First Press

Preorder up on the website.

Right. Local lads. No messing. @chalkband Crystalpunk lands in March and it absolutely rips. This sounds like Belfast in your head. Industrial dance punk that’s tight, loud and a bit feral. All pressure and release. Built for dark warehouses at stupid o’clock but somehow still works in daylight when things start getting rowdy and unplanned. It’s not polite and it’s not trying to outsmart you. It just commits fully. You can hear the place in it. The confusion, the energy, the constant push to move forward or lose the run of yourself. Proper sweat on the walls record. They’ve already sold out rooms everywhere, played Glastonbury and SXSW, and toured with IDLES and Fontaines D.C. which usually means something’s clicking. Recorded up in Donegal with our lovely mate @hellochrisryan .No filler. No hanging about. Important bit. We’ve got the @dinkededition coming in and we are very excited. Black and white splatter vinyl, signed Polaroid, limited to 1000. The kind of thing people suddenly remember they wanted once it’s already gone. Support local noise makers. This one is class. PREORDER UP ON THE WEBSITE FFO Gilla Band, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., Nine Inch Nails, Underworld, The Prodigy, loud rooms, bad decisions

Alright there, it is nearly time for the annual Black Friday vinyl Olympics and judging by the early messages some of you have been carbo loading for this. The RSD stock has started to land and somehow we have ended up with about 99% of what we asked for which is unheard of. So if you requested something there is a very strong chance it is already sitting here giving off main character energy waiting for you.

Couple of ground rules before the madness begins. No holds at all. None. Zero. If your mate texts and asks you to keep them the new ABBA seven inch you can tell them we said away on. One RSD item per customer as well. We are not letting anyone recreate Supermarket Sweep with limited editions. Keeps it tidy keeps it fair keeps us all from going home with a headache.

We are open from half eight to half four on Friday 27th. You can also nab fifteen percent off absolutely everything else in the shop that is not an RSD title. So if you have been side eyeing something all year this is the moment where you dramatically swoop in and claim it.

And for the newcomers here is the important bit. We also serve genuinely elite coffee and buns thanks to - people come in for a record and leave talking about a cinnamon bun like they had a religious awakening. Happens every single weekend.

Thanks for making this year better than the last. You lot are the reason the shop stays open and the reason we drink so much coffee. See you Friday morning bright and early. Bring good vibes and remember bribing the queue with pastries is not required but absolutely encouraged.