A few pictures from my recent NSW tour, courtesy of Society City (Wollongong) and Gasoline Pony (Sydney)

Thanks to @fourlarksstu.bsky.social for playing all 10 tracks from the latest Northern Lighthouse Board album "Lost Worlds" over the last 10 weeks, much appreciated.

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An alternative choice list of new music from the last month, with cover star Daemon's Euphonic making our best August albums list. Also includes Saul Williams & Carlos Nino @intlanthem.bsky.social @andygoz.bsky.social Soft Speaker @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social monolithcocktail.com/2025/08/29/t...

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Thanks to the legendary Terrascope and Jeff Penczak for this lovely review of the recent The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken album we put out on Cruel Nature Records. We're currently working on a new project, more details to come. www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Revi...

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Thanks to Monolith Cocktail for this wonderful review of "Lost Worlds", the latest album from my "hauntronica" project The Northern Lighthouse Board: "Atmospheres that are as eerie as they are near magical and dreamy...a convincing score to a phantom and sorcery, magik, wiccan film yet to be made."

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Thanks to "Four Larks and a Wren" for playing a track off the new album by my "hauntronica" project The Northern Lighthouse Board. The album "Lost Worlds" is available now via my Bandcamp page: michaelplater.bandcamp.com/album/lost-w...

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MID-YEAR RELEASE REVIEW 2025 40 titles 49 artists All can be found at cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com Huge thanks to everyone involved and all that support the label in any way. This doesn’t happen without you. You are the best. Thank you! Steve x

Thank you Fighting Boredom for the Filalete / Beige Palace & Lo Egin / K Of Arc / Lush Worker / The Right Hand Is Doomed To Blacken reviews!!! www.fighting-boredom.co.uk/album-review...

We still have copies of these tapes available at cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com Very low numbers on most titles.

And new MRG radio and reviews also feature: @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, @mplater.bsky.social, @superpolar.bsky.social, @akprecordings.bsky.social , @greyfrequency.bsky.social

OUT NOW The Right Hand Is Doomed To Blacken “Greenbridge 12.11.24” cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/greenb... experimental soundscapes, fusing motorik psych rock, synth wave, gothic balladry, and industrial post punk

The debut album from my new project The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken is out today via Cruel Nature Records: cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/greenbridge-121124 michaelplater.bandcamp.com/album/greenbridge-121124 therighthandisdoomedtoblacken.bandcamp.com/album/greenbridge-121124

Thanks to Sun 13 for premiering the film-clip to The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken's "Antipodes", starring Nafsika Peppa-Triantari and filmed by Tasos Koromilas in Greenbridge, Trikala, Greece. Watch on Cruel Nature Records' Youtube page here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Cf...

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com 1) TAVARE 2) FILALETE 3) AUSTIN POTTER 4) BEIGE PALACE / LO EGIN 5) SAD MAN 6) K OF ARC 7) LUSH WORKER 8) THE RIGHT HAND IS DOOMED TO BLACKEN

OUT NEXT FRIDAY Available to pre-order now cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com 1) TAVARE 2) FILALETE 3) AUSTIN POTTER 4) BEIGE PALACE / LO EGIN 5) SAD MAN 6) K OF ARC 7) LUSH WORKER 8) THE RIGHT HAND IS DOOMED TO BLACKEN

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Evening! Grab a brew, go on. Kicking off tonight with some @armaturesmusic.bandcamp.com #MOREREALSTICGOALS w/ me & @spennyt.bsky.social, live on Reform Radio reformradio.co.uk

Live at 6 - me and @spennyt.bsky.social might play @bluetapes.bsky.social @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social @armaturesmusic.bandcamp.com @kofarc.bsky.social @karenvogtmusic.bsky.social @waysideandwoodland.bsky.social @greyfrequency.bsky.social @mplater.bsky.social and other stuff #morerealisticgoals

You just heard Keyser Local by Poorgrass This is currently Understatum by @kofarc.bsky.social (on @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social) Next up - Spiral by The Right Hand is Doomed to Blacken (@mplater.bsky.social) #MOREREALSTICGOALS w/ me & @spennyt.bsky.social, live on Reform Radio reformradio.co.uk

Thanks to Sun 13 for premiering the film-clip to The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken's "Antipodes", starring Nafsika Peppa-Triantari and filmed by Tasos Koromilas in Greenbridge, Trikala, Greece. Watch on Cruel Nature Records' Youtube page here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Cf...

"A 50-minute feat that stretches across borderless territory." Album review: The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken's 'Greenbridge 12.11.24' - out May 30 via @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social. Exclusive to Sun 13, watch/listen to video for lead track, 'Antipodes'. sun-13.com/2025/05/16/t...

"A 50-minute feat that stretches across borderless territory, Greenbridge 12.11.24 sees Plater immersed in the long-form, and guided by Koromilas’ searching synths and Gallo’s assortment of rich arrangements, this milieu suits the songwriter well..." Lovely Sun 13 review: sun-13.com/2025/05/16/t...

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On air in 5.!!!, listen in locally at 93.7fm or online via- threedradio.com/listen-now/ #FourLarksThreeD

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Big thanks to German music website African Paper for this wonderfully descriptive review of the forthcoming debut album by The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken (consisting of myself, Massimiliano Gallo, and Tasos Koromilas). The album is out May 30th on Cruel Nature Records.

PRE-ORDER The Right Hand Is Doomed To Blacken “Greenbridge 12.11.24” cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/greenb... experimental soundscapes, fusing motorik psych rock, synth wave, gothic balladry, and industrial post punk

It’s Bandcamp Friday. We have new tapes to pre-order: 1) Tavere 2) Filalete 3) Austin Potter 4) Beige Palace / Lo Egin 5) Sad Man 6) K Of Arc 7) Lush Worker 8) The Right Hand Is Doomed To Blacken Check em out! cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com

The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken Debut album "Greenbridge 12.11.24" out May 30th on limited edition cassette and digital formats on Cruel Nature Records. Pre-order now at: cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/greenb...

Pleased to announce that the debut album from my collaboration with Massimiliano Gallo and Tasos Koromilas – The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken – is available to pre-order now via Cruel Nature Records. Out May 30th (cassette and digital): cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/greenb...

For my upcoming NSW shows, I’ll have some copies of a new “rave case” cassette edition of my 2024 compilation “Of Lost Things” on sale. I’ve got a few available via my Bandcamp page as well

I'll be playing a trio of NSW gigs next week: Thurs April 17 Gasoline Pony (Syd) w/ Trappist Afterland, Geoff Towner, Tim Williams 6.30pm Fri April 18 House Party (Syd) 3.30pm (p.m. for details) Sat April 19 Society City (Wollongong) w/ Trappist Afterland, Popolice, Tim Williams 6.30pm

Looking forward to this Sydney show at favourite Marrickville venue the Gasoline Pony with Trappist Afterland, Geoff Towner, and Tim Williams. Thursday April 17th, tell your Sydney friends! Here's the event link: www.facebook.com/share/19GHmA...

Looking forward to playing in Wollongong on Saturday April 19th. Playing at Society City with a bunch of my favourite acts: Trappist Afterland, Popolice, and Tim Williams. Event link below, tell your local friends, it will be a fine night!! Event page: www.facebook.com/share/1BFztB...

Huge thanks to the Journal of Victorian Culture (Oxford University Press) for publishing my journal article - ‘The Savage of Civilisation’: Jack the Ripper and the Spectre of Colonialism in Late-Victorian Culture. Up now (subscriber full access, abstract available) academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-...

Thanks to Record Crates United for including The Taps of the Holy Trinity in their latest mixtape:

Delighted to say that the debut album from “The Right Hand Is Doomed to Blacken”, my new project with Massimiliano Gallo and Tasos Koromilas, will be released through the wonderful U.K label Cruel Nature Records. We’re looking at a cassette and digital release, more details TBA soon.

Added the 2018 U.K Reverb Worship edition of my album "Mythologies" and various other bits and pieces to my Spotify page: artists.spotify.com/c/artist/42Q...