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Local Loaf update 🪐

12th Dec 2021artist, bread, local loaf, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

another Sunday, another update to our Local Loaf playlist with some of the best tunes from up North

featuring brand new music from some fantastic artists, including David Gorman Music Pumpkin Bomb Harrison Rimmer Venus Grrrls and Kate Bond! absolutely brilliant tunes added this week and well worth checking out

head on over to Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find the playlist in full – give it a like / follow to keep up to date with all the latest updates with it

Our very own Olivia Browse performing in Birkenhead tomorrow ✨

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our very own Olivia Browse is performing tomorrow at this over at the Bloom Building and Coffee in Birkenhead

we’ve known the promoters “Where Are The Girlbands” for a good while now and they do some amazing work for independent local musicians, providing a lovely platform to share their work and with some absolutely gorgeous visuals. well worth checking them out, they’re doing essential stuff for the scene in Liverpool!

you can get tickets for £6 adv at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-in-the-same-boat-tickets-221387715617 or £8 otd! going to be a fantastic one, an amazing lineup of great musicians and artists

Sorry that tonight’s Freshly Sliced gig isn’t on! ❤️

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sadly due to scheduling conflicts we’re not able to go ahead with tonight’s gig over at The English Lounge – sorry to all who were gonna come down!

we’ll be back with more gigs as soon as possible, and in the meantime there’s plenty going on in Manchester make sure you check out the fantastic talents of Nina Ettridge Ayanam Udoma Music and Tom J Johnson Music class artists!

The Wrap: November 2021 ☀️

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we’ve got our next edition of The Wrap for you all! 🙌 November has been an incredible month for music, with so many fantastic releases and gigs going on. here’s a little bit of what’s been happening! check out our in-depth reviews below ⬇️

Liverpool-based songwriter LARO is back with a brand new single “Empty Words”! With gorgeous piano melodies, and synth-pop production reminiscent of artists like Lapsley and Lorde, it’s a remarkable tune that sounds so lovely. Gorgeous vocals and harmonies throughout, it’s a relatable love story that you can tell really comes from the soul. Well worth a listen! 🙌 [SPOTIFY]

Manchester lads JCK have just released their newest single “Right By Your Side”! We loved their single “Stranger To Call” last year and this shows that they’ve only gone from strength to strength. 🤘 Mixing rap, indie and alternative vibes they’ve got a real groove going on throughout the track, destined to keep you dancing and jumping about to the song all month. Such a great, feel-good tune and definitely ones to watch, with a class music video as well. 🙌 [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]

Manchester’s Luna Marble have just released their debut single “Running”! With fiery guitar riffs, and explosive drum patterns, the song opens with such a powerful energy and suddenly the lead vocal rips right through it, creating a fantastic atmosphere right from the get-go. We absolutely love the strength of the chorus, so huge – the band sounds SO tight and we’re amazed that this is just the debut single. Definitely ones to watch for the future!! Plus, that guitar solo is heavenly 🙌 [SPOTIFY]

Another super beautiful release “Silver” from Lea Willms following the lead single a few months ago, “Bittersweet”! With gorgeous guitarwork, soft and delicate melodies and beautiful soundscaping, it sounds absolutely incredible. Lea’s vocal is sublime throughout the EP and really gives it a unique and soulful folky sound. Big shout to Sloe Flower Studio for recording this so well, so much great work coming from them. Well worth a listen, for fans of Laura Marling, Beabadoobee and Waxahatchee! [SPOTIFY]

Psych-rockers Mort Jardin have just released their brand new album “Mort Noir”! With dark, grungy riffs, walls of sound and distortion, and echos of delay and reverb it sounds fantastic. 😎 One for all the rockers out there, with some great production and dark, melancholy atmospheres. Another great release from them! Well worth checking out “Evidence”, one of our faves! [SPOTIFY]

Gorgeous and soulful release from Sola – “Thinline” sounds absolutely fantastic. With such a great groove to the track, lovely production and amazing lyricism, we’re blown away by how this sounds. The contrast in mood from the verse to the chorus is defining of the track, and the lyrics in the chorus are fantastic. Well worth a watch of the music video too – can’t wait to see more from Sola! [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]

Square Wild have just released their brand new EP “The Tree-P” over on Bandcamp! Sounding fantastic, really translating their live sound to a studio setting – we’ve caught them live a good few times and they’re super class. Well worth catching them at a gig, and this EP is chock-full of powerful vocals, gorgeous guitar riffs and intense breakdowns. Well worth adding to your Bandcamp collections! [BANDCAMP]

Warrington indie-dreamboats are back after the success of their latest single “I Think I’m Fallin'”, with a cover of “Meet Me at Our Spot”! Sounding absolutely gorgeous, with beautiful vocal harmonies and such a tight groove throughout the track from the bass and drums, it flows seamlessly through the whole song – really worth a listen, such a great take on the tune! We’d love to see more of these covers from them! 😊 [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]

This is only a little amount of the amazing songs that have been released over the past month, really showing that the North has so so much talent ☀️ it’s great to be able to bring you all these, one of our favourite features!

