Transmittens are Jen Weidl and Danny Rowland. The band started when Jen and Danny started playing around with a synthesizer, a guitar, and a drum machine a couple of years ago, and have since then evolved into a lovely mind-melting band. Apart from a few compilation appearances, Our dreams is their first release. With 10 songs in just over 20 minutes, the mini-album delivers the most upbeat, delightful melodies that are sure to put a smile on your face and a wiggle in your step.
Sing along to the lyrics.
The Felt Tips are Miguel, Andrew, Neil and Kev, and make the most exquisite uptempo winsome pop, led by Andrew's crooner style voice, confident and quirky, full of subtle nuance, and recalling stories of trips to London, romantic interludes and missed opportunities. This is their third release, following two wonderful singles on Cloudberry records.
Starting Anew is our second mini pop-up compilation. The first release in the new year and themed all aroud new beginnings, the compilation features 7 songs packed in handcut pop-up sleeves that come in four different colours.
Little my and weepop! join forces once more for another ep. The cover for each copy of the ep is different, with a "guess who" game card sellotaped to it. Limited run of 100 copies.
Based in Chicago, Kristine, Dan, Christopher, Lisle and Amy mix Indiepop with early 60s britpop to create their unique sound: The Lorimer Sound. This is their first release and, as usual, limited to 160 copies.
Let’s Whisper is the bedroom pop duo project of Colin Clary and Dana Kaplan of the Smittens. They write super-sweet pop songs, and apart from a couple of compilations appearances (including our pop -up compilation "spring forward"), this is their first release. The ep is limited to 160 copies.
Another returning weepop band! Glasgow's inimitable Just Joans, with their scottish drawl over a country-tinged sprawl of clever indiepop compositions.
A welcome and speedy return from Boston's One Happy Island! Four tracks of up-beat summer pop to soundtrack those upcoming lazy afternoons and pop nights!
Summer Cats are made up of three boys and two girls from Melbourne, who make an exceptionally pleasing racket packed with hooks and handclaps, completely guaranteed to induce spontaneous dance attacks - watch out! The ep is limited run to 160 copies.
Brought together at a skatepark, Mexican kids at home are a 5 piece from Derbyshire. Their folky pop songs sound so fresh and full of energy that it's quite hard not to get addicted to."When we all live in igloos" is their second ep and it's limited to 160 copies.
Our very first compilation, Spring forward is all themed around springtime and comes in a beautifully crafted and hand-cut pop-up sleeve. Limited run of 160 copies.
Our second release by Cardiff's cutest band Little My, this ep brings more of the twee indipeop that they do so well. Limited run of 160 copies.
One Happy Island is an indiepop band from Boston with sloppy DIY tendencies. Chief exports include handclaps, ukulele strings, harmonicas, bittersweetly jangley ballads, furiously unfocused kazoo solos, and unashamed lo-fi recordings. It is the intention of Rebecca, Clint, and Brad to take their songcraft and melodies to new levels of fun, fun, and fun.
Beautifully and dreamy, wispful and utterly enchanting - we're super proud to be releasing the latest work from The Motifs! Mostly recorded during her stay in Japan during the summer of 2007, featuring 6 brand new giddy-inducing songs of sublime pop! Limited run of 120 copies.
The Darlings are a five piece alt-country inflected indie-pop band, led by Elisabeth Darling. They were formed in the back of a black cab in Brixton, while the cabbie played Madonna for them, and played their first gig at How Does It Feel To Be Loved in Novemer 2006. Elizabeth is from Rockhampton, Australia but moved to London several years ago to satisfy her love affair with the indie pop disco.
All copies of this EP have a different front cover, a photograph taken by Nik or Elisabeth! Limited run of 120 copies.
The Just Joans formed in north lanarkshire in 1997, and released their debut album, "last tango in motherwell", in 2005 on ivan lendil records. They have described this mini album, "Virgin Lips", as a "shangri-las" esque tribute to small town teenage angst!
Brimming with humor and hidden references, boy/girl coloquial scottish vocals, keyboards/pianos, banjos and acoustic guitar, this is a perfect slice of skewed pop music! Limited run of 120 copies.
Sunny Intervals is an occasional lo-fi pop project, by Andy from Pocketbooks. This EP is a glorious little slice of sunshine imaginary adventures set in and around London, incorporating train journeys, holiday camps, comic book figures, 60's singers and much more! Limited run of 120 copies.
Bunnygrunt is Matt Harnish and Karen Ried, joined by a rotating cast of friends playing their own unique brand of lo-fi ramshackle sweet catchy noise-pop! Limited run of 120 copies.
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Tinyfolk is Russ Woods and (sometimes) Meghan Lamb. Tinyfolk plays songs with a baritone ukulele, and is dead dead good!
The first track on this release "Really Really Blue" appears on his new album, "Bill", just out on Pop Monster records, alongside a handful of unreleased and rare tracks.
You can find more tinyfolk online at http://tinyfolk.com. Limited run of 120 copies.
Desmond Reed is a young lad from Massachusetts who writes the best 4-track bedroom pop you're gonna hear for a long time! You may have come across him from various mp3 blogs, or one of his recent compilation appearances - on the BabyBoom Records sampler and the Blasted Records 'Boom Boom Bands 2007' compilation. He usually has a rotating list of downloadable mp3s you can grab from his myspace page, and this is his first CD release. Limited run of 120 copies.
Little My & friends are an assortment of 8 to 15 peeps stolen from various
cardiff & bristol bands who are forced to play 1 - 2 minute songs
whilst wearing animal ears in public.
They like to cater to those that don't enjoy their music by making the songs
& gigs nice and short!
Little My's Third is a collection of four cover versions - some you might
know and maybe some you won't. They are very fun to sing along with. Limited run of 120 copies.
Bugs Eat Books are a US band from Athens, Georgia - with a string of singles and compilation appearances under their belt, and a full length album on Happy Happy Birthday To Me. Its been a while since their last release, and we're exceptionally excited to be releasing this two track packet of twee-jangle awesomecore! We've put together an animated video to go with the title track Killers From The Start which is available from here and also included on the disc.Limited run of 120 copies.
Cambridge based band which started as a one-man project by Matloob -
the Roadside Poppies have now flourished into a full-on five piece band,
singing songs about summer, flowers, cycling, falling in and out of love
and murderous neighbours - the usual indie pop fare! Limited run of 120 copies.