#ICYMI earlier this week!

Don't forget you can save 10% on the 'on-demand' Photocopies LPs using the code SPINMAS until November 24! You can use it on the compilation of 2022 material (Eyes on the Consolation Prize) or the expanded/revised second edition of 2023's Unprofessional Conduct album. elasticstage.com/thephotocopies

The Ultra Modern label is in full-on production mode for the new album!

If you listened to the bonus tracks on Bandcamp earlier and they were glitching like crazy, they are now fixed! Not sure what happened - Bandcamp got the exact same audio files as every other platform.

2023's extended version of We're Not Photocopies, which was finally released on the recent vinyl 'second edition' of the Unprofessional Conduct album, is now available digitally with two similarly moody bonus tracks on this EP: odesli.co/notphotocopies #shoegaze #dreampop #indiepop

My earliest memory of music is my mother playing Beatles LPs, so last night I finally got to see a Beatle play Beatles songs while I still can. Expensive 😬 but totally worth it! He even played Helter Skelter. Here’s the set list: www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul... Ukulele depicted courtesy of George.

A word from the very talented chap who is expertly lathe-cutting the new album. 😊 People who are already making their Best Of 2025 lists, slow all the way down. #indiepop #recordoftheyear #possibly

(1/3) If you've been thinking about getting either of the two on-demand LPs, you can now get 10% off your order with this code until November 24: SPINMAS Just enter that code during the checkout and it'll bring down the cost. 🙂 #vinyl #indiepop

The very first copy of a certain new 10" red record. You should probably put December 5th in your calendar if you want 10 new Photocopies songs in this format. This extremely limited edition beauty is going to sell out almost instantly.

Expect a couple of EPs this month before the new album in December. The first of those will be out one week from today...

Here's a 'visualizer' video for Constant Reminders - The Photocopies' contribution to the new cassette/digital compilation by @soundvsystem.bsky.social. It's a bit of a sonic detour, rather darker than most Photocopies songs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7unU... #indierock #postpunk

Here’s another of the 16 songs on the new ‘second edition’ of the Unprofessional Conduct album, just released on vinyl. This is “Think About It All The Time”… youtu.be/L9FLdzLG3x0?... #indierock #indiepop

Here's another of the 16 songs on the new 'second edition' of the Unprofessional Conduct album, now available on vinyl. This one's called "There Is No 'Us' Anymore"... youtu.be/XErQrgn4-JA?... #indiepop #c86

The previously unreleased song Constant Reminders is out today on the new Soundvsystem cassette/digital compilation. You can listen and also order the cassette (which has 11 other artists) here: soundvsystem.bandcamp.com/track/consta... This one's a bit darker than usual!

Thanks @joshmeadows.bsky.social for including Nothing Else Matters!

R.I.P. Dave Ball of Soft Cell. A very talented chap. This track in particular blew me away… youtu.be/Lo79boEFBHk?...

The Photocopies' YouTube channel is now updated to include a new playlist of videos from the 'second edition' Unprofessional Conduct LP, released yesterday. www.youtube.com/@thephotocop... If you haven't subscribed to the channel yet, please do! There are tons of videos on there now. 🙂

By far the shortest song on the new 'second edition' of Unprofessional Conduct, here's the closing bonus track, Trial Separation. Seems like a good way to end the LP. 🙂

(1/5) The new 'second edition' of the second Photocopies album, Unprofessional Conduct, is now available as a record! This edition has a revised and expanded tracklisting of 16 songs, including five bonus songs and alternate versions of four songs, one of which is previously unreleased! #indiepop

Two years ago today, the "Unprofessional Conduct" album was released, featuring this song and 10 others. There'll be a new 16-track 'second edition' vinyl LP of the album available on-demand this week - watch this space! www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_18... #ai #janglepop

Only the most clueless of pop songwriters would set one of their better chorus melody ideas to decidedly non-universal lyrics about a disastrous gig in their past. Ahem. You’ll hear it at some point… 😄

Free album download if you’re quick!

Excuse my language, but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.

You’ll find a previously unreleased (and darker than usual) Photocopies song on this new 12-artist @soundvsystem.bsky.social collection. The song is Constant Reminders and you can preorder the limited cassette or digital version here: soundvsystem.bandcamp.com/album/daylig... #indierock #newmusic

Two years ago today, this remix of "Bizarre Love Triangle" came out on the streaming EP, "See You Falling". It is of course a cover of the #NewOrder classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6APL... #janglepop #indiepop

PSA: You can use this "20percent" discount code on "Lo-fi vs. Yr Hi-fi" if you fancy getting 50+ tracks for roughly 18 cents each (or maybe less if you include the secret bonus tracks 😉). thephotocopies.bandcamp.com/album/lo-fi-... #BandcampFriday #indiepop #janglepop #cd

First I'm hearing of this and it sounds interesting! As it happens, Graham Duff just played History Taught Us Nothing from the Treacherous EP on his latest radio show... www.totallyradio.com/shows/mixtap...

(1/4) Here's a look behind the scenes of the next 'on-demand' LP - a new "second edition" of 2023's Unprofessional Conduct album! #indiepop #janglepop #dreampop This is a revised version which uses alternate mixes of four songs...

