The Wrap: November 2021 ☀️

we’ve got our next edition of The Wrap for you all! 🙌 November has been an incredible month for music, with so many fantastic releases and gigs going on. here’s a little bit of what’s been happening! check out our in-depth reviews below ⬇️


Liverpool-based songwriter LARO is back with a brand new single “Empty Words”! With gorgeous piano melodies, and synth-pop production reminiscent of artists like Lapsley and Lorde, it’s a remarkable tune that sounds so lovely. Gorgeous vocals and harmonies throughout, it’s a relatable love story that you can tell really comes from the soul. Well worth a listen! 🙌 [SPOTIFY]


Manchester lads JCK have just released their newest single “Right By Your Side”! We loved their single “Stranger To Call” last year and this shows that they’ve only gone from strength to strength. 🤘 Mixing rap, indie and alternative vibes they’ve got a real groove going on throughout the track, destined to keep you dancing and jumping about to the song all month. Such a great, feel-good tune and definitely ones to watch, with a class music video as well. 🙌 [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]


Manchester’s Luna Marble have just released their debut single “Running”! With fiery guitar riffs, and explosive drum patterns, the song opens with such a powerful energy and suddenly the lead vocal rips right through it, creating a fantastic atmosphere right from the get-go. We absolutely love the strength of the chorus, so huge – the band sounds SO tight and we’re amazed that this is just the debut single. Definitely ones to watch for the future!! Plus, that guitar solo is heavenly 🙌 [SPOTIFY]


Another super beautiful release “Silver” from Lea Willms following the lead single a few months ago, “Bittersweet”! With gorgeous guitarwork, soft and delicate melodies and beautiful soundscaping, it sounds absolutely incredible. Lea’s vocal is sublime throughout the EP and really gives it a unique and soulful folky sound. Big shout to Sloe Flower Studio for recording this so well, so much great work coming from them. Well worth a listen, for fans of Laura Marling, Beabadoobee and Waxahatchee! [SPOTIFY]


Psych-rockers Mort Jardin have just released their brand new album “Mort Noir”! With dark, grungy riffs, walls of sound and distortion, and echos of delay and reverb it sounds fantastic. 😎 One for all the rockers out there, with some great production and dark, melancholy atmospheres. Another great release from them! Well worth checking out “Evidence”, one of our faves! [SPOTIFY]


Gorgeous and soulful release from Sola – “Thinline” sounds absolutely fantastic. With such a great groove to the track, lovely production and amazing lyricism, we’re blown away by how this sounds. The contrast in mood from the verse to the chorus is defining of the track, and the lyrics in the chorus are fantastic. Well worth a watch of the music video too – can’t wait to see more from Sola! [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]


Square Wild have just released their brand new EP “The Tree-P” over on Bandcamp! Sounding fantastic, really translating their live sound to a studio setting – we’ve caught them live a good few times and they’re super class. Well worth catching them at a gig, and this EP is chock-full of powerful vocals, gorgeous guitar riffs and intense breakdowns. Well worth adding to your Bandcamp collections! [BANDCAMP]


Warrington indie-dreamboats are back after the success of their latest single “I Think I’m Fallin'”, with a cover of “Meet Me at Our Spot”! Sounding absolutely gorgeous, with beautiful vocal harmonies and such a tight groove throughout the track from the bass and drums, it flows seamlessly through the whole song – really worth a listen, such a great take on the tune! We’d love to see more of these covers from them! 😊 [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]


This is only a little amount of the amazing songs that have been released over the past month, really showing that the North has so so much talent ☀️ it’s great to be able to bring you all these, one of our favourite features!

