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. 🍞

Olivia Browse “Lonelier Than You” single launch at Lions Den! ☀️

we’re absolutely STOKED to be able to not only announce that our very own britpop queen Olivia Browse has a new single coming out but also a headline gig over at Lions Den Manchester 🤘

it’s gonna be absolutely fantastic – there’s support from some very special guests that she’ll be announcing closer to the time.. we know who they are and it’s looking like one of the best lineups we’ve seen for a while 🥰

come on down on the Friday 26th November, doors are at 6:30pm – find your tickets over at https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manchester/The-Lions-Den-Deansgate-Manchester/Lonelier-Than-You-Single-Launch/35940326/ ! 😎 more info at the facebook event ‘Lonelier Than You’ Single Launch 🍞

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🍞

Local Loaf update ☀️

we’ve had a super lovely weekend of gigs, and now it’s time for our weekly Local Loaf playlist update 😎

some absolutely insane music being released as of late, and this week we have new tunes from Hayden J Barlow Kerry Feeney Music Big Society Kid Conventional and The Holy Orders! 😊 well worth a listen this week, so many amazing tunes. ☀️

head on over to our Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find the playlist in full – give it a like, we’re almost at 100 likes on it! 🍞

Cream of the Crop is today! 🙌

we’re over at The Thirsty Scholar today for our next Cream of the Crop gig! 🤠

starting up around half one or so, we’ve got a lovely lineup of artists for you all including Tallulah Guard Chris Reale Music Conor Evelyn Music and Nat Dempsey ☀️ it’s shaping up to be an amazing gig and we can’t wait to catch everyone performing 😊

come on down this afternoon, free entry, four top local songwriters on the scene, great drinks on offer and even a wide range of lovely veggie/vegan food going! 🤘 gonna be boss. Cream of the Crop: 6th November! 🍞

Freshly Sliced is on tonight – last one before their refurb! ☀️

back down at The English Lounge tonight for our last Freshly Sliced gig before they close for a refurb ☀️

we’ve got a fantastic lineup for you tonight, with music from Mike Grubert Ayanam Udoma Music and Hayden J Barlow who has just released his brand new tune “Loneliness”! 😊 well worth checking out, what a banger.

come on down from 8pm tonight, they’ve got some fantastic drinks on offer in one of Manchester’s loveliest pubs. 😎 amazing local musicians and free entry too, what more could you want? come join us for the only one of November, and we’ll be back with even more amazing artists in December! 🤘 find out more at our event Freshly Sliced: Mike Grubert / Ayanam Udoma / Hayden J Barlow 🍞

Lovely open mics as of late! ☀️

we just wanted to do a post about how lovely our open mics over at The Lass O’Gowrie and Grafton Arms have been as of late! 😎

we’ve had some absolutely incredible ones, and the stages have been graced by some of Manchester’s finest talents. 🤘 it’s so great to be able to provide such a great platform for musicians and artists to perform, and we’ve heard so many fantastic people and had such a great laugh along the way! 😊

we host The Grafton on every Tuesday night, and The Lass every Wednesday night – if you want to come and play, it’s open to everyone! just get in touch with michael webster for a slot! 🍞

“A Good Winter in June” hit 14k streams! ☀️

absolutely STOKED to be able to say that the Anyone’s Ghost EP “A Good Winter In June” we put out earlier this year has just hit 14,000 streams on Spotify 🤯

not only that, but we have ONE cassette tape left for it – we’re blown away by the support you guys have been giving for the release. 🥰 we sold out of t-shirts in like 12 hours, had some absolutely beautiful reviews from you all and we’ve shipped tapes and shirts all across the world, from Australia to the US to Europe to here in Manchester! ❤️

we’re extremely proud of both Wanda and this EP and we are absolutely made up that you all are enjoying it so much. 😊 if you’ve not heard it yet, go and have a listen – you can find it on Bandcamp as well if you fancy a purchase and supporting us and Wanda! https://anyonesgh0st.bandcamp.com/releases 🍞

📸: Olivia Browse

Freshly Sliced: Mike Grubert / Ayanam Udoma / Hayden J Barlow ☀️

we’re back down at The English Lounge this coming Friday with our next Freshly Sliced gig 🤠

this week we will be joined by the fantastic talents of Mike Grubert Ayanam Udoma Music and Hayden J Barlow – it’s gonna be an absolutely boss one. 🤘 it’ll be our only gig for the month as the venue is closing for a refurb so come on down and enjoy a lovely night of live music!

we’ll be starting up at 8pm, located just outside the Arndale in Central Manchester, with lovely food and drink on offer, top local musicians doing their thing and free entry! Freshly Sliced: Mike Grubert / Ayanam Udoma / Hayden J Barlow 🍞

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 🍞