These New Puritans' Navigate. Navigate, was written for Hedi Slimane's Dior Homme Catwalk show in Paris in 2007.
We saw it on eBay recently for £50 or something, so thought to let you know that limited copies are still available from our shop!
On one-sided clear vinyl, 500 copies were hand stamped and numbered by the band in GoldGoldGoldGold.
Wetdog de-construct pop songs and reassemble them in the wrong order. 22 examples of this are now with us in the form of their debut album, Enterprise Reversal.
“Wetdog stink like one. This London trio have been likened to post-punk innovators The Slits, but their debut Enterprise Reversal is so manically discordant it sounds like a primary school music class, proving there is a fine line between lo-fi and rank incompetance.” - Q Magazine
“Angular Records have struck artistic gold again. Album of the month.”
- Artrocker
click the following links to BUY IT NOW:
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come come come to the ..
WETDOG ALBUM LAUNCH !
to celebrate the release of
ENTERPRISE REVERSAL
on July 17th at Catch, 22 Kingsland Road, London Town, 8pm - 2am
with
WETDOG
ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES
NO BRA
CAPTAIN BLOOD BLOOD AND THE SEA DOGS
plus DJs
ENTERPRISE REVERSAL the LP will be available from all good record stores as of July 21st.
‘Why I like Wetdog‘
by Everett True, aged 47.
Astringent, atonal guitars, off-key harmonies, squealed screechy vocals, a style of playing that could at best be described as ‘optimistic’, clothes sense very charity store but nothing fancy like The Long Blondes…really, it needs no qualification. Anti-rock. Anti-stadium. Anti-commercial. Anti-glamour. Just plain anti-. Bette Davis & The Balconettes. Lungleg. Huggy Bear.
It’’s what was called C86 a generation earlier by the selfsame people who conveniently forget now that there was always an edge to the ‘amateurism’; that something very dark lurked behind the polka dots and sandals. The knowledge that you're fucked before you even try so you might as well start competing on your terms, no-one else's, cos otherwise you really are going to suffer.
Three ice-cool females - Rivka on vocal squalls and minimalist guitar, Sophie with her cropped hair and intimidating, fancy bass, Sarah with her decadent cheekbones and single-minded drum beat - bashing out 20-minute sets that aren’’t scared to let their songs breath, that figure it’s better to make people feel uneasy than content, that recall the passions of my late teens. Sure it recalls The Raincoats - but where’s the violin? Also, The Birthday Party - it must be the bass, and scratchy guitar - and Devo, the WASP synthesizer-bashings of late Seventies punk-y upstarts pragVEC (but where’’s the keyboard?)…(Of course, all these references merely prove are the age of the writer, not the sound of the music, but shh. Don’t let everyone know.)
The songs I can’t deconstruct, but I know with certitude it’s the sort of music you write when you can’t be arsed sitting around trying to figure out some lame-ass cover version. ‘Tidy Up Your Bedroom’ with its harmonies to die for - fucking die for, I said. ‘New Partee’’, misspelled but still brimful of indignation. The agoraphobic and bruised ‘‘Dirty Outside’; the ridiculously mischievous ‘Goat In The Garden’; the mysterious ‘Magnet Face’…All of these - and more - are songs so full of care and riot and imagination, it hurts even to type their titles. Sarah drums like it’s the first time she’s played her kit; but in a good way. ‘Shit Day’ floats and stings like former prize-fighter Screamin’ Jay Hawkins given half a pad of blusher.
I once saw The Pipettes described as the ‘ultimate Everett True wank-fest’. Leaving my private fantasies out of this - and you really don’t want to go there, trust me - it’s blindingly clear that Wet Dog are far closer to that description.
Everett True is editor-in-chief for Plan B magazine, and has written for NME, Melody Maker, as well as several books, including ones on The Ramones, The White Stripes and his latest, a definite account of Nirvana.
Wetdog's brand new triple A-sided single is out now!
A - Alibi
AA - 8 Days
AAA - Zah Und Zaheet
GET IT HERE!
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The single is released on Monday 5th May on 7″ (featuring exclusive new track 'TL Fragment'), 12″ (featuring an alternate version of Swords of Truth and the brilliant Loving Hand remix of Navigate, Navigate), and digital download.
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There's a lot of angular activity to catch up on:
NEW SHOP
We've updated to a nice new store full of CDs, records and Mp3s which can be accessed from the 'shop' link above… or by pointing your browser to http://angular.greedbag.com/
You can pay by card now, not just paypal, and we've dug out some rare old releases that you can't get anywhere else, such as The Long Blondes 'Appropriation' single..! But there's only one box left, so hurry!
NEW RELEASES
There's a hat-trick of new releases for you this time:
These New Puritans' Swords of Truth - 5th May
The next single to be taken from the Beat Pyramid album is available on 7″, 12″ and download, with some tasty new b-sides…. Get over to www.thesenewpuritans.com for an e-card with all the details.
4 Songs By Navvy - OUT NOW
This is the debut EP from Sheffield's Navvy. Limited edition white 7″ only. 4 equally brilliant tracks, they're a band the word angular was invented for.
Findo Gask - Va Va Va - OUT NOW DOWNLOAD ONLY
Say hello to Findo Gask - the new scottish gentry. Possibly. This is my favourite song of 2008 so far, and the download version of the single is available exclusively through angular. If you do one thing today go to the webshop and download this. Pop perfection.
THESE NEW PURITANS innovative and enchanting masterpiece
B ea
t Py
ramid
is released TODAY.
Available on vinyl, CD, and digital download, click these links to get your copy:
and here's why you should:
'This year's first important release' - Artrocker
'Creating a storm with a spiky, trancey and mathematical pop formula they're proving to be one f the most exciting and promising ands for a while.' - Artrocker
'An early contender for debut of the year' - Clash
'A lyric about “Michael Barrymore masturbating” would be enough to kill most albums stone dead, but these four Southend 19-year-olds have such an incredible abundance of ideas that it doesn't really matter.' - Dazed & Confused
'Anyone bored by the kitchen sink will find much to love here' 4/5 - Q
'Balancing staccato rhythms and itchy guitars with a neat line in woozy, trance-like synthesizers, they have an oblique lyrical bent that is all their own.' 4/5 - Uncut
'Listening to their jerky, throbby-bassed machine-like pop will make you feel very hip and now.' 3/5 - The Telegraph
'Sharp, strange and enchanting, there aren't many bands around like These New Puritans' 10/10 (Album of the Month) - Vice
“Superb and thought provoking” i-D
“Dispite it only being January….album of 2008” Artrocker
“Beacons in a glorious primordial murk” Mojo
“A cauldron fermenting the angularity of Kraftwerk…and the mangled imagination of Franz Kafka” NME
“Wire’s “Lowdown” having an argument about Marxist mathematics with Klaxons…what could possibly go wrong?” OMM
“There’s been a shortage of eccentric Brits attempting something unusual with rock. Enter These New Puritans” Q
“Wickedly cool” The Fly
“Unique and forward thinking” Loud and Quiet
“Frantic dance floor-friendly blasts mixing with cryptic treaties” NME
'This years hotly tipped band' - The Sun
'cryptic brilliance' - Drowned in Sound
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The debut long player by elemental punk delicateers The Violets is now in all good record shops, and is also available online here and from iTunes….
here is what some people think about the album:
The Violets signal the death of disco-punk - 9/10 - VICE
An inimitable cacophany of noise and melody - i-D
The Violets bring some much needed zip and style to the London music scene. This should catch the ear of those looking to inject a bit of life into their record collections.. - ***1/2 - The Sun
Not cool - NME
A refreshingly unorthodox debut, a dark unpredictability infects these feverish songs - 3/5 - Metro
A band capable of transcending any genre, barrier or influence. - Artrocker
A gratifying edginess - 7/10 - Rock Sound
Juicy musical filth - Disorder
Mallet fingered/Excellent - The Guardian
Energetic and addictive guitar pop. Truly promising - 3.5/5 - The Fly
Better than most punk laydees attempts from the '70s.
A masterclass in gnarly girl rock. - Daily Star
An articulate, solid debut that holds your attention from start to finish - Clash
Classic underground art-punk - 8/10 - Loud & Quiet
…go and BUY it NOW !
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Your favourite twitch/glitch tech-punks These New Puritans double A-sided single 'Numbers/Colours' is available on itunes NOW!
click the here to go directly to the itunes store.
A stunning limited edition picture disc is available from the shops next week. Get your copy preordered at www.hmv.co.uk.
This week the cryptic Canvey Islanders also embark upon a nationwide tour, the UNITAUR, with Crystal Castles and The Teenagers.
details below….
be safe, be seen,
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