Rocket Probes – December 2023

Well here we are at the end of another year, and we are sad to reveal that this is also going to be the end of our Rocket Probes transmissions.

Our first Rocket Probes was June 2009 and for 175 months we have shared new and old music that graced Mission Control's decks. And at the end of our 25th year, it feels a good time to end this Rocket institution.

We will still keep on updating the Rocket Probes spotify playlist with new music so please keep listening/following the playlist – but there will be no more of these blog/FB transmissions. 

Thanks for listening... 

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Goat – Levitation Session
https://goat.bandcamp.com/album/levitation-sessions

La Baracande – La Baracande
https://la-novia.bandcamp.com/album/la-baracande-4

Volume – Permission To Land
https://volume-rocks.bandcamp.com/album/requesting-permission-to-land

Ranking Ann – Moonlight Lover
https://melodiesinternational.bandcamp.com/track/ranking-ann-moonlight-lover

Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloë
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDjHFOvBGA

Dactyl Terra – Dactyl Terra
https://dactylterra.bandcamp.com/album/dactyl-terra

Spirit Possession – Of the Sign...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTUKg68TKjM

James Ellis Ford – The Hum
https://jamesellisford.bandcamp.com/album/the-hum

PC Worship – Tides II
https://pcworship.bandcamp.com/track/tides-ii

Bill Callahan – Spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSTpobFTW_Y

Kakara – Proxima Centaury
https://karkara.bandcamp.com/track/proxima-centaury

Elaine Howley – See Saw Seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pRCYHWmCek

Various – Web of Braided Willow (The Folklore of the Wickerman)
https://folkloretapes.bandcamp.com/album/a-web-of-braided-willow-the-folklore-of-the-wickerman

Universal Harmonies & Frequencies – Tune In
https://yeyehninih.bandcamp.com/album/tune-in

La Tène – Ecorcha/Taillée
https://lateneband.bandcamp.com/album/ecorcha-taill-e

J.T. IV – If There Is Something
https://jtiv.bandcamp.com/track/if-there-is-something

Forest Swords – Bolted
https://forestswords.bandcamp.com/album/bolted

Autopsy – Mental Funeral
https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/mental-funeral

Creation Rebel – That's More Like It
https://creationrebel.bandcamp.com/track/that-s-more-like-it-3

White Boy – I Could Puke
https://youtu.be/cid02Gsbff8

Ros Sereysothea – Jam 10 Kai Thiet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJu5dWFj2Gc

John Francis Flynn - Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
https://riverlea.bandcamp.com/album/look-over-the-wall-see-the-sky

Kevin Richard Martin – Love You Much, Love You Too Much
https://kevinrichardmartin.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-much-love-too-much

Listen to and continue to follow our Rocket Probes Spotify playlist here:

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Rocket Seasonal '40% OFF' Sale

As it draws to the end of our 25th Year we thought we would have a one week '40% OFF' seasonal sale that will run from 10am Christmas day and will end midnight on New Years Day.

So refill your  stockings and use the code 'rr25' at our Bandcamp checkout:

Bandcamp

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2023 End Of Year lists

It is that time of year when we see everyone's 'Albums Of The Year' lists, and once again it has been a humbling show for our 2023 Rocket releases (will updatepost  if more come in after posting):

The Quietus
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive

Moundabout – An Cnoc Mór

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

The Quietus (Compilations/Reissues etc)
Various – Launch300

The Quietus (Tracks)
Teeth Of The Sea – Megafragma
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Mr Medicine

Louder The War
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
The Shits – You're A Mess
Goat – Medicine

Loud and Quiet
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Norman Records
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol
Goat – Medicine
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
Gnoomes – Ax Ox
The Holy Family – Go Zero

Resident Records
Goat – Medicine
Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Piccadilly Records
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper
Goat – Medicine

Rough Trade
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Stranger Than Paradise
Goat – Medicine

Jumbo Records
The Shits – You're A Mess

At The Barrier
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Sister Ray Records
Goat – Medicine

Drift Records
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Land of Sleeper

Far Out Magazine
Gnoomes – Ax Ox
Goat – Medicine

God Is In The TV (Tracks)
Goat – Join The Resistance

MusicOMH
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive

Get Into This
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
Gnoomes – Ax Ox
The Holy Family – Go Zero
Smote – Genog

MusikExpress
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

A Model Of Control (Tracks)
Teeth Of The Sea – Megafragma
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Ultimate Hammer

The Pop Corporation
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

Monolith Cocktail
The Holy Family – Go Zero

Fat Out
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

Sun13
Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs

Mix It All Up (Tracks)
Gnoomes – Loops

The Pensive Quill
Teeth Of The Sea – Hive

Boomkat
Marlene Ribeiro – Toquei no Sol

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Thanks to everyone above for all their support of our releases in 2023 – it really does mean a lot!!

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Watch the full set of Goat's Levitation Session

If you haven't watched it yet, then we really advise you to set an hour aside to sit back and immerse into this rather stunning Levitation Session GOAT have filmed.

