The Very Things

DOING THE DOUBLE! BLOODY MARVELLOUS TO HEAR A CRACKING PAIRING – 'Titanic Suit' and 'The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes', plus a classic John Collier ad, all on the latest @PMMusicCafe BROADCASTING AT ITS FINEST from Freddie & Charlie. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven… #indiemusic

GLORIOUSLY SANDWICHED between The Beatles’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and The Supremes ‘Automatically Sunshine’ it’s The Very Things GXL’s ‘I Said Yeah’ on the latest @PMMusicCafe – thank you sirs and a tip of the hat to the utterly marvellous Freddie & Charlie. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

@neilmlomax Sorry to hear that, Neil. It's disrespectful. You do an absolutely cracking job.

And another band who contacted me for airplay and didnt bother to share any of the info on their socials tonight . #tkforestfm

MINGLE WITH THE STARS! The lovely Freddie & Charlie @PMMusicCafe are rumoured to be attending The Very Things GXL forthcoming gig in Motortown. Bloody marvellous to hear ‘Ghost Pool’, from the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album on the latest show. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven… #livemusic #postpunk

Mick Mercer’s ‘Panache’ has published ‘ON THIS DAY IN 1984 – THE VERY THINGS’ with some fabulous pics of us, alongside splendid words about current GXL work & forthcoming gig in Birmingham. open.substack.com/pub/mickmercer… #livemusic

‘FLIPPIN’ HECK… GO ALONG AND WATCH THE VERY THINGS GXL BEING MAGNIFICENT ON STAGE’…. Big thanks to @The_Shend for airing ‘Driver’ and some splendid words about the forthcoming gig in Brum. It’s on the always wonderful The Spinning Man Radio Show. #_" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">totallyradio.com/shows/the-spin…

TRAILING THE FORTHCOMING GIG IN BRUM with a spin of ‘Driver’, lead single from the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album, it’s another SPARKLING show from @pmmusiccafe, featuring favourites: John Foxx’s ‘No-One Driving’ and Wet Leg’s ‘Wet Dream’. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven… #postpunk #indiemusic

ENDING WITH ROB’S BIG FRUITY LAUGH, IT’S MR. ARC-EYE (UNDER A CELLOPHANE SKY), rumbling out from the latest @PMMusicCafe , jostling with ATV’s ‘Action Time Vision’ and the Stranglers ‘Sweden’. Top work as always from Freddie & Charlie. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven… #postpunk #altrock

DISNEY HAS BEEN RUMMAGING AGAIN! He’s turned up this photo of The Shend, Disney and Rob watching The Very Things' ‘The Bushes Scream…' broadcast on the telly. It's ben added to the full article ‘The Day The Bushes Screamed: Behind A Cult Classic’ here: theverythings.com/thedaythebushe…

Still getting a lot of love – The Very Things GXL’s ’Hop On Pop’, only available on the extended digital version of the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album (a free download with the vinyl LP). Big thanks to Freddie & Charlie for airing it on the latest @PMMusicCafe mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

‘THE VERY MODERN SOUND OF THE VERY THINGS WITH ‘I SAID YEAH’…’ featuring Bess Houdini trying to contact Harry, on a cracking show from @PMMusicCafe with Psychedelic Furs and The Rolling Stones. TOP WORK, LADS! mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

‘WITH A BASS NOTE THAT GOES ON FOREVER, IT’S ’GHOST POOL’ BY THE VERY THINGS…’ on a controversial show from @PMMusicCafe , with Charlie alleging that Freddie is stalking RR Dallaway and a bit of chat about the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album. WHAT LARKS! mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

Always a treat to hear some 'laughing trombone' and Freddie & Charlie at @PMMusicCafe spin in a clip to start '76 Trombone Street' from the 'Mr. Arc-Eye…' album. Broadcasting of the highest calibre, young sirs. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven… #postpunk #indiemusic #alternativerock

“The road curved, but I didn’t…” bloody marvellous to hear ‘We’re Working On It’, the opening track from the ‘Mr. Arc-Eye (under a cellophane sky’ album, rumbling out from Freddie & Charlie’s @PMMusicCafe mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

It’s the last @PMMusicCafe show of the year and WHAT A CRACKER! Includes: The Stranglers’ ‘Rok It To The Moon’ and The Beat’s ‘Mirror In The Bathroom’ rubbing shoulders with our 'Mr. Arc-Eye (under a cellophane sky)’. TOP WORK, LADS! mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

It’s Mr. Paul Rabjohn in his music lair with The Very Things ‘Mr Arc-Eye…’ test pressing bundle, awarded for his splendid review of ‘Driver’: Massive thanks to everyone who sent reviews, it was tough to pick our favourite. Read Paul’s complete review: theverythings.com/mr-arc-eye-fan…

Currently only available as a download with a ‘Mr. Arc-Eye...’ vinyl album code, 'Hop On Pop’ will be boldly striding out on its own in 2026. In the meantime, it’s rubbing shoulders with some absolutely CRACKING tunes on Freddie & Charlie’s @PMMusicCafe . mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

‘IT’S TITANIC SUIT... A GREAT TRACK BY THE VERY THINGS…’ on a blistering show from Freddie & Charlie’s excellent @PMMusicCafe It’s on a cracking playlist including The Clash's 'White Riot' and Siouxsie & The Banshees’ ‘Hong Kong Garden’. Marvellous. mixcloud.com/radiopluscoven…

IT’S A RESULT! A favourite ‘Mr. Arc-Eye…’ album track review has been chosen. The winner is… Mr. Paul Rabjohn’s review of ‘Driver’: “This track is different, retrenching into something more primal …some brutalist riffing over a beautifully simplistic Disney Time rhythm…"

Oooo! It's another excellent show from The Shend's @The_SpinningMan Radio Programme, featuring 'The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes', alongside more bloody great tunes from the furthest edges. @The_Shend podomatic.com/podcasts/thesh…