Slumberland Records
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Slumberland Records is an American independent record label formed in 1989 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 area and currently based in Oakland, CA. The label has released recordings from artists including Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl was an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in College Park, Maryland, although it was generally known as a Washington, DC-area band...

, Honeybunch
Honeybunch
Honeybunch is an indie pop band from Providence, Rhode island formed in 1987 by future Velvet Crush member Jeffrey Borchardt, releasing a string of records before splitting up in 1995...

, Lilys
Lilys
Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...

, Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...

, St. Christopher
St. Christopher (band)
St. Christopher are a British indie pop band formed in York in 1984, who released several records on Sarah Records in the late 1980s, and have continued to release records since.-History:...

, Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

, Beatnik Filmstars
Beatnik Filmstars
Beatnik Filmstars were a British Lo-fi pop group formed in Bristol in 1990. After splitting up in 1998, going on to side projects Kyoko and Bluebear, they re-formed in 2004, releasing several more albums before splitting again in 2008.-History:...

, 14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears were a British indie pop band associated with the C86 music scene. Formed in Brighton in 1985, by Rob Sekula and Nick Emery the band featured a shifting line-up of musicians across their seven-year existence, centred around songwriter and vocalist Rob Sekula and guitarist Kevin Canham...

, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

.

History

Inspired by independent punk labels such as K Records
K Records
K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...

, Slumberland was created as a collective effort consisting of members of D.C. area bands Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl was an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in College Park, Maryland, although it was generally known as a Washington, DC-area band...

 and Big Jesus Trash Can as a mecca for indie pop
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 bands, seldom heard outside of the K Records
K Records
K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and presently in the bands Dub Narcotic Sound System and The Hive Dwellers...

 label.

The debut Slumberland Records release was "What Kind of Heaven Do You Want?", a shared 7" featuring early line-ups of Velocity Girl, Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine was an influential twee pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised singer Pam Berry, Brian Nelson, Archie Moore and Mike Schulman...

, and Powderburns. The record was sold in December 1989, limited to 1000 copies with some sort of hand coloring.

By 1992, Slumberland Records was exclusively managed by Michael Schulman and operations were moved from Silver Spring, Maryland to Berkeley, California.

In 1993, Slumberland Records started a in-company record promotion label called "I Wish I Was a Slumberland Record", using colored vinyl instead of black vinyl for up-and-coming bands. The debut release for the WISH label was Sleepyhead's "Sick of Heaven" 7".

In 2001, Slumberland Records went on a temporary hiatus after The Saturday People self-titled full-length but returned in 2003 to release the vinyl version of The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

 third full-length How I Learned to Write Backwards.

The label once again returned to active status in 2006, releasing albums by The Lodger, Sarandon, Crystal Stilts, Cause Co-Motion!, as well as numerous 7" singles.

DRYL Catalog Discography (1989 - 1992)

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Release Number Artist Title Format Released
DRYL 1 V/A What Kind of Heaven Do You Want 7" Dec 1989
DRYL 2 Powderburns Powderburns 12" Apr 1990
DRYL 3 Whorl
Whorl
A whorl is a type of spiral or circular pattern.Other meanings of whorl include:* Whorl , used to describe the attachment of sepals, petals, leaves, or branches at a single point...

Mind Revolution 7" Mar 1990
DRYL 4 Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl was an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in College Park, Maryland, although it was generally known as a Washington, DC-area band...

I Don't Care If You Go 7" Aug 1990
DRYL 5 Honeybunch
Honeybunch
Honeybunch is an indie pop band from Providence, Rhode island formed in 1987 by future Velvet Crush member Jeffrey Borchardt, releasing a string of records before splitting up in 1995...

No More I Told You So's 7" Mar 1991
DRYL 6 Jane Pow Warm Room 7" Feb 1991
DRYL 7 Lilys
Lilys
Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...

February Fourteenth 7" Mar 1991
DRYL 8
DRYL 9 Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine was an influential twee pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised singer Pam Berry, Brian Nelson, Archie Moore and Mike Schulman...

By Tomorrow 7" Nov 1991
DRYL 10 Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl was an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in College Park, Maryland, although it was generally known as a Washington, DC-area band...

My Forgotten Favorite 7" Jan 1992
DRYL 11 Whorl
Whorl
A whorl is a type of spiral or circular pattern.Other meanings of whorl include:* Whorl , used to describe the attachment of sepals, petals, leaves, or branches at a single point...

