Named after the fictitious talk show featured in American Psycho this London trio play jerky melodic C86-style pop reminiscent of The Wedding Present. Jarring guitars and slightly awkward male vocals combine with contrasting female harmonies to great effect, creating some charming but definitely not twee, indie pop melodies.
New single ’You Are Wrong’ released on 29th October as a limited run of white vinyl follows on from last year’s well received debut ’ People Like Us Aren’t Meant To Win Things’ on Tiger Trap.
Coming from the Artrocker school of pop, THE PATTY WINTERS SHOW are delightfully catchy and bring to mind the jerky melodies of The Young Knives, and an awkward brand of new wave pop.’Artrocker
"Harmony drenched art pop." - Time Out
"Awkward, understated Englishness combined with aggressive angular pop music" " Joyzine
"a deceptively catchy, harmony laden pop racket" - Fake DIY
LOAD.CLICK.SHOOT!
Winners of the Artrocker - " who described them as ’the bastard love child of Test Icicles and The Blood Brothers’ - unsigned band competition, Devon four piece LOAD.CLICK.SHOOT! play frenetic spazz disco indie punk. With post hardcore noise, broken disco beats, triple vocals, and twisted, entwined guitar and keyboard lines they yelp their hearts out whilst spazzing out on stage.
This is essentially what happens when you put 4 energetic kids in a box, fill it with fizzy sweets and musical instruments then put it on top of a washing machine on fast spin.
"It’s the kind of music that makes you feel slightly uncomfortable- but completely intrigued... "
’a blaze of hypnotic beats and crusading vocals, The band are literally leaping over each other, scatter-gunning fiery disco-rock bullets across the room.’ Artrocker
"like a disco volcano, projecting highly flammable and devastating molten synth-rock lava..."
"A fearsome beast, this quartet’s career is shrieking and yelping along like a possessed banshee with a tumbling rhythm section that screams at every twist and turn and is saddled by some blissfully sharp guitar and keyboard grooves. They are the bastard love child of Test Icicles and The Blood Brothers"Artrocker
Alphabet Backwards
The project of 24 year old singer/songwriter James Hitchman, a bedroom musician from Oxford who proves that pop doesn’t have to be a dirty word. Mixing electronics and acoustic guitar to great effect, he strikes the perfect balance between instrumentation and vocals. Delicate, yet up beat his music is perhaps best described as something like The Postal Service meets Ben Folds.
James has recently assembled some friends together to form a band taking his songs to the stage but also performs solo with just his acoustic guitar.
’This guy is bloody brilliant and as for his music, sheer genius. He is definitely something special’ - roomthirteen.com
’only a major label PR machine short of turning Hitchman into a star’ - DailyInfo Oxford
’we think this guy is bloody brilliant.’ - Playmusic pickup
An Emergency
An Emergency are 3 piece from Exeter, Devon and play angular, riff heavy, arty disco punk rock in the vein of Hot Snakes or Q and Not U. They have previous releases on Captains of Industry and have just finished tours with Blood Red Shoes and Meet Me In St Louis having previously played shows with the likes of These Arms Are Snakes, The Bronx, Q And Not U, The Blood Brothers, Hell Is For Heroes, Gay For Johnny Depp.
"An Emergency are perhaps, the best band in Britain that you’re yet to hear" - Drowned in Sound
Breakneck Static
Breakneck Static are an Anglo-Japanese noise band based in London, these tracks featuring former vocalist Machiko calling to mind comparisons with the likes of Melt Banana and Deerhoof. Dischordant, jarring, anti-rock of the highest order they’ve been described by John Hannon of No! Studios as the bastard child of Melt Banana.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: An Emergency Breakneck Static The Patty Winters Show Trouble Everyday LOAD.CLICK.SHOOT! Alphabet Backwards
Previously: Cat on Form (Steve / Blood Red Shoes’ previous band) Dustball (Now known as Dive Dive) Ship’s A Going Down Xahdrez The Edmund Fitzgerald (Yannis & Jack / Foals’ previous band) Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies Help She Can’t Swim randomNumber Detwiije
These releases have all pretty much been one off’s with the bands leaving me behind to go off and do amazing things elsewhere for someone else but the label is very proud to have been involved with such fine acts.
However, the aim is now to build on this and work with some great new bands to develop more long term relationships and with LOAD.CLICK.SHOOT!, Trouble Everyday and Alphabet Backwards now on board it’s a very exciting time for the label and brings a whole new era.
Influences
The mighty John Peel (RIP) for providing so much inspiration, being a true supporter of the underdog and an absolute legend! He was also the only DJ to play vacuous pop releases on the radio more than once!
Labels like Chemikal Underground, Creation, Fat Cat, Bella Union, Temporary Residence, Dischord, Slamdek, Gringo, Jonson Family and many more...
Festivals like ATP & Truck and everyone else keeping the spirit of the independents alive...
Sounds Like
Eclectic, some would say maybe too eclectic...
