As we limp, wearily, to the end of 2020...a year that has been truly horrendous for most of us...we thought we'd go out with a BANG ! Or, more specifically, a streak of pure feedback, courtesy of The Manhattan Love Suicides and their noise-spattered fuzz pop. "Dirt In The Grooves" is a 23 track CD, a bumper collection of all the very... [more]

Thirteen releases in for Next Phase : Normal Records. Unlucky for some. But, hopefully not. Especially as this one is an absolute belter, as the saying goes. A packed to the rafters (no social distancing here) 21 track compilation CD of the very best from The Blanche Hudson Weekend. This band existed from 2009 to 2013,... [more]

Document 12... that's how Next Phase : Normal Records are referring to this one. That's because it's the 12th release on the label. Its title is "Signals, Wires & Amplifiers", and it's a 20 track compilation CD of several previously released recordings on the label, as well as a bunch of brand new and exclusive tracks by all the bands/artists... [more]

Back in July 2018, The Science Of Words released their debut disc on Next Phase : Normal Records. It was a limited edition CD single in wraparound 7" sleeve...or...a very, very limited edition lathe cut vinyl version was also available. Anyway, now here we are, in January 2020, and we've got some copies in stock of The Science Of Words' latest single release, "Kallocain",... [more]

Making their debuts on this split 7" release are Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators on one side, with The Edible Eyes on the other. Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators have formed from the ashes of Girl One And The Grease Guns, who ended their sonic mission, earlier this year. The Edible Eyes have assembled from the debris of The Blanche Hudson... [more]

And so we come to this, the final ever Girl One And The Grease Guns release. 6 tracks, CD only. Released on their very own Next Phase : Normal Records label, and distributed by us here, at Squirrel Records. The 6 tracks on this collection are the rest of the "Transmissions From The Glass Factory" recordings (hence the title)... [more]

They don't give you time to draw a breath at Next Phase : Normal Records, do they ? And to prove that, we've got another release from them on its way. This is the limited edition, debut 2 track CD single from The Science Of Words, entitled "In A Space". Lavishly packaged in a wraparound, full colour double-sided 7" single sleeve, with postcards...this... [more]

Girl One And The Grease Guns, following last year's debut album (Night Of The Living Electrical Appliances) have been busy in their studio, writing and recording a whole bunch of new tracks, as well as dusting off a few previously unreleased older recordings. The result is "Transmissions... [more]