Full Time Hobby is an

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formed in

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in January 2004. Since its inception it has released records by artists such as Dana Gavanski, Squirrel Flower, Timber Timbre,

Tunng Tunng are an English folk music band. They are often associated with the folktronica genre, due to the electronic influences evident in some of their work. Tunng are often noted for their use of unconventional instruments, including seashells ...

, Micah P. Hinson, Michael Nau,

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History

Full Time Hobby came into life in 2004, set up by Nigel Adams and Wez. They had met at

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and decided to start a label when it was clear that Mushroom was going to be sold to Warner Brothers. Inspired by labels like the original

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era

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and

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they wanted to start a label that championed original and creative new music that they loved and did not see finding a home elsewhere. The first release as Full Time Hobby was the EP ''Alive With Pleasure'' by

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based duo

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who went on to release another two albums and a compilation for the label. In 2005 the label made a pivotal signing with the band

who they had known through their involvement with Full Time Hobby's Tim &

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inspired compilation ''Dream Brother''.

have so far released three albums for the label as well as spawning side projects

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, formed by Tunng co-founder Sam Genders alongside Stephen Cracknall, Liam Bailey and Hannah Caughlin and the soon to be released side project of co-founder Mike Lindsay titled

Cheek Mountain Thief Cheek Mountain Thief is a project started in 2011 by Mike Lindsay, founding member of the UK twisted acid folk band Tunng. He lives in Iceland where he formed a band with musicians from Húsavík and Reykjavík. Lindsay said that his love affair ...

. Sam Genders left Tunng in 2008 and has since gone on to form a new act,

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, signed to Full Time Hobby in 2011. In 2006, FTH started working with

The Hold Steady The Hold Steady is an American rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2003. The band consists of Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums), Franz Nicolay (keyboards) and Steve Selvidge (g ...

through a connection with

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. They went on to release the band's third album ''

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'', followed shortly by the re-release of the band's first two albums, ''

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'' and ''

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'', via a license an agreement with US label

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. 2007 saw Full Time Hobby sign

, a then unknown Texan trio, having been sent demos by the band's manager. They went on to work with the band on the debut album '' Workout Holiday'' released in 2008 prior to any US release and follow up album ''

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'' a year later.

The Leisure Society The Leisure Society are an English rock band formed by Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy of Burton upon Trent. History Hemming was formerly of early 1990s indie band She Talks to Angels, which included actor Paddy Considine, and film director ...

signed with the label in 2009, and the label promptly re-issued their debut album '' The Sleeper'', feted with two

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nominations. This was followed in 2011 by the release of their second album ''

Into The Murky Water ''Into the Murky Water'' is the second full-length studio album from band The Leisure Society, released on 2 May 2011 by independent record label Full Time Hobby Full Time Hobby is an independent record label formed in London in January ...

''. Album releases in 2012 included a new record from Diagrams, with their debut album ''Black Light''. Danish band Pinkunoizu released their debut ''Free Time'' in March 2012 and Canadian indie-garage heads Hooded Fang with their album ''Tosta Mista''. 2013 saw the label release an album of covers of the late singer/songwriter

Tim Hardin James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " ...

. Entitled ''Reason to Believe, The Songs of Tim Hardin'', it features covers from Full Time Hobby artists such as Diagrams and Pinkunoizu, and other covers from

Mark Lanegan Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter. First becoming prominent as the lead singer for the early grunge band Screaming Trees, he was also known as a member of Queens of the Stone Age ...

Okkervil River Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Will Sheff. Formed in Austin, Texas, in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya set on the river Okkervil in Saint Petersburg. They bega ...

and

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. Further releases for 2013 saw a new album from The Leisure Society entitled '

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' on 1 April. Hooded Fang and Tunng also released albums in the same year. In 2014 the label released "Hot Dreams" by Canadian act Timber Timbre.

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awarded the album five stars, praising the "surprises and delights on this smoky, Lynchian retreat". 2015 saw the label release "Under Branch & Thorn & Tree" by

Samantha Crain Samantha Crain (born August 15, 1986) is a Choctaw Nation songwriter, musician, producer, and singer, signed with Real Kind Records (an imprint of Communion Records). Crain won three NAMMYs (Native American Music Awards) in 2009 for Folk Albu ...

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gave the album four stars, praising "the richness of Crain's voice and the elegant simplicity of the musical arrangements". Other highlights included Dutch psych artist Jacco Gardner's "Hypnophobia", and Farao's "Till It's All Forgotten". In 2016 the label released the final album from

School of Seven Bells School of Seven Bells (often stylized as SVIIB) was an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2007. It originally consisted of Alejandra Deheza (vocals, guitar), her sister Claudia Deheza (keyboards, vocals) and Benjamin Curtis ...

, "SVIIB", which

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gave a score of 8.1. Other releases included Aidan Knight's "Each Other" and

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's "Prospect of Skelmersdale".

Artists

Full Time Hobby's current roster of artists includes: *

Bananagun ''Bananagun'' are an Australian music group. They released their debut studio album in June 2020. Band members ;Current members * Nick Van Bakel (multi-instrumentalist) * Jimi Gregg (drums) * Jack Crook (guitar) * Charlotte Tobin (djembe/percu ...

* Canty * Dana Gavanski
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Pale Blue Eyes

Macie Stewart
* Squirrel Flower
The Saxophones
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Alumni: * Aidan Knight *

Autolux Autolux is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. The group formed as a trio and have released three full-length albums, ''Future Perfect'' (2004), '' Transit Transit'' (2010) and '' Pussy's Dead'' (2016). T ...

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Craig Finn Craig A. Finn (born August 22, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the frontman of the American indie rock band the Hold Steady, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums. Prior to forming the Hold Steady, ...

Diagrams (band) Diagrams is a UK band made up of Sam Genders (previously of Tunng and The Accidental and currently half of duo Throws) and an occasionally rotating collective of musicians. Releases Diagrams have released a five-track EP called ''Diagrams'' (2 ...

* Dralms *

Erland and the Carnival Erland & The Carnival were a British progressive folk rock band, formed in London, by Orcadian folk guitarist and singer Gawain Erland Cooper, multi-instrumentalist Simon Tong, and drummer/engineer David Nock. In 2010 they released their crit ...

Farao

Jacco Gardner
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* Micah P. Hinson *

Fujiya & Miyagi Fujiya & Miyagi is a British group formed in Brighton, East Sussex, England in 2000. The current line-up consists of David Best (vocals and guitar), Stephen Lewis (synths and vocals), Ed Chivers (drums), Ben Adamo, and Ben Farestuedt (bass and ...

* Hooded Fang *

Let's Wrestle Let's Wrestle were an English indie rock band based in London. The band consisted of Wesley Patrick Gonzalez (vocals and guitar), Mike Lightning (bass) and Louis Scase A.K.A Darkus Bishop (drums). History Gonzalez, bassist Mike Hankin (also ...

Malcolm Middleton Malcolm Bruce Middleton (born 31 December 1973) is a Scottish musician and member of indie band Arab Strap. He has also released seven solo studio albums and three albums performing under the pseudonym Human Don't Be Angry. Early life Middlet ...

* Michael Nau
Pinkunoizu
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* Timber Timbre
Throws
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References

External links

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