ICYMI, our latest edition of The Wrap for April is absolutely top 
there’s been so many fantastic releases and we’re stoked to have been able to cover some of them here, including music from Lucy Wentworth ROSH Jack Critchlow The Sewer Cats SEARBY North BAND Joshua. and POLKER! 
head on over to our website at https://breadrecords.co.uk/2022/05/05/the-wrap-april-2022/ to find the blog post in full – let us know what you think! 
there’s only two days to go til our next band gig over at the Grafton Arms
it’s gonna be a mega one this, with music from some of the North West’s finest Strawberrylemonade Happy Athletic and Full Billy! 
these guys have been making waves on the circuit lately and we’re super stoked to be able to get them all on the bill this month. 
come on down this Saturday 14th of May from 7:30pm onwards to catch all the action – £3.50 pints, food served til late, free entry.. gonna be belting!
we’re absolutely STOKED to be able to announce this one at the end of the month. 
on the Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of May, we’ll be over at our favourite place the Grafton Arms for our 2022 edition of our mini-festival “Breadstock”!
we have a HUGE lineup sorted for this, with over 20 acts performing for us – including headline slots from Harrison Rimmer Tommy Cei The Distance The Colliers Scatterchild Tragicomics and plenty plenty more!
for this, we’ll be raising money for Manchester foodbanks in association with Joseph Holt – charities that are providing fantastic work for those most in need. you can find out more about it all on their website at https://www.joseph-holt.com/charity – it’s free entry, but we have a suggested donation of £3 to help out these charities doing essential work for their communities.
we’ll announce a full lineup very soon, it’s super exciting and we’ve got some of our favourite local acts performing for us – going to be absolutely fantastic. 
find out more at our Facebook event Breadstock 2022!
yesterday also marked the two year anniversary of the EP “Obliterate/Ugly” we put out with Alien Clouds!
it was a super lovely honour to work on this, with our michael webster producing it and these are such a lovely collection of songs from AC – beautiful songwriting and melodies that really run so smoothly throughout the EP. we can’t believe it’s been an entire two years!
you can find it on Spotify and all the streaming sites, or on Bandcamp at https://alienclouds.bandcamp.com/album/obliterate-ugly where you can purchase a digital copy!
our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from Stone Mile “Settle Down”!
following the success of their debut single earlier this year, Stone Mile have returned with yet another huge sounding track – chock-full of lovely lead guitar riffs and explosive energy! their no-nonsense alternative rock sound really shows their class, and with gorgeous lead vocals throughout the track, they’ve created a proper banger here.
they’ve just played over at Night People and we’re seriously looking forward to seeing where these guys go now, they’ve got a real lovely vibe to their tracks and you can really tell that these guys gel so well with each other, their sound is super tight and flows smoothly throughout the length of the tracks. 
check out the full tune over on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/2OMsrshQGat9YaX1rn2G40 – well worth a listen to both of their singles too, definitely ones to watch here on the Manchester scene!
find all of our reviews, features and more on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk!
we’re back on over at The Thirsty Scholar today for our monthly afternoon Cream of the Crop gig
these have been super lovely all year so far and we’ve got a fine lineup today with Mike Collinson Music Migson Pollock Laila Romero and Nina Ettridge! gonna be real boss, fantastic artists doing their thing for us today.
come on down from 1:30pm to catch all the action – vegan/veggie food served all day alongside free live music in one of Manchester’s most classic venues!
only two days to go until our brand new fortnightly open mic at the Foundry Project Manchester!
we’re super looking forward to this, each one will have a feature artist doing their thing with an extended set and we’ve got the fantastic Ayanam Udoma Music for the first one. we’ve known Ayanam for a loooong time now and he’s such a talented chap, one of our favourites on the scene
we’ll be here at The Foundry Project every other Sunday, we’ve got a lovely lineup confirmed for the first one already and a few slots going for anyone who’s up for a lil couple of tunes. get in touch with our michael webster for a slot! find out more at our event Foundry Project open mic! 🍞
today marks the FOUR YEAR anniversary of our first release with Alien Clouds – their debut album “Tidal Wave”! 
we can’t believe it’s been so long since this came out – we remember working on it and producing it like it was yesterday! we’re so proud of this album, it’s a beautiful collection of songs that are so personal to AC and they’re so well written, it was an honour to be able to put this out!
you can find it on all streaming sites, or alternatively on our Bandcamp where you can buy it digital or on a CD! find it at https://alienclouds.bandcamp.com/album/tidal-wave
our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single “Shoot Me Now” from Brighton-based Dirt Royal!
their sound of high-octane rock n roll/indie is class, they have a real brilliant energy to their music – fantastic to see! they’ve already got a great following due to their previous releases and they’re well worth checking out.
this new tune continues with that energy, with a singalong chorus that we can only imagine would be belted back at them from crowds when they’re playing live, plus tongue-in-cheek lyricism pertaining to the current climate and even a lovely lil guitar solo in the middle – it’s a really well-done track with such simplicity to it but still sounding boss. definitely ones to watch!
head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1tWYCbWGmbZDPv4ZnliOox to check out the track in it’s entirety – their full discography sounds class too, well worth a listen to it all. 
you can also find the full video over on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEQvQgLUbvI 
find all of our features, reviews, music and more on our website at www.breadrecords.co.uk
another Sunday, another update to our lovely Local Loaf playlist!
we’ve got some fantastic additions this week, featuring new music from Truman Falls Midland Railway The Loose Fits Aimes and Bay Bryan so much amazing music out!
head on over to our Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to check the playlist out in full – give it a like to keep up to date with any new additions!
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