You can also listen to/buy the album version of the session here:

Listen

Buy

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Rocket Recordings 2023 playlist

We have compiled an end-of-year playlist of music Rocket released in 2023, our 25th Anniversary year.

It is not a 'best of', just a selection of tracks taken from all our years launches - one track per release.

Listen here:

Soundcloud

Spotify

Thanks to all who have purchased a Rocket album or two this year, your support of our band is appreciated more now than ever before, so thank you!! 

Bandcamp

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Rocket Probes – November 2023

Och / Flowers Must Die – Split tape
https://flowersmustdie.bandcamp.com/album/och-fmd-split

Musta Huone – Valosaasteen sekaan
https://mustahuone.bandcamp.com/album/valosaasteen-sekaan-2

MXLX – Kitab Siriyun
https://kindarad.bandcamp.com/track/kitab-siriyun

Brian Brown Quintet – Carlton Streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8elBVbBK3o

Faust - Listen To The Fish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsrUhKItAN4

Yør Kultura – Shimming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1flcgQlxG9w

The Circling Sun – Spirits
https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spirits

Merciless death – The Curse of Pharaohs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26m6yTYZN1M

Lisa O'Neil – All Of This Is Chance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFxcx0iER1g

M. Sage – The Florist Wears Knee Breeches
https://florabelle.bandcamp.com/track/the-florist-wears-knee-breeches

Prince Douglas - Tongue Shall Tell Dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXoH5LSVM0

Drift – Data dada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJy9dlK1ZRw

Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Firescape
https://sunburnedhandoftheman.bandcamp.com/track/fire-escape

Pierre Cavalli - Chasse à l'Homme
https://holywax-records.bandcamp.com/track/pierre-cavalli-chasse-lhomme

Flying Saucer Attack – Popol Vuh 1 and 2
https://flyingsaucerattack.bandcamp.com/track/popol-vuh-1

Penza Panza – Bullet Fast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVo3CoRTj7k

The Psychotic Monks – It's Gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcHAUhsIplw

Jeanne-Marie Sens - Tape Tape Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkVjdYL04s0

Tandy Love – Indian Zone Killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIAhNGmkQI

Prince Paul - The Men In Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-vIz7h8Wc

Serge Gainsbourg – Transit à Marilou (Version instrumentale)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QQp6sO748

Irreversible Entanglements – root ᐸ=ᐳ branch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2GwO-1-pzU

Melanie De Biasio – Il Viaggio
https://open.spotify.com/album/62NqtfXGL54DbrdnNmvavA?si=ZsFrchpHS8qF2IpyGp-R8A

Armand Hammer  – We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/we-buy-diabetic-test-strips

Mu - The Clouds Went That Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnFXz8Y7SRE

Listen to and follow our updated monthly Rocket Probes Spotify Playlist

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November Bandcamp Friday

It's Bandcamp Friday, and we have some things you might like?

Warehouse finds
(The last few months we have scoured the warehouses of our distributors from across the globe and found lots of previously sold out albums that we have taken back and have put them up onto Bandcamp, so some rare Goat, Gnod, Teeth of the Sea, Shit and Shine, Josefin Ohrn and many, many more – so happy hunting!)

Goat – Commune (unique sleeve – ltd to 50)
(We have a ltd to 50, hand numbered, red/blue sleeve of Goat's Commune up for sale)

Goat – Medicine T-Shirts
(These special made-to-order t-shirts go off sale this Sunday, so today is the best time to get your order in. Two designs and each comes in three different colour ways – we will only manufacture what is ordered)

Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs
(The bands new album available on Ltd on Transparent Yellow vinyl and housed in beautiful gatefold sleeve)

Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
(Latest album from your Rocket faves, available on Ltd Yellow vinyl + obi Strip)

Yoke – Yoke LP
(Debut album by Smote members, only 200 copies w/ hand-numbered insert, last few copies)

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – King Of Cowards  LP
(Repress of their masssive second album on splatter vinyl)

Moundabout – An Cnoc M​ó​r
(Last few copies of the bands second album, on Mushroom colour vinyl)

The Holy Family – Go Zero
(Second album by this unique band, on fluro Yellow vinyl and eye-popping diecut sleeve)

Various – Launch300 LP
(Compilation LP celebrating our 25 Anniversary – all unreleased music by Goat, Gnod, Utopia Strong etc, last few copies)

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Plus there's lots of other great releases and t-shirts from many of your Rocket faves, all via here:

Rocket Bandcamp

Rocket Probes – October 2023 playlist

Yoke – Yoke
https://yoke-uk.bandcamp.com/album/yoke

Settima Tacca – Last Wonder (KIKOK rework)
https://youtu.be/CnsKkyWOV9M?si=nGWQZBuYiJCu-ykI

Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X
https://vanishingtwinmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afternoon-x

Luca Giovanardi – Storia Notturna
https://lucagiovanardi.bandcamp.com/album/storia-notturna

