i love Saint Etienne

I was already a Faith Over Reason and Field Mice fan (thanks, I think, to Mike Jones and Andy Dean) when I heard Saint Etienne's versions of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and 'Kiss and Make Up'... it would have been in the Bear in Maidenhead, or maybe Skindles





Fox Base Alpha would have been played on the record counter when I worked university holidays in Boots, and I'm pretty sure I shoplifted the second album, on tape, from WHSmiths - it was in the sale section, so the tape was in the box, rather than behind the counter

then there was that Glastonbury in 1994 that Cath and Dave I went to - the one where the Manics said they should build a motorway through it:


there is just hit single after solid gold hit single, Hug My Soul, Pale Movie, Sylvie and the Bad Photographer!



ans then, more recently (I've got the Monkees Head soundtrack... ON TAPE!)


I think what i'm trying to say is - Saint Etienne singles are always amazing, and here's another one!

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77 days is too long - Birdie

here we go - the second single from the 2018 club is now available for non-subscribers to buy, and it's by Birdie!

yep, that's Debsey from Dolly Mixture and Paul from East Village



and here's a little reminder of their second single from 1999

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wiaiwya-7777777 is an ambitious 7" singles club - started in 2012, the plan was to release seven singles a year, for seven years

2018 is the 7th, and final year, the club will run

I've asked seven bands I have been a fan of for over two decades for a single, and I think you're going to like them! they are AMAZING

anyway - here you go, by now you know how this works... subscribers get seven 7" singles throughout 2018

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Release Date - Woodpigeon & Norman Blake

as you may or may not know, wiaiwya-7777777 is a seven inch singles club, a very ambitious seven inch singles club, due to last for seven years

today we reach the mid point, the 25th single of the set...


The Woodpigeon and Norman Blake 45 is the sound of the Laurel Canyon recorded on a feather, with a bit of Prefab Sprout and Fairport Convention added for good measure; delicate wispy harmonies, intimate acoustic instrumentation, and the West Coast feel that Glaswegians do so well.

Woodpigeon is fundamentally Mark Andrew Hamilton writing songs. Starting off in Edinburgh (with members of eagleowl), then moving to Canada for the band's first full-length album, entitled Songbook, released in late 2006. Three years later the second long player, Treasury Library Canada c/w Houndstooth Europa was long-listed for the Polaris Prize, and Hamilton served as the curator of the first annual Sled Island Festival in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2010 saw the band's third album, Die Stadt Muzikanten, then 2012 marked a move to Vienna and 2013 the release of Thumbtacks + Glue on Fierce Panda.
Woodpigeon has collaborated with over 70 musicians, and has played alongside Withered Hand, Ólöf Arnalds, Broken Social Scene, Patrick Wolf, Iron and Wine, Grizzly Bear, and Calexico, has appeared as part of Ray Davies’ Meltdown, and played Iceland Airwaves festival twice.

Of course Norman Blake needs no introduction, but here goes anyway: Norman has been recording hits since the Boy Hairdressers ep in 1986, after a stint in the BMX Bandits he formed Teenage Fanclub in 1989, two years later they released one of the best albums of the 90’s – Bandwagonesque… aside from 10 Fanclub LPs (with another in the pipeline) Norman has recorded with Joe Pernice, Euros Childs, Jad Fair, the Pastels, Tenniscoats, Kevin Ayers, Bill Wells, The Reindeer Section, Snowgoose, Yeon Gene and The Pearlfishers.

Today we’re adding Woodpigeon to that list.

wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Daniel Novakovic

Daniel Novakovic is an artist based in Sweden who started out by writing and drawing comic zines about his crap relationships and then found himself getting work writing and drawing about his crap relationships. He's very amazed that he gets away with it.

He also runs the So Tough! So Cute! club night. Nowadays mostly in Sweden, but this December in London, UK. He's the kinda DJ that plays Crass right after the Supremes and Beat Happening so you should definitely go.

SO TOUGH! SO CUTE! - Indiepop, Soul, Pop Punk & Girl-Groups
Friday, 20 December 2013
10:00pm-4:00am
The Waiting Room (downstairs of the Three Crowns)
175 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH, London, UK
Door: £4
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wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Andy Hart

Andy Hart writes A Fog Of Ideas blog/fanzine. Is one half of the Come Again DJ duo and one third of the Nottingham POP Alldayer organising committee.  Andy has provided artwork (sleeve art, fliers, posters, t-shirt designs) for HHBTM, Odd Box, A Layer of Chips, The Spook School, amongst others.  Most recently he produced the artwork/lettering for the Joanna Gruesome 'Weird Sister' LP (Slumberland/Fortuna POP!) and art for the two Fireworks singles (Shelflife).  

2014 should see Andy's first attempt at comics and, perhaps, a website...

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wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Frances Castle

each picture disc from wiaiwya-7777777 2013 will be illustrated by an amazing artist, this week we'll be introducing you to each of them:

Frances Castle is an illustrator who runs Clay Pipe Music, a small label that releases exquisitely packaged CDs and vinyl.

