Name: Postindustrial Hometown Blues
Brand: Big Special

Tax rate EU

Default:19

Supplier EU

Rough Trade

Total Cap

9999

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Colour details

Red with Black Splatter

Discogs ID

Limited edition

Colour

Format Music EU

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Download code

Download code: No

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Release date

2024-05-10

Format multiplier

Catalogue number

SOAKLPRB493 

UPC / Barcode

822166000362 

Red LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

Black

Extended format: No

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

SOAKLP493

822166000270

Black LP

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White

SOAKLPW493

822166000294

White LP

Rough Trade UK

Zoetrope Picture Disc

[r32438694]

2024-11-19

SOAKLPZ493

LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

[r31057244]

SOAK493

822166000249

Artist

Big Special

Label EU

So Recordings

Genre EU

Alternative / Modern

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

So Recordings is a UK-based music label that has been making waves in the industry since its inception. With a diverse roster of talented artists, they have established themselves as a powerhouse in the music e-commerce world.

Founded with the vision of bringing fresh and innovative sounds to listeners worldwide, So Recordings has consistently delivered high-quality music across various genres. From *indie rock* to *electronic*, their catalogue offers something for every music enthusiast.

With an unwavering commitment to supporting emerging talent, So Recordings has become known for nurturing artists and helping them reach their full potential. Their team of experienced professionals provides guidance and resources to ensure each artist's success.

As we reach 2024's midway point, here are our favourite albums from our store turntables this year. For more, check our blog for the most important, influential and adored albums by our staff &gt;&gt;&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.roughtrade.com/gb/uk-albums-of-the-year-so-far-2024/">UK article</a>&nbsp;&amp; <a href="https://blog.roughtrade.com/us/us-album-of-the-year-so-far-2024/">US article</a>.

Albums of the Year So Far 2024

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Celebrate the best music of 2024 with our top 100 albums! Discover this year’s standout releases, with the top 20 featuring Rough Trade Exclusive editions and bonus content. From breakthrough artists to iconic favourites, get your must-have album today and add something special to your collection.

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Big tip for 2024 from Rough Trade Shops. Words are not to be taken for granted. Especially when they’re being bellowed, full blast, by a broad-shouldered poet with the brimstone fire of a preacher and the honesty and wisdom of a layman, over ground-shaking live beats and between anthemic blasts of melody and rousing riffage. Words matter. History matters. People matter. And Big Special matter.

For Big Special - Joe Hicklin (vocals) and Callum Moloney (drums) - their sound is one that comes from vital, frustrated young working-class voices that don’t always get heard on the scale they should do. It’s a frustration that comes to the fore through a voice that is at times coarse and raw, but sensitive, desperate and soulful at others. Hicklin's brimstone-fired voice marches from guttural punk barks and serrated spoken word to soaring soul and back again, arriving siphoned from their forebears, crushed under the weight of history, and retooled for a new generation. It’s wrought, raw and angry at a world lacking options, the thinning of the common understanding between the social classes of England, exasperation at repeating cycles, and the feeling that you’re watching your own life unfold from the outside.

These are songs that channel that voice you hear when you look in the mirror and see your true self – fight songs for a world gone wrong.

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