Fire Records

15/08/2025

Snaps from last Thursday at 'ssold out instore.

Next stop , Norwich 🙌

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15/08/2025

Out today: 'Sandworms: The Songs Of Howe Gelb and Giant Sand', a collection of Howe Gelb and Giant Sand covers. Listen/order here: https://Sandworms.lnk.to/HoweGelb_GiantSandFA

"In search of treasured happenstance, Howe Gelb is an enigma, an inspiration and some kind of genius" TThe Quietus
Delving into the Great American Songbook of Howe Gelb, a new collection that rephrases and rephases his legacy, featuring contributions from Water From Your Eyes, Whitney K, Deradoorian, Jesca Hoop & John Parish, Lily Konigsberg Holiday Ghosts, Ella Raphael Monde UFO, The Golden Dregs, and Gently Tender

Track list:
1. Jesca Hoop & John Parish - But I Did Not
2. Lily Konigsberg - Shiver
3. Water From Your Eyes - Warm Storm
4. Whitney K - Happenstance
5. Angel Deradoorian - Center Of The Universe
6. Gently Tender - Forever And A Day
7. The Golden Dregs - Yer Ropes
8. Holiday Ghosts - New River
9. Ella Raphael - A Hard Man To Get To Know
10. Monde UFO - Who Am I?

15/08/2025

Copies of Uncut are on the shelves now

12/08/2025

The world is doomed, but at least we've got the Mekons. The British punk band rumbles through its down-but-not-defeated songs with rowdy defiance.

12/08/2025

Check out Mekons' 'Tiny Desk Concert' for NPR Music: "The world is doomed, but at least we've got the Mekons. For nearly 50 years, the British punk band has always done things its own way — out of stubbornness, survival or maybe a little bit of both. That snaggled-toothed sneer and smile, with some bittersweet sentimentality swirled in, can soundtrack any moment, but especially when everything feels fraught."

The world is doomed, but at least we've got the Mekons. The British punk band rumbles through its down-but-not-defeated songs with rowdy defiance.

12/08/2025

ok Europe and UK we are getting on a plane and flying into you then doing this. - 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇬🇧🇪🇺🇪🇺you snooze you lose……………….
Aug 15 Saint-Malo, FR @ La Route du Rock
Aug 16 Bordeaux, FR @ Relache 
Aug 21 Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia w/ La Secta
Aug 23 Torremolinos, ES @ Canela Party
Aug 27 Madrid, ES @ MON Live   w/ The Jonny Casino Syndicat 
Aug 28 Barcelona, ES @ Apolo 2  w/ The Jonny Casino Syndicat
Aug 30 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Festival
Aug 31 Larmer Tree Gardens, UK @ End Of The Road Festival 
Sep 02 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom w/ O., Unmarry Me (members of Huggy Bear) ** LOW TICKET WARNING **
Sep 04 Liège, BE @ Reflektor
w/ Maria Iskariot
Sep 05 Heusden Gem Asten, NL @ Misty Fields
SEP 06 Ghent, BE @ Wintercircus

12/08/2025

LIVE IN LONDON
13/8 (Evan solo)

27/8 SOLDOUT (w/ The Bevis Frond)
28/8 LOW TICKETS! (w/ + Revolver)

12/08/2025

Pictish Trail reveals 'Hold It', a lo-fi psych-pop ballad about the moment love disappears and the guilt, shame and fear left in its wake. Listen here: https://pictishtrail.lnk.to/HoldItFA

A brand-new single by isle of Eigg-based Scottish psychedelic electronic-pop ogre Johnny Lynch AKA Pictish Trail. The first new Pictish material since his acclaimed 2022 album 'Island Family' is produced by Mike Lindsay (Tuung, LUMP).

“A song about trying to preserve a moment of love and connection – to capture a picture of it, before the opportunity passes. It’s about realising our memories, or even fantasies of our past, can disappear suddenly, before we’re ready to let go of them. It’s about the guilt, shame, and fear that comes with time slipping through our fingers… all the slimy stuff of life.”

