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THE WRAP: June 2021 💫☀️

10th Jul 20215th Aug 2021artist, bread, local scene, new music, The Wrap, videoLeave a Comment

here’s our second instalment of our BRAND NEW FEATURE: The Wrap 🪐 our last one in May was a proper lovely one and we’ve got EVEN more amazing music and videos here for you to check out!!

this is mostly compromised up of artists’ music that we weren’t able to cover during the last month – but nevertheless still definitely worth a shout out! 😊 so much going on now that things are reopening, a fantastic time for underground and grassroots music! 🤘

Class new tune from Pizza Crunch, “Celexa”! Love the aggressiveness of that distortion, and a lovely chorus line to go too. For fans of 90’s alternative / punk, big riffs, driving basslines and punchy drums. Boss! [Spotify] [Released by Disobedient Records]

IORA‘s new tune “Find Me” is a lovely electronic exploration into IORA’s sound. With a mesmerising video, and lush synthesisers throughout, definitely one to be blasting from your rooftops. Brilliant catchy chorus – huge vibes from this. Loving the backing vocals and harmonies too, especially in the bridge! [Spotify / YouTube]

Absolutely GORGEOUS track from Manchester-based producer, songwriter and artist SZOU. Love the entire vibe of this – a positive, uplifting pop/electronica tune with some absolutely lovely instrumentation, production and just an entire flex of SZOU’s ability for crafting music. Hugely one to watch! [Spotify] [Released by No Such Thing Records]

Found this one from a recommended video and it REALLY stood out to me. Such a lovely laid-back atmosphere to the track, with a beautiful guitar progression, and slowly building to just a fantastic jazz-inspired ballad of self-expression and focus. Perfect for accompaniment with your morning coffee 🥪 and also, the video perfectly fits the track. Fantastic stuff from Rhona Stevens! [Spotify / YouTube]

Lovely new EP from Blacksheeplad, a regular on our lil virtual open mic (fondly remembered 💔) it’s fantastic to hear all of these songs in studio format now, after hearing the progression of them live – plus, with his full band now, Phil really has been able to come into his own as an artist and expand his sound. Definitely worth a listen! [Spotify]

Lovely lovely tune from Glaswegian punks Book Klub – proper dirty, proper post-punk and proper class video accompanying the tune. Love the moody vibe of the track, and suddenly it erupts into the chorus and throws so much at you – only to drop back into reverby goodness of guitar resonance. Keep an eye out for these guys, they’re definitely gonna be packing out some dirty basement venues soon and we can not wait. 🍻 [Spotify / YouTube] [Released by Disobedient Records]

Lovely acoustic tune from Yorkshire-based songwriter Eli Rivers. A reflective song, with some lovely image-inducing songwriting and a lovely guitar line that simply adds a great flavour to the track. With a great video to go alongside it, this is essential listening for any folk and singer-songwriter fans in the North. Eli played our last virtual open mic and smashed it, too! [Spotify / YouTube]

Fantastic tune from North West-based indie outfit MCRAE! A huge tune, with massive vocals, lovely guitar tones, a simply fantastically well-crafted song that these lads will be absolutely made up with. Also, with a bloody fantastic break in it – a beautiful guitar line, with demanding and powerful lyrics, building up and up until a conclusive ending. Keep your eyes peeled for these lads, going to be making waves ✊ [Spotify / Video on FB]

Some ABSOLUTELY incredible tunes out this month, and realistically, we’ve barely even scratched the surface here. There’s so much to find, and with gigs coming back now – you’re sure that there’ll be even more on the way! Fantastic stuff. Love writing up these ones! ☀️ all music, videos and images remain copyright of their respective owners!

Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN! 🤘🤘🤘

9th Jul 20219th Jul 2021artist, bread, cream of the crop, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, olivia browse, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

we told you it was coming…

SO made up to be able to announce our first gig back at The Thirsty Scholar. you guys made our mid-lockdown ones last year so great, having to turn people away cause we ran out of seating space, and just a blooming lovely vibe in that whole chaotic year!

on the Saturday 7th August we’ll be returning with a stellar lineup, including Minervadaisy (with full band!) Scatterchild Harrison Rimmer Dr Fabola and our very own Olivia Browse and michael webster! this is shaping up to be one of our best gigs yet. can’t wait for it!

make sure you come on down during the day, 1-5pm (love the daytime vibe!) to catch it all! find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: THE RETURN!

(ps. covid restrictions should have calmed by this point, but if not, make sure you bring a mask, give space, and adhere to any guidelines in place!)

Listen to Minerva Daisy on Spotify!

Find more of Scatterchild’s music here!

Harrison has loads of tunes, check em!

