We start another week and it is almost April.

I’ve been having these great conversations with a friend about copyrights in the UK. A good question was raised, about how long does label own a recording. Is it 30 years and then the ownership goes back to the band? I don’t honestly know. I would need to do some research. I thought maybe some of you know and could explain. Or point me in the right direction. As I mentioned earlier my time is limited, and for example right now I think it might be much more important to find 5 bands with new music to recommend to you….

No Monster Club: I should check the Emotional Response bandcamp and find their latest releases. There’s always quality there. For example the album “Deadbeat Effervescent”, their 8th album! I am not familiar with them to be honest, but this sounds cool. 12 songs. Fun, ironic, smart. The Irish band’s record is out now on vinyl LP and there’s a version with a bonus 7″!

Lande Hekt: I recommended this band some time ago. I really enjoyed the mood, the vocals, that they make with superb craftmanship. Emotional Response is releasing a 7″ on May 6. It will have two songs, “Romantic” and “Octopussy”. We can preview the opening song, which is really good!

Mick Trouble: seems most versions of this record are sold out. The classic black vinyl is still available, I will have to get this version. The album is their second and it is titled “It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP”. The bad part of getting this release is that it doesn’t come with the bonus flexi. Well, what can you do when you’ve been out of the loop for so long. Two out of 12 songs are available to preview and they sound superb!

Orange Dots: now to check “Deflated”. That’s the name of the cassette album by Shony, an ex-member of the San Francisco band The Magic Bullets. Do you remember them? The album is out now and few copies remain. It has 13 mellow pop songs.

Hipflasks: I tried to get in touch a couple of times so far with the Newcastle band after writing about them many years ago. Sadly they have never gotten back to me. Would have been nice to interview them. Especially as late last year they put together a compilation of demos called “A Lovely Scar” that is great! 14 songs from the vault that any indiepop lover would love.

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Another good Soundcloud find and also from Carlisle, UK, is the band Send it to Harriet!

There are many songs uploaded, all of them recorded between 1988 and 1992. There is no information about each track, but having listened to all of them, I can say you’ll find some great jangly poppy tracks and also some rockier ones.

The songs uploaded are “Manic Caesar”, “You Drown”, “Dischord”, “Moon (Demo)”, “Stay”, “Little Secret”, “Electric”, “Reasons”, “Petrol Man” and “Falcon”.

There is a black and white photo. It shows two guys, one playing guitar the other bass. I can sort of see at the back a drummer. Or maybe I’m imagining him. Maybe it was a three-piece?

But I google for more info. First find is of the band playing live at the Carlisle Art College in 1990. It looks like a four piece. From this gig we find the following songs, “Problem“, “Playpen“, “She Loves You“, “All Seeing Eye“, “The Chair“, “No More” and “Reversal“. None of these songs are on Soundcloud! There are also some nice collections of artwork, clippings, memorabilia, of the band that they’ve put together as slideshows. This is the band’s Youtube channel.

Through these slideshows I see that the band had played at The Grosvenor a few times with support of Bubblehouse and also of Goose. They played at the The Coach House alongside the Pop City Maniacs, at Dallington Brook in Northampto, at the Cumbria College of Art Student Union with Hung Like a Tadpole, at the Carnegie with Without Warning, at The Front Page with Ten Gladioli, at No. 10, at The Falcon in Camden, at the famous Rock Garden, at Monroe’s Bar in Workington, at the Amphitheatre in Barrow, St. Martin’s College in Lancaster, Shaw’s Nightclub in Carlisle, Opera on the Green in Shepherd’s Bush in London, The Aultnamain Inn in Scotland, and more.

They also had supported The Wonder Stuff and The Buzzcocks.

That they had a four track demo at least. Other song names I haven’t mentioned include “Good Times”, “Little Time“, “It’s Sunny“, “You Drown“, “No-one’s Home“, “The Chair / Jack Horner” and “Know My Name“.

I think I found the name of one of the band members, could it be Patrick Brett Young? Anyone could confirm?

And that’s all I could find. Again I need to rely on our Carlisle readers if any!

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Listen
Send it to Harriet – Little Secret