It’s All Happening Records – and so she thinks

Help Secret Rivals make music

admin — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:37:24 +0000

Due to the unfair nature of the music industry (nay, life), sometimes the best bands are not the ones awash with the cash to make the music they want to give to the people who want to hear it. To fund some of the recording and production of their debut album, Secret Rivals are going all Blue Peter, and asking fans to donate some cash to the pot, to be all pooled together and put to the project.
Of course, realising that not many people will do something for nothing, or just due to being cool chaps, as well as everyone receiving a copy of the album, they are offering a variety of goodies in exchange for a donation, including handwritten lyric sheets, personalised messages, VIP passes to a show, and the band playing your house party.
Head to their page to be part of this project and let music be made by making your pledge – let’s make this happen!
Don’t forget you can still buy their latest EP, Make Do And Mend Part 2 from a number of good online retailers.

Free download of Secret Rivals – Tonight Matthew

admin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:44:46 +0000

The wonderful Secret Rivals are offering you the wonderful Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be Honest With Myself for free…if you tell your friends! Easy! Just click the button and grab your new tune. And don’t forget to check out the new EP Make Do And Mend (Part 2)!
The full tracklisting for Make Do And Mend (Part 2), released 28th May 2012, is as follows:
1. Once More With Heart
2. The Part That Kills
3. I Hope She Knows
4. I Know Something
5. Make Do and Mend (Part 2)
It is available to purchase from here or here.

Pre-order new Secret Rivals EP now!

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:47:48 +0000

Secret Rivals will be releasing Make Do And Mend (Part 2) on May 28th, on It’s All Happening Records, and as we know you like to be one step ahead of the crowd, you can pre order it here. Featuring recent single Once More With Heart and I Know Something, the record retains the anxious energy of Part 1 with a more sophisticated expose of emotions. Listen out soon for a preview of the title track – special indeed.

Monsoon Love….soaking wet….Cinemawave

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:40:45 +0000

Monsoon Love, the new single from Cinemawave, out May 14th on It’s All Happening Records. Heard it on Sky Sports? Want to see them live? Head to any of the following dates…

16 March Kings Head

20 March 93 Feet East

23 March The Good Ship

27 March Proud Galleries

Where will you be in ten years time? Listen to double A side The Future and tell us your plans to be featured in the artwork.

Love for Secret Rivals – Once More With Heart/I Know Something: buy it now!

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:39:45 +0000

Clearly It’s All Happening! believe that the gravelly emotions and gritty excitement, oscillating melodies and compulsive substance, confident and explosive rhythms of Secret Rivals Once More With Heart and I Know Something make them great examples of those sorts of songs that leave your life better than when they entered it, and an excellent follow up to their September mini-album Make Do And Mend. That’s why we’re releasing it.
But it’s not only us; a fair few others have been enamoured too.
On 7^th January Sky Sports chose the song as the soundtrack to their Championship Goals montage (and managed to relocate the band to New York.)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecZ5s84Oak]
AltSounds caught up with the guys to discuss 2011 and 2012 and Gaydar discussed being a Gay Icon. Gigape chose to share the song as did the The Music Fix, the F-Word featured Once More With Heart in a piece on their praise for female fronted bands.
The NME were treated to an exclusive of the video, and as well as sharing the video for Once More With Heart Subba Cultcha extracted from Jay that the album to change his life was Pulp’s Different Class – confirmation Secret Rivals and It’s All Happening! are the perfect match.
Panicdots love the fact that the ‘new single has a great dancey feel to it, while still retaining a punky vibe’ whilst The Found of Confusion cite the song as a ‘typically thrilling audio conniption’ (definition: a fit of rage, hysteria, or alarm).
The Oxford Music Blog believes the release on January 16th ‘looks set to kick off a landmark year for the band’ and similarly Sour Mash kick off their New for 2012 list with gushing praise for the ‘charm and damn good leg-slapping joy’ from this ‘glorious band.’ And legendary Oxford magazine Nightshift loves it as an example of ‘pure and unvarnished…timeless indie pop.’
And HMV simply state ‘we LOVE this song.’ Sums it up nicely.
Available to buy January 16th from here!

Secret Rivals Single Launch!

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:46:28 +0000

Everyone's loving Secret Rivals' Once More With Heart

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:54:26 +0000

We know it’s great. Secret Rivals are aware that it rocks. Trend setters are always ahead of the crowd, and now the rest of the musical community is starting to catch up, streaming, mixing and sharing the new single Once More With Heart, which will be released as a double A side with I Know Something on January 16th on It’s All Happening Records. Read an interview with Jamie on Panic Dots, where, amongst other things, he name drops Tim Robinson, Rob Da Bank and Steve Lamacq.
Adding their happy-go-lucky style, Alphabet Backwards have knocked up a splendid remix, available to download from A Badge of Friendship’s Soundcloud page.
Secret Rivals – Once More With Heart (Alphabet Backward Remix) by abadgeoffriendship
Or if you prefer to dabble in the darker side, check out the remix from Lee Christian of Smilex.
Not only being supported by fellow bands, the musical monolith that is the NME have posted a live video of Once More With Heart -moving in the big circles now guys!