We all have our own cancer biographies… we’re all affected in some way or another, and if… by some stroke of good fortune… we’re not, chances are that we know someone who is.

Cancer is something that rears its head with monotonous regularity in many of our lives, a reemerging drone that is as predicable as it is painful… physically, mentally and emotionally.

That drone can be in the background for a while… occasionally reemerging through memories at unexpected times… cancer the great remover of loved ones raising its head through absence… absence of people we care about… but also through evocative recollections of their decline and demise… a disease whose malign progress often leads to a merciful release… feelings of guilt and relief mixed in with bereavement and sadness.

Gradually those feelings subside and the better memories of loved ones who have passed away come back… until the bloody thing strikes again… The drone returns… of their pain and, maybe, our guilt… of their fortitude and our feelings of helplessness…

As we get older it feels like our cancer biographies only fall into remission… the drone is still there and can erupt into an unholy noise of pain and confusion at anytime... back with a vengeance that brings back fresh sadness and painful memories... once again very real and a reminder that it’s not just the person with cancer but all around them are affected.

It is experiences and feelings such as this that prompted us at the Psych Lovers Facebook Group to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, a charity which started out as the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer… an organisation that is dedicated not only to cancer patients but also their family and friends… anyone living with cancer. A charity that acknowledges the whole situation when someone has cancer… a charity that tries to make sure that no one has to go through cancer alone.

The response from group members… who include bands, labels, promoters and bloggers… has been brilliant to date with well over £7k already raised through a first volume of ‘Psych Against Cancer’, vinyl auctions and donations.

But now we are looking to step things up a gear with the release of this second compilation, Psych Against Cancer Vol. 2, which has brought together many more of the top bands that we love… just look at the list here… hours and hours of top tunes donated by people who have their own cancer biographies… people who, in one way or another, will have had their own cancer drone erupting in their lives… they’ve given so now it’s your turn.

Let’s be clear this is one of those moments when we want to encourage you to donate as much as you can to this incredibly good cause… if you can afford it please do ‘name your price’ here!

You are going to find something here that you really love! You are going to discover new bands who you never knew existed. Most of all you are going to help people work through their own cancer stories, and while this doesn’t guarantee more happy endings… it does help make those narratives more bearable for all those living through them.

Let’s say FUCK CANCER and dig deep!

Huge love and gratitude to all who contributed and all who purchased...we love you all!


In memory of Tom Relleen