up to the top)
Prime time (cause we can't get enough)
And fight for (this city that we made)
To take back (the power that you crave)

Can't get enough
Of your love
But to save you now, i gotta give it up

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Regain Control

Recorded at Motor Museum Studios, Liverpool

Released 01 February 2014 
Engineered, produced and mixed by Al Groves 
Mastered by Peter Miles 

All lyrics by Jay Ratcliffe 
All music by Secateurs

She Lost Her Mind

Debut single from Standby's debut EP, 'The EPidemic' out Monday 20th January 2014 on Itunes, Spotify and Amazon.

Flamenco

Our version of the John Martyn classic from his 1980 LP 'Grace & Danger'... X

Sweet Little Mystery

First song taken from debut album 'pilot', out on 14 April through Dog Knights Productions.

http://dogknightsproductions.bigcartel.com/product/dk053-playlounge-pilot-12-lp-pink-w-silver-glitter-150-blue-pink-mix-350

 xo

this is not about subtext
nothing matters more than tv show and '..capitals'
like i'd never hurt before
we'd come out swinging and sore 

stop it. repeat it. forever. still need it. homesick. you wanna? learning california. i couldn't remember was i stealing seconds? come on.

i need something to chew on
a little change is good 

can you see it?

if we could just get obsessed
i think i might go blind starting all these fires

zero

Taken from debut album 'pilot' out through Dog Knights Productions on 14 April

http://www.dogknightsproductions.bigcartel.com/product/dk053-playlounge-pilot-12-lp-pink-w-silver-glitter-150-blue-pink-mix-350

we'd play american

weightless we'd sleep sprawled across this town
i stepped up surely to an impossible doubt
i wish i knew that voice a little better
i wish i knew that voice

driving doe eyed a million miles far
bend me. bend me,
roads wider than the sea oh.. the sea
can you feel it caving in?
get up. get out. go.

waves and waves and waves

Recorded by Patrik Stacke, Tuff Studio 
Mixed by Patrik Stacke, Tuff Studio. 
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe, Maniac Mansion.

Zitch Dog

Broods - Bridges (Little Daylight Remix)

This is the second track from our debut EP 'Pretty Swish', which is to be released physically and digitally August 2014. Produced by James Hill @ Steel City Studio. Enjoy x

Pre-order 'Pretty Swish' NOW >>>> http://trashjunk.bigcartel.com/




LYRICS:

Just how I planned 
I'm getting out of here
Roll out a map
I'm getting as far away as I can

You should come too
This city ain't built for me and you 
We'll never look back
And where we go is down to you

Darling I'm done waiting around 
I just wanna lift off with you now
We can get real high if you want to
I'll never get too tired of knowing you

Baby it's now or never 
I'd like it if we left together 
Cause I can't run this world alone
Look into my eyes and say it -
"The opportunity's here let's take it 
And then we'll run this world alone"

In the brochures, we'll look in the brochures



Brochures

Sounds of Sputnik “New Born” [Ear to Ear Records] 
RIYL: Lush, Curve, M83, Hammock, No Joy, Twilight Sad
CD/ Digital PRE-ORDER: http://soundsofsputnik.bandcamp.com

New Born, the debut album from Moscow’s Sounds of Sputnik, is a kaleidoscope of reverb-soaked guitar, calculated drums, thick bass, and angular guitars intertwined with ethereal vocals. This is extraordinary noise-pop, with layered harmonies, interlacing synth and distorted guitars. Sounds of Sputnik paired up with Canadian-Ukrainian duo Ummagma to co-write, produce, and record this album, to be released on UK label Ear to Ear Records. Ummagma’s Shauna McLarnon and Alexx Kretov both contribute mesmerizing vocals.

This project leans heavily on a shared love of melodic dream pop, post-rock and shoegaze with each member bringing their own influences: aspects of Lush, Curve, My Bloody Valentine and No Joy cleverly blend with Hammock, Jesus & Mary Chain and The Twilight Sad to create remarkable “dream noise”.

Rewind about 12 years ago. Roman, Shauna and Alexx were collaborating a bit until Shauna and Alexx left Russia. After losing contact for an entire decade, the three finally reunited last year and quickly beginning to work on new material.

