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Shopfires Return with New 7″ – Austin Town Hall

Lovely words + comparsions (The Go-Betweens, Beach Fossils, Ducks Ltd) for the new SHOPFIRES single from the ever brilliant Nathan Lankford 🙏💜 @austintownhall.bsky.social: “This smooth bounce & wistful sentiment you’ll put in your pocket to lighten up your day” austintownhall.com/2026/10/02/s...

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Shopfires Return with New 7″ – Austin Town Hall

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Bandcamp Friday is over now but we also accept those post-BCF purchases when you realise something should’ve been on yr list 😊

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you very kindly to the lovely people who have picked up our releases. It means so much to us and the artists, and it’s such a good feeling to share in the joy of great, lo-fi, often slightly off-kilter pop music. Much appreciation to the kind people on here who spread the word as well. M&Jx

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So, you may have heard/seen it’s #BandcampFriday today and we have gorgeous new music from @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social and The Lost Guests, including Jonathan from @assistant.bandcamp.com Your support and listens are graciously appreciated: yyzrecords.bandcamp.com #musicsky #diysky #indie #indiepop

The photo displays the YYZ Bandcamp page and all 4 YYZ releases to date. These are: the Assistant and Goodbye Wudaokou split 7”, Home Truths by Fran Carlyon, the SHOPFIRES 7”, and The Lost Guests: Endlessly on the Way.

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SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks for featuring the new SHOPFIRES single 🙏💙🙏 @yyzrecords.bsky.social

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday’s tomorrow is now today and we couldn’t be more excited about this release:

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SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Support fledgling indie labels on Bandcamp Friday! yyzrecords.bandcamp.com

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 02/10/2026

The Lost Guests were last reported missing somewhere between the Midlands and the South of France. Please check any tents, sheds, campervans or summer houses. They were last reported to sound like this: OUT TODAY on @yyzrecords.bsky.social - limited CDs available

Endlessly On The Way, by The Lost Guests

10 track album

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#BandcampFriday news #2: delighted tomorrow sees the limited CD preorder for the debut album by The Lost Guests - a new group formed by @assistant.bandcamp.com’s Jonathan Shipley & Alistair James. Reflective, sunshine-sweet acoustic pop, perfect for the last gasps of summer. #musicsky #indiepop

The Lost Guests - Endlessly On the Way, debut album. Pre-order for the limited CD on YYZ available Friday 2 October.

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#BandcampFriday news #1: we have just 5 left of the pre-order for the SHOPFIRES - Underachievers 7” and it’s almost sold out in the shops. Glistening indie pop well worthy of your BC Friday hit list #indiepop #musicsky #leicester #jangle #c86 yyzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/undera...

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Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday! The perfect day to support small independent labels like @yyzrecords.bsky.social

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sincere thanks to @joshmeadows.bsky.social for playing the new @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social single, Underachievers on the wonderful: It’s a Jangle Out There:

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Slow Country @slowcountry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just to note there are very few of these 7 inchers left, and with Bandcamp Friday coming up.... get in early if you're keen...

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“This song positively glistens. Just gorgeous” Heartfelt thanks to Loz @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social for the lovely words, Sarah comparisons, and making Underachievers by @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social video of the week!! 💜🙏 We appreciate it. www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/09/30/v...

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Video Of The Week #330: Shopfires - Underachievers - God Is In The TV

Who doesn't love a bit of nostalgia? Those of you who grew up as a child in the 1970s especially, will thoroughly enjoy watching the video to Leicester's

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SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Promotion from a proper record shop. How exciting 😀

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 27/09/2026

Very happy to have issued the first 7" by the wonderful @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social this weekend via YYZ Records. It's a wonderful single & amazing that it's not just a Bandcamp thing but actually in a few shops! Mat & I have no idea how to do this label thing but it's fun finding out!

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ICYMI today we’ve been overjoyed to release the preorder for the wonderful debut SHOPFIRES 7” @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social Shimmering gorgeous pop with echoes of Flying Nun and Sarah. Catch the vinyl while you can below: yyzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/undera...

SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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My favourite still from the video for Underachievers reminds me a little of Kes. I half expect Brian Glover to appear in the next frame. @yyzrecords.bsky.social

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you’re in the EU and want to pick up the SHOPFIRES glorious debut 7”, you can do so at the fantastic: @normanrecords.com and @piccadillyrecs.bsky.social (direct links in thread)

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We’re ridiculously happy that as well as our Bandcamp page, the new Shopfires single has made its way to real shops, one of which is the mega @piccadillyrecs.bsky.social 🙏💜

Listing for the new Shopfires single at the highly esteemed Piccadilly Records (where I’ve been shopping since I was 14)

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Out Now: Underachievers - the glorious new single from @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social and pre-order for its very limited 7” 🎆 lovingly mastered by the amazing Ben Holton @waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com

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Tomorrow sees the pre-order for the first ever SHOPFIRES 7” and we couldn’t be more thrilled. 2 tracks of shimmering, evocative pop music, imbued with the perfect balance of jangly light and shade. Underachievers / Cuts&Grazes is coming to our Bandcamp page and select shops. yyzrecords.bandcamp.com

Fledgling indie label from Manchester and Brighton, UK. Lo-fi til we die.