Maybe It's Better 7" Feb 1992
DRYL 12 Lorelei
Lorelei
The Lorelei is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 metres above the waterline. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea. A very strong current and rocks below the waterline have caused many boat...

The Bitter Air 7" Feb 1992
DRYL 13 Small Factory
Small Factory
Small Factory was an American indie rock band formed in 1991 and based in Providence, R.I.. The group was well regarded as an exemplar of 1990s indie rock although they never achieved great success or influence. The band broke up in 1995, and Dave Auchenbach formed Flora Street, while the other two...

What To Want 7" Apr 1992
DRYL 14 Honeybunch
Honeybunch
Honeybunch is an indie pop band from Providence, Rhode island formed in 1987 by future Velvet Crush member Jeffrey Borchardt, releasing a string of records before splitting up in 1995...

Mind Your Own Business 7" Jun 1992
DRYL 15 Swirlies
Swirlies
Swirlies is an shoegaze band from Boston that formed in 1990. They have often been compared to My Bloody Valentine.-Formation and early career:...

Didn't Understand 7" Feb 1992

SLR Catalog Discography (1992 - Current)

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Release Number Artist Title Format Released
SLR 08 V/A Just A Taste CD Mar 1996
SLR 16 Linda Smith
Linda Smith
Linda Smith is the name of:* Linda Smith , The Thriller * Linda Smith , English radio comedy performer, stand-up comic and writer* Linda Smith , American Congresswoman from 1995-1999...

Til Another Time 7" Nov 1993
SLR 17 The Ropers
The Ropers
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...

Sunbathe EP 7" May 1993
SLR 18 Sleepyhead Punk Rock City USA 7" May 1993
SLR 19 St. Christopher
St. Christopher (band)
St. Christopher are a British indie pop band formed in York in 1984, who released several records on Sarah Records in the late 1980s, and have continued to release records since.-History:...

Radio France Sessions EP 7" Nov 1993
SLR 20 Lilys
Lilys
Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly...

In The Presence of Nothing LP Sep 1992
SLR 21 Sleepyhead Punk Rock U.S.A. LP Apr 1993
SLR 22 Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...

Switched On LP Oct 1992
SLR 23 Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl
Velocity Girl was an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in College Park, Maryland, although it was generally known as a Washington, DC-area band...

6 Song EP CD Feb 1993
SLR 24 Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...

John Cage Bubblegum 7" Jan 1993
SLR 25 Jane Pow Love It, Be It / State CD Jun 1993
SLR 26 Small Factory
Small Factory
Small Factory was an American indie rock band formed in 1991 and based in Providence, R.I.. The group was well regarded as an exemplar of 1990s indie rock although they never achieved great success or influence. The band broke up in 1995, and Dave Auchenbach formed Flora Street, while the other two...

Lose Your Way 7" May 1994
SLR 27 Bright Colored Lights Open Your Eyes 7" Oct 2000
SLR 28 Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

More Songs About Frustration and Self Hate LP Jul 1994
SLR 29 The Earthmen
The Earthmen
The Earthmen were an Australian indie pop-rock band formed in Melbourne, Victoria. They released two albums, Teen Sensations and Love Walked In during their career...

Cool Chick #59 7" May 1993
SLR 30 The Parasites
The Parasites
The Parasites is a novel by Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1949.-Plot:In this novel, Miss du Maurier tells the story of the Delaney family...

Something To Hold Onto 7" Sep 1993
SLR 31 V/A Why Popstars Can't Dance CD/2xLP Oct 1994
SLR 32 Lorelei
Lorelei
The Lorelei is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 metres above the waterline. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea. A very strong current and rocks below the waterline have caused many boat...

Asleep EP 7"/CD Oct 1993
SLR 33 Tiger Trap
Tiger Trap
Tiger Trap was an all-female twee-pop foursome composed of high school friends Angela Loy and Rose Melberg, with Heather Dunn and Jen Braun. The group recorded for K Records. The name "Tiger Trap" comes from the very first Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Formed in Sacramento, California in 1992, they...

 / Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress were a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico consisting of Amy Linton and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various times, and Hayyim Sanchez as bassist, formed in 1993...

Astronautical Music Festival 7" Feb 1994
SLR 34 Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress were a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico consisting of Amy Linton and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various times, and Hayyim Sanchez as bassist, formed in 1993...

