R*E*P*E*A*T Presents
Lovely Ugly / Pretty Shitty
A 15 track splatter vinyl compilation of current underground Swansea guitar bands, along with a couple of local legends.
Available to preorder from Bandcamp now and from record shops from May 31st (Shellshock distribution)
On R*E*P*E*A*T’s return to Swansea after over 30 years away, we found our home town to be far more diverse, creative, vibrant and exciting than the place we left behind. Amidst the decay of many traditional industries, the imagination is currently running riot, with a host of venues in the City’s creative quarter continually hosting an array of artists, poets, writers and bands.
This album is a personal selection of some of the music that has inspired, enthused and excited R*E*P*E*A*T since our return 5 years ago.
Gratifyingly, many of these acts are starting to garner some of the recognition they deserve in Cardiff, London and beyond. Trampolene, Monet, Swansea Sound, Rainyday Rainbow, Grey-FLX and Kikker all regularly adorn reviews, radios and stages way beyond our Westerly outpost.
Accompanying tracks by these trailblazing upstarts, the album also boasts rare or unreleased sounds by Swansea legends Helen Love, The Pooh Sticks and The DC10s
The album is released on May 31st on Swansea City coloured white and black splatter vinyl with a gatefold sleeve featuring an original painting of the City by local artist Fred Fitton.
Join us as we mark our very own Return Journey to our Lovely Ugly Town.
Available from May 31st from repeatfanzine.bandcamp.com,in shops via Shellshock distribution and digitally. Catalogue number MBRR166.
Launch gigs
June 1st at Swansea Tangled Parrot with Monet, Angharad and Baby Schillaci.
June 22nd at Elysium with Kikker, Rainyday Rainbow, Grey-FLX, Soundwire, Tom Emlyn and Dead Noize plus DJs Hue (Swansea Sound / The Pooh Sticks), Catrin (The Loves) & Peter Stone (The Sweetest Ache).
Track Listing and information for ‘Lovely Ugly / Pretty Shitty’-
R*E*P*E*A*T’s 2024 snapshot of vital underground Swansea guitar bands, with a couple of local legends
One side ‘Lovely Ugly’
HELEN LOVE – Swansea’s Got An Our Price
Punk pop perfection from the modest queen of the Swansea indie scene.
https://twitter.com/HELENLOVE123
PICSEL – Fucked Society
Noisy, catchy, punky DIY pop four or five piece from Swansea who have since evolved into Broken Fires. Written by accident. Recorded on purpose.
https://www.facebook.com/picselmusic/
BABY SCHILLACI – Ultra Hd Happy Face
“infused with the spirit of punk predecessors and reminiscent of the lyrical prowess of The Clash and Sex Pistols and sonically akin to that of Social Distortion and Green Day …duelling guitars, intelligent groovy bass, energetic drums, and vocals that invoke rebellion…one can’t help but want to bounce around the pit while simultaneously raising their fist in protest.” – Amplify The Noise
https://www.instagram.com/babyschillaci/
ANGHARAD – Outsider’s Map of Wales
“dark and dissonant, and stark… glory and gore, beautiful and brave; pure pop, dreamy ballad, bouncy brass, dissonance, spoken word, and campfire singalong.” – God is in the TV.
https://www.theangharad.com/
TOM EMLYN – Three Sided Coin
“eclectic and masterful… gold dust… If I could force everyone to listen to it, then I would” – The Indie Scene
https://www.instagram.com/tomemlyn/
SWANSEA SOUND – In A Different Life
“Nostalgia and critique. Indie Pop Irony and ‘Sell-Out’ satire. The Heavenly/Pooh Sticks super-duper-group-project release an Album of The Year” – Louder Than War
swanseasound.bandcamp.com; FB, IG, X @soundswansea
SOUNDWIRE – Degrees Of Separation.
“ones to mercilessly, addictively but oh so gently, invade your musical heart, an all conquering, swirling mix of psychedelic pop, cascading, ethereal guitars and a hint of dirty bluesy punk”
https://www.facebook.com/Soundwiremusic
Side Two ‘Pretty Shitty’
KIKKER – Trash
“Kikker’s sound trundles through on the back of a caustic cavalcade of guitars, and an abrasive howl from the depths laced with withering sardonic scorn, it’s inspired by anger, injustice and inequality. It sounds like The Birthday Party‘s spitting rage and fury, colliding with the relentlessness of the early work of Fontaines DC. Absolutely fearsome and truly cathartic to hear” – God is in the TV Zine
https://www.instagram.com/kikkeraregarbage/
THE POOH STICKS – The World is Turning On (1991 version)
Rare single version of the Million Seller track from the band the BBC calls “the ridiculously over-productive, stupidly catchy and archly clever… Swansea’s Pooh Sticks were one of the indie scene’s greatest mirror images, a reflection of itself and, as the All Music Guide called them, ‘rock’s most inside joke'”.
https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Pooh-Sticks-100063707700552/
TRAMPOLENE – Between the Bars (Elliott Smith cover)
Delicate acoustic cover of Elliot Smith’s ballad from Swansea’s exiled sons, who “never fail to deliver with their unique combo of garage rock, kitchen-sink poetry and acoustic heartbreakers” (This Feeling).
https://www.trampolene.co.uk/
EGG SPECTRUM (RAINYDAY RAINBOW) – Thrown Hard
Solo recording by Egg Spectrum of what is soon to become a full band Rainday Rainbow song, “twisty turny thought juice, smothered in smashed up slithers of Psychedelic sauce, and pezazzed with punchy Punk doom.”
https://www.instagram.com/egg_spectrum/ https://www.instagram.com/onlyrainydayrainbow/
GREY-FLX – Pins and Needles
“Just when you think new ‘young’ music is dying on it’s feet something comes along that just knocks you sideways ” – Welsh Connections.
https://www.instagram.com/grey_flx/
MONET – Scuff Button
“a band to keep your ears out for, with a contorting sound that challenges expectation at every turn” – God is in the TV.
https://www.instagram.com/monetbanduk/
DEAD NOIZE – Bojack Horseman
The newest band on the record, described as “three guys crammed in a Fiesta”. A rather noisy, energetic and rock fuelled Fiesta, I’d suggest…
https://www.instagram.com/dead_noize.uk/
THE DC10S – I Can See Through Walls (1980)
The DC10s came from our village, were just a couple of years above me in school, recorded and released this single in their teens, had it played on John Peel and reviewed in NME, then split up. Which DIY genius has inspired me all my life, and is just as perfect as their bittersweet 90 second punk pop song, on proper vinyl again for the first time in 43 years.
facebook.com/punkhouserecords
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