FPM Comps

When the Friendly Psychics Music home recording collective started in the tiny apartment of Chris Jones and Dan Miller in 1999, neither thought it would last very long. Nor did they think it would yield this many quality releases, or collect the talents of so many far-flung musicians and friends (including John W., Charlie Meyer, Tim Donovan, Michael Behrenahusen, Ken Clark and many more).

But due to the volume of releases from FPM’s bands, the label’s co-founders decided to break up their best-of compilations into two volumes: the first five years, and the most recent five years.
And lucky for you, they’re both available right here.

Volume 1 gathers 19 tracks from a dozen of the label's best albums, including every genre and time period in FPM’s history – from the crisp, acoustic-driven songs of Upstate to the melodic, lo-fi squall of Dishwater Psychics and the creepy, brain-damaged missives of Bullet Gastino.

Volume 2 goes a step further, drawing from the solo material of the label’s co-founders.
There’s Derecho, Dan Miller’s poppy and occasionally rockin’ debut that owes as much to
the Beatles as it does ELO, and A Surplus of 1, the experimental synth-driven work of longtime bassist Chris Jones. But there’s also the best of the reunited Circuit Riders, the tongue-twisting ‘90s indie-folk band, and Brainswarm and Unified Alarm System, which puts new member
Tim Donovan’s vocals front and center.

In other words, if you want a coherent and focused introduction to the 25-armed monster that is Friendly Psychics Music, our compilation volumes are the ideal place to start.