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New music callout! ☀️

27th Jul 2021artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

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!

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

22nd Jul 2021anyone's ghost, artist, bread, cassettes, local scene, merch, michael webster, new musicLeave a Comment

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

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Open mic at The Grafton Arms☀️

15th Jul 2021artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, open micLeave a Comment

we had SUCH an amazing time for our first open mic down at The Grafton Arms on Tuesday – around 12 artists played, including a 12-person band, a trio, and plenty of fantastic solo artists

we’re so made up with how it went, a full pub, punters having a great time.. it’s all coming back in force isn’t it!?!? a big thank you to everyone for making it so great!!!

just a reminder here that we’re down there every Tuesday from 7pm with some of Manchester’s finest up-and-coming artists, there’s already some amazing musicians confirmed for next week, and walk-in slots available too!!

drop michael webster a message for a slot, or find out more at our event Open Mic at The Grafton Arms!!

Local Loaf update! ☀️

11th Jul 2021artist, bread, local loaf, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

another Sunday so another lovely update to our Local Loaf playlist!

featuring new music from The Battery Farm Harry Heart LELO The France and Scott Magnus! some absolutely fantastic tunes added this week, always something for everyone in this huge old playlist. pop it on before the football and have yourself a lil look at some of the best local music!

head over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find the playlist in full – give it a follow to keep up to date!

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!

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!

Check out all of our features! ☀️

30th Jun 2021artist, bread, fresh batch, freshly sliced, gigs, grain radio, just the crust, knead to know, live, local loaf, local scene, michael webster, new music, The WrapLeave a Comment

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!

Check out our merch! 🤘

29th Jun 2021anyone's ghost, artist, bread, local scene, merch, michael webster, new music, t shirt, tote bagsLeave a Comment

look at ALL this merch we have!! buying our merch is one of the best ways to support our lil label, we’ll be bringing some of these to the upcoming gigs we have planned as well if u fancy that.

we sold out so quickly of the Anyone’s Ghost T shirt, but keep your eyes peeled for more stuff on the way – we’ve only got ONE The Cosmonaut Cassettes cassette left and a few CDs so get em quick while you can!

head over to www.breadrecords.bandcamp.com to see the collection in full – or just drop us a message and we’ll sort it out for you guys!