Scratchy Records

Sublime debut from Nick Drake, Waterboys & REM influenced folker

'Unique and totally mesmirising, this is an album which proves difficult to turn off’ Maverick

‘Taking obvious cues from Cat Stevens from start to finish Matthew Neel has successfully set himself apart from the crowd on this far-reaching debut album and has clearly worked hard to redeem the title of the singer/songwriter’ Bearded Magazine

‘Snappy lyricism and black heart.. a competent and assured debut that promises much for the future’ americana-UK

'An interesting voice; at times like a jaunty Phil Ochs.. some fine and pretty moments' Bucketful of Brains

'Recalls Ray Davies's finest cynical hours.. a series of unflinching meditations on oblivion' Acoustic Magazine

Tracklisting:
1. That Is All
2. You Don't Belong Here
3. Over The Hills And Back Again
4. Emily
5. First World Blues
6. Well Anyway
7. Hey Citizen
8. A Little Peace
9. We Will Be Dreaming
10. Wise Up
11. Too High Hopes

Release date: 15th march 2010

Critically acclaimed artpop debut from mysterious curtain twitcher Alvine Spetz

A highly eccentric but thoroughly engaging electronic/art-pop debut that aligns him with The Fall, Denim and Frank Zappa” Uncut

“The fine and unfathomably funky Full English Breakfast.. If Beefheart had a surreal senior moment and reformed his Magic Band to perform S Club 7 covers, it might sound something like this” The Guardian

“One-man art-pop prankster.. this year’s cult model” Mojo

“Pulls together the sound of The Fall, Edwyn Collins, Devo and Wire.. seriously good” **** Sunday Times

“Fall-like panache” Artrocker

Tracklisting:
1. Full English Breakfast
2. Cuban Hotel
3. Song For A Nut
4. Cake Stand
5. Shift Key Noodles
6. Duster
7. The Cord
8. Fish Tank Bubbles[Shining On]
9. Winder Kills The Clock.
10. It's Good/ It's Gone
11. The Cleansing Of Rock And Roll

Release date: 3rd August 2009

The Rocks ‘lost’ 2nd album finally gets a UK release.. Sounding like a mutant Iggy Pop / Brett Anderson hybrid fronting late ‘70s heroes The Only Ones, the legendary South London stage botherers follow up their 2004 debut with a collection of molten punk/pop classics. Previously only available in europe.

“A huge dose of exciting rock’n’roll”  Artrocker

Tracklisting:
1. Letter To The Frontline
2. The Game Is Up
3. Screamers
4. Foam
5. Tearjerker
6. On The Roof
7. Kickin The Teeth
8. Call Out The Changes
9. Night Of The Long Knives
10. Out Of The Blue
11. Time To Leave
12. I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar
13. Heartbreak City

Bromide’s home recordings scrapbook from the noughties, produced by Ed and Matt Spork

“Ultra-catchy, jangly acoustic pop that reminds you of Lloyd Cole, Teenage Fanclub or American Music Club” soundsxp

“Memorable slices of acoustic whimsy.. CK bottles nostalgia while the effortless sounding Xwhere could have been conjured up by the underrated Mojave 3” Q magazine

“An off-kilter look at the traumas, troubles, and triumphs of love Berridge has an air of a man at ease with his emotions, able to take the hits and still come back fighting for more. ‘Looking For Aliens’ would have even the most depressed student up on the dancefloor stretching their drainpipes.. whilst his take on GBV’s ‘Game Of Pricks’ is worthy of the old dogs themselves.” americana-uk

Tracklisting:
1. Looking For Aliens
2. Dipped Chopper Drive
3. Weatherman
4. Bad Wine
5. White Blood
6. CK
7. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
8. Game Of Pricks
9. Inhaling The Fumes
10. Xwhere
11. Spoonful

Release date: August 2008

Fiery debut from one of London’s most exciting and notoriously shambolic bands

‘If The Strokes were fronted by a massive score of drugs that make you go Raaargh they’d probably sound as anthemic as this’ The Fly

