An independent record label based in Austin, TX.

lost pop. cheap drinks. broken dreams

founder at facebook.com/morelettersrecords
radio www.gingeraleonair.tumblr.com
also www.waybackyard.tumblr.com
formerly La Belle Epop music blog

Scordato EP with Maria Chiara Argirò out now, listen: ffm.to/scordato

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Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C86, early Creation, Postcard, K, Bus Stop, lower East Side noise, and also the renegade art aesthetics & methods of people like Cage, Burroughs and Duchamp. The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of 'zines, labels and distributors and we felt that there was room for our noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. While there were loads of US indie labels releasing a steady stream of 7"s, there wasn't much pop going on. Notable exceptions included Bus Stop, K and Picture Book, and we hoped to join that group and help chisel out some space for melodies amongst the noise.

Early releases from Velocity Girl, Whorl and Black Tambourine struck a note, and we found like-minded popsters getting in touch from all over the world. As we expanded the label roster and our own horizons, the goal was always to share great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. Our first burst of activity through the 1990s and early 2000s brought seminal records by legendary bands like Stereolab, Rocketship, The Ropers, Lorelei, The Aislers Set, Hood and Boyracer.

By the mid 2000s we were seeing a resurgence of interest in guitar pop and the start of the ongoing vinyl revival: the perfect environment for Slumberland! We launched into our latest phase of activity with as string of classic releases from The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose, Veronica Falls, Allo Darlin', Joanna Gruesome and so many more.

2025 is our thirty-sixth (!) year we are still at it, ploughing our own furrow and bringing you unique, genre-defining (and genre-defying!) releases from bands like The Laughing Chimes, Humdrum, The Cords, Autocamper, Jeanines, The Umbrellas, Neutrals, Artsick, Kids On A Crime Spree, Papercuts, Lightheaded, Tony Jay, Chime School, Lunchbox and many, many more. Indie fashions come and go but we're still thrilled by great songs and the new ways that pop can be rejuvenated to fit the times.

Alek Hidell is Dario Licciardi's new project. The sardinian producer and musician now based in Milan made his debut with the duo Everybody Tesla's ep in 2010 (first for On2Sides and then re printed by Trovarobato), a project between playful electronic music and experimentation, pop melodies and darker psychedelia. At the end of this experience he committed to his solo project, going deeper into his passion for analogic instruments, psychedelia and the 70's prog sounds. The outcome can be described as something between electronic, afrobeat, psychedelic and noise music. He produces the tracks using an SP404, a space echo and analog synths. Dinghy, out for Bad Panda Records, is the first single of the upcoming album.

Indie pop/Psych/Folk band based in Puglia/South/Italy

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