The Wrap: October 2021 ✨

we’re back with our next edition of The Wrap for you all! 🙌 there’s been some amazing music coming out in October and we’re stoked to be able to see it all!

it’s been absolutely fantastic to see so much brilliant music coming out as of late, and with bands and artists back gigging and putting stuff out, it’s definitely come back in force! 😊 check out our in-depth reviews below ⬇️


Chloe Jones has just released this absolutely beautiful tune – ‘New Mexico’ echoes country-esque melodies and soundscapes with some absolutely gorgeous vocals, beautiful imagery in her songwriting and harmonies reminiscent of 70’s folk artists. For sure one to check out! For fans of Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling and Angel Olsen. 🤠 Can’t wait to hear more! (SPOTIFY)


Lovely lo-fi synthpop from Firesites – we love the groove of the track, the guitars in it sound so gorgeous (we love a good vibrato!) 🎸 and that bassline just drives the track so so well. One to listen to at the end of your long day, sit back and relax with this calm and mellow tune. The trumpet solo adds so much to it as well… so well produced, and the video is perfect for the essence of the track. Keep an eye on these guys for sure! 😊 (SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE)


North Manchester-based alternative outfit Exist The Fall have just released their debut album “Jupiter” – beginning with a gorgeous instrumental with some beautiful guitar tones, it opens the rest of the album so well! Suddenly it’s heavy, punky, distorted, driving… it’s exactly what you want from a great alternative album. Great vocals throughout, driving basslines and drum fills, and then some fantastic riffing, this is definitely one to check out for all the heavier fans out there. 🤘 (SPOTIFY)


Manchester indie-rock band PAVÉ have just put out their third single “Come Alive” – with a beautiful lead guitar riff, fantastic vocals, and the rest of the band creating such a huge sound behind them, it’s fantastic to hear! 🙌 We can’t wait to hear this live, it’s one of those tracks that would just open up a crowd and ensue chaos. Can’t wait to see what’s next! (SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE)


Wow! What an absolutely beautiful tune from Manchester-based duo Days Are Done. Harmonies all over the shop, lovely guitarwork, ambient soundscaping… it’s so lush. We heard these at an open mic or two earlier in the year and were blown away and this song is a proper testament to their talents. Well worth a listen, R&B influence, indie vibes, so gorgeous – and such a huge chorus! (SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE)


MYOTO are back with their brand new single “two Step Sally” – and it sounds bloody great. Love the 80s influence in this with the synths and the drums, so huge – fantastic vocals throughout and the build throughout the track is super lush. 😎 the massiveness of the bridge is so great too, using all the elements at their disposal to create a fantastic track! Can’t wait to see what these guys have got for us next! (SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE)


Another lovely release from BlackSheepLad – “Pantomime” has an eerie atmosphere to it, bringing a new level to Phil’s music that we’ve not really seen before! The vocal melodies in the chorus are great, and the track sounds fantastic. Another great tune in BlackSheepLad’s discography! (SPOTIFY)


What a release from one of our favourites, Toria Wooff! “James Edward” is a song we’re very familiar with from gigs in the past, but the essence of it is captured here so perfectly. So well produced and recorded, it really does the song justice – the groove in the second verse is beautiful and the instrumentation, with organs, dulcimers, slide guitar… brilliant, brilliant stuff. The 70’s atmosphere of the video too is spot-on for Toria too, well worth a watch. She only goes from strength to strength and simply astounds us with each release!! ❤️ (SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE)


This month has been absolutely fantastic for music and releases. We can’t capture them all here, else we’d be writing essays, but it’s so lush to be able to bring you all this amazing talent each month! ☀️ we love this one and find so much amazing new music for it! 🤘

Make sure you head on down to open mics, gigs, support local music and arts and keep your scenes going! 😊 all music, videos and images remain copyright of their respective owners. 🍞

Just The Crust 08/11/21: Cottons – Breathe ☀️

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the latest single from Cottons “Breathe”! 🤘

we had these guys on a few years ago down at The Old Abbey Taphouse for a headline gig and it’s been absolutely amazing to see them going from strength to strength and evolving their sound, a real class indie-rock band here in Manchester. 😊

their latest tune here has been out for a little while now, but they’ve just released this music video for it and we definitely recommend checking it out – the song itself is super as well, starting out nice and relaxed, building up and up throughout til it explodes into a wall of sound at the end ☀️ absolutely fantastic vocals here, the songwriting gives you a fantastic story and message that they’re trying to convey and the band sounds so tight together. 🪐 amazing stuff!

head on over to YouTube at https://youtu.be/5cpiIDL27-c to find the video in full, or alternatively you can stream the tune on all streaming platforms. 😎 give it a whirl and add it to your playlists! can’t wait to see what these guys have got for us next!

find all of our features, reviews, music, merch and more on our website at www.breadrercords.co.uk🍞

Just The Crust 01/11/21: David Shurr – Under The Hood ☀️

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new album from David Shurr “Under The Hood”! 🥪

a full-length album of twelve songs, this album truly shows off Shurr’s fantastic ability as a songwriter and an artist. 😊 blending psychedelic atmospheres with folky and indie genres, he’s able to create his own imprint on the musical scene and we love the relaxed and mellow vibes of it. 🤘

not only that, the production on the album is lovely, with expertly crafted soundscapes from the instrumentation, and Shurr’s vocals sound fantastic on this – brilliant work from all involved here. 🤠 from the relaxed and airy opener “Top To Bottom”, the album then evolves through songs like the acoustic ballad of “Never Grown” and then through to the bluesy “The Thread Connecting Us” 🌠 absolutely fantastic range of tunes whilst still maintaining his unique style.

