''The New Transistor Heroes'' is the debut studio album by Scottish

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...

band Bis, released on 7 April 1997. The intro to the opening song "Tell It to the Kids" was recorded by friend of the band Mark Percival, credited in the album notes as Marky P.

Track listing

Notes

* This is the UK CD release; it matches the UK and US LP releases. * The US LP came with a bonus 7-inch with the songs "Kkeerroolleeeenn", "Team Theme" and "Rollerblade Zero". * The US and Australian CD releases add the songs "Team Theme", "Rollerblade Zero" and "Kkeerroolleeeenn" to the end. "Kkeerroolleeeenn" is an unlisted "hidden" track. * The Thai CD release adds the song "Kandy Pop" to the end. * The Japanese CD release adds the songs "Kandy Pop", "This is Fake D.I.Y" and "School Disco" to the end. * The Japanese MiniDisc release features only the songs found on the UK CD. * The Australian 2CD release includes all tracks from the UK CD, plus "Kkeerroolleeeenn" on disc 1, and a repackaged version of the ''Sweet Shop Avengerz'' EP as disc 2 (five tracks only).

Personnel

;Bis *

Manda Rin Manda Rin (real name Amanda MacKinnon, born 22 March 1977) is a Scottish singer, artist and songwriter. She is the singer and keyboard player of the Scottish indie rock band Bis, later fronted the Kitchen and also released a solo album. She al ...

John Disco John Clark (born 21 August 1978, better known as John Disco) is a Scottish record producer, sound engineer and songwriter. He started out his career as a member of the band Bis, and has worked in the recording studio with Fangs, Franz Ferdinan ...

*Sci-Fi Steven ;Technical *Rik Flick – producer, engineer *Manda Rin – artwork

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Transistor Heroes, The 1997 debut albums Bis (Scottish band) albums Wiiija albums