only a week to go til we’re back over at Lions Den Manchester for our first of our new band gigs, “On The Rise”! 
with what looks to be a belter of a night, we’ve got music from the fantastic talents of NEW DIVIDE Mark Pratt Spooky Goose and The Internet Café – some of the best up-and-coming talent from the North 
you can get tickets over on Fatsoma at https://fatso.ma/Wh77 – don’t miss out on this one, bound to be a lovely evening of live music! 
another absolute banger of a gig over at the Grafton Arms on Saturday for janelaceymusic‘s headline with her band! 
a real lovely turnout and everyone smashed their sets – big love to Kyletoolanmusic and Cam McColl for supporting as well, sadly Nina couldn’t make it but we’re sure she’ll be back for another one soon
keep your eyes peeled for more announcements soon, find out all of our upcoming gigs at www.breadrecords.co.uk/events/
only a couple of days to go til we’re back down at The Thirsty Scholar for our next Cream of the Crop songwriter daytime gig! 
we’ve got a stellar lineup confirmed for September, including music from Julian Belvedere Zakia Newton Zane and Crook On The Wall! some incredible talent from in Manchester and the surrounding areas.
we’ll be starting up at 1:30pm through the entire afternoon, there’s great drinks on tap, veggie/vegan food served til late and free live music on offer too! find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: 3rd Sept! (18+ event)
we’re super looking forward to Thursday over at Foundry Project Manchester where we’ve got our next Foundry Live!
since moving to a Thursday we’ve had so many fantastic ones, and we have the amazing talents of The Distance as our feature artist for this week it’s gonna be a belter, they’ve got their new single “Falling” coming out on the 9th September as well
get in touch with our michael webster for a slot, we’ll be starting up from 7pm through til 11! always a lovely one, great way to spend your Thursday evening
our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from Hayden J Barlow “Night Combat” out this coming Thursday 1st Sept!
we’ve covered plenty of Hayden’s music in the past and had him perform for us a bunch, an incredibly talented chap with so many tunes under his belt. it’s well worth catching him perform at a gig, his guitar work is incredible and with such a fantastic voice on him too. 
this new single has him delving into more punchy, rock-driven music yet with the lovely electronic production that we saw on his earlier releases – following the feel and atmosphere of his previous two singles “Breakaway” and “persona non grata” of which we loved both of them! throughout the track the atmosphere is perfectly portrayed within his vocal delivery, really putting the listener in his shoes and relating so well.
the chorus is absolutely huge, with massive harmonies, distorted and autotuned backing vocals which only add to the massiveness of the track. a real testament to his production talent and musical ability – definitely one to check out, another in a long line of fantastic releases from him.
you can find the track on all streaming sites once it’s out on Thursday – in the meantime, head on over to https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/haydenjbarlow/night-combat to pre-save the tune!
find all of our features, reviews and more on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk
another Sunday, another update to our lovely Local Loaf playlist
we’ve got some incredible new music added today from all across the North West, so many bangers being put out lately! featuring music from Harri Larkin Gallaher’s Green Kerry Feeney Roukaya B and The Ruby Tuesdays – there’s something for everyone this week
head on over to our Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find the playlist in full – give it a like to keep up to date with all new additions!
we’re down at the Grafton Arms for our headline with janelaceymusic tonight!
it’s gonna be a belter, following Third Summer Music‘s Alternative Pride day event – we’ve got the amazing Jane Lacey performing alongside her band with support from Nina Ettridge Cam McColl and Kyletoolanmusica full day’s worth of fantastic stuff happening at the Grafton!
we’ll be starting up around 7:30pm or so – free entry, food served til late and quality drinks on tap! can’t wait for this 
find out more at our event Bread Records Present: Jane Lacey + Supports
we’re super stoked to be able to bring you an exclusive review of the new tune from Sleeping Together, “Summer Girl” which comes out on all platforms tomorrow! 🤘
we had these chaps perform for us back earlier in the summer at The Grafton Arms, as part of our Toasted gig and they absolutely blew us away with their talent, songwriting and just how well they all gelled with one another performing. they played for us under their previous persona “Whatever The Weather” and we’re so made up to be able to have a lil sneak preview listen to the new tune ahead of it’s release. 😎
they’ve been hard at work over the past few months, recording and writing and you can tell right from the get go that this track is sure to be a real indie anthem. opening up with a cool and dreamy guitar lick, the track flows so well into the first verse, where the main vocal soars effortlessly over the rhythm of the track – a real calm and collected delivery, invoking lovely imagery that the listener can get lost in. as it comes into the pre-chorus, the track builds softly and carefully, yet there’s a real sense of urgency relating to the lyrics that works so well together. ☀️ opening up into the chorus, it’s a real sing-a-long hook that we can only imagine would be belted out from audiences all over at their gigs. we especially love the last line, “the sun it never sets so tell me why should I?” – a real celebration of the joys of the season and the memories that last for a lifetime.
as it comes into the second chorus, the prowess of the songwriting here really shows itself – you realise that the first verse is written from one perspective, and then the second verse is a response to that perspective; fantastic talent to be able to do this and really shows off their talent here as lyricists! as it comes to its conclusion in the outro, we love the controlled explosion of distortion and extended fills, stops and the such which really give the track the ending it deserves. amazing stuff from these chaps! ⚡️
you can find the track out on all streaming platforms as of tomorrow – presave link is here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/whatevertheweather/summer-girl and it’s well worth checking out the track, gonna be a repeat on our playlists for sure! 🍞
we’ve got our next Knead To Know interview for you all with the amazing up-and-coming Manchester rock outfit Luna Marble! ⚡️
over the past year or so, they’ve been making waves performing across the city and dazzling audiences with their huge sound, belting riffs and incredible stage presence – we love their debut single “Running” and their latest tune “All of My Love” only shows off their talent and prowess even more!
you can find our full interview below! ⬇️
Hey guys! Thanks for doing this interview for us. Tell us a bit about yourselves!
