Art Is Hard celebrate seventh birthday with new 7" featuring seven 50-second songs

02 November 2017, 13:06 | Written by Laurence Day

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(Gorgeous Bully) (The Black Tambourines) (Shunkan) (The Death Of Pop) (Oro Swimming Hour)

Bristol's Art Is Hard Records are streaming 7x7, a new seven-track-long 7" release compiled to mark the label's seventh birthday.

This new release features tracks by Samuel Stacpoole of The Black Tambourines, KEEL HER, /Please/, The Death Of Pop, Shunkan, Gorgeous Bully, and Oliver Wilde and Nicholas Stevenson's Oro Swimming Hour.

Due to the physical constraints of the 7" flexidisc, the seven artists involved - one from each year of the label's lifespan so far - were only able contribute a 50 second song. Which led to some pretty interesting experiments, from lo-fi fuzz to surfy Denim-esque punk to dreamy synthpop, as you can hear above.

The 7x7 release is pressed onto a black fisc with gold foil artwork, and comes with a postcard containing a download card.

You can pre-order the limited edition 7x7 release now.