Fishrider Records is based in Dunedin, New Zealand.
We're not music industry. We're music arts & crafts.
https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/
We're not music industry. We're music arts & crafts.
https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/
New Release
THE PROPHET HENS - The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys [FISH016 LP/CD/DL/iTunes] UK release via Occultation Recordings
The Prophet Hens‘ 2nd album “The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys” is out on 18 August 2016 on Fishrider Records and, in the UK/ Europe on Occultation Recordings. It's an album of melodic jangling guitars, swirling Casio keyboards & the voices of Penelope Esplin and Karl Bray singing uplifting melancholic songs about hope & despair, joy & regret, ambition & reality, coming together & drifting apart.
Also, “Popular People Do Popular People” – the 1st album - is being (re-)issued on LP at the same time as their new album comes out.
The 1st album made its mark all over the world, praised as “psychédélisme plaintif” by French music weekly Les Inrockuptibles, given 10/10 in reviews by UK mailorder specialists Norman Records’ staff and customers and featured on BBC 6Music shows by Marc Riley and Gideon Coe.
THE PROPHET HENS - The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys [FISH016 LP/CD/DL/iTunes] UK release via Occultation Recordings
The Prophet Hens‘ 2nd album “The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys” is out on 18 August 2016 on Fishrider Records and, in the UK/ Europe on Occultation Recordings. It's an album of melodic jangling guitars, swirling Casio keyboards & the voices of Penelope Esplin and Karl Bray singing uplifting melancholic songs about hope & despair, joy & regret, ambition & reality, coming together & drifting apart.
Also, “Popular People Do Popular People” – the 1st album - is being (re-)issued on LP at the same time as their new album comes out.
The 1st album made its mark all over the world, praised as “psychédélisme plaintif” by French music weekly Les Inrockuptibles, given 10/10 in reviews by UK mailorder specialists Norman Records’ staff and customers and featured on BBC 6Music shows by Marc Riley and Gideon Coe.
Recent Releases
THE SHIFTING SANDS - Cosmic Radio Station [FISH015 LP/CD/ iTunes] UK release via Occultation Recordings
Beamed into the Pacific ether from a woolshed and a tumbledown house perched on the hills above Port Chalmers during a period of heightened solar flare and aurora activity, this is an album dripping sundazed melody through a shifting haze of fuzzy, chiming guitars, shimmering strings, and vocal harmonies. The cosmic radio station is on air. Tune in… turn on… pop out.
https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-radio-station
“Multi-faceted guitar pop channelling New Zealand’s ‘80s Flying Nun sound… they drift seamlessly from the pulsing pop of “Waiting For The Sun”, with its distinct echoes of the Mary Chain, to the aching, Big Star-like “We All Fall Down”, while “Dreaming to Keep Awake” remodels Sonic Youth’s dissonant wall of guitars as pure pop.” 8/10 Uncut (UK)
"a psychedelic shoegaze trio whose promising second album suggests there may finally be an heir to those pioneering bands who first laid down the Dunedin Sound back 30 years ago..." Shindig! Magazine, UK (4/5 stars)
“beautifully crafted… At its heart this is indie pop – loud, proud and jubilant.” The Listener (NZ)
"gloriously under-fi drone-scuzz psyche-rock… a lovely astral psyche-dreamscape.” Elsewhere/ Time Out (NZ)
“Part past, part future, the Shifting Sands aim hits the right cosmic spot.” The Finest Kiss (USA)
“a ten-song tapestry of note perfect psychedelic pop, featuring intricately layered guitars, fuzz, feedback, melody, drone, and airy vocals.” When You Motor Away (USA)
THE SHIFTING SANDS - Cosmic Radio Station [FISH015 LP/CD/ iTunes] UK release via Occultation Recordings
Beamed into the Pacific ether from a woolshed and a tumbledown house perched on the hills above Port Chalmers during a period of heightened solar flare and aurora activity, this is an album dripping sundazed melody through a shifting haze of fuzzy, chiming guitars, shimmering strings, and vocal harmonies. The cosmic radio station is on air. Tune in… turn on… pop out.
https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-radio-station
“Multi-faceted guitar pop channelling New Zealand’s ‘80s Flying Nun sound… they drift seamlessly from the pulsing pop of “Waiting For The Sun”, with its distinct echoes of the Mary Chain, to the aching, Big Star-like “We All Fall Down”, while “Dreaming to Keep Awake” remodels Sonic Youth’s dissonant wall of guitars as pure pop.” 8/10 Uncut (UK)
"a psychedelic shoegaze trio whose promising second album suggests there may finally be an heir to those pioneering bands who first laid down the Dunedin Sound back 30 years ago..." Shindig! Magazine, UK (4/5 stars)
“beautifully crafted… At its heart this is indie pop – loud, proud and jubilant.” The Listener (NZ)
"gloriously under-fi drone-scuzz psyche-rock… a lovely astral psyche-dreamscape.” Elsewhere/ Time Out (NZ)
“Part past, part future, the Shifting Sands aim hits the right cosmic spot.” The Finest Kiss (USA)
“a ten-song tapestry of note perfect psychedelic pop, featuring intricately layered guitars, fuzz, feedback, melody, drone, and airy vocals.” When You Motor Away (USA)
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN - Death and The Maiden (FISH014 LP/CD/DL/iTunes) UK release via Occultation Recordings
On their debut album, Death And The Maiden craft a shadowy sound world, filled with melancholic synth arpeggios, reverb-drenched guitars, and sighing vocal melodies. The combination is both hypnotic and devastating, exploring themes of love, loss, and decay, wrapped in tactile electro-acoustic languor. A party record for heartbroken romantics.
