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The Spook School are a band from
Edinburgh, Scotland.
We try to write honest pop songs with noisy guitars and drums.
Post-punk DIY indie-pop

Debut album due on Fortuna POP! 2013

Contact: spookschool@live.com

Fronted by siblings David and Katie Pope, gloomy Glaswegians The Just Joans have been a cult presence on the indiepop scene for over a decade since their festival debut at Indietracks in 2008. Noted for their mischievous lyrics, tender melodies and overwhelming Scottishness, the band were best described as ‘the missing link between The Magnetic Fields and The Proclaimers.’

Having completed the long journey from shambling two-piece to accomplished sextet, these misanthropic musicians with Britpop soft spots have excelled since joining Fika Recordings in 2017. Their latest offering on the label, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of The Just Joans - a smorgasbord of misery, longing and everyday angst – was dubbed ‘the best new album of 2020’ on its release (ten days into the year).

Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C86, early Creation, Postcard, K, Bus Stop, lower East Side noise, and also the renegade art aesthetics & methods of people like Cage, Burroughs and Duchamp. The explosion of punk had left behind a thriving network of 'zines, labels and distributors and we felt that there was room for our noise-loving, pop-obsessed aesthetic. While there were loads of US indie labels releasing a steady stream of 7"s, there wasn't much pop going on. Notable exceptions included Bus Stop, K and Picture Book, and we hoped to join that group and help chisel out some space for melodies amongst the noise.

Early releases from Velocity Girl, Whorl and Black Tambourine struck a note, and we found like-minded popsters getting in touch from all over the world. As we expanded the label roster and our own horizons, the goal was always to share great songs and interesting sounds from a range of styles. Our first burst of activity through the 1990s and early 2000s brought seminal records by legendary bands like Stereolab, Rocketship, The Ropers, Lorelei, The Aislers Set, Hood and Boyracer.

By the mid 2000s we were seeing a resurgence of interest in guitar pop and the start of the ongoing vinyl revival: the perfect environment for Slumberland! We launched into our latest phase of activity with as string of classic releases from The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose, Veronica Falls, Allo Darlin', Joanna Gruesome and so many more.

2025 is our thirty-sixth (!) year we are still at it, ploughing our own furrow and bringing you unique, genre-defining (and genre-defying!) releases from bands like The Laughing Chimes, Humdrum, The Cords, Autocamper, Jeanines, The Umbrellas, Neutrals, Artsick, Kids On A Crime Spree, Papercuts, Lightheaded, Tony Jay, Chime School, Lunchbox and many, many more. Indie fashions come and go but we're still thrilled by great songs and the new ways that pop can be rejuvenated to fit the times.

Fika Recordings is a diy indie[pop] label run from London.


Wales Goes Pop! is an all-ages 3-day pop festival taking place over the Easter bank holiday weekend at The Gate in Cardiff, 30th March - 1st April 2018. 

The Gate is a stunning 400 capacity arts centre/converted church which is very family-friendly and serves food/drinks all day. Bands finish at 10pm to allow for travel/sleepy people, followed by DJs until 1am on Fri/Sat and 11pm Sunday. 

TICKETS: Spillers Records (Cardiff), Diverse Music (Newport) and online from WeGotTickets, SeeTickets, DiceFM. 

3-day tickets £49 adults (no clashes!) / free for under 12s
 1-day tickets £17 adults / free for under 12s

Indietracks is a three-day indiepop festival that takes place on a 1950s steam railway in the Derbyshire countryside. 

This year's festival takes place on 23-25 July 2010. 

Artists appearing this year include The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Primitives, Love Is All, Slow Club, Ballboy, White Town, The Pooh Sticks, Standard Fare, Allo Darlin' and dozens more! 

For more information and the full line-up, please visit the Indietracks website at www.indietracks.co.uk. Weekend tickets (£60) and day tickets (£32.50) are available from the Indietracks tickets page. 

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