High Voltage

We'll be hosting the single launch party for the stunning new release by The Heartbreaks. Following up the release of 'Liar, My Dear', b/w the joyful 'Jealous Don't You Know' - which was described by The Independent as "An achingly beautiful debut single" - HV's favourite local act are back in action.

Details of support acts and DJs will be announced very soon.

Tickets are £5 adv from the link below, by calling 0161 832 1111 or in person at the Deaf...

Islet are liquid, rotating between instruments, singing, howling. Drum-duo breakdowns, splashes of guitar, searing organs. Crossing the danceable electro-wash of Gang Gang Dance and the careful racket of no-wave, the dulcet harmonies of Os Mutantes and the rhythmic noisiness of Can. Playing music for the joy of the moment.

Their first release, ‘Celebrate This Place’ is a paean to possibility and the joy of sound and being. It was recorded by the group themselves at...

‘Super complex songs [that] sound like Vampire Weekend after a math-rock makeover… can’t hide the band’s knack for a good tune or six. Maps & Atlases are clearly the thinking man’s pop group.’ NME

Fatcat are extremely pleased and excited to announce that Maps & Atlases have signed to the label, and will release the quartet's debut album 'Perch Patchwork' on 27th September - a densely textured, exhilarating body of work that sees the...