Rough Trade Shops will release a new compilation called 'Indiepop 1' on Mute on 4 Oct. This is the eighth in a series of compilations compiled by the Rough Trade Shops staff - the first to be filled with indiepop.
It includes nine tracks never before available on CD, such as My Bloody Valentine's 'Paint A Rainbow' and AR Kane's 'When You're Sad', and sixteen tracks which are not presently available on CD, including The Pooh Sticks' 'I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well' and the Shop Assistants' 'Safety Net'.
Some of the bands will be familiar in other guises, Stereolab were formed from the ashes of McCarthy whilst others, such as The Vaselines, went on to influence the likes of Nirvana (who famously covered 'Molly's Lips', the track included on this compilation).
A 7" single will precede the album featuring four tracks from the compilation from Juniper Moon, Aberfeldy, Primal Scream and Josef K.