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THE ROOFTOP GAMBLER Turned Out The Light 10" EP (onec/upr001EP) 4 Song Yellow Vinyl. Limited x 300 Release Date: 1st February 2010
" These four songs take their time to reel you in but never fail to impress
with their incrediable melodic focus and wistful dreaminess. Final track 'Leaning Tree' in particular wraps things
up in a tight little package, its choruses providing the country-tinged sucker punch to this surprisingly knockout debut effort."
Rock-A-Rolla Issue 24
"Four track ten incher on heavyweight lemon yellow
vinyl, a proper record, a proper release, something to grab hold of (nice artwork, work of Clare Owen). They’re from
Plymouth, a refined alt.country sound, wistful stories, a sense of loungecore, a touch of Americana, a hint of Echo And The
Bunnymen in there - well if the Bunnymen had done it all loose, raw and slightly lo-fi with a Sebadoh/Albini, or maybe more
solo Lou Barlow, edge - nothing like those Bunnymen there really then but there is something in the phrasing, the songs –
in the songs rather than the sound of those songs. Four good songs, nice package, nice to see/feel/handle/play...
Fine fine single, and they saved their best song ‘till last, track four, Leaning Tree." Organ
Magazine (full review here)
"Turned Out the Light is four songs of delicate yet confident post-punk
introspection, the likes of which you rarely hear British bands exploring. A must have, must listen." 247 Magazine
"This four-track EP packs a mighty yet fragile post-punk
punch. The first release of 2010 to truly inspire and excite. 'Turned Out The Light' is the sound of freedom, adventure
and discovery. Awesome on record, awesome on stage." The Fly

NEIL ROSE
Wilbur Whateley / Psychopomps 12" LP (onec003LP) Gatefold Sleeve, Printed Inner, 180gm
Black Vinyl. Limited x 250. Release Date: 26th October 2009
"Neil Rose, a Plymouth-based avant-gardener, has produced a debut album inspired by the writings of H.P.
Lovecraft, a premise that could so easily fall into an abyss of pretention and boredom. Thankfully, that's not the case.
Rose's voice is muzzled by distortion, forcing the listener to lean in and listen to his expansive soliloquies more intently,
whilst the music is a glitchy haze of muffled kick drums and abstract hisses. Whilst, save the odd moment, it's hardly
a danceable album, its appeal lies in its eerie imitation of the sounds of everyday life. A quietly arresting experience."
Rock-A-Rolla
Issue 23
“Handsomely
produced in a limited run of 250 in a sturdy gatefold on Plymouth-based onec records, this is the work of local "sonic
artist, lecturer, film and trouble maker" Neil Rose. He describes it as a concept album based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft,
whose Necronomicon, a book namechecked in several of his short stories and novels, seems to have exerted a strange
fascination over a whole generation of alt.musicians, John Zorn being among the latest”. Paris
Transatlantic (Full review here)
"Neil
Rose's debut album maintains a core feeling of oppression and unease layered with moments of
bliss, skillfully achieved through doom laden, minimalist sound and creeping drones." TAPC
"The gathering energy of Yog Sothoth hit me the hardest, and it was the oncoming need to dance that I
found devastating-if Tolkien's Belroc was a DJ, he'd play this. Dunwich is the most challenging track, I felt like
I was being beaten around the head with a bit of two by two, followed by a bit of whipping and a quick strangulation." Dan Sidey (Full review here)

DR AKE Stonehouse Dreams CD
(onec002CD)
6
Song 4 Panel Digipack CD. Limited x 200 SOLD OUT Release Date: 16th April
2009
"Musically we have half a dozen drunken, no wave shanties, like The Fall playing in an abandoned
seaside bingo hall. North Face is Captain Beefheart by way of Squeeze!" Die Shellsuit, Die
"‘Stonehouse Dreams’ is the point where sea shanty meets indie abstraction and – as
is often said about bands that inevitably do – doesn’t sound like anything else. Apart from a bit of XTC, maybe,
but they’re long gone." 247 Magazine

SONGS FROM THE DOG WATCH 12" LP
(onec001LP)
Gatefold Sleeve, 180 gm, Vibrant Blue Coloured Vinyl. Limited x 500. Release Date: 28th November 2008
"A curiously delightful compilation of sea songs from a broad cross-section of Plymouth artists. Including
covers and originals, all with a nautical theme, the likes of Wille & The Bandits, Head Of Programmes, Vince Lee, Dharma
Bums, Lemanis, Consolation Prizefighter and Dr Ake deliver interesting and oft-startling vignettes, but it's Cosmo Jarvis'
ebullient 'Waiting On The Hill' that strikes the deepest." 247 Magazine
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