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From Wednesday 14 September 2016

Rain share new track, ‘Lethargy’

Following on from ‘Symphony Pains’, one of our 50 UK releases of 2016 to be proud of, Rain have unveiled their new track, ‘Lethargy’. The track sees Rain take a brooding turn, stepping away from the shoegaze associations of their earlier material. The melody, rather than hidden

Thursday 08 September 2016

Modern Rituals to go on weekend tour

London/Bristol indie rockers Modern Rituals will be embarking on a short run of UK shows next weekend. The dates include support slots with the likes of Nothing and Donovan Wolfington. The trio released their debut EP ‘Stranger Culture’ earlier this year.

Thursday 24 March 2016

Watch Rain perform ‘Slur’ and ‘Indigo In Blue’ in session

Live At The Lab have unveiled their latest session, featuring Rain performing ‘Slur’ and ‘Indigo In Blue’. Both tracks appear on the band’s debut ‘Symphony Pains’ EP, available now via Close To Home Records. Find out what we made of ‘Symphony Pains’ in our review.

Monday 29 February 2016

Rain – ‘Symphony Pains’

Whether you love or loathe the term shoegaze, there’s no denying both the impact, and resurgence of the genre as of late. While many of transatlantic cousins have been tapping into its aesthetics over the last few years, the majority of the scenes pioneers came from the UK. That’s

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Rain stream the new EP ahead of release

Close To Home Records signees Rain are streaming their ‘Symphony Pains’ debut ahead of release. The band will be celebrating the record at Sadtastic, this Saturday at the Old Blue Last, joined by the likes of Simmer, Muskets, Water Canvas and many more.

Tuesday 23 February 2016

Sadtastic will also celebrate the release of Rain’s ‘Symphony Pains’

Sadtastic, our all-dayer at London’s Old Blue Last, is drawing ever closer. Headlined by Simmer in celebration of the release of their debut ‘Paper Prisms’ LP, we’ll also be partying for other reasons. We’ll be celebrating the release of Swindon five piece Rain’s debut EP, ‘Symphony Pains’ out via

Monday 25 January 2016

Sadtastic 2016: We’re putting on an all-dayer in London this February

It’s about time we hosted an all-dayer right? Right. On the 27th February we will be bringing a host of our favourite UK emo(ish) bands to the Old Blue Last in London, simultaneously celebrating the release of Simmer’s debut album, ‘Paper Prisms’. Not only will there be 8 of the best

Saturday 02 January 2015

The debut Rain EP is now available to pre-order

The excellent Swindon five-piece Rain will be releasing their debut EP, ‘Symphony Pains’, in mid to late February 2016 via Close To Home Records. The label has now put the record up for pre-order, available on either black or opaque vinyl. Rain revealed their debut single, ‘Slur’, towards

Wednesday 04 November 2015

Best of October 2015

October is always a pretty crazy month, mainly because it either plays host to or immediately precedes the world’s most iconic punk-rock gathering, FEST. You may have gathered by our social media that we had a brilliantly debauched time out in Florida. But before that we’ve been getting our