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 🍞

Granfalloon – Positive Songs Teaser / Review ☀️

we’ve had a few technical issues today for our usual feature but not to worry, we’ll have it sorted for you this week! ☀️

in the meantime, we just wanted to highlight one of the top releases lately, Granfalloon‘s new album ‘Positive Songs’! 😊 we’ve featured a fair few of his tunes on the label but he’s put them all out on this album and it’s top!

think Beck, mixed with a bit of indie singer-songwriter magic with a dash of psychedelia – absolutely top stuff from songwriter Lomax. it’s well worth a listen! 🤘 his lovely songwriting style with backing band behind him really takes his music to a new level, and it’s a real insight into the life of the creative. 😎 after the release of his second album ‘RGB’, Lomax was ready to hit up Europe on tours, had plenty of merch done, and suddenly a global pandemic hit.. this was the result of a weekly positive song-focused songwriting challenge he undertook! absolutely inspirational stuff! ☀️

head on over to https://granfalloonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/positive-songs to find the album in full to purchase either digitally or on CD – also all the singles are available to stream on all platforms as well if that’s your cuppa tea! ☕️ well worth a listen!

Have a lil look at our merch! ☀️

we still have a couple of these beautiful Anyone’s Ghost tapes left! there’s not many, so make sure you grab one before they’re gone! 😊

head on over to Bandcamp at www.breadrecords.bandcamp.com/merch to find all of our merch, including T shirts, CDs, tapes and more ☀️ plenty of stuff to have a gander at. drop us a message if you’d like to buy one!

supporting our lil label in this way is one of the best ways you can help us out! it can be difficult, especially in such a convoluted industry but we’re all about supporting one another and giving everyone the opportunity. 🐝 gotta help each other out, and we’re so grateful for all those who have been to any of our gigs, listened or bought any of our releases or merch – you’re the best! 🍞

10k streams on “A Good Winter in June”! 🤘

we are SO HAPPY to say that Anyone’s Ghost EP “A Good Winter in June” has just passed 10k streams! ☀️💫☀️

we’re so bloomin’ proud of this EP and the support you guys have shown it is simply tremendous. for a lil release on an indie label to hit this kind of level of streams is fantastic! 🥰 thank you all so much for listening to it, buying our merch, and saying such lovely kind words about it all. how incredible!

if you’re new to the party, you can find it over on our Bandcamp where you can even purchase a cute lil tape cassette of it: www.breadrecords.bandcamp.com or stream it over on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/72I9qwkMbEV13BA2Jvw5Gu 🍞

📸: Olivia Browse

Just The Crust 05/07/21: Cold Water Swimmers – Holiday at The Secret Lake ☀️

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new ALBUM from Cold Water Swimmers “Holiday at the Secret Lake”!! 🤘

with an unmistakably Northern sound, the Manchester outfit have released some fantastic singles over the past year or two and are back now with their first full-length release! 🪐 “Holiday at the Secret Lake” is chock-full of lovely tunes, reminiscent of 90s alternative indie mixed in with some lovely songwriting, and punkier elements which really give Cold Water Swimmers a unique yet familiar sound – definitely ones to watch here!! ☀️

must listens: Love is Insane / I’ll Be Your Witness – real brit-pop vibes with some top choruses you’ll be singing on your way home from the pub. 🤘 the whole album as a whole is fantastic though – definitely worth listening to on this overcast Manchester Monday 🐝

head on over to Bandcamp at https://coldwaterswimmers.bandcamp.com/album/holiday-at-the-secret-lake to find the album, with a limited edition 12″ vinyl available too!! 😊 it’s also available on all streaming sites!!

find all of our features over at www.breadrecords.co.uk 🍞

Check out all of our features! ☀️

just a lil reminder today that you can find ALL of our features here on our website! 🤘 we’ve covered so much music here in the North West, so many great musicians and so much talent. 😊

well worth checking out these ones, and you can find all the info on our roster of artists, merch, upcoming gigs (soon to be announced!!) and basically just a one-stop-shop of bread puns and everything we do 😎

head over to www.breadrecords.co.uk to find it all! 🍞

Our discography is looking unreal!! 🤘

look at HOW ridiculous our discography is getting. you can find all of these amazing releases from Olivia Browse michael webster Adam Carpenter Music and Anyone’s Ghost over on our Bandcamp now at www.breadrecords.bandcamp.co.uk😍

there’s also our very limited UK run of tapes from The Cosmonaut Cassettes and we’ve got even more merch done, and even more on the way.. keep your eyes peeled for all of that coming up! 🤘

also, a lil one here to just say happy Pride month to all of you in our community. love is love, deserved by all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

“Obliterate/Ugly” is over a year old?! 😎

how on earth has it been over a year since we released this EP “Obliterate/Ugly” with Adam Carpenter Music!? 😱

we recorded this with Adam prior to the pandemic, then produced it all up in our studio, worked on it tirelessly during the initial lockdown (the “three-week one”!) and then released it last year on the 8th of May. it’s been a serious journey since then, but it’s absolutely amazing to see that people are still listening to this. that’s all we want for our artists, to help them create something unique and personal to them and then for people to engage with it and share in the experiences of the songs 🥰

we truly believe that some of Adam’s finest-written songs are on this EP, with punky elements, singer-songwriter elements, it’s a real expression of Adam and it’s a beautiful sight to see when a piece of music does that. 🤟 highly recommend checking out “2:24” and “Obliterate Me” – such personal and relatable ideas in those songs, with a lovely lovely amount of distortion 🎸

head over to Bandcamp at www.adamcarpenter.bandcamp.com to find the EP in full. 👊 as always, it’s available on all streaming sites! drop us a comment and let us know what you think of it! 🍞

“Tidal Wave” is 3 years old today!! 🌊

it’s been 3 WHOLE YEARS since we released this full-length album with the one and only Adam Carpenter Music 🥰

this really set us on a journey – one of our first big releases, which we’re super proud of. all recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by michael webster🤟 we’ve come so far since 2018 but this will always hold a special place in our hearts. Adam’s such a prolific songwriter, with lyrics that are so relatable! 🖤

head over to Bandcamp at https://adamcarpenter.bandcamp.com/album/tidal-wave to find the full album, or just search for “Tidal Wave” over on your favourite streaming site! 🍞

Local Loaf update! ☀️

another update to our Local Loaf playlist! 🌞

some bloomin amazin additions this week, there’s so much great music coming out recently.. fantastic to see! 😊 featuring music from Lifelines Harry Heart Abi Rose Kelly music GonÇalo and Colorful Crimes!! 🤟

really worth a listen this week, pretty blown away by all of these tunes. go over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find the playlist – give it a follow to keep up to date with it! 🍞