The Phosphenes

Jason playing bass

Dean playing guitar and singing

John playing drums

Simon playing guitar

It’s Throwback Thursday! Here’s some pics of us at the The Workers Club in 2021 that I don’t think were posted anywhere before.
Thanks for taking the shots, Kath!

promo image announcing The Phosphenes’ 3rd album “Let’s All Go to Mars”

A reminder that the new album is streaming now.
Become a person that has heard it rather than remaining a person that hasn’t.
ditto.fm/lets-all-go-...

#indierock #localband #melbournemusic #aussierock

A big thanks to Jenny @koopradio.bsky.social for playing our new single All the Time (at the 43:55 mark) on her show Beat Happenings. #CommunityRadio We are thrilled to be played in Austin, TX amidst a whole heap of other cool bands. 👍 🤘 🎸 www.mixcloud.com/beathappenin...

New Grooves 15th Sept 2025 - New Grooves

Thanks to Adrian Hook from Inner Fm for playing our new song All the Time on his latest episode of New Grooves. #communityradio #unsignedradio #newmusic #independentmusic omny.fm/shows/new-gr...

New Music Friday

Thanks @shiner_sam for adding Taste Like Wine, the opening track from our new album Let's All Go to Mars, to her #NewMusicFriday playlist. Give the playlist a spin to hear more great #newmusic.
#NewMusic2025 #spotifyplaylist🙏 open.spotify.com/playlist/0q1...

Music in Nillumbik On demand - 2025-9-14 - Music in Nillumbik

We asked Christian who hosts Music In Nillumbik on 88.6 Plenty Valley FM to play any song that took his fancy from our new album Let's All Go to Mars and he chose Zombie Apocalypse, a song about widespread contagious nomophobia and social decay. Listen to it played here: omny.fm/shows/music-...

Reminder: The Phosphenes’s long-awaited 3rd album is out now, on all the usual streaming sites and on CD via Bandcamp.

#newalbum #indiemusic #listennow #outnow

naarm sounds

Thanks to Luci for adding our song All the Time to the naarm sounds Spotify playlist. 🙏🤘 #Melbournebands #melbournemusicscene Give the playlist a spin to hear more great local bands. #naarmmusic #spotifyplaylist open.spotify.com/playlist/3iR...

The long wait is over! Our 3rd album is out now on Bandcamp. You get 3 listens for free. Streaming services coming soon.

#newmusic #outnow #newrelease #australianmusic

Homegrown - 2XXfm 98.3 Tune in to Homegrown for some of the best Australian Indie and Alternative music. Together, we’ll listen to bands pushing the limits and celebrate the classics – can’t wait for you to join me.

Thanks to Xavier for playing The Future on Canberra's Homegrown show (at the 18:50 mark, 3 SEP 2025)
@2XXFM
“I absolutely love it! The sound of a big old smile, a warm hug :)” #NewMusic #NewMusic2025 #radio #communityradio
www.2xxfm.org.au/shows/homegr...

promo image announcing the availability of stubby holders for the new Phosphenes album Let’s All Go to Mars

Our first merch is available now! Stubby holders, the first line of defense against drink warming. Order via Bandcamp’s merch page to have one delivered or buy one at the album launch on 6 September.

phosphenes-au.bandcamp.com/merch/let-s-...

Monday Drive - Plenty Valley FM 88.6 From 4-6pm every Monday featuring music themes, music guests and just plain music!! Missed a Show? Listen Again!

For those who missed us yesterday 25 AUG 2025 on Monday Drive with Dee and Kat you can hear it here. Interview begins 50:30 and then live in the studio versions of Frontier Wars, The Future, Zombie Apocalypse and Taste Like Wine. #communityradio #supportlocalartists www.pvfm.org.au/monday-drive/

We’ll be on Plenty Valley FM 88.6 live at 5pm. We’ll play a mix of acoustic versions of some of the songs and tracks from the upcoming album. Make a reminder in your phone now! If you’re busy you can listen later.
www.pvfm.org.au
#radio #localradio #newalbum #newmusic

And thanks for playing All the Time from our very soon to be released album Let's All Go to Mars on Horizon Broadening Hour #92 ⏲️🙏🎸 radiowaterloo.ca/new-music-ad...

We’re only a few days away from the release of our latest album. Here’s a sneak preview of one of the tracks. It will be available to stream, download and on good old CD as well.

#melbournemusos #melbournebands #aussieband #ausmusic #aussiemusic #newmusic

We have 12 more new songs coming out on the next album. Two others are already out now as singles. Here’s a snippet of one of the new ones!
#localbands #supportlocalbands #supportlocalmusic #victoriamusicscene #aussierock #indierock #indiemusic

(S25E27) "Do They Get a Pass? YouTube video by The Chris Court Show: An Indie Music Podcast

Thanks to Chris and Matt from The Chris Court Show for playing our single Frontier Wars 6 minutes into their podcast and promoting our music and our gig at Brunswick Artists' Bar on August 2nd all the way from Chicago, Illinois. 😀🙏🤘
www.youtube.com/watch?si=CLM...

promotional image for The Phosphenes gig at Brunswick Artists Bar on 2 August 2025.

Any followers from Melbourne: we have our next gig booked. 2 August at the Brunswick Artists’ Bar, with Dom Rogers supporting. All our newest songs shall be played. It’ll be fun!
#supportlocalmusic #melbournegigs #melbournebands #melbournemusicscene

🚀 Progress Studies Songs 🚀 Playlist · emmamcaleavy1 · 45 items · 50 saves

Thanks to @emmamcaleavy.bsky.social, the Program Operations & Community Manager at The Roots of Progress Institute for adding our single The Future to her 🚀Progress Studies Songs 🚀 @spotifyweird.bsky.social playlist. #spotifyplaylist 🪐🌕🧑‍🚀🙏 open.spotify.com/playlist/6LN...

Top Roots Picks (Folk/Blues/Country) (Indie Music Spotlight) Playlist · indiemusicdiscovery · 30 items · 77 saves

Thanks to Joshua from Discover Indie Music for adding our new single Frontier Wars to the Top Roots Picks (Folk/Blues/Country) (Indie Music Spotlight) Spotify playlist. #spotifyplaylist #NewMusic2025 #rootsmusic #indiemusic #NewMusic. 🙏 🪕 🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/3X5...

JUNE 2025 Listen Local Show This month the show is guest co hosted by Tyler Stamets and features songs from San Diego and beyond. Tune in and enjoy! The Listen Local Show is a monthly podcast sharing music and messages submitted

🙏Thanks to Cathryn Beeks for playing No Through Road from our album Finally, A Friendly Shore (at the 48:33 mark) on the June 2025 edition of the Listen Local Show, despite us not being local to San Diego! 🤘 soundcloud.com/listenlocalr...

Promotional image showing the cover artwork for the new single "The Future" with text stating that it is available now on Bandcamp.

It’s here! The second single from our next album “Let’s All Go to Mars”.
Listen to and purchase “The Future” here in the present.
phosphenes-au.bandcamp.com/track/the-fu...

The Horizon Broadening Hour #80 This is an archive of The Horizon Broadening Hour. More music added to Libretime means more music for y'all to broaden your horizons with. Tanya Ekanayaka – Blue Rock Dove Tell Ladom Ensemble – Roma

Thanks to Richard Giles (aka DJ Mophead) at CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo for adding our new single Frontier Wars to tonight's Horizon Broadening Hour (3rd last song). Nice to be played in Canada! soundcloud.com/mophead-1027...

Global Revolution: Protest Music from 60+ Countries Playlist · Ethan Earle · 184 items · 3.7K saves

Thanks to Ethan Earle, general coordinator of Organizing for Power for adding Bitter Pills to the Global Revolution: Protest Music from 60+ Countries playlist. “I really appreciate what you guys are doing, musically and politically, with your work”. #protestsongs open.spotify.com/playlist/3Mt...

The Palette Cleanser 9-May-2025 - The Palette Cleanser

Thanks to Melanie Page from Melbourne's 96.5 Inner FM for playing our new single Frontier Wars on her show The Palette Cleanser. You can hear her show here: omny.fm/shows/the-pa...

Selected Protest Music of 2025 Playlist · Shouts - Music from the Rooftops · 52 items · 20 saves

A big thanks to @kristinarson.bsky.social from @shoutingmusic.bsky.social for adding our new single Frontier Wars to the Selected Protest Music of 2025 playlist. #protestsongs #politicalsongs #NewMusic #NewMusic2025 #spotifyplaylist
open.spotify.com/playlist/1xI...

New Music Friday Playlist · @shiner_sam · 149 items · 1.8K saves

A big thanks to music fanatic @shiner_sam for adding our new single Frontier Wars to her very popular New Music Friday playlist. #NewMusic #NewMusic2025 #spotifyplaylist 🙏🤘
open.spotify.com/playlist/0q1...

Australian Protest Songs Playlist · Sarah Mottarelly · 30 items · 182 saves

A big thanks to Sarah Mottarelly for adding our new single Frontier Wars to the Australian Protest Songs playlist. #protestsongs #protestsong #politicalsongs #colonialism #reconciliation Give the playlist a spin to hear more great Aussie anthems of dissent! open.spotify.com/playlist/495...

A big thanks to DJ Sofi Z @ Airwaves Alright #KBOO in Portland for playing our new single Frontier Wars and even promoting our single launch in Brunswick, Victoria from the other side of the world! And thanks also for playing Bitter Pills from Finally, A Friendly Shore. kboo.fm/media/126906...

Frontier Wars Listen to Frontier Wars

We’re proud to announce our new single “Frontier Wars” is out today on the streaming and download services.
ditto.fm/frontier-wars
#newmusic #aussierock