Walnut Tree Records
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Walnut Tree Records established in 2007, is a British independent record label
specialising in limited run releases from new and upcoming bands from around the United Kingdom.
, Valencia
and Daggermouth
to the United Kingdom
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Tiger Please
featured in a full page 'introducing' feature in November 2009 in Kerrang! magazine and then a centerfold poster in September 2010. Tiger Please have also appeared at Download and Sonisphere Festivals in 2010, the largest appearances by a Walnut Tree Records band. The band have also appeared on the covermount CDs of the February 2010 issues of both Classic Rock and Rock Sound magazines. Their video for "Autumn Came The Fall" was premiered on Kerrang.com and reached number 6 in the Kerrang TV charts.
The label suffered a setback when trying to import a release by the band Rushmore Academy in 2007. The band accepted payment up front for 20 copies of their EP but then failed to supply the CDs, causing Walnut Tree Records to lose £70 in the process. Rushmore Academy failed to reply to any correspondence and have since broken up. While this seems like a nominal amount to lose in comparison, it caused the postponement of the service for almost three years while Tom focused on UK releases. The service has since returned in 2010 with releases from US bands Arden and Olympians.
A Broken Robot, A Word Like.Attack, All Or Nothing, Arden, Attention, Bangarang!, Bangers, Bayonets, Brave Citizens, Burn The Fleet, Call Me Ishmael, Canterbury, City Light Thief, Cuba Cuba, Cutting Class, Daggermouth, Danger Is My Middle Name, Day Of Rising, Delta/Alaska, Don Broco, Drawings, Fire In The Attic, Fluid Lines, Four Year Strong, Francesqa, Ghostlines, Great Caesar, Gunning For Tamar, Have You Heard, Joey Terrifying, Kidnapper Bell, Liam Clayton, Lonely The Brave, LYU, Mutiny On The Bounty, Mybe, Newlands, Nothing Unexpected, Olympians, Over And Out, Overthrow, Paige, Pareto, Permanent Me, Portman, Samoans, Show It Off!, Taking Chase, The Barent Sea, The Law Among Tigers, The Lion And The Wolf, The Long Haul, The Maple State, The Republic Of Wolves, The Ruined, The Tupolev Ghost, The Wonder Years, The Vanity Score, They Sink Ships, Tiger Please, Valencia, Venice Ahoy, Viva Sleep, We Push Buttons, Wilson Fisk, Wolf Am I.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
specialising in limited run releases from new and upcoming bands from around the United Kingdom.
History
The label was founded by Tom Beck. After running the Walnut Tree per-zine for a number of years, Tom Beck decided to begin a small-time distribution company servicing American pop-punk bands to the UK market at near cost-price. The Walnut Tree introduced records from Four Year StrongFour Year Strong
Four Year Strong is an American pop punk band from Worcester, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco...
, Valencia
Valencia (band)
Valencia is an alternative rock/punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are currently on hiatus.-History:Valencia met by playing local shows together around the tri-state area in separate bands. George Ciukurescu and JD Perry grew up together; attending elementary school, high school, and...
and Daggermouth
Daggermouth
Daggermouth was a Canadian pop punk/Hardcore Punk band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. They started around early 2004 quickly building a solid reputation by touring with bands such as Moneen and SNFU. They were signed to Smallman Records and in late-2005 released their debut album...
to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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Tiger Please
Tiger Please
Tiger Please is an Indie / Alternative five-piece band from Cardiff, Wales. The band formed in August 2008. The band's influences are U2, Sigur Ros, Kings Of Leon, John Mayer and Counting Crows. They signed with Walnut Tree Records in 2009 and released their debut EP They Don't Change Under Moonlight...
featured in a full page 'introducing' feature in November 2009 in Kerrang! magazine and then a centerfold poster in September 2010. Tiger Please have also appeared at Download and Sonisphere Festivals in 2010, the largest appearances by a Walnut Tree Records band. The band have also appeared on the covermount CDs of the February 2010 issues of both Classic Rock and Rock Sound magazines. Their video for "Autumn Came The Fall" was premiered on Kerrang.com and reached number 6 in the Kerrang TV charts.
Current roster
- Burn The Fleet
- Cuba CubaCuba Cuba (band)Cuba Cuba are a Welsh pop-rock band from Cardiff, South Wales, formed in 2007.They are currently signed to Walnut Tree Records and are part of the Escape Artist Management roster along with fellow Welsh band Tiger Please...
- Drawings
- Gunning For Tamar
- Tiger PleaseTiger PleaseTiger Please is an Indie / Alternative five-piece band from Cardiff, Wales. The band formed in August 2008. The band's influences are U2, Sigur Ros, Kings Of Leon, John Mayer and Counting Crows. They signed with Walnut Tree Records in 2009 and released their debut EP They Don't Change Under Moonlight...
List of former bands
- BayonetsBayonets (band)Bayonets were a hard rock/old-school emo band from Hereford, England. The band received widespread critical acclaim for their first record, 'Wishes and Wishes', with their follow up, 'Bayonets' being equally celebrated despite being released posthumously in the Autumn of 2010.-History:Formed in the...
- PaigePaige (band)Paige are a Pop punk/rock band formed in 2006 in Hertfordshire, England, by then guitarist and vocalist Lewis White and drummer Alex Tillbrook. They have performed across Europe and Japan under UK label and Japan based label...
