Unspun Heroes®
@unspunheroes.com
An independent not-for-profit record label in the UK. Music deserving of wider attention. Reissued for the first time on vinyl in small batches. With love. Posts by Simon.
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Unspun Heroes®
@unspunheroes.com
· Nov 25
Unspun Heroes®
Music deserving of wider attention. Reissued for the first time on vinyl in small batches. With love.
unspunheroes.ampwall.com
Few new followers so probably time to say that I’ve put out five albums for their vinyl debut in the last 20 months. They are all different yet all exceptional albums. Available from me here:
unspunheroes.ampwall.com // unspunheroes.bandcamp.com // most indie record shops worldwide.
unspunheroes.ampwall.com // unspunheroes.bandcamp.com // most indie record shops worldwide.
Morning! No funny Mastodon posts to share today, but I do still have a ticket to see Emma Tricca at The Betsy in London this afternoon. With Polly Paulusma and Pete Greenwood, too. @ me if that’s of interest.
January 11, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Morning! No funny Mastodon posts to share today, but I do still have a ticket to see Emma Tricca at The Betsy in London this afternoon. With Polly Paulusma and Pete Greenwood, too. @ me if that’s of interest.
If you had a two disc album, what would be your preference for Side D - blank/etched, or with only one 10-minute song on?
I’m trying to work out a running order for the next Unspun Heroes release and this is what’s making my brain hurt.
I’m trying to work out a running order for the next Unspun Heroes release and this is what’s making my brain hurt.
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
If you had a two disc album, what would be your preference for Side D - blank/etched, or with only one 10-minute song on?
I’m trying to work out a running order for the next Unspun Heroes release and this is what’s making my brain hurt.
I’m trying to work out a running order for the next Unspun Heroes release and this is what’s making my brain hurt.
Okay, are you around tomorrow in London and want to see Emma Tricca, @pollypaulusma.bsky.social and Pete Greenwood live at The Betsy Trotwood? If so, I have a spare ticket going. Starts at 2.30pm sharp (so the email says) and is sold out with a waiting list.
January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Okay, are you around tomorrow in London and want to see Emma Tricca, @pollypaulusma.bsky.social and Pete Greenwood live at The Betsy Trotwood? If so, I have a spare ticket going. Starts at 2.30pm sharp (so the email says) and is sold out with a waiting list.
Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...
Better than mine which was, inexplicably, the theme tune to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
My earworm this morning is, for once, most welcome: Labour of Love by Hue & Cry.
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Better than mine which was, inexplicably, the theme tune to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy (Perverted By Language, UK, 1982)
YouTube video by Cherry Red Records
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I'm so behind on listening to music I've set aside from last year, but I finally got on to Constant Smiles' Moonflowers album. Well worth the wait, but also annoyed I didn't play it when it came out in November: constantsmiles.bandcamp.com/album/moonfl...
Moonflowers, by Constant Smiles
10 track album
constantsmiles.bandcamp.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I'm so behind on listening to music I've set aside from last year, but I finally got on to Constant Smiles' Moonflowers album. Well worth the wait, but also annoyed I didn't play it when it came out in November: constantsmiles.bandcamp.com/album/moonfl...
One of my favourite @needlemythology.bsky.social releases.
Currently on sale, btw, via @burningshed.com - alongside many other NM releases.
Currently on sale, btw, via @burningshed.com - alongside many other NM releases.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
One of my favourite @needlemythology.bsky.social releases.
Currently on sale, btw, via @burningshed.com - alongside many other NM releases.
Currently on sale, btw, via @burningshed.com - alongside many other NM releases.
Today I'm listening to Andy's always excellent playlist. There are Apple Music and Tidal links in the thread if, like me, you've moved off Sp*tify.
A new playlist for a new year. A post Christmas mix of old friends and new discoveries, that hopefully reflects the curious mix of melancholy and optimism that seems to occur at this time of year.
A Month in the Headphones #90
open.spotify.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Today I'm listening to Andy's always excellent playlist. There are Apple Music and Tidal links in the thread if, like me, you've moved off Sp*tify.
Been listening to a lot of Emma Tricca, Alice Coltrane, The Lilac Time, and cistern this week.
Emma, because I’m seeing her live on the weekend. Alice because, well, who needs a reason? TLT because I remembered the two LPs I hadn’t played from last year. And cistern because I got fixated by them.
Emma, because I’m seeing her live on the weekend. Alice because, well, who needs a reason? TLT because I remembered the two LPs I hadn’t played from last year. And cistern because I got fixated by them.
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Been listening to a lot of Emma Tricca, Alice Coltrane, The Lilac Time, and cistern this week.
Emma, because I’m seeing her live on the weekend. Alice because, well, who needs a reason? TLT because I remembered the two LPs I hadn’t played from last year. And cistern because I got fixated by them.
Emma, because I’m seeing her live on the weekend. Alice because, well, who needs a reason? TLT because I remembered the two LPs I hadn’t played from last year. And cistern because I got fixated by them.
When 2025 was really great it was because of many of you. And when it was shit it mattered less because of many of you.
So thank you.
See you in 2026.
So thank you.
See you in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When 2025 was really great it was because of many of you. And when it was shit it mattered less because of many of you.
So thank you.
