Heavenly Bodies

I've referenced the Heavenly record label a few times now. Based in London, it has given us releases by The Manic Street Preachers, Doves, St Etienne, Flowered Up, Beth Orton, The Rockingbirds, The Magic Numbers, Edwyn Collins and more. Their Sunday night bash at the Albany Pub was the stuff of legend and it was at the Heavenly Social where the Chemical Brothers set out their majestic stall.

Led by Jeff and Martin, the Heavenly motto comes from a Loving Spoonful song, 'Do You Believe In Magic' and that's essentially been the steer for around 20 years. They've done book publishing, they've run a gallery, an acoustic night and a PR service that's handled Primal Scream, Happy Mondays and more. It's been an education to have run with the firm on occasions and a recent night out with them in London at a Soft Pack gig was par for the course.

Their current energies are wrapped up in a venture called 'Caught By The River'.sometimes it's a website about fishing, but it's also a book, a lifestyle and the dynamic of old rockers making sense of their middle age. I heartily approve.