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@patsbus.bsky.social
Singer songwriter who likes to sound as if I have a whole band behind me.
On rare occasions I do play in a real band - Glasgow indiepop quartet The Felt Tips
New album, World to Rights, out 1st March 2025
www.patsalternativebustour.com
On rare occasions I do play in a real band - Glasgow indiepop quartet The Felt Tips
New album, World to Rights, out 1st March 2025
www.patsalternativebustour.com
9 tickets left for The Felt Tips and @thejustjoans.bsky.social tonight at Glasgow University Union. Even if you’re not looking for something to do, you won’t regret coming out to this I promise www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
The Felt Tips
Buy tickets – The Felt Tips
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November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
9 tickets left for The Felt Tips and @thejustjoans.bsky.social tonight at Glasgow University Union. Even if you’re not looking for something to do, you won’t regret coming out to this I promise www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
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Wow!! Doesn’t time fly?!
It’s soon to be the 18-year anniversary of the first time that we ever played with our pals, the Felt Tips.
The year was 2007 and indiepop was all the rage.
It’s soon to be the 18-year anniversary of the first time that we ever played with our pals, the Felt Tips.
The year was 2007 and indiepop was all the rage.
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Wow!! Doesn’t time fly?!
It’s soon to be the 18-year anniversary of the first time that we ever played with our pals, the Felt Tips.
The year was 2007 and indiepop was all the rage.
It’s soon to be the 18-year anniversary of the first time that we ever played with our pals, the Felt Tips.
The year was 2007 and indiepop was all the rage.
Me and the other Felt Tips had such a great night on Saturday at The Betsey Trotwood in London. Thanks to @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social for the photos and to everyone for coming to see us celebrate the reissue of our debut album on @unspunheroes.com
A couple more photos from The Felt Tips last night - tagging @patsbus.bsky.social which I neglected to do yesterday. Take a bow one and all 👏👏 @unspunheroes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Me and the other Felt Tips had such a great night on Saturday at The Betsey Trotwood in London. Thanks to @indiepophalloffame.bsky.social for the photos and to everyone for coming to see us celebrate the reissue of our debut album on @unspunheroes.com
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PSA: The Felt Tips are playing in London this coming Saturday in support of the latest release by me, which is their 2010 debut, Living & Growing. DJ Pete Paphides! And @heykidsshop.bsky.social will be there. Possibly with some merch. Come along!
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
Buy tickets – The Felt Tips, Living and Growing reissue party - London – Betsey Trotwood
The Felt Tips, Living and Growing reissue party - London – Betsey Trotwood, Sat 8 Nov 2025 - Treasured indiepop band The Felt Tips play songs from Living and Growing, their debut album reissued on vin...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
PSA: The Felt Tips are playing in London this coming Saturday in support of the latest release by me, which is their 2010 debut, Living & Growing. DJ Pete Paphides! And @heykidsshop.bsky.social will be there. Possibly with some merch. Come along!
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
In part 3 of my reflections on Living and Growing, The Felt Tips debut album, I write about some of the trickier aspects of getting a record out as well as the reception the original 2010 release got at a time when indiepop was having a bit of a resurgance patsalternativebustour.com/2025/10/30/l...
Living and Growing (part 3) – Pat's Alternative Bus Tour
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October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In part 3 of my reflections on Living and Growing, The Felt Tips debut album, I write about some of the trickier aspects of getting a record out as well as the reception the original 2010 release got at a time when indiepop was having a bit of a resurgance patsalternativebustour.com/2025/10/30/l...
The second time you hear a breezy song like this its catchiness can really hit you. I’m going to be humming this all weekend I think
Official video for Flowers by the wonderful Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com. I love the sparkling guitars on this one very much.
#janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...
#janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...
Assistant - Flowers (official video)
YouTube video by Assistant
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October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The second time you hear a breezy song like this its catchiness can really hit you. I’m going to be humming this all weekend I think
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Official video for Flowers by the wonderful Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com. I love the sparkling guitars on this one very much.
#janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...
#janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...
Assistant - Flowers (official video)
YouTube video by Assistant
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Official video for Flowers by the wonderful Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com. I love the sparkling guitars on this one very much.
#janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...
#janglepop #dreampop #BrightonandHove
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF4...
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I’ve come to the realisation that I’m going to have to get a job/income to continue to afford pressing semi-obscure albums on vinyl.
Want to help me continue to be a lazy economic layabout? (I’m too old and tired and ill to think about working)
Buy today: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
Want to help me continue to be a lazy economic layabout? (I’m too old and tired and ill to think about working)
Buy today: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
Unspun Heroes
Music deserving of wider attention. A musical adventure of reissued vinyl. In small batches. With love.
unspunheroes.Bandcamp.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I’ve come to the realisation that I’m going to have to get a job/income to continue to afford pressing semi-obscure albums on vinyl.
Want to help me continue to be a lazy economic layabout? (I’m too old and tired and ill to think about working)
Buy today: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
Want to help me continue to be a lazy economic layabout? (I’m too old and tired and ill to think about working)
Buy today: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
And there's another new Living and Growing review in @clashmusic.com which focuses on such things as the quality of the cut of the vinyl. All I know is it sounds better than ever, although agree packaging and the sleeve notes are great too www.clashmusic.com/features/jus... (scroll down)
Just Played: A Column About Vinyl Records #66 | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
It’s all about the new releases this time around, so brace yourself for picking over some things you may not yet know as this will be the last big stash
www.clashmusic.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And there's another new Living and Growing review in @clashmusic.com which focuses on such things as the quality of the cut of the vinyl. All I know is it sounds better than ever, although agree packaging and the sleeve notes are great too www.clashmusic.com/features/jus... (scroll down)
First review of reissue of Living and Growing to come in was this one by Bluesbunny who, I'm pleased to learn, appreciates that we "hump the vicar's leg" from time to time. I'm not going to pretend I know exactly what this expression means but it sounds healthy. bluesbunny.com/reviews/revi...
