| SMILE32 | ELECTRASY ROLL IT UP |
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This summer will see Electrasy release a digital
only single from their
latest album Wired For Dreaming. The track is
'Roll It Up' which has very much been a live favourite at
their recent shows and never fails to get the crowd
bouncing up and down, joining in with the infectious
chorus. Have a listen to the clip!
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Roll It Up (Single) |
| SMILE31 | SI JUBB DEMONSTRATION |
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"To put not too fine a point on it, Si Jubb set a new benchmark for the standard of composition in the area with the The Dirty Sleeves. Si and the band have both since parted company, of course, but both sides continue to make vital visceral music. Demonstration is just Si and a guitar - or Si and a piano, on 'Her Indoors' - at it fair crackles with immediacy and urgency. On the face of it, upon hearing opening track 'State Of My Union', the most cogent comparison seems to be with Billy Bragg. Si dispatches his songs with a similar passion and pride, sings with blunt honesty and favours a crunchy, heavily-reverberated electric guitar sound. However, as a songwriter Si's narrative voice is very much his own. 'Malarkey', 'Dear Friend Of Mine' and 'Her Indoors' are deeply personal vignettes which in lesser hands could be almost uncomfortable, but are punchy little victories when spat forth by Si. And what a singularly observant eye the man has: To Paraphrase Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Jubb is in the detail." Marco Rossi, Dorset Echo. |
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State Of My Union (Demonstration) |
| SMILE30 | ATOMIC COMING UP FROM THE STREETS |
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After supporting the likes of Babyshambles, Kula
Shaker and Paul Weller in Germany
and Austria, Atomic are now set
to release their stunning 2nd album titled Coming Up
From The Streets! The album takes the listener on an
eclectic journey through eleven songs. From the killingly
rocking ‘Magic Daydream’ to the dramatic
‘Something Wonderful’, all the way to the
groovy ‘I’m A Man’. The album was made
under new conditions since, together with the heart of
the band Thomas (vocals) and Rainer Marschel (vocals
& guitar); three new guys joined the band: Markus
Schalk (guitar), Holger Jacob (bass) and Daniel Peucker
(drums). The new album was produced at the Telstar
Studios in Munich where, for example, The
Arctic Monkeys recorded a track for their
debut album. Great production, indie rock at its best! Physical release date: 7th July 2008. |
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Soul Sister (Coming Up From The Streets) |
| SMILE29 | HAMFATTER DO SOMETHING STUPID TONIGHT |
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Quirky Cambridge 3-piece Hamfatter are all set
to release their charming new reggae-tinged pop nugget
‘Do Something Stupid Tonight’. It’s the
second single from their acclaimed recent album What
Part of Hamfatter Do You Not Understand?. Previous
single ‘Sziget (We Get Wrecked)’ reached number
54 in the singles chart and number
13 in the indie singles chart in July
2007. The CD version will feature 3 brand
new and exclusive tracks: 'Down Tonight', 'My Great
Grandfather' and '21st Century (Electro Remix)'. Physical/Digital release date: TBA 2008. |
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Do Something Stupid Tonight (Single) |
| SMILE28 | GARFIELDS BIRTHDAY LET THEM EAT CAKE |
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It's been a long time coming, but 2008 finally sees the release of the new album from Garfields Birthday called Let Them Eat Cake. They have been promising this album for ages now, in fact the first tracks were recorded back in 2005! It has been quite a sporadic project, at different stages the three band members were living in Weymouth, Bristol and Canada; so getting everyone in the same place for long enough to get anything done was a challenge in itself! Despite this, they have come up with ten stunning pop gems that are certain to put a smile on your face. Incredibly they are now into their 13th year and Brit-pop seems an awfully long time ago, but for a maturing indie band living by the sea, it seems there is still plenty to smile about. The CD features ten big helpings of perfect melodic indie pop, complete with jangly guitars, harmonies and hooks galore! This is a 'physical only' release and can be yours from 19th May 2008! |
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Punch & Judy Man (Let Them Eat Cake) |
| SMILE27 | GARFIELDS BIRTHDAY MOLLY'S EYES EP |
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Four brand new tracks from
indie-poppers Garfields Birthday, taken from
their new album called Let Them Eat Cake. This
digital only EP will be released by Pink
Hedgehog Records on 28th
January 2008, followed by the physical
release of the album by Pink Hedgehog/Dandyland
Records in the Spring. Digital release date: 28th January 2008. |
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Molly's Eyes (Molly's Eyes EP) |
| SMILE26 | ELECTRASY WIRED FOR DREAMING |
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Well it's taken a few years, but Electrasy can finally
let their fans (old and new) hear the almost mythical
third album that was recorded for Arista in the USA back in 2001 and Pink
Hedgehog have the utmost privelege of letting
it loose on the world. All it took was a handshake and a
sack full of bream and (like the fish) it was in the bag!
