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Words On Music

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About Me

Words On Music is a record label founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1998. We have nine artists on our label including post-punk legends For Against (Lincoln, Nebraska) and The Lucy Show (London) as well as artists that invest in and expand upon the traditions of dream pop, noise pop, and post-rock: Magic Bullets (San Francisco), The Meeting Places (Los Angeles), Coastal (Provo, Utah), Lorna (Nottingham, UK), Fiel Garvie (Norwich, UK), Should (Baltimore), and Motion Picture (Minneapolis).
Words On Music albums tend to present vocals and lyrics as important component parts, but not the defining characteristic, to great songwriting; distinctive sonic patterns and atmospheric textures can connect the listener to the artist as effectively as a singer's words. Records under the Words On Music seal aspire to evoke the bond and mystery that comes from a first listen to a Cocteau Twins or Joy Division record - there is both a calmness of familiarity and the adventure of unknowing.
Just released: In September 2007 Words On Music released its third For Against' reissue In The Marshes (WM21).
Coming in 2008: In April Words On Music will release For Against's seventh studio album, Shade Side Sunny Side (WM25). Also forthcoming: a 20-song collection of Lucy Show rarities and Lorna's third record, Writing Down Things To Say.

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Member Since: 12/31/2005
Band Website: words-on-music.com
Band Members: The Lucy Show, For Against, Coastal, Fiel Garvie, Magic Bullets, The Meeting Places, Lorna, Should, Motion Picture, Remnant Three
Influences: Factory Records, C86, 4AD Records, Creation Records.
Sounds Like: Timeless post-punk, dream pop, chamber pop, noise pop, and post-rock.

COASTAL
Halfway to You


COASTAL
Coastal


FIEL GARVIE
Caught Laughing


FIEL GARVIE
Leave Me Out of This


FOR AGAINST
Shade Side Sunny Side


FOR AGAINST
In The Marshes


FOR AGAINST
December


FOR AGAINST
Echelons


FOR AGAINST
Coalesced


LORNA
Static Patterns and Souvenirs


THE LUCY SHOW
Mania


MAGIC BULLETS
a CHILD but in life...


THE MEETING PLACES
Numbered Days


THE MEETING PLACES
Find Yourself Along the Way


MOTION PICTURE
A Paper Gift


MOTION PICTURE
For a Distant Movie Star


MOTION PICTURE
Every Last Romance


SHOULD
A Folding Sieve


SHOULD
Feed Like Fishes


VARIOUS ARTISTS
A Houseguest's Wish: Translations of Wire's 'Outdoor Miner'


Order these FOR AGAINST t-shirts here.

Record Label: Words On Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Big Takeover Calls New For Against CD ’Album of the Year’

Seminal independent music magazine The Big Takeover has weighed in on the new For Against record, Shade Side Sunny Side, and calls it the Album Of The Year so far: "This is just a fabulous work, one o...
Posted by Words On Music on Sun, 11 May 2008 06:01:00 PST

New For Against CD available now!

Words On Music is now shipping orders for For Against's seventh studio album, Shade Side Sunny Side in advance of its official April 8th release date. Shade Side Sunny Side is a landmark record for...
Posted by Words On Music on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:50:00 PST

Magic Bullets Launch West Coast Tour

On January 18th, San Francisco's Magic Bullets will embark on a month long West Coast tour to support their debut album, a CHILD but in life yet a DOCTOR in love, co-headlining alongside Seattle's The...
Posted by Words On Music on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:55:00 PST

Magic Bullets Open for Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party

On Tuesday, October 2nd, Magic Bullets will open for Perry Farrell's new band Satellite Party at an event curated by SPIN and Gen Art at Bloomingdale's in San Francisco. The event will include a silen...
Posted by Words On Music on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:15:00 PST

For Against 'In The Marshes CD reissue Available Now!

Words On Music is now shipping orders for In The Marshes - our third For Against reissue (following 2004's Echelons and 2005's December).  In The Marshes has never before been released on CD, and...
Posted by Words On Music on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:56:00 PST

Magic Bullets launch west coast tour

San Francisco's Magic Bullets launch their 2007 west coast tour this week in support of their debut album, a CHILD but in life yet a DOCTOR in love. The tour begins in Seattle, then heads to Portland,...
Posted by Words On Music on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:43:00 PST

Magic Bullets: SPIN.com Artist of the Day (May 14)

SPIN.com has picked Magic Bullets to be their Artist of the Day for Monday, May 14!  This also puts Magic Bullets in the running for Artist of the Month and/or Year. You can help: On Monday, ...
Posted by Words On Music on Mon, 07 May 2007 11:56:00 PST

New Magic Bullets album shipping now!

a CHILD but in life yet a DOCTOR in love, the debut album by the San Francisco sextet Magic Bullets, is available for purchase and is shipping now exclusively through Words On Music's website, in ad...
Posted by Words On Music on Fri, 04 May 2007 06:56:00 PST

Magic Bullets debut released May 29th

The debut album by the San Francisco sextet Magic Bullets, a CHILD but in life yet a DOCTOR in love, will be released by Words On Music on May 29, 2007. The record's 10 songs make friends with the ric...
Posted by Words On Music on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:47:00 PST

new Meeting Places album released

Numbered Days, the second album of luminious, infectious noise-pop by Los Angeles' The Meeting Places, is available for purchase and shipping now exclusively through Words On Music's website, shipping...
Posted by Words On Music on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:25:00 PST