Hey all! Here is the latest news from the Section Five camp.

First up This Years Winner Is performed a special acoustic session track for Alter The Press which you can watch here: www.alterthepress.com/2010/06/acoustic-this-years-winner-is-video.html

Their EP is now available for download from eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/album/This-Year-s-Winner-Is-Always-Goes-Down-Smooth-MP3-Download/11986171.html and if you are new to the site sign up and you can download it for absolutely nothing!

They are also playing at The Loft this Saturday: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124228087596929

Suspect Package are picking up the pace again and are confirmed for playing in Crewe at the end of July. The gig is at the Cross Keys on the 31st July, for more details check out the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129450307086277

First up a massive high-five to everyone who’s bought the new This Years Winner Is EP! I hope you’re enjoying it and telling your friends about how awesome it is.

I’ve been tinkering with the shop a bit so it should be a bit easier to get around and find information payment and shipping details. All payments made through the shop are processed through PayPal to ensure all your details are secure. And don’t worry if you don’t have a PayPal account – you don’t need one! Just click on the link to use your credit or debit card and enter your details.

Orders over £10 now have free postage so fill your boots. Or your web carts, whichever is best. There are also a few freebie downloads in there as well so grab them and spread the word about all our excellent bands! Keep an eye out for some sexy model shots of our merch coming soon.

Speaking of bands, from now on I’ll be promoting hard to find the next bunch of Section Five bands and artists, so if you or anyone you know plays in a band and are serious about it tell them to get in touch. I can’t promise I will sign every band I receive demos from but I will listen to everything I get. Although Section Five is predominantly a punk and indie label don’t let that put you off, if I like it there’s a good chance I will do something with it. Send me a message on the contact page and we can go from there.

You can also keep track of Section Five Records and what we’re all doing on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

Thanks again for everyone’s support, we couldn’t do it without you all buying our ace stuff!

Well, I’m not quite sure that’s what it’s going to be called but I’m sure you get the idea by now.

This is just a quick update to let you know how we’re progressing. Obviously we have all the Slimpig tracks ready to go on it, but what of the cover artists? They’re coming on nicely! Duke Ukem have successfully recorded their cover (I’m not going to tell you which artist is doing which track, that will ruin the fun!) and Chris Flood’s is sounding spectactular, with a few little bits of mixing left to do.

Anna Goldsmith, Swound! and Suspect Package are working on theirs at the moment while I’m pretty chuffed to announce the Higgins Brothers have entered the fray and offered to record a track too. I can’t tell you how even more psyched I am on this album now.

So basically it’s coming and it’s going to be amazing. In other news we’re gearing up for the release of This Years Winner Is’s debut Ep ‘Always Goes Down Smooth’ so I’ll be talking about that and plugging it and what-not in the coming weeks.

That’s how for now.

Hey folks! This Years Winner Is went to Scotland recently and recorded a 5-track EP called ‘Always Goes Down Smooth’ which we have decided to release this EP digitally instead of the originally-intended single ‘Hit & Hope’ (which will more than likely be available soon regardless). You can hear a sampler and the single track from the EP, ‘Eleven’, on TYWI’s MySpace site.

The tracks are fantastic (even if I am a little biased!) and we can’t wait for you all to hear them. Until it’s released you can hear what other people are saying about it – like Jamie at RockStopScene, who has done an excellent review. You can read it here: http://rockstopscene.co.uk/blog/reviews/years-winner-smooth/.

Take care and we’ll keep you updated with its release date and also the long-awaited Slimpig greatest hits album, which is gearing up for release very soon!

Hey up!  Just a quickie to say This Years Winner Is are playing the Traf tonight (Fri 19th) with Gripper and next week Chris Flood will be playing with Tate! and Strengyn, also at the Traf on Friday 26th.

Since these will be the last two weekends of the Trafalgar’s life before Billy has to close up shop make sure you get down and show your support.

Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I’ll have more details on the This Years Winner Is debut single and the upcoming Slimpig greatest hits album too.

Hi friends!

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!

If you haven’t heard of This Years Winner Is already, check out their MySpace site: http://www.myspace.com/thisyearswinneris.

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 care!