Henry's Dress EP 10"/CD Jan 1995
SLR 35 Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

AUL 36X EP 7" Jan 1994
SLR 36 Go Sailor
Go Sailor
Go Sailor was a short-lived Berkeley based twee pop band. Its members included Rose Melberg of Tiger Trap and the Softies , Paul Curran of Crimpshrine and Amy Linton of Henry's Dress...

Long Distance 7" Jul 1995
SLR 37 Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine was an influential twee pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised singer Pam Berry, Brian Nelson, Archie Moore and Mike Schulman...

Complete Recordings 10"/CD Apr 1999
SLR 38 The Ropers
The Ropers
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...

I Don't Mind EP 7"/CD May 1994
SLR 39 Belreve Belreve EP 7"/CD Jan 1995
SLR 40 Rocketship
Rocketship
Rocketship may refer to:*A spacecraft*Rocketship - an indie band from Sacramento, California*"Rocketship " - a song by the American rock band Mötley Crüe...

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness LP/CD Jan 1996
SLR 41 The Softies
The Softies
The Softies were a musical duo consisting of Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia, whose genre was love songs using only their two voices and electric guitars....

Loveseat 7" Jul 1994
SLR 42 KG Embryo 7" 1999
SLR 43 Beatnik Filmstars
Beatnik Filmstars
Beatnik Filmstars were a British Lo-fi pop group formed in Bristol in 1990. After splitting up in 1998, going on to side projects Kyoko and Bluebear, they re-formed in 2004, releasing several more albums before splitting again in 2008.-History:...

Pink Noize 7" May 1995
SLR 44 Lorelei
Lorelei
The Lorelei is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 metres above the waterline. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea. A very strong current and rocks below the waterline have caused many boat...

Everyone Must Touch The Stove LP/CD Sep 1995
SLR 45 Glo-Worm Wishing Well 7" May 1995
SLR 46 Hood
Hood
-Apparel:* Hood , type of head covering** Article of Academic dress** Animal hood, something used in costume play or part of an animal transformation fantasy** Bondage hood, sex toy-Anatomy:* Hood , flap of skin behind the head of a cobra...

Cabled Linear Traction LP/CD Jun 1995
SLR 47 The Softies
The Softies
The Softies were a musical duo consisting of Rose Melberg and Jen Sbragia, whose genre was love songs using only their two voices and electric guitars....

The Softies 10"/CD Mar 1996
SLR 48 Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

We Are Made of the Same Wood 10"/CD Jan 1996
SLR 49 Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

One Side of Boyracer 7" Oct 1996
SLR 50 The Ropers
The Ropers
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...

All The Time LP/CD Sep 1995
SLR 51 Nord Express
Nord Express
The "Nord Express" was a train service introduced in 1896 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, a Belgian night train company...

Nord Express 12"/CD Mar 1996
SLR 52 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

Been Hiding 7" Feb 1992
SLR 53 The Ropers
The Ropers
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...

Revolver 7" Sep 1995
SLR 54 Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress were a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico consisting of Amy Linton and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various times, and Hayyim Sanchez as bassist, formed in 1993...

Bust 'Em Green LP/CD Feb 1996
SLR 55 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

Terrible Things Happen LP/CD Sep 1998
SLR 56 Nord Express
Nord Express
The "Nord Express" was a train service introduced in 1896 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, a Belgian night train company...

Sharky 7" Jan 1997
SLR 57 Nord Express
Nord Express
The "Nord Express" was a train service introduced in 1896 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, a Belgian night train company...

Central LP/CD May 1997
SLR 58 Beatnik Filmstars
Beatnik Filmstars
Beatnik Filmstars were a British Lo-fi pop group formed in Bristol in 1990. After splitting up in 1998, going on to side projects Kyoko and Bluebear, they re-formed in 2004, releasing several more albums before splitting again in 2008.-History:...

Beezer CD Feb 1996
SLR 59 Hood
Hood
-Apparel:* Hood , type of head covering** Article of Academic dress** Animal hood, something used in costume play or part of an animal transformation fantasy** Bondage hood, sex toy-Anatomy:* Hood , flap of skin behind the head of a cobra...