Clay Pipe specialises in atmospheric music that has a strong theme or sense of ‘place’. Previous releases include Darren Hayman’s Lido, Plinth’s Music for Smalls Light House and new release; Jetsam and Gareth E Rees’ ‘A Dream Life of Hackney Marshes’. 

websites www.claypipemusic.co.uk    www.francescastle.com

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wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Tanya Meditzky

Tanya creates comics, illustrated books and art stuff. She produced her own comic 'milkkitten' for some years and currently enjoys collaborating with other illustrators. She recently organised an exhibition of work by 14 artists along the length of Lambs Conduit Street in London as part of the Alternative Press Fair. 

Some examples of her work are here: www.milkkitten.com

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wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Sarah Lippett

Sarah Lippett is the bass player from Fever Dream as well as an illustrator extraordinaire... buzzin' that she's managed to squeeze in an illustration for 2014's singles club... BUZZIN'

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wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Tom Humberstone

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Tom Humberstone is an award-winning comic artist and illustrator based in London.

He is the regular comic artist for the New Statesman, producing his 'In The Frame' comic for the magazine on a weekly basis. In addition to also publishing his own comics, he edits and publishes the critically acclaimed UK comics anthology 'Solipsistic Pop'.

for more information; www.tomhumberstone.com
blog: www.ventedspleen.com/blog
Solipsistic pop: www.solipsisticpop.com

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wiaiwya-7777777 2014 - the illustrators: Jeff Mellin

each picture disc from wiaiwya-7777777 2013 will be illustrated by an amazing artist, this week we'll be introducing you to each of them:

JEFF MELLIN is a multidisciplinary artist, singer/songwriter and award-winning art/creative director. He’s illustrated and designed for magazines, arts non-profits, literary presses, food manufactures and high-tech companies. 

While immersed in the 90s Boston music scene he got a reputation as a go-to guy for album packaging and poster design. Since then he's worked with countless bands and record labels looking for his vintage-inspired aesthetic and musically informed sensibility.

He reviews student portfolios for the Art Institute of Philadelphia, has been invited to speak to college and high school students about artist branding, judged the Connecticut Art Director's Club Awards, and has appeared as a guest panelist at the Chrysler Museum of Art with Sub-Pop/Nirvana photographer Charles Peterson to speak about album cover photography.

He’s also collaborated on multi-media performance installations in NYC, Boston and Philadelphia, and his video collaborations with photographer John Soares (as Soamel Pictures) have been selected for the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, the New York City Indie Film Festival, and the Arlington International Film Festival. His most recent semi-abstract films and photographs ("abstralographs") discover and disconnect geometry from reality, flattening 3-dimensions and inverting perception of negative space while balancing organic, inorganic, and atmospheric forms and textures.

As a songwriter and musician, he’s been releasing recordings since the 90s, including recent singles for London’s WIAIWYA Records featuring memebers of SHRAG, Jenny Dee and Doug Yule of the Velvet Underground, and a concept album with Delicatessen’s Neil Carlill. Oakland-based poetry press Kolourmeim Press has published a collection of his lyrics.

With his brother, the NYC-based composer Joel Mellin, he’s helped to promote the creativity of others with both Stereorrific Recordings, a small underground pop label, and Waxfruit Arts Media, Inc., a not-for-profit organization he co-founded to support and create projects connecting indie music with other media arts and the community at large.

Now based in Philadelphia, he continues to work and collaborate with creative people from all over.

For more about Jeff visit http://www.jeffmellin.com

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as you know, we're announcing the bands on 7th November, but for those of you that can't wait the subscriptions are now available - just click on the link below... if you subscribed in 2013 you can keep your membership number by typing it in when you check out (you'll find the number on your membership card)

thanks for reading, and make sure you pop back on the 7th to see who the bands will be next year... i'm cock-a-hoop with the lineup, oh, yes...

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as all the singles from this year's singles club are now available to order, here's a smashing playlist featuring a track from each one:

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boxing up the final 3 singles

it's a busy week boxing up PUPS, Comet Gain and Middle Ones singles for subscribers, while watching Misfits and Hannibal... so subscribers should be getting their copies soon... real soon...

and for those of you that haven't subscribed yet, the details are below... if you're going to be at indietracks this weekend let me know and i'll bring your records along and HAND THEM OVER IN PERSON...

seven exclusive 7" singles, all solid gold HITS, seven download codes, seven inserts, and seven unavailable elsewhere gifts, from Darren Hayman, Jeff Mellin, Hong Kong In The 60s, Sourpatch, Pups, Comet Gain and the Middle Ones!

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PUPS single available for pre order

yup, Rose Melberg's latest outfit, PUPS, have their debut 7" available to pre order here:

wiaiwya-7777777 release date - Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament

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a pint of Old Man

Old Man Don't Waste Your Time

March 31st is the birthday of the vinyl 45rpm record

yup, on March 31st 1949 RCA Victor released Texarcana Baby by Eddy Arnold (there are some words, written for the 60th birthday, here):



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the plectrums are here

i know, i know... but they're COOL:

Darren's singles have arrived too

so that's going to be a busy week numbering and packing for me: