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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 

It's December already and with the holiday season upon us, not only will every order go out with it's own special winter holidays treat, but we've also put together bundles of December Special Deals as a way of saying 'thank you' for all the support you've given us all year long.

For more information, have a look at our secret treats page, where we have any two cds for £5, any two vinyl EPs for £6, all three vinyl EPs for £9, and a bundle with any CD and T-shirt for £9.

If your order is a gift for a friend, let us know and we can gift-wrap it and include a personalised message on your behalf.

Other exciting news:

* Allo, Darlin' has a new single out on Fortuna POP! It will be officially out next week, both directly from the label as well as from the band at their shows, and they do have a LOT of shows coming up. More details available on the band's myspace page.

* Thee SPC is now stocking our 3" cds as well as our 7"s. Woot! If you're not familiar with the SPC yet, they're an ace label and mail order specialized in indiepop, indie, electronica and garage. They always have tons of great stuff in their shop and they even have a clerance sale on at the moment.

* And talking about ace mail orders, Pebble Records, a new webshop focusing only on indiepop and electronica is launching this week. They'll be stocking lots of UK and Worldwide labels like  Cloudberry, Humblebee, Letterbox, LTM, Matinee, Skywriting, Susy, This Almighty Pop!, Fortuna Pop! WAIWYA, Yay! Cherry Red, Make Do And Mend, Edition 59 and more. Their website will be up and running in a few days at www.pebblerecords.co.uk.

More from us soon.
Keep warm! x
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 

Just a quick note to say we're down to the last copies on quite a few of this year's releases and they probably won't be available for much longer. We're running very low on Jacob Borshard's Cocktail, Megamoog's Icicle, The Felt Tips' Bought and sold, Transmittens' Our Dreams and Moustache of Insanity's S/T Ep.

More from us very soon, and if you're in London, hope to see you at the Betsy this Friday for the Just Joans, Stars of aviation and the Rocky Nest.

x
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 


Wow, July was so much fun - One happy Island and the Smittens touring the UK, Indietracks at the Midland Railway , Cosy Den Fest in Stockholm, lots of great live music and good times! There are lots of pictures and videos online, and we have finally just posted some of our own photos to flickr too.

The cd version of The Just Joans / Smittens single is in the making now and has just been made available to pre-order on our release page. It's a limited edition of 120 copies only, so if you'd like one, grab yourself a copy very soon.

On other news, Little my has a new ep out on Businessman records this week. Limited to 200 copies, they're as cute as it gets, packed in hand-made felt sleeves and sealed with a badge. You can get one here.

More from us soon, enjoy the sunshine! x
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 
Two new releases available to pre-order now:

Secret Charisma: Original Cast Recording




The concept behind this release is pretty different: Secret Charisma is an indiepop musical, a lo-fi headphone opera about a about a guy who has been away from home for a long time and when suddenly comes back, is reintroduced to the people and situations from his past.

I have always been a fan of thematic albums, but this is more than that, it is in fact a musical, in the sense that it tells a story, and each character is played by a different musician.

Written, played and directed by Brad San Martin (of One happy Island), the project started in the summer of 2008 and took a life of its own during the past year. Brad played pretty much all the instruments (and there are a lot of them!), and when most of the tracks were done, he started asking friends if they would like to sing one of the characters' parts in it. He put together a pretty impressive cast there: Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl, Sometymes Why), Nichole Ferree (Orange Nichole), Desmond Reed, Mark Robinson (Cotton Candy, Unrest), and his own band, One Happy Island.

It's availble to pre-order on our release page now.

It'll be out tomorrow, july 15th, coinciding with the date Brad lands in the UK to tour with One Happy Island and we're having a Release party at the Bufalo Bar to celebrate the occasion. Colin Clary is headlining the night and even though it's almost sold out now, we never managed to organize a release show for Colin's 'Every little thing counts', which came out last February, so I think we can call it a double weepop! release show. With support by The sunny street and Ich Bin Finn, it should be an ace night, please come along.


The Just Joans / The Smittens SPLIT


I just got a confirmation from the pressing plant that everything is on schedule, and am utterly excited to announce that our next release - The Smittens / The just joans SPLIT - is going to be available next week.