Gazelle Twin – Black Dog
https://gazelletwin.bandcamp.com/album/black-dog

GØGGS – GØGGS
https://goggs.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

John J Presley – Chaos and Calypso
https://godunknownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-calypso

Zancudo Berraco – Sistema de Luz
https://teslatapes.bandcamp.com/album/zancudo-berraco-sistema-de-luz

Maquina – Dirty Tracks For Clubbing
https://salivadiva.bandcamp.com/album/dirty-tracks-for-clubbing-2

Nihiloxia – Source Of Denial
https://nihiloxica.bandcamp.com/album/source-of-denial

William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjnAE5go9dI

Alpay – Seni Dileniyorum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4LOxDenZsw

Swithold – Slowburner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdsG55dJ8Jo

Feederz – Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEdVbl7eew&t=1768s

Ame Son – Catalyse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKihLIbrYY

Spring Heel Jack – Disappeared 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaNxhf3fvO4&t=820s

Den Osynliga Manteln – Lila Skog
https://denosynligamanteln-cis.bandcamp.com/track/lila-skog

Between – And The Waters Opened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StYaNaanOc0

Jon Hopkins – Athos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN8Fg91wiKg

Michal Turtle – Are You Psychic?
https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-psychic

Entombed – Left Hand Path
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgbaiN2mXI

Chouk Bwa & The Ångstromers – Kimelem
https://choukbwa.bandcamp.com/track/kimelem

Florian T M Zeisig – You Look So Serious I + II
https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/you-look-so-serious-i-ii

Kim Gordon – Hungry Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDkP43qXRU

Meyhem Lauren - Red Pesto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h4lpbQ1G00

Maxime Denuc – Agoraphobia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WPIpbjOpxQ

Andrzej Korzyynski – Third Part Of The Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRneR_qHYQ

Dave Burbeck – Koto Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwuYoXTftM

Listen/follow our monthly updated Rocket Probes spotify playlist:

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs 'Live In New York' album is released today – plus new US dates announced

"Revel in extreme heaviness." Pitchfork

"A mind-bending sonic vortex." The Guardian

"A a slab of awe-inspiring heaviness." Clash Magazine

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs 'Live In New York' album is released today.

Recorded at The Mercury Lounge in New York City in April 2023 and mixed by Sam at Blank Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. You can stream/buy from here:

Live In New York

The band also have a special yellow and purple splatter vinyl (limited to 500 copies) that can only be purchased via their website or at a show: 

Buy ltd LP

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The band have these dates coming up, including a Feb tour of North America, tickets go on sale via pigsx7.com on the 31st October:

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UK:
Nov 11 - Sunderland - Waves Festival
Nov 18 - Liverpool - What Music? Festival

NORTH AMERICA:
Oct 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation @ Hotel Vegas
Oct 31 - Troy, NY - No Fun
Nov 1 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom
Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
Nov 4 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis – !! SOLD OUT !!

AUSTRALIA:
Dec 8 - Victoria, Meredith Music Festival
Dec 9 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club – !! SOLD OUT !!
Dec 10 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club - 2nd show on sale now
Dec 13 - Canberra - Basement *
Dec 14 - Sydney - Crowbar - new headline show on sale now
Dec 15 - Sydney - Metro *
Dec 16 - Brisbane - Tivoli *

* Supporting The Mark of Cain.

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NORTH AMERICA:
Feb 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Feb 20 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
Feb 22 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Feb 23 - Detroit, MI - Third Man Records: Cass Corridor
Feb 24 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern

Tickets on sale via Pigsx7.com from October 31st.

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Bonacons of Doom's 'Signs' is released today

“Beckoning the aliens to beam down and join us.” The Quietus

“Simply divine.” Sleeping Shaman

“Bonnacons of Doom are a hard band to beat.” Clash

“This is the sign you have been waiting for.” Echoes And Dust

Today sees the release of Bonnacons of Doom's new album 'Signs'

There are three gatefold sleeve vinyl versions of 'Signs' available. A very special numbered Dinked version that has unique sleeve art, a cutout and keep 'Doom' mask and is pressed on exclusive Silver vinyl:

Dinked

You can also pick-up a ltd edition Yellow vinyl via the Bandcamp link and a ltd edition Frosted Clear vinyl via all good record shops:

Bandcamp

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Building on the intimidating intensity of Bonnacons Of Doom’s self-titled debut, 'Signs' offers a sonic response to the tension between the urge to pursue continuity with our past and to adapt to our changing present. Hypnotic grooves and the monomaniacal intensity of the riff are fractured by digital interplay, electronics and the incantatory vocals of ceremonial leader Kate Smith, coalescing into a metaphysical force which stands defiant of easy categorisation. 

Within these otherworldly manifestations on 'Signs' lurks solace in a place where the transcendent powers of heavy amplification, electronic sonic explorations and forces darker and more unknowable can coalesce to cathartic and redeeming effect. 

