Fitzrovian Phonographic

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FITZ 007

JOENSUU 1685

IM ON FIRE / PERFECT GRACE



333 ltd numbered edition 7" vinyl + Badge & insert

White gloss print sleeve



Following on from FITZ 6, the triple black 'BLACK ACID' 7" we bring you the mighty JOENSUU 1685 the psychedelic hurricane from Finland. 2 tracks carved out of lush white vinyl in white on white gloss sleeve & limited to 333 copies.



The band blew us away when we went to see them play last year, they crafted the finest psychedelic noise & drove their equipment to the fuckin edge. If you love A Place To Bury Strangers, Spiritualized, Primal Scream you need to come see this band!



Pick it up fromROUGH TRADE & PICCADILLY



www.myspace.com/joensuu1685



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FITZ 006

BLACK ACID

F.U.R / Glitter in the Gutter



333 ltd numbered edition 7" vinyl + Badge & insert

Black gloss print sleeve



Richard Fearless of Death In Vegas returns with his new band BLACK ACID. The New York based band unleash their debut single “F.U.R”/”Glitter In The Gutter” on Monday 24th March.



Influenced by the likes of The Stooges, Roky Erickson and Hawkwind, don’t come looking for sympathetic pop songs in this debut release. Fearless takes the dark soulful psychedelic rock of Death In Vegas and brings a whole new twist with Black Acid.



The band embark on their first European tour in May, launching the tour at Glasgow’s Nice n Sleazy on 6th May, and finishing up at The Engine Room, Brighton on 12th may. The line up is completed with Matty McDermott (NYMPH), Oliver Ackermann (A Place To bury Strangers) and Doug Marvin (Dirty On Purpose).



Meanwhile, they are busy touring the east coast of the USA with dynamic duo and good friends, The Raveonettes in March.



Black Acid’s debut album is scheduled for a release in spring 2008.



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FITZ 005

JACOB FLETCHER

Don't Go Down / Burn



350 ltd edition signed 7" vinyl + Badge



CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO PURCHASE A COPY OF THE VINYL:



*ROUGH TRADE - LONDON

*PUREGROOVE - LONDON



*NORMANS RECORDS

*PICCADILLY - MANCHESTER

*JUMBO - LEEDS



*ON THE FRINGE



Jacob Fletcher ‘Don’t go down’ (Fitzrovian Phonographic). The latest brace of instalments from the fledging though irrefutably handsome looking Fitzrovian Phonographic imprint. Impeccably packaged and ridiculously limited in number previous releases on this prized label featured some corking outings for Benjamin Prosser and the Tap Collective, Mr David Viner and the Last Town Chorus whose ‘Caroline’ still haunts and seduces us with a strange unnatural chemistry. Of course all three releases are long sold out as I suspect these two nuggets will soon forever join the club of must have it online auction fisticuffs. Two cuts feature on this dinky little seven inch from London based singer / songwriter Jacob Fletcher - limited to just 350 hand numbered copies and all arriving replete with a little badge. Embarrassed to admit knowing absolutely diddly squat about Mr Fletcher which for regular readers of these pages will come as no small surprise but what we do know is that this is as perfect as things get. Fletcher crafts dust laden crushing melodies that cling with such heart tearing resonance that we swear are nigh on impossible to get all the way through without falling into a heap on the ground in floods of tears, ’Burn’ - the flip side - is especially cast with a beautifully bruised exterior the like of which both Elliott Smith and Will Oldham seemed to have the measure of - but then the marked difference between Fletcher’s style of song craft and those noted talents of the bleakly sparse is his unerring ability to culture a torturous full bodied symphony of hurt that’s impeccably laced with a latent undercurrent of softly woven bitter sweetness that goes some way to dulling the taunted after taste. Seductively bound in a marriage of gently tempered acoustics and gracefully conceived hollowing string arrangements ’Burn’ stings indignantly amid the moving and deeply touching grandeur of a withered gospel folk landscape. Lead cut ’don’t go down’ in sharp contrast literally oozes wedges of boot stomping triumphal blasts of brooding bolshyness comprising of a front loaded brass fanfares, synths and strings and reputed to feature members of Ladytron and the Earlies so the blighter can’t do no wrong then.

