Piskie Sits Album offer

We've got our hands on some copies of Piskie Sits 2007 debut album The Secret Sickliness on CD (originally released by Wrath Records). So we are offering them together with last year's album Creature Feature for the absolute bargain price of £10. Only for a limited time and other from our bigcartel page here.

The Do's - Helpful

The Do's release their new single Helpful as a digital download on 17th March. All the proceeds are going to the mental health charity MIND. We; nor the band will be taking a penny from it.

Heres Elliot from the band to explain: 

 

The whole reason for us doing this I strongly believe that there is serious lack of funding regarding mental health. Waiting lists for counselling are extremely long. Sometimes the hardest thing that anyone has to do is admit to them self and someone else that they need help with some aspect of their life and for this person to then be placed on a waiting list for weeks even months just isn't right. If you have neck ache, a chest infection or have trouble taking a dump you're at the doctors and told to take some tablets and voila you're ok! You go and say you're having trouble with a mental health issue and you're placed on a waiting list and told to hang on for god knows how long. I know that solving these issues are nowhere near as easy as the everyday things listed above but there must be more that governments/we as people can do to make things a little better for people struggling in these situations.

I personally was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) a few years ago. Now many people think that everyone who suffers with OCD has to wash their hands all day or something like that but this is not the case. I don't have to flick the light switches on and off 17 times or some other stereotype. My condition is thought based and consists of me having to relieve the anxiety of intrusive thoughts by neutralizing that anxiety, i.e. by saying to myself " I didn't do this or that " or "you wouldn't do this or that" and ending up in thought cycles for hours/days and it can be debilitating. Through counselling I have learned about cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Counsellors use this method to treat different types of phobias and anxiety disorders. It enables people who suffer with these conditions to try to see things in a different light.

There needs to be more mental health awareness within society because it's most likely that you know someone who suffers in some way. It’s not the 1950s anymore and things have come a long way since then regarding knowledge of mental health but stigma still exists. Charities such as MIND not only try to help people who suffer with mental health problems but by simply been there, end the stigma surrounding them. 

There are a few people we'd like to thank:

Rob Dee at Philophobia Music

James Brown at Top5 studios for recording

Ash Scott for filming the video

Laura Thompson for all her help with the artwork

and anyone who's ever bought our Slide EP because you basically paid for us to be able to release this single.

Thanks for taking the time to read this

Elliot

The Do's

The single will be available at all digital and streaming sites. You can also enjoy the video below.

The Ainsley Band - UK Tour Kickstarter campaign

 The Ainsley Band (formerly The Michael Ainsley Band) are about to embark on their first UK tour next month. It’s never been harder for a band to make a living on the road, and The Ainsley Band have turned to their growing and loyal fanbase to help make it happen.

Head over to their Kickstarter campaign and help them raise the funds to cover the basics of touring (petrol, beds, service station food) and in return they'll offer you a number of incentives for helping out. There's an exclusive EP of new tracks the band are working on and a postcard from the band during the tour. A limited edition band t-shirt for the tour. You could have your picture included in the artwork for their next album. Or maybe you'd like the band to come round and play at your house.

Please get involved.

The Sunbeams & The Reacharounds

We're delighted to welcome The Sunbeams (pictured above) and The Reacharounds (pictured below) to the Philophobia family.

The Sunbeams are a 3 piece from Featherstone and their first Philophobia release will be their debut EP at the end of April.

The Reacharounds are a 4 piece from Leeds and will release a mini album this spring.

Go acquaint yourselves with them at the above links.

January Clearance Sale

It's January clearance sale time again. All remaining physical stock of all single and EP releases have been reduced in price:

Buen Chico - The Patron Saints Of Lost Causes CD EP WAS £4 NOW £3.50
Buen Chico - The Seasons CD EP WAS £4 NOW £2

Fur Blend - Vicugna Pacos CD EP WAS £4 NOW £3.50

The Do's - Slide CD EP WAS £3 NOW £2 (LIMITED STOCK)

imp - Sewerpop! (How The Castle Was Stormed) CD EP WAS £3 NOW £2
imp - Just Destroyer CD EP WAS £3 NOW £1 (LIMITED STOCK)

One Day, After School... - The Future Is Not Ours, Comrade CD EP WAS £2 NOW £1

Piskie Sits - The Way I'd Like To Go CD EP WAS £2 NOW £1

Protectors - Hard Times / Four Sevens T-shirt in a can with 2 track download WAS £5 NOW £2.50 (VERY LIMITED STOCK)
Protectors - The Stem And Leaf 12" EP WAS £5 NOW £2.50

Runaround Kids / We Are Losers - Runaround Kids Vs We Are Losers 12" EP WAS £5 NOW £2.50
Runaround Kids - No Dreams / Falling Into Better Hands 7" single WAS £3 NOW £1

The Spills - Smoke Signals CD EP WAS £2 NOW £1

Tiny Planets - The Trick Is To Keep Breathing CD EP WAS £4 NOW £3

Various Artists - To Dare Is To Do 3x mini CD EP WAS £2 NOW £1 (LIMITED STOCK)

Sale runs until 2359 31st January 2014 while stocks last. Prices return to 'WAS' price 0000 1st February 2014.

Shake Your Halo Down - Honesty EP - OUT NOW

Shake Your Halo Down release their new EP today. The 4 track EP is released as a digital download available from all download and streaming sites. It is also available to download on a 'pay what you like' basis (with no minimum) from our bandcamp.

Shake Your Halo Down is the new studio based project of Chris Charlton (Protectors). They appeared on our We PHOPPED Something In The Water compilation with Home It's Not The Heart and also self released two EPs last year. Download them both from their bandcamp.

PHOP YouTube Channel

We have a new YouTube channel. For various reasons we've not been able to maintain the previous one. You'll find the new one here and it will feature all official videos of our releases from now on.

Shake Your Halo Down - Honesty

Watch the video for Honesty by Shake Your Halo Down on our new youtube channel now.

Honesty is the title track from Shake Your Halo Down's debut EP release through Philophobia. The EP will be released across all download and streaming sites on 6th January but you can download now on a pay-what-you-want basis from our bandcamp.

Clandestines - Saturday As Usual OUT NOW

Clandestines debut album Saturday As Usual is released today. The CD version can be found at Crash Records, Debut Records, Jumbo Records, Norman Records, Rough Trade, Sound It Out Records and of course our bandcamp. The download can be found in all major and minor download and streaming sites.

You can also see the band playing tonight at The Hop, Wakefield. They will be join in the celebrations by labelmates Runaround Kids and Mi Mye. Doors at 7.30pm. Entry is £8 which includes a CD copy of the album (or alternatively £3 without the album).

D. D. and the Flakes poster - PLEASE SHARE

  

If you could please share this poster and spread the word about the Christmas single we would be tremendously appreciative. Thank you.