Cat on Form Dustball Ship's A Going Down Xahdrez The Edmund Fitzgerald Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies Help She Can't Swim randomNumber Detwiije Diego Garcia An Emergency Breakneck Static Trouble Everyday
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independent record label & live promotions
a: po box 289, oxford ox5 1we
w: www.vacuouspop.com
e: info at vacuouspop dot com
vacuous pop is an independent record label and live music promoter based in Oxford, England.
Established in 2002 and with previous releases from the likes of Cat on Form (pre Blood Red Shoes), Dustball, youthmovies, The Edmund Fitzgerald (pre Foals), randomNumber, Help She Can't Swim and Detwiije amongst others, vacuous pop has managed to avoid being pigeon holed by genre to produce a wide and diverse back catalogue.
Having always prided itself on the artists it's chosen to work with – for both releases and live shows - the tradition continues as the label enters a new era with a host of new releases, perhaps the best to date, from what it regards as some of the most vital, and exciting bands around today.
vac·u·ous adj.
1. Devoid of matter; empty.
2.
a. Lacking intelligence; stupid.
b. Devoid of substance or meaning; inane: a vacuous comment.
c. Devoid of expression; vacant.
3. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
pop adj.
1. Of or for the general public; popular or popularized: pop culture; pop psychology.
2. Of, relating to, or specializing in popular music: a pop singer.
3. Of or suggestive of pop art: a pop style.
There'll soon be Paypal links on here to make your purchase a much easier process but in the meantime if you're interested in buying, or indeed stocking any releases please get in touch by email
Previous Releases
vpop01/vpop01cd Cat on Form / A Butterfly Kiss The Tar Of A Thousand Births
Ltd 7" heavyweight vinyl (sold out)
CD EP £3.00
vpop02 Dustball / Name & Number
Ltd 7" heavyweight vinyl £2
vpop03cd Ship's A Going Down
May She Marry A Ghost And Bear Him A Kitten
CD EP £3
vpop05/vpop05cd The Edmund Fitzgerald & Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies
Ltd split 7" heavyweight vinyl sold out & CD sold out
vpop06 Help! She Can't Swim / Suck Our Band
Ltd 7" heavyweight vinyl EP (sold out)
vpop04 Xahdrez / The Second Half Of Nothing
10" vinyl EP £5
vpop08/vpop08cd randomNumber / EP Charge
10" vinyl & CD EP £5 each
vpop09 Detwiije / Would You Rather Be Followed By Forty Ducks For The Rest Of Your Life?
12" vinyl LP £8
vpop10
An Emergency/Breakneck Static
Split 7" vinyl EP (this is also split label release with Freakscene Records)
Price: £4
vpop13
The Patty Winters Show - You Are Wrong 7" single
Price: £4
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Demo Policy
vacuous pop welcomes demos and whilst we have eclectic taste there are limits...
Unfortunately there's already an Oasis, so there's no need for any bands to sound exactly the same is there? There's also already a Razorshite, Pete Doherty, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Jamiroquai etc, etc...
These, and bands that try to emulate them aren't really for us. Neither is funk, definitely no funk.
There is currently a large backlog of demos to work through, it does take time so please be patient if you've sent any in. If I like what I hear then I'll be in touch but am generally unable to provide feedback on your music or respond to messages due to the amount received.
Hello, hope all is good just dropping by to say our album is now only £2+postage, for 12 tracks on limited edition cd our shop is http://d67.bigcartel.com, thanks and take care, Absent.
STATION 17 - Die Goldstein Variationen TRAILER + new video online now! feat. FETTES BROT, THE ROBOCOP KRAUS, TED GAIER (Die Goldene Zitronen), MELISSA LOGAN (Chicks on Speed), BARBARA MORGENSTERN.
TORTUGA BAR (ex SPEED NIGGS & SHARON STONED) “Narcotic Junkfood Revolution” - DEBUT ALBUM -
SPECIAL GUEST APPEARIANCE BY PHILLIP BOA, SPORTFREUNDE STILLER, THE MISSING LEECH, MUFF POTTER, DAVID CUNNINGHAM, VIRGINIA JETZT!, RUMMELSNUFF, KATE MOSH, SEDLMEIR, GITBOX!, BERNADETTE LA HENGST, KATZE, CYRENA DUNBAR, WRONGKONG, NAVEL, WILLIAM HONDA, DAVID LOHDI, POPULATION CONTROL, VON SPAR & many lovely folks more.
PRODUCED BY THE STRIKE BOYS
TORTUGA BAR’s Version of “ALISON’S STARTING TO HAPPEN” with KATE MOSH & WRONGKONG appear on the "SQUEALING FANS - A TRIBUTE TO IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY & THE LEMONHEADS" Compilation. Exclusively via Download from: www.lemonheads.co.uk (or check it out on TORTUGA BAR's MySpace Site!)
Cheers, Mark Kowarsch (TORTUGA BAR, SPEED NIGGS, SHARON STONED, ELEKTROSUSHI)
OLYMPUS MONS Live:
* July 2nd @ The Good Ship, London * July 9th @ The Legion, London * July 16th @ Bar Rumba, London * More shows to come soon, keep an eye !!!