Only feel-good vibes from Dr Fabola ☀️

Olivia Browse, queen of sad bops 💫

you already know michael, right? 🍞

One month of A Good Winter in June! ☀️

8th Jul 2021anyone's ghost, artist, bread, cassettes, local scene, michael webster, new musicLeave a Comment

tomorrow marks about ONE MONTH since we released A Good Winter in June with Anyone’s Ghost

we’re SO proud of this release. it’s been so lovely to see all your guys’ positive and lovely feedback on it, and we sold out of t shirts so quickly, and we’re a very good chunk through the tapes too!

it’s been an amazing journey and we can’t wait for even more stuff coming up soon. we’re SO close to 10k plays on Spotify!!

if you’ve not checked it out, then head over to our Bandcamp where you can listen / purchase / buy a tape! https://anyonesgh0st.bandcamp.com/releases

: Olivia Browse

Grain Radio Episode Eighteen! ☀️

7th Jul 20217th Jul 2021artist, bread, grain radio, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

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We’ve got our EIGHTEENTH episode of Grain Radio for you today! 😊

We’re super made up with this one. There’s some absolutely incredible music from up-and-coming bands here in the North West and even further afield for this one! ☀️ it’s a blessing to be able to make these up and showcase some of our favourite new music. Thank you all for the continuous support on these! 🍞

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

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

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Final virtual open mic!

6th Jul 2021artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, new music, open micLeave a Comment

it’s going to be our final virtual open mic over in Bread Social this coming Thursday! as always, hosted by our very own michael webster! don’t worry, it’s still Turtleneck Thursday…

we’ve had a lovely time over the past year hosting these, they’re been such a lush way for musicians to keep performing through lockdown but alas it must come to an end as next Tuesday (A WEEK TODAY!) we have our first open mic at the Grafton Arms

we can’t wait for this one, it’ll be weekly Tuesdays – find out more at Open Mic at The Grafton Arms!! there’ll be plenty of walk in slots, cheap and quality pints, food available to order and it’s all coming together nicely!

photo taken here by the fabulous Farrow Films & Photos at Royal Oak, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy (capturing our michael mid-angry strum)

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

5th Jul 20215th Jul 2021artist, just the crust, local scene, new music, videoLeave a Comment

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

Local Loaf update 🤘

4th Jul 2021artist, bread, local loaf, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

another Sunday, so that means another update to our Local Loaf playlist!

there’s been some absolutely amazing releases recently, including music from Granfalloon Jess Kemp Artist Izzie Walsh Eli Rivers – Singer Songwriter and ME REX (who have put out a full 52 TRACK album!!) well worth checking all of these out, our playlist is only getting stronger and stronger at 430 tracks

head over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find it in full – drop it a follow to keep up to date with any new additions!

“A Good Winter in June” cassettes!! ☀️

3rd Jul 2021anyone's ghost, artist, bread, cassettes, local scene, merch, new musicLeave a Comment

we’re super super happy to announce that we’ve got these lovely limited run of cassette tapes for Anyone’s Ghost EP “A Good Winter in June”!

they look fantastic – baby pink cassettes with a brand new cover design from wanda that is simply beautiful. we’re so stoked with the response to this EP you guys are simply the best selling out the t shirts and we’re almost at 9k plays on Spotify!!

head over to https://anyonesgh0st.bandcamp.com/album/a-good-winter-in-june to cop yourself one – we’ve only got a tiny lil amount of them so get them quick!! (you will also get the digital download too!)

Knead To Know: Farrow and Friends Promotions 🌞

2nd Jul 20213rd Jul 2021artist, bread, knead to know, live, local scene, new music, open micLeave a Comment

Our feature for today’s Knead To Know is the fantastic Farrow & Friends Promotions 🤘 they host various open mics across Manchester and they’re a real cornerstone of the scene!

During the pandemic last year they hosted open mics over at Lions Den Bar Deansgate each Friday and provided a fantastic covid-secure environment for performers to keep going, with busy nights each week with some of Manchester’s finest artists and really kept the scene alive during a tough time! 🌞

They now host two open mics – the Friday one down at Lions Den as previously mentioned and also one on a Sunday at Royal Oak, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy 🤘 they have featured artists for each one, if you want to perform just drop them a message! 😊

This is all run by Laura Farrow who is a fantastic musician in her own right, she’s been on the scene for a good few years now and has plenty of lovely tunes available to listen to over on Spotify 👊 head over to https://open.spotify.com/artist/1zTTCcF9TkWOOoaQHpUkJ7 to find her EPs which are lovely listens 🥰

Definitely one to check out here and a top friend of the label – fantastic stuff so head down to a gig as soon as you can! 🍞

📸: Marc Gallagher

Open mic at the Grafton Arms! ☀️

1st Jul 2021artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, open micLeave a Comment

we’re super super stoked to be able to announce our brand new open mic at the Grafton Arms!!

each Tuesday we’ll be down with our very own michael webster hosting – we’re doing around 7-11pm, walk in slots available so just turn up and play, or alternatively drop michael a message to reserve a slot!

this is gonna start up on the Tuesday 13th July – we’re sure that it’s going to be fantastic. make sure you get down! even more on the way as well

covid restrictions apply – please bring your own microphones and instruments if possible, and ensure you have masks on you! find more information at our Facebook event Open Mic at The Grafton Arms!