Browse by Label: FIRE (UK)

Artist:	DANIELSON
Title:	Grow Up/Wheel In The Sky
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	7"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	BLAZE 186EP

"Grow Up, the first single from the forthcoming and much-anticipated Danielson full-length, Best of Gloucester County, required special mastering to allow for the sheer volume of attitude packed into it. Vinyl 7" is of course the perfect format for such unadulterated 'tude; it's as if the song leapt from the full-length vinyl and embraced its own Napoleon complex. Perhaps the only 'appropriate' thing about this release is that the B-side is Danielson's reimagining of the Journey classic, 'Wheel In The Sky.' All strut and swagger and burnin' 2-step, it's a wonder that the 7" doesn't melt to the turntable."

Artist:	FAIR, JAD
Title:	Beautiful Songs: The Best Of Jad Fair
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	3CD
Price:	$27.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 138CD

"Fire Records brings you a triple CD crammed with over one hundred of the best songs spanning the career of the legendary Jad Fair and his band Half Japanese. Liner notes by Everett True. 'Jad Fair is the godfather of minimalist monster art rock -- a gentleman and a beast,' says Edwin Pouncey, The Wire. 'I love him for his boundless enthusiasm and shy genius,' says Everett True. 'Maybe it's wrong to call Jad naīve because he knows what he's doing, but he has a child-like wonderment that to me is at the core of most great music I can name. The Shaggs, Leadbelly, Jonathan Richman. He makes my feet want to move, and there's no higher compliment. I've seen Jad play concerts with a rolled-up newspaper and upturned wastebasket for rhythm, with just his voice for colour. I've also seen Jad play stadiums in precisely the same fashion -- with a band behind him, sure, but with the spirit intact -- in front of crowds of over 15,000, in support to Nirvana on their final tour.'"

Artist:	FAIR, JAD
Title:	His Name Itself Is Music
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 139CD

"Jad Fair is by his own admittance a prolific artist. 'It takes a lot of work, and bands spend way more time in the studio than I do. Most of my albums have taken three or four days to record.' It comes as no surprise then that whilst releasing Beautiful Songs: The Best Of Jad Fair, an album featuring both Jad's own material and those created with Half Japanese and boasting over 100 tracks, that Jad can offer yet another contribution, His Name Itself Is Music, to what is already a considerable and esteemed bank of work. His Name Itself Is Music sees Jad continue to embrace his emotive and raw approach to music making. An un-tuned guitar, his voice for beats and his expressive singing wavering in and out of pitch as if momentarily plucked from his generous subconscious."

Artist:	ESG
Title:	Come Away With ESG
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 140CD

"ESG's 1983 debut record Come Away With ESG is reissued and available on Fire. Brooklyn, NY. Fresh off their well received debut EP the Scroggins girls, along with neighborhood friend Tito Libran, strike out to fully capture the potent brew that has emerged in their live show. Named one of the Top 100 Albums of the '80s by Pitchfork. Liner notes feature an exclusive interview with Renee Scroggins and artwork is designed by John Foster. Available as originally intended with the same track listing as the debut LP."

Artist:	CLOUD & THE GOSPEL OF POWER, DAVE
Title:	Practice In The Milky Way
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 154CD

"There can be few records that manage to include tributes to the English female, nudist camps, runnin' for the border, and French writer and WWII resistance agitator Guy De Maupassant... but then again there are few artists quite like Dave Cloud. 'Have no fear because this is David Cloud delivering to you the story of Siberian hypnotism,' begins his latest 20-track opus, Practice In The Milky Way, 'yes and includes a variety of sounds'. It's never entirely clear what this impressively side-burned and portly singer, sometime frontman of the Gospel Of Power, really intends in his garrulous, gnarly narrated Nash-ville blues: his tongue's in cheek, but it's rarely his own. As he announces on the title track: 'good loving can be found... on the rebound'."

