Nosferatu D2

Brothers, Ben (guitar/vocals) and Adam Parker (drums) originally made music together in a trio called Tempertwig.{{cite web | url=https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/07/25/my-best-unbeaten-brothers/ | title=My Best Unbeaten Brothers: An Audio Antihero Retrospective on the Music of Ben and Adam Parker | date=25 July 2024 }}{{Cite web|url=https://echoesanddust.com/2019/03/under-the-influence-with-tempertwig/|title=Under The Influence with Tempertwig|date=31 March 2019|website=Echoes And Dust}}{{cite web | url=http://www.tempertwig.freeserve.co.uk/info.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103163358/http://www.tempertwig.freeserve.co.uk/info.htm | archive-date=3 January 2006 | title=Tempertwig }} They performed live in London{{cite web|url=http://www.tempertwig.freeserve.co.uk/Drowned_in_sound.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103214910/http://www.tempertwig.freeserve.co.uk/Drowned_in_sound.htm |archive-date=2006-01-03 |title=tempertwig |access-date=2020-06-02}} and released several demos and a 7" split with Air Formation){{Cite web|url=https://www.getalternative.com/track-by-track-tempertwig-fake-nostalgia-an-anthology-of-broken-stuff/|title=Track By Track: Tempertwig—'Fake Nostalgia: An Anthology of Broken Stuff'|first=The|last=Editor|date=29 March 2019|website=The Alternative}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/main/2003/nov/singles.html|title=Tangents fun'n'frenzy filled web site.|website=www.tangents.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/interviews/interviews/nosferatud2.html|title=Robots & Electronic Brains - eclectic music zine|website=Robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk}} which was aired on BBC Radio 1 by Steve Lamacq.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/stevelamacq/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20021119 |title=BBC - Radio 1 - Steve Lamacq - Tracklisting |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419184336/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/stevelamacq/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20021119 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://fortherabbits.net/2019/03/21/premiere-tempertwig-apricot/|title=[Premiere] Tempertwig – Apricot|date=21 March 2019}} The band split in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/03/18/musicmakers022-ben-parker/|title=MusicMakers022: Ben Parker (Nosferatu D2 / Tempertwig / Superman Revenge Squad)|first=Tom|last=White|date=18 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://beautifulfreaks.co.uk/features/2019/03/premiere-tempertwig-this-means-everything-this-dont-mean-a-thing/|title=Beautiful Freaks Features | Premiere: Tempertwig - This Means Everything, This Don't Mean a Thing|website=beautifulfreaks.co.uk}}

After the end of Tempertwig, Ben and Adam Parker formed Nosferatu D2 and began to play shows and demo new material, some of which was aired on XFM by John Kennedy[https://archive.today/20130129072219/http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=11001] and BBC Radio 1 by Huw Stephens.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/huwstephens/tracklistingarchive.shtml?060214|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Huw Stephens - Tracklisting|website=BBC}} One of these demos received a praising review from James McMahon of NME{{cite web |url=http://www.myspace.com/nosferatud2/blog/86022711 |title=Demo Review - NME von Nosferatu D2 (Album available now) bei Myspace |website=Myspace.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121130061815/http://www.myspace.com/nosferatud2/blog/86022711 |archive-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead}} and Art Brut member Chris Chinchilla.{{Cite web|url=http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/Reviews/Nosferstu%20D2.htm|title=A review|website=Repeatfanzine.co.uk}}

During the band's lifespan, they played a show with Air Formation{{cite web|url=http://www.songkick.com/concerts/2855296-nosferatu-d2-at-buffalo-bar|title=Nosferatu D2 at Buffalo Bar (07 Feb 2007)|website=Songkick}} and opened for Los Campesinos! and Sky Larkin at The Spitz.{{cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/concerts/554561-los-campesinos-at-spitz|title=Los Campesinos! at The Spitz (05 Mar 2007)|website=Songkick}}{{Cite web |url=http://onlineantihero.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/download-nosferatu-d2-live-supporting.html |title=ONLINE ANTIHERO: Download Nosferatu D2 Live supporting los Campesinos! |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129054134/http://onlineantihero.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/download-nosferatu-d2-live-supporting.html |url-status=dead }} Afterwards, Los Campesinos! gave Nosferatu D2 a "thanks to" credit on their debut "Hold on Now, Youngster..." LP released through Wichita Records.