See the band live at their home town show, with more dates TBA:

11 November / Liverpool / Quarry

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Yoke's S/T debut album is released today

Today sees the release of Yoke's ferocious debut album – a five-song, 35-minute S/T LP that absolutely rips.

Yoke is guitarist Daniel Foggin (Smote), his brother Tommy Foggin on vocals and drums and Mark Brown (also from Smote).

The album is ltd to 200 copies and can only be bought via Bandcamp or from the band's merch table at one of their up-and-coming shows – each copy comes with a hand numbered A4 insert:

Buy Ltd LP

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From the deceptively slowburn intro of torture-toned opener ‘Coil’ to the Neanderthal-rhythmed blowout of parting shot ‘Me-Time’, Yoke is a melted mass of metal, punk, noise and psych whose musical ethos strips things down as much as possible but whose result befouls all the oxygen in the room. 

Yoke is assuredly a different beast from Smote, but there’s a common thread in the proverbial power of the riff and bludgeoning repetition. Pulling out Stooges-like mean acid vibes, rhythm's you can groove to and at their most uptempo, the band lock into full psychedelic speed freak mode.

This is one album to scorch your ears to if you’ve thrilled with anything with stupidly loud amplifiers and feedback front and centre.

Experience Yoke's feral-noise live at one of these shows:

26 October / London / Moor Beer Vaults (supporting Bonnacons Of Doom)
05 Nov / Newcastle / Tyne Bar

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Goat's 'Medicine' is released today

"There's no denying Goat make some extraordinary music." Uncut

"Thrilling...a black mass and faerie gathering at the same time." Mojo

A cosmic stew of headbanging hedonism." Record Collector

"Getting deeper into psychedelia, darker than ever before." The Quietus

"A true bridge between old and new." Echoes And Dust

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Goat's latest album 'Medicine' is released today!!

The album is available in several gatefold vinyl versions as well as a ltd edition CD. All good UK record shops will also have 'Bohemica' vinyl as well as a 'Black Trip' vinyl version. And non UK stores will have a 'Wavy Cap' vinyl edition. Also, for our US Goat fans, Levitation have a unique version of the album available.

Buy album

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The last two Goat shows (until who knows when) are tonight and tomorrow in Portugal, do not miss:

13 October / Porto / Hard Club
14 October / Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo

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Watch video to new Goat track 'Tripping In The Graveyard'

This Friday Goat release their latest album Medicine and to celebrate it's imminent release the band have revealed a third track from the album, 'Tripping In The Graveyard'. Watch the video made by Swedish artist Count Sideways above.

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The album is available in several gatefold vinyl versions as well as a ltd edition CD. All good UK record shops will also have 'Bohemica' vinyl as well as a 'Black Trip' vinyl version. And non UK stores will have a 'Wavy Cap' vinyl edition. Also, for our US Goat fans, Levitation have a unique version of the album available.

Preorder album

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The last two Goat shows (until who knows when) are happening this Friday & Saturday in Portugal, do not miss:
13 October / Porto / Hard Club
14 October / Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo

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Teeth Of The Sea's new album 'Hive' is released today

"Their most dynamic and exciting record to date." The Quietus

"Teeth of the Sea are back and better than ever." 5/5 Prog Mind

"Hive is an impressively adventurous record." Louder Than War

"Teeth of the Sea have outdone themselves with this release, perhaps their strongest release thus far." The Sleeping Shaman

Teeth Of The Sea's new album Hive is released today on LP/CD/DL.

You can buy a ltd Bandcamp exclusive LP on Yellow vinyl, and as today is Bandcamp Friday, there is no better time to support the band and label:

Bandcamp

You can buy an exclusive, numbered 'Dinked' edition on Neon Pink vinyl that also includes an A2 poster of exclusive art and sew on patch via any of these stores who have copies left:

Dinked

And finally there is a ltd edition Blue vinyl variant for all shops.
All LPs come with colour-coded obi strips...so collect the set!

SADLY...we have just been informed that there has been a distribution error and the Dinked vinyl versions won't hit the shops until next Friday now, so the 13th. We are gutted!!

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Unfettered by genre distinctions or expectations, the only limits of Teeth Of The Sea - the trio comprising Sam Barton, Mike Bourne and Jimmy Martin - are those of its imagination. It therefore follows that inspiration flowed into 'Hive' from all dimensions, with the band’s sphere of influence - the science fiction, trash culture and cinematic atmospherics by which they’ve fuelled their mission thus far - expanding to take in everything from Italo-disco to minimal techno, from dubbed-out studio madness to their most brazen forays thus far into pop songwriting.

'Hive' is an alchemical headspace where monochrome animates into vivid colour. It may not be a carefully ordered insectoid militia set to overthrow society, but it’s a transmission which transcends anything Teeth Of The Sea have thus far offered in their time on Earth.

Step inside 'Hive', if you dare.

