Happy Friday folks!

OUT TODAY! It's our reissue of MILKSHAKES IV: The Men With The Golden Guitars by The Milkshakes!

Scroll down and click on the cover art to order from our online shop!

We also want to draw your attention to an event happening in Salford next week. There will be an evening of poetry and music featuring Billy Childish & The North Kent Folkways Revival at Salford Arts Theatre next Thursday 29th May. There are a handful of tickets left if you want to attend this rare northern show.

And finally, a heads up for an EP by Thee Headcoats Sect. It's coming out next month. We'll be starting the pre-sale next week so keep an eye on our newsletters and socials. In the meantime you can check out the cover art and tracklisting below.

A Special Evening with Wild Billy Childish Poetry and The North Kent Folkways Revival

MORE INFO AND TICKETS HERE

The Milkshakes - MILKSHAKES IV: The Men With The Golden Guitars (Black Vinyl LP)

Instrumental album from 1983!

The band’s 4^th LP, finally back on vinyl!

The 'Track Withdrawn' from previous issues has now been reinstated in the form of 'The Wrong Man'!

Having endured no less than three long-players and a brace of singles featuring the caterwauling of Messrs Hampshire and Childish, the Milkshakes’ audience figured it might be time for an instrumental outing. In response the group gave them just that.

But this was to be no run-of-the-mill effort – no Dick Dale-esque surf marathons or Shadowsy twangers are apparent here. These tunes are more ‘rhythm-and-mood’-based compositions; occasionally leaning more towards the Link Wray end of the spectrum – as you would probably expect.

This IVth album (hence the name) was recorded in 1983 at Oakwood Studios – as were all previous releases – but this was the first in their new facilities in a converted church near Canterbury, which opened up a whole new golden vista of shimmering, silvery sounds in atmospheric conditions. Of course, the Milkshakes were having none of that.

We suggest you plonk the wax on your gramophone and let whatever happens happens.

Hasty bananas.

https://kentbeat.uk/studios/41-oakwood-herne-bay

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A

1 – Chatham Drive 2 – General Belgrano 3 – Scapa Flow 4 – The Wrong Man

5 – The Klansmen Kometh 6 – Thunderbird 7 – Mumble The Peg

SIDE B

1 – The Yorkshire Ripper 2 – Flatfoot 3 – Dogwatch on Monkey’s Paw 4 – Every Corner

5 – Can You Tell? 6 – Dreadnaught 7 – Shed Country ‘83

Thee Headcoats Sect - Got Sect If You Want It! (Black Vinyl EP)

PRE-SALE STARTING NEXT WEEK!

Here, presented on wax we have the true highbreds of punk and rhythm and beat - Thee Headcoats Sect, featuring thee original Headcoat boys: Bruce, Tub and Billy, along with top notch bassman and vocalist of Downliners Sect - Keith Evans. Keith offers up vocals on ‘Man Trap’ and hit tune, ‘We'er Gone’, whilst Billy leads on ‘Got Love If You Want It’ and its bastard offspring ‘Got Sect If You Want It’. Downliners/Headcoats fans, get down and dig!

Billy Childish (May 2025)