In 2007, Ben Parker began writing and recording under the Superman Revenge Squad name (taken from the comic book organisations of the same name) and Nosferatu D2 quietly disbanded.{{cite web|url=http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/feature/8909/superman-revenge-squad-interview.html |title=Superman Revenge Squad interview | Feature | The Digital Fix |website=Music.thedigitalfix.com |access-date=2020-06-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.anotherformofrelief.com/2007/08/16/nosferatu-d2-we-hardly-knew-ye/|title=anotherformofrelief.com at Directnic|website=Anotherformofrelief.com}}{{cite web | url=https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/07/25/my-best-unbeaten-brothers/ | title=My Best Unbeaten Brothers: An Audio Antihero Retrospective on the Music of Ben and Adam Parker | date=25 July 2024 }}

In 2009, Nosferatu D2's unreleased We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise album was issued by the newly-founded Audio Antihero record label, more than two years after they had separated.{{cite web |url=http://www.buriedbythebuzz.com/2010/01/interview-qa-jamie-halliday-audio-antihero/ |title=Buried by the buzz |website=Buriedbythebuzz.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118130028/http://www.buriedbythebuzz.com/2010/01/interview-qa-jamie-halliday-audio-antihero/ |archive-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}

This announcement was by praised by Gareth Campesinos! on the Los Campesinos! website{{cite web |url=http://www.loscampesinos.com/chaff/were-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808101104/http://www.loscampesinos.com/chaff/were-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise/ |archive-date=8 August 2012 }} and numerous Hype Machine sites.{{Cite web|url=https://hypem.com/track/wcnz/Nosferatu+D2+-+Springsteen|title=Springsteen|website=Hype Machine}}

The album itself was critically acclaimed. Drowned In Sound gave it 9/10 and called it "some kind of alchemy, not to be repeated"; The 405 awarded them 9/10 and suggested it could: "one of those forgotten albums that will be hailed as influential come five or ten years";{{cite web|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/review/nosferatu-d2-wea-re-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise|title=Nosferatu D2 - We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise|website=The 405}} This Is Fake DIY graded it 8/10,{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/nosferatu-d2-were-gonna-walk-around-this-city/ |title=Nosferatu D2 - We're Gonna Walk Around This City… | Album Reviews | DIY |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926071919/http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/nosferatu-d2-were-gonna-walk-around-this-city/ |url-status=dead }} The Music Fix described it as a "lo-fi masterpiece" with a 9/10 grading;{{cite web|url=http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/8339/nosferatu-d2.html |title=Nosferatu D2 - We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise | Capsule Review | The Digital Fix |website=Music.thedigitalfix.com |access-date=2020-06-02}} Music Emissions graded it 10/10; The Organ stated "I do like this, like it lots actually",{{cite web|url=http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/aaaalbums9.htm|title=Organ Magazine On Line: Contact & Switch the Other|website=Organart.demon.co.uk}} Scotland's The Skinny awarded it 4/5;{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/nosferatu-d2-we-re-gonna-walk-around-this-city-with-our-headphones-on-to-block-out-the-noise|title=Nosferatu D2 – We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise | The Skinny|website=Theskinny.co.uk}} and The Line Of Best Fit stated that "your record collection is incomplete without its inclusion." Gareth Campesinos! again praised the album on Pitchfork in his best of 2009 picks.

