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Robert Pollard - Normal Happiness //
Released 10th October 2006 (Merge/Must Destroy) //

This is Bob’s sixth solo album, Normal Happiness.
It features Bob on guitar and vocals alongside Todd Tobias producing and playing all other instruments (apart from Chris Sheehan playing synth on Full Sun and piano on Towers And Landslides).

It’s an album of Bob doing some of what he does best - delivering 16 short, sharp songs with all four Ps (prog, pop, psych and punk) being well represented.
Cover collages are by Bob. Photos of Bob are by Rich Turiel and Matt Davis.

Pictured is the LP, released on Merge Records and the
UK edition of the CD, released on the Must Destroy Music label.

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#robertpollard #normalhappiness #guidedbyvoices #gbv #gbvreleases

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With (nearly) all @thecheapthrillsss shows for this year sold out, here’s some new UK dates for early 2027.
Mailing list presale starts 10am tomorrow (Wednesday 7th), with general sale starting 10am Thursday 8th.

#keepcheap

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Back in 2010 I had just moved to Philadelphia after living in Los Angeles for almost 10 years. I was free lancing as a merch manager and waiting on my next gig. I was hit up by an old colleague of mine who asked if I wanted to sell merch for @entershikari on their upcoming headlining tour. I didn’t know anything about the band but I figured it would at least be an adventure. I was picked up at the Houston Airport by the tour bus. I met Keith their TM, and would soon learn Rou’s father first and then Rob. They instantly made me feel at home and I knew it was going to be a fun tour. As each show went on and I saw their work ethic and how they were as individuals my respect for them grew immensely. We had a good crew at that time and they brought us along for an incredible European tour. So the US and UK crews got to work together. That tour was a dream come true for me and it lived up to so many expectations. They even let me do it again on a different tour! @robwrolfe @chrisentershikari @roryclewlow @roureynolds @johnophonic @leeburgesspsr. Thank you for being who you are and making the art you make. Getting to work for you was a lightning in a bottle thing for me..So go rock your socks off in these last year of shows and when the musical itch eventually needs to be scratched I’m sure we’ll see you lads again. Peace and love. Bobby Soup

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The Cheap Thrills ‘Keep Cheap’, the band’s debut album, has entered the official UK charts!

#23 Official UK Album
#1 UK Album Downloads
#3 UK Independent Album

Congratulations to Lew, Anton, Terry & Fitzy on a superb achievement and brilliant record.

Co-managed by Scruff of the Neck & 30 Century Management 🤝

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The Cheap Thrills’ debut album ‘Keep Cheap’ is out today! We’ve always had a great mutual respect between us due to the fact the band and Scruff of the Neck formed at very similar times and we match each other for determination and spirit every day in how we work. Long may that continue!

Behind the scenes, 18 months ago my good friend Ian Johnsen and I met with the band in a fine Liverpool boozer to talk co-management, it went well; so here we are many pints, calls and WhatsApps later with a sold out tour and superb debut record out in the world!

So yes, if you trust our judgement in finding the best bands (and believe me that’s the realm The Cheap Thrills are), I highly recommend giving this album a listen end to end and get yourself a beautiful vinyl record!

Keep Cheap 👊

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Tickets on sale now!
Link in bio

Let’s gooooooooo

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A special festive show as @thecheapthrillsss head under the Mersey to play one of the first shows at @future_yard’s shiny new big room in Birkenhead for Crimble.
Tickets for this intimate local show will fly, so be on your toes next week. Sign up to the band’s mailing list for presale access next Tuesday 1st Sept , or risk it holding out for general sale on Wednesday 2nd.. the choice is yours.

#keepcheap

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New @thecheapthrillsss single Looking out today. Taken from the album Keep Cheap out 18th Sept.
Stream the track, presave the album, watch the video. All links over on the band’s bio.

#keepcheap

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What a life! This will be the biggest year yet at Scruff of the Neck! In the last few weeks alone the activity has been mind blowing. Proud!!

The Cheap Thrills sold out their biggest show to date in front of 2,300 people at Mountford Hall in Liverpool. We hosted the 3,000 cap SOTN stage at Y Not Festival again in the Giant Squid tent. Blackpool Live launched successfully at Winter Gardens with Feeder.

This summer, our label roster (Cast, Inspiral Carpets, The Lilacs, The Ordinary Boys) and management roster (The Cheap Thrills and MariMari) have so far played 15+ festivals including Neighbourhood, Truck, Kendal Calling, Y Not, Together Again, Splendour and many more. The combined festival capacity racks up to nearly half a million people!

Next up for SOTN, we continue our Blackpool Live series with The Fratellis and The Enemy this month, debut albums from The Cheap Thrills (‘Keep Cheap’ in Sep) and The Lilacs (‘Keeping Up With The Joneses’ in Oct) and the usual hundreds of shows across the Scruff of the Neck Live listings.

Thank you to the SOTN team (Antonia, Joe, Javan, Natasha and all the other lot) for making this possible.

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A week or so into onsale and already stacking up the sold out shows. London @barflycamden and Southampton @heartbreakersbarvenue are the latest to fall ✊🔥.
There’s around 20 tickets remaining for @bodeganotts Nottingham, and Manchester’s moving along at a fair old pace too. Consider yourself warned.
Tickets from link over at @thecheapthrillsss bio.

#keepcheap

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Tour incoming! @thecheapthrillsss head off around the UK in October following the release of their debut album ‘Keep Cheap’. 48 hour special presale starting tomorrow 10am for making list subscribers and anyone that’s preordered the album. General sale starts Friday 10am.

Preorder the album over at thecheapthrills.co.uk to get yr ticket access.

We’re proud to co-manage the Cheaps alongside our old friends @scruffoftheneck down the other end of the M62 there ✊

#keepcheap

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North Liverpool’s own @thecheapthrillsss biggest ever hometown show is now Sold Out 👊💥
2300 tickets gone, three months in advance of the show. Going to be a massive night.
w/ special guests @permanentjoyband and @creditsband

#keepcheap

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