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Field Mouse's "Hold Still Life" available everywhere on CD, vinyl and digitally July 22, 2014 through Topshelf Records.

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A Place You Return To In A Dream

Two Ships

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Field Mouse - "Two Ships"

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iTunes - http://smarturl.it/AUTOBAHN.EP2&#13;
12" - http://toughloverecords.bigcartel.com/product/tlv073-autobahn-autobahn-2-ep-pre-order&#13;
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Leeds-based five-piece AUTOBAHN follow last year’s sold out debut EP, 1., with a second 3-track 12”, out 7th July. 2. channels the same aggressive post-punk of their debut, but feels sharper, more focused in its intent. And it’s hardly surprising – the first EP was a document of the band’s first three songs. Time has afforded the chance to hone the creative process with an almost military precision: cut the excess; find the point; hammer it home.&#13;
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If that approach recalls the crack-the-whip intensity of early Greg Ginn-led Black Flag rehearsals (legend states that Ginn would have the band practice 8 hours a day, 6 days a week), then it’s fitting of the conditions in which the music was conceived. AUTOBAHN’s practice room also plays host to Leeds’ DIY hardcore/punk venue, and elements of that lifestyle have filtered into these new songs, in spirit if not aesthetic. Indeed, AUTOBAHN should not be mistaken for a hardcore band and its associated dogma. There’s too great a range of influences at play – current listening includes Chron Gen, Tubeway Army and Rowland S. Howard. This breadth of influence has informed the band from conception, but it’s never been as manifest as on 2. You can hear it on the krautrock-inspired EP closer, ‘Ulcer’, with its metronomic intensity and subtle-but-persistent synth line, and in the myriad of guitar lines that close ‘Pale Skin’. A nod must also be made here to producer Matt Peel, who the band credits for pushing their songwriting in new directions.&#13;
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A more tangible influence stems from AUTOBAHN’s frequent touring, particularly the gigs shared with label mates Girls Names and fellow Loiners, Eagulls. In fact, ‘Unhinged’ was written on the guitar of Eagulls’ member, Mark Goldworthy. You can take that shared resource as illustrative of a general psychic bond between the bands that speaks of an imagined community. Despite the generally dark thematic concerns of the music, there’s an implicit sense of hope, as AUTOBAHN’s singer, Craig, attests:&#13;
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“Ulcer is an appropriate gateway to the album we’re writing - the chorus is quite twisted ('Full breath as life just decays, cut deep, no worth, not this way') - but every time I hear that outro, it always fills me with real optimism and lifts me. The song is about death anxiety, which I don't have anymore at all.“&#13;
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Thu 22nd May @ The 100 Club, London w/White Lung&#13;
Fri 23rd May @ The Duchess, York w/Chameleons Vox&#13;
Sun 25th May @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds w/Chameleons Vox&#13;
Mon 26th May @ Fruit, Hull w/Chameleons Vox&#13;
Fri 20th Jun @ The Camden Crawl 2014 (Proud), London&#13;
Sat 21st Jun @ The Camden Crawl 2014 (Lock Tavern), London&#13;
<b>Thu 10th Jul @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds - EP launch show&#13;
Fri 11th Jul @ The Victoria, London - EP launch show</b>&#13;
Sat 12th Jul @ The Hope, Brighton&#13;
Sat 26th Jul @ Tramlines (The Harley), Sheffield&#13;
Sat 9th Aug @ Beacons Festival, Skipton&#13;
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Further info from Leah Wilson at In House Press&#13;
Leah@inhousepress.com / 01211313131145&#13;
http://www.autobahnmusik.co.uk

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Pool - What It Is

Taken from the forthcoming Flexizine (7" flexidisc record and 20 page zine) Fifths, to be released 28th July 2014. Pre order now: http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/529271-the-death-of-pop-fifths-flexizine-ep

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Following on from how much we enjoyed putting out the recent Fear of Men release, we have decided to make the flexizine (a 7” flexidisc record accompanied by a 20 page zine) a quarterly fixture. With no further ado, it gives us great pleasure to introduce issue 2. The new EP from Bournemouth based 5 piece The Death of Pop. 

Made up of three brothers and two cousins, The Death of Pop produce the sort of well-polished sound you’d expect from a tight knit family unit. We have long admired their jangley shoegaze from afar, but it was only when they sent us a lovely cassette demo did we finally make acquaintance. Opening track ‘Whenever’ picks up where excellent previous single ‘Sun in my Eyes’ left off. Dueling guitars, blissful summery melodies and a magic carpet ride of fuzz and distortion.

The EP’s further four tracks are testament to The Death of Pop’s ability to consistently craft jangle pop masterpieces that engulf you in a glowing warmth, which is basically the mark of any good shoegaze band. If it doesn’t feel like turning them up really loud would defrost a bag of peas from 50 yards, they’re probably not doing it right.

As previously mentioned, the EP is set to be released on a lovely blue transparent 7” flexidisc accompanied by a 20 page magazine. The flexidisc will feature the sub-6-minute drones of track 2 Mirage and a download code for the full EP will be included with the magazine. We have elected to release music in this format as we were getting a bit frustrated with the standard 7” release and realised we could be giving you a bit more for your money. 

The release is ltd to 250 copies and set to be released on the 28th July. You can pre-order your copy from our shop right now.

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