The album was also well received by radio in the UK and internationally by radio with songs from the album given multiple airings on BBC 6 Music,{{Cite web |url=http://onlineantihero.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/6music-part-2.html |title=Online Antihero: 6Music Part 2 |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185732/http://onlineantihero.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/6music-part-2.html |url-status=dead }} Dandelion Radio,{{cite web|url=http://www.dandelionradio.com/tracklists/2010-02/main.htm|title=Dandelion Radio - February 2010 Tracklistings|website=Dandelionradio.com}} NME Radio,[http://newnoise.tumblr.com/post/590713781/new-noise-sunday-2nd-may-2010] {{dead link|date=June 2020}} ResonanceFM,{{cite web|url=http://www.dexterbentley.com/playlist.htm|title=Dexter Bentley Site |website=Dexterbentley.com}} Florida's WVUM FM,{{cite web |url=http://wvum.org/index.php/music/playlist/the_lo-down_episode_21_audio_antihero_show/ |title=WVUM Playlists - WVUM College Radio - the Voice of the University of Miami |access-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104010209/http://wvum.org/index.php/music/playlist/the_lo-down_episode_21_audio_antihero_show/ |archive-date=4 November 2011 }} Melbourne's Triple R FM,{{Cite web |url=http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/8102/ |title=Triple R - Melbourne Independent Radio - 102.7FM > Program Guide > Far and Wide > Playlists > Playlist |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-date=12 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412061513/http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/8102/ |url-status=dead }} Kooba Radio,{{cite web|url=http://audioantihero.com/ND2/ND2-press.htm|title=Audio Antihero|website=audioantihero.com}} BSM Rocks! Radio,{{cite web |url=http://bsmrocks.com/news.php?id=81 |title=Big Scary Monsters Recording Company - Mixcloud |access-date=2 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118170429/http://bsmrocks.com/news.php?id=81 |archive-date=18 January 2013 }} the inaugural God Is In The TV podcast.{{cite web|url=http://godisinthetvzine.blogspot.com/2010/05/god-is-in-pod-episode-one.html|title=God Is In The TV Zine: God Is In The Pod Episode One|website=Godisinthetvzine.blogspot.com|date=8 May 2010}} Jon Solomon's show on Princeton's WPRB FM,[https://archive.today/20130209125819/http://www.wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=20390] {{cite web |url=http://www.wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=19507 |title=24-Hour Xmas Show! Playlist for Thursday, December 24, 2009, 18:00 |website=Wprb.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209235606/http://www.wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=19507 |archive-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead}} Vancouver's CITR-FM, Philadelphia's WKDU{{Cite web|url=https://wkdu.org/playlist/62818|title=Music for Pseudo-Intellectuals on Mon 11/6/23 | WKDU Philadelphia 91.7FM|website=wkdu.org}} and The Wrong Rock Show on South Africa's Bush Radio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.co.za/opinion/item/403-playlist-the-wrong-rock-show-ep85/|title=Playlist: The Wrong Rock Show Ep.85|date=21 December 2011}}

The album and its story subsequently became the several radio features. In January 2011, Tom Robinson interviewed Ben Parker and Audio Antihero's Jamie Halliday about the album on the "I Need An Antihero" edition of BBC Introducing; in August 2011, Miami's WVUMFM aired an Audio Antihero special with Jamie Halliday on Nosferatu D2 and others; and in August 2012 BBC World Service/PRI's "The World" produced a feature story on the Nosferatu D2 album which included interviews with the artist and label.{{cite web|url=http://www.supermanrevengesquad.com/?id=130&title=feature-on-nosferatu-d2-on-pri%27s-the-world|title=פעילות גיבוש לקבוצות - פעילויות גיבוש קבוצתיות - Revenge Squad|website=Supermanrevengesquad.com}}

The album was the subject of a "Buried Treasures" article for the Faded Glamour culture site{{Cite web|url=https://www.fadedglamour.co.uk/2010/05/buried-treasures-nosferatu-d2.html|title=Buried Treasures: Nosferatu D2|website=Fadedglamour.co.uk}} and a "Lost Bands" article in Rhubarb Bomb's "The City Consumes Us (2007-2012)" book.{{cite web|url=http://rhubarbbomb.blogspot.com/2012/03/city-consumes-us.html|title=Rhubarb Bomb: The City Consumes Us|website=Rhubarbbomb.blogspot.com|date=2 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://ww17.songbird.me/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002182418/http://ww17.songbird.me/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 October 2017|title=Songbird.me|website=17.songbird.me}} Label-mate Benjamin Shaw would also cover their "It's Christmas Time (For God's Sake)".{{Cite web|url=https://bnjmnshw.bandcamp.com/album/i-got-the-pox-the-pox-is-what-i-got-remastered-and-expanded|title=I Got the Pox, the Pox Is What I Got (Remastered and Expanded), by Benjamin Shaw|website=Benjamin Shaw}}

