Name: Astro Tough
Brand: audiobooks

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

HVNLP183C

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Colour

Green

Colour details

Eco Coloured Vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5400863034580

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / green

HVNLP183CD

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Digisleeve with 12 Page Booklet.

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5400863034597

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

audiobooks

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Heavenly

David Wrench and Evangeline Ling have come together to create a unique and captivating audio experience. Their project, audiobooks, combines their talents in music production and storytelling to deliver an immersive journey for listeners. With their innovative approach to soundscapes and lyrics that touch on universal themes, audiobooks is sure to leave a lasting impression on any listener.
David Wrench's expertise in music production shines through in the intricate layers of sound that make up each track. His attention to detail creates a rich tapestry of melodies and rhythms that perfectly complement Evangeline Ling's enchanting vocals.
Evangeline Ling brings her storytelling skills to the forefront with lyrics that are both thought-provoking and relatable. Her ability to capture emotions and experiences in words adds depth and meaning to every song.

Heavenly is a renowned music label that was founded in 1989 by Jeff Barrett, former press officer of Creation Records. With the addition of Martin Kelly and Robin Turner, Heavenly has become not only a record label but also a management and promotions company. While their releases have been distributed by various companies over the years, including Columbia Records and Deconstruction, Heavenly became part of the EMI Music Group from 2000 to 2009. Since 2010, their releases have been licensed to and distributed by various labels.

In addition to their music releases, Heavenly has allocated catalog numbers for non-music projects such as sculptures, exhibitions, books, merchandising catalogs, club events, and more. These unique projects showcase the diverse creative endeavors that Heavenly supports.

With an impressive history spanning over three decades in the music industry, Heavenly continues to be a driving force in discovering and promoting talented artists across different genres.

David Wrench and Evangeline Ling – aka audiobooks – threw absolutely everything at their 2018 debut album, Now! (in a minute), a hectic, head-spinning blast of freewheeling freak-pop genius. On its follow-up, Astro Tough via Heavenly Recordings, they’ve somehow found a way to ramp things up even further, concentrating their chaotic energy and inherent weirdness into a record that’s bigger, deeper and more powerful than even its predecessor. “The first album was a photograph of the beginnings of the project, recorded without any overall plan,” Wrench explains. "Astro Tough is more scripted, but a script that still allowed for lots of improvised scenes. There was more intention behind the songs, and a lot more refining. We weren’t precious about everything being spontaneous and a first take, like on the first record, even though some of it ended up being that. We made a lot more material for this record, but chose the tracks that best worked together as an album.”

Multi-instrumentalist and super-producer Wrench is as comfortable unleashing monolithic psychedelic wig-outs and heavy dub-driven monsters as he is crafting irresistible synth-pop bangers. Writer, vocalist and visual artist Ling is as chameleonic as she is charismatic, able to jump from detachment to rawness to aggression to tenderness to hilarity to toe-curling awkwardness, sometimes within the same song.

Astro Tough

Music GB

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