we’re down at The English Lounge (64-66 High Street, Manchester) tonight for our next Freshly Sliced gig! ๐
it’s gonna be a super one with Laura Farrow Hayden J Barlow and Nicky Phillips performing for us – some of Manchester’s finest talent right here! โ๏ธ
come on down from 8pm – it’s free entry, quality pints, amazing musicians performing.. what’s not to love? find out more at our event Freshly Sliced: Laura Farrow / Hayden J Barlow / Nicky Phillips! ๐
we’ve got our August edition of The Wrap for you! ๐ค there’s been some absolutely fantastic tunes out over the past month and we’re stoked to be able to bring you some of our favourites! it’s so great to see everyone making moves – gigs, music and so much going on! check out our lil in-depth reviews below โ๏ธ
Yorkshire rockers Blue Orchid Reaction are back with another banger – we’ve featured them before and love the energy within their music. “Sunset Claims” is another top single from them – with 70’s influence, lush guitar tones and some lovely songwriting, definitely worth checking out! [SPOTIFY]
New to the Manchester scene, Green Wire are definitely a band to keep your eyes on! With a first release like this, they’re sure to go places. Really lush vocals and band sounding proper tight, this is one for all the indie rock lovers out there. [SPOTIFY]
We know we’ve featured Szou before with this track, but this music video is bloody CLASS. A real homage to Manchester, and an absolutely fantastic tune. One to blast out before you go out – pop goodness, and the tune is produced so well. What a talent! Big shout to
on the video here, one of the best. We LOVE it! [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]
Singer-songwriter Holly Jenkinson is back with another absolutely lovely tune, “I Told You So”! With such warm guitar tones here, brilliant lyricism, and a fantastic vocal, absolutely unreal stuff. Definitely one to keep an eye on! Ps.. that drop into the band is absolutely beautiful. [SPOTIFY]
Absolutely beautiful chorusy guitar here from Ophelia for their debut single “Man on Mountain”. A real lush soundscape throughout the track, an absolutely top chorus – this tune ticks all the boxes for us. That distorted guitar riff too! Wow. Definitely ones to watch here! [SPOTIFY]
Manchester-based punks The Battery Farm are back with yet another massive tune “Roy Keane Isn’t Real”! Proper heavy and driving stuff from these guys, real punk ambassadors of the scene. Well class and so noisy! The video is proper great too, tongue in cheek laughs throughout, well worth a watch! [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]
Manchester indie rockers Not Ned are back with their new EP “Good Times”! Well worth a listen, you can tell these guys are jamming and having a laugh – that riff is proper lush and the band sounds proper tight. Lovely alt rock vibe to this – just great vibes all around here! [SPOTIFY / YOUTUBE]
Oh it’s so boss to be seeing all this great music coming out lately! โจ so many gigs going on as well, we’re making moves with our releases and gigs.. it’s all coming up! Can’t wait to see what the future holds. Keep yourselves safe, get down to gigs and open mics, stream local artists and keep the scene alive! โ๏ธ all music, videos and images remain copyright of their respective owners!
we still have a few of our Bread t shirts available! 
along with a load more merch too 
head on over to our Bandcamp at https://breadrecords.bandcamp.com/merch to find it all – t shirts, tapes and cds! a super way to support our lil label 
we’re going to be making some big moves very soon so all support is much appreciated 
modelled by our own michael webster
got more gigs on the way, and our open mic at The Grafton Arms is tonight too! gonna be boss 
back again with another update to our Local Loaf playlist! we promise we won’t be posting as hectically this week ๐
we’ve got brand new music from Izzie Walsh Faux Pas The Far North Scott comanche music and Jamie Ainslie ๐คsome absolutely lush tunes coming out on the North West scene lately, well worth checking out. definitely something for everyone this week! โ๏ธ
head on over to https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find our playlist in full – give it a like and drop a comment with your favourite new tune from the North West! ๐
yesterday at The Thirsty Scholar was super LUSH 
we had such a great time as per usual for our monthly Cream of the Crop afternoon! a massive shout out to Anyoneโs Ghost Gideon Foster and Ayanam Udoma Music for performing – what a lovely lineup! they all performed top sets, a proper boss indication of Manchester’s talent.
we’ll be back next month on the 2nd October with our next one – it’s looking like one of our best gigs yet! we’ll be posting about it this week so keep your eyes peeled
we’ve got our next Freshly Sliced gig for you all! ๐ค
we’re down next week with the amazing talents of Laura Farrow Nicky Phillips and Hayden J Barlow – a super lineup and we can’t wait to catch them all performing! ๐
we’ve had some really lovely ones in the past, and last night with Blacksheeplad Pat Gallagher and John W Doyle Music was top! great ones and a real show of the talent here in Manchester โ๏ธ
head on over to our event Freshly Sliced: Laura Farrow / Nicky Phillips / Hayden J Barlow to find out more! ๐
we’re down at The Thirsty Scholar today for our next Cream of the Crop songwriter event! ๐ฅช
super looking forward to this one, always a lovely afternoon of live music down at the Scholar. we’ve got Ayanam Udoma Music Gideon Foster Anyoneโs Ghost and Tay Temple – what a lush lineup! ๐ค
come on down from around 1pm or so to catch all the artists in action – a top way to spend your Saturday afternoon here in Manchester ๐ find out more at our event Cream of the Crop: 4th September! ๐
we’re back down at The English Lounge (64-66 High Street, Manchester) tonight for our latest Freshly Sliced gig! ๐ฅช
we’ll be joined by the fantastic talents of Blacksheeplad Pat Gallagher and John W Doyle Music from 8pm – looking like an absolutely lovely one, absolutely made up to have these guys performing for us! gonna be boss. โ๏ธ
best of all, it’s free entry, cheap and quality pints, food served til late, some of Manchester’s finest songwriters – come on down and enjoy your Friday with us! ๐find out more at our event here on Facebook at Freshly Sliced: Blacksheeplad / Pat Gallagher / John W Doyle ๐
only ONE WEEK until Olivia Browse‘s new tune “Calendar Girl” is out featuring Szou! โข
we’re super excited for you all to hear this, it’s an absolute banger – we’re well made up to be releasing this and working with Liv as always โค๏ธin her own words, “๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ” – what an icon ๐ค
head on over to https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/oliviabrowse/calendar-girl-feat-szou to pre-save it and as soon as it’s out on the 10th you’ll get it right in your library! ๐
we still have a couple of these beautiful Anyoneโs Ghost tapes left! there’s not many, so make sure you grab one before they’re gone!
head on over to Bandcamp at www.breadrecords.bandcamp.com/merch to find all of our merch, including T shirts, CDs, tapes and more plenty of stuff to have a gander at. drop us a message if you’d like to buy one!
supporting our lil label in this way is one of the best ways you can help us out! it can be difficult, especially in such a convoluted industry but we’re all about supporting one another and giving everyone the opportunity. 
gotta help each other out, and we’re so grateful for all those who have been to any of our gigs, listened or bought any of our releases or merch – you’re the best!
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