The album is called Wired For Dreaming and it's
only available from our online store. Physical release
date: 10th September 2007. Please
click here for details
on how to order this release. Electrasy believe in 'Music Without Industry'. |
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Dr Zack (Wired For Dreaming) |
| SMILE25 | HAMFATTER WHAT PART OF HAMFATTER DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? |
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Cambridge 3-piece Hamfatter release their third album What Part of Hamfatter Do You Not Understand? this Summer. Their songs possess an evocative biographical element, with ‘Dancing Shoes’ and ‘At Home Here’ painting a picture of life in Cambridge’s Bohemian quarter. While ‘This Day Won’t Die’ was written on a mountain in Southern France during a thunderstorm, when the band had taken off in their beaten up old tourbus and "spent a week jamming tunes, cycling over mountains drinking, eating, smoking weed, canoeing, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and jumping off rocks into lakes". The album was recorded at Sickroom Studios with producer Owen Turner. Physical/Digital release date: 16th July 2007. |
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21st Century Sex (What Part Of Hamfatter Do You Not Understand?) |
| SMILE24 | HAMFATTER SZIGET (WE GET WRECKED) |
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Cambridge 3-piece Hamfatter release
‘Sziget (We Get Wrecked)’ as a lead-off single
from their third album What Part of Hamfatter Do You
Not Understand? on July 9th. Its very
much a single of two halves, with the first track
concerning the positive side of the band’s
experience of playing at the Sziget Festival in Budapest in 2006 and
second song ‘Karma’ detailing some darker
aspects of that same Summer. Physical/Digital release date: 9th July 2007. |
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Sziget (We Get Wrecked) (Single) |
| SMILE23 | FREAK CIRCUS FREAK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH |
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"I can't let the day pass
without congratulating Dorset's most
talented practitioners of the dark arts, Freak
Circus, on the release of their
unreasonably bracing new album, which the Wolf
Man and Aquafibio pressed
into my hand the other night following a spirited and
commendably varied display on the Rendezvous dance floor
(they truly are The Greatest Dancers). Straight from the
first track, it's like being present at a punk/new wave
masterclass: Buzzcocks
accessibility married to the guitar sound of early Wire, topped off
with the surf 'n' scurf aesthetic of The
Ramones, performed with the intensity and
intelligence of Pavement or The
Temple Cooper Clause." Thirteen fantastic
punk/pop tracks! Physical release date: 14th January 2008. |
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Chemistry (Freak Shall Inherit The Earth) |
| SMILE22 | GARFIELDS BIRTHDAY AMBULANCE EP |
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Turning the clocks back to 1998, Garfields
Birthday returned to Small
World Studios in Yeovil, to record
an EP with Mark Bowyer once again
at the controls. The tracks were 'Ambulance', 'Eye To
Eye', 'Mad Old Bird' and 'Everything'. Three of them
featured on compilation albums, as well as on the band's
deleted Peepshow release, but now you have a
second chance to hear them as they were originally
intended to be heard! These guitar-driven tunes will make
you think its the golden age of Brit-Pop all over
again! Digital release date: 14th May 2007. |
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Ambulance (Ambulance EP) |
| SMILE21 | GARFIELDS BIRTHDAY KENNETH DAVIS/THICK EAR (SINGLE) |
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Back in 1997, Garfields
Birthday recorded what was intended to be
their debut single... a double A-Sided vinyl single
featuring two tunes 'Kenneth Davis' and 'Thick Ear'.
