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!
we had a real mega one last Saturday for our headline gig at the Grafton Arms with JCK!
superb sets from all including Cal Walshjanelaceymusic and Johnny Braddock, they all smashed it. what a night! some of the best talent in Manchester and we had a real lovely turnout too, great to see people supporting it all
big love to everyone who came down and a big shout to our photographer Max for these amazing photos! got something pretty sick to announce next, keep your eyes peeled for it
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!
this is tonight! over at the Grafton Arms – gonna be a fantastic one!
we’ve got the amazing JCK headlining for us, seriously one of the most talented chaps we’ve met, such great energy to his sets and just a real lovely lad with some insane tunes. amazing support from janelaceymusicCal Walsh and Johnny Braddock! proper can’t wait for this one.
we’ll be starting up around half 7 or so – it’s all free entry, £3 pints, food served til late… what else could you ask for?! find out more at our event Bread Records Present: JCK + Supports
today marks the TWO YEAR streak of us posting on our website.. how insane
730 days of posting which also incidentally means 2 years of us having the website up and running, posted every single day and sometimes even multiple posts a day! we hit 1000 posts the other week and seriously, the site is full of amazing music, features and reviews we’ve done – it’s great to see so much being done!
a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us, all the bands and artists we’ve featured, anyone whose checked out our stuff.. it means the world! we’ve come so so far and every single day it just gets better and better. big love if you fancy giving the website a lil look, head on over to www.breadrecords.co.uk!
just a lil post today to say how insane our open mics over at the Grafton Arms and The Lass O’Gowrie have been lately!
it’s been a real pleasure being able to put these on and have so many talented artists come down week in and week out – super busy and it’s an honour to be able to provide a platform for local artists to hone their craft and play their tunes so great to see!
we’re on at the Grafton every Tuesday, and the Lass every Wednesday – and from the 8th of May, we’re at Foundry Project Manchester fortnightly Sundays! get in touch with our michael webster for a slot
we’re so proud of our releases this year on the label
amazing releases from our lovely artists Alien Clouds Narwhals and Olivia Browse – so much talent and each of the singles are such tunes, we’re blessed to have these guys on our roster
if you’ve not heard them yet, you can find them all on our Bandcamp at www.breadrecords.bandcamp.com where you can also purchase each for only a quid per song! let us know what you think and keep your eyes out for even more stuff, got lots in the works
our feature for today’s Just The Crust is the brand new single from Scatterchild “Staring Me Down”, out this coming Friday 29th April!
we’ve known Scatterchild for a good while now, having featured a bunch of their amazing releases on the website, caught them at plenty of gigs here in Manchester and even put them on a few lineups ourselves – they always put on a top show, with such energy, intimacy and power to their sets
this new tune only continues in a long line of brilliant releases from the indie-folk outfit, with beautiful melody lines throughout, and the track builds and builds throughout each verse to reach a huge chorus chock-full of vocal harmonies and such powerful lyricism from Jay – really proving his vocal ability in this track!
we love the bridge in this, dropping to create a real intimate connection with the listener, only to open back up to a huge chorus and ending off the track with a beautiful outro that just simply puts the song at ease. a really well-crafted track from the lads!