Officially the fastest selling single we've ever put out there. 1 billion copies of the latest Girl One And The Grease Guns 7", (Here Come The) Catastrophe Machines / Hitting The Brick Wall have completely sold out.....thus making Girl One And The Grease Guns THE biggest band in the world right now...........(cough).........yes, seriously, folks. The 7" is still available at Norman Records, Jumbo Records and Rough Trade....but maybe not for much longer, so hurry if you want one and still haven't got a copy.

We're thinking about re-pressing this one in 2014, if there's still sufficient demand for it. But for now, a big thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of this incendiary little masterpiece.

With no intentions of slowing down anytime soon, Girl One And The Grease Guns announce details of their 4th 7" single release on Squirrel Records. With (Here Come The) Catastrophe Machines / Hitting The Brick Wall almost sold out already, just a few weeks after its release date, 2 brand new tracks are being lined up ready to release in 2014. These are No Longer Spellbound, and The Nightmare Room. No Longer Spellbound is lush sounding, soaked in strings and beautiful melodies.....a little like a more electro infused Julee Cruise. The Nightmare Room, despite its slightly misleading title, is a slice of pure lo-fi electronic pop - stripped back, a little weird, catchy as hell, and full of the sounds of old dusty computers. But - that's not all. This 7" release will also include a bonus CD inside featuring 3 more tracks for your listening pleasure. More details to follow................We spoil you, we really do.

Yes, you read that correctly. OK, for some unfathomable reason, we have today received a box full of unsold copies of the now legendary (yes...we actually said legendary) split 7" featuring The Cribs and Jen Schande, which has been discovered lurking at the back of the warehouse at the distribution company we use. We must stress here...THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. This re-issue on limited edition brown vinyl of the now much sought after collector's item from 2003 (and the first thing The Cribs ever released) was put out at the end of last year to celebrate The Cribs' 10th anniversary, plus Jen Schande's UK tour which happened in November, and by rights this should have sold out in the blink of an eye.

And we thought they all had......but some copies escaped distribution for reasons we simply can't figure out, and now we've got our grubby little paws on them once more. There aren't many left.... but they're here....and they're yours if you want them for as long as it takes to shift 'em all. So, if you missed out on this one last year (our personal stock lasted just 24 hours before they were all gone)....please don't miss out on it now. It's bound to be a real collector's item soon....infact, you could say it already is.

(Here Come The) Catastrophe Machines b/w Hitting The Brick Wall 7" from Girl One And The Grease Guns is now up for pre-order. Expected release date is Wednesday 13th November. We're going for the 13th because 13 is a very lucky number - or so we've been told. We're only pressing a billion copies of this one, so they're expected to sell out pretty quickly. Therefore, be one of the lucky billion and grab yourself a fistful of quite possibly the best thing Girl One And The Grease Guns have recorded so far (in our humble opinion, of course)

Thanks to everyone who has purchased a copy or copies of the 2 Girl One And The Grease Guns 7"s released so far. In these often difficult times, when most of us are having to cut back on the finer things in life (and vinyl records definitely fit that description) we truly appreciate you continuing to support our label. Therefore, just ahead of the 3rd single release from the mysterious combo known as Girl One And The Grease Guns, we've decided to offer both their 7"s in a double pack for one special price. So, you get the debut 7", Driving Without Headlights (Once Again) b/w (I'm A) Willing Receiver, and the follow up, Jessica 6 b/w Bring On The Dancing Horse Meat, for a limited period only - for one special bargain price. And, of course, look out for the new 7" which will be up for pre-order shortly.

Buy Double Barrel Deal for £5.50

Just thought we'd let you know about a handful of upcoming Squirrel Records releases which will be released over the next few months.

SQRL 36 - Girl One And The Grease Guns - (Here Come The) Catastrophe Machines b/w Hitting The Brick Wall 7" - this will be available to pre-order within the next couple of weeks, and look out for a promo video coming soon for the pulsating noise-fest that is (Here Come The) Catastrophe Machines.

SQRL 37 - Ailsa Craig - Carriage Return CD - an incredibly limited edition release featuring 8 previously unreleased tracks that are the final recordings Ailsa Craig will ever make. Hopefully, this CD will come housed in individually hand printed, hand crafted packages (we're working on this at the moment)

SQRL 38 - Pop Threat - Scum ( Spit N' Shine version) CD - originally released on Mook Records in 2003, we're planning to completely remix the entire album, stripping it of the original "soupy" sound that ran throughout its 12 tracks, and hopefully bringing a whole different dimension to the music. Ever since the release of the Dirt N' Dust compilation CD a couple of years ago, there has been some renewed interest in this short lived combo, so what better time to re-issue their one and only album, and in a completely new version to boot.

