Ten years since the inception of Smalltown American and they have ten volumes now of their special yearly release entitled ‘Public Service Broadcast’.
This the tenth release will be released on October 24th and pre-orders will start from September 12th via smalltownamerica.co.uk.
The idea of the release is to document the journey of the artists they work with and love and it represents what they love right now in 2011. It will also have a release on vinyl for the first time in the series history.
They have bands like United Fruit, Blacklisters, Event Horses, Peter McCauley and his Rams’ Pocket Radio, Daily Life, Vvolves, Our Krypton Son, General Fiasco, Battle For Paris and Mnemotechnic.
There will be some launch shows featuring many of the acts including Our Krpton Son playing Sandinos Back Bar in Derry on September 18th, United Fruit playing Captains Rest September 23rd. A listening party for the album in the Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast on September 23rd. and a host more listed below.
TRACKLIST
1 Three – United Fruit
2. King Prick – Blacklisters
3. Faces – Event Horses
4. Coal My Lips Are Sealed – Rams’ Pocket Radio
5. Spirit Animal – Daily Life
6. Strange Blood – Vvolves
7. Sunlight In The Ashes – Our Krypton Son
8. The Bottom – General Fiasco
9. He-Man Womun Haters Club – Battle For Paris
10. Shallow Goals – Mnemotechnic
LAUNCH SHOWS
18th September – Sandinos Back Bar, Derry – Our Krypton Son
23rd September – Captains Rest, Glasgow – United Fruit
23rd September – ‘Culture Night’, Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast – STA PSB10 Listening Party
24th September – Ma Kellys, Ballymoney – Axis Of / More Than Conquerors / Event Horses
1st October – Nations of Shopkeepers, Leeds – Blacklisters / Talons
1st October – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff – VVOLVES
5th November – Le Cube à Ressort, Brest, France – Mnemnotechic Listening Party