Both such quintessentially WeePOP! bands, The just joans and The Smittens represent two different sides of the atlantic and two aspects of the indiepop sound: The Smittens with their more uptempo handclaps, jangles and percussion, and the Just Joans showcasing a more uniquely british anarok styling and lineage.

Long time admirers of each others work, they finally got to meet and play together at last years Indietracks festival. Friendships were made, plans were hatched, and the result is a joined release with them covering each other's songs as well as a single of their own.

To hear the Smittens singing about the Buckfast tonic wine and wearing Kappa tracksuits is in their cover of "what do we do now" is just too good!! They round out their side with a new track called 'Summer Sunshine' full of that much loved percussion and jangle, with a big wiggly synth line for the summer!

The Just Joans went for 'Gin and Platonic' from The Smitten's 'Gentlefication Now!' album, and a re-recording of one of their own earliest and favorite tracks, 'I Hear You're The Man Now, John' from their album 'Last Tango In Motherwell'.

The split is going to be available on 7" vinyl next week (available to pre-order now) and on our traditional 3" cds later in the month.

The two bands are playing a show together on Monday, July 20th, at the Flying Duck in Glasgow, along with One Happy Island, The specific heats and the Maple Leaves. Advance tickets available on wegottickets.

Woot! Can't wait!

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Friday, July 10, 2009 


July is completely packed with shows, festivals and all around awesomeness. And we have two new releases on their way, which we are super excited about:

Secret Charisma: Original Cast Recording:

A 14-minute indiepop musical written and produced by Brad San Martin of ....One.. ..Happy.. ..Island...., featuring Kristin Andreassen (Uncle Earl, Sometymes Why), Nichole Ferree (Orange Nichole), ....One.. ..Happy.. ..Island...., Desmond Reed, and Mark Robinson (Cotton Candy, Unrest). Somewhat based in personal experiences, Secret Charisma is a tale about time, coming home, and friendship.

The Smittens / The just Joans SPLIT:

The title says it all for this one - we got The just joans and The smittens in the same record... covering each other's songs!!! It will be available in our usual 3'' cds as well as 7'' vinyl. More details very soon.

The timing for both these releases is perfect, since The Smittens and One Happy Island are coming over from the States next week to tour the UK and play a couple of festivals.

It all kicks off with Secret Charisma's release party at the Bufalo Bar next Wednesday, July 15th, with Colin Clary (yow!!), The Sunny Street and Ich bin finn. This promises to be a very special show, a unique chance to see Secret Charisma live and Colin's only solo show in the ....UK...., so please come along.

For the Just Joans/ Smittens single release, we're heading off to ....Glasgow.... for HMHB at the Flying Duck, with One happy ..Island.., the Specific heats and the Maple leaves. ''Half my heart beats'' is an ace pop night in ....Glasgow.... which I have always wanted to go to, and it's named after a smittens song, so I can't think of a more perfect time to do so.

Here's a list of The Smittens and One happy ..Island..'s tour dates and a couple of other ace shows coming up:

08/07 - Allo, Darlin' at the Scala - London UK
15/07 - Secret Charisma and Colin Clary - Bufalo Bar - London UK (EP RELEASE PARTY!!!)
17/07 - Let's Whisper and Allo Darlin' at the Betsey Trotwood - London UK
18/07 - One happy island at the Norfolk Inn - Stoke on Trent UK
19/07 -The Smittens and One happy island at Head of Steam - Newcastle - UK
20/07 - The Smittens, One happy Island and the Just Joans at The Flying Duck - Glasgow UK (SINGLE RELEASE PARTY!!!)
21/07 - The Smittens and One happy island at the Victoria - Birmingham UK
22/07 - The Smittens and One happy island at The Wilmington arms -London UK
23/07 - The Smittens and One happy island at The Packhorese - Leeds UK
23/07 - Moustache of Insanity at Brixton Jamm - London UK
24 to 26/07 - Little my, One happy island, The smittens, Let's whisper and Moustache of Insanity at Indietracks festival - Derby UK
28 /07 - The Smittens in Gothenburg, Sweden
20/07 - The Smittens at Insikten - Jonkopings Kulturhus - Sweden
30/07 - Let's Whisper at the Cozy Den fest - Stockholm - Sweden
31/ 07 - The Smittens at the Cozy Den fest - Stockholm - Sweden
01/08 - Allo, Darlin' at the Cozy Den fest - Stockholm - Sweden

For more details, please check our gig listings and/ or the bands' myspace page.