Silent '88 LP/CD Sep 1996
SLR 60 The Saturday People Slipping Through Your Fingertips 7" Feb 2000
SLR 61
SLR 62 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

The Last Match LP/CD May 2000
SLR 63 The Saturday People / The Clientele
The Clientele
The Clientele are a London-based British band with Alasdair MacLean on vocals and guitar, Mark Keen on drums, James Hornsey on bass and Mel Draisey on violin, keyboards, backing vocals and percussion....

split 7" Jul 2001
SLR 64 Amy Linton & Stewart Anderson The Lights Are Out 7" May 2000
SLR 65 14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears were a British indie pop band associated with the C86 music scene. Formed in Brighton in 1985, by Rob Sekula and Nick Emery the band featured a shifting line-up of musicians across their seven-year existence, centred around songwriter and vocalist Rob Sekula and guitarist Kevin Canham...

In the Beginning CD Aug 2001
SLR 66 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

The Red Door 7" May 2001
SLR 67 The Saturday People The Saturday People LP/CD Nov 2001
SLR 68 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

How I Learned To Write Backwards LP/CD Feb 2003
SLR 69 The How Happy Matt 7" Sep 2006
SLR 70 The Crabapples Crabapples For Change 7" Sep 2006
SLR 71 The Lodger
The Lodger
The Lodger may refer to:* The Lodger, a 1913 horror novel by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes** The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the 1913 novel...

Grown-Ups LP/CD Jun 2007
SLR 72 Sarandon
Sarandon
Sarandon may relate to:*Susan Sarandon, actress*Chris Sarandon, actor*Sarandon , English rock group...

Joe's Record 7" Oct 2007
SLR 73 Longhalsmottagningen s/t 7" Feb 2008
SLR 74 Roy Moller / The Hermit Crabs Searching For The Now 1 split 7" Feb 2008
SLR 75 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

 / The How
split 7" Oct 2008
SLR 76 Bye! / The Happy Couple Searching For The Now 2 split 7" Feb 2008
SLR 77 Sarandon
Sarandon
Sarandon may relate to:*Susan Sarandon, actress*Chris Sarandon, actor*Sarandon , English rock group...

Kill Twee Pop! 10"/CD Apr 2008
SLR 78 Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson may refer to:Musicians*Phil Wilson , singer with The June Brides and solo artist*Phil Wilson , American jazz trombonist and educator*Phillip Wilson , American jazz drummerPoliticians...

Industrial Strength 2x7" Aug 2008
SLR 79 Sexy Kids Sisters Are Forever 7" Nov 2008
SLR 80 The Lodger
The Lodger
The Lodger may refer to:* The Lodger, a 1913 horror novel by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes** The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the 1913 novel...

Life Is Sweet LP/CD May 2008
SLR 81 A Sunny Day In Glasgow
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
A Sunny Day in Glasgow are a band from Philadelphia, formed in 2006, undergoing many lineup changes since then, though always led by Ben Daniels.-Background:...

 / The Sunny Street
Searching For The Now 3 split 7" Jun 2008
SLR 82 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

 / Summer Cats
Searching For The Now 4 split 7" Jun 2008
SLR 83 Cause Co-Motion!
Cause Co-Motion!
Cause Co-Motion! were an indie/punk/Post Punk band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :New York City quartet Cause Co-Motion! were formed in the mid-2000s by vocalist/guitarist Arno, lead guitarist Alex, drummer Jock and bass player Liam...

I Lie Awake EP 7" Sep 2008
SLR 84 Crystal Stilts Alight of Night LP/CD Oct 2008
SLR 85 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Everything With You 7" Oct 2008
SLR 86 Bricolage Turn U Over 7" Nov 2008
SLR 87 Cause Co-Motion!
Cause Co-Motion!
Cause Co-Motion! were an indie/punk/Post Punk band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :New York City quartet Cause Co-Motion! were formed in the mid-2000s by vocalist/guitarist Arno, lead guitarist Alex, drummer Jock and bass player Liam...

It's Time! CD Oct 2008
SLR 88 Bricolage Bricolage LP/CD May 2009
SLR 89 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart LP/CD Feb 2009
SLR 90 The Bats
The Bats
The Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean , Malcolm Grant , Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward...

Don't You Rise 7" Oct 2009
SLR 91 Crystal Stilts Love Is A Wave 7" Mar 2009
SLR 92 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Young Adult Friction 7" Mar 2009
SLR 93 Cause Co-Motion!
Cause Co-Motion!
Cause Co-Motion! were an indie/punk/Post Punk band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :New York City quartet Cause Co-Motion! were formed in the mid-2000s by vocalist/guitarist Arno, lead guitarist Alex, drummer Jock and bass player Liam...