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	Bardo Pond
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 157CD

"One night not long ago in the Bardo Compound in Philly, Michael says in a kinda off handed way, 'Hey man, you wanna hear this? ...' And there I was, being bathed in the songs you've got in your grubby little mitts right now. I was, once again, un-prepared. This cauldron is a bit of a different brew. It made total sense to me (as it will to you) when he later told me the name of the LP is just Bardo Pond. Why? It's a distillation. Two decades of playing together have sandblasted away everything unessential and left us with what we have here. It was like no one else before them had ever gotten near the plagal cadence, not Lou Reed or the Stooges or 2,000 yrs of church music. They invented it all over again, independent of any of that, after gawd knows how many years of nailing away and burning themselves up. I fucking love these songs. And while I hate writing almost as much as I hate third degree burns, I have to say it is a joy to be able to tell you about this record. I feel like Neil Fucking Armstrong. It took years for them to get here, but this record is the most goddamned beautiful thing they've ever done. Sorry for the superlatives. But really, the only thing left for them to do at this point is explode."

Artist:	BARDO POND
Title:	Bardo Pond
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 157LP

2LP version. "One night not long ago in the Bardo Compound in Philly, Michael says in a kinda off handed way, 'Hey man, you wanna hear this? ...' And there I was, being bathed in the songs you've got in your grubby little mitts right now. I was, once again, un-prepared. This cauldron is a bit of a different brew. It made total sense to me (as it will to you) when he later told me the name of the LP is just Bardo Pond. Why? It's a distillation. Two decades of playing together have sandblasted away everything unessential and left us with what we have here. It was like no one else before them had ever gotten near the plagal cadence, not Lou Reed or the Stooges or 2,000 yrs of church music. They invented it all over again, independent of any of that, after gawd knows how many years of nailing away and burning themselves up. I fucking love these songs. And while I hate writing almost as much as I hate third degree burns, I have to say it is a joy to be able to tell you about this record. I feel like Neil Fucking Armstrong. It took years for them to get here, but this record is the most goddamned beautiful thing they've ever done. Sorry for the superlatives. But really, the only thing left for them to do at this point is explode."

Artist:	SNOWBLINK
Title:	Long Live
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 159CD

"Snowblink have quickly joined the ranks of some of Canada's brightest musicians, collaborating and performing alongside Arts & Crafts artists Timber Timbre, The Hidden Cameras, Jason Collette, Broken Social Scene, and Apostle of Hustle, in addition to Owen Pallett, Ron Sexsmith, and others. Their live shows have gained high praise from Toronto's NOW magazine. Snowblink's Long Live has garnered much acclaim in the US. It was named on several end-of-year best-of lists, including CBC Radio 2, Exclaim magazine, and WNYC. Songs from the record have been recorded live and aired by WNYC, Daytrotter, and CBC Concerts on Demand. The collaborators and guest appearances on the record include Jay Pellicci (Deerhoof), Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver), Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors), Frank Lyon (Keepaway), and fellow Fire artist Ryan Driver (The Silt, Deep Dark United)."

Artist:	SNOWBLINK
Title:	Long Live
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 159LP

LP version. "Snowblink have quickly joined the ranks of some of Canada's brightest musicians, collaborating and performing alongside Arts & Crafts artists Timber Timbre, The Hidden Cameras, Jason Collette, Broken Social Scene, and Apostle of Hustle, in addition to Owen Pallett, Ron Sexsmith, and others. Their live shows have gained high praise from Toronto's NOW magazine. Even in its state of pre-release, Snowblink's Long Live has garnered much acclaim in the US. It was named on several end-of-year best-of lists, including CBC Radio 2, Exclaim magazine, and WNYC. Songs from the record have been recorded live and aired by WNYC, Daytrotter, and CBC Concerts on Demand. The collaborators and guest appearances on the record include Jay Pellicci (Deerhoof), Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver), Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors), Frank Lyon (Keepaway), and fellow Fire artist Ryan Driver (The Silt, Deep Dark United)."

Artist:	GELB & A BAND OF GYPSIES, HOWE
Title:	Alegrias
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 166CD

"In 2006, Howe Gelb embarked on a journey with a gospel choir with the result the astounding, critically acclaimed album Sno' Angel Like You. This new chapter sees Howe embellish a troop of amenco playing gypsies, including the virtuoso guitarist Raimundo Amador (collaborated with Bjork and BB King) and is mixed by the legendary John Parish (PJ Harvey). Recorded atop a Cordoba roof with his 'Band Of Gypsies' in the Andalucia sun, Alegrias, is an exceptional new work from Howe Gelb. Originally only available in Spain, where the record enjoyed considerable success due in part to the wondrous contribution from Flamenco guitar virtuoso Raimundo Amador, Fire is pleased to be releasing the latest jewel in the considerable crown of Howe Gelb's musical delights. Many have tried to blend Flamenco with their native style without success, which makes Alegrias more than a coming together of music. Alegrias is an event, a special moment captured by a collection of musicians who have been graced with the fortune of seamlessly marrying the rich Flamenco rhythms to Howe's own unique sound."