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The new @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social single, Underachievers is out this Friday along with the pre-order for the lush lathe-cut 7”. As massive fans of Neil’s work, we couldn’t be more delighted! Coming to our Bandcamp and a few select record shops:

A series of stills from the video for the new SHOPFIRES single, Underachievers. This one features a rider on a red scrambler bursting through the mud alongside the title of the single.

A series of stills from the video for the new SHOPFIRES single, Underachievers. This one features the silhouette of a flat-roofed building and several cars against a faintly red dusky sky.

A series of stills from the video for the new SHOPFIRES single, Underachievers. This one features a group of young men and women dancing in style.

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SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New single Underachievers this Friday. @yyzrecords.bsky.social

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Iain Key @iainkey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This weekend's LTW Editor's Choice Show for @louderthanwar.bsky.social is now on Mixcloud for catch up / replay www.mixcloud.com/louderthanwa...

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Ltw Editor’S Choice Show 190926

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tune in to @louderthanwar.bsky.social Radio from 11am to hear an exclusive premiere of the new and typically glorious SHOPFIRES single- Underachievers and much more fantastic music. Underachieverscoming to a YYZ 7” very soon. @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social

Playlist of today’s Louder Than War Editor’s Choice Show, featuring the new SHOPFIRES single which will be coming to YYZ soon in 7” form with another wonderful track.

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Let in the sunshine with this sweet Jonathan Richman cover from the mysterious Lost Guests. There may be a certain Mr Shipley @assistant.bandcamp.com involved in this project…

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We can very happily announce the next YYZ release will be a glorious 7” from @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social Two gorgeous new tracks imbued with Neil’s inimitable shimmering melancholy and fully deserving to be spun on yr turntable. More details soon. #indie #jangle #MusicSky #Indiepop

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We at YYZ are thrilled to have had a small hand in Fran’s stunning mini-album. CDs long sold out but an infinite supply of downloads left on the YYZ Bandcamp page:

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We’ve sent a couple of gorgeous tracks to our 7” cutting expert. Can’t wait for those to become a reality, not long to go!

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Turning the lights back on here as there may well be some YYZ news in the not too distant future.

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Fran Carlyon @francarlyon.bandcamp.com · 10/07/2026

I have a new single out today, comprising acoustic sketches recorded during my recent trip to Hydra, Greece: francarlyon.bandcamp.com/album/hydra You can also watch the video for lead track Kamini: youtu.be/tTJWHBV4_28?... Much love.

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SHOPFIRES @shopfiresmusic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Previous purveyors of the inchoate pop song are back.

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Fran Carlyon @francarlyon.bandcamp.com · 28/06/2026

Thank you so much to @pkrpmusic.bsky.social for such a kind write up of my @yyzrecords.bsky.social debut 🤍

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 09/05/2026

The first two mins of tomorrow’s Fresh Ingredients (with a bit of music from @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social & some video of my garden)

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Fran Carlyon @francarlyon.bandcamp.com · 02/05/2026

Alongside Cindy’s stunning new album Another Country comes this mixtape which includes my non-album track Sometimes (they just fall out of the sky). To see my recording nestled alongside some of my very favourite lofi artists of the moment is truly the stuff of dreams. Out now.

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Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com · 01/05/2026

Follow the @yyzrecords.bsky.social bandcamp account to read yet another unnecessary Bandcamp Friday promotional email today, and be able to click on the links.... (yyzrecords.bandcamp.com) ....or read it here:

Hello pals! Here we are amidst the Bandcamp Friday spam, with a few notes ahead of the bank holiday!

No YYZ news yet, but can we pls grab you for a mo to suggest some beautiful records that are important to us:

--3 lovely Subjangle records that merit your attention! Swept Away by Sunny Intervals is astoundingly melodic & clever indie pop. The new Shopfires LP, The Old Works, takes Neil Hill's gauzy, audacious pop to new dimensions & the Harbour double CD pack is indispensible. All 20% off today w/ the code #bcfriday20

sunnyintervals.bandcamp.com/album/swept-away-2
shopfires.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-works
harbour1.bandcamp.com/album/out-and-about-and-songs-from-the-end-of-last-year-x2-albums

--Elsewhere, Traces, the new LP by Brighton's peerless Sea of Days is deeply moving, lyrically penetrating & sonically transporting. The new LP by Last Days of Rome is available for pre-order, & Alistair James's quiet, beautiful, pay-wot-you-want LP is SO worth your time.

shorediverecords.bandcamp.com/album/traces
lastdaysofrome2.bandcamp.com/album/we-live-in-hope
alistairjames.bandcamp.com/album/the-unfinished-sea

--Some labels we love:

waysideandwoodlandrecordings.bandcamp.com
plentywenlockrecords.bandcamp.com
cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com
preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com
unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
thirdkindrecords.bandcamp.com

--Lastly, we were honoured to help Fran Carlyon release Home Truths earlier this year and of course, we'd be delighted if you gave it a listen, as a more intimate, personal and evocative set of songs you will not find. We've chopped 50% off the digital price, and done the same for the Assistant/Goodbye Wudaokou split.

yyzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/home-truths
yyzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/assistant-goodbye-wudaokou-split-single

I hope that helps you decide how to spend your cash!

Lots of love
Jonathan & Mat

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YYZ Records @yyzrecords.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Our small (but perfectly formed 😉) catalogue is 50% off today for Bandcamp Friday. We’d love it if you gave em a listen: beautiful releases from @francarlyon.bandcamp.com @assistant.bandcamp.com and @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social yyzrecords.bandcamp.com