"It's Christmas Time (For God's Sake)" was also included in the Darren Hayman (Hefner/The French) and Fika Recordings 2011 Digital Advent Calendar, alongside fellow Audio Antihero artists including Jack Hayter, Fighting Kites, Paul Hawkins, Ian Button, Broken Shoulder and Benjamin Shaw.{{cite web |url=http://www.fikarecordings.com/christmasinhaworth/?p=351 |title=23rd Christmas – Audio AntiHero | Christmas in Haworth |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111220339/http://www.fikarecordings.com/christmasinhaworth/?p=351 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead }} In 2019, it was included in God Is In The TV Zine's "Top 12 Alternative Christmas Songs" list.{{Cite web|url=https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2019/12/20/top-12-alternative-alternative-christmas-songs/|title=Top 12 Alternative 'Alternative' Christmas Songs - God Is In The TV|date=20 December 2019}}

Though the band have not recorded since their split and have stated that they will not reform{{Cite web|url=http://sonicreverie.tumblr.com/post/1109838318/ben-parker-interview|title=Tumblr|website=Sonicreverie.tumblr.com}} they have contributed unreleased recordings to charity compilations to raise money for FSID,{{cite web|url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2012/02/27/jeffrey-lewis-jofo-paul-hawkins-still-corners-younghusband-benjamin-shaw-many-more-compile-double-charity-album-for-fsid/|title=Jeffrey Lewis, JoFo, Paul Hawkins, Still Corners, younghusband, Benjamin Shaw & more feature on Charity double album for FSID|website=Godisinthetvzine.co.uk|date=27 February 2012}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.keeppoploud.co.uk/2012/03/review-audio-antihero-presents.html|title=Review: Audio Antihero Presents: 'Some.Alternate.Universe' for FSID|website=Keeppoploud.co.uk|access-date=16 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/16659/audio-antihero-release-album-for-fsid.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203182834/http://music.thedigitalfix.com/content/16659/audio-antihero-release-album-for-fsid.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |title=Audio Antihero release album for FSID | News Flash | The Digital Fix |website=Music.thedigitalfix.com |access-date=2020-06-02 }} Shelterbox, Save The Children, Red Cross, Japan Society[http://www.subba-cultcha.com/news/article.php?contentID=23847] {{dead link|date=June 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/news/article/audio-antihero-presents-bob-hope-would-japan-relief-effort-charity-album|title=Audio Antihero Presents: 'Bob Hope would.' // Japan Relief Effort Charity Album|website=Thefourohfive.com}} and New York businesses following Hurricane Sandy.{{cite web|url=http://hearitfornewyork-audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/audio-antihero-hear-it-for-new-york-compilation-the-h-sker-doo-wop-ep|title=Audio Antihero: Hear It For New York Compilation - "The Hüsker Doo-wop" EP, by Hear It For New York - Audio Antihero|website=Hear It For New York - Audio Antihero}}{{cite web |url=http://geekpessimism.com/2012/11/26/brighton-tales-long-story-short/ |title=Brighton Tales -Long Story Short « geek pessimism |access-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102210920/http://geekpessimism.com/2012/11/26/brighton-tales-long-story-short/ |archive-date=2 January 2013 }}

In September 2012, the band re-issued remastered recordings of their final show as "Nosferatu D2 – Live At The Spitz" through Audio Antihero.{{Cite web |url=http://www.7bitarcade.com/news/article/audio-antihero-offering-nosferatu-d2-live-album-as-free-download/ |title=Audio Antihero offering Nosferatu D2 live album as free download » 7Bit Arcade |access-date=10 September 2012 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927085749/http://www.7bitarcade.com/news/article/audio-antihero-offering-nosferatu-d2-live-album-as-free-download/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://sittingnow.co.uk/2012/09/17/ongoing-commercial-suicide/ |title=Ongoing Commercial Suicide « Right Where You Are Sitting Now Right Where You Are Sitting Now |access-date=20 September 2012 |archive-date=3 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403140703/http://sittingnow.co.uk/2012/09/17/ongoing-commercial-suicide/ |url-status=dead }}