Oh no, the Indieshop is over! That's really too bad. 😢 Thanks for all the great shows @indieshopradio.bsky.social and for having The Photocopies as guest DJ and 'in session' in recent years. Everyone else, if you've never tuned in, get a load of the backlog you missed on Mixcloud! #indiepop

Four years ago today, the "Sha La La La La La La La La (Sha La La La La La)" EP was released, and it included this track, "Theme from Aniseed Twist". www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPrA... You'll also find this track on the compilation, "Et Cetera: B-sides and more". #indiepop #indierock #lowbudget #scifi

Here’s a preview of the back cover of the new album, Counterintuition. This version is for the limited edition 10” record released by the Ultra Modern label, but it will also be released on CD by Subjangle. All formats (including digital) should be out in early December!

The new album, Counterintuition, is finished! And it has some of the best Photocopies songs ever, though I say so myself. 😉 Should be available in December.

(1/3) In December, there'll be a brand new Photocopies album! With a twist. The first (non-compilation) album, Top of the Pops, was just 11 minutes long and could fit on a 7" record. The second, Unprofessional Conduct, was about 33 minutes long - best suited to a 12" record (coming soon)…

Includes The Photocopies’ cover of Sunday Morning. 😊 A cover so foggy-sounding, I keep forgetting I recorded it. Thanks, @aishamcnamara.bsky.social !

Just realised the new "Eyes on the Consolation Prize" compilation LP is actually the 50th Photocopies release! 50! How did that happen?? (Answer: Tons of singles and EPs, mainly.) Anyway, this is "Anywhere Without You" from that LP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJR6... #indiepop #janglepop #powerpop

Three years ago today, this video came into the world. This is Start Again, one of 16 songs from 2022 you'll find on the new vinyl compilation LP, Eyes on the Consolation Prize. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAMy... There's a link to the LP in the video description on YouTube.

Because there aren't going to be any more Saint Etienne albums. ☹️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC3m... #saintetienne #janglepop #indiepop

Pretty sure there'll never be a longer (or more 'out there') Photocopies song than Forget to Forget to Forget. It's one of 16 songs that are ONLY on the 50+ track double CD Lo-fi vs. Yr Hi-fi. It's 20% off today if you use the code 'sub20' at checkout. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmTF... #bandcampfriday

(1/4) The latest Photocopies EP, Treacherous, includes 5 tracks (6 on Bandcamp), 3 of which have videos. Here's the first one, Average Schmuck: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEX... #indiepop

Now here's some good news, especially if you don't have the recent double CD, "Lo-fi vs. Yr Hi-fi"! It includes 16 songs you can't get anywhere else, you know. thephotocopies.bandcamp.com/album/lo-fi-...

The recent Treacherous EP is now streaming and purchaseable on several platforms. But your best option is probably Bandcamp, where - for one more day (September 5) - you can name your price and get a bonus track. 👍 All the links are here: odesli.co/treacherous #bandcampfriday #indiepop #janglepop

Thanks to everyone who ordered a copy of this 'on-demand' LP so far, even though there are lower priced records you could have chosen. 🙂 If you don't have one yet, here's where you'll find it: elasticstage.com/thephotocopi... #indiepop #janglepop #c86 #vinyl #records #alternative

On this day in 2023, the 13-track, 45rpm, 7" album "Top of the Pops" came into the world, via the Ultra Modern label. So, here's the sort-of-title-track, "T O T P". Ultra Modern will be putting out another Photocopies record later this year, this time a 10"! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6aq... #indiepop

From the new vinyl LP of songs from 2022, here's Holiday Romance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH36... This also opened "Greatest Hits, Volume 2" which was released 3 years ago today. The LP "Eyes on the Consolation Prize" is available on-demand here: elasticstage.com/thephotocopi... #indiepop #indierock

(1/2) There’s now a playlist with videos for 9 of the 16 songs on the new “Eyes on the Consolation Prize” LP. And it opens with the same song as “Greatest Hits, Volume 1” which was released three years ago today - “ I Don’t Want You To Want Me”… youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Three years ago, the first digital compilation ("Et Cetera: B-sides & more") was released. It was basically all the stuff that wasn't going to make it on the first two Greatest Hits albums, but it did have some gems on it. Like this one, Radio City. #indiepop

Actually, it’s going to be a mini-album now… and a 10” record! Should be available before the end of the year, along with a CD version. 😊

Another anniversary already? It’s 4 years since the second single, Just Shut Your Mouth, was released. So, here’s a video for it! youtu.be/77T-v3iygN4 #indiepop #c86 #janglepop

(1/3) 3 years ago, the Pop Trivia double CD came out. To mark its 3rd birthday, here’s a new compilation LP of songs from 2022, mostly from Pop Trivia! It’s called Eyes On The Consolation Prize and it has 16 of the countless songs released that year, 12 never on #vinyl before. #indiepop (continues)

It's 3 years since the release of the single I Can't Imagine What You See In Him / The Next Train Out Of Here. So, better late than never, here's a video for the first of those songs! This and 15 other songs will soon be on a new vinyl compilation LP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sq... #indiepop #c86