Skep Wax Records
@skepwax.bsky.social
Releasing Swansea Sound, The Cords, Sassyhiya, Tulpa, Crumbs, Heavenly, The Orchids, The Gentle Spring, Panic Pocket, Special Friend, Jeanines, Lightheaded and all the indiepop and punk stuff
The Foglights EP on @slumberlandrecords.com / @skepwax.bsky.social is the best thing you'll hear this week. www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2026/08/the-...
The Day The Light Stayed: A Review Of The EP From Foglights
The pairing of Eva Cord (The Cords) and Archie Ingram (Stone Anthem) has resulted in one of the most listenable efforts of 2026. The duo'...
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I've heard this EP already and it's blooming brilliant. You should give it a try.
Skep Wax Records@skepwax.bsky.social · 2d agoReleased this Friday: Foglights’ debut EP. Four swooning pop tunes from Eva (The Cords) and Archie (Stone Anthem). Come to the Betsey Trotwood on Thursday evening for a celebratory gig!
Released this Friday: Foglights’ debut EP. Four swooning pop tunes from Eva (The Cords) and Archie (Stone Anthem). Come to the Betsey Trotwood on Thursday evening for a celebratory gig!
Talulah Gosh played their first gig 40 years ago. We’re making some new T shirts, postcards and badges to celebrate this fact (see post below)
Indie Basement is dead, long live Indie Grotto. First post! soundbitesnyc.substack.com/p/indie-grot...
Fancy seeing some music and poetry at a tiny festival in the Kent countryside? We have the answer!
What is up with this crazed rockin'? British Birds, "Lie Down with Dogs, Get up with Fleas" I am going to have to frug. @skepwax.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xgu...
British Birds - Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas
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Three straight plays now by Marc Riley @bbc6music.bsky.social for British Birds! The debut single from their upcoming album ‘Murmurate, Oscillate’. Have a listen via the comment ⤵️, it’s an ace track!
Some nice pics of Foglights playing at Tim Peaks Diner at the Kendal Calling fest this last weekend. Foglights "Nous Deux" tape EP is out 21st August on SLR and Skep Wax! li.sten.to/foglights-no... Thx to Wee Lou for sharing! www.instagram.com/wee_lou_/ @skepwax.bsky.social
'Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas' by British Birds is as sharp as the observational indie pop of Home Counties and as groove-laden as the rock-pop hybrid of Getdown Services. It's out now via @skepwax.bsky.social ❤️ www.analoguetrash.com/blog/british...
New Music: British Birds – Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas | AnalogueTrash
Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas is the wiry and worldly first single from the upcoming, third British Birds album Murmurate, Oscillate. Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas by British Birds...
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NEWS: #britishbirds announce details of third album and first single ‘Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas’ @skepwax.bsky.social www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/07/31/n...
NEWS: British Birds Announce Details Of Third Album And First Single 'Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas' - God Is In The TV
British Birds will release their third album Murmurate, Oscillate on Skepwax Records on October 11th.
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I’ve listened to this at least 6 times in a row as it’s so good It’s new British Birds single Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas out on @skepwax.bsky.social today Punk, pop, politics with wry humour, the catchiest ooos around AND an album coming in October! popoptica.com/2026/07/29/b...
British Birds - Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas (Skep Wax) - popoptica
British Birds share a rousing expression of exasperation at our passivity in the face of lame authority with single Lie Down With Dogs, Stand Up With Fleas, the first taken from their forthcoming albu...
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New band alert! We are releasing ‘Murmurate, Oscillate’ by the phenomenal British Birds on 16th October. There’s first single is available as a limited cassette and VERY limited lathe-cut (with the LP). This band are something special.
Yay! Gay Skeleton Club and their epic track ‘2 Cats’ (as featured on Pets Sounds) shared with a grateful nation on the MBRS @bbcradio
Mickeyundertone@mickeyundertone.bsky.social · 4w agoIt's Gay Skeleton Club! Just finished another excellent bespoke floor tiling project. Now ready to make some music! Their excellent Two Cats is one of the highlights of that there 'Pets Sounds' compilation, curated and released by Skepwax Records. And it's on the MBRS now. buff.ly/YsWdomI
Big thanks to Gideon Coe for playing Grimalkin Tom tonight on the always fabulous Riley & Coe show on @bbc6music.bsky.social ! Taken from the new @skepwax.bsky.social compilation Pets Sounds, available on LP and CD via Bandcamp, also via streaming!