Review of Living and Growing by The Felt Tips
Review of Living and Growing by The Felt Tips
bluesbunny.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
First review of reissue of Living and Growing to come in was this one by Bluesbunny who, I'm pleased to learn, appreciates that we "hump the vicar's leg" from time to time. I'm not going to pretend I know exactly what this expression means but it sounds healthy. bluesbunny.com/reviews/revi...
Some great reviews of The Felt Tips reissued debut album coming in, including this one by @rosyoverdrive.com who is as well-informed as always. I imagine they've listened with fresh ears to this, so it's reassuring the songs still land well and that my voice hasn't got worse!
@unspunheroes.com
@unspunheroes.com
New blog post! Wrote about new/reissued records from The Felt Tips @patsbus.bsky.social @unspunheroes.com, Missed Cues, Dylan Mondegreen, and Yuasa-Exide @freeformfreakout.bsky.social:
Pressing Concerns: The Felt Tips, Missed Cues, Dylan Mondegreen, Yuasa-Exide
For the second Pressing Concerns of the week, we’ve flagged new albums from Missed Cues, Dylan Mondegreen, and Yuasa-Exide, as well as a new reissue from The Felt Tips. If by chance you misse…
rosyoverdrive.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Some great reviews of The Felt Tips reissued debut album coming in, including this one by @rosyoverdrive.com who is as well-informed as always. I imagine they've listened with fresh ears to this, so it's reassuring the songs still land well and that my voice hasn't got worse!
@unspunheroes.com
@unspunheroes.com
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REISSUED TODAY: 'Living & Growing' by The Felt Tips
2010 release hearing Glasgow’s The Felt Tips tap into a rich lineage of indie pop.
Limited to 200 copies BioVinyl reissue on Unspun Heroes.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2116...
2010 release hearing Glasgow’s The Felt Tips tap into a rich lineage of indie pop.
Limited to 200 copies BioVinyl reissue on Unspun Heroes.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2116...
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
REISSUED TODAY: 'Living & Growing' by The Felt Tips
2010 release hearing Glasgow’s The Felt Tips tap into a rich lineage of indie pop.
Limited to 200 copies BioVinyl reissue on Unspun Heroes.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2116...
2010 release hearing Glasgow’s The Felt Tips tap into a rich lineage of indie pop.
Limited to 200 copies BioVinyl reissue on Unspun Heroes.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2116...
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Today is the official release day for Living & Growing by The Felt Tips. Originally a CD-only release in 2010, this brilliantly effervescent indie pop classic is now out on vinyl. Order from your local indie shop (via SRD) or direct.
And come to a gig for free badges and great music!
And come to a gig for free badges and great music!
Packing badges into bags and closing them up with a sticker. These are for the gigs that The Felt Tips are playing next month. Ordered a skin-friendly stamp for the 'door', too.
Album and gig ticket 'unspundle' package (making it cheaper) available here: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living...
Album and gig ticket 'unspundle' package (making it cheaper) available here: unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living...
Living And Growing, by The Felt Tips
10 track album
unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today is the official release day for Living & Growing by The Felt Tips. Originally a CD-only release in 2010, this brilliantly effervescent indie pop classic is now out on vinyl. Order from your local indie shop (via SRD) or direct.
And come to a gig for free badges and great music!
And come to a gig for free badges and great music!
Today The Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing is reissued on vinyl. You can buy it from unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living... or in independent record shops like Monorail and Rough Trade.
Tickets for gigs in London 8th Nov and Glasgow 22nd Nov at www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
Tickets for gigs in London 8th Nov and Glasgow 22nd Nov at www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
Living And Growing, by The Felt Tips
10 track album
unspunheroes.bandcamp.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today The Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing is reissued on vinyl. You can buy it from unspunheroes.bandcamp.com/album/living... or in independent record shops like Monorail and Rough Trade.
Tickets for gigs in London 8th Nov and Glasgow 22nd Nov at www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
Tickets for gigs in London 8th Nov and Glasgow 22nd Nov at www.tickettailor.com/events/thefe...
When a radio show opens with Altered Images you know it's right for a Felt Tips interview. You can listen to us talk about forming, other bands we liked and played with from back in the day and the reissue of our debut album on the Scots Whay Hae! show on Camglen Radio at player.autopod.xyz/1051745
The Scots Whay Hae! Show
19:00 Sun Oct 12
player.autopod.xyz
October 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
When a radio show opens with Altered Images you know it's right for a Felt Tips interview. You can listen to us talk about forming, other bands we liked and played with from back in the day and the reissue of our debut album on the Scots Whay Hae! show on Camglen Radio at player.autopod.xyz/1051745
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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
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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.
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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October 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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...
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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!
All 86 are on YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCBz...
78/86 on Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/66u...
Panels updated too!
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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!
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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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?...
You're more than welcome!
youtu.be/ZfC4yTiJ3LA?...
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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?...
You're more than welcome!
youtu.be/ZfC4yTiJ3LA?...
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
💥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!😀
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
thefelttips.bandcamp.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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 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!
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. 👇
…so it's time to bring you up to speed with some live shows that we have on the horizon. 👇
September 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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!
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
September 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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
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
YouTube video by Pat's Alternative Bus Tour
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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?...
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.
It'll be the first time the album has been on vinyl & it sounds and looks better than ever.
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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.
It'll be the first time the album has been on vinyl & it sounds and looks better than ever.
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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
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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