Odd Box Records

Odd Box is delighted to welcome Tyrannosaurus Dead to the Odd Box stable. We've just agreed to put out their next 6 song 12" EP.  "Pure // Apart" will be hitting the shops in May. The band are also playing the first Od...

The second of our irregular 'features' on releases from yesteryear. This time we've got The Wednesday Club.  Their 'Katapult' album was their 3rd release. It came out at the tail end of 2009. The band gave up playing live sho...

Ace Bushy Striptease are a five-piece indiepop group from Birmingham. They started five years ago as a distraction from the final year of university, they have grown up slightly over time from a wide-eyed mess into the semi-coherent, rough and tumble...

Noun Verb Adjective (N/V/Adj) is Evan Inman and Chrim Ruck. The began the band back in July of 2012 as way to fill up space on their portable multi-track recorder. Recording layer after layer of crunchy, lo-fi pop sounds using a variety of instrum...

Yes, that's right. The singles club is BACK.  Crackle! Fuzz! Pop!  This time it's coming out on CD. There will be 8 EPs released over the course of 2013. There should be 3 songs on each EP. There will be 89 subscriptions av...

Ok, it's been a while. The Odd Box credit card got crunched which meant we had to scale bacl on some of our plans. But we're still here, punching above our weight. The latest release is a cassette by MARTHA. It's a split release with W...

So with Odd Box fast approaching our 4th Birthday we thought it was time to highlight some gems from our back catalogue. First up we're going to look at the first ever release on the Label. This came from the janglesmiths The Kick Inside who h...

It has recently come to our attention that not all email orders have come through to our mailbox correctly. I think we have now fixed the issue - but if you have ordered in the last4-6 weeks it seems that only 1 in 3 emails was being received. We ...

Pale Man Made return in June with their second album Red Box Secrets, the hugely anticipated follow-up to their debut Oh, My Treasured Things, a record which NME described as ‘a thing to treasure’ and which was voted album of the week by ...

Odd Box is bring to an end our regular Which Way Is Up! shows at The Wilmington Arms. We've got one final show in July at the Wilmo and one this week at The George Tavern (we're trying the place out due to the Wilmington Arms being booked alr...

The Odd Box Weekender is fast approaching and tickets  are selling fast! Be sure to snap one up before they sell out.  They can be bought from here. (£10 per day, £20 for the whole weekend). And thanks to all of the bands pla...

A free download single from Pale Man Made. ‘In Your Bed’ is the second UK taster from the forthcoming album Red Box Secrets which will be released on 14 May.  The first taster ‘B-Line’, receive...

Sadly the British Postal service have hiked prices severely this April and we've had no alternative but to raise our postage rates as a consequence. We are reluctant to do this but the price rises are simply to much to absorb. Sending a 7" s...

So 2012 is already nearly a quarter way done and it's gearing up to be a another big year for Odd Box. So far we've released free downloads from The Give It Ups and Proto Idiot.  The free March single has been delayed but it will be u...

The next album to be released on Odd Box is now available to order now - 'Twin Beds' by The Rosie Taylor Project is officially released on 13th February. And we've already had a smattering on great notices on the internet.  SoundsXP ...

Odd Box is delighted to be kicking off the new year with our first free download release in bloody ages. It's an absolute belter too - by our favourite  lo-fi pop scamps The Give It Ups. The band have been around for a few years now and back...

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The latest Odd Box release has just been reviewed in this months Art Rocker magazine and it's their single of the month. These are shipping from the web shop now (and they'll be in real shops on 12 Dec). ...

With the chilly nights closing in - it's time for some Odd Box news - The next 3 singles club releases will be ready in 6 or so weeks! Read on for more information on the upcoming 7" records.... ODD023 The Hairs / The Medusa S...

Odd Box is delighted to be releasing the second album by Pocketbooks. It is coming out on September 19th and will be in all good local record shops and all regular download stores. We are also hosting an album launch show at The Wilm...

Odd Box will not be doing a new Singles Club in 2012 as originally planned. This mainly down to time issues and the desire to step back and see where the label is going. This doesn't mean we will be resting up and going to ground. It is because w...

Which Way Is Up! returns to The Wilmington Arms this Friday.  We've got three tip top pop acts for you: ★ Wake The President ★  http://www.myspace.com/wakethepresidentband Wake the President isn’t your typical indie pop...

Odd Box is taking itself back to the Brixton Windmill this Saturday for evening of fuzzy noise pop.  Top of the bill are The Blanche Hudson Weekend who will be launching their debut album 'You've Always Loved Violence'. This Leeds ba...

Would you be interested in an extremely limited Odd Box T Shirt? We're toying with doing a limited run Odd Box T Shirt but before we commit to having 100's of these beauties made up we'd really like to know how many people would be int...

2011 has been a busy year for One Happy Island. In January, they debuted their new three-piece Shannon-Brad-Meghan lineup and released a split 7" with their buddies Standard Fare on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation imprint. By then, Megha...

Baaneex have posted two new songs, 'Weird Dance 8' and  'Space Wagon' on Soundcloud. They're from a batch of new recordings that will see the light of day on two new releases in early 2012 on Odd Box. Keep your eyes and ears ...

A couple of reviews of the first 3 Singles Club 7" singles have popped up on the interent: "A great start to this fine singles-club!" - Single File "the Oddbox Singles Club delivers quality tunes in a spiffing presentation&q...

The Vostok 5 exhibition is coming to a close this evening. Vostok 5 are a group of five musician/artists. They have released a 9 Track CD which is available now. The CD comes in a beautiful, fold out handprinted poster ...

A Fog Of Ideas were kind enough to do a feature on Odd Box Records and they did a little interview with me for the site.  You can read the whole shebang here. For those that don't know, A Fog Of Ideas is a blog (and occassional fanzi...

As you can see we've got a fabulous new website - where you can easily browse our upcoming Which Way Is Up! shows and the latest releases from the label. We've also got a handy media player where we stream songs and videos from our releases. ...

Musically Sarandon have moved their sound forward. Produced once again by the inimitable Anthony Chapman (Collapsed Lung, Bis, Klaxxons), the sound is a more mature take on the angular agit-pop of their previous outings. The cheese-wire treble of the...

Just a quickie to let you know that a new website is coming soon. It’s gonna be super-duper. And it’ll have all manner of stuff on it. Until then some tidbits of news on forthcoming releases: August 30th - Sarandon &ndash...

Got back from Indietracks today. Another cracking festival with loads of Odd Box action going on. Ace Odd Box sets I caught; Pocketbooks, Ace Bushy Striptease, The Understudies (acoustic in the merch tent) and Sock Puppets. Talking of which th...

The Understudies 7" is up for pre order - limited edition of 300 in Orange vinyl - should be shipping after indietracks! (and fingers crossed will be available at the festival!)...

The Blanche Hudson Weekend / Horowitz 7" is one of the staff picks at Piccadilly Records! See here...

I’ve got to hand number three sets of 400 singles, sleeve 1200 singles and put together the goody bags (2 postcards, a sticker, 4 badges and a information sheet) before they are ready to ship. All that have ordered – they’re so near...

Odd Box are delighted to be releasing the new Sarandon LP in UK/EUROPE. ”Sarandon’s Age Of Reason” is due to hit the shops in March – it will be available to pre-order soon. This is a joint release with Slumberland Records who will be relea...