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Bread Records Presents: Hayden J Barlow + Supports! 🤘

3rd Mar 20224th Mar 2022artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

we’re super stoked to be able to announce this one! we’ve got the amazing talents of Hayden J Barlow headlining our next gig over at the Grafton Arms following the release of his EP “Rudimentary”!

we’ll be down there on the Saturday 26th of March, Hayden’s an absolutely fantastic musician and songwriter, really one to watch here in Manchester. we’ve been looking forward to announcing this one for a while now, and with support from Ayanam Udoma Laila Romero and Thomas Rennie, it’s going to be a proper fantastic one!

each of our gigs over at the Grafton have just been getting better and better, it’s brilliant to see such fantastic turnouts and so many people enjoying the tunes. super heartwarming stuff! make sure you don’t miss out on this one, it’s going to be well class. find out more at our event Bread Records Present: Hayden J Barlow + Supports

Can’t wait for the Lass open mic tonight! ☀️

2nd Mar 2022artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, open micLeave a Comment

we’re back on down at The Lass O’Gowrie for our weekly open mic tonight, hosted by our very own michael webster!

the way that our open mics have been going lately at The Lass and the Grafton Arms have just been simply spellbinding – so busy, so many incredible talented artists and just a reyt lovely snapshot of the brilliant scene here in Manchester!

we’ll be starting up at 7 tonight as we’re expecting a real busy one – got some slots left for anyone who fancies it, go over and drop michael a message if you’d like to play!

Absolute scenes at The Grafton on Saturday 👊

1st Mar 2022artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

we had a reyt fantastic one for our gig down at the Grafton Arms on Saturday

amazing sets from all, including our headliner Nat Dempsey who smashed it, such a huge sound and pure tunes, and our supports Casinos Pat Gallagher and Laura Farrow were incredible as well!

a big shout to everyone who came down, we had a packed out pub – absolutely brilliant to see. we’re so made up with how it was! we’ll be announcing some more gigs soon, keep your eyes peeled

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Just The Crust 28/02/22: Olivia Browse – Nevermind Valentine / Cliché ❤️‍🔥

28th Feb 202228th Feb 2022artist, bread, just the crust, local scene, new music, olivia browse, videoLeave a Comment

our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from our very own Olivia Browse “Nevermind Valentine / Cliché”!

we absolutely love this double single, it really expands on Olivia’s genre-defying talent, going from britpop to grunge to hyperpop and still maintaining her signature style and sound – it’s full of energy and a real lovely valentine’s gift to us all

“Nevermind Valentine” is chock-full of distortion, walls of guitars reminiscent of 90’s grunge backed with electronic drums that really drive the track with their almost-industrial sound, and yet another lovely catchy chorus as we’re used to now from Liv – plus, real personal and relatable lyricism that really put the listeners in Olivia’s mindset, it’s yet another fantastic release from her which we’re so proud of to have here on the label

the b-side “Cliché” is one she wrote about her partner, a real lovely testament to their relationship and such heartfelt lyrics throughout – yet another super lush chorus and with that crunchy guitar melody it sounds like it could be straight out of the 90’s alternative scene! plus the vocal harmonies throughout are so lovely and really give the track so much space to breathe, a real banger for you all to listen to.

a big shout to Shtum on the production, super work – and thanks to Zeth Hex for helping out too! every release just gets better and better. you can find it on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/4WukXPGi0jNTn4nMzWtBgt or available on all streaming sites so go and check it out

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

Local Loaf update! ☀️

27th Feb 2022artist, bread, local loaf, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

another Sunday.. you know what it is, another update to our Local Loaf playlist

there’s been a multitude of amazing releases lately and we’re well hyped to be able to add them to our playlist! featuring tunes from Jane Lacey Days Are Done LARO NEW DIVIDE and The Matchbox! fantastic stuff!

head on over to our playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find it in full – give it a like to keep up to date with all the new additions, we’re at 600 songs here now. what a collection of Northern music!

Our headline gig with Nat Dempsey is tonight over at The Grafton ☀️

26th Feb 2022artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

we can’t wait for this one tonight down at the Grafton Arms with a headline slot from the amazing Nat Dempsey!

it’s gonna be a belter this, Nat’s been going from strength to strength and he’s got some absolute tunes out a real one to watch here in Manchester – we’ve got support from the amazing Casinos Pat Gallagher and Laura Farrow too!

starting up at 7:30pm, it’s free entry, three pound pints, full pizza menu just launched too – what else could you ask for?! find out more at our event over on Facebook at Bread Records Present: Nat Dempsey + Supports

Brand new double single “Nevermind Valentine / Cliché” from Olivia Browse out now! 🌹

25th Feb 2022artist, bread, local scene, new music, olivia browseLeave a Comment

it’s out it’s out it’s out – the brand new double single “Nevermind Valentine / Cliché” from our very own Olivia Browse!!

never one to be constricted by genres, Olivia’s really taken a new direction with this tune, almost grungey throughout with elements of pop, indie and her usual britpop-stylings to really create something unique for this it’s brilliant to see and we’re absolutely STOKED to have this as our TWENTY-FIFTH release on the label! only feels like yesterday when we had our first one. we’ve come so far, big love to all our artists

also gotta give producer Shtum and Zeth Hex a big shout on this for their work, really fantastic stuff – and a massive thank you to Parkridge Recording Company for helping out too. you can find the single on all streaming sites, head on over to https://linktr.ee/olivia_browse to find all the links!

Only 9 days til Cream of the Crop! 🤘

24th Feb 2022artist, bread, cream of the crop, gigs, live, local sceneLeave a Comment

only nine days til our next Cream of the Crop event over at The Thirsty Scholar!

we’ve got a stellar lineup for this one, with music from the amazing talents of Harrison Rimmer Mark Pratt Louis Cross and Konna Spencer! some of the North’s finest up and coming talent on this one

come on down on the Saturday 5th of March from 1:30pm to catch all the action – gonna be a super lush one, free entry, quality pints on offer and veggie/vegan food served all day! find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: 5th March!

Did you catch our latest The Wrap feature? ☀️

23rd Feb 2022artist, bread, local scene, new music, The WrapLeave a Comment

in case you missed it, our edition of The Wrap for January was absolutely amazing!

so many fantastic releases and we were super stoked to be able to write up a lil review for each of them – including music from Tits Up Hayden J Barlow Green Wire Inadequate Flaws Band Migson Pollock Leopard Rays Ayanam Udoma Music and Deano! brilliant to see so much going on up North!

head on over to https://breadrecords.co.uk/2022/02/08/the-wrap-january-2022/ to find it all – let us know what you think!

The Wrap: January 2022 ✨

Our open mics lately have been superb! 🙌

22nd Feb 2022artist, bread, gigs, live, local scene, michael webster, open micLeave a Comment

we’ve had some incredible nights lately down at the Grafton Arms and The Lass O’Gowrie for our open mics!

it’s fantastic to see the scene thriving so much lately, so many brilliant musicians have come down to perform and we’ve had people jamming, collaborating on the fly – boss to see!

we do the Grafton every Tuesday and the Lass every Wednesday – get in touch with michael webster for a slot! 8pm starts