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 29/11/21: Green Wire – T-Shirt and Jeans ❆

our feature for this week’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from Green Wire “T-Shirt and Jeans” out this coming Friday! 🤘

the indie-rock outfit have been on the Manchester scene for a while now, and after the release of their fantastic debut single “Looking Back” they’re back with another banger 😎

blending indie-rock with a classic Manchester sound, the tune is chock-full of lovely guitar tones, upbeat rhythmic elements and down-to-earth songwriting and lyricism, the lads have done it again to make a fantastic feel-good tune. 🤠 fantastic stuff from them!

head on over to https://ditto.fm/t-shirt-jeans_8b0de8eec8 to pre-save the single ahead of the release on this Friday 3rd December – they’re also performing at Lions Den Manchester with The Pentatonic this coming Saturday which sounds boss 😊

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

Just The Crust 15/11/21: The Brambles – Dead King II ☀️

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from The Brambles – “Dead King II”! ☀️

following on from the success of their first two singles, The Brambles are back with another single filled with the usual flair and groove that we’re accustomed to with their music. 😊 fantastic vocals throughout, brilliant use of the sample, and a backbeat of drums and bass that drive the track throughout – it’s a fantastic tune well worthy of a listen! 🤘

blending jazz, funk and other influences, The Brambles are definitely ones to keep an eye on – we were huge fans of their earlier singles and this new one has only seen them going from strength to strength! 🙌 head on over to their Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1D0LXeGgHcgHpRH7HphBrL to find all their tunes!

plus, they’ve got an upcoming gig at Manchester Academy on the 27th of November which sounds absolutely boss. head on over to https://www.fatsoma.com/r/508fe232-db80-4a2e-b37d-e4b612b35027/e/hvpc1u0h to get your tickets now! 😎

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

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 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! 🍞

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! 🍞

Just The Crust 20/09/21: Faux Pas – This Will Kill You ✊

our feature for (yesterday’s!) Just The Crust is the amazing brand new tune from Faux Pas! 🤘

absolutely top tune – lovely distortion, noise, chaos with so much going on.. modern grungy-punk anthems with melodic riffs, feedback, Ru’s amazing and powerful, direct vocals.. a complete tune! ✊ love the atmosphere of the outro with the chorusy guitar and that little distorted tone.. just lush! 😎

Faux Pas are definitely ones to watch. having already played at festivals and got national radio play, we’re sure they’re going to make their imprint in UK music with the release of their upcoming EP ‘I Feel Pretty, So Should You’! ☀️

head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/28L6HIX4S0kLRfiV6zbCW6 to find Faux Pas’ full discography along with ‘This Will Kill You’ which we’ve featured today 💿

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

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Just The Crust 23/08/21: The Avenues – Beautiful Shoes ☀️

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new tune from Hull-based indie rockers The Avenues UK! 🤘

“Beautiful Shoes” is the latest single from their new EP and it’s a proper banger, blending indie rock vibes with upbeat atmospheres and lovely lyricism. a real feel good tune for the summer! these guys are definitely ones to watch! 😊

we’ve been following these guys for a while and each of their tunes are class – definitely got a top sound to them! their latest EP ‘What Happened In The Pink Room?” is top too, well worth a listen! 😎

head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1HNlh6RKS1pkqR5deKTnVF to check out their music, give them a follow and add some tunes to your playlists! 🥪

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

New music callout! ☀️

just a reminder to all you creatives, musicians, bands and artists – we’re always on the lookout for new music to feature! ☀️

we do plenty of features which we have in full on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk/features – head over and have a lil gander! 🤘 we’re also going to be looking for artists for gigs real soon too!

so much music is coming out that we can’t keep up with every release but we LOVE covering talent up here in the North West. 😊 drop us an email at michael@breadrecords.co.uk if you’ve got anything for us! 🍞

JTC 26/07/21: The Rotanas – Get The Call 🤘

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from The Rotanas “Get The Call”! ☀️

based down in Cardiff, The Rotanas are an energetic britpop band who have been on the rise for a few years now – they’ve got a great discography now and have been headlining stages and even did a headline tour back in 2019 🤘

when we heard this new single we defo knew we wanted to feature it – with a real 90’s atmosphere to it, it fills you with a proper sense of nostalgia for those older times 😊 we love the guitar riffs throughout, you can tell that these guys are gonna be huge! ✊

listen to the tune in full over on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/09NZyo53yCARmntnu8Uy22 – drop them a follow, check out their previous tunes and keep your eyes peeled for these guys! can’t wait for more! 😎

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