See you in 2026.
So thank you.
See you in 2026.
Happy new year.
(It will be if you grab one of these)
(It will be if you grab one of these)
Thanks to popular demand and a surprising amount of genuine distress at having missed a copy, I’ve just put 50 more copies of issue 3 of IN THE APRIL SUN on sale here!
assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...
assistant.bandcamp.com/merch/in-the...
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- NEW RUN COMING SOON! from Assistant
In The April Sun (Indie Pop Fanzine #3) -- NEW RUN COMING SOON! from Assistant
assistant.bandcamp.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Happy new year.
(It will be if you grab one of these)
(It will be if you grab one of these)
Got a lunar calendar from @constantfollower.bsky.social and it’s a beaut!
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Got a lunar calendar from @constantfollower.bsky.social and it’s a beaut!
Madness! You’d be even madder to pass this up: mintandsealed.com/products/gol...
Golden Shoulders - Friendship Is Deep
Friendship is Deep is the second full-length Golden Shoulders album. Twenty years on, it's now available on vinyl for the first time ever. For fans of Americana and indie folk
mintandsealed.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Madness! You’d be even madder to pass this up: mintandsealed.com/products/gol...
Morning! Woke up with this message of dystopia in my head: youtu.be/izQB2-Kmiic
Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525
YouTube video by eitan19611
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Morning! Woke up with this message of dystopia in my head: youtu.be/izQB2-Kmiic
My advice, should you need it: put some music on. Repeat this advice until you run out of music. Then go find some more.
Also works with books and reading. Or art and looking/experiencing.
Also works with books and reading. Or art and looking/experiencing.
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My advice, should you need it: put some music on. Repeat this advice until you run out of music. Then go find some more.
Also works with books and reading. Or art and looking/experiencing.
Also works with books and reading. Or art and looking/experiencing.
Thanks to @graemealdy.bsky.social I learned about an album that has never been released, let alone on vinyl. After a few months of trying, it sadly came to nothing. Gutted. But I did get to hear it thanks to... well, here's the story: unspunheroes.com/2025/12/29/d...
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…
unspunheroes.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thanks to @graemealdy.bsky.social I learned about an album that has never been released, let alone on vinyl. After a few months of trying, it sadly came to nothing. Gutted. But I did get to hear it thanks to... well, here's the story: unspunheroes.com/2025/12/29/d...
American friends! I thought you should know that Adam from @goldenshoulders.bsky.social has a v. small number of signed editions of his album, Friendship Is Deep, on vinyl that he will ship to you for a fee lower than the fee I can ship. Treat yourself: goldenshoulders.bandcamp.com/album/friend...
Friendship Is Deep, by Golden Shoulders
14 track album
goldenshoulders.bandcamp.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
American friends! I thought you should know that Adam from @goldenshoulders.bsky.social has a v. small number of signed editions of his album, Friendship Is Deep, on vinyl that he will ship to you for a fee lower than the fee I can ship. Treat yourself: goldenshoulders.bandcamp.com/album/friend...
Finally got around to properly listening to the entire Yalla Miku album, 2, rather than isolated tracks here and there. Should have done that earlier as it's brilliant: yallamiku.bandcamp.com/album/2
2, by Yalla Miku
10 track album
yallamiku.bandcamp.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Finally got around to properly listening to the entire Yalla Miku album, 2, rather than isolated tracks here and there. Should have done that earlier as it's brilliant: yallamiku.bandcamp.com/album/2
When I decide to put an album out I spend hours listening to it on streaming. More hours listening to test pressings. And probably weeks enjoying the final artefact.
I can’t wait to have this song on vinyl next year. That halfway point is divine: danarborise.bandcamp.com/track/cries
I can’t wait to have this song on vinyl next year. That halfway point is divine: danarborise.bandcamp.com/track/cries
Cries, by Dan Arborise
from the album Of Tide And Trail
danarborise.bandcamp.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
When I decide to put an album out I spend hours listening to it on streaming. More hours listening to test pressings. And probably weeks enjoying the final artefact.
I can’t wait to have this song on vinyl next year. That halfway point is divine: danarborise.bandcamp.com/track/cries
I can’t wait to have this song on vinyl next year. That halfway point is divine: danarborise.bandcamp.com/track/cries
Just a heads up for all the Sarah Records fans, @logofiasco.bsky.social is putting some of their releases online and in their physical shop in Carshalton this coming week. Here’s a little blog post from their site: www.logofiasco.com/their-secret...
Their Secret World: A Tribute To Sarah Records – logo fiasco
www.logofiasco.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just a heads up for all the Sarah Records fans, @logofiasco.bsky.social is putting some of their releases online and in their physical shop in Carshalton this coming week. Here’s a little blog post from their site: www.logofiasco.com/their-secret...
I have a mysterious parcel coming on Monday. Had less postage than required on it, apparently, so I’ve paid the fee. What could it be?!
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have a mysterious parcel coming on Monday. Had less postage than required on it, apparently, so I’ve paid the fee. What could it be?!
Postman has been at last! I am listening to Loved by Cranes after finally finding a copy on vinyl that wasn’t stupidly priced.
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Postman has been at last! I am listening to Loved by Cranes after finally finding a copy on vinyl that wasn’t stupidly priced.
