The Manhattan Love Suicides should need no introduction. But, just in case you're not familiar with this group of feedback loving noise merchants, dressed in black...well, here goes...

Formed in 2006. Split in 2009. Re-formed in 2013 and split again in 2016. During their often-tumultuous existence, they recorded and released a bunch of 7" singles, two full length albums, a 27 track compilation CD and a couple of radio sessions. They played gigs all over the UK, as well as New York, San Francisco, Austin (SXSW...twice !) Philadelphia, Washington DC, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Madrid and Barcelona. They released records on several different labels, including Squirrel Records (UK) Odd Box Records (UK) and Magic Marker Records (US). Their music is raw sounding, with scuzzy production, often drenched in crackling fuzz, but always with stunningly good pop melodies seeping through the wall of noise. Most bands, who sound rough around the edges when they play live, will polish up their act when they commit their songs to vinyl and CD...but not The Manhattan Love Suicides. This approach won them a lot of supporters... and just as many detractors. The live appearances were never more than 25 minutes in length, even when they were headlining, and verbal communication with the audience was non-existent. "Hit and Run" was their mantra.

The records and CDs that the band released are now either completely sold out and deleted, or they're hard to find. Sometimes, they even sell for what can be referred to as "silly money" on the collector's market. So, with that in mind, it's a good time for Next Phase : Normal Records to step up and release this 23 track collection of the very best recordings by The Manhattan Love Suicides. A perfect introduction for anyone who isn't familiar with them, or just a good way for existing fans to have a whole stack of tunes from this band in one convenient place...and all served up in DVD style packaging with collector's cards and brand new artwork designed by Jon Aldersea/Goldphone Creative Media. So, dive into the sound of The Manhattan Love Suicides...a band who believed that anything less than 30 minutes is ample time for anyone to make a point, a band who held the opinion that the music should always be unruly, forceful, a melodic racket with guitars that sound scorched, and delivered with plenty of "Dirt In The Grooves" (hence this title)

UK ORDERS ONLY

The Manhattan Love Suicides should need no introduction. But, just in case you're not familiar with this group of feedback loving noise merchants, dressed in black...well, here goes...

Formed in 2006. Split in 2009. Re-formed in 2013 and split again in 2016. During their often-tumultuous existence, they recorded and released a bunch of 7" singles, two full length... [more]

Christmas is coming...and the guitars are getting loud !! The Manhattan Love Suicides offer up, as an early Christmas present, this blistering slab of angry sounding noise. Look Who's Coming To Town (Please Let It Snow) picks up from where their previous single, Bikini Party/Birthday Kill left off. Stomping, clattering, and looking to early Sonic Youth and perhaps even The Stooges for inspiration,... [more]

UK ORDERS ONLY

Christmas is coming...and the guitars are getting loud !! The Manhattan Love Suicides offer up, as an early Christmas present, this blistering slab of angry sounding noise. Look Who's Coming To Town (Please Let It Snow) picks up from where their previous single, Bikini Party/Birthday Kill left off. Stomping, clattering, and looking to early Sonic Youth and perhaps even... [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]

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]

The Manhattan Love Suicides burnt bright between 2006 and 2009. Taking their ferocious sonic assault all over the UK and further afield to New York (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart formed to support them at a Loft Party in Brooklyn) and SXSW in the USA (twice). They released one full rough and raw sounding studio LP, a clutch of 7" singles and EPs, plus a bumper 27 track compilation CD in... [more]

The Manhattan Love Suicides burnt bright between 2006 and 2009. Taking their ferocious sonic assault all over the UK and further afield to New York (The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart formed to support them at a Loft Party in Brooklyn) and SXSW in the USA (twice). They released one full rough and raw sounding studio LP, a clutch of 7" singles and EPs, plus a bumper 27 track compilation CD in... [more]

If you thought you'd heard the last of The Manhattan Love Suicides after they split in July 2009, you'd be almost right. However, there's just one more thing left to release—and this is it. The Manhattan Love Suicides recorded a 6 track radio session for Dandelion Radio over Easter weekend last year which has now been fully mastered and is out on Odd Box Records.

