Post Coal Prom Queen
Post Coal Prom Queen (PCPQ) are Lily Higham and Gordon Johnstone - a duo of musicians, composers, and producers in Scotland.
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Next EP: I Keep My Atoms Numbered for Just Such an Occasion - out January 2026
New single: Teleportation Blues - out now
Latest album: Music for First Contact - stream it now
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"as prescient and visionary as their avant-garde capabilities"
The Skinny - ★★★★
"Joyous"
Scots Magazine
"a deep and intensely satisfying listen"
Snack Magazine
"soaring"
The List
"an absorbing listen...epic"
The Scotsman - ★★★★
"heights of perfection...cinematic, delicate beauty"
Clash - 8/10
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Hello
We are PCPQ
Post Coal Prom Queen are Lily Higham and Gordon Johnstone. PCPQ have developed a unique sound by blending organic textures, retrofuturistic synths, and mechanical beats with ambitious avant garde and pop sensibilities - fused together with Lily's distinct vocals. They have been heard on BBC Radio 1, 6Music, and BBC Radio Scotland, on TV's Made In Chelsea and in the National Library of Scotland film 'Living Proof', charted on Amazing Radio, and garnered international acclaim. Their three critically acclaimed releases - debut PCPQ EP, concept rap album Music for Hypercapitalists, and operatic new LP Music for First Contact - as well as a slew of highly successful live shows, have cemented PCPQ as one of Scotland's most ambitious and promising acts.
PROTOMARTYR
The brand new single from PCPQ - out now (released 26 July 2024).
Protomartyr sees the duo turn their gaze away from the heavens and look towards the surreal world of the microscopic - exploring ideas of ancient gods and the origins of life, but with the band's characteristic human-centric approach. It is the first single from PCPQ since the success of their expansive and operatic album Music for First Contact.
COSMO
CANYON
Cosmo Canyon is a collaboration with the Canadian string duo Pallmer. It was commissioned by the Flourish Festival as part of their Collaboration series. We'll be performing with Pallmer at our shows at the Flourish Festival, Montreal, and Toronto in June 2023. It was recorded at the same time as our album 'Music for First Contact' and can be considered an extension of that universe.
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Click here to find it on your streaming monolith of choice.
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Released 09 June 2023
Free Radio
phobos
Free Radio Phobos is the first single taken from our upcoming album Music For First Contact. Click here to find it on your favourite streaming monolith.
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Released 31 October 2022.
Discography
I Keep My Atoms Numbered for Just Such An Occasion - Mixtape - January 2026
PCPQ EP (remixes) - December 2023
Cosmo Canyon ft. Pallmer (single) - June 2023
Music for First Contact (LP) - April 2023
Wheeling Through The Void (single) - February 2023
Free Radio Phobos (single) - October 2022
Cartoons and Rocket Fumes (single) - May 2022
Supai No Kodomo ft. Macaroom (single) - November 2021
Music for Hypercapitalists (LP) - August 2021
PCPQ EP (EP) - April 2021
Zou ft. Macaroom (single) - September 2020
Body of Water ft. Macaroom (single) - May 2020
You Wouldn't Download A Car (single) - May 2020
The Last Question
Interviews from the cutting edge of science
The Last Question is a science and technology podcast from DataFest, Scotland’s premier festival of innovation run by The Data Lab - Scotland’s innovation centre for data and artificial intelligence, hosted by the University of Edinburgh. Join our hosts Gordon Johnstone and Lily Higham as they talk to people at the cutting edge of technology and innovation - from quantum computing to nanotechnology, sci-fi authors to ethicists, from the James Webb Telescope to the search for extra-terrestrial life.
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