Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Midweek edition.

#NowPlaying 💿 Detached Engagement 🎤 The Mistys This slow-burning slice of downtempo, contemplative synth pop is hauntingly beautiful. Well worth a gander if you like your electronica nice and slow. Perfect for late night listening. The @castlesinspace.bsky.social label has a lot of great stuff.

Five authors by whom I’ve read at least five books: John Connolly Cormac McCarthy Chester Himes Wendell Berry Elmore Leonard #BookSky

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Sunday flashbacks edition.

#5DebutAlbums0509 #NowPlaying 💿 S/t 🎤 There Will Be Fireworks Might just miss out, but this is a raw, cathartic debut from one of my favourite discoveries of recent years. Perhaps suffers in comparison with the 2 astonishingly good albums that followed, but it is a fine debut indeed.

#NowPlaying 💿 A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness 🎤 Rocketship Over the moon to read that Slumberland Records are reissuing this. One of those great ‘lost’ albums, like Drop Out by East Village, it’s more than deserving of a rerelease. Hopefully it finds a whole new generation of fans.

#NowPlaying 💿 …Are The Dark Horse 🎤 The Besnard Lakes TBL’s 1st for Jagjaguwar is not stuck for ideas but it never becomes bogged down. Far from it…the 8 tracks on this are captivating from start to finish. A few of the songs such as “And You Lied To Me” are pretty special. Superb stuff.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Saturday edition.

#5DebutAlbums0509 #NowPlaying 💿 S/t 🎤 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart A certainty for my 5. From ‘Come Saturday’ through ‘Stay Alive’ to ‘Gentle Sons’, this glorious debut ticks every box for me, and a few I didn’t know needed ticked.

Tonight! If you're in the Cheshire area, come along. I'll be performing the 'Night Call' album plus songs from 'Answers' and also a few brand new ones.

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Name a Film You would call PERFECT. Any Genre. 🎬

#nowreading #BookSky The Ballad of Peckham Rye | Muriel Spark First Spark novel for me…one my better half picked up for me as it “sounded like the kind of nonsense you like”. Looking forward to it. This Penguin Modern Classics series has so many gems…

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Flashback Friday edition.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums A nice, noisy Friday edition.

#NowPlaying 💿 Eyre Llew 🎤 Atelo Thanks to @plc69.bsky.social for this pointer. Was listening to Molly today & there is some Venn diagram sharing with their music for sure…moments that are purely ethereal, others where bigger is better. Like the West Midlands & Sigur Ros had a lovechild 😊

#NowPlaying 💿 Picturesque 🎤 Molly The Norwegian duo’s 2nd album for Sonic Cathedral is a fairly dramatic effort, thus concentrating on a working from home basis is difficult. A glorious post-gaze racket👌 Really detailed & expansive, if you think of Sigur Ros, you are in the right ball park.

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Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums ‘Attempting to work from home’ edition.

#NowPlaying 💿 Lights 🎤 The Fauns Their debut is getting a lot of attention - rightly so - with the debut album poll. Only 3 albums since they formed in 2007 but what a trio. Lights remains my pick of a fine trilogy…it is glorious from start to finish. A top 5 shoegaze album to these ears👌👌👌

#NowPlaying #5debutalbums0509 💿 Reservoir 🎤 Fanfarlo Another I have forgotten about. Fanfarlo find their purchase somewhere between Arcade Fire & Beirut. It’s a kitchen sink album…every instrument known to man makes an appearance here, but it’s very well crafted. They never bettered it.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Sunday morning/afternoon edition.

#NowPlaying 💿 In The Silence 🎤 Ásgeir This was translated into English by John Grant, from Asgeir’s original Icelandic release. Apparently the original is owned by 1/10 people in Iceland, which is an astonishing stat. It is melancholy folk, sung in a Bon Iver-like falsetto. New album out now.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 1. River A roaring furnace of a song…listening to it is like watching a volcano erupt. It’s genuinely sensational…exhausting, exhilarating, cathartic. A song where the band play/sing every note like their lives depend on it.

