02/09/2026
This week marks my final week trading at the Promenade Indoor Market, and it feels like the end of one chapter and the beginning of something I’ve dreamed about for a very long time.
Since I was 18, I’ve had a dream of owning my own record shop. For years, that’s exactly what it was, a dream.
Then Stevie gave me an opportunity.
She trusted me, gave Revol a home and helped me in more ways than I could ever properly put into words. From guidance and advice to encouragement and support, she gave me the chance to actually start turning that dream into something real.
Without Stevie and the opportunity she gave me at the Promenade Indoor Market, I genuinely believe owning a record shop would have remained something I talked about doing “one day”.
Instead, I got to do it.
I got to open Revol, meet customers, build relationships, learn what works and what doesn’t, make plenty of mistakes along the way, and most importantly prove to myself that this dream could actually work.
So while I’m incredibly excited about what comes next, leaving the market is definitely bittersweet.
And then there’s Rachel.
She has supported me through every idea, every worry, every difficult day and every slightly mad conversation about what Revol could eventually become.
With her help and support, that next step, the one that once seemed so far away, is now becoming a reality.
There’s still a little way to go, but Revol is about to take its biggest step yet.
For now, though, I just want to say thank you to Stevie, Rachel, everyone at the Promenade Indoor Market and every single person who has walked through the doors and supported Revol.
You helped turn an 18-year-old’s dream into something real.
And hopefully, this is only the beginning.
REVOL RECORDS
For the lover of music.