An independent record label from London, U.K. releasing modern composition, lo-fi acoustic and experimental ambient/drone recordings, or things in between.

All releases are accompanied by beautiful artwork in high quality cardboard packaging.

These are the things that are left behind.

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+ March 2011 +


Trome Records are now available at the Stashed Goods store here.

+ February 2011 +

A new interview with Fraser McGowan from SMALL TOWN BOREDOM on the Tidal Wave Of Indifference webzine can be read here.
Also a review of Notes From The Infirmary is due to feature in the March edition of Italian magazine Il Mucchio.

+ December 2010 +

Both albums by SMALL TOWN BOREDOM, Autumn Might Have Hope and Notes From The Infirmary, are now available in download format for only £5.00 each. Please head over to our bandcamp page for details and streaming tracks.

Incidentally a great interview with Fraser McGowan can be found on Sonic Reverie here, and more glowing reviews about the new Small Town Boredom release have been published on Fluid Radio here, and Ondarock here.

ORDERS OVER CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR: Please note that any orders placed after 23rd December are unlikely to be processed until the first week of January 2011.

Thanks for your patience and for listening in 2010 - see you in 2011 with a CD from Aidan Baker, David Newlyn and It Dreamed To Me, and a 7" by Rivulets. And more good stuff.

+November 2010 +

An interview with Fraser from Small Town Boredom has been featured on the Radar section of The Scotsman. Read it here.

Also a review of Notes From The Infirmary by The Line Of Best Fit here, and by Norman Records here.

Related links:
Radar
The Line Of Best Fit
Norman Records

+September 2010 +

AVAILABLE NOW VIA THE CATALOGUE PAGE

TROME004: SMALL TOWN BOREDOM - 'NOTES FROM THE INFIRMARY' CD / DL
Download format now available here

Small Town Boredom return with more outsider pop / lo-fi slow-core / understated genius in the form of their second long-player Notes From The Infirmary. Returning to the beautifully melancholic instrumentation and heavy-hearted vocals found on debut Autumn Might Have Hope, this recording captures a further development of the band's aesthetic. Whereas the first album offered blurred, whiskey-soaked melancholic warmth, Notes From The Infirmary, recorded during imposed sobriety, is galvanized by a sharper focus, being in places more edgy and embittered but sounding like the reinvigorated beauty of a new day.

If Autumn Might Have Hope was best played whilst drinking alone at night, then Notes From The Infirmary should accompany you during the morning after. We urge you to buy both records and try it. Alternatively both records work well with a nice cup of tea.

Read a review from The Steinberg Principle here.

Related links:
www.myspace.com/learnaboutboredom
thesteinbergprinciple.wordpress.com

TROME003: DAVID NEWLYN / AIDAN BAKER / IT DREAMED TO ME - 'FRAGMENT SERIES 1: STUDIES IN EMPTINESS' CD & DOWNLOAD

A new series of special limited split releases featuring artists we love.

This will be available in the new year, watch this space.

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DUANE PITRE - 'Organized Pitches Occurring In Time' LP

Two luminous multi-textured ambient drones by Duane Pitre/Pilotram Ensemble. Both compositions were improvised around a score by sound-artist Duane Pitre utilising guitar, pump organ, violin, cello, viola, bass clarinet, alto saxophone and tone generator. Sonically placed somewhere between the minimalism of composer La Monte Young and the epic drone-scape ambience of Stars of The Lid, this is a deep, slowly-shifting monotone symphony.

'Organic ambient bliss that followers of Stars of The Lid and Growing should check out. Recommended.'
- Norman Records

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SMALL TOWN BOREDOM - 'Autumn Might Have Hope' LP (+ free download) / DOWNLOAD

The debut album by Small Town Boredom from Paisley, Scotland. 'Autumn Might Have Hope' intersperses crushingly melancholic lo-fi torch-songs with grainy, home-recorded experiments and buried field recordings. Drawing comparison with the fragile introspection of Low and Hood, this is a soundtrack to hope and hopelessness, and the emptiness in between. A modern lost classic, be sure to get the original.

'criminally under appreciated' - Sonic Reverie

Please see the catalogue section for ordering releases. More to follow.

+ TROME RECORD CLUB +

Included in each of the first five Trome releases is a Record Club token. Collect each token from tromes oo1 - oo5 and mail all five tokens back to us and you will be sent an exclusive limited record!
Please note that Record Club tokens are only available with records purchased direct from this website.

+ ORDERING +
You can buy Trome records via Paypal. Please send payment via the Paypal buttons on the Catalogue page, or on the respective release pages.
All prices include postage and packing to either UK, Europe or Rest of the World/USA.
Payment via Paypal from this website is in UK Pounds Sterling. If you wish to transfer payment in any other currency, please email for a quote.
We also accept cheques made payable to C. GOWERS, and all currencies as concealed cash (at your own risk).

You can also buy Trome records with credit cards via Paypal, and you do not need to have a Paypal account to do so. Please use the Paypal buttons on the Catalogue page or visit the Paypal website. Otherwise email us for further instructions.

Alternatively we accept all currencies as hidden cash (at your own risk), payment via wire transfer, or cheques made payable to C. Gowers. Please email if you require any advice prior to ordering.

+ DISTRIBUTION +
Trome releases are available via various fine shops and distributors, including Rough Trade, Norman Records, Darla (USA), Burning Shed, Boa Melody Bar, Sound 323, Art Into Life (Japan).

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+ INFORMATION +
We reserve the right to make additional improvements to our service from time to time, such as including extra stuff with your orders and amending prices etc.

Please help keep vinyl alive. The utmost care is taken to make each Trome record an object of beauty through high quality vinyl and artwork.

Trome strives to release challenging music from new artists, the nature of which means that we cannot survive without your patronage.
Please support our efforts in releasing life-altering music by heading over to our catalogue section and puchasing one of the beautiful objects on offer. Any profit made from sales will only be used to pay the artists for their work, and where possible to fund future releases.
Thank you for keeping this in mind.

And this is probably in vain, but if you've heard our music and wish to support the label and the artists with a contribution then please do so by pressing the donate button below. Any amount is greatly appreciated and will be used to fund future projects or will go straight to an individual Trome artist of your choice.

MYSPACE:
www.myspace.com/tromerecords

LAST FM:
www.last.fm/label/Trome+Records

SOUNDCLOUD:
http://soundcloud.com/trome-records

DISCOGS:
http://www.discogs.com/label/Trome+Records

FLICKR:
www.flickr.com/photos/tromerecords

+ DEMO POLICY +
Please email first but anything of a similar lo-fi/ambient nature to our other releases we'd love to hear.

+ TOURS +
Information on Trome artists playing their music in various cities of the world will be posted here: