TTSSFU, English Teacher, Katy J Pearson, Lambrini Girls and more feature on A Hideous Collective compilation album raising funds to support Music Venue Trust

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Featuring a mix of brand new and reworked material from acts including Wunderhorse, English Teacher, Katy J Pearson, Lambrini Girls, Antony Szmierek and many more, the campaign kicks off with lead track, "Thank You Satan" by Opus Kink.

Joining the aforementioned acts on the compilation are the likes of Warmduscher, TTSSFU, Los Bitchos, Matt Maltese, Luvcat and Big Special, with the latter detailing why they’ve also got involved in the collaborative project: “Independent venues have played a vital role in every single step of our development as a band and as musicians. From building our confidence on small stages as teenagers playing around the midlands, to our first headline run as full time musicians in our 30s. Touring on busy schedules you never end up seeing much of the places you visit, but indie venues are usually the main vein of a city’s culture. If these independent venues are taken away, an opportunity for working class and minority artists and young people and music fans to have a foot into an industry that is usually reserved for the most privileged will be taken away also. The most ironic thing would be the people where most of real art comes from, being excluded from the chance to make a living from their work and their art.”

"Touring independent music venues is like this. The most passionate organisers are the ones who do it on a shoestring and are often one bad season away from crumbling," Opus Kink says of the release.

"Support for these venues and humans is starting to glimmer in the ashes through donations and awareness and the work of groups like MVT, but as always, unfortunately, it must also take wresting a more fundamental and top-down offering from the industry to really stay the decimation of grassroots live music culture in this country. In the meantime, please enjoy the sounds of some of the artists who help to keep alive the places that birthed them and please buy this record so you can do that too. And remember to thank Satan."

Music Venue Trust added: “This compilation is a celebration of everything that makes grassroots music culture so vital. Every track is a reminder that these spaces are not just stepping stones - they are sacred spaces of culture, rebellion, and connection. Buying this record is doing more than raising funds; it’s an act of beautiful support and solidarity at a time when the grassroots still aren't valued for their essential contribution to the pipeline of talent in this country. A huge thank you to Opus Kink and every artist on this record!”

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