"Just Abuse Me" was the first release from Bournemouth

Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...

-based alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Air Traffic

Air Traffic

Air Traffic was a British alternative rock band from Bournemouth. Formed in 2003, the band consists of Chris Wall , David Ryan Jordan , Tom Pritchard and Jim Maddock ....

. It was released as a double a-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

 with "Charlotte

Charlotte (song)

"Charlotte" is a single by Bournemouth-based alternative rock band Air Traffic. Taken from the band's debut studio album Fractured Life, the track was released through Tiny Consumer, a record label division of EMI. "Charlotte" was first released as part of the band's debut single, a double a-side...

", a song which would later be re-released as a solo single.

The vinyl

Gramophone record

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 was the 5th in a series of black and white 7-inch records released by Label Fandango

Label Fandango

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, the independent record label from the creators of live music promotion company Club Fandango

Club Fandango

Club Fandango is a live music promotions company based in Highbury, London, England. It was started in 2001, by Simon Williams and Andy MacLeod. The former runs Fierce Panda records, the latter the Pointy Records label...

. It was described by the label as "Piano-led indie rock". The vinyl would lead to the band's major label signing, as following Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe

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 playing "Just Abuse Me" on his BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 show, the band were signed to a long-term contract by EMI

EMI

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 in May 2006.

"Just Abuse Me"/"Charlotte" was ineligible to chart in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 as it was limited to 500 copies.

Track listing

7" record

Gramophone record

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1. "Just Abuse Me" - 2:33
2. "Charlotte" - 2:25