Produced by Mark Bowyer at Small
World Studios in Yeovil, Somerset, they were
the first tracks recorded outside of their home/demo
studio on Portland. Eventually
appearing on an album, which has long since been out of
print, they are now (thanks to the digital music
revolution) available once again for everyone to enjoy! Digital release date: 14th May 2007. |
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Kenneth Davis (Kenneth Davis/Thick Ear) |
| SMILE20 | GARFIELDS BIRTHDAY DEAF IN VENICE EP |
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Ten years after their very first
release, Garfields Birthday have
recorded a brand new EP which shows that they still know
how to come up with a good pop song, or three. Produced
by Alan Strawbridge (The
Lucky Bishops/Cheese) at his
home studio on Portland, the tracks were recorded over a
weekend in the Summer of 2006. It was a very democratic
process, with each of the writers in the band
contributing a song. It does mean that you have three
arguably quite different tracks on the EP, but at the
same time, still sounding like a band that are having fun
and playing some great guitar pop... which is pretty much
what Garfields Birthday have always
done. Tracks: We Know Your Name, Take A Ride, Cocaine
Joe. Digital release date: 29th January 2007. |
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We Know Your Name (Deaf In Venice EP) |
| SMILE19 | PETER LACEY PERMANENT WAVE |
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This will be Peter's 5th album, his
4th for Pink Hedgehog. Click on
the mp3 link for a clip of 'Hey Rose'. The new album will
initially be available as a professionally duplicated
cd-r, complete with colour artwork, and limited to just 100 copies. It
will also be available from most digital music providers,
such as iTunes. Physical
release date: 11th December 2006. |
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Hey Rose (Permanent Wave) |
| SMILE18 | THE STEVE WILSON BAND SIDESHOWS AND FAIRYTALES |
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This is the second album from Steve Wilson, featuring eleven brand new recordings which showcase his warm and sophisticated style of song-writing. Starting off with a nod to The Mamas And The Papas, Steve invites us on a highly enjoyable musical journey which takes in Randy Newman and The Band along the way. The band play a captivating brand of 60s influenced pop music, blending American West coast harmonies, blues and soul. Influenced by The Byrds and Bob Dylan to name but two, Steves’ songwriting style creates the perfect setting for the vocal and musical talents of the band to thrive. And what a band! With various members past and present working with the likes of Norah Jones, Paul McCartney, Billy Bragg and Steely Dan, this is a group of genuine musical pedigree. If you think that “they don’t write songs like that anymore” well The Steve Wilson Band are here to prove they do. This is a wonderful celebration of the power of melody which will restore your faith in modern popular music. |
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Looking For An Idiot (Sideshows And Fairytales) |
| SMILE17 | ROGER TARRY LAST TIME I WAS THERE |
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Roger Tarry and his band have been busy working on new material, culminating in the recording of his first full-length album Last Time I Was There, produced in Riverside Studios, Bath under the watching eye of engineer Seb Pecchia. Together they have produced a record of stunning quality, with lush arrangements that captured the beauty of Roger’s new material, but never lost the delicate narrative that flows through each song. His tender vocals, effortlessly delivered with gossamer touch, mixed with achingly melancholic melodies and a lyrical insight that far outstrips expectation. Cellist Alison Gillies provided the album with it’s finishing touches and tracks such as ‘Driving Song’, ‘So Much Time’, ‘Throwing Stones’ and ‘Walk With Me’ were given an overwhelming reception by all that heard them. Clearly, here is a singer-songwriter ready to take the next step forward. The album is being released in the UK on 13th November 2006. |
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Just Like Oceans (Last Time I Was There) |
| SMILE16 | ANTON BARBEAU DRUG FREE |
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Anton Barbeau has recently finished work on two new solo albums. The first, In The Village Of The Apple Sun, is a Beatles-meets-Julian Cope-meets-Joe Meek psychedelic pop odyssey featuring Cake's Gabe Nelson and Oxford folkstress Sharron Kraus. This sister disk, Drug Free, mixes traditional American and English pop structures with Kraut-inflected space rock stretchiness. It features crowd-pleasers such as the title track and 'Leave it with Me, I'm Always Gentle'. The album is being released on 6th November 2006. |
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Magic Metal Apron (Drug Free) |
| SMILE15 | SCHNAUSER KILL ALL HUMANS |
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Schnauser play a mixture of psychedelic and progressive pop/rock and were formed in Armenia in 2003 by two soldiers sick of being shot and injured on a weekly basis. Schnauser are hugely popular in their native Armenia and regulalrly play in front of crowds of people at the disused slaughterhouses which constitute Armenia's music venues. The bands first album Kill All humans was completed in 2005 and is available from our own online store and iTunes... rumour has it that album #2 is already underway! |
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Keep On Digging (Kill All Humans) |
| SMILE14 | MONDO JET SET HENRY AFTER A NIGHT LIFE |
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Pink Hedgehog Records reluctantly present an album by Mondo Jet Set entitled Henry After A Nightlife. It is the first album by Mondo Jet Set. Mark is the tall statesman-like guitarist who shops well and writes and produces. Under threats of physical and emotional torture, he may even sing. James is the other one. He has long hair and sings and writes the songs with the obvious chord changes. Neither of them can drive. Both may have been a band called Marlowe, who produced an album entitled They Would've Hated You Anyway way back when. Craig is on drums. Now he does drive. And look, over there is Bob. He plays the bass very nicely indeed and has been known to drink alcohol. The album is good. I hope you like it. Do give it a go. You'll be pleased to know, you can get it from our online store, or download it from iTunes. |
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Bad Lines (Henry After A Night Life) |
| SMILE13 | HAMFATTER GIRLS IN GRAZ |
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Girls In Graz is the Cambridge-based
band's second album which stabs you with its full-energy,
almost-live sound. The musical depth of the eleven songs
is presented with refreshing ease. The skilful blend of
various styles including Pop, Folk and Jazz is a true
work of art, a unified sound that calls for a new
definition of Brit-Pop! This music has guts and you can
feel the sheer joy which Hamfatter take in
performing. "A bit like Badly Drawn Boy if
someone sprinkled amphetamines in his tea.
