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Dreamland (Supermarket is a Warhol Painting)

by Phenomenal Cat

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes an 8-page pull-out booklet packed with our usual felt-tip scribbles, photos, artwork, lyrics and chords—everything you need for a full family singalong at the breakfast table.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Dreamland (Supermarket is a Warhol Painting) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Steve's Things 02:05
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Electric cylinder mower, unique cutting system with rear roller stripes. Flymo special-master with detachable cable tidy. Oscillating sprinkler, spray nozzle, unique rotating head. Weather-proofed, hardwood handles, multi-purpose adjustable garden rake! STEVE'S THINGS Hand-held pressure spray, Tudor lawn edging. Dialene Ascot planter, Philips 24-hr plug in timer. Immersion heater control switch, Everready battery charger. No battries required. Black and Decker work mate deluxe for precision DIY jobs. STEVE'S THINGS Steve goes to the shops and buys stuff all the time. Plastic crap, things wrapped in cardboard, it makes him feel absolutely fine. He's got nowhere to put it - he shoves it anywhere he can find.
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Seatown® 02:47
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Pack up the brats, put everything in the car, Say 'goodbye' to London town, we're not going very far. Where the wind blows wild and free, and the birds and the bees, Make their nests in the trees, and life is such a breeze! We're going down to Seatown, pick up the tab 'coz we're coming down, All of our friends will follow us down to Seatown. They've got everything we need, it's like living in a dream, Photograph me on the beach, throwing pebbles in the sea. There's not much traffic there, there's no smog in the air, We can pay the same prices, 'coz we'll take them with us there! We're going down to Seatown, pick up the tab 'coz we're coming down, All of our friends will follow us down to Seatown. Seatown, Seatown, Seatown, You can promenade in Seatown, You can stay in Seatown. Ride the Seagull, Lick the ice cream cone in Seatown...
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Don't Wanna Be Alan No More 03:00
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Alan’s clothes don’t fit him anymore, his favourite shirt is always creased. He doesn’t look like a movie star, his teeth are jagged like car keys! And when he goes, he really goes to town. And when he blows, he really blows, He'll blow your little house down! Don't wanna' be Alan no more, don't wanna' be him. Don't wanna' be Alan no more, don't wanna' be him. Alan’s wife doesn't talk to him anymore, his car has average MPG. Hair like the icebergs - its disappearing, he can’t climb the apple tree! And when he goes, he really goes to town. And when he blows, he really blows, He'll blow your little house down! Don't wanna' be Alan no more, don't wanna' be him. Don't wanna' be Alan no more, don't wanna' be him. Alan lives on the outskirts of town, Alan falls asleep to Match of the Day in his dressing gown. Alan gets four coughs and colds a year, He self-medicates with a four pack of strong continental beer. Alan is never charitable -Alan is never giving. Alan builds pre-fabricated houses for a living. Alan goes out walking, communicates with his wife without talking. Alan is always on his mobile phone, please leave a message after the tone.
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21st Century Englishman 02:45
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Dreamland (Supermarket is a Warhol Painting) 05:16
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The Little Islanders 03:08
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PAC-A-MAC 01:31
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Everything + Nothing 02:57
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about

Dreamland (Supermarket is a Warhol Painting) is the third album from Phenomenal Cat—a British power pop psychedelic swirl of horns, hooks, and half-lucid observations from the queue at life’s checkout.

It’s a record that begins in chaos and ends in something stranger: a trolley-dash through the subconscious where consumerism, nostalgia, and identity blur under fluorescent light. Guitars jangle and spiral, horns crash the party like uninvited guests, and rhythm sections hold it all together with just enough discipline to stop the whole thing floating off into the reduced aisle.

Across the album, we meet characters caught somewhere between satire and sympathy. Steve hoards meaning in cardboard boxes and next-day delivery promises. Holidaymakers chase a sun-faded version of joy down the British coast. Middle age arrives with a pint, a shrug, and a brass section. And the 21st century Englishman—Peroni in hand, vape in the drizzle—dances through cultural confusion to a beat he doesn’t quite understand.
Musically, the band lean into their contradictions. Pub rock meets psychedelia. Power pop hooks collide with proggy detours. Synths fizz under seaside melodies, while horns blur the line between celebration and collapse. There are tempo shifts, tonal left-turns, and moments that feel like they might fall apart—before snapping back into something oddly triumphant.

At its centre sits the title track: a woozy, dreamlike drift through a surreal supermarket where nothing is quite as it seems. Inspired as much by suburban ritual as it is by art and poetry, it captures the album’s core tension—between what we consume and what consumes us.

The record closes with Everything + Nothing, a cosmic, melancholic comedown that stretches from prehistoric longing to interstellar escapism, before gently dissolving back into something comfortingly human.

This is music for the in-between moments—half awake, half aware—when the world feels both absurd and oddly beautiful.

A bit like staring at a shelf of soup and wondering how you got here.

credits

released March 26, 2026

Samuel Carney (words, vocals, guitars, synths)
Mik Peirson (guitars)
Natalie Kuroczycki (bass)
Ben Day (drums, felt tips)
Dan Whitehouse (trumpet)
Tim Burden (saxophone, kazoo)

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