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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 2d

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.

Living And Growing, by The Felt Tips

10 track album

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 2d

These look brill even in the photo Simon!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 5d

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...

Living and Growing (part 1) – Pat's Alternative Bus Tour

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 10d

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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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for sharing that one. Going right back to before we recorded the album!

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The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 10d

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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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 14d

The scheduled release date is 17th October. Can order now at unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living...

Living And Growing, by The Felt Tips

10 track album

unspunheroes.bandcamp.com

Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 16d

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

The Indiepop Hall of Fame @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social · 17d

💥NEW INDIEPOP HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE!

Welcome inductee #86 The Felt Tips, nominated by none other than the wonderful @assistant.bandcamp.com

🎤 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Felt Tips @patsbus.bsky.social
🎵 Bought And Sold
📅 2009
🏷️ WeePOP!

thefelttips.bandcamp.com/track/bought...

Enjoy!😀

Bought and Sold, by The Felt Tips

from the album Living and Growing

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 16d

Amazing thanks! We’re honoured, and thanks to @assistant.bandcamp.com for nominating us!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · 27d

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!

The Just Joans @thejustjoans.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our upcoming album Romantic Visions of Scotland is now in the hands of the music manufacturers… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💿

…so it's time to bring you up to speed with some live shows that we have on the horizon. 👇

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 29

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?...

The Act of Levitating

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks so much, brilliant to hear that people are discovering it!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Loved that album in 1989. I liked She Drives Me Crazy but it was Don’t Look Back that convinced me to spend my pocket money on the cassette

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 12

We’re also going to be playing 2 gigs in November, one in London and one in Glasgow to celebrate the re-issue. More news on both the release and the gigs to follow soon

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 12

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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tufflifeboogie.bsky.social @tufflifeboogie.bsky.social · Aug 6

Pop Fest solidarity! Still some tickets left for Preston Pop Fest this weekend @glasgoespop.bsky.social @colognepopfest.bsky.social @parispopfest.bsky.social @madridpopfest.bsky.social #bristolgoespop #athenspopunderground, #malagapopfest @slumberlandrecords.com @skepwax.bsky.social

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 2

And here's the video for the song www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZbK...

The Act of Levitating

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 2

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...

The Act of Levitating – Pat's Alternative Bus Tour

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 1

Great thanks, that would be ace!

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yep, great idea which we’d be well up for if you were @assistant.bandcamp.com. In case we’re being too vague, @unspunheroes.com is putting out The Felt Tips 2010 debut album, living and growing on vinyl. Gigs being lined up too

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Pat's Alternative Bus Tour @patsbus.bsky.social · Jul 27

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 · Jul 26

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?...

The Act of Levitating

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jeanines @jeanines-band.bsky.social · Jun 13

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 · Jun 12

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...

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

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