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Watch this space, new music from Bear Arms coming soon through Struggletown Records.
Louis from Grader reppin’ us on tour.
Finally got my MO vinyl from Struggletown and got all these freebies too.
So sorry it took so long to send it man. Adulthood sucks haha.
This is awesome, look out for our ‘Straight Outta Kashyyyk’ shirt.
Also the Star Wars tattoos are sick.
Thanks to Gurven for the heads up!
Global Collabs
We’ve been lucky enough to be a part of a couple of pretty cool collabs lately, stemming mostly from our involvement with the awesome Canadian bands we know. The manner in which these collaborations of effort, finance and talent came about has been one of the most inspiring aspects of running Struggletown for me so far, and it’s simple and free: Word of mouth.
Simply having a good attitude towards releasing good music, has led the people we’ve spoken to, to spread the word about us, across the world and led us to work with talented musicians who we may or may not ever meet, and to team up with like-minded labels, such as Guerilla Asso, Tragicomedy Records, Pavones Records, Juicebox Records, Bigwheel Records and many more. Expanding the reach of these releases across greater distances and wider audiences.
The sums of money that are involved are far from huge, but it’s much easier when people club together to pay production fees & shipping etc. It’s great to be involved in this process in even a very small way as a young label and a small distributor.
The key element in this chain though is you, the music buyer - if you stop buying physical format music from smaller bands and labels, the big labels will win out, because they know they have a market for digital music, they know that people will buy the special edition rereleases on record store day, because they have the power of the media, nostalgia and marketing. But we don’t - we just have ourselves, and you. But I’d rather have it that way, because if it wasn’t like that, I wouldn’t know half the people I do through music, however far away they are, and however varied our tastes.
We’ve got a lot in the pipeline, and I’ve been very distracted from this label for a while now, but I plan to change that - kick it into high gear and work hard for the bands that work hard for us. Please help us to do that, pick up a record, share a photo, come to a show. Do anything - because it’s those actions that keep this whole ‘DIY’ thing afloat.
Steven
PLEASE REBLOG!
Hey this is 3 weeks away and I’m more than halfway to my target.
If you could donate even the smallest amount then that would be the best thing ever!
http://www.justgiving.com/vneilv
Guess what!
I’m doing a 60 mile charity bike ride from London to Brighton in June.
It’s a long distance to ride (for me!) and at present I’m quite unfit. It looks as well that I might be attempting the distance on a single speed bike which will be a barrel load of fun.
This is to support the British Heart Foundation.
I’ve never ever really done anything for charity before so I thought I would combine my love of cycling with a way to raise some cash for a good cause.
If you would like to donate, no matter how big or small then head to the following link http://www.justgiving.com/vneilv
I will be posting updates in the future as I begin my training so keep watching!
Help Neil to reach his target!
good blood.
this song will appear on my next, as yet untitled full length that i am currently recording.
Despite for some reason this man hasn’t contacted me in fucking days, this is the best song he’s ever written. It’s just fantastic.
Jonathan Snee in a river singing a song about his family.
(Source: vimeo.com)
