PET NEEDS: The Decade Series

So sorry this has taken so long to post! Here is the round up.And the big news - although we were aiming for a top ten, we came up against the hardest chart week in the world! Against all the odds we still charted at #16 and even more than that, scored a #1 in the official Record Store Charts!Thank you to everyone who took part in the campaign. The Decade Series is my favourite thing we've ever put out.

Acoustic album, befriending punk rock royalty and selling out bigger rooms than ever before... Have PET NEEDS become a semi-successful band?!

PET NEEDS become a charting band! We hit the road with some of our biggest influences and say goodbye to one drummer, and hello to another!This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

Alien horses, Serbian police and a new bass player... Quite the year!This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

The boys start the year without a job and end the year world-touring musicians... With a couple of Borrowed Toothpaste tours thrown in for good luck!This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

Potentially the hardest year in the band so far. But what a year it was!This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

We start the year with a conversation. Johnny feels this is going to be the band's final year. And then everything changes...

This is the year that changed everything! This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

The year starts with Steve Lamacq playing the band's tune on BBC Radio 6 Music - then much drama unfolds!This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

A big year for PET NEEDS with two EP releases, singing with our first manager and beginning to travel with our music.This is the sister podcast to The Decade Series CDs released on Xtra Mile Recording on 27th March 2026Order here - orcd.co/elbowsoutthisiscapitalism

After a hazy night out Linton joins the band, the boys start the search for a drummer and George begins to question his whole life choices.

After quitting his job at an overnight garage in Derby, George Marriott moves to Colchester to crash in his brother Johnny's flat.They didn't have a plan, but they had guitars.