Artist:	JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER
Title:	Earth Sound System
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 169CD

"Jackie-O Motherfucker's new album Earth Sound System is released on Fire Records. The physical releases feature artwork by artist Chris Johanson. You never quite know what you're going to get from the cult Portland, Oregon psychedelicists, Jackie-O Motherfucker. Are you going to be in for some deep brain thrombosis space rock? Are they going to prescribe you a dose of some heavily medicated camp fire drone? Will they be hitting you with some improvisational and angular free jazz? Will they be traversing the entire planet to bring you some previously unexplored global frequencies? Well, on Earth Sound System, JOMF's 15th album since Alchemy...Shit To Gold in 1995, it's a case of all of this and a lot, lot more."

Artist:	JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER
Title:	Earth Sound System
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$24.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 169LP

Gatefold LP version. "You never quite know what you're going to get from the cult Portland, Oregon psychedelicists, Jackie-O Motherfucker. Are you going to be in for some deep brain thrombosis space rock? Are they going to prescribe you a dose of some heavily medicated camp fire drone? Will they be hitting you with some improvisational and angular free jazz? Will they be traversing the entire planet to bring you some previously unexplored global frequencies? Well, on Earth Sound System, JOMF's 15th album since Alchemy...Shit To Gold in 1995, it's a case of all of this and a lot, lot more."

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Long Stem Rant
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 171CD

"Long Stem Rant was originally released in 1989 and is the fifth reissue from Fire Records. This album, marked a turning point for the band, more improvisational and less structured than previous efforts, it features some of Howe's best songs. For the past 25 years the Tucson-based Giant Sand (originally Giant Sandworms as a nod to the Dune books) has been one of the most consistently innovative in the American music scene. A recipe that could perhaps be best described as 1 cup well-executed grunge aesthetic, 1 cup downtown New York, 1 cup troubadour, and a dash of country outlaw. Although its membership has shifted greatly over the years, singer/songwriter (as well as guitarist and pianist) Howe Gelb has remained at the helm to help fill the coffers of what could be called the new American folk song."

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Swerve
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 172CD

"Swerve was originally released in 1990 and is the sixth reissue from Fire Records. Featuring a variety of guest performers throughout, including Green on Red's Chris Cacavas, Juliana Hatfield, Steve Wynn, and a fair hunk of Poi Dog Pondering, Swerve features the then duo of Gelb and Convertino on a fine slew of songs. Recorded at a number of different locations, from Boston to Los Angeles, Swerve found Gelb reaching the ten-year point with his band in fantastic style. Gelb's fractured vision of roots music meets modern times sounded distinct and enjoyable enough at the time of Swerve's release, and still holds up excellently in later years. His ear for aggressively weird soloing in particular is just great (check 'Dream Stay' for one of his best Neil Young nods yet), while his straight playing remains quite accomplished."

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Center Of The Universe
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 173CD

"Carrying on with the rolling reissues of Giant Sand/Howe Gelb which will see the re-release of roughly 30 albums. Center Of The Universe, originally released in 1992, is the eighth Giant Sand reissue in the series. Howe holds Center Of The Universe close to his heart, explaining the record '...could be my favorite record...written in a one room cabin at the end of the road in the high desert around Joshua tree where I lived for a few years...recorded back in Venice, California with the same slant as was in-stilled in the writing...adorned with the 'psycho sisters' who show where the melodies in these songs were hiding...now through the miracle of remastering, these tracks sound more vibrant and alluring.'"

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Ramp
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 175CD

"Ramp was originally released in 1991 and is the seventh Giant Sand reissue in the series from Fire Records. For Ramp, Giant Sand ushered in several new members to the fold, including young bassist Joey Burns, the stunning voice of 74-year-old Pappy Allen, and our sweet, sweet friend Victoria Williams. They had begun recording in Tucson and finished it back in Venice, CA at Mad Dog studio. The first track was produced by Dusty Wakeman and features the late great Duane Jarvis."

