SPRING 2014
When and how did Wolf
Town DIY form?
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Andrew: Myself and Richard were already doing
labels (Let Your Fingers Do The Walking! and Quiet
City Records) and our paths had crossed on a couple
of releases already; Wrestling / Champions League
split 7”, Plaids 7”. We also both approached Owen
from Gone Wishing about a cassette release on more
or less the same day, so once we got chatting and
decided to just do a label together! Rory had done
artwork and various bits and bobs for both of us as
well as releasing the wrestling cassette on his own
label Man the Ramparts. So when we decided to do
something together we knew straight away we had to
get Rory involved. All this was roughly 15 months ago
(?!) and here we are now!
"I JUST LOVE TANGIBLE LITTLE ARTEFACTS LIKE
RECORDS AND CASSETTES, AND THINGS LIKE
ZINES AND COMICS THAT ARE ALL SORTA SIMILAR
IF A CONSIDERED AMOUNT OF CARE IS PUT INTO
MAKING THEM LOOK AND FEEL SPECIAL... I JUST
THOUGHT IT’D BE NEAT TO BE THAT PERSON
MAKING THESE LITTLE THINGS..."
Richard: I often get asked where the name Wolf Town
comes from so I will clear it up here – We are all from
Wolverhampton, which a lot of locals call Wolf Town,
so it seemed like an obvious choice!
Rory: We just turned a year old sometime before
Christmas, so I think it was about early 2013 when we
put the first couple of things out. All three of us used
to do run little labels by ourselves, but before we got
too invested in doing them individually we decided
upon just getting together and doing a similar thing,
but underneath one imprint rather than three smaller
ones. Andrew and Richard basically just messaged me
asking if would like to join them, and it made perfect
sense, really.
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