Punktastic Recordings is dead

It is with a very heavy heart that we today announce Punktastic Recordings is to go on an indefinite hiatus. 

We will be releasing Bangbangbang!s digital EP on July 7 and then we will be gone. I would like to do a one-off gig with all our bands past and present as a proper send-off too if we can arrange it. Maybe we will come back, maybe we won't. There are a great many reasons as to why we have come to this decision and while I (Paul) don't intend to go into too much detail in this message, I will in this thread if people want me to. 

However, in the last year we have lost our distro deal, had to pay a major label money we didn't think we would have, had magazines and webzines refuse to review or feature our bands because they didn't want to promote anything Punktastic did or does... running a label is the coolest thing in the world until the politics get in the way. The worst thing about this is that while the record industry is going down the pan, we do OK. We survive. We're not quitting because of the money or falling sales or anything like that - we're actually 'bigger' than we have ever been. But it simply isn't fun right now and music doesn't excite us in the same way it did when we started. We need to go away and make it fun again. 

Our bands live on and you should check them all out. They're all still going; some will release stuff on new labels (Our Time Down Here are releasing their EP on Banquet now), while some may stick with us and see whether we come back. We'll have more details when the dust settles. There are tonnes of people we would like to thank for their help, love, support etc over the years. You know who you are. We have amazing memories - seeing our Cds in stores all over the world, seeing our bands on some of the biggest stages in the country, seeing some amazing reviews in magazines and hearing tracks on national radio. It's been a blast. 

Maybe no-one will care and we will slip away quietly...but you can send any messages/questions/comments to paul@punktastic.com and/or andy@punktastic.com And if you want us to sort (or someone wants to offer to sort) a 'Farewell PT Recs' show let us know! 

- Paul and Andy 
Punktastic Recordings (2004-2008) 
www.myspace.com/punktasticrecordings 
www.punktasticrecordings.com

He's coming...

Punktastic Podcast 12

Punktastic podcast 12 

Slam Dunk Festival special featuring Kids In Glass Houses, a brand new Flood of Red tune, Portman's cover of Hot Water Music, Sonic Boom 6, Tonight is Goodbye and interviews with Valencia and We The Kings! 

Donwload/stream from: 

http://www.zshare.net/audio/132955066ff3a5bd/ 

(I am working on uploading all podcasts to iTunes...)

New OTDH!

Big news on loads of things very soon, but in the meantime listen to a BRAND NEW(!) Our Time Down Here track over at www.myspace.com/ourtimedownhereuk