On 23rd April, CYMBALS will release their new record, Sideways, Sometimes, through Tough Love. Written, recorded and produced over five days on Lightship 95, a boat moored in the Thames, the EP has a cleaner, more coherent feel than …

Posted at 6:32pm on Thursday 16th February 2012
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In February, Slime will play his first live dates with a full band in France. The band will be playing tracks taken from debut record, Increases, as well as a whole host of new songs. A full list of …

Posted at 3:53pm on Thursday 2nd February 2012
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Following their two EPs and recent single “Holding Nails”, East London’s psych-pop four-piece Weird Dreams are set to release their debut album, Choreography, on April 2nd through Tough Love. The album will be available on CD and digital formats, …

Posted at 10:10am on Wednesday 25th January 2012
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Weird Dreams have been confirmed as support on The War On Drugs’ forthcoming UK tour. All dates are listed below, alongside their four shows next week.

In related news, the band have a few T shirts available featuring the artwork …

Posted at 4:02pm on Friday 20th January 2012
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Both CYMBALS and Weird Dreams will be playing various legs of the tour that coincides with the launch of the latest issue of Vice, without actually playing together at any point. That’s corrected on the 28th January however, as both …

Posted at 1:29pm on Saturday 7th January 2012
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Posted at 11:11am on Friday 6th January 2012
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Tough Love released 5 different records this year. Below is a sampler collecting some choice cuts from each of these releases, on the off chance you missed them first time around.

And as a recap, here’s the years discography

CYMBALS …

Posted at 10:54am on Tuesday 6th December 2011
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Tough Love will have a stall at at a pop-up record shop this Saturday at the Orange Dot Gallery in London, alongside a host of other great indies (they’re all listed on the above poster).

Expect some special offers and …

Posted at 1:06pm on Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Today, CYMBALS have issued their first new material since releasing their debut album back in May. “Intense Kids” is available to download as a free MP3 below, or can be streamed on Youtube here.

Having just released their debut …

Posted at 12:43pm on Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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Photos by Sean Carpenter.…

Posted at 11:45am on Wednesday 9th November 2011
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