Tough Love St Leonards

14/08/2026

It's new release Friday, tbh we still haven't recovered from last week's, but on we sail, we have new music from Phoebe Bridgers, Anchoress, Darkthrone, Chevreuil, Homeboy Sandman and Rezn on CD.

Reissues to day are from Colin Stetson, Katatonia, Cluster, Large Professor, and a nice Peaceville Records Black Metal compilation album.

Our friends Cancer Bats left us a couple of rare treats too, Dead Set on Living and Hail Destroyer which we have on good authority are the last of them, so come grab one!

Our Summer sale continues with discounts on selected items up to 50% off and a lovely 2 for £18 on CD's! *offer excludes boxsets and special format CD editions*

We have Ice cold drinks, cold brew and coffee by and a basement that doesn't go above 20 degrees, it's the only place to be in this never ending heatwave, so come and stay cool with us!

A reminder that we can order anything in for you, so if you don't see it, just ask! See you soon! 🤘

10/08/2026

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09/08/2026

07/08/2026

It's new release Friday, and a huge day for us here, Cancer Bats - Give Me Dirt is out today, and they will be with us this evening performing songs off the new album, which means we will also be closing the shop at 5pm to get ready, for those lucky enough to have nabbed a place we'll see you from 6.30pm! (See previous post for details)

Lots of other good stuff hitting the racks today, new punk from Stingray, Alt Rock from Citizen on all formats, Psyche from Zzzahara, Space rock from Edena Gardens, Dark Folk from Crumbling Ghost, Electronic bangers from Overmono, new Post Metal from Din of Celestial Birds, and Death metal from Astriferous.

Reissues today are from Rudimentary Peni, Mclusky, Ethel Cain, and Coil.

Our Summer sale continues with discounts on selected items up to 50% off and a lovely 2 for £18 on CD's! *offer excludes boxsets and special format CD editions*

A reminder that we can order anything in for you, so if you don't see it, just ask! See you soon! 🤘

04/08/2026

Here's the all important information for our epic instore with the Cancer Bats this Friday.
If for whatever reason you can't make it, let us know asap as there is a waiting list for this!
Any questions drop us a message/call/message in a bottle, see you soon! 🤘

31/07/2026

It's new release Friday, we have a new album from The Durutti Column on all variants, new Hardcore from South Paw, the Punk soundtrack to Nimrods, new Giallo-Death Metal from Fulci, Alt Country from Shaboozey, Mathrock from Chevreuil, Dark ambient from Kerovnian, and Sion Orgon.

Reissues today come from Minor Threat, Joan Jett celebrating 45yrs of Bad Reputation, Wipers, RX Bandits, Korn, Machine Head, Sepultura - Arise, Popil Vuh, ZZ Top, Ween and Nurse With Wound on CD only!

We've also started our Summer sale with discounts on selected items up to 50% off and a lovely 2 for £18 on CD's! *offer excludes boxsets and special format CD editions*

A reminder that we can order anything in for you, so if you don't see it, just ask! See you soon! 🤘

26/07/2026

Less than 2 weeks to go, here's a little message from Liam are you coming to hang with us? We can't wait to party with you all...there's one ticket left btw are you going to be the lucky one to nab it? Link in bio

Edit: SOLD OUT!! 🙏🤘

See you in the pit! :D

24/07/2026

It's new release Friday, it's also our 4th Birthday 🎂 obviously lots has changed since the last one, and we have much to celebrate, we have two amazing bands for you tomorrow with live music from 5pm, so let's kick off this weekend shall we?

We have album no.7 from The Strokes, the debut album from Bristol's Mould, Hawkwind and their now legendary show from 1977, a new E.P. from Osees, the stunning new Psychedelic Doom album from Rezn, a new E.P. from Primus, Kiasmos II reworked, Moses Yoofee Trio, and The Specials live from The Cathedral.

Reissues today are plentiful and varied, featuring Hot Load, C.o.f.f.i.n., Unwound, Bob Dylan, Q-Tip, Sleater Kinney, Peter Tosh, Madonna, The Smiths, John Martyn, Bowie, The Cramps, Faust, Codeine, Seam, and Aleister Crowley! 

A reminder that we can order anything in for you, so if you don't see it, just ask! See you soon! 🤘

22/07/2026

The next couple of months are looking mighty fine over here...ticketed events are available instore or from our webshop (link in bio) more to be announced in due course!
FYI Cancer Bats is almost sold out (6 left!), so act very fast if you want to be here for this most epic of instores...🤘