Integrity Records
| Integrity Records | |
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| Distributor(s) | SRD |
| Genre | Rock |
| Country of origin | U.K. |
| Location | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Official website | http://www.integrityrecords.co.uk/ |
Integrity Records is an independent record label based in Bedford, England. The label was founded in the early 1990s and specialised in discovering new bands in the rock/indie/punk genres.
The first release on the label was 1996 single 'Ghost Island' by The Traceys,[1] but the label is most notable for signing bands such as Miss Black America and Million Dead, whose vocalist Frank Turner went on to forge a successful solo career.
John Peel was a great supporter of the label and played the vast majority of their releases on his BBC Radio 1 show. In 2002, 5 Integrity releases (including B-sides) appeared in Peel's annual Festive Fifty.
Over the years, Integrity has also been the UK home for American artists such as Katastrophy Wife and Meow Meow.
In December 2005 Integrity released a single by London-based noiseniks October All Over, after which the label entered a hiatus.
In March 2011, the label announced via social media feeds that it was active again and welcomed two new signings. A redesigned official website then confirmed those signings as Travis + Julie from Nashville, Tennessee and Birmingham dream-indie duo Pet Dog Storm.[2] Travis + Julie's single Osmosis preceded their album Moon Girl whilst Pet Dog Storm released debut single Time to Fly from their album Beautiful is Down.[3]
In June 2012 the label announced the signing of Scottish art-rockers Miniature Dinosaurs, followed by a single "Lemonade" in July and the "Turn It On EP" in November. Their roster grew further with the addition of Birmingham alt pop band TheLights with the single "Days Don't Get Me Far Enough Away".
November 2012 saw a deal announced with Futur Primitif,[4] the new project of Daniel Lefkowitz, former member of American indie-folk band The Low Anthem, followed by the release of two singles, Nuclear Shockwave and Digital Space, and the album Machineteeth.[5]
In 2013 the label signed Valentiine,[6] are an all-girl trio from Melbourne, Australia, and have released singles Love Like and Chucky, before their debut album Valentiine[7] in July.
Later in the year, the label signed both Horse Party and Wolverhampton based indie-electronica outfit Silhouettes, with the latter releasing their debut single "Gold Tag" in November 2013, and debut album "Ever Moving Happiness Machines" in January 2014.
Releases
- Antihero - Stravinsky Gave Me Nightmares - CD single, 17 February 2003
- Miss Black America - God Bless Miss Black America - CD album, 16 September 2002
- Miss Black America - Miss Black America (edit) - CD and 7" single, 16 September 2002
- Antihero - Rolling Stones T-Shirt - CD single, 24 June 2002
- Miss Black America - Talk Hard - CD and 7" single, 27 May 2002
- Miss Black America - Infinite Chinese Box - CD and 7" single, 4 March 2002
- Plutonik - Prime Numbers - CD and vinyl album, 19 July 1999[8]
- Plutonik - Londinium - CD and 12" single, 25 June 1999[9]
- Plutonik - Sitting on Top of the World - CD and 12" single, 6 April 1999[10]
- The Joylanders - Yesterday's Happenings - 7" single
- The Traceys - Ghost Island - CD and 7" single, 27 September 1996[11]
- Million Dead - Smiling at Strangers on Trains - CD single, 3 February 2003
- Katastrophy Wife - Liberty Belle - CD and 7" single, 9 June 2003
- Million Dead - Breaking the Back - CD and 7" single, 11 August 2003
- Million Dead - A Song To Ruin - CD album, 1 September 2003
- Reuben - Stuck In My Throat - CD and 7" single, 10 November 2003
- Million Dead - I Am The Party - CD and 7" single, 24 November 2003
- Katastrophy Wife - Blue Valient / Emit Time - CD single, 10 May 2004
- Meow Meow - Cracked - CD single 7 June 2004
- Katastrophy Wife - All Kneel - CD album, 14 June 2004
- Meow Meow - Sick Fixation - CD single, 20 September 2004
- Meow Meow - Snow Gas Bones - CD album, 11 October 2004
- October All Over - 2005BC - CD single, 25 November 2005[12]
- Travis + Julie - Osmosis - download single, 17 October 2011
- Pet Dog Storm - Time to Fly - download single, 24 October 2011
- Pet Dog Storm - Beautiful Is Down - CD and download album, 7 November 2011
- Miniature Dinosaurs - Lemonade - download single, 13 August 2012
- Miniature Dinosaurs - Turn It On EP - CD EP, 5 November 2012
- Futur Primitif - Nuclear Shockwave - download single, 21 January 2013
- Futur Primitif - Machineteeth - CD and download album, 8 April 2013
- Valentiine - Love Like - download single, 8 April 2013
- Futur Primitif - Digital Space - download single, 6 May 2013
- Valentiine - Chucky - download single, 24 June 2013
- Valentiine - Valentiine - CD and download album, 1 July 2013
References
- ↑ The Traceys article at ElyPeople
- ↑ "Musical Independence Since 1994". Integrity Records. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ↑ "Beautiful Is Down: Pet Dog Storm: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ↑ "FUTUR PRIMITIF join Integrity roster". Integrity Records. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ↑ "Machineteeth: Futur Primitif: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Valentiine album – on download & CD". Integrity Records. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Valentiine [Explicit]: Valentiine: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Prime Numbers - Plutonik". Amazon.co.uk.
- ↑ "Londinium (12" Vinyl)(Single) - Plutonik". Amazon.co.uk.
- ↑ "Sitting on Top of the World (Single) - Plutonik". Amazon.co.uk.
- ↑ "Ghost Island: Traceys". Amazon.co.uk.
- ↑ "Integrity Records releases". Retrieved 2009-08-22.