We are Luna Marble, a 4 piece hard rock 70s-inspired band from Manchester! We have often been described to have anthemic, stadium-ready songs with big choruses, relentless riffs and hard-hitting grooves, although that is for you to decide!
How did you start the band?
Believe it or not Maria, our lead singer, had many of our songs already written and she was always in the hunt of the perfect band to bring them to life. David (bass) and Sean (Drums) went to the same university as Maria, and they had previously participated in different sessions recording/ performing ensembles together prior to our band. However it wasn’t until we met Dragos, our guitarist, that this formation happened to be. Maria and Dragos started hanging out at the beginning of the first lockdown and their shared passion for music led them to start jamming out and writing songs together. Eventually we asked David and Sean to have a jam with us and the rest is history….
We’ve seen you performing all across Manchester, what have been your favourite gigs?
We have to say that every time we have performed at Gullivers or Castle Hotel, it has been great! We are lucky as well to have very supportive friends and fan base that always bring a good party to our shows and it’s great to see how little by little our following keeps on growing making each gig very special for us!
What do you enjoy most about performing live? Is it the atmosphere, the crowd, getting to play some tunes?
Many things! It’s a combination of the excitement of finally sharing what we have been working on and the feedback from the crowd making us play harder and louder! It’s such a unique atmosphere, unique to the moment, and we are out there living out our dreams, we wouldn’t want to do anything else.
You’ve just released your second single “All Of My Love” – we love it, and your first one was also an absolute banger. Tell us a bit more about the tune!
As previously mentioned Maria had some of our songs written prior to the band. The riff came to her back when she was 17 and has been through so many arrangements and bands until our current formation. Dragos definitely took the riff and made it his own, combined with Sean and David’s solid grooves gave the song the right energy it needed.
The song is supposed to be empowering, with raging vocals and a playful instrumental releasing into big choruses, giving the perfect supercharged rock and roll anthem.
What are your main inspirations for your songs?
70s music from bands like Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac or Pink Floyd definitely play a big influence on us, especially in Maria’s approach to melodies, songwriting and arrangement. However, we all come from different backgrounds. Dragos coming from a more Prog-rock background makes his solos and rhythm playing up to virtuoso standards. Davids brings a lot of solid groovy bass lines and fills from bands like Royal Blood or Muse. And finally Sean’s hard-hitting drumming approach, from bands like Metallica.
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How do you write? Do you take a group approach to it, or is it mostly one person who writes the songs?
Our writing dynamic has changed a lot during the time we have been a band. Maria had many unfinished ideas which she developed with Dragos, or Maria would pick on riff idea from Dragos and we would both sit and make a rough demo on Cubase, that we would later workshop in our band rehearsals. However as time has gone by we definitely jam together more and try to build a song from scratch all together, which makes the process more enjoyable and makes us closer as a band!
Where do you record? Have you got a home studio?
We were lucky that Maria was in the recording and production degree in uni, so we made most of our recording at uni, engineered by herself. However we are branching out to try different things and recently started working with Alex Miller who helps us in the process!
What do you think is the main thing that each of the band members bring to the table?
Each member brings their own unique qualities to the band. Maria is a very creative person, she comes up with all sorts of ideas for songs, arrangements, decorations for gigs, recording techniques and many more. More often than not the dynamic in the band is the boys putting together the ‘crazy frenzy’ of Maria’s ideas.
Where does the name “Luna Marble” come from?
Funnily enough it took us a good half a year to settle on a name… Dragos had in mind something to do with ‘marble’ because of it being a white rock he thought it would be appropriate for our rock style. Also its white colour suited a female fronted band he thought as well. Maria wanted to have some sort of cosmic reference in there as well and it was David who came up with the idea of using ‘luna’ (moon) as part of the name. We finally settled on Luna Marble after a long process of trial and error.
There’s a lot of classic rock within your tracks, but what kinds of other music inspire you?
Many more, as we said above Dragos grew up listening to a lot of prog and metal so there’s that influence (even if more subtle) and Sean loves his metal as well especially Metallica. There’s certainly a more modern influence as well coming from the big 4 grunge bands up until modern-day Muse and Royal Blood.
How was the single launch on the 17th August?
It was great, thank you! It was nice to put our own event at Gullivers again, and bring everyone together to celebrate a night full of great music! The support bands were incredible, we had a new set and a surprise guest on the organ. We couldn’t have asked for a better night and we got a bit creative with the stage, which looked amazing!
Is there anything else in the works?
There is always something else in the works! We have many songs already written and we are working on releasing as much of them as we can. However we have been toying with the idea of an Ep for a while… All I can stay is stay tuned into what we are up to because we are always pushing our creativity further and further….
it was brilliant to chat to the band here, we’ve been huge fans of their music since we heard their debut single, and their set for us over at The Grafton Arms during the summer for our Toasted night was absolutely breathtaking. ☀️ we’re sure that they’ll be making huge movements with the release of new music and more gigs – if you’re able to catch them live, it’s well worth it. a big thank you to them for partaking in this interview, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! 🍞
only three days to go til we’re down at the Grafton Arms for our headline gig with janelaceymusic!
we can’t wait for this one, we’re huge fans of Jane’s music and her songwriting ability is second to none – plus, she’ll be performing alongside her band. it’s gonna be incredible! we’ve also got support from the fantastic Nina Ettridge Cam McColl and Kyletoolanmusic!
we’ll be starting up around half 7, it’s free entry, quality pints on tap and food served til late! find out more at our event Bread Records Present: Jane Lacey + Supports
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