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Pillar Box Records is an independent, artist friendly record label based in Warwickshire, UK.


Currently the site has news, gigs and mp3s from the artists currently with the label.


Soon there will be an online store and a regular podcast of the finest local talent.


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High Rising Launch Party

02.10.2006


High Rising are launching their new CD on Saturday the 21st of October at the Jug and Jester in Leamington.

The new EP was recorded over the summer with PBRs Ben Ablewhite responsible for engineering and mixing the record.

The gig will also feature PBR artist Kingtide who are currently working on their first full length album.

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Kingtide - Kingtide are a 3-piece indie band from the Midlands consisting of like-minded music lovers Ben Ablewhite, Lewis Smith and Wiggi. With diverse taste in music, they draw on influences from the Wonder Stuff and the Boo Radleys to Neil Young and Ryan Adams, combining well-written songs with powerful but sensitive arrangements.Oswald 24 - A melting pot of influences and talents (Belle and Sebastian, Nick Drake, Shostakovitch), the Oswald 24 collaboration boils down the essentials of music before building it up again, creating a sound that can only be described as heart-felt, soulful acoustic indie; a well-partnered blend of immaculately written indie-based songs, enhanced by the delicate sounds of subtle classical arrangements, and rounded off by a spell-binding voice reminiscent of early Damien Rice.
Circle 3 - Circle 3 formed in 2003 when Paul Ryan had a bizarre dream. When he awoke he had entered a new name and number into his mobile phone. The name circle and the number..? Just a single 3Soft Verges - Heavily influenced by the song-writing prowess of their musical heroes (John Martyn, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Reef, The Black Crowes), the music the Soft Verges have ultimately created throws at you a myriad of musical elements.
Ben Clempson - Imagine John Martyn, Paul Simon and Gomez all packed into the body of a tall and very talented man. Jen Lexmond - American born singer / songwriter Jen Lexmond draws heavily from her love of Ani DiFranco, The Shins and Rilo Kiley to create her inimitable style of passionate alternative folk. Intelligent and socially and politically aware, Jen

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