In 2015, their debut album was reissued on cassette by Audio Antihero alongside an EP of non-album recordings entitled "Older, Wiser, Sadder" – which was praised by Drowned in Sound.{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19056/reviews/4149469|title=Ep Review: Nosferatu D2 - Older, Wiser, Sadder|website=DrownedInSound.com|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018091040/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19056/reviews/4149469|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://audioantihero.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/six-long-years-nosferatu-d2-reissue-free-older-wiser-sadder-ep-full-live-set-video/|title=Six Long Years: Nosferatu D2 reissue / free "Older, Wiser, Sadder" EP / Full-Live Set Video|website=Audioantihero.wordpress.com|date=13 October 2015}}

In March 2019, Audio Antihero and Randy Sadage Records compiled the majority of the Tempertwig recordings for the "Fake Nostalgia: An Anthology of Broken Stuff" release.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zonenights.com/2019/04/tempertwig-fake-nostalgia-an-anthology-of-broken-stuff-new-album/|title=Tempertwig – FAKE NOSTALGIA: An Anthology of Broken Stuff|date=11 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://fortherabbits.net/2019/04/09/get-to-know-tempertwig/|title=Get To Know – Tempertwig|date=9 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2019/03/07/tempertwig-comfort-blanket-everything-can-be-derailed/|title=Tempertwig - Comfort Blanket / Everything Can Be Derailed|first=Jon|last=Doyle|date=7 March 2019}} The compilation album was followed with the "Films Without Plotlines" EP which contained their remaining unreleased recordings.{{Cite web|url=http://musosguide.co.uk/component/k2/item/5671-new-tempertwig-ep-out-now|title=Muso's Guide - New Tempertwig EP Out Now|website=musosguide.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://hi54.blog/content/highly-recommended-w/-tempertwig|title=Highly Recommended W/ Tempertwig|date=5 April 2019|website=High Five For…}}{{cite web | url=https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/03/18/musicmakers022-ben-parker/ | title=MusicMakers022: Ben Parker (Nosferatu D2 / Tempertwig / Superman Revenge Squad) | date=18 March 2019 }}

The Tempertwig releases received a positive press and radio response,{{Cite web|url=https://hypem.com/track/2tsxr/Tempertwig+-+Everything+Can+Be+Derailed|title=Everything Can Be Derailed|website=Hype Machine}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2019/04/04/20-questions-ben-parker-nosferatu-d2-superman-revenge-squad-tempertwig/|title=20 Questions: Ben Parker (Nosferatu D2, Superman Revenge Squad, Tempertwig) - God Is In The TV|first=Bill Cummings·In|last=Conversation·|date=4 April 2019}} including support from Adafruit Industries and airplay from Dandelion Radio,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dandelionradio.com/tracklists/2019-05/index.htm|title=Dandelion Radio - May 2019 Tracklistings|website=www.dandelionradio.com}} Amazing Radio,{{Cite web|url=https://amazingradio.com/|title=Amazing Radio|website=Amazing Radio}} WPRB{{Cite web|url=http://keepingscoreathome.com/?p=3615|title=Jon Solomon : WPRB DJ » Blog Archive » 3/27/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET}} and Steve Lamacq at BBC Radio 6 Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00040zx|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, Talking about the impact of how we consume music|website=BBC}}

Post-Nosferatu D2, Ben and Adam Parker reunited for the There is Nothing More Frightening Than the Passing of Time album by The Superman Revenge Squad Band, an expanded version of Ben Parker's Superman Revenge Squad solo project.{{cite web|url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2013/10/18/track-by-track-superman-revenge-squad-band-there-is-nothing-more-frightening-than-the-passing-of-time/|title=Track-By-Track: Superman Revenge Squad Band - "There Is Nothing More Frightening Than The Passing Of Time"|website=Godiinthetvzine.co.uk|date=18 October 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://thesupermanrevengesquadband.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-nothing-more-frightening-than-the-passing-of-time|title=There Is Nothing More Frightening Than the Passing of Time|website=Thesupermanrevengesquadband.bandcamp.com}} The album received positive reviews from Bearded Magazine{{cite web|url=http://www.beardedmagazine.com/features/article/lp-stream-superman-revenge-squad-band-there-is-nothing-more-frightening-tha|title=LP Stream: Superman Revenge Squad Band - There Is Nothing More Frightening Than The Passing Of Time|website=Beardedmagazine.com}} and others{{cite web|url=https://www.goldflakepaint.co.uk/album-review-the-superman-revenge-squad-band/|title=Album Review | The Superman Revenge Squad Band|date=13 October 2013|website=GoldFlakePaint.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://hypem.com/track/1ytgw/The+Superman+Revenge+Squad+Band+-+A+Funny+Thing+You+Said|title=A Funny Thing You Said|website=Hype Machine}} and FM4{{cite web | url=https://fm4v3.orf.at/radio/stories/1724480/index.html | title=Montag, 9. 9. 2013 - fm4.ORF.at }} and Gideon Coe, Tom Robinson and Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ftdky|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, Shopping Bag Set List|website=BBC}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03btz9v|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Gideon Coe, Rocket From the Crypt at Reading Festival 1996|website=BBC}}{{Cite web|url=https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2013/09/mixtape20130930/|title=BBC Mixtape 30 Sep 2013|date=29 September 2013|website=Fresh On The Net}}

In 2023, Ben and Adam Parker announced their participation in a new group called My Best Unbeaten Brother.{{cite web | url=https://merrygoroundmagazine.com/bandcamp-picks-of-the-week-7-19-2024/ | title=Bandcamp Picks: Roopen & My Best Unbeaten Brother | date=19 July 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://hellogoodbyeshow.com/2024/06/30/podnplay-29-06-24-ft-my-best-unbeaten-brother/ | title=Pod'n'Play: 29.06.24 – ft. My Best Unbeaten Brother | date=30 June 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://amplifythenoise.com/a-conversation-with-my-best-unbeaten-brother/ | title=A CONVERSATION WITH…My Best Unbeaten Brother | date=28 June 2024 }} In May of that year, they self-released "The Practice Room Recordings"{{Cite web|url=https://mybestunbeatenbrother.bandcamp.com/album/the-practice-room-recordings|title=The Practice Room Recordings, by My Best Unbeaten Brother|website=My Best Unbeaten Brother}}{{cite web | url=https://acutepop.com/2024/01/01/song-my-best-unbeaten-brother-slayer-on-a-sunny-day/ | title=[song] My Best Unbeaten Brother – Slayer on a Sunny Day | date=January 2024 }} before contributing a new song to Joyzine's "20 Years of Joy Vol. 2" compilation,{{Cite web|url=https://joyzine.bandcamp.com/album/20-years-of-joy-vol-2|title=20 Years of Joy Vol. 2, by Joyzine|website=Joyzine}}{{Cite web|url=https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/01/08/weekly-listening-january-2024-1/|title=Weekly Listening: January 2024 #1|first=Jon|last=Doyle|date=8 January 2024}} which was then released as a standalone single.{{cite web | url=https://austintownhall.com/2024/01/05/new-tune-from-my-best-unbeaten-brother/ | title=New Tune from My Best Unbeaten Brother | date=5 January 2024 }}{{Cite web|url=https://acutepop.com/2024/01/01/song-my-best-unbeaten-brother-slayer-on-a-sunny-day/|title=[song] My Best Unbeaten Brother – Slayer on a Sunny Day|date=1 January 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vj6j|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - The BBC Introducing Mixtape, 29/01/2024|website=BBC}}

