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Jackie O Motherfucker
Flags Of The Sacred Harp
Part of the "Fire Embers" re-issue series on CD/LP>> more details
Spacemen 3
Sound Of Confusion
Spacemen 3s debut album "Sound Of Confusion", released in 1986, was a blistering affair - establishing their love of the two-chord song and also expressing their admiration for the likes of MC5, The 13th Floor Elevators and The Stooges. Sound of Confusion was 7 tracks of overdriven assault, with a strange bleakness and despair creeping through the hypnotic sprawl. R Hunter Gibson would later say: "It boosts the value of unlit rooms, unpaid debts and unfeigned terror and it would rather tackle the gradients than settle for level best.">> more details
Spacemen 3
The Perfect Prescription
Spacemen 3's second album is a remarkable departure from the band's 1986 debut, SOUND OF CONFUSION. Reduced to a trio (guitarists/keyboardists Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember, Jason "Spaceman" Pierce, and bassist Pete Bassman) following the departure of the first album's drummer, Spacemen 3 makes an asset out of the newfound lack of percussion, giving THE PERFECT PRESCRIPTION a considerably less rock-oriented sound with much more open space in its obsessive, varied and subtle arrangements.>> more details
Various Production & Gerry Mitchell
The Invisible Lodger
Various Productions latest release is a collaboration with Scottish wordsmith Gerry Mitchell. An original and striking caollaboration from two ends of the left field.>> more details
Debbie Leggo
Car Crash Crowd
Featuring the renowned scot poet Gerry Mitchell, and some young, highly energetic South London fans of Sun Ra, Coltrane(s) and other free spirits on overdrive, Debbie Leggo's debut release is alive with energy and vitirol. A further 2 10" vinyl releases will follow.>> more details
Pumajaw
Curiosity Box
Fifth album for this scottish psychedelic-folk duo, first album released on Fire. Features guest appearances from Alasdair Roberts (Drag City) and James Yorkston (Domino).>> more details
Great Depression
Forever Altered
The Great Depression continue their Quixotic crusade against the corporate christian war machine with Forever Altered, their 3rd LP for the Fire label. The BBC calls it " Accomplished, sophisticated and heartfelt music where you're never far away from a stunning couplet or surprising burst of rasping energy...">> more details
Great Depression
Forever Altered (Single)
With their new single and title track, Forever Altered, The Great Depression destroy the creationists and offer up hazy musings on quantum physics, all set to a woozy 6/8 groove and replete with haunted Disney choir.>> more details
Chamber Music Artists
Chamber Music (James Joyce)
Five years in the making [and 100 years since its original publication] comes the epic 36 artists interpretation of James Joyce’s 1907 collection of poems charting love from innocence to experience. With contributions from major established artists (Mercury Rev, Ed Harcourt, Peter Buck from REM under the moniker Airport Studies, Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth with Text Of Light, etc) and cult players (Jessica Bailiff, Gravenhurst, Mike Watt, Bardo Pond etc) this represents a sweeping but unified expression of Joyce’s early love-hungry verse. Beautifully packaged double slipcase CD and double gatefold vinyl with artwork by Stephanie Black.>> more details
Virgin Passages
Distance
Virgin Passages create beautifully original soundscapes from often improvised pieces but retain a pop sensibility akin to early Mercury Rev, Spacemen 3 and Jackie O Motherfucker. Distance see them in great pop form with the short and sweet title track followed by the meandering stereolab-alike anthem of 'This Is Not The End Of The World Again' and the neu-folk of the subtely sublime 'Who Do You Love'.>> more details
Puerto Muerto
I Was A Swallow
The self-styled ‘gothic-punk-country’ duo from Chicago quickly follow up last year’s Heaven & Dirt double EP (“Celebrations of beautiful sadness” Plan B) with their 4th album, and most immediate album, “I Was A Swallow”>> more details
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