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The Phosphenes create imperfect three-minute pop songs from a standard dysfunctional rock line-up (with added harmonica for your convenience) that - replete with catchy hooks and upbeat rhythms, armed with poignant and quirky humour, and dripping in vocal harmonies – stick in your head and rewire your brain.
NEW RELEASE
We've been spending all our spare time at our favourite recording studio, Soundpark in Northcote, working with our friend and co-producer Idge on a brand-new album. We had so much fun we accidentally recorded more songs then we could fit on an album of sensible length, so we're releasing a couple as singles before the album is ready. This is the first: a song we wrote about the ongoing impact of the violent theft of land and dispossession of peoples that is the history of this nation and many others around the world. Reconciliation might be hard and the path to it unclear, but until it’s done the Frontier Wars continue.
This song was written, performed and recorded on the stolen land of the Kulin Nation, where we and our people live and work without their consent. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the land and their Elders, and look forward to a true and just reconciliation between our peoples.
LATEST VIDEOS
On 2 April 2023 we opened for Crumbe at the Brunswick Artists’ Bar. Our drummer John couldn’t make it so the rest of us performed a drum-free set. Three songs were recorded and are now available to watch on Youtube:
OLDIE BUT GOODIE VIDEO
A while ago we made a legit music video. This is it.
What is a phosphene anyway?
Simple, really: a ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light.
The Phosphenes are:
- Dean Lombard (vocals, guitar, harmonica, melodica, accordion)
- Jason Cutler (bass, vocals, synths)
- John A Watson (drums, percussion)
- Simon W Stockdale (guitar, vocals)
Contact The Phosphenes at info@phosphenes.com.au
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Other Phosphenes
There are more bands called the Phosphenes than you might think. Check them all out! Us Phosphenes gotta stick together.
- In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Phosphenes
- In Hobart, Tasmania: The Phosphenes
- In Liverpool, UK: The Phosphenes
- In Kathmandu, Nepal: The Phosphenes
- In San Francisco, California: Phosphene
- In Tempe, Arizona: Phosphenes
- In Chicago, Illinois: Phosphene
- The oldest known band called The Phosphenes was founded by Bryan Kovacs in the 1990s. Bryan also invented bungee boarding.
- In Caboolture, Queensland: The most recent The Phosphenes