Pink Cotton Candy Records
@pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social
Copenhagen-based indie label run by members of chamber-rock/avant-folk band, QS. Support UMAW and your local musicians' union. Founding label of Subvert.fm. https://lnk.at/pinkcottoncandydk
‘This is post-punk that shatters the bones (…) all the right kind of dissonance on Soft Rains Will Come, as This House revel in the quiet / loud dynamics that, in many ways, Sok was the original orchestrator of.’ Thanks, @sun13music.bsky.social!
Sun 13@sun13music.bsky.social · 2mo agoAlbums Quarterly #22 Ft. @wendyeisenberg.bsky.social, Drew Gardner, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Guttersnipe, Plankton Wat, Sooj, and more... sun-13.com/2026/06/01/a...
New post up on Dustsucker (and on the PCC website). Featuring releases from @anothertimbre.bsky.social, @planetmurecords.bsky.social, @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, @subpop.bsky.social, and much more <3 dustsucker.substack.com/p/dustsucker...
Dustsucker 7#: 14 Bandcamp Picks and 8 Notable Mentions (March/April/May Pt I)
Finally, a round-up of the releases from the past couple of months that have made the biggest impression on me.
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sssiv - sssiv 2 (PCC0023CR) ambient rock / neo-psychedelia / indie-folk (Copenhagen/Los Angeles) built from improvisations, accidents and close listening. warm, spacious, beautiful. ffo galaxie 500, low, yo la tengo, big thief EP release today <3 sssiv.bandcamp.com/album/sssiv-2
I've written this piece on Substack about the mythology surrounding success in independent music: who gets heard, who gets ignored, who gets to look inevitable, and what happens to everyone else. dustsucker.substack.com/p/apologies-...
bending backwards - i see you from here 1st single from debut album "still and quiet brother are you still and quiet" (PCC0024DR) alt rock / dream pop / noise-rock bendingbackwards.bandcamp.com/track/i-see-... <3
I See You From Here, by Bending Backwards
track by Bending Backwards
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sssiv - all the time (from "sssiv 2", May 8, PCC0023DR) dreampop - neo-psych - indie folk (copenhagen / los angeles) sssiv.bandcamp.com/track/all-th... single release today ♡
@thishouseband.bsky.social - soft rains will come with G.W. Sok (The Ex) art punk / noise rock / experimental (copenhagen / amsterdam) debut album out today ♡ thishousecph.bandcamp.com/album/soft-r...
Soft Rains Will Come, by This House
8 track album
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“I come away from Soft Rains Will Come believing [G.W. Sok from The Ex) got just as much of a fire under him now as he did forty years ago. This House continues one of the most important threads of Sok’s music career” Thanks!! @thishouseband.bsky.social album release tomorrow…
Rosy Overdrive@rosyoverdrive.com · 5mo agoNew blog post! Wrote about new records from Gadie @gladiephilly.bsky.social @getbetterrecords.bsky.social, Otoliths, This House @pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social @ramblerecords.bsky.social, and Filth Is Eternal:
orcd.co/softrainswil... Our album is out this Friday! This House - Soft Rains Will Come - Out March 20th via: @pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social (DK) @ramblerecords.bsky.social (AUS) & Red Wig @fleekwigdepot (DE) #thishouse #gwsok #theex #postpunk #tremendogaraje
new dustsucker post! fav albums / EP's from january / february 2026...... records from @tapeterecords.bsky.social, @languageinstinct.bsky.social, @meritoriorec.bsky.social, @editionsmego.bsky.social, @westernvinyl.bsky.social, and much more..... dustsucker.substack.com/p/dustsucker... <3
Dustsucker #6 - 12 Bandcamp picks and three notable mentions (January/February 2026)
Winter turbulence, new beginnings, and the music that cut through...
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this house - "burned house" (feb 27) art punk / noise rock / experimental (copenhagen/amsterdam) debut album "Soft Rains Will Come" out March 20 (PCC0022VR) thanks to @everythingisnoise.bsky.social and tremendo garage for premiering the track <3 thishousecph.bandcamp.com/track/burned...
catcase - "as it reels" (PCC0021) - album out today CPH-based jangle, sophisti-pop, doom pop thanks for listening <3 catcase.bandcamp.com/album/as-it-...
As it Reels, by Catcase
10 track album
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catcase - "a ring" (feb 6) jangle rock / post-punk / indie pop (copenhagen) debut album "as it reels" out feb 20 (PCC0021) catcase.bandcamp.com/track/a-ring-2
A Ring, by Catcase
track by Catcase
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Sun 13@sun13music.bsky.social · 8mo agoSun 13's Top 25 EPs of 2025. Ft. @wilksmusic.bsky.social (@bricolageg5.bsky.social) | Big Break (@xeaglepissx.bsky.social, @sumlin.bsky.social) | Burial (@hyperdub.bsky.social) | @wwrrssddrrwwss.bsky.social | @blokeacola.bsky.social | @alaskantapes.bsky.social & more... sun-13.com/2025/12/17/s...
part II of Dustsucker’s favourite releases of 2025 is now up featuring releases from @w1nspear.bsky.social, @perpetualdoom.bsky.social, @craftedsounds.bsky.social, @numerogroup.bsky.social, and much more: dustsucker.substack.com/p/dustsucker...
