Please Please You & Safe Suburban Home presents
A POP Party w/
British Birds
Captain Starlet
Autocamper
Mt Misery
Adam Hopper & The Wimps
Vehicle
Tickets are £10 (+ b/f) in advance (£15 on the door) and available from See Tickets.

*This is a standing show*

British Birds

Hatched in 2023 via tape loops and cheap nylon stringed guitars, Chorley-based British Birds soar from the depths of psych-tinged melancholy to the heights of disco-doused dystopia and back. From within the precariously soundproofed walls of their inconspicuous makeshift arthouse they meticulously craft their sound; dedicating themselves to the whole craft from recording, producing and releasing their records, to screenprinting their merch.

Ellie’s grab-you-and-don’t-let-you-go basslines, Mikey’s thumping drums which cut like Keith Moon’s poltergeist and Emma’s earwormy synth and sweet n shriek harmonies bolster frontman Bobby’s cathartic vocals and staunchly stylistic guitar which jangles like Harrison’s inner demon. The four-piece have impressed fans around the country and beyond during tour support slots for The Lovely Eggs, Pale Blue Eyes and The Bug Club and their 3 live sessions for BBC 6 Music’s Marc Riley.

Captain Starlet

Captain Starlet refuse to be pigeonholed with their debut single ’Family Tree’ (w/ B Side ‘Love is a Petal.’) Drawing on a range of influences from the power pop of the early 1970s and the DIY approach of Postcard Records groups such as Josef K, to contemporaries such as Tim Presley and H. Hawkline, the band haul the past into the future. They are formed out of deep roots – Tom Carroll (guitar/vox) and Sam Festenstein (bass) have both been in bands together since the early 2010s whilst Cameron Baker (drums) and Ethan Carroll (guitar) have also been playing in York’s thriving music scene for a number of years. This connection and camaraderie forms the basis of a memorable live set, with which they have already supported Bull, Willie J. Healey, and Snapped Ankles.

Captain Starlet’s live performance certainly informs how they approach working in the studio. ‘Family Tree’ and ‘Love is a Petal’, both recorded at Crooked Room Studios in Strensall, harnesses the band’s live sound onto record, capturing their buoyant energy and love of melody. Both tracks were recorded over a weekend, underlining the band’s adherence to minimal overdubs in pursuit of their sound. This gives the songs a vital and fresh energy; a testament to the belief in keeping ideas simple and exciting.

Autocamper

Manchester’s Autocamper are the perfect pop antidote to the city’s predictable post-punk machismo. Like a Northern kitchen sink rendering of The Vaselines’ call and response motif, vocal duties are shared by Jack Harkins and Niamh Purtill—their world-weary reflections on bedroom tiffs and hungover misdemeanors capture the jangle pop spirit of the ‘80s without the C86 revisionism.

Autocamper were formed on a crisp, autumnal evening in October 2022; via a combination of mutual friends, anonymous internet ads and chance encounters at an Umbrellas’ gig (future Slumberland Records label mates). Honing their sound across the ever-dwindling practice spaces of the city, much of the album was thrashed out between the backrooms of pubs, half-constructed studio spaces, and a (now demolished) disused commercial kitchen unit. Though a true DIY sensibility permeates the music and ethos of the band, their debut LP sees them step up a level from previous self-recorded releases.

Mt Misery

Initially a solo-project for Hartlepool based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Smith, Mt. Misery ‘officially’ became a band in early 2019 and quickly became firm favourites of the grizzled North East indie-pop fraternity.

Their critically-acclaimed debut album ‘Once Home, No Longer’ was released via the belligerently low-key Prefect Records (Ex-Void, The Natvral, The Tubs)in 2021, alongside a long-since sold-out limited edition Rough Trade Exclusive vinyl. A digital EP followed in August 2022, thanks to the support of PRS Foundation’s ‘Open Fund’
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In November 2024, their sophomore album ‘Love In Mind’ was released, once again via Prefect Records; run by a former member of The Field Mice, the album was mixed by Ian Catt, long-time producer of that band and its various splinter groups. Given that, there is unsurprisingly a nod to the sound of Sarah Records, but the record also wears its Teenage Fanclub, Weezer and Big Star influences heavily on its sleeve.

Adam Hopper & The Wimps

Adam Hopper & The Wimps have more hooks than a fisherman’s tackle box. Forged in the box room of a Ladybarn terraced house and honed in the pub back rooms and small venues of Manchester and the North of England. Adam Hopper & his Wimps provide a mixture of anti-folk tinged pop and rock and roll, equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. During 2024 the band released a string of singles via Sheffield cult label Bingo Records, followed by their debut EP “Remember to Have Fun” in 2025, to great praise, even earning them a coveted live session on the Marc Riley show on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Vehicle

Leeds-based Vehicle started as the brain child of Michael Cable (formerly the songsmith behind Yorkshire cult-favourites Perspex), however quickly evolved into a group including Danny Sockett (L.D Moses) and Harry Clowes (The Black Lagoons, James Shakeshaft) on guitars, Connall Doo (Neve Cariad, Prima Star Power) on bass and Jack Devlin (The Oidz) on drums.

Cable’s mix of surreal wordplay and kitchen sink storytelling reminds one of heavyweights such as Jarvis Cocker or John Cooper Clarke while it sits above their own brand of rock & roll that draws from Pebbles era 1960s garage bands, a collective obsession with auteurs such as Joe Meek and Brian Wilson and the quest for the perfect pop hook. In the corner of a sleepless district of takeaways and late night shisha bars, Vehicle are led into their sonic home by Devlin, who’s production takes these influences and turns them into The Vehicle Sound.