Here Come The Light Nights - A Free New Releases Sampler

Hello everyone,

We’re gearing up for a bunch of releases on Commercially Inviable over the coming months and as a preview we’ve added a track from each to our Bandcamp page. You can listen to the songs there, or here on the player below. The sampler is also available as a free download.

A little general information about the releases, with more specific skinny for each release to tag along in due course.

Dorset County Breakdown” by The Docherty Brothers will be the first in a new series of ultra-limited EPs that we’ll begin releasing into the wild this spring. We’ll follow this up with an EP from Young Runaways, “There Is A World Outside“, and another, as-yet-untitled EP, from Fields of Ypres. All 3 acts are new to the good ship Commercially Inviable, so please treat them gently.

We have a few more of these limited EPs up our sleeve, from friends old and new, so keep ‘em peeled. Physical copies of these EPs will be rare as hens’ teeth and available at gigs, or via mail order, only. Digital sales will, of course, be available online in all good music stores. 

To go next to these lovingly-crafted EPs in your record collections we’ll also be releasing the 2nd LP from Friends of the Stars, “Faiths Meat Kiosk“, which is finally complete, raring to go and sounding great. The album will be available on CD and download, and also in a very special limited edition. More details on that soon!  

Alongside these new releases we also have some digital re-issues in the pipeline. In 2008 we released James Summerfield’s 3rd LP, “Count To 10 & Start Again” and whilst we’ve been waiting for him to put the finishing touches to his 4th record, we’ve managed to get his first two LPs from cold storage and will be giving them a full, worldwide digital release for the first time. “Hailah, Hailah” (from 2004) and “Paint The Road” (from 2006) were CD-only upon their original releases but will finally see the ones-and-zeros light of day shortly, as will a LIVE EP, from 2005, that James recorded during shows he played in support of the Hailah, Hailah LP.

Additionally, and also on the re-issue tip, in time for their EP release on the label we’ll also be giving the full digital treatment to Young Runaways’ superb debut LP, a record that took them to all the way to Glastonbury, ”The Boy & The Beartrap“.

We hope you enjoy the songs.

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dear chums!

february FOX update

on me shed, son…

last summer me and a bunch of the commercially inviable chaps headed down the m5 to a shed in somerset, where we recorded some lo-fi live acoustic sessions. it’s taken a while to get the videos online (the shed has taken on a life of its own and jon, the genius behind it, has been way busy keeping on top of it all!) now they’re online, i’ve posted them up on my blog so you can have a look for yourself!

other artists to have graced the shed include micah p hinson, roddy woomble, even steve harley! you can have a look at their sessions here: www.songsfromtheshed.com.

i’ve got a brace o’ nice gigs coming up in the next week, too:

2nd march
island bar
suffolk st queensway, birmingham


tour support for eux autres, who are a fine band from san francisco (think ‘beach house‘ but with better songs). also on the bill is sheffield indiepop hero pete green’s new outfit, the sweet nothings. it’s going to be lovely, so come on down.

8th march
totally acoustic
the lamb
94 lamb’s conduit st, london wc1n 3lz


this is one of my favourite gigs to do. free in, with a whip round for the acts. run by the hardest working man in indie, mj hibbett! when he’s not touring the globe doing comedy musicals dressed as a dinosaur, mj hibbett has a lovely little acoustic night where invited guests play in a room above a pub with no p.a., no mics, nothing. intimate, friendly and always good fun, totally acoustic is a quiet revelation. me and mj will be playing with peter buckley hill and jenny lockyer.
(early gig - starts 7pm)


cheers,
FOX


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