Sending your CD in for review on Leeds Music Scene

Here at LMS we feature a vast amount of reviews of CD singles, albums and demos. Our archives cover bands from Leeds, as well as hundreds more from around the UK and overseas.

The address for submitting your CD to LMS is:

Leeds Music Scene
PO Box 675
LEEDS
LS1 9DP

If you have a release date for your CD, or are just keen to know when to expect a review please see the following guidelines. These are estimates only and quoted in order to manage your expectations:

• Please allow for between 1 and 2 weeks from posting for PO Box collection (that is before asking if it has arrived).
• Please allow for a further 5-6 weeks before a review will appear.

If after around 8-10 weeks a review has not yet appeared, you can assume that you did not make the cut for a review/feature.

More Guidelines

• Have a look through existing reviews on LMS to determine if we are likely to get whatever it is that your band is producing. There's no point wasting a CD on LMS that could have been sent to a more appropriate website or magazine.
• We accept CDs from bands of all countries and locations. Your band does not need to be based in West Yorkshire.
• If you are sending a 7" single, please also include a CD-R copy. Not all of our reviewers have record players.
• We will not return CDs (whether they were reviewed on our website or not).
• We will not enter into private correspondence over the review itself. All members of the site may leave public comments on our reviews.
• Do not ask for a review to be deleted from our archives. By submitting your CD for critical review on a public website, you should be prepared for criticism as well as praise. And remember, reviewers are almost always subjective in their writing (and very rarely objective).
• Please include no more than a single A4 page of information about your band - we will discard additional pages.
• It is recommended that you include (as a minimum) your band's website, MySpace and contact details.
• Please state very clearly (at the top of your information sheet) if your CD has a release date.
• Avoid sending glossy pictures, photos, cardboard folders and "press packs". They will be discarded.

If your question is not answered, please contact us.