Odd Box Records | |
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Founded | 2009 |
Defunct | 2019 |
Genre | Indie pop, indie rock |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | Cardiff |
Official website | https://oddboxrecords.bandcamp.com/ |
Odd Box Records was a British DIY indiepop record label founded in London. In 2016 it was relocated to Cardiff, Wales. It was hailed as a "big presence on the indiepop scene." [1]
Odd Box was launched in 2009, [2] after the dissolution of earlier imprint Lost Music Records. [3] [4] The label has issued a steady and wide-ranging series of albums, EPs and singles since that time including well-received releases by The Wolfhounds, [5] [6] Pocketbooks, [7] Sarandon, [8] The Manhattan Love Suicides, [9] Martha, [10] Joanna Gruesome, [11] The Blanche Hudson Weekend [1] and The Ethical Debating Society, [12] as well as other groups such as The Millipedes, [13] The Humms, [14] The Wednesday Club, [15] One Happy Island, [16] The Monorals, [17] The Smittens, [18] Ace Bushy Striptease, [19] Pale Man Made, [20] Tyrannosaurus Dead, [21] Wolf Girl [22] and Giant Burger. [23]
In 2017 Odd Box released the first in a planned series of EPs by The Darling Buds, featuring their first new material for 25 years, [24] and reissued the debut album by Witching Waves, originally released on Soft Power Records. [25] The label ended in 2019.
Odd Box Records | |
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Founded | 2009 |
Defunct | 2019 |
Genre | Indie pop, indie rock |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | Cardiff |
Official website | https://oddboxrecords.bandcamp.com/ |
Odd Box Records was a British DIY indiepop record label founded in London. In 2016 it was relocated to Cardiff, Wales. It was hailed as a "big presence on the indiepop scene." [1]
Odd Box was launched in 2009, [2] after the dissolution of earlier imprint Lost Music Records. [3] [4] The label has issued a steady and wide-ranging series of albums, EPs and singles since that time including well-received releases by The Wolfhounds, [5] [6] Pocketbooks, [7] Sarandon, [8] The Manhattan Love Suicides, [9] Martha, [10] Joanna Gruesome, [11] The Blanche Hudson Weekend [1] and The Ethical Debating Society, [12] as well as other groups such as The Millipedes, [13] The Humms, [14] The Wednesday Club, [15] One Happy Island, [16] The Monorals, [17] The Smittens, [18] Ace Bushy Striptease, [19] Pale Man Made, [20] Tyrannosaurus Dead, [21] Wolf Girl [22] and Giant Burger. [23]
In 2017 Odd Box released the first in a planned series of EPs by The Darling Buds, featuring their first new material for 25 years, [24] and reissued the debut album by Witching Waves, originally released on Soft Power Records. [25] The label ended in 2019.