Music like My First Tooth

LAB Records (pronounced lab) is an independent record label operating from Manchester, England, and founded by Mark Orr and Nathen McVittie in 2007. The company also has a creative and distribution division, LAB Exposure, as well as a New York-based management company, LAB Partners.

It releases music in the pop and rock genres, with bands primarily from the United States and UK.

Mark Orr originally conceptualized the label in 2005, and began working in the music industry as a music promoter under the title ‘Life’s A Beach’ in his hometown of Blackpool. LAB Promotions put on a number of shows in the Blackpool area during 2006–08 – featuring the likes of Kill The Arcade, Out Of Sight, Tellison, Encyclopedia, My First Tooth – and many bands who later became the first artists on the LAB Records roster: MiMi Soya, The Honeymoon Suite and Lost On Campus.