More new music from Pictish Trail will follow in 2025.

LIVE DATES
August
08 Aug: PJ Molloys, Dunfermline
09 Aug: Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick
10 Aug: Leith Cricket Club, Edinburgh [SOLD OUT]
11 Aug: Leith Cricket Club, Edinburgh [SOLD OUT]
17 Aug: Green Man Festival, Wales [SOLD OUT]
28 Aug: Feather Star, Wirksworth
29 Aug: Rose Hill, Brighton
31 Aug: Smugglers Festival, Kent
October
24 Oct: Rockfield Centre, Oban
25 Oct: Community Hall, Knoydart
26 Oct: LAS Portree, Isle of Skye
27 Oct: Bowling Club, Pitlochry [ON SALE SOON]
28 Oct: Tolbooth, Stirling
29 Oct: Hug & Pint, Glasgow
30 Oct: Playhouse, Montrose
November
02 Nov: Waiting Room, Stockton on Tees
13 Nov: The Engine Room, North Shields
15 Nov: Parish Temp, Huddersfield
16 Nov: The Castle, Manchester
17 Nov: Blue Bird, York
18 Nov: Future Yard, Birkenhead
19 Nov: Wiltshire M.C., Bradford-upon-Avon *
20 Nov: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham *
21 Nov: Jam Jar, Bristol
22 Nov: Islington A.M., London *
26 Nov: Secret Show, London
* = supporting Tunng

11/08/2025

Dive back into Mekons’ latest album, ‘Horror’, with this limited-edition white pressing - available online from Fire Records now: https://mekons.lnk.to/HorrorIN

First released back in April, ‘Horror’ provides a prescient reflection of the world in its current miasma through an unorthodox amalgamation of everything from electronica to music hall, flecked with moments of dub, country, noise, and punk.

“A bracing thesis” Aquarium Drunkard
“Post-punk ensemble reckon with the past” ★★★★ MOJO
“Articulate state-of-the-nation treatises from eclectic veterans” ★★★★ Uncut Magazine
“Still challenging and entertaining us” FLOOD Magazine
“A defiant, intrepid rocking new record” ★★★★ NARC. Magazine
“The Mekons have been following their very own punk ideal with astonishing consistency” Rolling Stone

11/08/2025

Tickets selling fast for The Black Lips shows at the legendary The 100 Club on the 22nd and 23rd of September: https://the100club.co.uk/clubevents/black-lips/

The band will be performing hot off the release of their upcoming album ‘Season Of The Peach’, out 19th September. Listen to the first three singles, ‘Wild One,’ ‘Tippy Tongue,’ and ‘So Far Gone’, for a taster of the driving, playful momentum surging through the album.

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08/08/2025

Whitney K will be performing an intimate in-store acoustic set and signing at Rough Trade Denmark Street on the 22nd of September celebrating the release of his new album 'Bubble' 🫧 https://dice.fm/partner/dice/event/eo2nay-whitney-k-acoustic-signing-22nd-sep-rough-trade-denmark-street-london-tickets

Tickets for this event also include a physical copy of the fantastic new album to be collected from Rough Trade Denmark Street on the day of the show.

'Bubble' is available in Limited Edition Rough Trade Exclusive Ultra Clear LP and Limited Edition White LP: roughtrade.com/product/whitney-k/bubble

08/08/2025

The Lemonheads's front man Evan Dando spills the true story of his band’s tumultuous history and what it was like to be famous in the pre-internet days in his candid, colorful, and unputdownable memoir, ‘Rumours Of My Demise'. Now available for pre-order in the US from Gallery Books and in the UK from Faber Books. Read it on October 7, 2025. Pre-order now ⛓️‍💥

The Lemonheads are releasing ‘Love Chant’ on the 24th of October, the first album of original material in nearly two decades. Listen to the singles ‘Deep End’, ‘In The Margin’ and ‘The Key Of Victory’ out now: https://TheLemonheads.lnk.to/LoveChantFA