Because Because Because 12" May 2009
SLR 94 Liechtenstein / The Faintest Ideas Searching For The Now 5 split 7" Aug 2009
SLR 95 The School
The School
The School is a Norwegian indie rock and post-punk revival band from Trondheim, formed in 2004. In January 2006, the band released its self-produced Mädchen EP. It was only available in local shops. It contains four tracks and is now sold out...

 / George Washington Brown
George Washington Brown
George Washington Brown is a pseudonym used by two musicians:*Pete Gofton, English musician and producer*Van Dyke Parks , American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, and actor-See also:...

Searching For The Now 6 split 7" Aug 2009
SLR 96 Liechtenstein Survival Strategies In A Modern World 10"/CD Jun 2009
SLR 97 Gregory Webster
Gregory Webster
Gregory Webster is a British musician. In 1985 he founded the Razorcuts with Tim Vass. He then played in The Carousel with Elizabeth Price from 1989 to 1994. Soon after he was the main protagonist in Saturn V. In 1997 he founded Sportique, his present band, with Mark Flunder and Rob Pursey...

The Promised Land 7" Oct 2009
SLR 98 The Champagne Socialists Blue Genes 7" Jul 2009
SLR 99 Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls are an American indie pop band from California that formed in 2008. Their name comes from both The Vaselines' album Dum Dum and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys"...

Bhang Bhang, I'm A Burnout 7" Nov 2010
SLR 100
SLR 101 Summer Cats Songs For Tuesdays LP/CD Jul 2009
SLR 102 Brown Recluse The Soft Skin 12" Sep 2009
SLR 103 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Come Saturday 7" Sep 2009
SLR 104 Sic Alps
Sic Alps
Sic Alps is an American garage rock band from San Francisco, California. They've released music on Siltbreeze, Drag City, Woodsist, and several other independent labels.After signing with Siltbreeze, the group released U.S. EZ in 2008...

L. Mansion 7" Aug 2009
SLR 105 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Higher Than The Stars 7"/12"/12" remix / CD Sep 2009
SLR 106 Pants Yell! Received Pronunciation LP/CD Nov 2009
SLR 107 Devon Williams Sufferer 7" Sep 2009
SLR 108 Brilliant Colors Introducing LP/CD Nov 2009
SLR 109 Sarandon
Sarandon (band)
Sarandon are an English indie rock group, formed in London in 2003, who have so far released two albums.-History:Initially formed by singer/guitarist Simon Williams , drummer James Higgott and bass player Joe Morris , the group played their debut show in central London after having rehearsed only...

 / The Membranes
The Membranes
The Membranes were a post-punk band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1977, the initial line-up being John Robb , Mark Tilton , Martin Critchley and Martin Kelly . Critchley soon left, with Robb and Tilton taking on vocals, and Kelly moving to keyboards, with "Coofy Sid" taking over on drums...

Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder split 7" Oct 2009
SLR 110 Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose is a vocalist, songwriter and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. She was formerly an original member of acclaimed garage rock acts Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and the Vivian Girls....

Thee Only One 7" Oct 2009
SLR 111 Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine was an influential twee pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised singer Pam Berry, Brian Nelson, Archie Moore and Mike Schulman...

Black Tambourine LP/CD Mar 2010
SLR 112 Chin Chin
Chin Chin
Chin Chin is a fried snack popular in Nigeria and West Africa. It is a sweet, hard, donut-like baked or fried dough of wheat flour, eggs, and other customary baking items. Chin chin may also contain cowpeas. Many people also bake it with ground nutmeg for flavor. It is usually kneaded and cut into...

Sound of the Westway LP Apr 2010
SLR 113 Manatee
Manatee
Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows...

Indecsion 7" May 2010
SLR 114 Summer Cats Your Timetable 7" Mar 2010
SLR 115 Brilliant Colors Never Mine 7" Apr 2010
SLR 116 The Lodger
The Lodger
The Lodger may refer to:* The Lodger, a 1913 horror novel by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes** The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the 1913 novel...

Flashbacks LP/CD Apr 2010
SLR 117 Neverever Angelic Swells LP/CD May 2010
SLR 118 Tender Trap
Tender Trap
Tender Trap is an indie rock/twee pop band, based in London , formed in 2001 by three of the five members of Marine Research - Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey, and John Downfall....