The session captures... [more]

A brilliant 21 tracker from the great folks at Big Pink Cake. Remember all those fabulous indie compilations from a few years ago on Creation, Subway and Sarah? Well, in that case this will be essential listening for you. Featuring tracks from the legendary Vic Godard, ramshackle noise pop from The Manhattan Love Suicides, The Mai 68s and Vanilla Ride,... [more]

After receiving a number of messages from people regarding The Manhattan Love Suicides debut album and its lack of availability on CD here in the UK/Europe, we decided to bow to pressure and get it out there on this format. We didn't just want to issue the debut album as it currently was however with only the 12 tracks on there. Instead, we firstly re-mastered the whole thing so it now sounds even... [more]

If there's one word to describe The Manhattan Love Suicides other than simply calling them "noisy", it would certainly be "prolific". Following on from the recent Veronica b/w The 10th Victim 7", we have the new 2 tracker which delivers more fuzzed up, female fronted, feedback heavy 3 minute noise pop. "Kessler Syndrome" is brand new, never been performed live (yet) and ... [more]

The Manhattan Love Suicides' new single is raw fuzz pop at its best. "Veronica" has only recently showed up in the live shows, and it's another classic track which reminds us of The Jesus And Mary Chain "Darklands" era. "The 10th Victim" is slower, more drone-like and displays the darker side of the band-very much like The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties" in its approach.... [more]

This is the US version from Magic Marker Records with different artwork.

The latest offering from The Manhattan Love Suicides is this bumper package of 27 fuzzed up noise pop gems comprising all the tracks from their three limited edition 7" singles released on Magic Marker, Lost Music Records and Squirrel Records respectively, plus the 3 tracks from the now impossible to find limited... [more]

The latest offering from The Manhattan Love Suicides is this bumper package of 27 fuzzed up noise pop gems comprising all the tracks from their three limited edition 7" singles released on Magic Marker, Lost Music Records and Squirrel Records respectively, plus the 3 tracks from the now impossible to find limited edition Cloudberry 3" CD single, a few odds and ends, fully remastered WOXY live radio... [more]

The Manhattan Love Suicides just keep getting better. Their latest 7" on this very label is the roughest one of the bunch so far. Recorded with the needles in the red and without too much polish, but still keeping the pop elements that make them what they are. "Clusterfuck" will be familiar to anyone who has ever seen the band play live, "Detroit Diesel" is three minutes... [more]

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Featuring 4 more slices of perfect, lo-fi, fuzzed up, noisy, raw sounding, female fronted, feedback laden guitar pop. The "Keep It Coming" 7" EP may be The Manhattan Love Suicides finest release to date. Aswell as the fantastic main track, this single features a brand new version of "Thinking Is Killing Me" which was originally featured on the... [more]

From the same label that brought you the CD version of the debut album by The Manhattan Love Suicides, Magic Marker Records of Portland USA, comes the latest release from our favourite purveyors of fuzzed up, feedback lo-fi noise pop. This 7" EP features 4 tracks, including a brand new recording of "Kick It Back" from the album, alongside 3 exclusive songs. Rougher and more raw sounding... [more]

From Yellow Mica Recordings, Sweden, comes this 18 track compilation featuring a whole bunch of bands covering their favourite first wave punk and hardcore tunes. Includes The Manhattan Love Suicides version of The Teenage Jesus And The Jerks' "Orphans" which is a full-on 3 minute noise assault, and Downdime's cover of The Saints classic "(I'm) Stranded" which is lo-fi, raw sounding and... [more]

Debut album from The Manhattan Love Suicides.
Originally released by Magic Marker Records on CD a couple of months ago (all sold out!)... we're now releasing the vinyl on Squirrel. This version of the album features 2 exclusive bonus tracks (Wolves and Extra Medication) which means you now get 14 fantastic fuzzed up, lo-fi, female fronted buzzsaw pop nuggets all... [more]

Debut album from The Manhattan Love Suicides.
12 tracks of fuzzed up female fronted pop noise. The vinyl version of this album will be coming shortly on Squirrel Records, but do yourself a favour and pick up this version too as it's slightly different from the vinyl.

The Manhattan Love Suicides perform gigs that never last over 15 minutes and are drowned in waves of blistering feedback... [more]