Alcopop! Records has taken tracks from independent labels such as Transgressive, Memphis Industries and Fortuna Pop! for a new compilation album which will be released on Record Store Day.
“We’re hoping that amid the reissues, expensive singles and re-pressed rarities, we can genuinely open people up to a new way of thinking, and encourage indie fans to delve into rosters of labels they may not already be aware of, becoming further involved the beating heart of our UK indie scene,” Jack Clothier of Alcopop! says.
Best Friends, Tellison and Joanna Gruesome are among those included on the album which is to be limited to 500 copies.
Tracklist:
SIDE A
Menace Beach – ‘Hello Bully’ (Memphis Industries)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart – ‘Masokissed’ (Fierce Panda)
Alvvays – ‘Underneath Us’ (Transgressive)
Simmer – ‘Bering Strait’ (Dog Knights Productions)
C-Duncan – ‘The Castle Walls’ (FatCat)
SIDE B
Tellison – ‘Boy’ (Alcopop!)
Joanna Gruesome – ‘There Is No Function Stacy’ (Fortuna Pop!)
Bernard + Edith – ‘Dagger’ (Bella Union)
Best Friends – ‘Wash Me Out’ (Art is Hard)
Woahnows – ‘Sounds Like Spitting’ (Big Scary Monsters)
Silver Waves – ‘Gargoyle’ (Howling Owl)