UK ONLY ORDERS

Pop Threat split up quite a long time ago. They barely made it into 2003 before deciding to end the band, following a shambolic gig at The Moles Club in Bath. They left behind a small discography of just four 7" singles, one EP, a couple of compilation appearances, and the full length album, Scum.

Scum was originally released just after the band split, on Mook Records. Nobody was around to promote it at the time. It was a raw sounding collection of tracks, mixed in such a way that the end result could be ideally described as "soupy". Vocals were pushed down into the fuzziness, the bass was distorted, the album sounded (for the most part) as if it had been dipped in sonic gunge......or "Scum", if you will. This was taking the kind of production you might hear on an old Pussy Galore or Sonic Youth recording as an influence, but instead of applying the rough and abrasive clatter of guitars, the Pop Threat album turned those guitars into mush - being fed through broken fuzz pedals. Someone described it, at the time, as "cheaply recorded shoegaze without sophistication. The results are nullifying". Anyway....fast forward to 2016. We always thought there was a different sounding album in there, somewhere. We just had to take the tracks and remix them in order to prove that theory. So, that's exactly what we've done. All 12 original recordings from the Scum album, totally remixed and "de-scummed". It's the same album as before....but totally different. It's now brighter, clearer, yet still lo-fi and rough around the edges (those essential ingredients)

With this release of the Pop Threat - Scum CD, Squirrel Records come full circle.....and to a close. Pop Threat were the first band on Squirrel Records in 2001, and even though this album was not originally a Squirrel Records release, we think it's a fitting end to the label to make Pop Threat the final band on Squirrel Records in 2016.......

[ALL SOLD OUT] The first 100 copies only of this album will come with a bonus live CD, "Testify To The Baby Jesus". 2 performances from Pop Threat. Live at The Railway Inn, Winchester on 19th July 2002, and the no doubt soon to be legendary (if it wasn't already) final Bath Moles performance from 10th January 2003, in all of its uncut glory....which is less of a gig, and more of an absolute drunken mess. The part where Chris Shake from The Real Losers jumps on stage is a definite highlight.........

ALL OVERSEAS [NON-UK] ORDERS

Pop Threat split up quite a long time ago. They barely made it into 2003 before deciding to end the band, following a shambolic gig at The Moles Club in Bath. They left behind a small discography of just four 7" singles, one EP, a couple of compilation appearances, and the full length album, Scum.

Scum was originally released just after the band... [more]

UK ONLY ORDERS

So, this is it, folks... we're getting very near the end. This year, Squirrel Records will close its doors after 45 releases in total. Why 45 ? Well, we like that number, as it's the playing speed of a 7" single. We always said that 33 isn't enough, and 78 is too many. Anyway, Squirrel Records, throughout the years of its existence, has epitomised the true spirit of... [more]

ALL OVERSEAS [NON-UK] ORDERS

So, this is it, folks... we're getting very near the end. This year, Squirrel Records will close its doors after 45 releases in total. Why 45 ? Well, we like that number, as it's the playing speed of a 7" single. We always said that 33 isn't enough, and 78 is too many. Anyway, Squirrel Records, throughout the years of its existence, has epitomised the true... [more]

Before The Blanche Hudson Weekend, before The Manhattan Love Suicides - there was Pop Threat. Featuring Caroline and Darren from those aforementioned bands on vocals and guitar respectively, along with Juliet (bass) Mick (drums) and, for a brief amount of time in the early days, Rob (guitar). Pop Threat only lasted 4 years, and in that time only recorded a relatively small amount of material (the... [more]

13 releases in and we decided it was time to go down to the Squirrel Records vaults and drag up some classics. So, here we go - 27 tracks of punk pop and generally fuzzy n' scuzzy stuff - some previously released (and now deleted) many SPANKING BRAND NEW!!! We got...

• The original versions of The Cribs "Baby Don't Sweat" and "You And I".
• Exclusive track from The... [more]

Featuring "Crime Time" and "Tell Me Something" by The Real Losers - raw, scuzzy, fuzzy, messy, kick ass garage punk rock n' roll teen fun at maximum volume. OH YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the flip side - "No Way Out" and "Cheap and Vulgar" by Pop Threat. One track sounds like a Blondie demo, the other is just NOIZE ! capturing the band in one take, full volume, no frills mode ........ and lots... [more]

Oh, this was a good one. Fuzzed up early Mary Chain pounding A side, New Wave-y B side (before new wave came back in vogue ...disgruntled music fad ed) and a third track that had a Lou Reed feel about it. Y'what ? Tell ya more ? Naaah, no point, really. IT'S SOLD OUT !! No sense in moaning about it. If you aint got a copy... TOUGH SHIT ! Try ebay, late comers ! Next ...

Featuring "Dark Black" by Pop Threat - Moody and quite beautiful. Think Chelsea Girl era Nico meets Mazzy Star. On the flip side - "I Fall Down" by The Silver Rockets. Early My Bloody Valentine crossed with Spacemen 3 and featuring guest vocal by Pop Threat singer Caroline. This is The Silver Rockets one and only recording...... so there !

When the great splatter movie director Herschell Gordon Lewis described his debut gore fest, "Blood Feast", he said "It's no good, but it's the first." The same can be applied here, we think. Catchy enough indie pop with a sinister edge and female vocals. VERY limited number remaining. BUY IT .... 'cos it's SUPER RARE and only available from US !