Hey all,
This blog isn’t used anymore – and I’m just here to point you in the right direction.
All our news is available on our official website at http://www.labrecords.co.uk and you can keep up-to date with our goings on at our Twitter page – http://www.twitter.com/labrecords.
It’s been a busy year, and a whole lot has happened since the last post on here. Come catch up, and strap yourselves in for a crazy 12 months!
Nathen.
…I don’t care if we’re a guilty pleasure for you.
Tour begins in Southampton this Friday and we have a show every night until 30 June. Everything you need to know is throughout this blog – except perhaps that we have added a show at the iBar in Bournemouth on Saturday 28th June. Doors 7pm (curfew 10pm), 18+ and free! Yes.
It’s been a hectic week: between attempting to sort the aforementioned Bournemouth show to team Auteur having some terrible van news. Long story short, the LABPunto is coming to the party!
Please come out to a date and say hello – and throw some moves!
Mark
Ooh, I can almost taste it. Seven days from now the first (annual?) LAB Records Summer Tour begins in earnest at Southampton Joiners. A little nervous (I have no sat nav still…) but mostly very excited!
So what can you expect if you come out to a show? Well along with our three touring bands, all dates have at least one local support – some opening, some headlining. Some of the talent on show includes Me Vs Hero (Manchester, Blackpool), Lower Than Atlantis (Neath), Paige (Brighton) and The Night Life Crisis (Blackpool). You can check out full details of local support HERE.
Also, we’ve tried to keep tickets as cheap as possible, so all shows should be just £4-6 on the door. You can however still pick up advance tickets for:
- 20 June: SOUTHAMPTON Joiners (14+) – Click Here
- 23 June: MANCHESTER, Music Box (14+) – Click Here
- 25 June: GLASGOW, Rockers (16+) – Click Here
- 30 June: BRIGHTON, Freebutt (16+) – Click Here
We’ll also have a ton of shiny merch to sell – from CD’s and t-shirts to A3 posters. We’re keeping everything really cheap on this tour so please bring some loose change and pick something up.
Are you on Facebook? We have some event pages on there – feel free to invite yourself and friends HERE.
Finally, here are some local show posters for you to enjoy…
Thanks for making it this far – hope to see you on the road.
Mark xo
A short but sweet tour update, then! I am now all moved out of my Manchester place and back in Blackpool – and if that’s not enough to get someone excited to hit the road, I don’t know what is.
The label tour kicks off on 20 June in Southampton, and goes on to another 9 towns and cities. Sadly, the High Wycombe date on 28 June has been cancelled at the promoters end. Poor form! However, we are looking at other options and crossing our fingers that something will come up.
The full dates then – I really would love it if you could come out and say hello:
The LAB Records Summer Tour 2008
Featuring MiMi Soya, The Auteur and Lost On Campus
Friday 20 June – SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners (14+)
Saturday 21 June – WITHAM, Spring Lodge Centre (14+)
Sunday 22 June – LONDON, The Cross Kings (14+)
Monday 23 June – MANCHESTER, Music Box (14+)
Tuesday 24 June – YORK, Speakeasy Bar (18+)
Wednesday 25 June – GLASGOW, Rockers (16+)
Thursday 26 June – BLACKPOOL, Riffs (18+)
Friday 27 June – NEATH, The Windsor (14+)
Saturday 28 June – BOOK THIS!
Sunday 29 June – POOLE, Mr C’s (16+)
Monday 30 June – BRIGHTON, Freebutt (16+)
Details of support and advanced tickets can be found here.
Have a good day one and all! Mark xo
It’s bloomin’ well release day here at LAB Recs HQ and there’s so much going on, we need to present it in numbered form. Here goes!
1. Yes! The MiMi Soya EP is now available in stores (such as online at HMV, Play.com and Amazon) and on iTunes. If you weren’t one of the lucky 100+ people who pre-ordered the thing, pick it up now – it’d mean a lot to so many people. Full details of absolutely everyone stocking the CD are here.
2. It may be now available in all of the aforementioned big name stores, but all you bargain hunters can still pick it up direct from us for just £3.50 plus postage. We ship within 24 hours, too! Head over to our Online Store.
3. Our website has something of a new look over at www.labrecords.co.uk – to celebrate the fact that there is now less than three weeks until the start of the first ever LAB Records Summer Tour. Full details and advance ticket links are available here.
4. Thanks so much to everyone who has ordered a CD or t-shirt from us recently – it means a lot. Have a great day everyone!
So, after more than six months away, we’re coming back to Riffs in Blackpool for a special homecoming show on Thursday 26 June 2008, from 7.30pm!
It’s a middle date on The LAB Records Summer Tour, which runs from 20-30 June.
