Out on a Limb Records
| Out On A Limb | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder |
Albert Twomey Richard Bourke |
| Genre | Alternative |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Location | Limerick |
| Official website | outonalimbrecords.com |
Out On A Limb Records is an independent record label, based in Limerick, Ireland.[1] It is one of the longest running independent labels in Ireland. The label was set up in the summer of 2003 with the release of Is it OK to be loud, Jesus?, the debut album from local band giveamanakick. It was set up by Albert Twomey (also see Plugd Records) and Richard Bourke, both of whom were involved in the Aspersion Music Collective, a non-profit gig promoter in Limerick. They were joined by Ciarán Ryan a couple of months after that, and the three have worked on the label ever since.[2][3] In November 2009 it was announced that Twomey would no long be involved in the label.[4] Ryan has admitted that himself and Bourke considered ending the label on a few occasions.[5] In 2013 Winding's album 'I am not the Crow' was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, becoming the first band on the label to receive this nomination.[6]
Artists
Since then, the label has put out numerous releases on various formats - CD, vinyl, cassette, and digital from the following acts: Crayonsmith, giveamanakick, Hooray For Humans, Rest (band), Ten Past Seven, Waiting Room, windings, Berkeley, Owensie, Joggging, C!ties, Elk, Vertigo Smyth, Hidden Highways, Guilty Optics, Peter Delaney, Women's Christmas, and Shardborne.
giveamanakick were the first act added to the label in 2003. Later that year, the label added Rest. 2004 saw Waiting Room, Ten Past Seven and windings formally join the label. The next additions were Crayonsmith and Hooray For Humans (2007), Owensie (2010), Hidden Highways (2011), Jogging and Elk (2012), Peter Delaney (2013), Women's Christmas (2014), and Shardborne (2015).
Releases
- giveamanakick - Is it ok to be loud, Jesus? (OOAL0001, Album, 2003)
- giveamanakick/Rest split Christmas Single cdr (OOAL1.5, 2003)
- Waiting Room[7] - Catering For Headphones (OOAL0002, Album, 2004)
- Rest[8] - Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame (OOAL0003, Album, 2004)
- Out On A Tour Sampler (OOAL0003.5, CDr Sampler, 2004)
- windings - windings (OOAL0004, Album, 2005)
- giveamanakick - We Are The Way Forward (OOAL0005, Album, 2005)
- Ten Past Seven - Shut Up Your Face (OOAL006, Album, 2006)
- giveamanakick/Berkeley split 7" single (OOALVS1, 2006)
- Rest - Operation: Impending Doom (OOAL0007, Mini Album, 2007)
- Hooray For Humans - Signature (OOAL0009, Digital Single, 2007)
- Hooray For Humans - Safekeeping (OOAL0008, Album, 2007)
- Crayonsmith - Lost In The Forest (OOAL0010, Digital Single, 2008)
- Crayonsmith - White Wonder (OOAL0011, Album, 2008)
- Various Artists - Five Years Of Missed Deadlines (CD/DVD Compilation, 2008)
- windings - Brain Fluid (OOAL0012, Digital Single/EP, 2010)
- Vertigo Smyth/windings split 7"The Armada Song/Old Like J (OOAL0013, 2010)
- windings - It's Never Night (OOAL0014, Album, 2010)
- Guilty Optics/C!ties - White Teeth/ Krakatoa (OOAL0015, Split 7", 2010)
- Owensie - Aliens (OOAL0016, Album, 2011)
- windings - Embury Greenway (OOAL0017, Digital Single, 2011)
- Vertigo Smyth & Carol Anne McGowan - Fox Eyes On Georgia (OOAL0018, 2011)
- Ten Past Seven - Black Box Recordings (OOAL0019,EP,2011)
- Crayonsmith/Elk - Heaven In An Aeroplane/Wet Stars (OOAL0020, Split 7", 2011)
- Owensie - Aliens/I Saw The Flashing Lights Remixes (OOAL0021, Cassette, 2011)
- Tooth - That Corporate Emotion (OOAL0022, Album, 2011)
- windings - The Space I Occupy/ The Hassle (OOAL0023, 7", 2012)
- Hidden Highways - Hidden Highways (OOAL0024, EP, 2012)
- Jogging - Take Courage (OOAL0025, Album, 2012)
- Owensie - Citizens (OOAL0026, Album, 2012)
- windings - I Am Not The Crow (OOAL0027, Album, 2012)
- Owensie - The Old Breadline (OOAL0028, Digital, 2012)
- Rest - I Hold The Wolf (OOAL0029, Album, 2013)
- Peter Delaney - Witch Bottle (OOAL0030, Album, 2013)
References
- ↑ "Out on a Limb Records homepage". Outonalimbrecords.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
- ↑
- ↑ "Culture & Entertainment News". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ "Featured Content on Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Celina Murphy. "Risky Business | Music | Interview". Hot Press. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Owens, Alan. "Choice music prize nod for Limerick's Windings". limerickleader.ie.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
- ↑ "rest on Myspace". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.