See Teeth Of The Sea live:

7 Oct / London / Walthamstow Trades Club
13 Oct / Preston / The Ferret
14 Oct / Newcastle / The Lubber Fiend
20 Oct / Manchester / White Hotel
21 Oct / Birmingham / Asylum2
22 Oct / Glasgow / Hug & Pint
28 Oct / Bristol / Crofters Rights
18 Nov / Ramsgate / Ramsgate Music Hall 

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October 2023 Bandcamp Friday

It's Bandcamp Friday once again, and we have some brand new goodies we think you may like:

Yoke – Yoke LP
(Debut album by Smote members, ltd to 200 copies w/ hand-numbered insert)

Goat – Medicine T-Shirts
(Made-to-order t-shirts, Two designs and each comes in three different colour ways –presale will be live for 1 month only, and we will only manufacture what is ordered)

Bonnacons Of Doom – Signs
(Forthcoming album presale on Ltd on Transparent Yellow vinyl and gatefold sleeve)

Teeth Of The Sea – Hive
(New album released today, on Ltd Yellow vinyl + obi Strip)

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – King Of Cowards  LP
(Repress of their second album on splatter vinyl)

Moundabout – An Cnoc M​ó​r
(Last few copies of the bands second album on Mushroom colour vinyl)

The Holy Family – Go Zero
(Second album on fluro Yellow vinyl and diecut sleeve)

Various – Launch300 LP
(Compilation LP celebrating our 25 Anniversary – all unreleased music)

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Plus there's lots of other great releases and t-shirts from many of your Rocket faves, all via here:

Rocket Bandcamp

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Introducing the debut album by Yoke

If “the self-indulgent joy of stupidly loud amplifiers and feedback” is a sequence of words that gets your motor running, then Yoke might be your new favourite band. 

That introductory quote are the words of Yoke’s guitarist Daniel Foggin (who also records cosmic, hypnotic psychedelic rock under the name Smote), who joined by his brother Tommy Foggin on vocals and drums and Mark Brown (also from Smote) on bass to form this magnificent power trio. And here we have their debut album which is released on 20 October – a five-song, 35-minute S/T LP that absolutely rips.

Watch the John O'Carroll video for 'Working Person', the first track to be revealed from the album above

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Yoke's self titled debut album is ltd to 200 copies and can only be preordered via the Bandcamp link below or bought from the band's merch table at one of their up-and-coming shows – each copy comes with a hand numbered A4 insert:

Preorder Ltd LP

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From the deceptively slowburn intro of torture-toned opener ‘Coil’ to the Neanderthal-rhythmed blowout of parting shot ‘Me-Time’, Yoke is a melted mass of metal, punk, noise and psych whose musical ethos strips things down as much as possible but whose result befouls all the oxygen in the room. 

Yoke is assuredly a different beast from Smote, but there’s a common thread in the proverbial power of the riff and bludgeoning repetition. Pulling out Stooges-like mean acid vibes, rhythm's you can groove to and at their most uptempo, the band lock into full psychedelic speed freak mode.

This is one album to scorch your ears to if you’ve thrilled with anything with stupidly loud amplifiers and feedback front and centre.

Experience Yoke's feral-noise live at one of these shows:

26 October / London / Moor Beer Vaults (supporting Bonnacons Of Doom)
05 Nov / Newcastle / Tyne Bar

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Rocket Probes – September 2023 playlist

Teeth of the Sea – Butterfly House
https://youtu.be/lSRWGsQNUCw?si=rePOsy2bvUMCiH1p

Bonnacons of Doom – Signs
https://youtu.be/k_67XRaZKIY

Goat – Join The Resistance
https://youtu.be/VeFLkA4nuk0

Tara Clerkin Trio – On The Turning Ground
https://taraclerkintrio.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-turning-ground

Melt Plastic Group – Hooh
https://meltplastic.bandcamp.com/album/hooh

Pest Control – Don't Test The Past
https://qualitycontrolhq.bandcamp.com/album/dont-test-the-pest

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes – Paix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwJ1Hx4o18

Henrique Apolinário – Fusão
https://faveladiscos.bandcamp.com/album/fus-o

Heavy Rain - Thrutch In 'B'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zsV3jA34w

Slow Knife – A Hymn Supreme
https://fr33zehead.bandcamp.com/album/a-hymn-supreme

Steve Reich – Drumming Part IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mip9Ak-iviM

Sonic Youth – Expressway To Your Skull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP4I_kHmC-Q

Billy Woods - Heavy Waters
https://youtu.be/VJyAZwSWuRA?si=rz4al__FNLpjGRYv

Wilson Picket – Bumble Bee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4Tlq-P7DE

Beastie Boys – Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr1Qe2m8oOA

Sort Joey - Ready to Rok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXL8QkqoE8

Blood of Vipers – Psychedelic Web
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66b8x3X2IME

Torpor – Abscission
https://humanworth.bandcamp.com/album/abscission

Novalis – Dronsz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcfHVIq5-9A

Anika – Freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWTPYfc3VI

Gary Numan – Films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDf89t-JFo

Listen/follow to our updated monthly Spotify playlist:

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Bonnacons of Doom release electrifying new single 'Signs'

Following the success of first single 'Facing', the mirror masked collective Bonnacons of Doom have now released Signs' the title track from their forthcoming album.

