Frankie & The Heartstrings open their own record store
Most bands want to sell records, but Frankie & The Heartstrings care a little more than most. The Sunderland fivepiece have today announced that they’ll be opening a record store next month in their hometown.
Pop Recs Ltd will open on 1 June at the city’s former tourist office on Sunderland’s Fawcett Street. The band say the shop will “be selling all the current record releases from across Britain and beyond” as well as a “comprehensive range of music from artists in the North East”. There’ll also be a “performance area, recreational space and gallery wall” at the venue.
A series of launch shows have been announced, with The Futureheads, Maximo Park, Field Music, Bernard Butler, The Cribs, plus the band themselves, all scheduled to appear at in-store events. Frontman Frankie Francis said of the news: “It’s really brilliant. I love records, and to be able to become part of that community of people who sell records in the UK is exciting and in some way a bit of an honour.”
The shop will be located at the below premises: 
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