On other news, Summer Cats have finished their debut LP, Songs For Tuesdays and it sounds brilliant! It will be out on Slumberland Records on July 14th and later in the year on Knock yr. socks off records. Go order yourself a copy now!


xx

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Friday, June 12, 2009 


Allo Darlin's new single - Henry Rollins don't dance - is now available to pre-order!

Allo Darlin' was one of the first bands we contacted when we started the label, back when they were still called 'The Darlings, and now, almost two years after releasing the Photo EP, they're back on weepop! with three new songs on a 7" vinyl release.

It is a bit unfair calling this record a "single". The whole thing is just so damn good, each track should deserved a big front cover of their own. Those of you who were lucky to see Allo darlin' play live in the past months are probably familiar with these songs, and know just what I'm talking about.

We're having a single release party/ show on June 18th at the Wilmington Arms, where you'll be able to see the band in their full excellence playing a 45 minute set, with support by Moustache of Insanity and Sweden's incredible Moofish Catfish. We will also be  celebrating our 2nd Anniversary on that day and promise everything a good party should have - cake, great music and lots of fun. Come along!! Advance tickets are available on wegottickets.

x
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 


We start the month with another ace addition to the weepop! catalogue by Manchester's popsters Amida (who also appeared on our Starting Anew compilation earlier this year), with the five track ep "If the wave loves two suns".

Brought together via the usual channels of musician wanted ads, Amida combines the members' different backgrounds to create infectiously jangly indiepop packed with lots of c86 and 90s indierock influences.

They will be playing a couple of shows in Manchester later this month - at at Chorlton Irish Club on the 12th, at Fuel on the 26th and hopefully a date in London soon. We'll keep you posted.

The EP is out today and available to order on the weepop website - www.weepop.net.
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Monday, June 01, 2009 


Woot! The awesome Vermont-based illustrator David Zacharis designed a t-shirt for us, and we just got a big box full of them back from the printers.

Have a look at our (brand-new) merch page for more details and/or to get one.
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Friday, May 22, 2009 

I'll be back in London this Sunday and there will be lots happening at the weepop! headquarters straight away, starting with a brand-new release next weekend. Following an appearance on our new year's compilation, Moustache of Insanity has a whole EP ready for us now. This London-based duo are Niklas Vestberg and Will Harrison. Using an electric guitar, drum backing tracks, a variety of vintage Casio keyboards and whatever else they can find lying around, they make fun, super catchy songs.


The ep features artwork by James Paterson (including a fun twelve-page comic book full of references to the band's lyrics) and every copy comes with its own unique badge made by Nik himself.

You can get an idea of what MOI is all about and pre-order a copy of the ep on our release page. If you're in the UK, maybe you can go see them play too - They're doing a three-day tour, starting in London this Thursday, May 29th, Manchester on the 30th and Edinburgh on the 31st. More details on their myspace page.
xx

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Thursday, April 16, 2009 


There's a lot about to happen at the weepop! headquarters in the next couple of weeks:

** New release

We have a new release almost ready to go - this time, with another brand new band to the label, we present to you a 10 song mini album by Transmittens, a lovely duo from Kansas (USA).

The band started when Jen and Danny started playing around with a synthesizer, a guitar, and a drum machine a couple of years ago, and have since then evolved into a lovely mind-melting band.

Apart from a few compilation appearances, Our dreams is their first release. With 10 songs in just over 20 minutes, the mini-album delivers the most upbeat, delightful melodies that are sure to put a smile on your face and a wiggle in your step.

It will be out this Friday, April 17th, and is available to pre-order now.

** Tour

The Motifs are touring Europe!!! They're playing in Berlin tonight, and will be in Hamburg, Glasgow, Nottingham, Cardiff, London, Stockholm, Oslo,Turku and Tallin over the next month.

More details on their myspace.

** DJ action

I'll be DJing at the Cats on fire show next friday, April 24th at the Wilmington Arms (London). It should be a very fun night -  it's a lovely intimate venue and Cats on fire are absolutely brilliant live.

Please come along if you can. Advance tickets are available on wegottickets.

More from us soon. xx
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