Home to such fine, fine names as House Of Brothers, Yndi Halda, This Town Needs Guns and the now defunct Meet Me In St Louis, Big Scary Monsters records are just about to unleash their 50th release! A rarity in the rollercoaster world of independent labels. Good on them we say. To mark this very, very special occasion they are releasing a very nifty MP3 compilation CD, featuring yup, you guessed it, 50 of their favourite tracks from their archives. The tracklisting is a feast to behold:
01. Anathallo - Kasa No Hone
02. Audrey - Views
03. Blakfish - Merry Fucking Xmas
04. Cats And Cats And Cats - Brilliant The Brilli Ant
05. Chariots - Friends Forever
06. Copy Haho - To Balance A Diet
07. Cut The Blue Wire - The Race To The King
08. Data.Select.Party - So Long Sweet Lime
09. Days Ago - Where No Measure Refracts
10. Emotive Exposed - Russian Bride
11. Ever Since The Lake Caught Fire - Disaster! Disaster!
12. Fang Island - Curuga
13. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Whitewash Is Brainwash
14. Hikikomori Broadcast - Three Cheers For Other Peoples Poems
15. House of Brothers - Lose Yourself
16. Hush The Many (Heed The Few) - In Bloom (live)
17. Itch - Sleeping Lions
18. Jacob’s Stories - Dear Mr Pearson
19. Jeniferever - You Only Move Twice
20. Jonah Matranga - Not About A Girl Or A Place
21. Jonquil - Thick Mugs
22. Lucy And The Caterpillar - I Don’t Want Your Stupid Crisps
23. Maps and Atlases - Every Place Is A House
24. Marvin’s Revolt - Deliberate Deeds
25. Meet Me In St Louis - Ein Zwei Drei Hasslehoff
26. Mimas - Cats On Fire
27. My Awesome Compilation - Our Lives: The Sequel
28. My Favourite Co-Pilot - Cadence And Close
29. Nathaniel Green - The Hardest Man In The World
30. Outcry Collective - New Franchise Mess
31. Pennines - Open Closed Open
32. Richard Walters - Elephant In The Room
33. Rolo Tomassi - Beatrotter Remix (Please Will)
34. Sam Isaac - A Cinematic Low
35. Secondsmile - Years
36. Settlefish - Summer Drops
37. Shoes And Socks Off - Yeah, But
38. Stapleton - From Wood To Ridge
39. Tera Melos - When Worms Learn To Fly
40. The Campaign For Real Time - Rachel Says
41. The Dudley Corporation - Safety Shot
42. The Family Machine - Reminds Me Of You
43. The Next Autumn Soundtrack - Lost.Fondly
44. The Remarkable Rocket - I Only Count In Tens
45. The Sound OE - Party At The Moontower
46. This Town Needs Guns - If I Sit Still
47. Tubelord - Half Man Half Amazing
48. Wintermute - Shark Vs E-boat
49. Yndi Halda - We Flood Empty Lakes
50. 4 or 5 Magicians - I’m In The Band
Good innit?
You can order the CD direct from the label here. The best part is the price. A meesly £4. Yes. Four English Pounds. Whats more, a handful of independent record stores are giving the compilation away for FREE. Check their site for details. We say, don’t be a tight arse and buy the bloody thing.
If you are totally skint, you could enter our competition to be in with a chance of winning a copy. We are giving 4 away in total. All you need do is answer the following easy peasy question. (Wikipedia is your friend)
Which UK town do post-rock goliaths Yndi Halda originate from?
Email your answers, including your name and postal address to competition@thelineofbestfit.com with the subject line “BIG SCARY MONSTERS”. Closing date is May 14th.
Good luck!