New Born features drummer Graham Bonnar (Swervedriver/ Brian Jonestown Massacre) on ‘Overdrive’, and remixes by Malcolm Holmes (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), psych rock producer Fran Ashcroft (Damon Albarn), Russian producers Morozov and Oleg Mezherovsky, and Brazil’s Mind Movies. British producer Marc Joy (Mike Peters, Golden Fable, Primal Scream, Bernard Butler) provided mastering support.

Both bands have been steadily developing a strong international following, partly due to their impeccable ability to blend genres. "In an orbit of their own, they are gathering followers like stardust" (Nerdy Frames).

About Sounds of Sputnik:
Moscow-based Sounds of Sputnik is Roma Kalitkin, whose signature sound mixes post-rock, shoegaze and dream pop with a slight kickback to noise pop. Originally from Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, he draws inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, Sonic Youth, Happy Mondays, and Slowdive. Dubbing himself a "white crow", the music he makes has always gone against trends within Russia, both now as a solo artist and for the 20-odd years he played in various post-punk and shoegaze bands prior to that.

About Ummagma:
Ummagma began in Moscow in 2003, but finally released two LPs (Ummagma & Antigravity) in 2012. They recently released the single Rotation and Lama LP on Emerald & Doreen Recordings. Ummagma has had a full-page feature in Rolling Stone Russia, has won Alternative Eurovision competitions for 2 years in a row (Amazing Radio & Pure 107.8 FM), and received 2 awards at the 2013 Australian Independent Music Video Awards. Ummagma also caught the attention of Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) and Malcolm Holmes (OMD), who have remixed tracks for fall 2014 release.

Label:
Ear to Ear Records was founded in the UK in 2013. Specializing in dream pop, shoegaze, and indie rock, the label originally began with local bands from Wales, such as Lights That Change and Indigo Sky. It soon grew to also include several bands from Europe/ North America, such as Ummagma and Sounds of Sputnik. This month, Ear to Ear also released a mini-EP by Lights That Change.

New Born Feat. Ummagma

Duchess

DESTROY

Count Your Fingers

American Gods

Recorded at Thistledown Recordings, Wrexham

Released 11 September 2014 
Engineered and mixed by Joshua Davies 
Mastered by Hafod Mastering

All lyrics by Jay Ratcliffe 
All music by Secateurs

TEMP

A wee bit of rock'n'roll fun off our debut album/demo 'Iain Hunter's Chip Shop Riot'.

I Wanna Be Happy

Antidote

Lightning Lullaby released on iTunes back in 2013 now available to stream on soundcloud. Part of 'The Epidemic' EP released in January 2013.

Lightning Lullaby

Can't Take My Soul

Study Of The Lifeless - Slowly Looking Through Me

An honest and heartfelt song written with a stripped down sound to create a organic sounding folk rock song by Tony Steele and The Massacre, 

Starting from Scratch

Freeweights - Nothing To Burn, released on November 30th, 2015
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/fwntbspotify
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/fwntbitunes
YouTube: http://smarturl.it/fwntbyoutube

Song & lyrics by Markus Pirilä
Music produced, recorded and mixed by Kane Kaspar Heinonen
Mastered by Matias Ahonen at http://audiamond.fi

Guest musician:
Mikko Aaltio - saxophone

Cover photo & design: Jouni Jones Lehtonen

Contact: freeweightsband@gmail.com
Booking & shows: Marko Nikula / Alt Agency /// marko@altagency.fi

http://freeweightsband.com
http://facebook.com/freeweightsband
http://twitter.com/freeweightsband

Nothing To Burn

A tale of the times.... When you have to get home but you have to get past the local scally wags!

Hey Mr - DEMO

Different Creatures

Fire That Burns

Stone Across My Cave

TEMP CD single out NOW.
BUY - www.secateurs.bandcamp.com
WATCH - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qs9sg4dP9o

"They sound like The Stooges in a DeLorean."
Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales

"Distinctive, edgy and simply unforgettable music. It’s creepy, it’s murky; but most of all its prolifically electrifying."
Ella Scott, gigslutz.co.uk

"An incredible band to watch live. See them, love them!"
Dan Read, thecoremusic.tumblr.com 