unapologetically old-school melodic indie-pop,
made without secret plans to fill stadiums (ugh)
Released February 28, 2025:
The Photocopies' fourth CD collection, Lo-fi vs. Yr Hi-fi.
This 2-CD set includes:
With well over 50 tracks and more than two hours of music, the CDs are limited to just 125 copies. You can order yours from the Subjangle label while stocks last here, but be quick!
By the way, if you miss out on the CDs or just prefer digital downloads, The Photocopies' full digital discography (excluding CDs and records) can now be purchased on Bandcamp with a 90% discount. Simply select any digital release on this list and choose the option to Buy Digital Discography.
The latest double CD includes the debut of Greatest Hits, Volume 4, an expanded 36-track edition of Cutting Room Floor: The official bootleg of demos, and more!
It's a very limited edition with 17 tracks exclusive to this release, available here while stocks last.
A new 4-track EP is available now, featuring Glitter Bomb (video), Trying Not To Catch Your Attention, a remix of Swan Song (video), and No Such Thing As A Simple Life (video).
You can buy or listen to the EP in these places.
Released on the day of a certain dreaded inauguration, this single pairs To The Setting Sun (video) - which may resonate with many U.S. listeners - with The Great Comeback, a sequel to Doing It For The Kids, Etc. from Unprofessional Conduct. You'll find the single here.
On the latest installment of Vince and Jo Have A Radio Show you'll hear four new Christmas-themed recordings broadcast live from Brighton, England on Slack City.
Don't expect anything too serious when the songs are rush-released as a digital EP on December 19!
Christmas Alone is The Photocopies' third contribution to the Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas series of festive compilations.
Other artists on the 65-track Volume IV include The Raveonettes, Swansea Sound, TV Smith, Grandaddy, The Orchids, Ex-Rental, and The Sultans of Ping. All proceeds will help Crisis help the homeless this winter.
The Photocopies recently recorded a session for the excellently eclectic Cobwebs and Strange show on Bombshell Radio.
All four songs from the session are now on the EP Radio Activity, Volume 1 and you can hear the full show here. There's also a YouTube playlist containing videos for all four songs.
D.I.Y. Pop is among the tracks included on a new compilation disc by the Chaotic Pop label, based in Tangerang.
The disc is titled I Know It's Only A CDR Release But I Love It! and you can buy it on Bandcamp.
With no new releases planned until late 2024, The Photocopies dug through the archives to find demo recordings of previously unheard songs. This produced the 'official bootleg' Cutting Room Floor.
The sound quality isn't exactly the best and the vocals are just guide vocals... but maybe you'll find a few rough gems among the 20 tracks!
The Rearranged compilation brings together eight cover versions, three of them in two different versions. It includes a cover of My Bloody Valentine's Thorn which only had a limited release until now.
You can download it for free on Bandcamp and you can also hear it in various other places.
The final Photocopies release for a while pairs a new improved mix of Divine Intervention (video) from Unprofessional Conduct with a new song, Nothing Else Matters (video).
You'll find it in these places, but if you buy the Bandcamp version you'll also receive a bonus track and videos.
After appearing on the first volume of Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas, The Photocopies are also on the new third volume with Fell In Love At Christmas.
The 35-song collection also includes tracks by The Wedding Present, The Futureheads, Swansea Sound, Helen Love, and more. All proceeds help the homelessness charity Crisis.
I'm Not Coming Home for Christmastime is among the 25 indie-pop Christmas songs on the latest CD from the Cherryade label.
Limited to just 200 copies, it's available on Bandcamp while stocks last.
You can find the lyric video for The Photocopies' contribution here.
Artwork from recent Photocopies releases is also available on t-shirts (each in a wide range of colours), button badges, mini-skirts, posters, clocks, and even shower curtains!
To see everything available, visit the Photocopies shop on Redbubble.
This 2-CD set on the Subjangle label includes three albums - Top of the Pops, Greatest Hits Volume 3, and Unprofessional Conduct - plus over 30 minutes of bonus tracks.
It's limited to just 125 copies, so be quick to order your copy before they're all sold out!
Unprofessional Conduct includes 11 songs, including U.F.O., unique versions of Straight F's and Heart Keeps Breaking Down, plus eight previously unreleased songs.
It's available as a standalone digital album or as part of the limited edition double CD, Triple Decker here.
This collection of covers that will appear as bonus tracks on the forthcoming Triple Decker double CD is available to stream on major services like Spotify and Tidal in most countries. If you can't find it in your country, you can still hear it on Soundcloud.
The EP includes songs made famous by New Order (video), Bob Dylan, and The Velvet Underground.
On the Top of the Pops album, the two parts of The Promotion are presented as separate tracks. They segue seamlessly on the 7" record, but sadly not on the digital album.
The version on this single stitches together the two parts as one digital track (with a few bonus seconds added to the end) for a better listening experience.
