Spratleys Japs has been played on NTS in shows including Fire Shuffle w/ Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi , featured first on 14 November 2018. Songs played include Vine, Secret and Hands.

Tim Smith's Spratleys Rats (formerly known as Spratleys Japs) are a British psychedelic rock band formed by Cardiacs leader Tim Smith and Joanne Spratley. The band is known to have been inspired by the sound of a malfunctioning Mellotron loaned to Tim Smith by Planet Mellotron coordinator Andy Thompson. The Mellotron is used extensively on the Spratleys Rats recordings. (It has since been repaired).

The band's lineup was Tim Smith (bass guitar, vocals, Mellotron),…