Love As Fiction Records

25/11/2025

Volume 2 this Friday, with the preorder for Maximum Sincere!

Welcome to the Big Heavy Stuff "Singles Club" which will feature four double A-side singles from their newly re-mixed and remastered album Maximum Sincere (3...

19/11/2025

In 2002, Sydney band Bluebottle Kiss released their fourth album, Revenge Is Slow, containing 50...

16/11/2025

Pictured to the left is Bluebottle Kiss founding member Jamie Hutchings. To the right is Ben Fletcher, the second longest serving member of the group. Originally the group’s bassist, Fletcher moved to guitar and is now (as pictured by cinematographer Ben Dehoedt) Hutchings’ full-time carer. In other Bluebottle Kiss related news, the fancy green edition of the vinyl reissue of Revenge is Slow has sold out. You can preorder the classic black edition and/or the t-shirt via or via our Bandcamp. If you do so, they will arrive in the early new year.

15/11/2025

Knievel - Steep Hill Climb
2025 Vinyl Reissue

14/11/2025

REISSUE NEWS: In 2002, Sydney band Bluebottle Kiss released their fourth album, Revenge Is Slow, containing 50 minutes of expansive indie and experimental art rock. A kind of melodic, baroque psychedelic pop that captured the musical ambition and songwriting craft of the band at the height of their success.

The album's trio of singles – 'Gangsterland', 'Ounce of Your Cruelty', and 'Father's Hands' – received widespread airplay on triple j, spearheading highly successful regional and suburban gigs across the country, with bands such as Sounds Like Sunset, Faker, The Panics, and Speedstar, and an appearance at Homebake the same year.

Now, 24 years later, the album receives its first release on vinyl, in limited edition, 2LP, green and black variants, courtesy of Australian indie label Love As Fiction Records, on February 27, 2026.

PRE-ORDER: https://www.loveasfictionrecords.com.au/collections/bluebottle-kiss

To celebrate the announcement of the reissue, the band release the new remastered version of their hugely popular single 'Gangsterland' ( #23 on the ARIA Alternative Singles Chart in 2002) b/w a live version of 'Rust and the Time', recorded at Northcote Social Club in 2024, plus a superb new video clip by Ben deHoedt, director of the Glide documentary Disappear Here.

The song, with Richard Coneliano's iconic propellant drumming, and its dark guitar twang, is a character study of bad tidings and things gone wrong. Julie, Jimmy, and Johnny are in a bad situation.

LISTEN/WATCH 'Gangsterland' - https://ampl.ink/1bYqX

13/11/2025

Bluebottle Kiss - Revenge Is Slow - Deluxe Double Vinyl Edition bundle with T-Shirt Pre-order - Releases 27 February 2026 Audio remastered with master vinyl lacquer cut by Adam Gonsalves (2025) Includes additional bonus tracks and audio download Gatefold Cover with artwork restored and laid out by B...

13/11/2025

Bluebottle Kiss - Revenge Is Slow
There was some hard link clicking from midnight, now less than 40 of the green vinyl left!
Tees also available as a package or with black vinyl for a little bit less!

13/11/2025

https://youtu.be/jiqCsblv6Yk?si=-KT_cWO8_veWdE8d

New video for Bluebottle Kiss (Official) by Ben de'Hoedt

Gangsterland is taken from the Bluebottle Kiss album Revenge is Slow (2002). The clip is a sampler from the remastered and expanded version of Revenge is Slo...

13/11/2025

Plops here at midnight https://www.loveasfictionrecords.com.au/collections/bluebottle-kiss

Pre-release sales for the Bluebottle Kiss double vinyl reissue of Revenge is Slow plop tomorrow from midnight tonight. I know, long sentence. Get it then from

11/11/2025

Knievel - Steep Hill Climb tees are here! Vinyl is also done and should arrive at LAFR in a few days.
Packing commences!

There will be some limited tees and records available gig on Saturday 29 November (free entry!) with Smudge supporting!

Records will also be at on release 28 November and you can pre-order direct with them.



Thanks and

04/11/2025

Infinity Broke shows!