we’ve just made up a lil playlist of all of our 2021 Just The Crust features!
there’s way way too many for us to tag everyone but with 52 releases, including singles and albums, it’s an absolute brill insight into the talent on the scene! so many fantastic artists and tunes – we’re super proud to be able to have covered them all.
we’re at 555 songs on the playlist now, and over thirty-two and a half hours of top local tunes up North head on over to our Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5FnabVHuYeT9Yp2s7GjeKY to find the playlist in full – drop it a like to keep up to date!
we’re so made up with all the releases we put out this year!!
with music from our very own Olivia Browse Anyone’s Ghost and michael webster we’ve been busy alongside all of the live gigs we’ve been doing – super productive time for us and we are well happy with how well they’ve all done. we’ve got nearly 30k streams on all of these over on Spotify and a bunch of purchases on Bandcamp
head on over to our Bandcamp at https://breadrecords.bandcamp.com/ to find them all in full – we’ve got a bunch of merch available as well, go and check em out
our very own Olivia Browse‘s brand new single “Lonelier Than You” has been out for nearly four weeks now
we’ve already hit over a thousand and a half streams on Spotify, with coverage from BBC Radio Essex and plenty of lovely reviews and features it’s great to see it doing so well big shout to everyone who has listened!
we’ve also updated our lovely Local Loaf playlist today
with some amazing new additions from the likes of James Holt Lucy Wentworth JCKJane Lacey and Gen and the Degenerates it’s a boss one this week, well worth checking out all these unreal artists up North such a class collection of amazing local music in our playlist!
We’ve got another of our brand new Knead To Know interviews, today we have the fantastic Tay Temple ✨
We’ve known Tay for a good while now and we’re amazed at how far she’s come in the past few years, even in the midst of a pandemic and global lockdowns, she’s been smashing it and writing, performing and releasing throughout it all.. an absolute machine with so much talent! 😊
She’s been featured on our Just The Crust a few times now with her singles, and our very own michael webster did a lil cover of “Millennials” as well – we love to see it. Her brand new EP “Painfully Aware” is a beautiful collection of Tay’s songs, really giving the listener an insight into her thoughts and feelings, through lovely americana/indie-influenced songwriting, a fantastic band behind her and her usual amazing vocalwork and guitar playing! One of our favourites of the year for sure. 🙌
Check out the interview below!
Having released your singles just prior to, and throughout the pandemic, how was it to be able to put out your EP once things had opened up again?
The whole thing has been a bitter sweet experience. I released my debut single ‘Millennials’ back in March 2020 just before everything kicked off so it was really bad timing. We recorded the EP over 2019/2020 so when it finally came out in October this year I wasn’t as attached to the songs but I’m still so proud of the final product.
What kinds of things did you do to prepare for recording?
I’m a perfectionist so I record every rehearsal then listen back and pick out instrumentation parts I like – lead guitar riffs/ bass lines / drum fills etc. I also write out all the lead sheets for each song, as well as the lyrics, bpm, key signature, harmonies and a few other things. Basically I like to be as prepared as possible.
Have you got a favourite song from the EP, if so.. How come?
I think I’d have to say ‘Ladybird’ because it’s just such a significant song to me and the societal obsession with female beauty is something I strongly disagree with. I mean, I even got a tattoo of a ladybird. If that’s not commitment I don’t know what is haha.
What are your main influences within your songs – artists, music, the general world.. Lots of things often come into it!
I’d say the general world / politics are definitely a major influence on my writing, if not the main one. But I also write a lot about my own experiences because channeling my emotions into songs is basically my coping mechanism.
How has the past year impacted your releases, creativity and relationship with music?
If anything it’s made me realise just how much I need to perform. Having that taken away really impacted my mental health and made me question my whole identity so it’s safe to say I’m over the moon that I’ve been lucky enough to have multiple gigs this year.
It’s also made me so much more appreciative of the wider industry roles that don’t always get the limelight; Live Sound Engineers, Promoters, Booking agents, Venue owners etc. Without those people, artists like myself can’t put on shows so they are just as important and it’s a shame they don’t always get the credit they deserve.
What do you find most enjoyable about music?
When I first show my band something I’ve written and it all just starts to click. That’s when I know if a songs gonna work or not. It’s one of the most euphoric feelings – I just love it.
Is there anything else we should know for what’s on the horizon for Tay Temple?
I can’t reveal anything just yet but we have big big plans for 2022 and I’m just so excited for it all!
It’s fantastic to see such an insight into Tay’s music this way, and we couldn’t agree more with her on the under-appreciated areas of the music industry; and also with regards to the need for music for not only getting your thoughts out there, but with relation to creativity and self-care. Her attention to detail is super inspiring and we hope that you guys can take something away from this for yourselves! 🤘 a massive thanks to her for doing this for us, amazing stuff. 😊
We’ll be back soon with yet another edition of our Knead To Know interviews, in the meantime check out Tay’s music below! 🍞
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 BrowseAdam Carpenter Music michael webster
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
so many fantastic artists and tunes – we’re super proud to be able to have covered them all. 
well worth a listen this weekend! 
big shout to everyone who has listened! 
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