 
Xtra Mile Recordings is one of the most talked
about and exciting independent record labels in
the UK who have such a strong roster of bands
which features the likes of Sonic Boom Six, Frank
Turner, Dave Hause, Franz Nicolay, The Xcerts,
Straight Lines, Jim Lockey And The Solemn Sun,
Ben Marwood, River Boat Gamblers and many other
impressive artists, in fact the label and their
artists are so sought after that this year the
2000 Trees festival in Cheltenham turned the Greenhouse
stage into the Xtra Mile Recordings stage which
went down an storm.
Currently Xtra Mile Recordings are celebrating
10 years in the business and have just released
their latest compilation album ‘Xtra Mile
High Club Vol4: Great Hangs’ to coincide
with this and the compilation is jam packed with
24 tracks featuring 24 different acts on the Xtra
Mile Recordings roster.
‘Xtra Mile High Club Vol 4: Great Hangs’
is a solid release and very diverse at the same
time as one minute you will be listening to the
heavily ska sounding ‘Virus’ by Sonic
Boom Six, then moments later Dave Hause will be
pleasing your ears with the laid back acoustic
‘Melanin’ before Beans On Toast treats
you to ‘Beer And A Burger’, then the
Riverboat Gamblers come on with raw sounding ‘Comedians’
before Frank Turner and co give your head a pounding
with ‘Casual Threats From The Weekend Hardman’
from his new post-hardcore project Mongol Horde.
Overall this compilation album is the perfect
way for Xtra Mile Recordings to promote their
bands as let’s face it anyone who managed
to check out at least one Xtra Mile band at 2000
Trees or happened to see one of the many Xtra
Mile artists support Frank Turner on his frequent
UK tours would be stupid not to pick up a copy
of this as it simply a 24 step guide on everything
that is great with Xtra Mile Recordings.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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