indietracks virtual merch tent - Specialist Subject

this weekend should have been Indietracks, a celebration of independent, creative and DIY pop music, taking place at a steam railway in the Derbyshire countryside.

over the next few days Carry On Bandcamping will be your one-stop-shop for the bands that were due to play the 2020 festival, and the labels that were to have tables in the merch tent - and keep an eye on the hashtag #IndietracksMerchTent for any announcements

and you can find out more about this year's virtual festival, Indietracks At Home, here

next up - Specialist Subject who are kindly giving you a 20% discount if you use the code "indietracks" when you buy from the Bandcamp page
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https://shop.specialistsubjectrecords.co.uk/

Tom from Fika Recordings

Name: Tom Ashton

Website: https://fikarecordings.com/

Link to Bandcamp collection https://bandcamp.com/fikarecordings

recommendations

Sam from For The Rabbits

Name: Sam Cottis
Website: www.fortherabbits.net
Bandcamp Collection: https://bandcamp.com/fortherabbits

recommendations:

https://specialistsubject.bandcamp.com/album/furlough-your-dreams

1. Tyrannosaurus Dead - Post Holiday Dead Song
Apparently the first thing I ever bought on Bandcamp, this was from a split 7" Tyrannosaurus Dead released with Joanna Gruesome. Tyrannosaurus Dead were a short lived but excellent band, who fit beautifully into the Odd Box label. I just checked and they split up five years ago, which is making me feel very old indeed.

2. Why Bonnie - In Water
Why Bonnie are a band from the uber-cool town of Austin, Texas who are now signed to Fat Possum, back in 2018 they released a couple of brilliant EPs, including this one. A bit bleak, a bit beautiful and entirely wonderful.

3. Let's Buy Happiness - Chants For Friends
Sometimes you hear a band and you're convinced they're going to be huge and loved across the world, and sometimes you're completely wrong. Despite the fact they never became the biggest band since The Beatles, I still love Let's Buy Happiness all the same.

4. Squirrel Flower - Contact Sports
Back in the day before Squirrel Flower, aka Ella O'Connor Williams, was a critically acclaimed global megastar, she self-released a couple of brilliant EPs while studying for her degree. Guaranteed to make you question what you spent all your time at university doing?

5. Savage Mansion - Weird Country
One of my most recent purchases, Savage Mansion sound like Pavement if they spent a lot more time people watching in Glasgow. This was their latest offering through the brilliant Lost Map record, who get to spend their lockdown on the Isle Of Eigg, which sounds delightfully idyllic.

6. Specialist Subject Records - Furlough Your Dreams
This is probably cheating as it's seventeen bands in one, yet as my unofficial heroes of lockdown I had to send people Specialist Subjects way. They've been putting on a series of amazing "Instagram live" shows full of great bands, plant eating in jokes and lots of people feeling sad about being stuck in the house.