Anonymous member of the band says this about the new single: "Trying to make sense of the world in the age of multiple meanings we see patterns emerging from the ether as a flicker of hope, only for them to disappear into dust. The most banal signifier can be a potent of the heaviest of times while we laugh off our impending destruction. Nagging digital echoes are buried by swathes of organic water only for new signs to emerge."

Watch the eye-popping visualiser for the track 'Signs' above – album 'Signs' is released on 27 October.

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There are three gatefold sleeve vinyl versions of 'Signs' available.

Excited to announce there is a numbered Dinked version that has unique sleeve art, a cutout and keep 'Doom' mask and is pressed on exclusive Silver vinyl:

Preorder Dinked Edition

You can also pick-up a ltd edition Yellow vinyl via Bandcamp and a ltd edition Frosted Clear vinyl via all good record shops:

Bandcamp Edition

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Building on the intimidating intensity of Bonnacons Of Doom’s self-titled debut, 'Signs' offers a sonic response to the tension between the urge to pursue continuity with our past and to adapt to our changing present. Hypnotic grooves and the monomaniacal intensity of the riff are fractured by digital interplay, electronics and the incantatory vocals of ceremonial leader Kate Smith, coalescing into a metaphysical force which stands defiant of easy categorisation. 

Within these otherworldly manifestations on 'Signs' lurks solace in a place where the transcendent powers of heavy amplification, sonic explorations and forces darker and more unknowable can coalesce to cathartic and redeeming effect. 

Bonnacons of Doom tour supporting Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs is underway, you can still catch them at:

29 September / Bristol / SWX
30 September / Manchester / O2 Ritz
05 October / Sheffield / Foundry
06 October  / London / O2 Kentish Town Forum

And the band have these two headline shows planned:

26 October / London / Moor Beer Vaults  Tickets
11 November / Liverpool / Quarry  Tickets

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs reveal second track from forthcoming 'Live In New York' Album

Ahead of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs kicking off their UK tour which starts on Saturday in Glasgow, the band have shared another track from their forthcoming 'Live In New York' album which is being digitally released on 27 October.

'Live In New York' is an 8 track live album recorded at the Mercury Lounge on 4th April 2023, and we are now happy to share with you the track 'Terror's Pillow' another fan favourite from latest album 'Land of Sleeper', listen above or you can stream/buy the track here:

Bandcamp

Streaming sites

Guitarist and producer of the band Sam Grant said this about the track "Terror's Pillow has this waltzy, almost classical feel it had going on, and was constantly trying to push that element more in the writing and production, hopefully giving it a less conventional rock/metal vibe. I like to think it has the air of an unreleased bonus track from Holst's 'The Planets' - though this is more an homage to the massive asteroid currently winging its way to Earth..."

And drummer Ewan Mackenzie said "Our show at Mercury Lounge in Manhattan NYC was the last date of our North American tour, and the final chapter of a wonderful musical adventure for us. We had already had the privilege of playing at St. Vitus in Brooklyn at the start of the tour, and so returning to NYC again felt like a kind of homecoming. The atmosphere was electric that night, there was a magic in the air and a special connection among everyone in the room. As a band, we’ve colloquially come to term the best of our performances as ‘Rinsers’. It’s safe to say that the Mercury Lounge show was worthy of the ‘Rinser’ label."

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs up-and-coming shows are:

UK

Sept 23 - Glasgow - Queen Margaret Union

Sept 29 - Bristol - SWX

Sept 30 - Manchester - O2 Ritz

Oct 5 - Sheffield - Foundry

Oct 6 - London - O2 Kentish Town Forum

(Bonnacons of Doom in support)

USA

Oct 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation/Hotel Vegas

Oct 31 - Troy, NY - No Fun

Nov 1 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom

Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair

Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere

Nov 4 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis

AUSTRALIA

Dec 8 - Victoria, Meredith Music Festival

Dec 9 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club (headline show)

Dec 13 - Canberra - Basement (supporting The Mark of Cain)

Dec 15 - Sydney - Metro (supporting The Mark of Cain)

Dec 16 - Brisbane - Tivoli (supporting The Mark of Cain)

All tickets and info can be found here: Tickets

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Teeth Of The Sea reveal 'Butterfly House' the second single from forthcoming album 'Hive'

As announced previously Teeth Of The Sea return with their sixth album 'Hive' on 6 October. And we are now thrilled to reveal 'Butterfly House', the second single to be released from the album. 

'Butterfly House' marks a new journey for Teeth Of The Sea. Always fans of synthpop and Italo-disco, a combination of serendipity and instinct led them to combine forces with vocalist and songwriter Kath Gifford (Snowpony/Sleazy Tiger/The Wargs) to create a radiant shard of neon-tinted melancholia. Less visited by the spectres of Baltimora, Bobby O and Laura Branigan than it is a haunting ode to loss and dislocation rendered in vivid colours, it's a song that marks a meeting point between the dancefloor and the ether.