- Portman
Releases distributed by Walnut Tree Records
Walnut Tree Records also offers a CD distribution service. Originally titled The Walnut Tree, the service offers new and hard to reach releases from North American bands to the UK public at cost base prices. The releases are available in a limited run and only through the label's online store. The idea behind this service was that often these releases, at the time of distribution, weren't cost effective when importing single copies and therefore Walnut Tree Records felt that bulk buying them direct from the bands or labels would make it easier for UK fans to buy physical copies.- The Wonder Years / Bangarang! - (Split EP)
- Permanent MePermanent ME-History:Permanent Me first formed while its members were in high school, first as "The Madison Chase", then "Crown Victorian", and then thirdly as "Yes, Virginia". The group benefited from online promotion on sites such as MySpace, and after catching the ear of Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley...
- {Dear Virginia EP) - ValenciaValencia (band)Valencia is an alternative rock/punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are currently on hiatus.-History:Valencia met by playing local shows together around the tri-state area in separate bands. George Ciukurescu and JD Perry grew up together; attending elementary school, high school, and...
- This Could Be a PossibilityThis Could Be a PossibilityThis Could Be a Possibility is the debut full-length studio album by American pop punk band Valencia. The album was originally released through I Surrender Records on October 25, 2005. Then later reissued on September 19, 2006... - Four Year StrongFour Year StrongFour Year Strong is an American pop punk band from Worcester, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalists and guitarists Dan O'Connor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss, and drummer Jackson Massucco...
- {(Rise Or Die TryingRise or Die TryingRise or Die Trying is the second full-length album from Four Year Strong. It hit #31 on the Billboard Heatseekers album charts in 2007. The album was recorded and produced by Matt Robnett of Playwork Productions at Big Sky Audio in Springfield, Pennsylvania....
)) - DaggermouthDaggermouthDaggermouth was a Canadian pop punk/Hardcore Punk band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. They started around early 2004 quickly building a solid reputation by touring with bands such as Moneen and SNFU. They were signed to Smallman Records and in late-2005 released their debut album...
- (Turf WarsTurf WarsTurf Wars is the second album for the pop-punk/hardcore band Daggermouth. It was recorded at The Hive Studios in Vancouver, Canada and was released March 13, 2007. Stylistically, this album is a continuation of the sound they started on their first full-length...
) - DaggermouthDaggermouthDaggermouth was a Canadian pop punk/Hardcore Punk band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. They started around early 2004 quickly building a solid reputation by touring with bands such as Moneen and SNFU. They were signed to Smallman Records and in late-2005 released their debut album...
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) - Nothing Unexpected - (Nothing Unexpected)
- Arden - (The Big Picture EP)
- Olympians - (You Were My Inspiration)
- The Lion And The Wolf - (The Lion And The Wolf EP)
- The Republic Of WolvesThe Republic Of WolvesThe Republic of Wolves is an indie rock band from Long Island, New York consisting of Mason Maggio and Christian Van Deurs of the indie folk band Tigers On Trains as well as Billy Duprey, Gregg Andrew Dellarocca, and Chris Wall . AbsolutePunk named their debut extended play His Old Branches "the...
- (His Old Branches EP) - The Republic Of WolvesThe Republic Of WolvesThe Republic of Wolves is an indie rock band from Long Island, New York consisting of Mason Maggio and Christian Van Deurs of the indie folk band Tigers On Trains as well as Billy Duprey, Gregg Andrew Dellarocca, and Chris Wall . AbsolutePunk named their debut extended play His Old Branches "the...
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) - Day Of Rising - (Deceivers United)
- City Light Thief - (Laviin)
The label suffered a setback when trying to import a release by the band Rushmore Academy in 2007. The band accepted payment up front for 20 copies of their EP but then failed to supply the CDs, causing Walnut Tree Records to lose £70 in the process. Rushmore Academy failed to reply to any correspondence and have since broken up. While this seems like a nominal amount to lose in comparison, it caused the postponement of the service for almost three years while Tom focused on UK releases. The service has since returned in 2010 with releases from US bands Arden and Olympians.
Bands appearing on Walnut Tree Records releases
The following bands have all featured on at least one Walnut Tree Records release. Those in bold were full releases, those in italics were distributed through the label:A Broken Robot, A Word Like.Attack, All Or Nothing, Arden, Attention, Bangarang!, Bangers, Bayonets, Brave Citizens, Burn The Fleet, Call Me Ishmael, Canterbury, City Light Thief, Cuba Cuba, Cutting Class, Daggermouth, Danger Is My Middle Name, Day Of Rising, Delta/Alaska, Don Broco, Drawings, Fire In The Attic, Fluid Lines, Four Year Strong, Francesqa, Ghostlines, Great Caesar, Gunning For Tamar, Have You Heard, Joey Terrifying, Kidnapper Bell, Liam Clayton, Lonely The Brave, LYU, Mutiny On The Bounty, Mybe, Newlands, Nothing Unexpected, Olympians, Over And Out, Overthrow, Paige, Pareto, Permanent Me, Portman, Samoans, Show It Off!, Taking Chase, The Barent Sea, The Law Among Tigers, The Lion And The Wolf, The Long Haul, The Maple State, The Republic Of Wolves, The Ruined, The Tupolev Ghost, The Wonder Years, The Vanity Score, They Sink Ships, Tiger Please, Valencia, Venice Ahoy, Viva Sleep, We Push Buttons, Wilson Fisk, Wolf Am I.