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Trouserphonic Website Coming Soon!
We are currently working on a brand new website for our label, Trouserphonic Records, where you will be able to buy all our releases and get all the latest news. Over the coming…
There’s an awful lot of power pop in Brasil
POWERPOP STATION, from Brasil has included “Meanwhile” in their top 80 list of albums of 2018 Muito Obrigado a Paolo Miléa 🙂 See the links here for the full list and the POWERPOP…
Top 10 Albums of 2018: Pop! The Beat Bubble Burst
Christmas has arrived … 🙂 Review by Rich Reese of KDHX After more than 10 years with KDHX, I find that the percentage of music I play from the 1960s has shrunk and the…
Completely Bananas …
Glenn Prangnell is responsible for some of the most satisfying 60s influenced pop records this decade. Starting his project way back in 2010 with the fantastic “Monkey Trousers,” he is proving once again…
The British Library Sound Archive
I feel very honoured to have been approached this week by the Popular Music Curators at The British Library Sound Archive (formerly the National Sound Archive) with a view to adding the entire…
‘Meanwhile Back In Medieval Britain’- Album Number 7 from Groovy Uncle, Out Now!!
Our brand new album for 2018 is out now and available here at the website. Go to our shop and grab your copy now! Available in 180g VINYL (+ download card and lyric…
‘Shindig!’ Magazine Feature
Groovy Uncle feature in the October issue of ‘Shindig!’ magazine…
Meanwhile Back In Medieval Britain…
‘Meanwhile Back In Medieval Britain…’, album number 7 from Groovy Uncle, has been sent to the pressing plant and is now in production. It will see a limited release on heavyweight vinyl (including…
Groovy Uncle-New Album In Progress
The new Groovy Uncle record we are working on is very much a ‘songwriting co-operative’ with contributions from Jon Barker, Darryl Ryan Hartley and Andy Morten. One of the tracks we have completed is…
Classic Sounds, March 2018 by Warren Finn
Long before the beat boom generation, there has been a steady flow of creativity seeping into our being. A quality of inventiveness, shaping and altering perspectives, sending feet a tapping, and fashioning our…
Get ‘Em Before They Go!!
Currently running low on vinyl copies of 3 albums available from this website. “Play Something We Know!” (State), “Girl From The Neck Down” (State) and “A Clip Round The Ear (Trouserphonic) are selling…
Tape Saturation and Valve Distortion
…Tape saturation and distortion abound on a collection that boasts outstanding homages to R&B classics, alongside four strong original compostitions. Jimmy Reed’s 1959 ‘Come Love’, Sonny Boy Williams II 1963 standard ‘Help Me’…
New Groovy Uncle Album In Progress
I’ll soon be back in the studio to begin work on the next GU album. This one is has all the usual ingredients including various musician friends contributing to the record but the…
A Brand New Album On Trouserphonic-Order Your Copy Now!
Very pleased to say the debut album from Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation is now up for pre – order on the shop page. ‘A Very British Blues Explosion’ is set for release on…
Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation – A New Release On Trouserphonic Records – Coming Soon!
I’m very pleased to announce that the forthcoming album from Jim Riley’s Blues Foundation is to be released on my own label, Trouserphonic Records early next year. This will be the first non-…
Blows the doors off every time…
A VERY strong set from beginning to end, “A Clip Round The Ear” is an absolute knockout of an album. Glenn Prangnell continues to amaze with his extremely sharp songwriting skills and sense…
‘Persuaded’ Special Edition-Last Few Copies Available!
In 2014 we released the ‘Persuaded’ album on CD and Vinyl. 100 of the vinyl copies were issued as a ‘special edition’ package which included a numbered lyric sheet, poster, postcard, envelope containing…
“Oi! Do You Want A Clip Round The Ear?!”
Our brand new album, ‘A Clip Round The Ear’ is out and available from this website on shiny GREEN VINYL and CD. The first 100 with lyric/colouring -in sheet, postcard and green balloon…
August 2017-New Album, New Website!
Welcome to the brand new Groovy Uncle website! Our 6th album, “A Clip Round The Ear” is now up for grabs-available on CD and groovy GREEN VINYL. The first 100 buyers will receive…
News March 2017
Hello All! It’s been a while since I last posted an update but things have been pretty hectic as I’ve been working on two albums simultaneously! Last month work was finally completed on…
New Sounds and Where We’re At
Following the release of the “Life’s A Gift” album in 2015 I wanted to plough on with the next record. I had a bunch of songs that were inspired by and loosely based…
A New Vinyl Record From Suzi Chunk – Order Your Copy Now!!
The brand new single from Suzi Chunk is out from September 1st 2016 on ORANGE VINYL!! (Includes download code). In addition, the first 100 numbered copies will include a signed postcard (photo by Paddy Faulkner) and specially…
News June 2016
Just got back from recording and mixing the forthcoming Suzi Chunk single “Got Up And Gone”/”Find The Morning” which we’ll be releasing on our own label, Trouserphonic Records, later in the year. It’ll…
Lost In A Moment – ‘Persuaded’ by Groovy Uncle
In January 2014 Groovy Uncle began work on their 4th album, “Persuaded”. Apart from two songs-“Wet Weekend” and “You Look Good To Me”– all were recorded at Ranscombe Studios, produced by Jim Riley…
Barefoot And Persuaded
At the beginning of 2014 I started to gather together a collection of songs for the new Groovy Uncle album and it already had a title. “Persuaded” will be our fourth release and…
Wish Away The Moon
A few years ago I discovered the music of Nick Drake and for a while I listened to little else. I was fascinated by the arrangements of these meandering, melancholic masterpieces and the…
‘One Vowel Away From The Truth’ – Album Out Now
Monday 30th September 2013 finally saw the release of the new Groovy Uncle/Suzi Chunk album “One Vowel Away From The Truth”(Trouserphonic ZIP-1-UP) making it the third from the Groovy Uncle project and the…
One Vowel Away From The Truth
Once we’d seen in the New Year my thoughts immediately turned to making a new record. This would be the third Groovy Uncle album project after “Play Something We Know!”and Suzi Chunk’s “Girl From…
A Thank You
After all the tremendous response to the album “Girl From The Neck Down” I thought it about time I composed an open letter to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported us…
Got My Eyes On The Prize
Somebody once asked me if I had to record a cover version with Suzi what would I choose. “Love Is A Losing Game” was my immediate response. Suzi is a big fan of…
Big Screen
The song that triggered the concept of the Suzi Chunk album “Girl From The Neck Down” was one that seemed to come out of nowhere. “Big Screen” matches a melancholy tune with downcast…
Play Something We Know!
If the concept behind the Suzi Chunk album “Girl From The Neck Down” was “to make the kind of record they don’t make anymore”, then the first Groovy Uncle LP certainly had its own…
Girl From The Neck Down – Part 3
In 1967 George Harrison attended a lecture on Transcendental Meditation given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at the Hilton Hotel, London. Backstage the two met for the first time and with a typical…