Top of the Pops packs 13 tracks into 11 minutes in order to fit the whole album on a 45rpm 7" record!
Released by the Ultra Modern label (some copies accompanied by a free 4-track 5" EP, Youth Training Scheme), the record sold out almost instantly. But you can still hear or buy the album on major digital platforms, including Bandcamp which offers bonus videos.
A digital single, released first on Bandcamp where artist proceeds from its sales go to mental health charity Mind. The Bandcamp single has a new mix of Straight F's not found on other streaming services.
There are videos for both the A-side and the daft B-side.
This EP features two new songs, Straight F's (video) and U.F.O. (video), along with What I Ever Saw in You from Greatest Hits Volume 3.
You'll find it on Bandcamp with the two videos and a bonus track. It's also on other digital music services without the bonuses.
The Photocopies' fifth compilation album is this 15-song collection of tracks from EPs released between autumn 2022 and summer 2023.
It's available now on Bandcamp (with bonus videos) and other digital music services.
The 4-track EP Do It Yourself is available now.
Songs include D.I.Y. Pop (video) and Unrequited (video). There's also a t-shirt based on the artwork.
The EP Amateur Dramatics is available now.
It contains five songs including This, That, and the Other (video) and Beaten by a Girl (video). The Bandcamp edition includes the videos and a bonus instrumental.
Check out The Photocopies on merchandise website Redbubble.
There are several new t-shirt designs, some of which are also available as badges/pins/buttons or whatever you prefer to call them!
If you missed out on the recent Million Sellers 7" EP, the three new bonus songs that accompanied it are now available separately on the Bonus Beats EP.
It's only $1 on Bandcamp!
The first actual record by The Photocopies is this set of four A-sides from 2022 digital singles.
Limited to only 50 transparent copies on the new Ultra Modern label, 15 copies also include a free 5" EP of three new songs!
(Update: All the records sold out on the day of release.)
The EP includes a new improved mix of Like Teenage Love (video) rather than the original single mix.
A handful of other releases in December include:
- Stragglers, a compilation EP of tracks previously only on Bandcamp
- Christ Almighty on this Italian charity compilation
- Fell In Love At Christmas on this streaming compilation
Cheer Up, It's Christmas is a festive EP of vaguely Christmas-related songs with two new songs (three on the Bandcamp version) plus an instrumental carol.
The lead track, Christmas Alone, has a rather silly video.
You'll find the EP in these places.
The fourth compilation album!
The standard digital edition has 18 recently-released tracks, while the limited edition CD on Discos de Kirlian has 8 bonus tracks.
Here are all the places you'll find the digital edition.
The new EP Songs By Other People is now streaming on select services.
It includes cover versions of songs by Primal Scream (video), The Lilac Time, Television Personalities, and New Order (video).
Here's a list of places you can stream the EP.
This new EP has alternate versions of four songs from Pop Trivia.
Buy it from Bandcamp for a bonus track, an early version of Kissing in the Rain!
You can find the EP in these places. And there's a lyric video for the early version of You Used to Tell Me Everything here.
A new 4-track EP is released today, the first of three EPs this month. Yes, three!
It includes Make Your Mind Up Time (lyric video), Unreachable, Twisted Idea of Beauty and Falling Apart.
Here's a list of places you'll find the EP.
Eight brand new songs were released today on Hopelessly Devoted!
You can find this collection on Bandcamp (where it's very reasonably priced indeed). It arrives on other digital music outlets on November 7.
The Photocopies contributed a new mix of Under Christmas Lights to Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas, Volume 1, a 54-track album of Christmas-themed songs to help homelessness charity Crisis.
There's also a Volume 2 (here). Please consider buying both!
The rowdy new digital single, Like Teenage Love is out now on digital music platforms, including Bandcamp.
It also includes Grown-up Political Discourse which isn't very grown-up at all. Here's a list of everywhere you'll find the single.
There's a new digital single out today! It's a double A-side including two songs with real videos for a change!
Don't Call Him Your Boyfriend
Start Again
You'll find the single on Bandcamp and all the usual outlets.
The Photocopies contributed Your Disco Needs You (lyric video) to Come Into My World, a £5 33-track album of Kylie Minogue covers to help Macmillan Cancer Support.
There's also a 'drum machine version' (lyric video) on these streaming services.
Volume 2 of Greatest Hits is out now on digital music platforms, including Bandcamp.
It includes all the best songs from recent singles and EPs. Here's a list of everywhere you'll find this compilation album.
The 15-track Et Cetera: B-sides & more compilation album is now on sale here!
The collection formed part of the recent Pop Trivia 2-CD set and consists of single B-sides, EP tracks, and two songs not previously released on singles or EPs.
It's also available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and elsewhere.
Spotify has put together this playlist which is frequently updated. Worth a listen!
