Philophobia Music: ARTISTS

BAKER ISLAND

5 piece indie noise pop band from Newcastle.

Joined Philophobia: 2017

Releases: Write Home / Restless Legs

BUEN CHICO

Buen Chico have been around more or less since the dawn of time. They write songs about dancing, consumerism, the so-called "environment", love and happiness.
Joined Philophobia: 2011
Releases: Happiness Is Important / The Seasons / The Patron Saints Of Lost Causes / Working For A Work Free Future

CHLOE JULIETTE BESWICK

Wakefield singer/songwriter who deals in avante-folk dark-pop.
Joined Philophobia: 2016

Releases: Seven Sewers Away

CLANDESTINES

Three piece shoegaze-punk band from Malta influenced by lo-fi noise pop bands.
Joined Philophobia: 2012

Releases: Spectemur Agendo / Saturday As Usual

CLIMBING ALICE

A dissatisfied and snarling pop dream, served up with a slice of canyon chorus.
Joined Philophobia: 2016
Releases: Melt Yourself Up / Grey

DARK HORSE

Melodic pop from Wakefield.

Joined Philophobia: 2017

Releases: Shot Down

THE DO'S

If the Chuckle Brothers liked Nirvana.
Joined Philophobia: 2012

Releases: Slide / That's Not Right / Helpful / This N That / W.T.F.

FUR BLEND

Fur Blend spent their formative years rehearsing in the cellar as outcasts from the puritanical congregation.Tempted by punk rock, riot girl, post punk, slacker rock they escaped into the musical wilderness.
Joined Philophobia: 2012

Releases: Spectemur Agendo / Vicugna Pacos / Alley Pally / Serotonin

JJ SWIMSUIT

JJ Swimsuit is Tim Metcalfe, one half of St Gregory Orange.
Joined Philophobia: 2013

Releases: The Hunter's Kindness

MATT KNEE

Man + instruments + studio.

Joined Philophobia: 2014

Releases: Down To The Bridge

MI MYE

Mi Mye is thought of as an open conversation, a lush collection of snapshots from the North of Scotland where principal songwriter and lyricist Jamie Lockhart grew up, and Wakefield the place he now calls home.
Joined Philophobia: 2013

Releases: Great Sucksess / Sometimes Life's Cool / Don't Freak Out On Me Christmas EP / Night Swimming and the Snow / I Think Everything's Going To Be Fine / The Sympathy Sigh / Determan The Extent / I'm Dreaming Of A / Methadone Church

ONE DAY, AFTER SCHOOL.

One Day, After School... are from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Sometimes they play up-tempo punky open chorded pop nuggets (but without the choruses) but sometimes they play long and winding post-rock dirges, with twinges of piano and ambient soundscaping. Or, as best you can with three people.

Joined Philophobia: 2008

Releases: Do You Suffer From Philophobia? / The Future Is Not Ours, Comrade / U-Boat / Somasphere / In Skeletal / When I Loved Music, When Everything Was New/ Footprints On The Ceiling
/ Hammer and Anvil / The Invisible Anchor

CHARLIE PADFIELD

Charlie Padfield has been drifting around the bars and venues of the North. Mesmerising punters wherever he goes with his dynamic guitar playing and electrifying presence.

Joined Philophobia: 2016

Releases: Balloon Magic

PISKIE SITS

Piskie Sits come from Wakefield. They've been spinning their own brand of pseudo-american alt. rock for some time now.

Joined Philophobia: 2010

Releases: The Way I'd Like To Go / Creature Feature / Live At Unity Works / Cold Heart / Snuffle Snuffle / Stick and Twist / Christmas Eve (Die Hard, Home Alone, Elf)

THE REACHAROUNDS

The Reacharounds, from Leeds, originators of Heavy Roll™.
Joined Philophobia: 2014

Releases: Heavy Roll

SHAKE YOUR HALO DOWN

Shake Your Halo Down is a lofi indie pop collective from Wakefield.
Joined Philophobia: 2014

Releases: Honesty / Signals / Casanovas Part 1/ Casanovas Pt.2

THE SHIP-TONES

The Ship-Tones is an exciting outfit from Leeds, re-working indie rock hits and uniting the vocals of the original front men from each band with a re-written and re-interpreted reggae style backing.

Joined Philophobia: 2014

Releases: Dilemma / Indie Reggae Revolution

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