Phobophobes

Though originally rising from South London’s gristle-rock scene alongside bands such as Shame, Goat Girl and FatWhite Family - the latter featured Jamie Bardolph Taylor and Chris Olivares Chandler in earlier formations – Phobophobes inhabits is its own idiosyncratic avant-garde world like some bastard child of The Cramps and Talking Heads. One where post-punk, gothic, art-rock and new-wave collide forming a gloriously unpredictable sound.

Phobophobes forthcoming second album Modern Medicine, a follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed debut Miniature World, was written pre-Covid yet offers up plenty of what frontman Jamie Bardolph Taylor describes as ...“That pre-apocalyptic feeling we usually find in the corners of our music....Or maybe global events have just finally caught up with our cheerful outlook.”

“A unique brand of warped pop that Phobophobes make all their own.”– The Line of Best Fit

“(Phobophobes) match fetid post-punk to a brooding sense of the gothic.” – Clash

“The six-piece blend hypnotic hooks with their weird pop leanings that’s both dark and dreamy.” – DIY