Home Taping

07/05/2026

*ANNOUNCEMENT* Our man poor effort. says this...

city of hope - the cutter remix is out now!
All production, mixing and mastering by The Cutter in the middle of a heavy touring schedule
This track will be part of a collection of remixes of the original EP which is coming this Summer - looking forward to sharing more from this collection soon.
..for which we say thanks to him, The Cutter, and our friends at EMI North.

Listen here - https://hypeddit.com/pooreffort/cityofhopethecutterremix

01/05/2026

Hello, Facebook. It's been a little while. Anyway, a curt sonic rupture acting as an introduction, Stain lands as the first recorded output from Macclesfield’s Dead Wells, a band whose name has been circulating well ahead of any official release. Built on sold-out Manchester shows and early co-signs from taste making northern bookers as well as their new label, Home Taping, their emergence, like their blend of heavy post-rock and gravelly shoegaze, has affected a steady encroachment into building rumour.

Dead Wells’ first release with us is coming on May 14, through the Home Taping / EMI North empire and you can presave it here - https://hypeddit.com/deadwells/stain

25/11/2025

Our man poor effort. put out a lyric video for "eternity of the internal" a few days ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eSVF3fjhbk and he's been in the studio prepping more stuff for shows, while multi tasking to the nth degree by also making some quality merch - https://pooreffort.bandcamp.com/merch More about the man himself here - https://www.pooreffort.co.uk/

06/10/2025

Last Friday was a big day for us, poor effort. , EMI North, The Britons Protection and , with the release of the debut EP from, erm, poor effort, on, erm, us, thanks to, erm, EMI North, celebrated with a performance at, erm, The Britons Protection. All of which was very lovely and you can hear said EP here - https://ffm.to/gk5ayjm

08/08/2025

Our man poor effort. is playing The Britons Protection in a couple of months. I suppose that means we'll need to be there, so we might see some of you? You can get tickets here! https://www.fatsoma.com/e/ktpcousz/ep-launch-show-poor-effort-charlie-lawless-the-britons-protection-manchester?utm_campaign=prom_ss&utm_medium=social&utm_source=dynamic

18/06/2025

The first release on Home Taping is by poor effort. and it's out now, thanks to our friends at EMI North. Big thanks to Chris Hawkins for the first radio play on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning. Watch the video / listen / download thanks to this link -

Listen to city of hope by poor effort..