My Best Unbeaten Brother announced their debut mini-album 'Pessimistic Pizza' for a June 28th release via Audio Antihero.{{cite web | url=https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/07/25/my-best-unbeaten-brothers/ | title=My Best Unbeaten Brothers: An Audio Antihero Retrospective on the Music of Ben and Adam Parker | date=25 July 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://post-trash.com/news/2024/7/1/my-best-unbeaten-brother-pessimistic-pizza-album-review | title=My Best Unbeaten Brother - "Pessimistic Pizza" | Album Review | date=July 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.getalternative.com/track-by-track-my-best-unbeaten-brother/ | title=Track by Track: My Best Unbeaten Brother – 'Pessimistic Pizza' | date=2 July 2024 }} It was preceded by the singles "Time on Our Hands, Spider-Man," "Extraordinary Times," and "Blues Fatigue."{{cite web | url=https://fortherabbits.net/2024/06/06/premiere-my-best-unbeaten-brother-blues-fatigue/ | title=[PREMIERE] My Best Unbeaten Brother – Blues Fatigue | date=6 June 2024 }} The new material was covered by sites like The Post, Post-Trash, The Alternative, Merry-Go-Round Magazine, Muso's Guide, and God Is in the TV, {{cite web | url=https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2024/05/23/exclusive-my-best-unbeaten-brother-nosferatu-d2-the-superman-revenge-squad-band-time-on-our-hands-spider-man/ | title=EXCLUSIVE: My Best Unbeaten Brother 'Extraordinary Times' Single Premiere - God is in the TV | date=23 May 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.musosguide.co.uk/component/k2/item/6407-my-best-unbeaten-brother-serves-up-pessimistic-pizza | title=Muso's Guide - My Best Unbeaten Brother Serves up Pessimistic Pizza }}{{cite web | url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2024/05/artist-spotlight-my-best-unbeaten-brother-pessimistic-pizza | title=Artist Spotlight: My Best Unbeaten Brother debut album marks a musical family reunion }} and played on stations including WKDU, WIDR, WZBC, KXFM, KXFS-LP, and Resonance FM.{{cite web | url=https://hellogoodbyeshow.com/2024/06/16/podnplay-15-06-24-ft-jason-mcniff/ | title=Pod'n'Play: 15.06.24 – ft. Jason McNiff | date=16 June 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://spinitron.com/WIDR/pl/19093484/Through-the-Rabbit-Hole?sp=383485598 | title="Time on Our Hands, Spider-Man" by My Best Unbeaten Brother. Through the Rabbit Hole Tue Jun 11 with Maya on 89.1 WIDR FM }}{{cite web | url=https://wkdu.org/playlist/64463 | title=Music for Pseudo-Intellectuals on Mon 6/17/24 | WKDU Philadelphia 91.7FM }} The group also recorded a radio session for Mark Whitby's June Dandelion Radio show.{{cite web | url=https://dandelionradio.com/thismonth.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303230736/https://dandelionradio.com/thismonth.htm | archive-date=3 March 2024 | title=Dandelion Radio - This Month }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dandelionradio.com/markw.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229193614/https://www.dandelionradio.com/markw.htm | archive-date=29 February 2024 | title=Dandelion Radio - Mark Whitby }}{{cite web | url=https://audioantihero.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/news-my-best-unbeaten-brother-singles-magana-features-post-trash-bbc-scotland-for-the-rabbits-an-old-pal/ | title=NEWS: My Best Unbeaten Brother singles + Magana Features (Post-Trash / BBC Scotland / For the Rabbits) + an Old Pal | date=7 June 2024 }}

• We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On to Block Out the Noise (Audio Antihero, 2009)
• Older, Wiser, Sadder – EP (Audio Antihero, 2015)

• Live at the Spitz (05/03/2007) (Audio Antihero, 2012)

• Bob Hope Would|Bob Hope Would – for Japan (Audio Antihero, 2011) – contributes "The Kids From FAME" / "Older, Wiser, Sadder" / "A Man at War With Himself"
• Christmas In Haworth: An Advent Calendar from Darren Hayman, Fika Recordings and Friends (Fika Recordings, 2011) - contributes "It's Christmas Time (For God's Sake)"
• Some.Alternate.Universe – for FSID (Audio Antihero, 2012) – contributes "A Footnote" (Demo)
• Audio Antihero's Commercial Suicide Sampler (Audio Antihero, 2012) – contributes "Springsteen"
• The Hüsker Doo-wop EP for New York (Audio Antihero/Hear It For NY, 2012) – contributes "Older, Wiser, Sadder"
• Into the Light: Volume Three for Pussy Riot (Unwashed Territories, 2012) – contributes "It's Christmas Time (For God's Sake)"
• Five Long Years (Audio Antihero, 2014) - contributes "Broken Tamagotchi"
• Elder Statesman: Nine Long Years of Audio Antihero Records (Audio Antihero, 2019) – contributes "Springsteen"

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