Two additional releases for June 5th – Four Candles and Cosmic Panthers

Hi Folks A couple of late arriving extra releases to tell you about – both coming out on June 5th

FOUR CANDLES

Four Candles have a new  digital-only  release called “Alternative Golf”.

It’s a four track EP featuring some excellent music and with special guests on a variety of different instruments. The band have agreed that any money made from Bandcamp sales of this release will be used to support our much loved second home The Peer Hat a gig venue in Manchester city centre. Like many other live venues, The Peer Hat is struggling financially during the lockdown and needs support. We are releasing this new one on FEE FREE FRIDAY at Bandcamp so we are encouraging followers and supporters to support the venue, which does huge amounts for grass roots music, by purchasing this exciting new music.

The four tracks are recent live staples for the group

A video of opening track Doughnuts is already available

The memorable “Requiem” closes the set and is Four Candles at their best raging against an establishment that allows the senseless and cruel death of people in care. The usual line up is in playIan Fourcandles – VocalsMark Taylor – GuitarJon Rowlinson – BassPhil Peak – Drumswith special guestsBecky Alexis Martin – Piano, Cello, and Backing Vocals.

Liz Vernon – Flute and BassoonJulie Cheung – TrumpetJulia Nelson – Backing VocalsThe EP was recorded and engineered by Simon “Ding” Archer at 6dB Studios, Salford (The Fall, Pixies etc)

COSMIC PANTHERS

Cosmic Panthers is a new project featuring Ian Fourcandles (Four Candles, The Parasite, 2 Lost Souls) and Ben Mancell of Fuzzy Warbles records out of Brooklyn, New YorkBen recently released the Hamsters back catalogue in a limited edition cassette run and that sparked a creative liaison which has lead to this new four track EP

Ben will be releasing a cassette version via Fuzzy Warbles Bandcamp Page  and we are providing wider digital distribution to the  usual digital download places via A1 MusicUnashamedly lo-fi and stripped back, but bursting with proto punk/electronica energy and crammed with great ideas, this new release is called “Ball The Wall”