We are pleased to announce the release of TRAVEL EXPOP SERIES ::: #2: GREAT BRITAIN

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Side A

01. The Oscillation – Insect Attention (04:24)
02. The Oscillation – Kissing The Sun (07:52)
03. Mugstar – Bardo Head Finder (05:37)

Side B

05. Listening Mirror – Molech.Astronaut (10:07)
06. Ben Nash – Mother Leda (10:07)

HITD 016
Vinyl LP – 300 copies on white vinyl
Release date: 6th August 2013
Co-release with All Time Low 
Mastered by Rudi Arapahoe
Artwork by Michael Sallit

Almost two years after the first opus but certainly worth the wait, the Travel Expop Series is back, landing this time in Great Britain. So a little reminder: the idea behind the series is simple. With each new edition we bring together a handful of experimental pop artists with a label of the same nationality that we admire, on a single vinyl.

Since the last edition we have been crafting this second volume-collage meticulously. The compilation is now set to draw together the finest current krautrock psyche-pop band in the land, The Oscillation, the kingdom’s most epic space rock group, Mugstar, the royalty of ambient drone poetry, Jeff Stonehouse aka Listening Mirror, alongside one amazingly talented guitar wizard, Ben Nash.

And the icing on top of the cake is that we will be co-releasing the record with our close friends, All Time Low – it’s a most British affair!

Let’s not forget the artwork. We are very happy that artist Michael Sallit is once again marking his name on the list of collaborators with a new sleeve design. 

MUGSTAR’s Record Store Day 2013 release Centralia, 300 copies on shocking blue vinyl, has sold out. But it’s NOW available to download at MUG-STORE.

MUGSTAR are pleased to announce they are live in session on Marc Riley’s show on BBC 6 Music on Wednesday 24th April. Marc Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic, radio DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music and formerly a member of The Fall. Nice!!

Check this!! MUGSTAR’s new album released for Record Store Day 2013. Limited to 300 copies on ‘shocking blue’ vinyl!!!

Check out MUGSTAR’s new band camp page:

mugstar.bandcamp.com

Downloads, dates and the MUG-STORE for merch!!

MUGSTAR are pleased to announce they are supporting Clinic on their forthcoming UK tour:

28 Feb 2013 – The Cluny, Newcastle
1 March – Stereo, Glasgow
2 March – The Deaf Institute, Manchester
7 March – Corsica Studios, London

MUGSTAR  have parted company with Elastic Artists and are looking for a new booking agency. Please get in touch to discuss.

AXIS is released today!!!

Available in all good record shops….and online.

“Axis sees the band at their most eclectic, playful and ambitious. It’s one of the year’s finest LPs..” Soundblab

“Mugstar are very much back floating and crashing through space. And Axis might well prove to be their masterpiece.” Both Bars On
“A surge of what have by all accounts been mind-blowing live shows has obviously strengthened Mugstar’s musical musculature… it feels good to be back on this particular road with Mugstar at the wheel.” Freq

“Their sound is ever evolving, here are the familiar sounds akin to early Pink Floyd performing ‘Set the controls for the heart of the sun’ but with more textures.” Ech(((0)))s and Dust

“A motherload of motorik psych exploration from Liverpool’s finest.” Boomkat