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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 17h

Watch the video for Dancer's "Always Running!". New LP "More or Less" out now! Thanks @fortherabbits.bsky.social for the video premiere and great words! @dancerband.bsky.social

For The Rabbits @fortherabbits.bsky.social · 1d

“I have no idea what they are (apart from looking like mustard and ketchup) and want to ensure Glasgow City Council know that we did not paint them!” @dancerband.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social fortherabbits.net/2025/10/08/p...

[PREMIERE] Dancer – Always Running

Glasgow-based quartet Dancer burst onto the scene with a pair of great EPs in 2023, released their debut album in 2024, and continuing their prolific run, last month shared the brilliant follow-up,…

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For The Rabbits @fortherabbits.bsky.social · 2d

Back in the premiere game with one of Glasgow’s finest bands @dancerband.bsky.social

Always Running is from their second album #MoreOrLess out now via @meritoriorec.bsky.social fortherabbits.net/2025/10/08/p...

[PREMIERE] Dancer – Always Running

Glasgow-based quartet Dancer burst onto the scene with a pair of great EPs in 2023, released their debut album in 2024, and continuing their prolific run, last month shared the brilliant follow-up,…

fortherabbits.net

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @fortherabbits.bsky.social for premiering a new video for Dancer's "Always Running", taken from their recent album "More or Less".

Watch the video and read the nice words below!

fortherabbits.net/2025/10/08/p...

[PREMIERE] Dancer – Always Running

Glasgow-based quartet Dancer burst onto the scene with a pair of great EPs in 2023, released their debut album in 2024, and continuing their prolific run, last month shared the brilliant follow-up,…

fortherabbits.net

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 4d

Listen/Order Baby Did This by Creative Writing!

Guitar-driven indie rock with nods to the late ’80s/’90s underground!

creativewriting.bandcamp.com/album/baby-d...

Baby Did This, by Creative Writing

10 track album

creativewriting.bandcamp.com

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Sandra Zettpunkt @goldenglades.bsky.social · 9d

NOW until 7pm CET via live stream @bytefm.bsky.social f/ @modernnature.bsky.social | @gruffrhys.bsky.social | @theloftuk.bsky.social via @tapeterecords.bsky.social | Massage out on @bobointegral.bandcamp.com | @dancerband.bsky.social via @meritoriorec.bsky.social | @stereolabgroop.bsky.social

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 6d

If you still need recs in the waning hours of Bandcamp Friday... I got ya. New CPS up now w/music fr artists/labels @glenndonaldson.bsky.social @lindymorrison.bsky.social @evernever.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @indieordie.bsky.social @hiddenbayrec.bsky.social www.nstop.com/cycles-per-s...

Cover image for the October 1, 2025 edition of Cycles Per Second: purple-tinted illustration of a white-and-purple acoustic guitar floating over two disembodied hands, each clutching a mic stand

Playlist for the October 1, 2025 edition of Cycles Per Second:

Railcard - Narcissus
Papernut Cambridge - Listen To It Rain All Day
The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Trouble Don't Last (Geary ver)
lars from norway - not anymore
Strange Passage - Golden Rule
Garden of Love - See Thru
The New Eves - Red Brick
Unmarry Me - Spanner In The Hurt
Added Dimensions - See Through
SnarskiCircusLindyBand - Since I Slept With You Everybody Wants To Sleep With Me
KCIDY - Théorie
Freshberry - The Merrily Blue Moon
Fin Healy - invariance
steven shoelace - Bugs Life
Uranium Daughters - Authors Of Our Destruction

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 7d

Baby Did This by Creative Writing – out now!

Formed in 2023 by members of Huevos II, Sore Eros, Jeanines & more, the band delivers witty, guitar-driven indie rock with nods to the late ’80s/’90s underground.

listen|order

creativewriting.bandcamp.com/album/baby-d...

Baby Did This, by Creative Writing

10 track album

creativewriting.bandcamp.com

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 8d

The Wesleys' new single "Explosive Device” out now!

FFO -- Pixies, The Feelies, The Modern Lovers, The Lemonheads, early R.E.M.

The Wesleys "Explosive Device" out on LP/DIGITAL, November 7, 2025 on Meritorio Records and Petit Village (CAN).

thewesleys.bandcamp.com/album/explos...

Explosive Device, by The Wesleys

8 track album

thewesleys.bandcamp.com

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 9d

Strange Passage’s new single "Golden Rule” out now!

New LP “A Folded Sky" – Out November 7.

FFO -- Felt, The Church, The Feelies, and early REM

strangepassage.bandcamp.com/album/a-fold...

A Folded Sky, by Strange Passage

6 track album

strangepassage.bandcamp.com

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Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social · 11d

“Nothing’s getting reinvented here, but if you like tuneful, melodic distortion, catchy choruses and slacker joie de vivre, you’ll enjoy Creative Writing,” writes Jennifer Kelly. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7960350... @meritoriorec.bsky.social

Creative Writing — True 90s (Meritorio)

Creative Writing - Kill Yr TV Creative Writing is a quartet of Western Mass regulars attuned to the fuzzy frequencies of NZ and American lo-fi. Three out of four of the principals — Patrick...

