BLOWTORCH RECORDS
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Silk release new single clementine and announce debut vinyl
Clementine is Belfast shoegazers Silk new single taken from their recently announced mini album Auralux
Silk is the solo project of Michael Smyth, songwriter/guitarist of the acclaimed but now defunct band Virgins. He is the main contributor to the project with various collaborators.
Auralux is mixed by AJ Das of Dublin band Picture Postcard. The album contains 6 tracks of celestial and euphoric guitars which dove tail with impossibly thick crushing fuzz, while cascading reverse reverbs melt into one another. It is avaialble to pre order now on a purple/gold/white splatter effect 12" vinyl record.
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About Blowtorch Records
Blowtorch Records is an independent record label based in Galway on the West coast of Ireland. We offer a boutique online home for Irish bands and artists. Our aim is to promote Irish punk, post punk, shoegaze and electronica through fairly priced physical releases. Take a browse through our roster. Irish punk or post-punk? Try Some Remain, In Athens and Slyrydes. Chilled dance beats? The Swedish Railway Orchestra are for you. Indie techno - Nixer. Shoegaze - Virgins. You get the picture. If you're looking for singer songwriters, chart music and free downloads, this is probably not the place for you.
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