Love As Fiction Records

04/06/2025

Album Review - By Design by The Electorate (2025) (Love As Fiction Records)

The Electorate / Love As Fiction Records

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04/06/2025

The members of The Electorate (Eliot Fish, Josh Morris & Nick Kennedy) have all been...

04/06/2025

04/06/2025

GLIDE Glide Open Up and Croon 30th Anniversary vinyl hits No.8 on the 100% Independent Australian Independent Record Labels Association charts!

Big week for Kisschasy too with two albums in, well done!

02/06/2025

Thanks at Big Takeover Magazine ! 💜

Love As Fiction Records is doing the Lord’s work, or at least the indie rock gods’ work, by finally bringing Glide’s 1995 album, Open Up and Croon, to vinyl. Marking the album’s 30th anniversary, this release is more than just a reissue; it’s a lovingly crafted tribute to a band that left ...

01/06/2025

31/05/2025

Last chance for these, preorder closes this weekend!

31/05/2025

Thanks Just Ace 90s!

I am loving the Love As Fiction Records reissue of Glide’s great 1995 debut album Open Up And Croon. They are probably the best reissue label in Australia, and there’s so much love and care in what they do. There’s a booklet! No pixelated artwork! Right up there with the high standards set by the best reissue labels in the world.

The music. I talked about Glide in Episode 30 which looked at Shock and the indie label scene. Glide were on Hypnotized, a Shock in house label. They didn’t get the major label deal, but everyone thought they were great. Growing up in Sydney, they were always talked about like they were as big as You Am I or any other band.

The noisy guitars sound very modern. I guess that’s a testament to the band who stuck their guns of wanting to make emotive powerful music over chasing trends. I touch on how the band ended in tragedy. But listening to this album, that sadness seems far away. Not how I want to remember it.

God - William Arthur’s voice. It’s just a classic rock voice. Power - but a nice bit of gravel. The new vinyl really brings the vocals out.

It’s not even close to being one of the biggest albums in Australia in the 90s. It probably doesn’t even make the top 50. It’s another reason why this reissue is so great. This album gets the love that albums that sold 100 times more doesn’t get. But the indie scene always cared more.

30/05/2025

Glide GLIDE hit No.13 on the ARIA top 20 vinyl albums chart on debut! 🔥