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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 07/03/2026

At the end of this month I’ll be three years into this business of putting out vinyl and writing about music I love that maybe passed you by. Somehow, I’m still doing it. Next week I head off to Dartmoor to organise/finalise things for the next release.

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Finished the series of short blogs to accompany @unspunheroes.com reissuing The Felt Tips Living and Growing on vinyl. Most people involved get a mention - thanks to everyone, including those who bought it. Still some copies available! patsalternativebustour.com/2026/03/03/l...

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 16/01/2026

IN THE APRIL SUN is now in stock and available from @monorailmusic.bsky.social! If you didn't grab one from me, get one here! All your DIY heroes are represented. monorailmusic.com/product/in-t...

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Another great story about the love, and strain, of trying to rerelease 'lost' records on vinyl from @unspunheroes.com. This one didn't work out, but I'd say the story says everything about what Simon is so admirably trying to do. unspunheroes.com/2025/12/29/dinky-honey-bourgie-bourgie/

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Dinky Honey – Bourgie Bourgie

Talk to any fisherman and they will have a story about the ‘one that got away’. How they struggled to reel it in, that it was ‘this big’ and with each telling the space between their outstretched h…

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Great video of Double Bluff at the Betsey Trotwood, London two weeks ago. Thanks for sharing this @stringbeanjen.bsky.social, as well as the other three songs you posted www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUW...

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

9 tickets left for The Felt Tips and @thejustjoans.bsky.social tonight at Glasgow University Union. Even if you’re not looking for something to do, you won’t regret coming out to this I promise www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...

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The Just Joans @thejustjoans.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Wow!! Doesn’t time fly?! It’s soon to be the 18-year anniversary of the first time that we ever played with our pals, the Felt Tips. The year was 2007 and indiepop was all the rage.

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Me and the other Felt Tips had such a great night on Saturday at The Betsey Trotwood in London. Thanks to @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social for the photos and to everyone for coming to see us celebrate the reissue of our debut album on @unspunheroes.com

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 03/11/2025

PSA: The Felt Tips are playing in London this coming Saturday in support of the latest release by me, which is their 2010 debut, Living & Growing. DJ Pete Paphides! And @heykidsshop.bsky.social will be there. Possibly with some merch. Come along! Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...

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Buy tickets – The Felt Tips, Living and Growing reissue party - London – Betsey Trotwood

The Felt Tips, Living and Growing reissue party - London – Betsey Trotwood, Sat 8 Nov 2025 - Treasured indiepop band The Felt Tips play songs from Living and Growing, their debut album reissued on vin...

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

In part 3 of my reflections on Living and Growing, The Felt Tips debut album, I write about some of the trickier aspects of getting a record out as well as the reception the original 2010 release got at a time when indiepop was having a bit of a resurgance patsalternativebustour.com/2025/10/30/l...

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The second time you hear a breezy song like this its catchiness can really hit you. I’m going to be humming this all weekend I think

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Geneva Drive @genevadrive3.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Official video for Flowers by the wonderful Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com. I love the sparkling guitars on this one very much. #janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...

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Assistant - Flowers (official video)

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 21/10/2025

I’ve come to the realisation that I’m going to have to get a job/income to continue to afford pressing semi-obscure albums on vinyl. Want to help me continue to be a lazy economic layabout? (I’m too old and tired and ill to think about working) Buy today: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com

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Unspun Heroes

Music deserving of wider attention. A musical adventure of reissued vinyl. In small batches. With love.

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

And there's another new Living and Growing review in @clashmusic.com which focuses on such things as the quality of the cut of the vinyl. All I know is it sounds better than ever, although agree packaging and the sleeve notes are great too www.clashmusic.com/features/jus... (scroll down)

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Just Played: A Column About Vinyl Records #66 | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

It’s all about the new releases this time around, so brace yourself for picking over some things you may not yet know as this will be the last big stash

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

First review of reissue of Living and Growing to come in was this one by Bluesbunny who, I'm pleased to learn, appreciates that we "hump the vicar's leg" from time to time. I'm not going to pretend I know exactly what this expression means but it sounds healthy. bluesbunny.com/reviews/revi...

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Review of Living and Growing by The Felt Tips

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Some great reviews of The Felt Tips reissued debut album coming in, including this one by @rosyoverdrive.com who is as well-informed as always. I imagine they've listened with fresh ears to this, so it's reassuring the songs still land well and that my voice hasn't got worse! @unspunheroes.com

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Norman Records @normanrecords.com · 17/10/2025

REISSUED TODAY: 'Living & Growing' by The Felt Tips 2010 release hearing Glasgow’s The Felt Tips tap into a rich lineage of indie pop. Limited to 200 copies BioVinyl reissue on Unspun Heroes. www.normanrecords.com/records/2116...

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 17/10/2025

Today is the official release day for Living & Growing by The Felt Tips. Originally a CD-only release in 2010, this brilliantly effervescent indie pop classic is now out on vinyl. Order from your local indie shop (via SRD) or direct. And come to a gig for free badges and great music!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Today The Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing is reissued on vinyl. You can buy it from unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living... or in independent record shops like Monorail and Rough Trade. Tickets for gigs in London 8th Nov and Glasgow 22nd Nov at www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...

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Living And Growing, by The Felt Tips

10 track album

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

When a radio show opens with Altered Images you know it's right for a Felt Tips interview. You can listen to us talk about forming, other bands we liked and played with from back in the day and the reissue of our debut album on the Scots Whay Hae! show on Camglen Radio at player.autopod.xyz/1051745

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The Scots Whay Hae! Show

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 07/10/2025

I think the badges arrived perked me up. I've started packaging up the far away international orders for Living & Growing by The Felt Tips, and over the course of this week I'll be packaging up the remainder of those and sending them out.

