PRE ORDERS : HARD ONS and TV SMITH

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the pre-orders are now up on our two latest CD releases - preorders on both will ship on May 17th!

HARD ONS - ALFALFA MALES ONCE SUMMER IS DONE CONFORM OR DIE

With an epic and infamous disregard for popular trends and nice haircuts, the three quasi-virtuosos that are Australian legends THE HARD ONS are back with their first new studio album in three years – and with an album that truly represents the Hard-Ons at their most realised: melodic; brutal; and funny. “ALFALFA MALES ONCE SUMMER IS DONE CONFORM OR DIE” is at once a face-peeling thrash-metal album, slash-and-burn punk album and a brilliantly catchy power-pop album. But you would expect that from a band that for a quarter of a century laughed at the mainstream and deliberately shunned it; a band that gloriously does what it instinctively feels; paradoxically, a band that carefully and organically crafts its musical output with the utmost respect that it deserves.

In this era of downloading, social-networking and over-the-top consumerism, the world needs, as outrageous as this sounds, the new album from three shirtless middle-aged men who still play like they are the only band on the planet..

BOSS TUNEAGE EXCLUSIVE: Free 6 song download code with every order from us, featuring 5 unreleased demo versions of tracks on the album plus totally exclusive unreleased Studio track "Will You Fuck Off About What Tomorrow Will Bring"!

FORMAT: CD (with FREE 6 song bonus download code, inc exclusive studio track!!)

TRACKLIST:

1. Feisty

2. Cigarettes

3. In The End We All Die Alone

4. Everyone Seems To Be Out To Get You

5. The Media Frenzy That Followed

6. I'm A Frozen Boy

7. Damp

8. Near The Casino

9. Farmer Wants A Root

10. Burn Everything

11. Keep Talking My Eyes Aren't Completely Glazed Over

12. Tie Ya Mother Down

13. Give Me Arse A Haircut

14. Atomic Handshake

15. 1st Element Is Sweat aka SG's At Dawn

16. Pretend It's Vanilla

17. The Socialists' Smoko

18. Hero To Hero

19. Aunty

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TV SMITH : SPARKLE IN THE MUD - UNRELEASED SONGS AND DEMOS VOLUME ONE : 1979-83

The best things sometimes come to those who wait and this is the one that fans of TV SMITH have been waiting for. Following the demise of THE ADVERTS, TV SMITH continued to demo and write songs alongside his work as TV SMITH AND THE GREAT EXPLORERS, as well as solo album “CHANNEL 5”, which up until now have been unheard. Now, as part of the acclaimed Boss Tuneage Retro Series, “SPARKLE IN THE MUD” compiles 21 of these previously unreleased demo recordings, with a staggering 16 songs appearing for the very first time. To all intents and purposes, these recordings represent the “lost” TV SMITH albums from the early 80’s. A unique collection from one of the punk legends, this is simply essential listening.

FORMAT: CD (with 2 bonus free website download songs)

TRACKLIST:

1. Be Brave

2. Parade

3. The Impossible Person

4. Impulse Buy

5. Open Up Your Heart

6. Break Up The Party

7. Wheels Out Of Gear

8. Carrying On

9. People Don’t Know

10. Beautiful Bomb

11. New Ways Are Best

12. Get It Off Your Mind

13. Today

14. New Discoverers

15. Downbeat

16. Make Your Escape

17. Losing You

18. Wedding Dress

19. Land Of Plenty

20. My Trojan Horse

21. One Of Our Missiles

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