Paul Simpson

Paul Simpson

@paulsimpson.bsky.social

Frontman of Liverpool's The Wild Swans. Co-founder of The Teardrop Explodes. Author of Revolutionary Spirit - A Post-Punk Exorcism. Liverpool/Glasgow/Dublin #MDANT Lit Rep. Matthew Hamilton at The Hamilton Agency

2,259 Followers 530 Following 365 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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Care

Love Crowns & Crucifies

Available with 2 alternative covers.

CD, LP & Bundles inc. Flaming Sword / My Boyish Days 7" Pre-orders shipped, now in stock

https://burningshed.com/store/needlemythology

#IndieMusic #LostAlbum #NewMusicAlert #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

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Thank you so much! πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

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4 days ago
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Wow! @burningshed.com mailed it, but @needlemythology.bsky.social absolutely nailed it. The vinyl and CD's of 1984's Love Crowns and Crucifies by Care look & sound absolutely beautiful. x

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13.03.2026 - from Love Crowns & Crucifies the complete recordings by Care (Ian Broudie & Paul Simpson).
burningshed.com/store/needle...

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Paul Simpson - Astral Girl EP | 9x9 Records Released as an exclusive release for Record Store Day 2023 on limited Turqoise vinyl. A collection of tracks lost from '89 to '96 and put together for the first time ever as a physical release.

www.9x9records.co.uk/product-page...

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Astral Girl - Paul Simpson YouTube video by 2TO

In the early 1990's, Liverpool had fallen into A&R shadow; I kept recording anyway. Astral Girl is the title track of a 5-song E.P. of my unreleased wilderness years tracks, finally issued on Record Store Day 2003 by Liverpool's 9X9 label. Link to buy in comments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0BH...

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2 weeks ago
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The blue variant that never happened. x

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March 13th 2026. x
@needlemythology.bsky.social

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Check with your nearest record shop Iggy, see if they can order it in for you. Resident Recordsm and Norman records both stocking it.

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The Wild Swans - Bringing Home The Ashes (Transparent Vinyl) Bringing Home The Ashes, the 1988 debut album from The Wild Swans, is out on limited transparent vinyl. Get your copy from the Music On Vinyl webstore.

LINK:
www.musiconvinyl.com/products/the...

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STOP PRESS
The Wild Swans - Bringing Home The Ashes (1988)
Release Date: 3rd April 2026.
750-numbered copies on 180g 'Crystal Clear' vinyl.
Music On Vinyl records. x

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Psychedelic Brilliance: The Marvelous Origin Of The Teardrop Explodes | The Quietus The very first word bubble on the very first page of Daredevil Vol. 1 #77, …And So Enters the Amazing Spider-Man, reads "Like no other story in the Marvel Age of Comics… this one’s for you, sports fan...

thequietus.com/culture/book...

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Thanks, Fran. x πŸ™

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Thanks so much, Steve! πŸ‘ΎπŸ€–πŸ­

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πŸ™ Chris! πŸ™

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I am, thank you, Andy. Just keeping going like the rest of the world, trying not to go mad. πŸ™

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SPACE FLOWER RELEASE DAY
I am a Gemini, twins co-existing in one body. Sometimes they fight. One of me is appalled by the high-fructose Wild Swans on purple vinyl, the other f*cking loves it. Analyse This. x

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❀️

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2 months ago
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James & Bobby Purify - Let Love Come Between Us - Bell YouTube video by raresoulie

Wishing you all a magical, peaceful (we can dream can't we?) 2026, Bluesky pals x
youtu.be/32CgFcOSbxw?...

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Lovely catching up with my pal Richie of 1 of 100 in Cathcart today. Lovely man with the coolest shop in Glasgow. x

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My son "Dad, please don't sing". x

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3 months ago
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Off our heads on PG tips and custard creams.
Care (Ian Broudie and Paul Simpson), the summer-1983 demos.
500-copies only. x @needlemythology.bsky.social
Link:
burningshed.com/needlemythol...

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3 months ago

Aww, many thanks, John. x πŸ™

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Wow. Thank you so much Laurie. x

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πŸ™ Thank you, Mel. x

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2nd anniversary of the publication of Revolutionary Spirit - a Post Punk Exorcism. Whoop Whoop. x

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Even though I had left the band by this point, I was in the studio at Rockfield with Julian when this was being recorded. I thought if this is where the band are headed, things are going to get really interestingβ€”possibly my favourite Teardrops song.

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