“an arty synth statement with emotional depth, romantic ennui and a pop sensibility. Recommended.” Elsewhere (NZ)
“the group hijack electro-pop for their own evil ends, with its murky moods and dance macabre.“ Les Inrockuptibles (France)
“This Dunedin trio’s impressive debut album recalls some sort of decelerated disco meditation music for incurable melancholics” Sunday Star Times (NZ)
“The words dreamy, drowsy, and hypnotizing come to mind… A concatenation of echoing lullabies, the album itself is an escape into a dreamworld not only marked by beauty, but also plagued by an eerie sense of decay. Smooth and rhythmic, it’s easy to lose yourself in lead singer Lucinda King’s soothing croon.” Origami Vinyl (USA)
V/A - T E M P O R A R Y – Selections from Dunedin’s Pop Underground 2011-2014 (FISH013 LP/CD/DL)
A compilation of young Dunedin bands, including new songs from Trick Mammoth, Opposite Sex, Males and The Shifting Sands and a vinyl debut for a song from The Prophet Hens' album. Listen at http://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-y
The compilation includes a ‘zine with information on each band, art, writing, posters etc. and comes as LP+zine version, a CD+ ‘zine version & a LP+CD+zine combo option. We have combined with Ba Da Bing! Records to present this compilation in the US as a local release
http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/products/pre-order-temporary-selections-from-dunedins-pop-underground-2011-2014-lp/
TEMPORARY is also available in the UK/ Europe from Occultation Recordings: http://www.occultation.co.uk
“Dunedin’s fleeting music scenes have been well documented in compilation [The Dunedin Double EP, Xpressway Pile=Up etc.]. TEMPORARY, an overview of Dunedin’s lo-fi and melodic post-punk roster, sits comfortably in this canon…Get hold of a copy and keep it safe…” The Listener (NZ)
A compilation of young Dunedin bands, including new songs from Trick Mammoth, Opposite Sex, Males and The Shifting Sands and a vinyl debut for a song from The Prophet Hens' album. Listen at http://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/t-e-m-p-o-r-a-r-y
The compilation includes a ‘zine with information on each band, art, writing, posters etc. and comes as LP+zine version, a CD+ ‘zine version & a LP+CD+zine combo option. We have combined with Ba Da Bing! Records to present this compilation in the US as a local release
http://www.badabingrecords.com/store/products/pre-order-temporary-selections-from-dunedins-pop-underground-2011-2014-lp/
TEMPORARY is also available in the UK/ Europe from Occultation Recordings: http://www.occultation.co.uk
“Dunedin’s fleeting music scenes have been well documented in compilation [The Dunedin Double EP, Xpressway Pile=Up etc.]. TEMPORARY, an overview of Dunedin’s lo-fi and melodic post-punk roster, sits comfortably in this canon…Get hold of a copy and keep it safe…” The Listener (NZ)
Other Releases
Trick Mammoth - Floristry (FISH012 LP/CD/DL)
Trick Mammoth - Floristry (FISH012 LP/CD/DL)
Males - Run Run Run/MalesMalesMales (FISH011 LP/CD/DL)
The Prophet Hens - Popular People Do Popular People (FISH010 CD/DL)
Factory Star - New Sacral (FISH009 10" LP/CD)
The Shifting Sands - Feel (FISH008 CD/DL)
The Puddle - Secret Holiday/ Victory Blues (FISH007 LP/CD/DL)
Opposite Sex - Opposite Sex (FISH006 LP/CD/DL)
More releases
Discover more Fishrider Records releases here! https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/
FINDING FISHRIDER RECORDS RELEASES WORLDWIDE
Easiest way to find a release is the online shop or https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/
Or e-mail us via the contacts form and we will give you the best local options for your country.
If your local record store doesn't stock the Fishrider release you are looking for tell them about us please!
UK or Europe - Fishrider releases are available directly from Occultation Recordings http://www.occultation.co.uk & distributed by Cargo Records
North America - Fishrider releases are available from RevolverUSA/Midheaven https://midheaven.com/
FINDING FISHRIDER RECORDS RELEASES WORLDWIDE
Easiest way to find a release is the online shop or https://fishriderrecords.bandcamp.com/
Or e-mail us via the contacts form and we will give you the best local options for your country.
If your local record store doesn't stock the Fishrider release you are looking for tell them about us please!
UK or Europe - Fishrider releases are available directly from Occultation Recordings http://www.occultation.co.uk & distributed by Cargo Records
North America - Fishrider releases are available from RevolverUSA/Midheaven https://midheaven.com/
