Phobophobes rise into 2017 nestled atop a wave of attention focused towards the revitalized South London scene with new single ‘The Never Never’, due for release March 24th via Ra-Ra Rok Records. “‘The Never Never’ is a critique of today’s excessive consumerism. The repetitive and slogan-esque nature of the track evokes the reductive nature of advertising.” explains frontman Jamie Taylor.

In the wake of a tumultuous 2016, Phobophobes continue to forge their own path, taking whatever’s thrown at them and squeezing every ounce of inspiration from it. It’s the only way they know. Frontman Jamie Taylor has built studio space wherever he’s roamed, from Paris to Peckham to Primrose Hill. Even Pittsburgh, Iowa, Palm Beach and New York whilst working on a touring art exhibition across America, setting up a studio in each hotel room to work on new tracks.

Even when invited to Abbey Road Studios to record with Ken Scott, their bass player at the time, Elliot, took swabs of their oldest microphone and grew bacteria in petri dishes, the results of which are immortalised in Phobophobes’ artwork and in the centre of their 7”s.

Following a single launch show at London’s Moth Club, Phobophobes will tour the UK with Life through April on the dates below. The band are currently readying their debut full-length album and will release ‘The Never Never’ on 7” vinyl.

Stream ‘The Never Never’ here 

Tour Dates

March

13 London, Moth Club (single launch)

April w/ LIFE

1 Hull, The Welly Club

2 Glasgow, King Tuts

3 Manchester, Gullivers

5 Birmingham, The Sunflower Lounge

6 London, Camden Assembly

7 Bristol, Crofters Rights 

The Treehouse Children are excited to share the latest taste from their forthcoming EP, Please, with new single ‘Woo’. The New South Wales outfit writes: “‘Woo’ came together rather quickly in the studio (The Grove). Edge (drums) and Bes (Bass) smashed through their parts in two takes, allowing us to spend time pulling tones and experimenting with sounds. Nigro (producer) was super keen on making this one explode with riff and backing vocals, we think we achieved this.

Most of our tracks begin with Oz and a guitar and a lyric idea, but this one quickly became collaborative. As soon as the verse was written Oz rang Edge whilst he was on the train excited to show someone. Edge beat-boxed his idea for the beat and they went into their storage unit with Bes the following day and laid down a demo. We injected hooks and catchy BVs, it was a fun writing process.”

The band closed out 2016 with the release of their latest single ‘Please’, which received airplay on triple j, and turned the heads of fans and industry professionals alike. Their latest Australian tour, saw the band play some of their most successful headline shows to date. Some say it’s their tight live show and polished sound, others say it’s their boyish good looks and cat-like reflexes, whatever it may be, The Treehouse Children have shown that they are a band to watch amongst Australia’s independent music scene.

Listen to ‘Woo’ here