sleeve approvals - Pete Astor

Pete gave these the nod this week

Release date - Spearmint

it's 7th April, which means release day for the final first seven inch single of the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club... following in the footsteps of the Wave Pictures, Jeff Mellin, Freschard, the Fairlight Myth, Deerful and Famous Problems here's the new single from Spearmint

77 days is too long - the Catenary Wires

yep - just 77 days until the release of the third single from the final year of the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club... and it's by the Catenary Wires!


(subscribers will of course get their copies, but there are 77 available for non subscribers too)

as I mentioned before, this year I have asked bands and artists I have been a fan of for 20 years or more for a single, and of course Amelia and Rob were right up at the top of that list... here's a song my first girlfriend put on a mix tape for me:


here's a song I was lucky enough to have joint released with K records

and finally - here's a video I was in!

the Catenary Wires are recording with Andy Lewis

yep - Amelia and Rob are in the studio recording for their new single, to be released as part of wiaiwya-7777777 2018

sleeve approvals - Birdie

these have been given the nod:

77 days is too long - Spearmint

the first release from this year's singles club comes from Spearmint - get your copy here



and a quick reminder of what made me fall for them 20 years ago:

it's Scrabbel release day!

here's the third release from this year's wiaiwya-7777777 singles club. this one's bu Scrabbel, from San Francisco

Scrabbel is Dan Lee from the Aisler's Set

All Night welcomes the summer with a perfect wave of west coast jangle psyche pop
the flip side, Summer's End, does what it says on the tin, by bookending the season with CELLOS

get it here:

remember to sign up to wiaiwya-7777777 2017

yep - this week i'm packing up records to send to subscribers to wiaiwya-7777777 2017, so if you're thinking of signing up, now's the time to do it

i'm sure you are aware, but previous years have included exclusive 7"es from the likes of Allo Darlin, Darren Hayman, The Wave Pictures, Comet Gain, Deerful, Shrag, Standard Fare, Citizen Helene, Norman Blake and Woodpigeon

so, don't delay! sign up today! and get seven 7" singles in the post throughout 2017...

the schedule, as it stands at the moment is:

7th April - Famous Problems

7th May - The Smith Garrett Band

7th June - Scrabbel

7th August - The Great Electric

7th October - Emma Kupa

7th November - DJ Downfall

7th December - special guest!

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sign up to wiaiwya-7777777 2017

yep - we're all ready to go on the sixth (and penultimate) wiaiwya-7777777 annual singles club

i'm sure you are aware, but previous years have included exclusive 7"es from the likes of Allo Darlin, Darren Hayman, The Wave Pictures, Comet Gain, Deerful, Shrag, Standard Fare, Citizen Helene, Norman Blake and Woodpigeon

so, don't delay! sign up today! and get seven 7" singles in the post throughout 2017... the ones that are in (and have been sent to manufacture) are crackers, and i'm sure you won't want to miss out

the schedule, as it stands at the moment is:

7th April - Famous Problems

7th May - The Great Electric

7th June - Scrabbel

7th August - DJ Downfall

7th October -

7th November -

7th December -

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Release Date - Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot

yep - the debut from Parenthesis Dot Dot Dot is OUT TODAY

release Date - Whoa Melodic

Whoa Melodic is the latest musical moniker for Michael Wood, who releases his first single today (“Hey Hey My Reflection / Goodbye Good Luck And See You”). If you like timeless, gentle, breezily melancholy folk pop, along the lines of Badly Drawn Boy, the Lilac Time, M Craft or even Squeeze this will be right up your street. Of course you’ll recognise Michael from Adekola Sound, the Hayman Kupa Band, Singing Adams, and helping make the Leaf Library such a great live act.

77 days is too long - Milk Skin

yep, the remarkable debut from Milk Skin is out on 7th October:


Milk Skin are Laura K (from Tigercats and Laura K) and Tom Wade (from Owl & Mouse) helped out by Johnny Helm (the Wave Pictures) and Paul Rains (Allo Darlin and Tigercats)

the record?... a bit like a picnic with Broadcast, Beefheart and Belle and Sebastian, but don't take my word for it

Milk Skin single release countdownCountdown

special wiaiwya-7777777 show in London

yessiree - three of this year's seven 7777777 acts are sharing a stage in London on Thursday 11th August - you can get tickets here, the order is to be decided on the night, and the bands are:

Citizen Helene -Sultry disco-botherer Citizen Helene releases her new single, ‘How Can You Find Someone To Love / Bridges’, on 7th June on wiaiwya records. Since moving from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset to London in 2004, Helene has been spotted as an onstage collaborator with Mary Epworth and regularly appears as part of Papernut Cambridge, whose members Ian Button (ex of Death in Vegas), Robert Halcrow (Picturebox), Jack Hayter (ex of Hefner), Emma Winston (Deerful) and Pam Berry (ex Black Tambourine), have all become part of Helene's touring band.

Deerful - Deerful is Emma Winston. Emma is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who, after several years spent as a keyboard player and vocalist for musicians including Darren Hayman, Owl & Mouse and Enderby’s Room, decided to indulge her love for synthesisers and storytelling and begin making music of her own. She writes and performs electronic pop about running away, staying in place, brokenness, recovery, and taking up space in the world.

Whoa Melodic - is Michael Wood, the artist previously known as Michaelmas (too soon), who is debuting the new name/ band/ songs (although there may well be some old favourites). Michael is officially one of the top three most charming men in rock, and has recently been seen in the Leaf Library, the Hayman Kupa Band, and fronting an all star band at last year's A Girl and a Gun James Bond tribute at the Union Chapel

77 days is too long - Nancy Sin

this year's singles club reaches its fourth release on 7th August, and non subscribers can pre-order their copies now


Nancy Sin is an indie pop band from San Diego, California. Formed in the spring of 2015 by Joey Bautista (guitar, vocals) and Nick Noble (drums), the two sought to prove that pop music in their hometown didn't always have to come straight from the beach. With "Room for Rent," an energetic blast of jangle pop, and "Again and Again," a pensive slow-burner, the band is doing exactly that. While Nancy Sin often opts to display their fun side through their instrumentation, Bautista offers a cruel, melancholy reminder that what you love won't last forever.

"Again and Again balances lightness with a hook-heavy riff. It's as if in 1990 Ride decided to play a song in the style of Teenage Fanclub's Everything Flows." - Did Not Chart

Nancy Sin single release countdownCountdown

subscribe to wiaiwya-7777777 on Record Store Day

while you're in the mood for RECORD SHOPPING, why not sign up to wiaiwya-7777777 2016, the fifth year out of seven... this year's singles club subscribers will receive seven vinyl debuts, that's seven singles from seven bands who are yet to release a record on vinyl... it's ambitious, and it's been fun tracking down just the right acts for your discerning record collections... the bands? here we go

7 April - Deerful
7 May - Hate Week
7 June - Citizen Helene
7 August - Nancy Sin
7 September - parenthesis dot dot dot
7 October - Whoa Melodic
7 December - Milk Skin


the sleeves are covered in hand stuck stamps (adding up to seven units of currency) from seven countries i regularly send records to, stamped with a special wiaiwya postmark

also, don't forget that as a subscriber you also get 10% off all the other records in the shop

so, without further ado, you can sign up using this BUTTON (oh, and if you signed up to the 2015 club, your membership number is on the back of your records):

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