The five-band bill consists of the three touring bands – MiMi Soya, The Auteur and Lost On Campus as well as two great friends of ours, Me Vs Hero and The Night Life Crisis.
All in all it promises to be a great night with potential for partying afterwards – so stick it in your diary and let’s get Blackpool back on the map. Hurrah.
Visit the promotions page at LifesABeatch.co.uk for more specific Blackpool info, or labrecords.co.uk for full tour details.
Our next release hits shops in one week everyone! Exciting times. It is of course the brand new EP from Brighton’s (nay, the UK’s) best looking band, MiMi Soya: The Four Penny Knee Trembler.
You can pick it up right now from us – and from next Monday (2 June) you’ll be able to get it in major stores (check out HMV, Amazon and Play.com), on iTunes and in a select few indies such as Piccadilly Records, Oldham Street, Manchester.
Oh – and they’ll be on the road all Summer – check out MySpace.com/mimisoya for dates.
It’s Sunday and the sun is shining - and so what better time for a quick update on all things LAB Recs, in the form of a numbered list…
1. Perhaps most excitingly, this week we officially announced the details of the first ever LAB Records Summer Tour which features MiMi Soya, The Auteur and Lost On Campus, and takes place between 20-30 June. I am perhaps as (if not more!) excited about this as anything we’ve done with the label so far so check out the MySpace for full info.
2. Unless you’ve been completely ignoring our prolific advertising campaign, (guffaw) you’ll know that our next release is MiMi Soya’s ‘The Four Penny Knee Trembler’ EP. It kind of sounds like what’d happen if you mixed Paramore with Four Year Strong, and I’ve had it for a good while now and I’m still giving it a spin - if only to check it still sounds ace. It does! Listen here or order here.
3. We definately have new signings and releases on the way – sometimes these things just take a little while, for various reasons! Rob (Lost On Campus) is in the process of thinking about and writing new material, which is also very much the case for the My Actions Your Exit boys. Look out for them on tour with Me Vs Hero and Clarkson in July. Dates on their MySpace.
4. Finally, in the past fortnight we’ve made a few changes to our official website over at www.labrecords.co.uk. In time, there will be a full label site at that address, but for now there is a lovely looking holding page from which you can visit all of our various sites – MySpace, LastFM, YouTube and of course this blog.
Now, back to that sunshine. Have a good week everyone.
Much love,
Mark
Our first ever label tour takes place this June and features three fantastic bands – MiMi Soya, The Auteur and Lost On Campus. Check out all the details below…
The LAB Records Summer Tour 2008
Featuring MiMi Soya, The Auteur and Lost On Campus
Friday 20 June – SOUTHAMPTON, Joiners (14+) [With Disaster By Design & Amy Can Flyy]
Saturday 21 June – WITHAM, Spring Lodge Centre (14+) [Exit Avenue replace Lost On Campus, With Midnight Arcade & Mustang]
Sunday 22 June – LONDON, The Cross Kings (14+)
Monday 23 June – MANCHESTER, Music Box (14+) [With Me Vs Hero & My Name Is Hero]
Tuesday 24 June – YORK, Speakeasy Bar (18+)
Wednesday 25 June – GLASGOW, Rockers (16+) [With Purpose:Failed & Labels]
Thursday 26 June – BLACKPOOL, Riffs (18+) [With Me Vs Hero & The Night Life Crisis]
Friday 27 June – NEATH, The Windsor (14+) [With Lower Than Atlantis & Winch House]
Saturday 28 June – HIGH WYCOMBE, Irish Club (14+)
Sunday 29 June – POOLE, Mr C’s (16+) [With The Metropolise]
Monday 30 June – BRIGHTON, Freebutt (16+) [MiMi Soya EP Release Show, With Hello From Hope]
Links: Myspace.com/mimisoya | Myspace.com/theauteuruk | Myspace.com/lostoncampus
You can now pre-order LAB005, MiMi Soya’s ‘The Four Penny Knee Trembler’ EP, from our Online Store.
The CD will be hitting music shops across the country on 2 June 2008 – but if you’d like your copy in the fastest and cheapest way possible, as well as with two exclusive bonus tracks, then pre-order now!
The full tracklisting is as follows:
1. “You Didn’t Let Me Finish…”
2. Deathwish
3. Don’t Forget To Breathe!
4. The Maiden’s Voyage
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5. C’mon Kids, It’s Been A Good Year [Pre-Order Only Bonus Track!]
6. Deathwish (Uber Pwnage Remix) [Pre-Order Only Bonus Track!]
You can hear ‘Don’t Forget To Breathe!’ for the first time right now over at Myspace.com/mimisoya.
Show wise, the guys (and girl!) go out on the LAB Records Summer Tour from 20 June, culminating with an EP release show at Brighton Freebutt on 30 June. Check our page for full dates!
