Small Pond Presents: Emerging Vol. 3 Compilation Album Released 24th November 2023
Small Pond Records Announce Small Pond Presents: Emerging Vol. 3
Artist Development Project Compilation Album Released 24th November 2023
Preorder - https://smallpond.bandcamp.com/album/small-pond-emerging-volume-iii
Stream Brighton Emo-hardcore Newcomers prom’s New Single ‘Fancy Word For Addiction’
Stream - https://smallpond.lsnto.me/promfancywordforaddiction
Watch visualiser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqSIw4eeTiI
Private listen - HERE
Brighton-based multi-disciplinary music company Small Pond are proud to announce that the latest instalment in the series of the Small Pond Presents: Emerging Vol. 3 compilation albums will be released on 24th November 2023.
Building on the success of previous projects, Small Pond’s ‘Emerging’ artist development project once again gives talented young acts (aged 16-25) from Brighton and the South of England the opportunity to rehearse, record, and release their music via Small Pond’s professional studio, label and PR set-up.
To celebrate the announcement of this year’s compilation, the label are streaming the album’s lead single ‘Fancy Word For Addiction’ from Brighton newcomers prom.
A three-piece emotional-hardcore band, prom are comprised of band members Jack Smith, Sam Allen and Alessandro Cogolo who are all ex-members of CUTTING TIES, and are on a mission to bring emotional-hardcore back to the UK’s rapidly growing hardcore/metal scene.
‘Fancy Word For Addiction’ is beaming with prom’s live energy and is a more explorative direction for the members, who have been playing in various other projects together for nearly 7 years. The approach to recording was to capture the band live in its most raw form. Guitars, drums and bass were tracked at the same time with the aim of preserving their energy, the mix following suit with a more stripped back approach as opposed to the overproduced sound bands of the genre usually gravitate towards.
Commenting on the single, the band say: “This song was inspired by bands like Citizen, blending aspects of emo, shoegaze and hardcore fused with traits of American Football-style math-rock featuring syncopation, odd time signatures and polyrhythms. The lyrics mostly talk about the self-destructive cycles of being in not so great romantic relationships and personal hardships associated with love and life."
More details of the compilation will be released over the coming months.
Small Pond Presents: Emerging Vol. 3 is released 24th November 2023
Live Dates:
25.11.23 - Brighton - Green Door Store (Emerging Showcase)
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More about Emerging:
Small Pond is a young, multi-disciplinary music company run by a team of musicians, audio engineers and industry professionals, centred around a thriving rehearsal and recording studio complex in the centre of Brighton.
Over the last four years the Small Pond imprint has boasted releases from more than fifteen acts in varying genres, gaining high profile support from a wide spread of media including The Guardian, BBC 6Music, BBC Radio 1 and beyond. The label’s roster, past and present, includes The Physics House Band, Natalie Evans, Inwards, Wild Cat Strike, Town Portal, Yama Warashi, Alarmist, Brian Campeau, Bonniesongs, InTechnicolour, and Luo.
The Emerging project, which has been awarded funding from Arts Council England, focuses on giving promising artists the opportunity to experience all stages in the production and promotion of a record. The process culminates in the pressing and distribution of a compilation album on 12-inch vinyl and digital platforms in a 2021 release, and features a track from each of the acts selected.
Along with a marketing and PR campaign for the release, musicians will receive support and industry guidance in the form of workshops, pre-production meetings and mentoring throughout the process. Each act will also receive an allocation of the finished vinyl to sell as merchandise, getting them on the way to earning a tangible income from their music.
The project was launched in 2020 with the resulting 8 track compilation Small Pond Presents: Emerging featuring singles from MY-HI, CLT DRP, PLACID, El Moono, KING BEE, San Dingo, BADLAWS, and The Subtracks, with CLT DRP going on to sign a full album deal with Small Pond for the release of their debut full-length record Without The Eyes earlier this year. Volume 2 was released in 2021 and featured tracks from Lambrini Girls, Bridie Florence, Maya Caskie, Harper, every rose, Dirty, Big Bad, and Masquerader.
