The wonderfully named Foot & Leg Clinic will be strutting their stuff in the leafy lanes of the Seek Out music and arts festival in the Gisburn Forest, near Clitheroe next month.

The quirky Glasgow indie rockers, with their debut album, Sit Down for Rock and Roll hot off the press, will join Bingo Records’ stablemates Good News, Mr Ben and the Bens and Family Selection Box for the three-day festival.

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Bingo Records journey began in Lancaster a decade ago when former Westmorland Gazette reporter Lloyd Bent and his two pals launched the

The wonderfully named band The Foot & Leg Clinic are to appear at next month's Seek Out arts and music festival in the Ribble Valley

label with £600. Bingo Records has been hugely influential in unearthing new underground art pop and guitar bands that perhaps would not have been heard elsewhere.

“We try to sign bands from areas that are unfashionable areas,” said Lloyd. “I got to know the Seek Out programmers – So It Goes – (Sophie

Kenyon and Tom Ainsworth) a few years ago and we became friends. We’ve been putting bands on with them in Clitheroe and they sort of

embody the spirit of Seek Out, with their passion and love of music. “

Good News are one of the bands lined up to perform at the Seek Out arts and music festival in the Gisburn Forest in July

Inspired by Cloudspotting founders Helen Ficcorilli and the late Matthew Evans, his friends and family remain the driving force behind Seek Out. “I went to Cloudspotting in 2013 and I couldn’t believe that this tiny festival in the Forest of Bowland had attracted so many great artists,” added Lloyd.

Bingo’s biggest signing was the Garage rock three-piece The Bug Club from Caldicot in Monmouthshire, who headlined Seek Out in 2023.

They were virtual unknowns five years ago when they released their first single on the label. They have since signed on the dotted line with Seattle-based Sub Pop Records, who famously fired the gun for the grunge revolution when they released Nirvana’s first album Bleach, to the world.

“We found The Bug Club on a You Tube video during the Covid 19 lockdown,” said Lloyd. “They were playing a few songs on a canal barge, and we thought they were great. Their rise has been remarkable, from playing the pub circuit in Newport to sold out tours.”

No wonder BBC radio DJ Marc Riley, himself once a member of The Fall, reckons Bingo’s owners ‘Have the best ear in the business.”

“We are essentially a cottage industry, do our recordings in-house and with a group of friends helping each other out. Yes, times are tough in hospitality and people don’t have much spare cash with costs spiralling, so it is a challenge running a festival or a record label.

“But I’m an optimist by nature. People tend to be more adaptable when they face a bigger challenge and very often out of adversity comes great creativity. Seek Out is a beautiful festival and to have several Bingo Records bands involved means it is going to be a very special weekend for the label.”

Other artists confirmed at Seek Out include Canadians La Securite, Danalogue, Suntou Susso and the Gambian Superstars, Brown Wimpenny, Lo Vu, Dull and The Kitchen Sink Band. Tickets and information from www.seekoutfestival.co.uk.