www.losingtoday.com



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FITZ 004

BRIAN OLIVE

See Me Mariona /Calling All Around

350 ltd edition 7" vinyl + Badge



Brian Olive ‘See me Mariona’ (Fitzrovian Phonographic). The other half of the must have Fitzrovian brace of releases features the wig flipping warped out groove of former Greenhornes dude and Soledad Brothers member Brian Olive. Again as previously ultra limited to just 350 copies and adorned in the usual hand numbered packaging containing FR badge type thing. ‘See me Mariona’ is an acid flashbacked nugget fizzing with late 60’s nuances and craftily laced with a nifty psycho-tropic snake like riff and built upon a droning hypnotic grind this honey dripped fuzzed out mind melting babe sounds like Sunray tripping with the Brian Jonestown Massacre which sounds to me well worth the entrance fee alone. Flip over for the jitter bugging shade wearing ‘calling all around’ - a snazzy ‘n’ smoking garage groover that sounds like its fallen off the soundtrack to Tarentino’s ’Pulp Fiction’ - if you cut a smart dash to his site at www.myspace.com/olivedrabandtheetcetras you can hear a rather killer re-cut reshaped as ’love is all around’ replete with trippy lysergic montages and lazy eyed sitars - well f*ckig cool if you ask me.



www.losingtoday.com

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Fitz 003

THE LAST TOWN CHORUS

Caroline/ Dear City 7" vinyl

250 ltd edition 7" vinyl

3 badges

lyric sheet designed by Megan Hickey



‘The Last Town Chorus’ - A revolving ensemble led by singer/writer/lap-steel-guitarist Megan Hickey . She’s been described as ‘The only Choir consisting of one voice’ while their live performances have been described as ‘Hyptnotic & Haunting’. With a vocal recalling Gillian Welch & Hope Sandoval it sways with hushed delay & an unhurried twilight ambience. This is outsider country lapsteel heard coming through the window of a brownstone apartment'



“Floating on the thawed-crystal voice and lap steel of songwriter Megan Hickey.the sound they make is a liquid tension of urban and rural, transplanted souls with an impossible longing for the best of both"

Uncut



*ALBUM 'WIRE WALTZ' OUT NOW ON LOOSE RECORDS*



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Fitz 002

MR DAVID VINER

Silence Is Gonna Break / Love at First Sight Blues

250 ltd edition 7" vinyl

2 badges

Mini lyric sheet

edition 1 - 30 comes with Gold Sleeve

edition 31- 100 comes with Silver Sleeve



“Beautifully packaged release from the London label with capital music legend David Viner doing his Nick Cave meets bluesy folk sound that has made him a regular on the live circuit. A simply beautiful record that has a timeless quality that means it could have been recorded any time over the last 30 years”

Puregroove



“these two exclusive tracks are the best thing viner has committed to vinyl yet. 'silence is gonna break' is the pick of the two and it's a 4am full band blues lament with sweet female vocals in the chorus”

Rough Trade



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Fitz 001 BENJAMIN PROSSER & THE TAP COLLECTIVE

Killing Flaw / Below The Plough

250 ltd edition 7" vinyl

2 badges, poster/lyric sheet

First 25 copies come with hand made booklet by Benjamin Prosser



the first release for fitzrovian phonographic, the coolest new diy label in london is a hand made, dinked seven inch limited to 250 copies only with two badges. the artist launching the label is new cross' ben prosser and the tap collective who deliver two tracks of differing styles but similar instantaneous appeal. the a-side is a dirty, psychadelic, blues rocker that could easily be a lost 60's nugget from the likes of 13th floor elevators while the b-side a mellow, verb drenched psyche-folk-infused masterpiece. this could well be one of the singles of the year from what could well be one of the most exciting new labels in the coming months and years

Rough Trade



This the debut release from a debut London Label recalls both Gallon Drunk & Jim Foetus affecting a swarthy & malevolent roiling blues steeped melodrama. The flip side is different & equally awesome

Time Out



YOU CAN BUY BENJAMINS FIRST ALBUM 'BLUES FOR HARPO' FROM SEXTON MINGS 'RIM RECORDS' SITE :www.rimrecords.co.uk



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