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Indie Pop Takeout @indiepoptakeout.bsky.social · 12d

Sep 27 menu on @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social @mergerecords.bsky.social @bigstirrecords.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social @wearebusybodies.bsky.social @ghostlyint.bsky.social @secretlycanadian.bsky.social @norulespr.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @chemunderground.bsky.social

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 14d

Really sad to hear this — you’ve always been such an inspiration!

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cesarmejias @cesarmejias.com · 14d

Hoy otro disco editado este año por @meritoriorec.bsky.social. Los veteranos The High Water Marks y su "Consult The Oracle". Pop de guitarras del bueno que sirve para salvarte un día chungo. Hay algunos temas especialmente brillantes como "Old Farm Witches", deliciosa.

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cesarmejias @cesarmejias.com · 17d

Ahora que @meritoriorec.bsky.social vuelve a reeditar esta maravilla de disco de jangle neozelandés. Creo que es un gran momento para recuperar este "Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn" de Jim Nothing. Es una maravilla

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 21d

Jim Nothing’s hit album “Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn” is BACK IN PRINT on limited 180gr black vinyl! @meltedicecream.bsky.social

Order it NOW!

jimnothing.bandcamp.com/album/grey-e...

Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn, by Jim Nothing

13 track album

jimnothing.bandcamp.com

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wymablog.bsky.social @wymablog.bsky.social · 25d

whenyoumotoraway.blogspot.com/2025/09/memory-light-by-creative-writing.html Classic American guitar pop executed at the "play at repeat all day" level: "Memory Light" by New England band Creative Writing. From October 3 release Baby Did This. via @meritoriorec.bsky.social

"Memory Light" by Creative Writing

From the opening crunching, jangling power pop riffs to the rousing chorus, "Memory Light" is one of those treasured instant classics the ...

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RM Hubbert @rmhubbert.com · 28d

New Dancer! Dae it!

Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 28d

Dancer "More or Less" out today! @dancerband.bsky.social

There is an exclusive Red Vinyl version available through @monorailmusic.bsky.social

Listen/Order here:

dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/more-o...

More or Less, by Dancer

12 track album

dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com

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Dancer @dancerband.bsky.social · 28d

'More or Less' is out today on @meritoriorec.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone involved and hope you enjoy it 😎

Launch tonight at The Flying Duck in Glasgow

dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/more-o...

monorailmusic.com/product/more...

www.citizenticket.com/events/vibes...

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Meritorio Records @meritoriorec.bsky.social · 28d

Dancer "More or Less" out today! @dancerband.bsky.social

There is an exclusive Red Vinyl version available through @monorailmusic.bsky.social

Listen/Order here:

dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/more-o...

More or Less, by Dancer

12 track album

dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com

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Raven Sings The Blues @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social · 29d

Slipping between the punk snap of Aussie forefathers and college radio jangle staples, Creative Writing's “Memory Light” weaves guitar lines around the listener, a braided lanyard of licks that’s buoyed by haloed harmonies that nod to The Feelies and The Chills. bit.ly/4nnTPDV

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Indienauta.com @indienauta.bsky.social · Sep 9

Los norteamericanos Strange Passage debutan en el sello madrileño @meritoriorec.bsky.social con "Hunter's Fancy", el estupendo primer adelanto de lo que será su segundo álbum. www.indienauta.com/strange-pass...

Strange Passage buscan la perfección jangle-pop en "Hunter's Fancy" - Indienauta

Strange Passage entregan "Hunter's Fancy", el que es el primer adelanto de 'A Fokded Sky', el que será su segundo álbum.

www.indienauta.com

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Fun, attention grabbing and really quite charming."

★★★★ album review: MORE OR LESS by Dancer (@dancerband.bsky.social) is out this Friday on @meritoriorec.bsky.social

Dancer - More or Less album review: The Skinny

On their followup to last year's 10 Song I Hate About You, Dancer aren't reinventing the wheel but they charm in spades.

www.theskinny.co.uk

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Here Comes The Flood @herecomestheflood.com · Sep 9

This kind of well-executed stubbornness and not playing by the rules was all the rage in the 90s in circles of music lovers who were serious about their listening habits.

www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/09/danc...

#dancer
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Dancer: More or Less

A blog about music. The good stuff only.

www.herecomestheflood.com

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dj duMars @djdumars.bsky.social · Sep 7

#RedPlanet next up it’s Strange Passage #HuntersFancy + new #indierock record dropping Nov 7 via @meritoriorec.bsky.social + #NP WSUM 91.7fm Madison wsum.org

strangepassage.bandcamp.com/track/hunter...

Hunter's Fancy, by Strange Passage

from the album A Folded Sky

strangepassage.bandcamp.com

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Dancer @dancerband.bsky.social · Sep 5

One week until the release of our second album 'More or Less' via @meritoriorec.bsky.social and it's Bandcamp Friday!

Surely the ideal moment to make that preorder >>>

dancermusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/more-o...

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