Author: Paul Tunkin

Alfa 9return with their third album My Sweet Movida. The Newcastle-under-Lyme based four piece are back with their Morricone-esque tinged cosmic country psych rock, that’s layered with vocal harmonies delivering what the band believe to be their strongest set of songs to date.

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This their first release since ‘Gone to Ground’, which made Vive le Rock and Sound of Confusion best of the year lists in 2013 and saw the band featured in various magazines including Classic Rock and Shindig. They were interviewed by Steve Lamacq for his ‘New Favourite Band’ feature at BBC 6 Music around the album release and
El Morocco (taken from Gone To Ground) later hit the BBC 6 Music playlist for a month as the band performed live at the Liverpool Psych Fest.

Of the band’s debut ‘Then We Begin’ Clash described this as “A fully realised and hugely ambitious debut which succeeds on every level” whilst Shindig said “one of the best albums of the last decade”. The title track ‘Then We Begin’ and ‘Flasher’ from the album more recently surfaced in key sequences of the auto-behemoth that is The Grand Tour.

A first taste from My Sweet Movida ‘Smile Dog’ is already receiving radio support from Gideon Coe and Guy Garvey at BBC 6 Music.

The latest album ‘Moog Maximus‘ from The Bongolian will issued on a brand new pressing on 180g clear vinyl this October – limited to 500 copies only and available to order now…

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“The feel-good album of the summer”
9/10 – LOUDER THAN WAR

“Loving what they’re doing at the moment”
CRAIG CHARLES, BBC RADIO 2

“You’re in for a treat” CERYS MATTHEWS, BBC 6 MUSIC

“A groove-driven masterpiece. Moog Maximus is The Bongolian’s very best to date”SCOOTERING

We’re pleased to announce that Blow Up club founder and DJ Paul Tunkin will be performing the DJ Set before the 50th Anniversary screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s  ‘Blow-Up’ at the Film4 Summer Screen Festival at Somerset House on Tuesday 22nd August 2017… You may never believe your eyes again after watching ‘Blow-Up’, and icon of 1960s cinema; a hypnotic mystery that follows a fashion photographer as he’s drawn into a world where nothing is quite what it seems…  “Inspiring everyone from Francis Ford Coppola to Mike Myers, Michelangelo Antonioni’s arty thriller remains an absorbing, eerie enigma” Total Film For tickets and more info; somersethouse.org.uk

We’re pleased to announce that former GIT Award winnerBaltic Fleet has been nominated again for the 2017 GIT Awards (aka ‘The Scouse Mercurys’) for the new album The Dear One. 

We’re pleased to announce that both Baltic Fleet and The Bongolian will be playing this year’s Liverpool Festival of Psychedelia more info and tickets here

It will be the first live show from Baltic Fleetsince the release of his acclaimed third album ‘The Dear One‘.

Announced today by Art Vinyl – The sleeve for Baltic Fleet The Dear One has been nominated for the 2016 Best Record Cover Design Competition. Congratulations to Baltic Fleet and to Blow Up Records Claudia Arnold who designed and photographed the sleeve. It is currently one of 50 album nominations and a public vote is now open to decide on the three finalists, the winner to be announced in January.

Please cast your vote using this link: artvinyl.com/best-record-cover-design-competition/

The new Baltic Fleet album ‘The Dear One‘ will be BBC 6 Music‘s ‘Album of the Day’ on Thursday 24th November, tune in to hear tracks played throughout the day.

The album is out now on 180g Black & Clear Vinyl, CD & More: Buy Here »

The new Baltic Fleet album is out now, available in all good stockists and as download and to stream.
There’s exclusive bundles available from the Blow Up shop (inc. signed postcard and tote) and an indies exclusive of signed clear 180g vinyl…

“A soundtrack for a journey into the cosmos” ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times

★ ★ ★ ★ MOJO

8/10 Vive Le Rock

“Excellent”Radcliffe & Maconie

“Excellent record”Gideon Coe

“It’s quite a piece of work is this album” Steve Lamacq

“Star-bound kosmiche”Electronic Sound

Rough Trade Shops ‘Album of the Week’

BBC 6 Music ‘Featured Album of the Week’, Steve Lamacq Show

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The forthcoming Baltic Fleet album ‘The Dear One‘ is now available to pre-order and all physical formats come with a signed postcard exclusive to the Blow Up shop. The album will be released on two 180g vinyl formats (limited clear and black) both of which are also available with an special album tote bag, again only available from the Blow Up Shop as well as CD and digital

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Short film ‘The Devil’ with scenes shot at Blow Up (St Moritz Club) shows from this Friday on Channel 4 Random Acts . Paul Weller narrates and Big Boss Man are on the soundtrack.