Do You Want A Boyfriend? 7" Jun 2010
SLR 119 Tender Trap
Tender Trap
Tender Trap is an indie rock/twee pop band, based in London , formed in 2001 by three of the five members of Marine Research - Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey, and John Downfall....

Dansette Dansette LP/CD Jun 2010
SLR 120 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Say No To Love 7" Jun 2010
SLR 121 Procedure Club Doomed Forever LP/CD Jun 2010
SLR 122 Spectrals 7th Date 7" Jun 2010
SLR 123 Brown Recluse Evening Tapestry LP/CD Mar 2011
SLR 124 Frankie Rose and The Outs
Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose is a vocalist, songwriter and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. She was formerly an original member of acclaimed garage rock acts Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and the Vivian Girls....

Frankie Rose and The Outs LP/CD Sep 2010
SLR 125 Weekend
Weekend (American band)
Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009 and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010. The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media...

Sports LP/CD Nov 2010
SLR 126 Crystal Stilts
Crystal Stilts
-History:Crystal Stilts was formed in 2003 by Brad Hargett and JB Townsend. After releasing one single and an EP, the pair expanded to five members before signing to Slumberland Records in the US and Angular Recording Corporation in Europe and releasing their debut, Alight of Night, in 2008...

Shake The Shackles 7" Oct 2010
SLR 127 Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson may refer to:Musicians*Phil Wilson , singer with The June Brides and solo artist*Phil Wilson , American jazz trombonist and educator*Phillip Wilson , American jazz drummerPoliticians...

I Own It 7" Oct 2010
SLR 128 Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson may refer to:Musicians*Phil Wilson , singer with The June Brides and solo artist*Phil Wilson , American jazz trombonist and educator*Phillip Wilson , American jazz drummerPoliticians...

God Bless Jim Kennedy LP/CD Nov 2010
SLR 129 Brave Irene Brave Irene 12"/CD Mar 2011
SLR 130 Girls Names / Brilliant Colors I Lose" / "You Win split 7" Nov 2010
SLR 131 Sarandon
Sarandon
Sarandon may relate to:*Susan Sarandon, actress*Chris Sarandon, actor*Sarandon , English rock group...

Sarandon's Age of Reason LP/CD Mar 2011
SLR 132 Crystal Stilts
Crystal Stilts
-History:Crystal Stilts was formed in 2003 by Brad Hargett and JB Townsend. After releasing one single and an EP, the pair expanded to five members before signing to Slumberland Records in the US and Angular Recording Corporation in Europe and releasing their debut, Alight of Night, in 2008...

In Love With Oblivion LP/CD Apr 2011
SLR 133 Devon Williams Euphoria LP/CD Aug 2011
SLR 134 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Heart in Your Heartbreak 7" Dec 2010
SLR 135 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Belong LP/CD Mar 2011
SLR 136 Devon Williams Your Sympathy 7" Jun 2011
SLR 137 Art Museums Dancing With A Hole In Your Heart 7" Jun 2011
SLR 138 Girls Names Dead to Me LP/CD Apr 2011
SLR 139 Gold-Bears Are You Falling in Love? LP/CD May 2011
SLR 140 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an indie pop band from New York City. Their first album was a self-released EP which came out in 2007 through the Painbow label. Their debut self-titled full length album was released on February 3, 2009 via Slumberland Records. The band name comes from an...

Belong 7" Mar 2011
SLR 141 Weekend
Weekend (American band)
Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009 and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010. The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media...

End Times 7" May 2011
SLR 142 Terry Malts I'm Neurotic LP/CD Apr 2011
SLR 143 Kids On A Crime Spree We Love You So Bad 12"/CD May 2011
SLR 144 Go Sailor
Go Sailor
Go Sailor was a short-lived Berkeley based twee pop band. Its members included Rose Melberg of Tiger Trap and the Softies , Paul Curran of Crimpshrine and Amy Linton of Henry's Dress...

Go Sailor LP Jun 2011
SLR 145
SLR 146 Brilliant Colors Again and Again LP/CD Jul 2011
SLR 147 Big Troubles Sad Girls 7" Aug 2011
SLR 148 Big Troubles Romantic Comedy LP/CD Sep 2011
SLR 149 Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose is a vocalist, songwriter and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. She was formerly an original member of acclaimed garage rock acts Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and the Vivian Girls....

