DIY punk legends TELEVISION PERSONALITIES have an elaborate and comprehensive singles collection out this week.
Formed in Chesea in 1977 by Dan Treacy, later joined by SWELL MAPS' Jowe Head, the band are perhaps best-know for their 1978 tracks 'Where's Bill Grundy Now?' and 'Part-Time Punks' before turning towards psychedelia with 'I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives'.
The double-CD hardback book-form package houses Some Kind Of Happening – Singles 1978-1989 and Some Kind Of Trip – Singles 1990-1994, the compilation contains numerous highpoints and rarities from a multitude of labels, including their debut 45 '14th Floor', a Creation Records flexi, their ultra-rare take on Mel & Kim's 'Respectable' and 1989's nearly-hit 'Salvador Dali's Garden Party'...
Set for release on 12 July through Fire Records, the anthology is available to pre-order here.
Jowe Head, meanwhile, has his new double solo album Widdershins - in which he tackles weird folk, post-punk and Krautrock - out through Easy Action Records on the same day. It's available to pre-order here.
Jowe plays The Stag's Head, Hoxton, London on 27 July.