Dustsucker’s 100 Best Albums of 2025 - Part II: 36-75
The second instalment of Dustsucker’s favourite albums of 2025, featuring numbers 36–75. Independent Bandcamp releases of all genres alongside some of the year’s bigger alternative releases.
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part I of Dustsucker’s 100 favourite albums & EPs of 2025 is now up, featuring releases from @meritoriorec.bsky.social, @theleaflabel.com, @4ad.com, @tonalunion.bsky.social, @anothertimbre.bsky.social, and much more. dustsucker.substack.com/p/dustsucker...
Dustsucker’s 100 Best Albums of 2025 - Part I: 76-100
First post in the big year-end list, gathering all the releases that made the strongest impression on me throughout the year. We'll begin from numbers 76–100.
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“Man Joke” - the first single from This House an off-kilter pulse, scraped guitar noise, and G.W. Sok (The Ex) tracing a relationship coming apart (inspired by a poem by Prévert) out now via PCC / Ramble / Red Wig thishousecph.bandcamp.com/track/man-jo...
Man Joke, by This House
track by This House
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I've written a small overview of the year at Pink Cotton Candy - our releases, concerts, initiatives, a few teasers for next year, some thoughts on sustainable music consumption, and more. Thanks for reading. dustsucker.substack.com/p/pink-cotto...
Pink Cotton Candy 2025 Round-Up
Eight very different releases this year - ambient, IDM, chamber-folk, post-rock, dreampop, etc - and some notes on the work, the community, and the strange little label we’re building.
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"yc" by Young Couple is out post-rock/dreampop debut album from the Copenhagen-based quintet “yc” carries a nocturnal, urban atmosphere: music for headphones, for late nights, richly layered, detailed - collective and patient... youngcouple.bandcamp.com/album/yc
yc, by Young Couple
8 track album
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Mon 9pm UK @6towns.co.uk DAB/online/app/speaker Ft album Optic Sink + @neonkittens.bsky.social Clutter via @pnkslm.bsky.social This House via @pinkcottoncandyrec.bsky.social BKPM ONYON Mont Loser Kotskat Grow Horns The Ticks +++ #nowave #postpunk #noiserock #punk #shoegaze #experimental #indie +++
new post up on Dustsucker - featuring music from @gonerrecords.bsky.social, @quindirecords.bsky.social, @4ad.com, @talitres-official.bsky.social, @subpop.bsky.social, and much more. check out the Substack as well. www.pinkcottoncandyrecords.com/post/dustsuc...
Dustsucker #5: Best new indie & experimental albums on Bandcamp (Sep/Oct 2025)
14 of the best new indie & experimental albums plus 11 notable mentions from Sep/Oct 2025 - a hand-picked Bandcamp selection curated by the Dustsucker blog and Pink Cotton Candy Records.
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catcase's debut single, a slice of big music doom pop, drawing inspiration from “The Church’s Priest = Aura era, the Japanese horror-game composer Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill in particular), Underworld, and a good measure of Smashing Pumpkins” catcase.bandcamp.com/track/techni...
Technicolored Eyes, by Catcase
track by Catcase
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Last Friday, we released Young Couples’ second single, “Isn’t Anything,” from their upcoming album, "yc": a widescreen dream pop ballad with echoes of The Blue Nile’s "Hats", Mew’s “Comforting Sounds,” and - inevitably, given the title - My Bloody Valentine: youngcouple.bandcamp.com/track/isnt-a...
Isn't anything, by Young Couple
track by Young Couple
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To mark the label’s 5th anniversary and 20 releases, we’re putting out a digital Bandcamp compilation - with all proceeds going to humanitarian relief in Gaza (Palestinian Medical Relief Society): pinkcottoncandy.bandcamp.com/album/like-a...
Like a Leaf Opening to the Sky: 5×20 (Echoes from Copenhagen’s Otherlands), by PinkCottonCandy
20 track album
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Young Couple release their debut single “As the leaves unfold” today on PCC - experimental dream pop and neo-psychedelia with subtle echoes of early-00s indietronica and trip-hoppy post-rock (we definitely hear some Dif Juz and Bark Psychosis): youngcouple.bandcamp.com/track/as-the...
As the leaves unfold, by Young Couple
track by Young Couple
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We're hosting two label nights in Denmark to celebrate 5 years and 20 releases. We’ll be playing at Stengade (Copenhagen) on October 2nd, and at Institut for X (Aarhus) on October 9th, together with Homesickness (chamber-folk/post-rock) and Ignacio Córdoba (ambient/free improv). <3
New blog post up on Dustsucker (website and Substack), covering 20+ new releases from labels such as @deviltowntapes.bsky.social, @pastinside.bsky.social, @w1nspear.bsky.social, @transgressive.bsky.social, @mondoj.bsky.social, and much more: dustsucker.substack.com/p/16-new-202...
16 New 2025 Albums (Discovered in July/August) + 10 Honorable Mentions
26 albums that kept me company this summer – from feminist art punk to ambient folk, glitchy indietronica, shoegaze hybrids, and a lot in between.
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An in-depth interview with Nikolaj Bruus, who runs the day-to-day operations of the record label, about his musical projects over the years, recording techniques, Denmark's underground music scene, Talk Talk and Bark Psychosis, and much more: absentfriend.substack.com/p/absent-fri...
Absent Friend 2: Nikolaj Bruus of Quiet Sonia, My Tjau is Kapow
About growing up post-rock in the Danish 2000s, at least two very inspired bands that never made releases, the Lo-Fi Festival, and more.
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