Providing a taste of what the label has to offer; Hassle Records is currently giving away a Summer Sampler featuring nine tracks from its artists. If you weren’t already convinced of the brilliance of this UK label then this ought to be the thing to do it, with a number of artists featured here including Alkaline Trio, We Are The Ocean, Cancer Bats, and Rolo Tomassi.
With the instrumental rock of 65daysofstatic, the mellow indie pop of fun., and the full on hardcore attack of Trash Talk there is therefore plenty to sink your teeth into here, with the label offering up some of its artists’ best material, completely for free.
Cancer Bats’ fantastic cover of the Beastie Boys hits ‘Sabotage’ is featured here, as too is We Are The Ocean’s superb sing along anthem ‘Look Alive’ from the ‘Cutting Our Teeth’ album, and the incredibly upbeat pop punk fun of Fireworks’ ‘Detroit’ is included here also. Hassle Records has got some supremely talented artists on its roster right now, and as you listen to this Summer Sampler this is something that quickly becomes glaringly obvious.
There’s a great deal of variety here and it’s therefore probable that you won’t enjoy all nine tracks equally, with so much variety here however the sampler should have something to offer for everyone, and as it’s available as a free download you can’t really go far wrong in giving these nine tracks a try.
This sampler provides fantastic evidence of what a great job Hassle Records is doing as a record label right now, putting out quality music of all different genres, and backing it up with a passionate team of music lovers that help give the record label the reputation it deserves.
Give this Summer Sampler a try and it surely won’t leave you disappointed.
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The following is the full list of tracks featured on the sampler:
65daysofstatic – Crash Tactics
Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
Cancer Bats – Sabotage
FACT – Slip of the Lip
Fireworks – Detroit
fun. – At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)
Rolo Tomassi – Party Wounds
Trash Talk – Explode
We Are The Ocean – Look Alive
UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