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Glum
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 176CD

"1994's Glum was to be Giant Sand's largest record and in order to make it so, Howe Gelb invited everyone along to the party. This carnival helped create Giant Sand's best record to date and is now proudly re-issued by Fire (25th Anniversary Edition). Howe Gelb explains Glum's story, 'This was our best record for a long time. It had Malcolm Burn producing it with me and it was done up at Daniel Lanois' studio in New Orleans. Since it was our first big budget session, I tried to get everyone who ever took part on a Giant Sand record to come to Dan's mansion and stay and be on the record somewhere. This made the atmosphere in the house more entangled then it had to be, but seemed like the way it should be. For some reason I began singing like an old man on this record, or maybe was inspired too much from my new talking distortion pedal on my guitar.'"

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Goods And Services
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 178CD

"1995's Goods And Services was another for German ears only. It's re-issue will bring it to the attention of new fans as part of the series. Once not remembered fondly by Giant Sand's Howe Gelb, time has been kind and his perception has softened with the memories of Vic Chesnutt's contribution. 'Another live record, but this sound was bloated from Euro touring and was supposed to be a creation of only how it was sounding then. Later, that made less sense to me since every tour the band sound would change anyway. So, I am not in love with this record and thusly never made it available for the states. But now, looking back on it, it brings a smile and also moistens the eye with the missingness of Pappy and Vic Chesnutt.'"

Artist:	DRIVER, RYAN
Title:	Who's Breathing?
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 181CD

"With his new album Who's Breathing?, Ryan showcases some of his new songs which, not unlike the drink that's named after him, are both eclectic and sweetly intoxicating. The first half is a top-heavy, bleary-eyed amble through the metaphysical country moves made familiar through his work in The Silt. Central to these songs is Ryan's heady, almost surrealist lyrics, which traipse commonplace folk themes on the slant and uneven ground of a funhouse. Here his way with a turn of phrase demonstrates its dexterity amid slinking caterpillar accompaniments (including a rest stop-style pedal steel and even an English horn pilfered from the AM waves). The second half assumes the mentalist lounge approach, that particular sound not unfamiliar to those who attend the monthly Ryan Driver Quartet appearances at the Tranzac bar in Toronto."

Artist:	DRIVER, RYAN
Title:	Who's Breathing?
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 181LP

Artist:	GIANT SAND
Title:	Black Out
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 190CD

"Fire Records re-issues the rare and regarded Black Out recording from 1993. Forged from the embers of the recording session which was Purge & Slouch, and wholly acoustic, this collection of takes was originally released only in Germany. Black Out sits proudly amidst the Giant Sand re-issue project. 'When we gathered for the grand experiment of Purge & Slouch, Howe Gelb recalls, 'the idea of which was to record without having written anything prior for it. Some actual songs did pop out perhaps for the sake of warm-up or while mics were being wired, maybe just for the sake of vigorous deployment, re-living some old songs there and then, we bundled em up after the fact for what would become 'stromausfall' instead. This was a limited batch release on a small German label that took my original title Black Out and translated it. The idea being that this is the sound that would happen during one; songs without electricity attached."

Artist:	LAS KELLIES
Title:	Kellies
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 214CD

"There's only thing you can bank on when you're confronted with Las Kellies: to expect the unexpected. 'Prince In Blue' kicks things of with its post-punk riffs and tongue-in-cheek barbs. Potential suitors, beware: no nice boys are ever going to capture these girls' hearts. 'You've been treating me just too well/ Too much pressure, I'm going to hell,' they taunt, brushing unwanted attention away. 'Keep The Horse', meanwhile, flippantly recounts the tale of a divvying up of marital assets ('Charlie will be his/ Debbie will be hers') and gos-siping acquaintances ('Your rent is in arrears/ And your neighbours are all ears) over a nagging helter-skelter riff that's reminiscent of fellow South American's CSS."

Artist:	LAS KELLIES
Title:	Kellies
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 214LP

LP version. "There's only thing you can bank on when you're confronted with Las Kellies: to expect the unexpected. 'Prince In Blue' kicks things of with its post-punk riffs and tongue-in-cheek barbs. Potential suitors, beware: no nice boys are ever going to capture these girls' hearts. 'You've been treating me just too well/ Too much pressure, I'm going to hell,' they taunt, brushing unwanted attention away. 'Keep The Horse', meanwhile, flippantly recounts the tale of a divvying up of marital assets ('Charlie will be his/ Debbie will be hers') and gos-siping acquaintances ('Your rent is in arrears/ And your neighbours are all ears) over a nagging helter-skelter riff that's reminiscent of fellow South American's CSS."