Remember Squirrel Records a few years ago? Remember all the noisy punk pop stuff we used to release? Those were great days... and we're currently re-living a tiny slice of the head-banging life courtesy of the debut 7" from Chain Letters. They've sent us a few copies of this rather excellent blast of ruff n' reddy rock n' roll, and we're jumping around the room and cursing the Royal Family all over again as a result. Go get 'em...

Here comes the 2nd 7" single release from Girl One And The Grease Guns. Featuring 2 tracks - Jessica 6 / Bring On The Dancing Horse Meat, it's another brilliant slab of electro pop and noise that takes all the elements of their debut 7"... and makes them even better. The official release date for this limited edition gem is Monday 8th July, but you can pre-order your copy (or copies) right now.

Bundle Pack 1 : Vinyl

SQRL 17 - The Manhattan Love Suicides - Clusterfuck 7" EP
SQRL 19 - The Manhattan Love Suicides - Veronica b/w The 10th Victim 7"
SQRL 20 - The Manhattan Love Suicides - Kessler Syndrome b/w Don't Leave Me Dying 7"
SQRL 28 - The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Hate Is A Loaded Gun 7"

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Bundle Pack 2 : CDs

SQRL 32 - The Blanche Hudson Weekend - You Always Loved Violence CD
SQRL 31 - Pop Threat - Dirt N' Dust : 1999-2003 CD
SQRL 25 - Ailsa Craig - A Silent No CD
SQRL 13 - Nut Boppin Whoppers compilation CD

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SQRL 30 - The Sunday Reeds - Dark Rainbows CD EP
SQRL 24 - The Sunday Reeds - Drowning In History CD
SQRL 27 - Insect Guide - Dark Days And Nights CD/DVD
SQRL 21 - Downdime - Knowing Too Much CD

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UPDATE: This special offer ended 1st July 2013

On April 22nd, Odd Box Records will release the latest album from The Blanche Hudson Weekend. Entitled How Many Times Have You Let Me Die? and containing 15 tracks, it's a bumper collection that runs for nearly a full hour. It is available on CD, with a very limited edition cassette release to follow shortly afterwards (more details to come for that one) We're receiving a box of copies from Odd Box to sell right here, so if you want to pre-order right now...well, you know what to do.

First up, we'd like to say thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered the upcoming 7" from Girl One And The Grease Guns. As always, your custom is very much appreciated. When we announce the release dates of our new 7"s and CDs, we try to be as accurate as possible in regards to when we can realistically expect them to arrive in stock. As all of you who have ever ordered something on pre-order from us can confirm, 95% of the time, your orders will arrive a few days BEFORE the actual release date stated on our website (hopefully, anyway) However, sometimes things are out of our hands, and this has unfortunately happened just this very morning as we discovered there would be a slight delay with the pressing of the new Girl One And The Grease Guns single. To be honest, we're very disappointed with this as the 7" went into production a few weeks ago, so we fully expected it to be arriving here at Squirrel HQ shortly.........but, no.

Therefore, to now be on the safe side, we've put back the release date to Wednesday 3rd April. This is approximately 3 weeks after the original release date we announced of 11th March, and for this we can only apologise. However, we had no idea the pressing plant was going to drag its arse so much on this one, to put it mildly. We hope this isn't too much of a delay for you all, and rest assured to whoever has placed an order for the Girl One And The Grease Guns 7", that it will be sent out to you as soon as we get it in stock. Thanks again. Darren and Caroline.

Not the usual Squirrel Records thing....not that we ever wanted to be stuck into any kind of category anyway - but we've been given a handful of copies of Clair Brennan's album, Lemon Trees (Goldphone Recordings), which is now available to order from us. Clair Brennan is a brilliant acoustic singer/songwriter from Stoke, and this album will make for ideal listening for anyone who loves the music of Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Nanci Griffith.....to name just 3. But you get the general idea, anyway.

It's January, and we realise it's a bad month financially for many people (including us) after the excesses of Christmas and the New Year. So, things at Squirrel HQ are very quiet at the moment. However, we're here to let you know about a couple of upcoming new releases on our label.

First up, the debut 7" from the splendidly named Girl One And The Grease Guns. More details to follow on this one, but we can tell you the single is going to feature 2 tracks...and it should be appreciated by anyone who loves the cold synth pop of early Human League, The Normal and Cabaret Voltaire.....except with female vocals. So, who are Girl One And The Grease Guns ? The answer to that question must remain a mystery.....for now, at least. This one should be available to pre-order from the Squirrel Records website within the next couple of weeks.

And next up, we're planning a compilation CD of The Manhattan Love Suicides. We've had a number of messages from people to let us know they're having trouble finding some of the physical releases from this band, so we figured it would be a good idea to put together a bumper collection of Manhattan Love Suicides recordings - and we're currently digging deep into the vaults to see if we can unearth anything that hasn't been released before to add to the compilation too. This one is still in the early stages of planning, so it won't be available to order for a while yet....but it's coming. And hopefully, there'll be a few surprises on there.