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Living And Growing, by The Felt Tips

10 track album

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Part 1 of 3 blogs about writing, recording and releasing The Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing, being reissued this month on vinyl by @unspunheroes.com patsalternativebustour.com/2025/10/04/l...

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The Indiepop Hall of Fame playlists are updated to include our latest inductee #86: The Felt Tips @patsbus.bsky.social nominated by @assistant.bandcamp.com All 86 are on YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCBz... 78/86 on Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/66u... Panels updated too!

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I had a very lovely time roaming around YouTube to find a video of our latest inductee @patsbus.bsky.social to share with you. You're more than welcome! youtu.be/ZfC4yTiJ3LA?...

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The Felt Tips live @Stereo 03/09/2009

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We had @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social on our list of folk to share news of The Felt Tips reissued debut album with, just in case it would lead to something like this… turns out we didn’t have to! Thanks for adding us and to @assistant.bandcamp.com for nominating us

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The Just Joans are busy. Here’s a list of things they are doing, including a gig with The Felt Tips, which I’m very much looking forward to being part of!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Preorder the reissued Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing on Bandcamp Friday (tomorrow) and get extras included. Bundles also available with tickets for our Glasgow and London gigs

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Sharing this again as seems more fitting given how terrible Rangers and Celtic did this week in Europe. Aberdeen losing last night is also in keeping with sentiment of the song youtu.be/7ZbKzzzjhcA?...

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The Act of Levitating

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

As hinted at previously, The Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing, is going to be re-released on vinyl by the wonderful record label @unspunheroes.com in October 2025. It'll be the first time the album has been on vinyl & it sounds and looks better than ever.

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Here's something I wrote about the song The Act of Levitating, covering @afc.co.uk's rollercoaster season and expanding on the songs theme of the ups and downs of being a football fan of a team that isn't used to winning things. patsalternativebustour.com/2025/08/02/t...

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The Act of Levitating – Pat's Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Not only did me and Neil from The Felt Tips really enjoy 2025 @glasgoespop.bsky.social, but apparently our debut album, Living & Growing was given its first public airing on vinyl ever. Could we be described as unspun heroes??

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Video for my song about the trials of being a football fan. I included the wrong stadium for one team by mistake youtu.be/7ZbKzzzjhcA?...

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The Act of Levitating

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jeanines @jeanines-band.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Would anyone in Glasgow be able to put up 3 Jeanines July 26-28? Please/thank you!!!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Wrote a little bit on the website about how I made my latest video, including learning the hard way not to wear green when using a green screen patsalternativebustour.com/2025/06/08/g...

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World to Rights – video – Pat's Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Love this. Maybe sounds better than the album

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Here’s a video for the title track from my album World to Rights youtu.be/9xRRRcbfhm0?...

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World to Rights

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Pat’s Uninteresting Tours, from the new album, mentioned by @rosyoverdrive.com. The intro to the blog is a reminder how much work goes into this type of blog, which is hugely appreciated

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Such a commitment to discovering new artists as well as immense knowledge of alternative music from Rosy Overdrive in this latest post, which includes a review of my album. Needless to say, I’m stoked!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

New album has been out a month with some radio plays etc. I’ve also put it on SoundCloud now on.soundcloud.com/rcmNZD9xFmPL...

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World to Rights

2nd album from Pat's Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Nice Felt Tips reference in 1st review of World to Rights to come in “Even if you now worship at the altars of Habitat and Ikea, you can safely put this album on repeat. In fact, if I were a doctor, I might even write you a prescription for it.”https://bluesbunny.com/Reviews/ReviewID/3290/xmps/11123

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Review of World To Rights by Pat’s Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

New album, World to Rights released digitally today patsalternativebustour.com/2025/03/01/w...

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Pat’s Uninteresting Tours, by Pats’s Alternative Bus Tour. A song about a bus tour of the less photographed side of Sydney which ran in the 1980s. Hope that’s not too confusing patsalternativebustour.com/2025/02/18/p...

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 13/02/2025

I’ll be honest, I could always do with more sales if buying vinyl is your thing. They’ll never be re-pressed (by me) so you’ll get something wonderful and limited. unspunheroes.bandcamp.com

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Unspun Heroes

Music deserving of wider attention. A musical adventure of reissued vinyl. In small batches. With love.

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

New single described by The Bluesbunny as "jaunty indie pop just like it used to be back in the days when wry lyrics were where it was at and Pat’s Alternative Bus Tour duly make you feel like you are listening to the soundtrack to a Bill Forsyth movie. Sweet." bluesbunny.com/Short-Cuts/S...

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Join The Dots by Pat’s Alternative Bus Tour

Song review - Join The Dots by Pat’s Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New single, Join the Dots, on @jimgellatly.com’s Amazing Radio playlist. Thanks Jim!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

New single, Join the Dots, released digitally today patsalternativebustour.com/2025/02/01/j.... There’s a game to play if you want a free download of it and another song, which is probably even better than the single

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Join the Dots – Pat's Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My new single, Join the Dots, will be played by Jim Gellatly on Sunday.

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Join the Dots anyone? If you do you can get 2 songs from my upcoming 2nd album, World to Rights, free. Either do it manually, or complete the puzzle online at ohmydots.com/play/hqzch4af Just add the word which appears to the end of this web address patsalternativebustour.com

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