BRANT
Love the energy, infectious harmonies, and pure gold lyrics on this album! I just listen to it over and over and over and over. And over.
Favorite track: The Fixer.
vrint
Saw the band at The Moon,Cardiff after hearing them on 6music ...great 'post covid' gig with Mr Ben & The Bens playing too.
The Bug Club were brill...I look forward to hearing more & seeing them live again
chahula
All the tracks are fun! But it's Tilly's vocals that steers this group away from being too much like The Strokes.
Favorite track: If My Mother Thinks I'm Happy.
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Repress: 'Launching Pure Moondream Particles One' CD
Exactly the same as the first pressing. A CD containing the tracks from The Bug Club's first two EPs: 'Launching Moondream One' and 'Pure Particles'.
13 tracks in total. Comes in a cardboard sleeve with new artwork made specifically for this release.
*WE EXPECT THESE TO BEGIN SHIPPING TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE*
Some on sale on bandcamp, the rest will be saved for sale on tour.
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TRACKLIST
(From Launching Moondream One)
1. Checkmate
2. All of The Scariest Monsters Live in London
3. We Don't Need Room For Lovin'
4. Launching Moondream One
(From Pure Particles)
5. The Word of God
6. My Baby Loves Rock and Roll Music
7. Vegetable Garden
8. The Fixer
9. Pure Particles
10. Jonathan's Gone
11. If My Mother Thinks I'm Happy
12. A Love Song
13. Pure Particles Theme
**Physical copies delayed until Spring next year. Currently hoping for April delivery.**
First pressing of 'Pure Particles' pressed onto 360 degrees of mellow yellow coloured plastic, manufactured to function as a vinyl record.
This pressing comes with a hymn book and a special board game via which you can find out if you are an appropriate candidate for Pure Particles discipleship.
Also comes with download.
Includes unlimited streaming of Pure Particles
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
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Second pressing
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Second pressing of Pure Particles on black vinyl. Comes in the same sleeve as the first pressing.
PLEASE NOTE - obviously we can't stop people buying multiple copies, but we'd rather you didn't, and if we catch people buying up copies and then flogging at a markup on discogs/ebay we will not sell any Bingo Records to you in the future.
Includes unlimited streaming of Pure Particles
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
Sold Out
Launching Pure Moondream Particles One: The First Two EPs on CD!
A CD containing the tracks from The Bug Club's first two EPs: 'Launching Moondream One' and 'Pure Particles'.
13 tracks in total. Comes in a cardboard sleeve with new artwork made specifically for this release.
*WE EXPECT THESE TO BEGIN SHIPPING TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE*
Some on sale on bandcamp, the rest will be saved for sale on tour.
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TRACKLIST
(From Launching Moondream One)
1. Checkmate
2. All of The Scariest Monsters Live in London
3. We Don't Need Room For Lovin'
4. Launching Moondream One
(From Pure Particles)
5. The Word of God
6. My Baby Loves Rock and Roll Music
7. Vegetable Garden
8. The Fixer
9. Pure Particles
10. Jonathan's Gone
11. If My Mother Thinks I'm Happy
12. A Love Song
13. Pure Particles Theme
The new mini-album from The Bug Club. Possibly the last, because they've gone missing.
Documenting their indoctrination and consequent elopement with the religious leaders of South Wales cult Pure Particles, this record was what they left us with, along with a harshly worded letter containing the terms 'heathen', 'damned' and 'wankers'.
Nevertheless, it's a fascinating story and a top record, so we're releasing it.
'Pure Particles' follows the great sellout success of The Bug Club's debut EP 'Launching Moondream One'. Again released on Bingo Records, it sees the South Wales trio deliver a larger portion of raucous, riffing garage shot through with a sense of humour that reminds you that, while they may be excellent musicians, they're certainly not going to bore you about that.
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The Bug Club’s name does a good job of introducing the band & their music: a tight-knit, collaborative effort focused on telling tales of the everyday that we often take for granted, shot through with humour & riffs-a-plenty.
Imagine Jonathan Richman bought a really big amp & a time machine & found himself somewhere on the Nuggets compilation. Or perhaps Ray Davis palled up with Sterling Morrison, got really into The Minutemen & agreed that songs need not be longer than two minutes. Then, maybe, you’re almost where the Welsh three-piece are coming from.
The creative trio of Sam Willmett (guitar/vocals), Tilly Harris (bass/vocals) and Dan Matthew (drums) formed The Bug Club in 2016 in the little-known rock n' roll hotbed that is Caldicot, Monmouthshire. Following relentless gigging in their local area, The Bug Club were picked up by Bingo Records & released their first proper single - ‘We Don’t Need Room For Lovin’ - in February 2021. It garnered immediate acclaim, with BBC 6 Music’s resident tastemaker Marc Riley playing it a few times a week ever since & booking them in for a post-lockdown live session right off the bat. The announcement of the EP ‘Launching Moondream One’ followed - as did the release of second single ‘Checkmate’, with which came a similar level of radio airplay. And then the same again for the EP's title track.
First and foremost a live band, the band record as a group quickly, capturing the energy & sound of the gigs that make them such a popular fixture on the live circuit. Watch out for them at a gig near you soon, as bookings are coming thick and fast.
RIYL: The Modern Lovers, The Wave Pictures, The Vaselines, The Velvet Underground, The Kinks.
credits
released November 12, 2021
Bass/vocals - Tilly Harris
Guitar/vocals - Sam Willmett
Drums - Dan Matthew
Produced/mixed by - Tom Arthur Rees
Mastered by - Eddie al-Shakarchi
Art direction - Ben Hall
Words in inserts - Lloyd
supported by 91 fans who also own “Pure Particles”
A work of considerable power and subtlety. Certainly a grower but I was hooked on first listen and it seems to improve on subsequent plays. Well done to everyone involved and good luck for the future, hopefully a long and successful future. simon1956smith
The Istanbul five-piece perfect their distinctive Anatolian psychedelia across an album straddling the real and the imaginary. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 6, 2024