‘Great name, great band. Drawing on influences from The New York Dolls to The Ramones to The Make Up, The Rocks unleash an explosive debut album’ Music Week

‘The influence of the Clash is writ large on the group's rhythm-driven rock.. A lucky bag of very live and alive-sounding treats’ The Observer

‘Mix of blazing guitars, shiny pop melodies and the kind of screaming normally reserved for teen slasher movies’ The Guardian

Tracklisting:
1. Eyes Wide Open
2. Can You Hear Me?
3. We Got It
4. North London
5. Save The Wolf
6. I Won't Need You When You're Dead
7. Celeste
8. Everybody In The Place
9. Sicko
10. What Have You Done
11. Zafira
12. The Bomb

Release date: August 2004

‘Think The Clash being eaten by lions. Brilliant’ Rocksound

‘A stroppy, Britpoppy garage rock blast, vocalist James Taylor howls like a man in dire need of a Strepsil. Which is good.’ NME

Tracklisting:
1. Can You Hear Me ?
2. It’s Really Bad
3. Everybody In The Place (Live)

Release date: July 2004 (originally also released on hand stamped 7 inch vinyl SR 00017)

‘It’s a girl-on-boy romp across brilliantly shimmering Britpop guitars that doesn’t even come up for air, let alone a post-coital cigarette’. NME

 ‘An artrock track equal to New Wave’s “Another Girl, Another Planet”  Artrocker

 ‘A mini mod pop anthem’ Drowned in Sound

Tracklisting:
1. Celeste
2. Someone Who Cares

Release date: November 2003 

‘Specialising in off-the-wall rock’n’roll and delighting in the most shambolic of live shows, The Rocks’ second single throws a subtle groove into the mix (‘We Got it’) before going super-cool and obscure (The Bomb’). Given time this self-destructive art offensive could do great things.’ Rocksound

’A track that not only declares it’s confidence, but demonstrates it. A bouncing Motown bass and tickling drums define the groove, before James Taylor’s Princey falsetto enters, then letting his larynx rip into the chorus. Combined with the thrashier ‘The Bomb’, this is a real statement of intent from one of the few British garage hopefuls.’ X-Ray

Tracklisting:
1. We Got It
2. The Bomb
3. Save The Wolf

Release date: July 2003 (originally also released on hand stamped 7 inch vinyl SR 01092)

‘It’s the best debut of the year, and will probably remain so. It’s institutionalised England gone mad. It’s everything that means everything. It’s loud. It’s hope. It’s god. And it’s fucking alive man, it’s fucking alive..’ The Fly

‘They have the most pissed sounding vocalist since Shane MacGowan.. When he screams ‘JUST F**KING LEAVE IT’ during ‘Everybody In The Place’ it’s easy to imagine that he really is in the middle of a fight, and it’s quite likely that he started it.’ Kerrang

Tracklisting:
1. Everybody In The Place
2.  I Won't Need You When You're Dead

CD contains extra track ‘Sicko’

Release date: March 2003

‘Quite good British melodic hardcore-guitar stuff. Sure to be signed up by a major and spoiled, just like Bivouac before them’ Time Out

‘Title and pleasant surprise of the fortnight honours go to Bromide. This ep is in turns edgy (proof) melodic (where it fell) and passionate (non committal) bringing to mind other fine 3-piece outfits Husker Du and S*M*A*S*H. Which is nice’ Ripple Mag (Leicester Uni)

Tracklisting:
1. Proof
2. Where It Fell
3. Non-Committal
4. Non-Committal (4-track version)

Release date: February 1998

Bromide’s debut with electric 3-piece line up

‘Romping indie pop blast that recalls the heyday of The Only Ones: “If you were dead I could let go, Not while you’re still breathing though”’ The Times

‘More hooks than the DIY department at Homebase’ Melody Maker

Tracklisting:
1. Fool In My Brain
2. Not Expecting You