Three brilliant releases out today!
A 4CD boxed compilation by Thee Headcoats, a 7" EP by Thee Headcoats Sect, and a new studio album by Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins!
And in two weeks time we're releasing the debut LP by The Guy Hamper Trio!
Read on for more info and click on the pics to order!
**Please note - if ordering multiple titles we will ship to arrive on or around the latest release date**
Thee Headcoats Sect - Tribute to Don Craine EP (7") - OUT NOW!
Four song Extended Play 7” by Thee Headcoats Sect!
“Absolutely fantastic, cracking rhythm 'n' blues, best thing I've heard for years!” - Rob Symmons (The Fallen Leaves)
After 23 years off Thee Headcoats (Billy, Bruce and Tub) have again teamed up with Keith Evans of Downliners Sect, to record a top notch Extended Play as Thee Headcoat Sect.
'The Baker Street Irregulars' features Keith on lead vocals, still equipped with all the power, fun and attitude that put him at the top of the tree of British R'n'B vocalists back in the heyday of rhythm and beat.
The EP was recorded in honour of their dear friend Don Craine (the leader of the Sect), who passed over in February 2022.
TRACKLISTING
A1 – The Baker Street Irregulars A2 – Oh Leader, We Do Dig Thee
B1 – One Ugly Child B2 – The Ballad of Malcolm Laphroaig (Alt Version)
Wild Billy Childish & The Singing Loins - The Fighting Temeraire (CD/LP) - OUT NOW!
In memory of Chris Broderick of the Singing Loins, who passed away earlier this year, we present a new studio album by Wild Billy Childish and Arf and Rob from The Singing Loins.
The Fighting Temeraire contains new songs, old songs re-worked, traditional songs and a Bob Dylan cover.
HMS Temeraire was a 96 gun ship of the line, built in Chatham, as was HMS Victory. After the passing of their dear friend, Chris Broderick, (lead Singer of The Singing Loins), Billy, Arf, and Rob decided to get together and record a 45 in his memory. The single 'Song of the Medway' soon led to this full length LP.
The Billy/Loins connection goes back to the early '90s. Billy had recorded the first two Singing Loins LPs in his bathroom back then, as well as an LP of folk variations of his own tunes with Chris and Arf. It was Chris's dying wish that the boys should continue the Singing Loins, so it was pretty much a given that this fine LP would come to be.
At once ancient and modern, it is a fitting tribute to a great ship (and singer) of the Medway.
TRACKLISTING
1. Song of The Medway 2. A La Mort Surbite 3. I Don't Like The Man That I Am 4. White Whale Blues
5. Stood Upon a Chair 6. The Broken and the Lost of the Old Long Bar 7. The Fighting Temeraire 8. A Rusty Stain
9. Your Mediocre Mind 10. The Walls of Red Wing 11. The Jutland Sea 12. The Rochester Recruiting Sergeant
Thee Headcoats - Head Box (4CD Box) - OUT NOW
A boxed set of 4 CDs featuring four classic albums by Thee Headcoats!
We present four albums by Thee Headcoats in a clamshell box set complete with booklet. With exclusive new artwork by Bruce Brand at Arthole!
The four albums in the set are -
Headcoats Down! - The Kids are all Square, This Is Hip! - Headcoatitude - W.O.A.H! Bo in Thee Garage
Thee Headcoats was a band formed in Chatham, Kent, England in 1989, that was well known for its garage rock sound, explicitly sticking to this style on almost all of their albums. The band's signature sound as well as their prolific writing has been attributed to Billy Childish's love of simple, direct recording. The band has been on multiple labels including Billy's own Hangman Records, Damaged Goods and Sub Pop.
Described in the New York Times as 'the king of garage rock', Thee Headcoats had their roots in the British punk scene of the 1970s (both Billy and Bruce playing in The Pop Rivets and The Milkshakes). The band recorded songs by The Clash under the pseudonym Thee Stash. The band also recorded tribute albums to Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Their debut album featured new versions of songs recorded by Son House including 'John the Revelator' and 'Child's Death Letter', both of which were later covered by The White Stripes upon whom Billy and Thee Headcoats were a great influence. These influences give a good indication of the band's sound; punk mixed with pure rhythmic rock 'n' roll and blues.
The Guy Hamper Trio - All The Poisons In The Mud (CD/LP) - NOVEMBER 25TH
DEBUT LP FROM THE GUY HAMPER TRIO!
Groovy Hammond garage rock instrumentals from Billy Childish (Thee Headcoats/CTMF etc) and featuring James Taylor (Prisoners/JTQ)
We’re loving this new album by The Guy Hamper Trio! Who’s in the band sunshine?
Mainly myself on guitar, Julie on bass, Wolf on drums, and of course Jamie on Hammond. A great bonus is Thee Headcoats with Bruce and Tub guest as rhythm section on a track or two.
You and James Taylor go back a long way. Do you remember how you first met?
The Prisoners were a young group who played with us (the Milkshakes) in the early 1980s. One day they turned up with an organ player, Jamie. Jamie used to then borrow my Selmer guitar amp to play through.
You’ve revisited a few old classics on this album, and given them a true makeover. How would you describe The Guy Hamper Trio’s sound?
I guess there must be a derogatory term for it but I might need some help finding it. In the very early days of The James Taylor Quartet (Wolf was their drummer back then), I was in the Natural Born Lovers (A blues group with Big Russ and Sexton Ming). We used to be the support for them. I really liked their sound and I guess The Guy Hamper Trio is not a million miles from that blues-influenced, film soundtrack vibe, man. There you made me say “man”. Next thing you know I will be saying “cool!” Let’s just say it's a wizard sound, Jamie is such a great player.
Prior to this album The Guy Hamper Trio’s sole release was the ‘Polygraph Test’ 7” from 2009. Why such a big gap?
It takes time for all of us to get all our solders in line. “Get on with it mush! And trifle not, your time is but short!”
What inspired the album’s title track All The Poisons In the Mud?
It’s actually the title of a novel I’ve been writing, and rewriting, over the past 12 years, and is taken from a quote from I Claudius by Robert Graves - a formative influence on me as a 15 year old.
The sleeve art is pretty different to your other recent records, could you tell us a about that? Who designed it?
I nominally designed it but the truth is that its essentially a rip off of a Saul Bass sleeve he did for Duke Ellington. We started mining that seam back in the Milkshakes when Bruce (Brand) did the sleeve for Thee Knights of Trashe.
The album closes with a storming cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire”. What do you think Jimi would make of your version?
I've been a fan of Jimi since my elder brother brought his records home in the '60s. Jimi was well known to “dig” others work and interpretations and would no doubt smile, narrow his smoky eyes and say “cool man!” and I would no doubt reply "wizard Jimi!"
TRACKLISTING
1. All The Poisons in the Mud 2. Come Into My Life 3. Moon of the Popping Trees 4. Girl From '62
5. Full Eclipse of the Sun 6. Sally Sensation 7. 7% Solution 8. Step Out
9. Polygraph Test 10. The Kids are all Square 11. Skinwalker 12. Fire
WEEKENDS ARE BETTER WITH MUSIC, HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE!
IAN & DUNCAN