I am if nothing else consistently inconsistent with my music writing. Came back to it today with a share of the latest from indiepop supergroup Railcard - wonderfully jangly single Two Steps At A Time is out on @skepwax.bsky.social & @slumberlandrecords.com now! popoptica.com/2026/07/22/r...
Railcard - Two Steps At A Time (Skep Wax / Slumberland) - popoptica
Indiepop supergroup Railcard - featuring members of Dolly Mixture, Heavenly and Trash Can Sinatras - has shared single Two Steps At A Time ahead of a debut album of the same name due out in September
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Listen --> "The Rain Felt Kind" is the first single from Foglights. Lovely fuzzy folk pop for hot summer days from Eva (The Cords) and Archie (Stone Anthem). "Nous Deux" EP coming August 21st, a co-release w/our pals at Skep Wax! lnk.to/therainfeltk... @skepwax.bsky.social
Foglights - The Rain Felt Kind
Listen to The Rain Felt Kind by Foglights.
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Now playing on A-POP! on NOISEBOX RADIO: Foglights - The Rain Felt Kind instagram.com/foglights.band skepwax.bandcamp.com || @skepwax.bsky.social || instagram.com/skepwax slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com || @slumberlandrecords.com || instagram.com/slumberlandrecords noiseboxradio.com
New band! New EP! Foglights are Eva (The Cords) and Archie (Stone Anthem) - and they have recorded four luscious songs for their debut (cassette and digital). Available from us and from @slumberlandrecords.com Check it out: li.sten.to/foglights-no...
Yay! Railcard’s newest tune on the MB Record Show. A special edible version of the sleeve will be commissioned.
Mickeyundertone@mickeyundertone.bsky.social · last mo.The new Railcard collection. Their first LP. Two Steps At A Time. The title song is now airing on the MB Record Show. Whoever does their artwork deserves a really expensive book token. Great colours. Makes me want a Milky Way. buff.ly/XYgY8Yi
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: ‘Pets Sounds’ by Various Skep Wax curate an animal-themed compilation featuring indie pop royalty past and present, featuring The Magnetic Fields, Railcard, Jetstream Pony, The Cords, and more. @skepwax.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...
Pets Sounds is out today! We’re having a listening party on Bandcamp at 8pm this evening (UK time) to celebrate. If you’d like to hear the songs and join the chat with various band members, you can find us here: petssounds.bandcamp.com/merch/pets-s...
PETS SOUNDS Listening Party from PETS SOUNDS
Listening Party from PETS SOUNDS.
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Skep Wax Records@skepwax.bsky.social · last mo.Pets Sounds! Out soon! Read all about it! With The Cords, The Magnetic Fields, @brianbilston.bsky.social, Jetstream Pony, Swansea Sound and many more pet-lovers…. www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2026/07/unde...
For week 29/2026 my #sotw is the first single and title track from the upcoming Railcard album „Two Steps At A Time“, out on @skepwax.bsky.social in September 🎧👇🏼 open.spotify.com/track/2TXeWn...
Two Steps At A Time
Railcard · Two Steps At A Time · Song · 2026
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RELEASED TOMORROW! The fantastic compilation Pets Sounds from @skepwax.bsky.social with lots of great tracks with the theme of, er... pets! Featuring a brand new song from us called "Grimalkin Tom", which will also be available on streaming from tomorrow. petssounds.bandcamp.com/track/grimal...
Grimalkin Tom - Jetstream Pony, by PETS SOUNDS
from the album PETS SOUNDS
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How excellent to see fanzines celebrated! Congratulations to @janeduffus.bsky.social Elodie Plouf (Da Da Da) @assistant.bandcamp.com
Rob Morgan@durutti74.bsky.social · last mo.Good to see some of the fanzines I know and love (and one I've written for *) getting mentioned here! * Hey @assistant.bandcamp.com that means yours. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Pets Sounds! Out soon! Read all about it! With The Cords, The Magnetic Fields, @brianbilston.bsky.social, Jetstream Pony, Swansea Sound and many more pet-lovers…. www.apessimistisneverdisappointed.com/2026/07/unde...
Under A Cat: A Review Of The New Pets Sounds Compilation (The Cords, Railcard, Swansea Sound, Etc.)
A compilation album about our pets, Pets Sounds , out this week via Skep Wax , is surely one of the most pleasant listens of this hot summ...
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