Watch the Mike Bourne made video for 'Butterfly House' above:

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Hive is available to preorder now on Ltd edition LP/CD.

You can preorder an exclusive, numbered 'Dinked' edition on Neon Pink vinyl that also includes an A2 poster of exclusive art and sew on patch via here:

Dinked shops

Also via a second link below you can preorder a ltd Bandcamp exclusive LP on Yellow vinyl. And finally there is a ltd edition Blue vinyl variant for all shops. All LPs come with colour-coded obi strips...so collect the set:

Bandcamp

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Unfettered by genre distinctions or expectations, the only limits of Teeth Of The Sea - the trio comprising Sam Barton, Mike Bourne and Jimmy Martin - are those of its imagination. It therefore follows that inspiration flowed into 'Hive' from all dimensions, with the band’s sphere of influence - the science fiction, trash culture and cinematic atmospherics by which they’ve fuelled their mission thus far - expanding to take in everything from Italo-disco to minimal techno, from dubbed-out studio madness to their most brazen forays thus far into pop songwriting.

'Hive' is an alchemical headspace where monochrome animates into vivid colour. It may not be a carefully ordered insectoid militia set to overthrow society, but it’s a transmission which transcends anything Teeth Of The Sea have thus far offered in their time on Earth.

Step inside 'Hive', if you dare.

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See Teeth Of The Sea live:

6 Oct / Brighton / Hope & Ruin
7 Oct / London / Walthamstow Trades Club
13 Oct / Preston / The Ferret
14 Oct / Newcastle / The Lubber Fiend
20 Oct / Manchester / White Hotel
21 Oct / Birmingham / Asylum2
22 Oct / Glasgow / Hug & Pint
28 Oct / Bristol / Crofters Rights
18 Nov / Ramsgate / Ramsgate Music Hall

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Goat release new single 'Join The Resistance'

Following on from the single 'Unemployment Office', Goat return with the second track to be released from forthcoming album 'Medicine', which is being released on 13 October.

'Join The Resistance (Edit)' is a call to arms from the band, they say: "The track is celebrating when united people are not following the consensus. Asking the difficult questions and collectively finding your own path through a negative world."

Watch the video for 'Join The Resistance (Edit)', which like the video for 'Unemployment Office' has been created by Oliver Lewis above:

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Due to the high demand for Goat albums we have several gatefold vinyl versions available for you to choose from, as well as a ltd edition CD.

All good UK record shops will also have 'Bohemica' vinyl as well as a 'Black Trip' vinyl version. And non UK stores will have a 'Wavy Cap' vinyl edition:

Preorder here

US Goat fans – our friends at Levitation have two unique versions of the album available via the link below – plus as stated above, all good US record stores will have a 'Wavy Cap' vinyl edition for sale:

Levitation versions (US exclusive)

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The last two Goat shows (until who know when) are happening next month in Portugal, do not miss:

13 October / Porto / Hard Club
14 October / Lisbon / Lisboa Ao Vivo

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Rocket Probes – August 2023 playlist

Bonnacons Of Doom – Facing
https://bonnaconsofdoom.bandcamp.com/album/signs

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Big Rig (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZtd2SWEL7k

Goat – Unemployment Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0JDqQoHxo0

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Go On Dub (Adrian Sherwood Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LdPrdXV_8

Mustafa Özkent – Lorke Lorke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaU9wsLFdc

John Carpenter – The End (John Anthony Scratch Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_jrvsmQkA8

Ruffy & Tuffy – If The 3rd World War Is A Must
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsS-Niuzz40

Circus 2000 – The Sun Will Shine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYbeVocR1AE

EL Maryacho / Nowaah The Flood – Nasa
https://elmaryacho.bandcamp.com/track/nasa-nowaah-the-flood-prod-el-maryacho

Dali Muru & The Polyphonic Swarm – Bom Bom Bow
https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/track/bom-bom-bow

Amon Düül II – Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0UfVDnjeg

Wau Wau Collectif – Yay Balma
https://wauwaucollectif.bandcamp.com/track/yay-balma

Your Old Droog & MF DOOM – Dropout Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai_5M3EjFqo

Harry Thumann – Sphinx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Zge__luTQpc

Stone The Crows – Ode to John Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TypuWqBnf1Y

Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar 
https://open.spotify.com/track/2y3x9gthtaRJB4VUChGwBk?si=b5ef4250ebaf4f38

Mulatu Astatke – Nètsanèt (Liberty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfu2JJSYWmc

Roc Marciano – Trenchcoat Wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fNfz767V0

SamGendell – Tate-waku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dgnASVt3Xw

Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ue_P7vcRE

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Listen/follow our updated monthly Rocket Probes playlist:

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs reveal live album and more shows

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have announced the release of 'Live in New York' – an 8 track live album recorded at the Mercury Lounge on 4th April 2023. 