Artist:	CARDINAL
Title:	Hymns
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 216CD

"Eighteen years after the release of their landmark self-titled debut, Cardinal -- the recording collaboration between Richard Davies and Eric Matthews --are preparing to unveil their long awaited new album. The new record, entitled Hymns, picks up where their debut left off -- well-crafted, layered orchestral pop, with Matthews' multi-instrumental talents enhancing Davies' sublime songwriting gems. Hymns comprises ten new originals, another milestone in the band's quest to provide the missing link in chamber pop history, following the Beatles and Bee Gees and before Belle & Sebastian, and a worthy follow up to their self-titled debut, a record lauded then, and now, as one of the most important albums of the '90s. Ushering in an era of appreciation for the orchestrated pop music the 1960s, with a modern approach, Cardinal's debut opus, originally released in 1994, seemed to come out of nowhere with its layered textures and delightful melodies, swimming against the tidal wave of grunge."

Artist:	TEENAGE FANCLUB
Title:	Deep Fried Fanclub
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 224CD

"Deep Fried Fanclub is re-released as part of the Fire Records Embers reissue series. This album is an amalgamation of Teenage Fanclub's currently out of print B-sides, rarities and also includes universally loved 'Everything Flows' from their debut album A Catholic Education. Featuring 'Speeder' (a B-Side on 'Everything Flows' and 'Everybody's Fool') and none other than Don Fleming at the helm for production duties on 'Weedbreak' (B-Side from their very first single 'God Know It's True'). Complete with covers of Neil Young and Beat Happening to name a few, this album is perfect for a sunny afternoon with some time to kill. Reissue design by Alex Hornsby."

Artist:	ORCHESTRA OF SPHERES
Title:	Nonagonic Now
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 247CD

"Although distinctly their own, the band's sound draws on influences far and wide, with echoes of African rhythms, free jazz textures, electronic dance music, krautrock and Indonesian gamelan music. Nonagonic Now was recorded at the fittingly named Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society, a venue run collectively by the band and others in the Wellington creative music scene. Creative and exploratory it certainly is, to a dazzling level matched only by the sequins and shine of their radiating costumes. If Orchestra Of Spheres illuminate themselves as a stellar, cosmic form, this record is grounded to this earth by a strong rhythmic force, which pumps continually from the opener 'Hypercube'. Setting a subconscious canon for the rest of the album that weaves in and out of tracks, it emerges in hypnotic guise on 'Rotate' and as space funk on 'Hypersphere'."

Artist:	ORCHESTRA OF SPHERES
Title:	Nonagonic Now
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 247LP

LP version. "Although distinctly their own, the band's sound draws on influences far and wide, with echoes of African rhythms, free jazz textures, electronic dance music, krautrock and Indonesian gamelan music. Nonagonic Now was recorded at the fittingly named Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society, a venue run collectively by the band and others in the Wellington creative music scene. Creative and exploratory it certainly is, to a dazzling level matched only by the sequins and shine of their radiating costumes. If Orchestra Of Spheres illuminate themselves as a stellar, cosmic form, this record is grounded to this earth by a strong rhythmic force, which pumps continually from the opener 'Hypercube'. Setting a subconscious canon for the rest of the album that weaves in and out of tracks, it emerges in hypnotic guise on 'Rotate' and as space funk on 'Hypersphere'."

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Artist:	ROBERTSON/TOM GREENWOOD/DAVID CUNNINGHAM, JOANNE
Title:	Maybelle
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	7"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	BLAZE 45187EP

Artist:	GUIDED BY VOICES
Title:	Doughnut For A Snowman
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	7"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	BLAZE 45188EP

Artist:	SAWYER & THE GHOSTS, MATTHEW
Title:	How Snakes Eat
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 141CD

Artist:	ADVERTS, THE
Title:	Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 143CD

Artist:	CONN, BOBBY
Title:	Rise Up!
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 148CD

Artist:	THEE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Title:	Buddha Electrostorm
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 195CD

Artist:	ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS
Title:	The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 196CD

Artist:	WOODEN WAND
Title:	Briarwood
Label:	FIRE (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.50
Catalog #:	FIRE 217CD