Hope you’ve had a good January and February is treating you well so far. Here’s some good news – This Years Winner Is will be releasing their debut double-A side single Hit & Hope/Nobody Knows That I’m An Attention Seeker through Section Five Records next month!
The single will be available through all good digital stores including iTunes, Amazon MP3 and more (see About page for all stores) as well as streaming on Spotify and Last.fm. The release date is TBC.
Don’t forget, if you haven’t grabbed your free Slimpig MP3 you still can on the Slimpig page in celebration of the forthcoming album.
Take a look around the new Section Five Records website, I hope you like it. There’s now a section for all the Artists on our roster with links to find them on the internet and also where you can buy or download their music from (including our latest ’signing’, see below!). As well as this we’ve got the updated shop which is really easy to use and all transactions are done through PayPal, so you’re safe and secure at all times. You don’t even need a PayPal account to pay for your stuff, just a credit or debit card.
Everything is at a bargain price so get shopping!
In even greater news punk rock legends Slimpig will be releasing an album of all their greatest tracks along with an exclusive collection of Slimpig covers recorded especially for the album – featuring local artists Chris Flood, Anna Goldsmith, Suspect Package and Duke Ukem. Also on there are the lovely Manx fellas Swound!.
To celebrate this coming release in 2010 the lads have offered up a free MP3 of the track ‘Lifestyles’ from their first album ‘Slimming With Pigness’ for you all as an early Christmas present! You can download it by pressing this big chunky button below (it’s in a .zip file):
That’s everything for now, hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and stay tuned for more great news from Section Five Records in the new year!
It’s been a while coming as Spotify have been copying the entire back catalogue of CD Baby over to their service, but you can now stream Opinion Is Not A Substitute For Reason by Chris Flood in all it’s rock-tastic Glory!
Hey everyone, great news! Chris Flood recently announced on his MySpace page his plans to record a second album. Here’s what he wrote:
After several hours of discussions with various people here and there (mainly there, in a pub), it has been decided that I, Chris Flood along with some variation of The Chris Flood Band will enter the studio within the next few weeks to begin work on a second album, a follow up to this year’s (or 2008 if you’re on the Isle of Man) debut album ’Opinion is not a substitute for Reason’.
There are a total of 21 new songs ready to be recorded, only a handful of which have been played by myself or the band at live shows. There’s one or two older songs in there, as well as a few brand spanking new ones that have been written within the last few weeks and months. The entire list of 21 songs will probably not make the final cut of the album either; only the best will make it. So in reality it’ll probably be around 14ish tracks. Statistically then, at least one third of the songs I write are shit!
The album will be recorded in Douglas by Phil Reynolds. Having already worked together on ‘Opinion is not a substitute for Reason’ we know how we work and what we can do, plus we get on really well! I’ll keep you all posted with blogs every couple of weeks or when something significant happens.
Meanwhile, there are currently no plans for Chris Flood (solo) or The Chris Flood Band to play any shows to accompany the album.
Next Friday (2nd October) two awesome local bands, This City Screams Red and No Dice, will be invading the stage at Amber from 8pm-ish and they will be supported by me. Suspect Package were due to play but they can’t now so TCSR asked me if I’d fancy doing a slot, so I am!
Head down, it’ll be a great night and it’s all free! If you’re on Facebook check out the event here.
“Those of you who attended the gig on Friday may remember that I announced at the end of the set that it would be our last gig for a long while. For those of you who weren’t there, here’s an explanation:
Over the last few weeks and months things have been going on in and around the band that have not allowed all members to put in 100% of the effort that is required for a band to work. Normally I enjoy being in a band, especially this band as its been my creation, and I would look forward to practicing, writing new songs, getting them sounding better and preparing for gigs. This enjoyment is just not there for me anymore, and I think the rest of the guys feel the same.
So the long and short of it is – there is no Chris Flood Band for the forseeable future. If we feel like picking it up again in the future then I’m sure we will.
Meanwhile, I’ve got an acoustic show at GuitarFest at 11am on September 5th, after that – who knows? Music has always been a big part of my life, but there are other things that need attention too.”
It’s a damn shame they have decided to split but here’s hoping they won’t be gone forever.
Chris Flood’s debut album ‘Opinion Is Not A Substitute For Reason’ is still available on CD from our shop (where you can also pick up some merch) and also CD Baby. You can also download it from iTunes, Amazon MP3 and most other download stores.
First up it’s Chris Flood’s birthday on Friday (21st Aug) so he’s putting on an all-star line-up gig at the Trafalgar featuring Chris Flood Band, Suspect Package and Divide By Zero (check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/xoverzero).
Sorry to everyone trying to use the website yesterday and today. I needed to do some updates and things and it all ended up getting a bit out of hand.
Everything should be working fine now (although if it doesn’t let me know) and the shop is back up and everything.
In other news, if you haven’t taken a look already head over to http://onchanzombiefest.blogspot.com for info and updates about the new short film I’m involved with. We haven’t got a name for it yet but if you want to get involved you can, we’re making a zombie short film so the more the better!
Hello, this is now the home of Section Five Records!
Section Five Records was started by me, Alan Quirk (singer in punk rock band Suspect Package), initially to put out Chris Flood’s album “Opinion Is Not A Substitute For Reason” as well as one-time metal-punk monsters I Blame You’s masterpiece of an album “Knee Deep In The Dead”. You can find both of these albums for sale in the Shop while Chris Flood’s album is also available on digital download from Amazon MP3, iTunes and Napster, and will soon be available to stream on Spotify, as well as a bunch of other websites too.
I will also be releasing music by ska punkers Suspect Package, beginning with offering our 2007 self-titled album up for free download, available from this site (check Current Releases for more info) or the band website: www.suspect-package.com.
Based in the Isle of Man, Section Five Records was started in the summer of 2009 to try and put some albums out and help promote Manx talent. Without revealing too much about future plans for the label just yet I will say that I’m aiming to release whatever/however/whoever I can, so I won’t be ruling anything out presently.
As well as great music for sale in the shop there is also a selection of Section Five branded shirts featuring original design work. Some of these have already been on sale a while on the old site (and also at events such as Willstock) so some of the stock may be limited, but that’s OK, plus there will be more on the way soon. An increase in the range of band merchandise is on the cards as well, which will also be available at most of the bands’ shows.
Thank’s for taking an interest in this venture and if I get enough support then hopefully more and better stuff will come out of it. You can follow my progress with the label on MySpace, Facebook, Last.fm, etc, get more artist treats on YouTube (more vids coming!) and follow my personal ramblings on Twitter.
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