Know Me 7" Jan 2012
SLR 150 Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose is a vocalist, songwriter and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. She was formerly an original member of acclaimed garage rock acts Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls, and the Vivian Girls....

Interstellar LP/CD Feb 2012
SLR 151 Neverever Shake-a-Baby 12"/CD Jan 2012
SLR 152 Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls are an indie pop band which formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. The band consists of Roxanne Clifford and James Hoare both on vocals and guitar, Marion Herbain on bass guitar and Patrick Doyle on drums and back vocals. The members of the band were formerly in the bands The...

Bad Feeling 7" Aug 2011
SLR 153 Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls
Veronica Falls are an indie pop band which formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. The band consists of Roxanne Clifford and James Hoare both on vocals and guitar, Marion Herbain on bass guitar and Patrick Doyle on drums and back vocals. The members of the band were formerly in the bands The...

Veronica Falls LP/CD Sep 2011
SLR 154 Spectrals Get a Grip 7" Oct 2011
SLR 155 Spectrals Bad Penny LP/CD Oct 2011
SLR 156 Sea Lions Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask LP/CD Nov 2011
SLR 157 Weekend
Weekend (American band)
Weekend is an American lo-fi or shoegaze trio from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 2009 and released two EPs, with the full-length debut album Sports coming on Slumberland Records in 2010. The album received an 8.2 rating from Pitchfork Media...

Red 12"/CD Sep 2011
SLR 158
SLR 159 Terry Malts Something About You 7" Oct 2011
SLR 160 Big Troubles She Smiles For Pictures 7" Nov 2011
SLR 161 Manatee
Manatee
Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows...

Single Payer Class War Flexi 7" Nov 2011

WISH Catalog Discography (1993 - Current)

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Release Number Artist Title Format Released
WISH 01 Sleepyhead Sick of Heaven 7" Jul 1993
WISH 02 Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress were a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico consisting of Amy Linton and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various times, and Hayyim Sanchez as bassist, formed in 1993...

1620 7" Nov 1993
WISH 03 Rose Melberg
Rose Melberg
Rose Melberg is a musician and songwriter from Sacramento, California who has sung and played guitar as a member of Tiger Trap, The Softies and Go Sailor as well as on her own material. She also played drums and made some songwriting contributions with the band Gaze...

 / Magpies
Cupid / I Want A Love I Can See 7" Flexi Jul 1994
WISH 04 Jupiter Sun s/t one-sided 12" Aug 1994
WISH 05 Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

 / The Ropers
The Ropers
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spinoff of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred...

split 7" Jul 1994
WISH 06 Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress
Henry's Dress were a band from Albuquerque, New Mexico consisting of Amy Linton and Matt Hartman, who both acted as singer, guitarist and drummer at various times, and Hayyim Sanchez as bassist, formed in 1993...

 / Rocketship
Rocketship
Rocketship may refer to:*A spacecraft*Rocketship - an indie band from Sacramento, California*"Rocketship " - a song by the American rock band Mötley Crüe...

split 7" May 1996
WISH 07 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

 / #Poundsign#
split 7" Apr 1999
WISH 08 The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...

The Snow Don't Fall 7" Dec 2000
WISH 09 14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears
14 Iced Bears were a British indie pop band associated with the C86 music scene. Formed in Brighton in 1985, by Rob Sekula and Nick Emery the band featured a shifting line-up of musicians across their seven-year existence, centred around songwriter and vocalist Rob Sekula and guitarist Kevin Canham...

Inside 7" May 2001
WISH 10 The Crabapples You'll See Me 3.5" Floppy Disk Sep 2003
WISH 11 The Mantles Bad Design 7" Oct 2009
WISH 12 V/A The First Twenty Years CD Nov 2009
WISH 13 / 55551 The How / Boyracer
Boyracer
-History:Boyracer was founded by vocalist/guitarist Stewart Anderson in 1990 and released their first single in 1991. Richard Adams left the group in 1993, after which the group released its first EP, Naked. They then arranged to release further recordings via Sarah Records including two more EPs...

split 7" Mar 2010
WISH 14 / Take A Day #4 Go Sailor
Go Sailor
Go Sailor was a short-lived Berkeley based twee pop band. Its members included Rose Melberg of Tiger Trap and the Softies , Paul Curran of Crimpshrine and Amy Linton of Henry's Dress...

Long Distance (Alternate Mix) 7" Mar 2010

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