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A tiny 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. https://bio.site/unspunheroes

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · Jul 25

I've clicked some links and pressed the 'update' button and now you can buy - and instantly listen to - the latest Unspun Heroes release, The Tracksuit Trilogy by The Experimental Pop Band: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/the-tr...

#vinyl #outnow #vinylsky #newmusic

The Tracksuit Trilogy, by The Experimental Pop Band

23 track album

unspunheroes.bandcamp.com

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 7m

Watch those fingers, Mat! #freeadvice

😉

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 12m

That’s the paper cut of beverage let downs. My condolences.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 20h

Often easier to say what’s working fine.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 22h

James Varda
Golden Shoulders (@goldenshoulders.bsky.social)
Stephen Simmons (@stephensimmons.bsky.social)
The Experimental Pop Band
The Felt Tips

That’s a good start. More listed here: unspunheroes.com

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

What’s a good band you’ve discovered recently that not enough people know about? And don’t be like The Beatles you piece of shit, you ornery fuck

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 23h

This will be me until I know if it’s a yes or a no!

a close up of a cartoon character with a blue nose and teeth

Alt: Stimpy, from the cartoon Ren and Stimpy, putting his hands to his mouth and them being eaten away by his roller blade teeth.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

I just had an email from someone about something that I am truly excited about. Nothing is ever guaranteed, but boy would this be a release to light up the world.

Probably jinxed it now.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

I already have this but not the ripped cover variant!

*furiously checks Bookogs for prices*

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.

You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time

All shares much-appreciated.

Joe McLaren's fabulous cover for Everything Will Swallow You

A close up of the small tear on this first edition of Everything Will Swallow You

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Royal Mail online will allow you to buy postage as they can API into the US customs database and setup ahead of you posting. It’s the only way around it. However, today is the first time I’ve experienced them refusing to scan a prepaid label.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Oh same. They know me. As ever, we can trace this idiocy back to the Tories and their idea that private for-profit companies are best. It almost makes me want to chuck it all in right now. Just hope they arrive or I’m £200 out of pocket.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

I propose we make a sacrifice of an orange goblin to the Gods of Shipping Vinyl. It’s the only way.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

My local post office refused to accept the parcel. They have been instructed not to accept any US post. The Royal Mail website lets you buy postage for the US. I stood my ground and they scanned it in to the system as if paid and printed my own labels. Stupidity turned up to 11.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Pray for me, I'm sending vinyl out to the US.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

This looks like a car crash. I don’t wanna look but… I’m going to hate myself, aren’t I?

Nope. I accept your opinions that this is shite and my will power is strong.

Crisis averted.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Thanks! They’re really shiny so it’s hard to take a photo that does them justice 😂

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Living and what by whom, you say?

Ah, yes, I find fantastic albums that passed many people by and have them all spruced up for a small pressing - their vinyl debut, actually.

I pull together *new* stuff for the release, and put a lot of love into packing it all up.

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Unspun Heroes®

Music deserving of wider attention. Reissued for the first time on vinyl in small batches. With love.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

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

unspunheroes.bandcamp.com

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Here lies Mat Pringle)

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 1d

Badges have arrived. Shiny and hard to photograph, but I have a box of them ready for the gig. They look better IRL.

Two badges sat atop bags of many badges.

The left badge is 25mm in diameter and features a rose at the top and a face at the bottom; between the two are the words The Felt Tips. The background colour of the badge is black.

The right badge is 38mm in diameter and features the words The Felt Tips at the top and Living & Growing at the bottom. In the centre are roses, with a further rose at the very bottom of the badge. The badge's background is black.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 2d

Came around from a “Lemsip coma” and this is what the universe put in my head:

“Give me a sign to pursue a promise…”

I think I’m starting to feel better.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 3d

Still unwell.

Good news: the badges for those seeing The Felt Tips in London or Glasgow arrive tomorrow. Will haul myself from my sick bed and make sure they're safe.

Want a badge? Tickets from www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...

Or ticket/album combo: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living...

The Felt Tips

Buy tickets – The Felt Tips

www.tickettailor.com

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

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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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 4d

A big thanks to @graemealdy.bsky.social who kindly sent me these two releases by Hurrah! in the post. Arrived yesterday but I’ve not been feeling very well so as yet they are Unspun, which I hope to rectify tomorrow. For now, back to bed.

An album cover featuring three men in leather jackets, posed with serious expressions. They are holding musical instruments, and the band’s name "Hurrah!" is prominently displayed in large, distressed pink lettering.

A sleeve of a 12-inch single featuring the band’s name and the record’s title "Hurrah! if Love Could Kill" with a stylized design and coloured alternately red and white. Two band members are shown in motion, one playing a guitar the other with a guitar strapped to their body. The background appears to be an industrial space with high ceilings.

Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 5d

Saw this at the cinema. Utterly mesmerising.

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 6d

I’ll also put out a shout for the @skepwax.bsky.social release of Sassyhiya’s album, Take You Somewhere: sassyhiya.bandcamp.com/album/take-y...

Made me smile so much when they supported The Cords last week. The recorded version is just as ace but I suggest catching them live too.

Take You Somewhere, by sassyhiya

12 track album

sassyhiya.bandcamp.com

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Unspun Heroes® @unspunheroes.com · 6d

If you do buy from Polly today, check her Community tab on Bandcamp for a 10% off code and also get three months free access to her Patreon.