Features

Bringing it close to home for the 5th feature - a locally released compilation featuring a variety of Northampton musicians:

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• 1: Sarpa Salpa - Dreaming

• 2: Rolling Thunder - Bodies

• 3: thistle. - Greys

• 4: Beings - Mannequins

• 5: Utopia Development Corporation - Machines

• 6: The Barratts - Lights Out In London

• 7: The Vandervalls - Tangerine

• 8: Chargr - Bad Guy

• 9: Phantom Isle - Figures

• 10: Litesleeper (feat Shannon Kait) - Hertz

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Eight Limbed Entertainment were kind enough to provide some background to the release - purchase links are at the end of the feature!

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How did the idea of the record come about?

 

The Click-er compilation LP is the 11th release we have been involved with and different in the respect that it is a compilation LP as our previous releases have been with single bands.  We had started thinking about the possibility of pulling together a compilation LP as long ago as late 2024 but considered that it would be a challenge pulling together 10 tracks from ten different bands however, over the course of last year decided we wanted to give it a go. Essentially, we wanted to do something that reflected and celebrated the quality of the Northampton Indie Music scene over the last few years.  The intention of the LP was to create, as we call it in the LP's advertising  blurb - 'A Snapshot of Northampton's Sonic Brilliance', with the intention of, hopefully, not only spreading awareness of the bands featured, but also generating interest in the scene and, vicariously, in the newer bands emerging to a wider audience.  

 

Does the timing reflect the scene at the moment in the local area?

 

The LP is a celebration of the Northampton Music Scene over the last few years.  We know there are quite a lot of great local artists that don't feature on Click-er, which is a shame.  We wanted to include established acts including some of those that had achieved notice, for instance Sarpa Salpa's track, Dreaming which had been one of the band's two Radio 1 tracks of week and a track from thistle., who are one of the town's current rising stars achieving wider notice nationally, plus examples of other established and newer, emerging, acts.  I think, most prominent in our minds was to show to an audience, wider than just a local one, a town brimming with musical talent that is worthy of notice.  However, the LP doesn't just showcase local musical talent.  The cover artwork, which we think is striking and clearly relevant to the origins of the LP,  is also by a young local artist called Oscar Ewen (ED note - very impressed with the artwork and the lengths gone to connect the music with the art and streets)

 

Are there any plans for future releases?

 

We've always got one project or another planed or in progress. We hope to have a new 6 track EP out in conjunction with Kooky>Too Records around September time for another local band and potentially an LP by an electronic London based outfit in early 2027 if all works out and, maybe, a possible follow up local compilation LP to Click-er in 2027.  However, not surprisingly, Click-er will be our focus for the next couple of months at least.

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