Sex Hands / Daily Life split 7”
Bringing together two of Manchester’s most promising and invigorating breakout bands of recent times, the latest offering from our Manchester based micro-label, Icecapades, crams 12 minutes of classic, hook-laden pop precision onto two sides of a 45rpm 7”.
Side A is taken up by Sex Hands, three childhood best friends from North Wales, and one new pal from Manchester via Runcorn, making music inspired by the hit TV series Friends. Taking in members of NW notables Klaus Kinski, Irma Vep and Waiters, they enigmatically straddle the line between uniquely irresistible melodic delights, and unhinged macho-man party anthems. Your curiosity may already have been piqued by their recent, excellent (and free to download) collection ‘Season 1’. This though is proudly their first appearance on vinyl, and sees them flex their muscle through pulse-rasing standouts; ‘Way, No Way’, and ‘Ichiban’.
Side B is occupied by the now-on-an-indefinate-hiatus-Daily Life. A band specialising in perfect slabs of modern post-punk pop songs that crawl resolutely in your ear and burrow wayyy deep in your skull. Sadly scuppered in their plan for pure world dominance by singer Luke’s decision to emigrate to New Zealand in January of this year - we toast the brief, bright existence of our dearly departed friends in the only manner befitting these formidable recordings; cherry picking their two strongest cuts, ‘King of Sports’ and ‘Alabaster’, and commiting them to vinyl.
The record is restricted to 250 copies, each coming with beautifully screen-printed covers courtesy of Manchester Artists Alex Humphries and Lucy Jones.
RIYL: Flying Nun, Silver Jews, Early Pavement, The Clean, Country Teasers, VU, Pixies, Fflaps and Sonic Youth
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Now available for pre-order over at our online store.
ORDERS SHIPPING ON 23rd APRIL
‘North West’ is the sophomore effort from FEEL RIGHT, fourteen high tempo, lo-fi pop songs made by two twenty some-things with a flair for infectious, sticky, ear worming hooks, and an innate handle on melody.
Both born on 19th May 1983 at different hospitals in the North West, Joe Logan and Nick Ainsworth are, in other lives, involved in some of the most vibrant bands to have tripped out of Manchester over the last few years (Waiters, Former Bullies, Sex Hands). With this second album, they’ve conspired to create a record which radiates lightness, levity and competence. It’s the sound of two ultra-talented friends teasing the best from one another and doing what seemingly comes so readily to them.
Nick says of the writing process for the record:
“Joe plays a guitar part from his library-like brain, I sing some words that have been playing heavy on my mind and play the drums too. It’s all been very quick and spontaneous and I think the songs sound really different to anything else I’ve played before.”
The album is restricted to an extremely limited first run of 100 vinyl copies. Each coming with a silkscreened, risograph cover, hand assembled and designed by local artists Alex Humphreys and Lucy Jones.
Northwest is available to stream, and for digital purchase here
You can buy vinyl copies of the album directly from us over here, as well as from the following, excellent retailers :
Piccadilly Records, Manchester
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FEEL RIGHT ‘NORTHWEST’ ALBUM LAUNCH, AT THE GASLAMP, BRIDGE STREET, M3 3BW
FEAT - FEEL RIGHT, DAILY LIFE, IRMA VEP & PREGNANT (VIA THE POWERS OF THE INTERWEB)
WEDNESDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2011, DOORS 8 PM, FREE ENTRY.
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L I S T E N
IRMA VEP ‘SONGS OF GUILT’ TEASER
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MAP TO VENUE HERE
SHIT THE RUDDY BED.
Made just in time for All Hallows Eve, feast yon ghoulish eyes on this blood-curdling, terror-inducing video for Feel Right’s ace album jam ‘Kids Gone Wild’, taken from the ‘Northwest’ L.P due to drop next month.
For best viewing results, watch alone in the dark whilst invoking Bloody Mary.
We are pleased to announce the looong awaited U.K release of Sacramento resident Daniel Trudeau (aka Pregnant)’s first release for Icecapades - Life Hard : I Try.
The album was composed and recorded with the assistance of fellow Sacramento musician Raleigh Moncrieff close to Daniel’s home in Placerville, deep within the Sierra Nevada Foothills of Northern California, at a time when Daniel and his partner Jocelyn, a recording artist in her own right working under the moniker Alak, were expecting their first child.
Neatly comprising forty five minutes, and fourteen richly textured and compelling pop songs, Life Hard : I Try ably showcases Trudeau’s gift for soft memorable melodies, and an ability to tie together strands of glitchy electronic music with more traditional lyrical pop writing.
To celebrate the release we’ve commissioned Manchester based artist, illustrator & zine store proprietor David Bailey to create the accompanying video for album track ‘Dog’. In addition to which we’re also offering the track up for free from our bandcamp page.
Listen to the album in full and grab free downloads of ‘Dog’ & ‘Letter to a friend’ over at : www.iiicecapades.bandcamp.com
CHECK OUT THE DAVID SHRIGLEY PENNED POSTER FOR OUR R. STEVIE MOORE SHOW!
Tickets still available o’er here : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/121120
Last FM group: http://bit.ly/kqB7og
Facebook Event : http://on.fb.me/iOoLFA
Also, worth taking a minute to pour over this article detailing the creative relationship between the pair. Dating back to their collaboration on Shrigley’s Worried Noodles, and R. Stevie’s subsequent album/homage Shrigley Field : http://bit.ly/f1GT7H
V I D E O : F E E L R I G H T - ‘G R O W I N G U P’
Video is taken from a still untitled long player due for release this November. The album will be released digitally via our bandcamp, as well as enjoying an extremely limited run of 100 vinyl copies, each coming with a hand screenprinted cover from Lucy Jones.
Video : R. Stevie Moore - Cool Daddio
R. STEVIE MOORE w/ special guests WEIRD ERA, TROPICAL OOZE (U.S) & FORMER BULLIES, AT THE CASTLE HOTEL, OLDHAM STREET, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10th
We are waaayyy beyond privileged to be putting on home recording legend, and D.I.Y behemoth, R. Stevie Moore’s first ever Manchester show.
The son of celebrated Nashville musician, producer and publisher Bob Moore, R. Stevie has made his living over some 40 years from a lifelong love of home recording. During that period he’s amassed a huge back catalogue, reckoned to be well in excess off 400 albums, with much of his output self-released directly to fans and enthusiasts via his fabled R. Stevie Moore Cassette Club & R. Stevie Moore CDR Club imprints.
Latterly his work has undergone something of a renaissance, with two well received compilations on the Cherry Red label, as well as recent collaborations with Jad Fair (on 2002 album FairMoore) and long time fan and friend Ariel Pink, exposing him to a new and responsive audience and going a long way to cementing his standing in the pantheon of great outsider music figures.
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£7 advance tickets here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/121120
Last FM group: http://bit.ly/kqB7og
Facebook Event : http://on.fb.me/iOoLFA
