Duck Thieves - Copycat - CLR009

DUCK THIEVES are back! On March 19th, "Copycat" will be released via Creature Lab. The three track EP  features three favourites from the band's superb live show: "Copycat", "Golden Ninja Warrior" and "Nowa Huta". Expect the usual big guitar solos and subject matter including the counterfeit art from China, feuds over terrible kung fu movies and even communist town planning. 

The band will perform at Revolt, Coventry's excellent DIY / Riot Grrrl /  Ruckus night on March 19th to mark the release.

Gunther Prague - Blue EP - CLR008

Our first release of the year, and our eighth all told will be Gunther Prague's "Blue EP", which will be available from March 5th.

This is a speedy follow up to the band's "Green EP" which was released in September, and like it's predecessor it was recorded in just twelve hours. The release is being marked with gigs in Coventry and London, with the main launch at The Tin on March 5th.

Gunther Prague have already started work on a full length album, with the first sessions at the Moonbase Recording Studios booked for early February.

Duck Thieves at Love Music, Hate Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia

This weekend, Duck Thieves had the privilege of headlining the Love Music, Hate Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia gig at The Tin in Coventry, which was organised by Coventry Pride.  The gig was also part of Independent Venue Week, and we were really proud to have a Creature Lab band supporting two good causes in one go. Here are some of Adele Reed's pictures from a brilliant evening. The gig was also filmed, and we will tell you a bit more about that soon.

Gunther Prague on Film

Not movie film, but proper analogue film that you develop in a dark room... Here are some of Adele Reed's shots of Gunther Prague from December. We're planning to use some of these in design for the band's next release - "Blue EP". A preview song is available here.

Gunther Prague at Dumb Luck

There are still one or two things left to wrap up from the back end of last year, including these pictures from Gunther Prague's performance at the Dumb Luck Xmas Hoopla on December 22nd.

Photos by Antony Weir

CLR's 2015 in Pictures

Now that 2015 is done and dusted, we've finished choosing our favourite pictures from CLR related events over the year.

"Crackle Ok" Review

What better way to start off Creature Lab's 2016 than with a 2015 review of an album that we put out in 2014? 

In November, Tom Claybrook of Noisy Dirty City wrote some very kind words about our first ever release which he calls an "astronomical and fantastical voyage"... You can read the full review here.

NDC is well worth a bookmark. Their review of the latest Evans the Death album is also well worth a look, and we happen to know that band themselves were pretty pleased with it. (Yeah we've got connections and that!)

2015 Wrap Up...

We are pretty much finished for the year here at Creature Lab...  We've managed four new releases and two re-releases, and put on some really fun shows. There are a couple to report back on since we last posted here:

La Bete Blooms

Late Starters celebrated the launch of their Pigtown and C-Boys EP by supporting the excellent La Bete Blooms at the Tin on October 30th.

Resurrection Men

On November 29th, Gunther Prague and Resurrection Men had a good go at destroying the foundations at Drapers with what was comfortably the loudest show we've ever put on.

Finally, last weekend Duck Thieves had the privilege of opening for two excellent bands signed to Fortuna Pop! at a packed Kitchen Club Presents... night at The Tin. Chorusgirl and The Spook School both put on amazing shows, and our own Duck Thieves went down a storm too. Possibly our favourite show of the year... We had Chorusgirl staying at Creature Lab HQ and they were lovely house-guests!

Silvi Wersing of Chorusgirl

There will be one more outing for a Creature Lab band this year, and we'll let you know about that shortly. 

Late Starters and Resurrection Men

It's been a busy few weeks here at CLR HQ. Both the Gunther Prague and Duck Thieves EP releases were marked with really exciting gigs, and Duck Thieves also confirmed that they will be entering Eurovision again (!). The next two shows for Creature Lab bands are these:

Duck Thieves Act One EP Launch

We're all set for the launch part of Duck Thieves' "Act One" EP, which take place at the Coventry Music Museum on Saturday October 3rd. We're particularly pleased to have the excellent Hula Girls on the bill. See you there.

Gunther Prague EP Launch - Full Lineup

Gunther Prague EP Launch - The Tin, Coventry, Sept 25th 2015

Gunther Prague will play a headline show at the Tin, Coventry next month to mark the released of their "Green EP".  Support bands are still to be confirmed, but we are very pleased that Neil Kulkarni will be our guest DJ for the evening.

Gunther Prague will perform as a three piece, having recruited Late Starters' Chris McNamara for bass duties on the night. Physical copies of the EP will be available for the first time on the night. Preview songs are available here.

Release Dates

We now have dates for our next three releases:

Gunther Prague "Green EP" - September 25th 2015

Duck Thieves "Act One EP"  - October 3rd 2015

Late Starters - "Pig Town and C-Boys EP" - October 30th 2015

All will be available on CD in very limited quantities, and will also become available on Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes and all major digital music services. 

Each release will be marked by a gig here in the fine city of Coventry and details of these will be confirmed in due course.

We are also working on one more very special release, this one digital only, which should make it out before the end of the year.

Resurrection Men Must Die

We are very pleased to announce that Resurrection Men's 2014 debut album "Resurrection Men Must Die" is now available via Creature Lab. This is a complex slab of intelligent, raucous, creative rock and it was one of our favourite albums of last year.

Until now "Must Die" had only been available from the band at their shows or via their bandcamp page. Creature Lab has now published the album to Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, Tidal, Apple Music and all the other major digital music platforms. It has already appeared on Spotify and it will arrive on the others at various points over the next few days and weeks.

We are hugely proud to be able to count such a fine record among our releases, and we are working to make sure that as many people get to hear it as possible.  Later in the year the band will play a gig with a couple of other acts involved with with Creature Lab and we'll announce details soon.

Some words about "Resurrection Men Must Die":

"...like an off cut from a Desert Sessions jam.."  Sleeping Shaman

"...this debut defies any sort of description... 9/10" Maximum Volume 

The Sequins: The Risky Woods Re-release

We've recently re-released The Sequins' 2010 EP "The Risky Woods" to all the usual digital music platforms ( iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal etc.)

Originally released on IndieMP3 records on CD, the EP had never previously made it into the digital world.

The track listing is as follows:

1. All That We Know

2. Space Travel in Your Blood

3. The Chiming Bells

4. Angeline

5. Offside and Beautiful

6. The Risky Woods

Gallery

We've now added a gallery of posters, artwork and live photos from the last year or so which you can see here.

Gunther Prague: Green EP

Gunther Prague have now completed recording their "Green EP". 

It has 8 tracks, but at barely sixteen and a half minutes we still think it can be called an EP.

It will be released via Creature Lab shortly. Preview tracks are at http://guntherprague.bandcamp.com

Duck Thieves: Behind The Scenes

Today we shot the pictures for the sleeve of "The Birds EP" which Duck Thieves will release via Creature Lab later this year. Here is a behind the scenes snap: