James Philips

GIG REVIEW – Curiad Pulse Festival (Friday) – Bangor

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03.05.2024 – Grant Sharkey / Charlie Garlic / James PM Phillips / Andy Bob Beaumont / Jodie Melodie

Curiad Pulse is an annual event held in Bangor, North Wales, showcasing the wild, the weird, the unnatural and the wonderful; be it in poetry, prose or punk rock… and everything in between.
This year, cleverly held at one venue on each of the five nights, allowing much needed business to ring their cash tills on that particular day, Curiad Pulse raised over £1000 for their chosen charities in aid of our recently fallen heroes, Duncan Black and Emyr Ankst.

I was lucky enough to catch two of those days, and for the purpose of this review, my attentions turn to the Friday night at The Skerries. Like Outpost in Liverpool, I regard The Skerries in Bangor as a spiritual home, a place where the tragic and the magic can, and does happen.

Tonight is the calm before tomorrow’s (full on band) storm… There’s no drum kit set up, no big amps, just a mic and a monitor. This is an evening with friends and we gathered round, huddled together, cupping our beer glasses and reading the latest issue of Gutter zine … Let the evening commence…

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NEW ALBUM – James PM Phillips – Spite, Bile & Beauty

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The bardic legend of Bangor has checked-in, been through duty-free and is on a trip round the galaxy. Yes, James Phillips adds to his bulging black catalogue [sic] with a new album, ‘Spite, Bile & Beauty’.

This eclectic collection of songs, pieces and whatnots is a welcome addition to 2023, and released late enough in the year to see you into the next.
A collaboration with the equally esoteric Alan Holmes, the album has been waiting to be given wings for a good couple of years while James remonstrated Lockdown in his inimitable way.More

NEW RELEASE – James PM Phillips – Different Stars

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That Avant Bard of Bangor James PM Phillips has released a new song in the form of Different Stars on Bandcamp. This is the first material since his vinyl debut of ‘Bones’ earlier this year on link2wales records.

James has been prolific throughout lockdown with numerous one track releases via his bandcamp page, culminating with the ‘Bones’ album.

There is also the threat of a new album on the Turquoise Coal label.

See also – Hand Made Noise, Mudshark Incident, Burnham Burnham, Dilation.

NEW ALBUM – James PM Phillips – Bones

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Link2wales records is proud to announce the release of the new album ‘Bones’ by James PM Phillips.
Available on vinyl or download, ‘Bones’ is undoubtedly the most challenging and weirdly trippy record released on this label so far.

Best described as avant bard, James has laid his bare bones down onto vinyl and shares with us a perilous and often uncomfortable conceptual journey through his incredible mind.

Buy the beautifully packaged vinyl from the bandcamp link below (also available as a free download).

James promotes gigs and open mic nights in Bangor, North Wales and was in the bands Burnham Burnham, Hand Made Noise, Dilation, The Mudshark Incident and Velvet (to name a few), and has also carved out a solo career with many releases… ‘Bones’ is the next chapter in his book…

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NEW RELEASE – James PM Phillips – Cig Dyn

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Bangor’s bearded wizard James PM Phillips is back recording and offers up a teaser from his forthcoming album ‘Spite, Bile & Beauty’ in the form of Cig Dyn. Two minutes and forty eight seconds of no wave garage driven repetition denial. ‘Dim on dyn y fy’ (I’m not a man, I’m not meat) he groans while strange mutterings ramble in the background…
Released on the Turquoise Coal label of Menai Bridge and available on Bandcamp… Be sure to check out the label as Alan Holmes as started uploading past releases onto Bandcamp.

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