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#NowPlaying Dagger | IST IST Loving this now. The stark album art is reminiscent of the debut, the music is too. IST IST are now one of my favourite bands these days…a few of the tracks - The Echo being one - are up among their best. Can’t wait to see them in April.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums A very (un)romantic Valentine’s Day edition.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 2. Bloody Mary No 2 is the closer from Summer Moon. The album ends in the most delicate fashion…as tender as my highest ranked song is on fire.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Not a bad quartet. Family all out so turned up nice and loud. Pure bliss😍

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 3. Holding Back The Dark Exhilarating second track from Summer Moon. Smoke Machines followed by this is a fairly spectacular way to begin a stunning album.

#5DebutAlbums0509 #NowPlaying 💿 S/t 🎤 Burial It might just miss out on my top 5, but this is still an immersive, atmospheric, edgy listen. Eschews the joyous elements of dubstep, the clattering beats have a nervous energy throughout. Sounds like nothing else, except other Burial records 😊

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 4. Youngblood So close to being my favourite song on Dark, Dark Bright. It’s a stunner.

#5DebutAlbums0509 Initial gut reaction is my 5 will be from this 8, with 3 absolute certainties given they are probably on my top 20 of all time. I’m sure there are plenty that I’ve forgotten about. Burial, Laura Marling, Bon Iver, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, TPOBPAT, Boxer Rebellion, Editors.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 5. Second City, Setting Sun Penultimate song on Summer Moon…the one-two punch of this with Bloody Mary is such a stunning way to close out the album.

#nowreading #BookSky The Devils | Joe Abercrombie Well, that was a riot. The just shy of 600 pages rattled by at a fair rate. My first foray into adult fantasy may well be my only, but this was an absolute blast. James Cameron has snapped up the film rights apparently.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Tuesday, black and white edition.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 6. We Sleep Through The Bombs Highest pick from the debut album. Magisterial.

Show us the last four albums you listened to #last4albums Monday evening edition.

#NowPlaying #NP 💿 Dagger 🎤 IST IST The new album landed at HQ today so giving it the 1st run through. It harkens back to the debut more than Light A Bigger Fire. It’s been an enjoyable listen to far. As expected 😊👍 Can’t wait to catch these guys in April.

#NowPlaying #NP 💿 Around the Well 🎤 Iron & Wine Sometimes all you need is Sam Beam & his acoustic guitar. This compilation remains my favourite I & W album. An excellent blend of previously unreleased tracks & great cover versions (including Stereolab, New Order & The Postal Service). Superb.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 7. Dream Song Second from my 2023 AOTY. Pure bliss.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 8. Midfield Maestro Penultimate pick from the excellent debut album. One of their most loved songs I believe. m.youtube.com/watch?v=GnK3...

#NowPlaying #NP #MusicSky 💿 Song for Our Daughter 🎤 Laura Marling For an artist with such a consistent catalogue, this still stands out. A really warm album, her beautiful voice suits the stripped back melodies like a glove. Laura’s guitar playing is typically exemplary, as are her harmonies.

Show us the last four albums you listened to ⬇️ #last4albums I love being busy and love my job, so having to rest & recover (ie doing very, very little) is taking some getting used to. Thank heavens for The Sopranos, a few good books and a few records.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 9. South Street A great anthem and quintessential TWBF. The alternative version in this video is possibly even better. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGw...

Show us the last four albums you listened to ⬇️ #last4albums # ‘Post-knee op recovery Day 6’ edition.

#NowPlaying #NP #MusicSky 💿 Pieces of You 🎤 Swim Deep Absolutely loved the direction the band took with their last album and this bodes well for the new album in June. Really, really liking this track.

Introduce yourself with 5 songs: 1. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre of the Ultraworld | The Orb 2. So Come Back, I Am Waiting | Okkervil River 3. Roads | Portishead 4. Time To Live | Blankenberge 5. London Can You Wait? | Gene

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky There Will Be Fireworks 10. Bedroom Door The shortest song in my 15 and the 1st from the masterpiece that is Summer Moon.

The new Sky Patterns album 'Night Call' is finally released tomorrow morning. I have just FORTY copies of the CD for sale on Bandcamp at 8am UK time. Note that there's no vinyl option, due to its long duration. The CD includes an exclusive 'hidden' bonus track unavailable anywhere else.