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Gringo Records Spring 2015 Newsletter - new Grey Hairs LP

Greetings from Gringo Records of Nottingham.

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GREY HAIRS "Colossal Downer"
Our newest release is the first long-player release from Nottingham quartet/self-help group Grey Hairs. Conceived as 2 EPs ("Man Gulps" and "Little Fingers") for your listening convenience (we're all busy people), Colossal Downer recalls nothing less than the pre-goldrush, anything-goes era of Nirvana before everyone got so hung up on genre definition. Rapid-fire punk rock blasters nestle up to lumbering caveman grind. Echoey surf clang shares vinyl space with riff-heavy garage fuzz. It's how records are meant to be: idiosyncratic and representative of the people who made them.

Released on 170g Orange vinyl, grab one of the 495 copies while they last!

Have a watch of their excellent video for Anxiety Dream that captures a typical GY practice:

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25% OFF IN THE GRINGO SHOP!
If you spend over £20 before postage on Gringo releases / shirts / totes you get an automatic 25% discount at checkout! We're running the offer until 10th May and we'll throw in some freebies of our choice in with every order.

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INDEPENDENT LABEL MARKET BRISTOL
Our friends Hello Thor will be at the first Independent Label Market Bristol this Sunday (3rd May) and they are taking a box of Gringo vinyl / shirts / totes with them. It is taking place at St Nicholas Market from 11am - 5pm so if you are in the area pop in and see them.
 
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THAT F**KING TANK CHARITY TRACK
TFT have released a new track, currently titled 'Short', from their to-be-named next album. Please consider a 'pay what you want' download, with all proceeds going towards Macmillan Cancer Support - https://thatfuckingtank.bandcamp.com/track/short

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RELEASES!
A quick run down of our more recent releases in case you've missed them…

THE WHARVES "At Bay"
London based three-piece The Wharves combine gracefully minimal psyche-rock with fuzzed out folk. They invoke the reverberated spook of 60s girl groups, the mid-fi guitar crunch of Kim Deal's The Amps, the vocal flavours of The Roches and the narrative and structural panache of 70's progressive folk. "At Bay" is right up there with the best Gringo have ever released

THAT F**KING TANK "A Document of The Last Set"
Released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Leeds/Bradford-based alternative/noise rock duo, the album is a raw account of the live set that TFT have been playing all over the UK and Europe for the last few years, comprising tunes from their back catalogue performed as one unrelenting track. The album was captured with the minimum of retakes and postproduction resulting in an authentic document of a band who have upheld a reputation as one of the must-see bands on the UK underground circuit.

BROKEN ARM "Life Is Short"
Broken Arm's debut full length is an exercise in grooving noise rock, filth and disillusionment. They have the perfect knack for writing a catchy post punk tune and smearing a healthy amount of dirt all over it. Once described by the band themselves as agro-party punk, Broken Arm's sound is frequently compared to that of various US hardcore punk bands, primarily from the rosters of AMRep, Touch & Go and SST Records. Ltd to 300 copies on clear 180g vinyl.

https://gringorecords.bandcamp.com/album/free-gringo-sampler

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BROKEN ARM
6 May - LEEDS Wharf Chambers w/ Bad Noids, The Wub, No Form        

COLD PUMAS
3 May - SALFORD Sounds from the Other City         

FISTS
3 May - SALFORD Sounds from the Other City       
16 May - NOTTINGHAM JT Soar w/ Dusty Bible and The Canadians        

GREY HAIRS
19 Jun - NOTTINGHAM The Maze w/ Prolapse    
1 Aug - MANCHESTER Klondyke Social Club          
15 Aug - NOTTINGHAM Waterfront Festival          
     
THAT F**KING TANK
21 Aug - ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL
18 Sep - WAKEFIELD Warehouse 23 w/ Milloy   
       
THE WHARVES
22 May - BRADFORD Threadfest w/ The Family Elan, Richard Dawson, Commiserations
23 May - LONDON Tufnell Park Dome, Raw Power Festival
28 May - LONDON St Pancras Old Church w/ Rose McDowall
30 May - READING South St Arts Centre
11 July - LONDON Peckham Bussey Building w/ Archie Bronson Outfit
25 July - SHEFFIELD Tramlines Festival

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Thanks for your time!

Gringo Records, 57 Burnham Street, Nottingham, NG5 2FD, UK
Visit our website at www.gringorecords.com
Gringo Twitter: @gringorecs
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Gringo Bandcamp: http://gringorecords.bandcamp.com

Posted on May 1st, 2015