The album which will be released digitally on all streaming platforms on 27 October is a perfect document of the band in full, ferocious swing.

Listen to the first track to be revealed from the album above – fan favourite from latest album 'Land Of Sleeper', the gargantuan 'Big Rig'.

Preorder the digital album here:

Bandcamp

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have also added some more Australian dates for their December visit, their up-and-coming shows list now reads like this:

UK
Sept 23 - Glasgow - Queen Margaret Union
Sept 29 - Bristol - SWX
Sept 30 - Manchester - O2 Ritz
Oct 5 - Sheffield - Foundry
Oct 6 - London - O2 Kentish Town Forum
(Bonnacons of Doom in support)

USA
Oct 29 - Austin, TX - Levitation/Hotel Vegas
Oct 31 - Troy, NY - No Fun
Nov 1 - New Haven, CT - Space Ballroom
Nov 2 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere
Nov 4 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis

AUSTRALIA
Dec 8 - Victoria, Meredith Music Festival
Dec 9 - Melbourne - Northcote Social Club (headline show)
Dec 13 - Canberra - Basement (supporting The Mark of Cain)
Dec 15 - Sydney - Metro (supporting The Mark of Cain)
Dec 16 - Brisbane - Tivoli (supporting The Mark of Cain)

All tickets and info can be found here:

Pigsx7.com

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'Thee Alcoholics' sign to Rocket

We are chuffed to announce that South London band Thee Alcoholics are gonna be releasing their debut vinyl album on Rocket in 2024.

The brainchild behind Thee Alcoholics is our good friend Rhys Llewellyn, who keen Rocket fans would recognise as the drummer of the band The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers, who's album 'Whose Side Are You On (a title and sleeve, that scarily predicted the future) Rocket released in 2008. The trio that made up the Hi-Fi killers was completed by the extremely talented Jonathan Richards and the low end frequency master of Tony Mountford on bass, who is also a member of Thee Alcoholics!!

Rhys's Rocket credentials don't end with the Hi-Fi Killers – after leaving the band he joined Hey Colossus and was the drummer on the three albums Rocket released; In Black and Gold and Radio Static High from 2015 and The Guillotine from 2017.

So having Rhys back in the Rocket fold is a huge honour, for as well as being a good friend, we are huge fans of his musical prowess too.

Up to now Thee Alcoholics have released two must have 7" singles and cassettes on Wrong Speed Records, plus a great live LP on Human Worth Records.

Details for Thee Alcoholics album are still to be finalised, but an early 2024 release date is being planned – so watch this space for more info. And in the meantime if you see Thee Alcoholics are playing at a venue near you, then we implore you to check them out – especially if you love bands like The Heads, The Fall, The Butthole Surfers and the music of Kevin Martin, if those references get you excited then you will definitely want to get inebriated on Thee Alcoholics.

Up-and-coming shows:
30th August - The Prince Albert, Brighton
23rd September - The Beehive, Shipley
24th September - The Hatch, Sheffield
30th September - The Garage, London

Photo by Suzi Corker

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Bonnacons of Doom reveal new album 'Signs'

Mirror masked collective Bonnacons of Doom return with 'Signs'  – their second album for Rocket Recordings. The 8 track album of Trans Pennine hypnotic music is released on 27 October.

Watch the visually stunning video that was directed/edited by the album sleeve artist and band member Sam Wiehl (with help from Scenegraph Studios) for the first single to be released, the powerful sounds of 'Facing' above.

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There are three gatefold sleeve vinyl versions of 'Signs' available.

Excited to announce there is a numbered Dinked version that has unique sleeve art, a cutout and keep 'Doom' mask and is pressed on exclusive Silver vinyl:

Preorder Dinked Edition

You can also pick-up a ltd edition Yellow vinyl via Bandcamp and a ltd edition Frosted Clear vinyl via all good record shops:

Bandcamp Edition

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Building on the intimidating intensity of Bonnacons Of Doom’s self-titled debut, 'Signs' offers a sonic response to the tension between the urge to pursue continuity with our past and to adapt to our changing present. Hypnotic grooves and the monomaniacal intensity of the riff are fractured by digital interplay, electronics and the incantatory vocals of ceremonial leader Kate Smith, coalescing into a metaphysical force which stands defiant of easy categorisation. 

Within these otherworldly manifestations on 'Signs' lurks solace in a place where the transcendent powers of heavy amplification, sonic explorations and forces darker and more unknowable can coalesce to cathartic and redeeming effect. 

See Bonnacons of Doom on tour supporting Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs:
23 September / Glasgow /  Queen Margaret Union
29 September / Bristol / SWX
30 September / Manchester / O2 Ritz
05 October / Sheffield / Foundry
06 October  / London / O2 Kentish Town Forum

And the band have these two headline shows planned:
26 October / London / Moor Beer Vaults  Tickets
11 November / Liverpool / Quarry  Tickets

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