Blast First

Blast First
Parent companyMute Records
Founded1984
FounderPaul Smith
Distributor(s)Alternative Distribution Alliance (Back catalogue)
Caroline Distribution, PIAS (New catalogue)
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock, noise rock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon

Blast First is a sub label of one-time independent record label Mute Records, founded in approximately 1985. It was named after a phrase taken from the first number of the radical Vorticist journal Blast, published by Wyndham Lewis in 1914. Lewis's "Manifesto" begins with the words "BLAST First (from politeness) ENGLAND".