Recommended!" |
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Girls In Graz (Girls In Graz) |
| SMILE12 | THE BLACK WATCH THE HYPNOTIZING SEA |
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Thirteen brand new tracks from The
Black Watch, “the most criminally
under-appreciated indie band in America.” Possibly
their strongest set of songs to date, and certainly a
modern day pop classic! This is the bands first UK album
release, and will hopefully go a long way to helping them
achieve the same repuation and adoration in Europe as
they have enjoyed for so long now in America. Have a
listen to the clip! "First rate folk rock
and arresting indie pop for literate, intelligent,
music-loving fans." |
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The Shakespeare Song (The Hypnotizing Sea) |
| SMILE11 | THE BLACK WATCH THE INNERCITY GARDEN EP |
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This is the first ever UK release for
The
Black Watch. Their brand new EP contains two
tracks from the forthcoming album The Hypnotizing Sea,
together with two exclusive B-sides. They are one of the
most tenacious and "criminally
under-appreciated" indie pop bands in America - whose
leader, you may well find, is at the top of his game in
the songwriting department. Their music has often been
compared to Robyn Hitchcock and My
Bloody Valentine, but also to a "sadder
Beatles" which
can't be bad! "Yet another impressive
triumph." |
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Innercity Garden (The Innercity Garden EP) |
| SMILE10 | ANTON BARBEAU WATERBUGS & BEETLES |
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This classic pop album from Anton
Barbeau first came out back in 1995. On it's
original release, it was only available in America, but now a
decade later, we are putting that right with a very
special 10th Anniversary issue of
the CD. This version of the album has been re-mastered
and has a revised track listing... it also comes with
some amazing new artwork by Grammy award
winning artist Rachel Gutek. "Prising
open this treasure chest of gasping pumping |
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Allyson 23 (Waterbugs & Beetles) |
| SMILE9 | PETER LACEY SONGS FROM A LOFT |
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Songs From A Loft is Peter
Lacey's fourth album, his third for Pink
Hedgehog, and is possib;y his strongest
collection so far. Sure to put a smile on your face and
some extra warmth in your heart! "Peter
continues his bright and very rewarding |
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Sandman (Of The Southern Shores) (Songs From A Loft) |
| SMILE8 | CHEESE ENLARGE YOUR JOHNSON |
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Just when we all thought it was never
going to happen... it gives me the greatest of pleasure
to announce the arrival of the brand new Cheese album Enlarge
Your Johnson. Being that Let It Brie was a
compilation of early tracks and demos, you could argue
that this is there first "propper" album. The
band has matured over the last few years, at least it's
fair to say their music has... the incredible melodies,
lyrics and hooks are still there, but their sound has
evolved into a far more sophisticated brand of thinking
mans pop! "With influences ranging from
XTC to Badfinger, Cheese have recorded an album of
polished radio pop." |
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Zero And Counting You Down (Enlarge Your Johnson) |
| SMILE7 | ANTON BARBEAU GULADONG |
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This album is really very good
indeed! Ant music fans
won't need me to convince them, but for those of you who
don't have an Anton Barbeau album in
their collection, this is a good place to start. This set
of new songs has a really nice "homespun" feel
about it and there's one great track after another.