head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/7o1E4iRz11Lb3hXha1SUr8 to find the album in full – give it a whirl, you won’t be disappointed! 🤘 also available to purchase on Bandcamp too!

find all of our features, reviews, music, merch and more on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk 🍞

Just The Crust 25/10/21: Leopard Rays – Carried Away ☀️

our feature for this week’s Just The Crust is the brand new tune from the North East’s Leopard Rays 🤘

their latest song, “Carried Away” is yet another strong single from the indie rock outfit. with lovely guitar licks throughout, driving drums and basslines, matched with a fantastic vocal and quality songwriting, the tune really echoes working class indie tunes of the 2000s 😎 it’s a no-nonsense banger that you can belt out at the top of your voice at a gig!

we love the build up to that huge outro chorus, dropping away and building up and up until the finale of the track – absolutely fantastic from these chaps! 🙌 definitely worth checking the rest of their singles out as well, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for them! 😊

head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/0jpKPh1gpngGauHKDSDYVb/ to find their discography in full – give em a follow to keep up to date with all their tunes! 🥪 class stuff.

head on over to our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk to find all of our features, music and reviews and more! 🍞

Grain Radio: Episode 20 has been out for a week! ☀️

have you caught our latest episode of Grain Radio? ☀️

we put it out about a week and a half ago, and it’s chock-full of amazing music from local musicians 🤘 including brand new tunes from Faux Pas Scott and The Flying Kicks Jonny Jack Charlie Smith and Daz Cadwallander😎 absolutely fantastic range of tunes on this one!

head on over to our website at https://breadrecords.co.uk/2021/10/09/grain-radio-episode-20/ or over to our YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO3vFJ4HZ-UbXUF2lCuvtVA to find it all! ✊ let us know what you think! 🍞

Just The Crust 18/10/21: The Battery Farm – Dirty Den’s March of Suffering ✊

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new EP from The Battery Farm🤘

self-proclaimed “gutter punks” of Manchester, The Battery Farm have been tearing up stages for a few years now, with their energetic sets, driving tunes and formidable stage presence – they’re absolutely amazing live, every time we’ve caught them we’ve been blown away ☀️

the new EP features some of their previous singles this year, such as “Roy Keane Isn’t Real” and “When The Whip Goes Crack” – they toe the line between serious and having a laugh so well 😊 with huge, anthemic choruses and melodic and grungy build ups, these are definitely ones to watch on the Manchester scene. 😎

one of our favourites off the new EP is “I’ve Never Been To Gorton” – a proper tongue-in-cheek tune about the different areas of Manchester, with lovely guitar melodies throughout and huge choruses 🤘 lead singer Ben’s vocal sounds great on this too, showing his prowess as a vocalist – well worth a listen 🤠

head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6jIL2W5c4AUeF83jVpZB4H to find the EP in full – it’s a proper lovely listen with some beautiful interlude tracks to really make it stand out as a full release! 🙌 you can also find their music videos on their YouTube as well, “Roy Keane Isn’t Real” is a reyt good watch 😆 looking forward to seeing where these guys go next!

head on over to our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk to find all of our features, releases, reviews and more! 🍞

Check out all of our features! 🥪

have you checked out our website yet?! 😊 we’ve got SO many features over there with some of Manchester and the North’s best music included! 🤘

twenty episodes of the radio, over 500 songs on our Local Loaf playlist, over a year and a half’s worth of Just The Crust weekly features/reviews, and then even more.. there’s a whole buncha stuff! 🤘 we’ve covered so many amazing releases from local artists and we love it! 🥰

you’re already on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk so you can easily find them all – it’s an absolute pleasure to bring this all to you guys! 🍞

“Calendar Girl” music video! ☀️

have you seen the brand new music video from Olivia Browse and Szou for “Calendar Girl” yet? 🙌

it was an absolutely blast making this up with Matchbox Productions, and we love how its turned out! also featuring some guest appearances from artists on Manchester’s music scene.. 😎

head on over to YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuOnRZzGucM to find the video in full – check it out and drop a comment with what you think of it! 🍞

Just The Crust 11/10/21: Scatterchild – Tough Love ☀️

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from Scatterchild “Tough Love”! 🙌

we’ve been a fan of Scatterchild for a while now, with their beautiful piano melodies, lovely soundscapes, Jay’s fantastic vocal ability and top songwriting 😊 this new song is yet another in a long line of great releases!

a more touching subject with this song, it deals with the harder parts of a relationship and the emotion conveyed in this track is sublime ✊ building from the start, it really pushes through the feelings that they’re trying to portray and as it travels through the track, it builds up and up til the end where it explodes into a massive outburst of energy and raw feeling! what a tune! ❤️

well worth a listen, absolutely fantastic from the Manchester band. head over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/29A7KCgDgjYYadLf0UPXIi to check it out alongside their other releases, or head to YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO-mQd3er_4 to catch the fantastic music video they’ve done! 🌠

find all our reviews, features, music and more at www.breadrecords.co.uk! 🍞

Grain Radio: Episode 20! ☀️

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We’ve got our twentieth episode of Grain Radio for you! Only a few weeks late.. but better late than never 😊

There’s some absolutely incredible music on this one from the scene, with such a lovely variety and so many talented artists. It’s so great to hear such amazing tunes coming out lately – we’re absolutely stoked to be able to bring these all to you guys! 🤘

Check it out on the audio above, or head over to our YouTube at https://youtu.be/LRLOvftlixw (video embed at bottom!) 🙌

A big shout to each of the artists for letting us use their music for this – featuring music from: