reportedly seriously ill in October 2011 following brain surgery to remove a blood clot. He regained consciousness in December, but remained hospitalised. By 2016 he was recovering from the surgery and said that he intended to return to music. In January 2018, Fire Records released the long lost Beautiful Despair as the band's twelfth album. It had been recorded in 1990 on a 4-track, between 1989's "Privilege" and 1992's "Closer to God", but was not released at that time. Influence Bands that have cited them as formative influences include Jesus and Mary Chain, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Pastels, Beat Happening, Tindersticks (who covered the song "You’ll Have To Scream Louder" in 2020), Pavement and MGMT (who recorded the track "Song for Dan Treacy"). Discography Treacy is known for the numerous popular culture references and in-jokes scattered throughout the TVPs' lyrics, album titles and record artwork. Most of the references are to (mostly British) cult films, 1960s culture and forgotten or under appreciated musicians and celebrities. Albums The following is a complete list of the Television Personalities albums. ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It (1981, Rough Trade) Mummy Your Not Watching Me (1982, Whaam! Records) They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles (1982, Whaam! Records) The Painted Word (1984, Illuminated Records) Privilege (1989, Fire Records) Closer to God (1992, Fire Records) I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod (1995, Overground Records) Don't Cry Baby, It's Only a Movie (1998, Damaged Goods Records) My Dark Places (2006, Domino) Are We Nearly There Yet? (2007, Overground Records) A Memory Is Better Than Nothing (2010, Rocket Girl) Beautiful Despair (2018, Fire Records) References Sources Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides, 2003. Cavanagh, David. The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize. London: Virgin Books, 2000. External links Official site: Treacy's web journal, live gig archive, photos, tour info A Day in Heaven: An unofficial Television Personalities website Alan McGee article in The Guardian ARC magazine interview Musical groups established in 1978 Musical groups disestablished in 2011 English indie rock groups English new wave musical groups English post-punk music groups British mod revival groups English psychedelic rock music groups Rough Trade Records artists English pop punk groups Rocket Girl artists