MHS NEW RELEASES OUT TODAY! 'ARCHAEOLOGY' BOXSET & 'LOSS' / 'US' / 'THIS IS HOPE' ANNIVERSARY VINYL

on 24th February 2023

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‘A collection of earworms, heartbreakers, oddities and sublime pop: Colin MacIntyre/MHS set sail musically from his native Mull, arriving seemingly fully formed on our airwaves with unique subject matter for pop songs, yet with timeless resonance and prescient round of applauses for local heroes over global corporations.’ — The LIST
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HELLO ALL, I’M DELIGHTED TO HAVE THESE WORKS NOW IN THE WORLD, THEY FEEL GOOD IN THE HAND AND ON THE DECKS AND I HOPE SOME OF YOU MIGHT ENJOY DIGGING IN… DETAILS BELOW AND ALSO A FINAL RECOVERED ARCHIVE: MHS ‘THIS IS HOPE’ TOUR LIVE IN EDINBURGH, WORTH IT ALONE FOR THE MOST INSANE ‘SOCIETY’ STAGE INVASION AT THE END I’VE EVER ENCOURAGED….
— COLIN 

‘ARCHAEOLOGY: COMPLETE MHS RECORDINGS 2000-2004’ – FEAT. 80-TRACK BOXSET & 36 PAGE BOOKLET WITH EXCLUSIVES / EXTRACTS

+ 21st & 20th SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY VINYL REISSUES OF ‘LOSS’, ‘US’ & ‘THIS IS HOPE’ (FOR THE FIRST TIME)

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21st ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VINYL EDITION OF ‘LOSS’

“Originality is at its core. MacIntyre has arrived as if fully-formed. A tartan clad debut of aspiring proportions.” – The Observer 5/5

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20th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VINYL EDITION OF ‘US’!

“Tuneful and plaintive pop gems. An Album of the Year contender.” Rolling Stone Magazine 5/5 (Top 75 albums of the year)

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 FIRST EVER ‘WE ARE SOCIETY’ VINYL EDITION OF ‘THIS IS HOPE’ WITH NEW ARTWORK!

‘Exceptional. A cacophony of pipe organ, reverb, distorted vocals and dislocated breakbeats; a Beatles ‘Revolution 9’ clad in twisted seam denim. The monolithic closer, ‘In The Next Life (A Requiem)’, is MacIntyre’s ‘Life On Mars.’ — NME 9/10
MHS THIS IS HOPE TOUR COMPLETE SET LIVE FROM EDINBURGH FESTIVAL (LIQUID ROOMS, 2004)

MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS RELEASE

RELEASES EXPANSIVE 80-TRACK ANTHOLOGY BOX SET:
‘ARCHAEOLOGY: COMPLETE RECORDINGS 2000-2004’  

+ SPECIAL RE-ISSUES OF FIRST THREE ALBUMS
– OUT 24 FEBRUARY 2023, VIA DEMON RECORDS _
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TRAILER HERE

When Colin MacIntyre’s debut mull historical society single barcode bypass (rough trade) was named nme’s debut single of the year in 2000, and it then received its first daytime airplay (all 7 minutes of it) on radio 1 jo whiley’s show, it was clear a truly original songwriting talent had emerged as if fully formed and from the unlikely atlantic outpost of the isle of mull, in the scottish hebrides (population of 2,500 people, 28,234 sheep). named after a genuine society dedicated to the preservation of tradition on the bands home island; mull sit somewhere in the valley between the flaming lips, super furry animals and beta band. this 4 cd media book looks back at the early period of mull’s career, gathering together all of macintyre’s studio recordings from the period between 2000 to 2004. discs 1 and 2 are dedicated to the gold selling albums loss and us and include some of mull’s most popular singles watching xanadu, the final arrears, animal cannabus and live like the automatics. mull’s third studio album (released on unique records) this is hope can be found on disc 3, whilst disc 4 is filled to the brim with b sides, rarities, live tracks, demos and unreleased material. this collection is complete with an extensive booklet featuring an extract from colin’s new memoir the boy in the bubble and complemented with a plethora of previously unseen archival photos and memorabilia from colin’s personal archives. there’s also words from the award winning author tom clayton and journalist billy sloan depicting the impact mull historical society has had on them and the wider world.
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