SplendidFredRecords

Independent record company at @_UoW
Dedicated to promoting students, staff and graduates with singing, songwriting and spoken word talents.

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Who's excited for a new series of articles to be released?! In the coming weeks Kaitelyn Chappell will be releasing a series focusing on the lesser known songs from The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack! We're definitely ready to meet the Angel of Music, are you? #newseries

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| ‘Honestly, nothing sucks more than your own brain saying ‘NOPE. DANGER! ABORT!’ and stopping you from doing things you actually would like to do.’ |

This latest edition talks about the importance of the @LewisCapaldi tour and the LIVELIVE project 🎧

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| ‘From the Latin for ‘the biggest threat’ or ‘most hostile’ [...] Infestissumam is a masterpiece and surprisingly underrated gem’ |

Read Jacob Wingate-Bishop’s latest review on heavy metal band Ghost’s new album ‘Infestissumam’ 🎧
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‘Carefully practiced and | Awed by her audience, | She doesn’t show | What’s broken Beneath.’

Another beautifully crafted and heartbreaking reaction poem from Holly Sparks to ‘Not About Angels’ by Birdy 🎧
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'A broken, lonesome road to walk but wait, I'm coming with you.'

With persistent questions and surreal imagery, Chappell presents a character in emotional turmoil and desperately yearning for a love that is doomed. 🎧

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‘It’s the feeling the music back then gave you: the chugging guitar riffs, the drum beats like shattering claps of thunder, the lyrics that howled down the microphone about sex, drugs, and rock’
To read Wingate-Bishop’s latest article, click below 🎧
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‘The World | He says, | Is full of stories...’
The use of lineation and imagery in Sparks’ latest work is brilliantly creative and intriguing. Click below to dive right into it 🎼

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https://t.co/Is5VaXtzzz ‘The chorus is more infectious that a pandemic, shattering into your soul and making you clap along or be left out’
Jacob Wingate-Bishop’s latest review focuses on Joan Jett & The Blackhearts’ ‘magnum opus’ of an album 🎧 #blog #music #SplendidFred #album

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‘If you desire a charmingly melancholic, indie acoustic experience, then this song Blackbird, by the little-known band Shake Shake Go, is for you’

Read Catherine Goodall’s latest edition of ‘Obscure Favourites’ below 🎧

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‘which ones would I pick? Good question. And one I still don’t really know, in all honesty. But I’ll have a go anyway. Because if I didn’t, this wouldn’t be a very good piece at all.’

Click below to discover what Jacob’s desert island discs would be 🎧

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‘Welcome to part two of the oddest challenge I’ve ever given myself’ 👑

Have a read of the second instalment by Jacob Wingate-Bishop. A selection of essential tracks by the iconic @QueenWillRock 🎧 #SplendidFred #blog #Music

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https://t.co/YCD2GjKNx8 ‘The idea was simple. One band. thirteen studio albums. Pick one song off each to keep’ 👑

For an in-depth exploration into a selection of the Queen tracks you just HAVE to listen to, check out Splendid Fred’s latest article 🎧#blog #Music #Queen

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The @SplendidFredRcd website is getting a little revamp today! Like a digital spa day 💆🏽‍♀️Stay tuned for some changes! #SplendidFred #RecordLabel #changes #website #staytuned

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'Let's face it, Status Quo are impossible not to sing along to. Who hasn't dropped everything they're doing to chant the words, 'Rockin' All Over The World?''

Check out Jacob Wingate-Bishop's article about iconic British rock band, Status Quo. 🎸
https://t.co/Hv0qqQSb2C

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'McGowan’s [...] humming Irish tones melt into the music, and a tangible picture of a daydreaming gas worker wandering along floats into the mind’s eye.'

Goodall's latest article explores another obscure favourite: 'Dirty Old Town' by The Pogues ❤️
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'Her music is regal, lyrical and hauntingly beautiful, and as always well worth listening to.'

Catherine Goodall explores the fascinating life of female Venetian composer, Barbara Strozzi. 🎼
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''Skid Row' is an album that should remain as a staple on the playlist of any classic rock, hard rock or metal fan for the rest of time.'

Click here to read Jacob Wingate-Bishop's review of the self titled debut album by 80s/90s rock band, Skid Row 🎸
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'For a moment on this day of chaotic thoughts, everything was OK.'

- Read Elmarie Messina's newest article, 'Music For a Frazzled Mind', the first in a series exploring the mental health benefits of music and how it has helped her in her own journey.

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'Music doesn't always have to be a sugarcoated mask: it can be honest, even when that honesty isn't what we want to hear.'

Chappell explores the theme of suicide within 'Asleep' by the Smiths and how its composition changed her peception of music.

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'Music travels with me everywhere I go. [...] crisp, early-morning treks to lectures, or reassuring high notes that make the walk to town far more bearable'

Check out Jacob Wingate Bishop's article 'A Trip Down a Chord-Cobbled Lane: My Music Journey' 🎧