Castle Face Records' have announced their first book.  Exploded Globes is an annotated collection of posters by John Dwyer from the period 1999-2016. “For our very first Castle Face book, we have a selection from the dusty vaults of our own John Dwyer’s prodigious poster output. Bold, brash, lovingly imperfect prints embellished with some stories of the nights in question as told by the man himself...you can’t miss out on this or your coffee table will never forgive you.”

From the introduction: “ In this book, in no particular order, are the handbills, fliers and posters I’ve made since 1999 or so to present. The style doesn’t vary all that much…similar content…but I think I’ve gotten slowly better over all these years… I’m still a bit too impatient of a person to make “perfect” prints… but I think part of that is my style: a mess sometimes. Nothing wrong with that. I’m really not a huge fan of the typical rock poster. It can be a tedious format to look at, especially after years of playing shows and a million posters, so I try to make something from a bit of a different place.  Thanks, and I hope you enjoy, maybe you were at one of these shows?  Maybe you thought, who made this shit poster? It was me, cheers, JPD”.

In hardcover, Exploded Globes is casewrapped in crimson cloth with gold foil lettering, so it looks nice on your shelf. Out March 24th.

Leeds’ much loved post-punk quartet Post War Glamour Girls have announced details of their third album Swan Songs which will be released on Hide & Seek Records on April 21. The follow up to 2015’s acclaimed Feeling Strange is musically reminiscent of The Pixies and Wild Beasts with vocals evocative of Nick Cave crossed with Mark E. Smith.

The four-piece have spent the last few years building up an impressive body of work, showcasing an innate knack for creating intricately layered and intelligent compositions with an almost theatrical Arcade Fire-like build up.

Tackling themes of stress, anxiety, depression, the class system, religion, war and government, the band decamped to the remote village of Skerray on the North Coast of Scotland with producers Jamie Lockhart and Lee Smith of Greenmount Studios (Pulled Apart By Horses, I Like Trains, Frank Turner, The Vaccines) to disconnect from the world and place themselves entirely in the album recording process for Swan Songs.

With no phone signal, no Wifi and not a lot of anything else to do, the band spent their days playing music for hours on end and their nights sitting round a table cooking for each other, drinking local whiskey and setting the world to rights. This closeness and bond can be felt throughout the album, as James says “This record is the product of the band's dependence on each other in isolation. It is a record of peace, love and understanding”

UK Tour Dates

 11/ 2 - Trades Club - Hebden Bridge (COME PLAY WITH ME ALL DAYER)

 4/ 3 - The Harley - Sheffield w/ The Wytches (OUTLINES FESTIVAL)

 21/ 4- Brudenell Social Club - Leeds (ALBUM LAUNCH)

 6/ 5 - Crux – Wakefield

 9/ 5 - The Polar Bear – Hull

10/ 5 - Pop Records – Sunderland

11/ 5 - Bar Bloc – Glasgow

12/ 5 - The Cluny – Newcastle

13/ 5 - The Fulford Arms – York

16/ 5 - The Portland Arms – Cambridge

17/ 5 - The Waiting Rooms – London

18/ 5 - The Owl Sanctuary – Norwich

19/ 5 - Sunflower Lounge – Birmingham

20/ 5 - Gullivers - Manchester