Hassle Records celebrate 15 years with a new series of re-issues

Hassle Records will celebrate 15 years with a new series of special re-issues!

Titled 15 X 15, the independent record label will celebrate their 15th birthday by publishing a series of special editions of 15 key releases that have shaped the label’s existence. Issued in three batches of five, every release will be fittingly issued on crystal coloured vinyl & released on October 30th 2020.

“2020 marks 15 years of Hassle Records. So, we wanted to celebrate. It only seems like yesterday that we had to change the label’s name (for bullshit legal reasons) and start again. But we got off to a great start putting out the Juliette Lewis EP …Like A Bolt Of Lightning as the first release. And it’s been a great musical journey ever since. Never wanting be constrained by a ‘genre sound’, we work with artists and music that we simply love, and from there we just hope that other people will also love the records that we put out. This ethos has been the ultimate foundation in the label’s history from the start,” says label co-owner Wez. “To that end, for our 15th anniversary we have decided to re-issue 15 records from varying parts of our history and catalogue, all as limited vinyl-only releases. Hopefully our choices accurately represent what a diverse sound we have to the label, and that the passion we have for the music and the bands shines through.”

The series starts, of course, with that first JULIETTE AND THE LICKS EP, …Like A Bolt Of Lightning and extends over a hand-picked collections of albums selected by owners Nigel and Wez. Others in the first batch of five will be CASEY, FRANKIERO ANDTHE CELLABRATION, TUBELORD and WE ARE THE OCEAN.

1 – JULIETTE AND THE LICKS – …Like A Bolt Of Lightning (Feb ’05)

5 – CASEY – Love Is Not Enough (Aug ’16)

Y – FRANKIERO ANDTHE CELLABRATION – stomachaches (Aug ’14)

E – TUBELORD – Our First American Friends (Oct ’09) / Tezcatlipoca (Aug ’10)

A – WE ARE THE OCEAN – Cutting Our Teeth (Feb ’10)

For more information on Hassle Records like the label’s official page on Facebook.