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. 🍞

15k streams on A Good Winter in June 🤯

8th Dec 2021adam carpenter, anyone's ghost, artist, bread, cassettes, local scene, merch, michael webster, new music, olivia browseLeave a Comment

we’re absolutely BLOWN AWAY to say that our very own Anyone’s Ghost has just hit 15000 streams on the debut EP “A Good Winter in June” over on Spotify

the support you guys have continuously given us for this release is phenomenal. hitting such a milestone on one single streaming platform is crazy.. plus, we’ve had so many streams, sales and purchases of merchandise over on Bandcamp as well. we’re so so proud of this EP and worked super hard on it last year, a massive thank you again to everyone for your support!! https://open.spotify.com/album/72I9qwkMbEV13BA2Jvw5Gu

we’ve done the numbers and this means that this year we’ve had over 30,000 streams on the label’s releases. it is insane that we have seen this and we’re so proud of and happy for our lovely artists! Olivia Browse Adam Carpenter Music michael webster

Freshly Sliced: Nina Ettridge / Ayanam Udoma / Tom J Johnson ☀️

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we’re back down at The English Lounge this coming Friday for the return of our Freshly Sliced gigs

after a month off as they’ve had a refurb we’re super excited to bring some more amazing live music to you, and we can’t wait to see what the pub looks like! we’ve got a top lineup for you this week with Nina Ettridge Ayanam Udoma Music and Tom J Johnson Music – gonna be fantastic!

come on down this Friday 5th December from 8pm to catch it all – fantastic drinks on offer, lovely food being sold and amazing free live music! what else could you ask for! find more at our event Freshly Sliced: Nina Ettridge / Ayanam Udoma / Tom J Johnson

Just The Crust 06/12/21: Hayden J Barlow – LCD ☀️

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our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from Hayden J Barlow “LCD” out this Friday 10th December!

we’ve known Hayden for a good while now and we’re still in awe at his sublime guitarwork, passionate and lovely vocals and lush songwriting ability. definitely one to catch live, such a fantastic talent.

we loved his latest singles “LONELINESS” and “DUPLICITY”, such top production on them creating such a unique sound for his music, and really blending so many genres to make super boss tunes. well worth checking out his previous releases!! https://open.spotify.com/artist/54QKgqIuwIximWz6A6ZQG2

the new single “LCD” carries on from his previous releases, with distortion and synths throughout, weaved together with heavy drum samples, basslines and gorgeous vocals that we’ve come to hear consistently from Hayden. we can’t wait to hear this once it’s out – go and give it a pre-save ahead of Friday’s release at https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/haydenjbarlow/lcd

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

Local Loaf update ☀️

5th Dec 2021artist, bread, local loaf, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

another Sunday, another update to our lovely Local Loaf playlist

we’ve got some fantastic additions this week, with brand new music from Dr Fabola The DDE’s Roughneck Riot Daisy Harris and Abnorm boss stuff from these, such great music coming out across the North lately

head on over to our playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY and drop it a like to keep up to date! we’re at 540 songs now which is insane

Not only one but THREE anniversaries! ❄️

4th Dec 2021adam carpenter, anyone's ghost, artist, bread, local scene, michael websterLeave a Comment

bit of a late post today, but the 4th of December is a super special day for us here at the label

not only is it the one year anniversary of michael webster and Adam Carpenter Music EPs but also now the SIX month anniversary of Anyone’s Ghost‘s EP as well. how surreal to have had so many amazing releases out

keeping it short and sweet, go and check em out on Bandcamp at www.breadrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Cream of the Crop is today! ☀️

4th Dec 2021artist, bread, cream of the crop, gigs, live, local scene, new musicLeave a Comment

today’s the day! we’re down at The Thirsty Scholar for our monthly Cream of the Crop gig

come out of the rain and join us in a lovely cosy pub with live music from some of Manchester’s finest up and coming talent – including Walter Kocays Millie Milner Music Casinos and BODY WATER gonna be boss!

we’re starting up around 1:30pm, through til 5pm and it’ll be a boss afternoon of live music with great drinks on offer, veggie/vegan food served all day and fantastic tunes for free! find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: 4th December!