Thanks to everyone who made it out in the rain last night to the Green Note gig in Camden. Was lovely to see you all and we had a blast. More gigs to come... xx

CANDIDATE are playing the GREEN NOTE, Camden, London. Jan 15th 2026. Come along. wegottickets.com/f/14666

We’ve sold out on Spotify! They’ll have to order some more stock.

We're in the process of requesting that all our music be taken off Spotify. It’s Bandcamp Friday, if you’re interested in getting hold of Candidate’s music and a) not funding billionaires investing in AI weaponry b) supporting musicians Ditch Spotify. candidateband.bandcamp.com

Thanks to everyone who came along to The Harrison last night and to @singingadams.bsky.social for their general loveliness. We’re doing it again tonight with @simonloverules.bsky.social See you there x

See you there if you’re going to be there. If not, we’ll see you next time.

Just two tickets left for the Thursday 24th gig...

Rehearsal (Ian out of shot, taking the photo…)

Eighteen years ago today, Candidate doing the 6Music session thing...

Candidate are playing two gigs at The Harrison pub in Kings Cross on the 24th and 25th July. Come along! Thu 24 July: wegottickets.com/event/660657 Fri 25 July: wegottickets.com/event/660658

Support for these two Candidate gigs is the magicent @singingadams.bsky.social on the Thursday and the magnifical @simonloverules.bsky.social on the Friday. Much tune. Come along.

CANDIDATE are playing two nights at The Harrison in King’s Cross, London. COME ALONG. Thu July 24th… wegottickets.com/event/660657 Fri July 25th… wegottickets.com/event/660658/

Candidate live shows coming up in July…

Here’s the band in 2002, sitting at the feet of the original Wicker Man in Burrow Head.

Happy May Day. Here's a short film we made in 2002 in preparation for making the album Nuada, before someone walked off with the original Wicker Man's legs. youtu.be/zm-H6lBtqRQ?...

Hungover? youtu.be/j9gsytOFwEU

I've been meaning for ages to do a long thread talking about the stuff I've enjoyed over the last year or two. It's not necessarily new stuff, though some is. I'll start with what I'm listening to right now, which is @candidatemusic.bsky.social's Point Clear. candidateband.bandcamp.com 🧵

We're playing a Candidate show on February 20th at the wonderful Green Note in Camden, with the wonderful Steven Adams. It will be, we sincerely hope, quite wonderful. Come along! www.ticketweb.uk/event/candid... @singingadams.bsky.social

A Candidate gig with the lovely @singingadams.bsky.social in the new year at the Green Note x

Post you from a different era.

A very early Christmas present (from 24 years ago) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e5e...

Our new Tom and Tracy EP hits the streamers today with two new tracks, so you can grab an earful for nowt on Sp*tify or A**le Music. If you like it, why not purchase a download from source? candidateband.bandcamp.com (Point Clear CD albums back in stock, too)

An intimate, and rare outing for Candidate on 25th Septmber in that thar London at the lovely Harrison venue near King's X. Big, double length set of tunes, incuding songs from our Tiger Flies/Nuada/Under the Skylon/Oxengate and Point Clear albums (+ others) Tickets available from the link below.

A Candidate gig in London. Acoustic line up. September 25th. x wegottickets.com/event/632128

Twenty-one years ago, yesterday, recording bits for the album ‘Under The Skylon’ in East End bedrooms (as usual). I don’t think Alex M had any curtains at that point. Must be the brightest recording session ever. This is recording Mountain Snow and Fatal Dose, we would guess.

The video for Newfoundland, the first single taken off Point Clear. youtu.be/vVrigAB9MeA?...

The video for Rough as Fuck, available as a B-side on last year's Newfoundland EP, or a few copies are still available on hand-pressed vinyl from Heaven's Lathe: (heavenslathe.bandcamp.com/album/rough-...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9gs...

New EP out on Bandcamp today... x candidateband.bandcamp.com/album/tom-an...