Domino Records' Early Successes: Palace, Smog, and Royal Trux in the Britpop Era

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The article discusses the early successes of the Domino record label, focusing on artists like Will Oldham (under Palace and its variants), Smog, and Royal Trux, who released highly praised albums that earned the label a unique reputation in the UK during the Britpop era. It also highlights the label's resilience in releasing experimental acts like Hood, Flying Saucer Attack, and The Third Eye Foundation.

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Among the label's earliest successes were Will Oldham under his working name of Palace and its variant modifiers (Palace Songs, Palace Music and Palace Brothers), Smog and Royal Trux - artists who all released epochal, highly praised albums that earned the label a unique position and reputation in a UK that was musically fixated on the monolithic good times of Britpop.

In a move that typified the label's unique sense of resilience, Domino also released titles by wayward and experimental domestic acts such as Hood, Flying Saucer Attack and The Third Eye Foundation.

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