Taking inspiration from artists like The
Beatles, Robyn Hitchcock and Bob
Dylan... Anton adds his uniquely twisted
perspective and ends up with a sound that is highly
individual and incredibly addictive. Have a listen to the
clip and you'll find he's a little bit Country, he's a
little bit Rock'n'Roll! A fantastic album! "Darkly
intelligent anti-pop of the highest order." |
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It Won't Be Long 'Til The Banjo Patrol Comes Along (Guladong) |
| SMILE6 | HAMFATTER FIREWORKS |
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Hamfatter seem to be
influenced by bands they've never or hardly heard of,
such as The Violent Femmes, XTC, Ben
Folds Five, The Modern Lovers, The
Go-Betweens or early Belle
& Sebastian. But all of these
comparisons are purely academical, as contrary to current
convention, Hamfatter don't make
music to recreate their record collections. Three things
hit you when you listen to their debut album... it's
fresh, it's interesting, and it's good. Great tunes and
good singing! One journalist compared it to "Gorky's
Zygotic Mynci around the time they
threatened to become successful". Spin the disc, and enjoy the super melody-charged eclectic indie Brit-Rock sound of Hamfatter! "A band
worthy of a much heightened profile." |
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You May (Take Drugs In The Day) (Fireworks) |
| SMILE5 | PETER LACEY ANDERIDA |
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Anderida is Peter
Lacey's third album and his second for Pink
Hedgehog. The title refers to the name given
by the Romans, to the giant forest that stretched from
the east coast of England across Kent, Sussex and into
Hampshire. Looking north from the Downs, all you'd see
were trees. Roads, settlements, villages and towns were
created over the centuries, and where Peter lives is part
of all that. Peter loved the idea that it was all once a
density of trees, and this became the concept and theme
of his new album. Treat yourself to fourteen brand new helpings of Brian Wilson/Beach Boys inspired pop! "One of the most delightful and
important artistic discoveries of this new century." |
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Love (Anderida) |
| SMILE4 | STEVE WILSON STEPPIN' IT UP A NOTCH |
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On this debut release, Steve
Wilson shows us that he is a
singer-songwriter of great talent. It is a very mature
album, and contains a wealth of intelligent and
sophisticated pop songs. His studio band, The
Innocent Bystanders, features both Robbie
McIntosh a former member of The
Pretenders and The Paul McCartney
Band, and Chas Dickie from the
legendary Van Der Graaf Generator. Some of
you may know them from their more recent roles in Gordon
Haskell's band. With musicians of this
calibre and songs of an equal quality, it's no surprise
that we end up with such an impressive album. "The
work of seasoned veterans and skilled craftsmen who know
exactly what they’re doing." |
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Invisible People (Steppin' It Up A Notch) |
| SMILE3 | THE BITTER LITTLE CIDER APPLES STILL |
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This album has been a long time
coming, but just seconds after hitting the play button,
you will realise that it has defenitely been worth the
wait. This is the band's debut release, and once again
proves that there is something very special about the
music coming out of the often over-looked Dorset music
scene. This is more than just intelligent pop, but if
comparisons have to be made, then think along the lines
of early R.E.M. and The
Cure. We are talking about uniquely
creative guitar work, infectious melodies and
observational lyrics that are both witty and inspired. An
amazing album, for all fans of quality pop music. "If
Pete Doherty were addicted to Cherry Coke, he could
probably join The Bitter Little Cider Apples." |
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Sad Lady (Still) |
| SMILE2 | PETER LACEY THRU A GLASS BRIGHTLY |
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This is the greatly anticipated
follow up to Beam!, which proved to be a huge
success for Peter Lacey back in
2000. Once again Peter has chosen to record the album in
his "loft" studio at his home in West Sussex. Thru
A Glass Brightly continues on from where Beam!
left off and contains twelve beautifully crafted new
songs. Peter's music is often compared to The
Beach Boys because of his wonderful harmonies
and arrangements, and to Paul McCartney's early
work, with it's strength of melody and warm
"homemade" production values. However, this
album will no doubt establish Peter as a uniquely
talented artist in his own right. Peter has two more
albums released on Pink Hedgehog records available
from our store! "Peter Lacey's second album once
again proves him to be |
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Inspiration (Thru A Glass Brightly) |
| SMILE1 | CHEESE LET IT BRIE |
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This album is a must for all power pop fans. If you take all the best things about XTC, Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and Television, and then add Marco Rossi's own brand of clever pop, you arrive at a band called Cheese. Featuring Rich Murphy and Alan Strawbridge from The Lucky Bishops, together with the powerful and creative Chris Page on drums, the band have come up with a wealth of brilliantly crafted pop songs. This debut CD release collects together all their best tracks, many of which having helped in making Cheese a household name. Some of these recording also feature Steve Wilson, before he embarked on his solo career. Their new album is also out now on Pink Hedgehog Records. "Let it Brie is pretty tasty." (All Music Guide, USA) |
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Where Are They Now (Let It Brie) |
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