Rob Noyes - You Are Tired b/w Nightmare Study - MSR-025

Rob Noyes is a musician based in Somerville MA and has been unearthing some of this times most interesting and emotive acoustic guitar-folk music since folk boom of the early-to-mid 60s. 

Acoustic guitar experimentalism has been occurring since the invention of the guitar and Noyes is a new purveyor of this experimenting with his ragged and complex mastery of his main weapon; the acoustic 12-string.

Market Square are proud to be releasing the music from such an artist and are happy to grace Rob Noyes onto the 45rpm format.

After a couple of acclaimed LPs on other labels and also being a musician within the Boston punk scene Rob welcomes the 45rpm format with two beautiful and interesting instrumental acoustic tracks.

Side A, You are Tired features amazing finger-pick style utilising both a calm and destructive mood, the tracks title producing imagery whilst you are listening and to a degree the sounds send you back to a time. similarly to other such guitar luminaries within the same genre such as John Fahey, Sandy Bull, Robbie Basho to name a few. Rob is an extension of their ideas, using his guitar to express meaning and emotion and he does it very elegantly on this opening track.

Side B, Nightmare Study is a different piece altogether, hypnotic and swirling and filled with the fear only a nightmare can provoke.
This is where Noyes excels in his guitar experimentalism, sound experimentalism and technique experimentalism all at once, yes we have traditional song craft still present but there is something else too, something unique. We can hear a kind of Henry Flynt vibe merging the essences of Raga, Folk and Experimental music together. Rob is also playing this live, there is no backwards tape or effect and this is testament to the genius of Rob and his playing.


All 45s are limited to 300 copies and come housed in a duo-tone Risograph sleeves and each copy includes a hand-numbered single sided postcard.


RELEASED MAY 3RD 2019.

Collate - Communication b/w Selective Memory - MSR-024

Collate have been a band I've been really into since I heard their self-released 12" on bandcamp also I struck up a friendship with Erika who had been aware of what I was doing musically with Suburban Homes and I guess we both had a mutual understanding and apprieciation of each others musical vision.

I was super pleased to release Collate and feel this release is a very mature development from their other self released records.


The 45 see's the band at their most jagged and disjointed the single is topped by the chaotic 'Communication'; a spiky ode to all forms of interaction delivered by the group in their most attacking style.

the b-side 'Selective Memory' deals with the oft taboo subject of 'Gaslighting', the track has the repetitive angular sounds similar to groups such as Josef K, yet also remaining wholly American with strong influences with Devo, Pere Ubu and Pylon.

Record is limited to 300 copies and comes housed in a risograph printed fold-over sleeve included with each 45 is an insert printed by Erika of the group and download code (sourced at the group´sbandcamp page)

Jackson Politick - Psycho-Mania b/w Well-Adjusted Australians - MSR-023

Anyone who has been invested in underground music during the past 5 years will be well-aware of the name Andy Human; causing a huge sensation with his main group The Reptoids the band have released a slew of acclaimed singles and an LP which have impressed collectors and fans of the current wave of punk and placed Andy in the top-tier of celebrated songwriters within the genre.

In 2017 Andy started his solo side-project Jackson Politick with a fantastic debut LP release on Fullerton, CA based label Neck Chop Records. The album entitled Paste V.1 differed slightly from Andy's earlier work with the Reptoids and his earlier solo efforts, focusing on more emotive song writing and at times a fantastic pop touch added together with an almost psychedelic weirdness.

In 2018 Andy has returned to the Jackson Politick project and Market Square is proud to have had released the 7" last November (2018).

Both sides feature Andy at his most introspective and emotive, yet also retaining his punk awareness and edge.

The a-side Psycho-Mania has an almost glam-rock handclap beat to it, with oscillating synths and power driven guitar chords. The unique thing however is the outsider lyrics which outpour from Andy's mind and mouth, some home truths are being stated there, telling us all about the "assholes" in our society... Andy definitely delivers the sermon about our current Psycho-Mania world. This is definitely for fans of Roxy Music, Pere Ubu and Chrome.

The flip-side however is a more softer affair, although lyrically retaining Andy's punk wit 'Well-Adjusted Australians' is a melancholic slice of UK sounding indie-pop or post-punk (depending on how you hear it) At times it has a very Television Personalities (Painted Word LP era) vibe to it and at the same times recalls New Zealand band The Clean., either way it's a great track which much self-deprecation as well as sarcastically (yet playfully) making a dig at our Well-Adjusted Aussie friends (you know who you are)

The single is limited to 300 and comes housed in a duo-tone risograph fold-over sleeve.

You can purchase the single and stream the tracks direct at Market Square via bandcamp here JACKSON POLITICK

It is also available from the usual outlets at -

Rough Trade (UK)
Norman (UK)
Sorry State (US)
Florida's Dying (US)
Neck Chop Records (US)
Clearspot (Europe)
Episode Sounds (Japan)
Strange World (Australia)

and a host of other record stores worldwide.