Full Time Hobby Turns 10 In 2014
- Written by Kenneth McMurtrie
The Full Time Hobby label will have been on the go for ten years by the time October 2014 rolls around so needless to say celebratory activities are on the cards.
The following gigs will take place in London along with the release of the two disc compilation album What The Hell Are You Doing?, featuring cover art from David Shrigley (track listing at the bottom of this article).
14th Oct: Timber Timbre @ Shepherds Bush Empire
16th Oct: Tunng & Diagrams @ Purcell Room (Southbank Centre)
17th Oct: Erland & The Carnival @ Purcell Room (Southbank Centre)
19th Oct: The Leisure Society perform The Sleeper & Smoke Fairies @ QEH (Southbank Centre)
All shows are dedicated to the memory of Benjamin Curtis (Sept 23, 1978 – Dec 29, 2013)
Inspired by such classic independents as Elektra, Sub Pop, Creation and Rough Trade, Full Time Hobby began in 2004 with the aim of releasing music it truly loved and that needed its support. Featuring songs from Tunng, The Hold Steady, Malcolm Middleton, The Leisure Society, White Denim, Erland & The Carnival, Smoke Fairies and many more plus that special David Shrigley artwork What The Hell Are You Doing?: A Full Time Hobby Tenth Anniversary Compilation is a true declaration of independence.
What The Hell Are You Doing? tracklisting:-
Disc 1
Viva Voce – Alive With Pleasure
Autolux – Turnstile Blues
Tunng – Bullets
Malcolm Middleton – We’re All Going To Die
White Denim – Let’s Talk About It
School of Seven Bells – Iamundernodisguise
The Hold Steady – Massive Nights
Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker
The Accidental – Wolves
Micah P. Hinson – When We Embraced
Erland & The Carnival – Trouble In Mind
The Leisure Society – Last of the Melting Snow
Disc 2
Timber Timbre – Demon Host
Hooded Fang – Tosta Mista
The Magnetic North – Rackwick
Diagrams – Antelope
Cheek Mountain Thief – Cheek Mountain
Braids – Freund
Seams – Punch
Omega Male – Testosterone
Pinkunoizu – Moped
Samantha Crain – For The Miner
Smoke Fairies – Eclipse Them All
The John Steel Singers – Common Thread
Dralms – Crushed Pleats
Full Time Hobby also have albums from The John Steel Singers (July 28) and Erland & The Carnival (August 25) coming out.