In a classic case of terrible social media account management, I’d completely forgotten that we had this account here. We’ve been writing a lot of new material, many starting from piano demos. In keeping with the times, much of it is dark, bleak & heavy. Ironically, we’re having a lot of fun.

Enjoying watching footage from the current Gavin Friday tour. The magnificent ‘Ecce Homo’ was probably my favourite album of 2024 and I was sad to have missed out on tickets for the London date. The ‘Caucasian Walk’ redux is so good. Amazing performer; still. Gavin’s live band are superb too.

We released this live album on Friday. No overdubs. Only a handful of tiny correctional edits. We wanted an honest representation of how we sound live and we’re proud of this recording. No live dates lined up yet but hopefully that changes soon. In the meantime: tidal.com/album/427628...

Post-gig photo from Friday courtesy of the very talented lensman and TIRS friend Jon Sugden. It was a special night. Still recovering/processing. Now to start the job of editing & mixing the multitrack recordings for a live EP, coming soon.

We will be in London this Friday. Will you?

TIRS ‘TRUTH’ t-shirt. New merch line, ultra-limited quantity available only at our London show on 14th March.

First @tirs.bsky.social rehearsal for our upcoming gig at The Black Heart. So good to be back in a room together even if we're temporarily one short. Get well soon Julian.

Hope everyone who wanted a NIN ticket today got one. Here’s another event to make sure you have on your calendar. Tickets are still available from DICE or tirs dot uk. 20 year reunion. Musicians and songs coming out of retirement for YOU. A genuinely special, one-off event. Let’s sell it out.

London. Soon. link.dice.fm/lDraj2vKvQb

Our friend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social has just released her fantastic new single ‘Emotional Tourist’ - an infectious, rightfully scathing yet beautifully melodic synth-rock-pop (what a bass sound!) song that should be a drive time radio A-lister. Go go!: penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/album/emotio...

TIRS 25. Julian Perris, Ben McLees, Geoff Courts, Hunter Barr. First live date with the new line-up: Friday 14th March, The Black Heart, London. New music is in progress; we’re keen to speak to independent labels who might want to work with us. Drop us a line. Come and see us.

29 years since I last saw the inimitable @thejesuslizard.bsky.social live. Making up for it by going to see them 3 times this weekend (Bristol, London, Brighton). Very, very excited.

Listen. tidal.com/artist/57275...

Manhunter OST. Billy Corgan solo albums. Space Echo pedals. Resuscitation of the most unlikely songs. Peter Wright rolling back the years. Flight delays. Chest infections. South Circular. Don Letts. Binge-watching Elvis footage. Focus. Positivity. The closing credits for our 24. See you in 25.

Final Bandcamp Friday of 2024. No better time then to get your tickets for TIRS + DeathBoy + I Am Immune @The Black Heart - onsale now! All tickets purchased through our page will come with a free download of our 2024 single ‘By Everyone’. thisisradiosilence.bandcamp.com/merch/tirs-d...

Tickets onsale Friday 6th December at 9am, available from DICE and tirs.uk #TIRS #DeathBoy #IAmImmune #londonlivemusic #theblackheartcamden #industrialmusic

‘By Everyone’ available now as a free download from tirs.uk thisisradiosilence.bandcamp.com/track/by-eve...

Our first London show since September 2023 will be a special one. Tickets onsale 06/12/24.

‘Doom’ isn’t typically a genre that gets used with us. But our next single is quite likely to be a track which I can only describe as #industrial #doom #shoegaze’. 77BPM, 14 bar sequences, fuzz bass and the longest reverb I’ve ever used. Fits the new promo pic nicely.

TIRS, November 2024: Hunter Barr, Julian Perris, Geoff Courts, Ben McLees. London SE1.

Brand new track just released by my friend @cutsmusic.bsky.social. Musically and visually brilliant as always, continuing the trend of ‘my favourite CUTS track is the newest one’. If you’re not familiar with the work of CUTS, please investigate. You will be rewarded. youtu.be/NJCqNJ_XKVM?...

Photoshoot day in South London

Apparently #proofofcat is a thing here. In which case, here are two of the TIRS cats (mine). One of which is named after my F1 hero, Kimi Raikkonen.

For all our #electronica, #industrial, #post-punk and #shoegaze leanings, here’s a song I keep going back to and still get that ‘first listen’ buzz from. Whipping Boy were an amazing, underrated band and this song in particular still gives me goosebumps. #whippingboy youtu.be/6IutkqyUU5o?...

We fly-tipped this track onto YouTube a few months ago. Something of a stopgap. Our bassist Geoff described it as being ‘odd’. Maybe it’s our single-track equivalent of ‘Zooropa’, then. It was in part about rigged games and algorithmic dirty tricks. Apt for this week. youtu.be/C5Z7NwZpGEM?...

welcome to BlueSky @tirs.bsky.social 🕺

This feels… better. Enjoying scrolling around and falling (limping*) across conversations on whether leaving the ‘other place’ altogether is a ‘good thing’ or not. I think it is. Staying there is not a case ‘standing your ground’ anymore. It’s their playground now. A negative, unhealthy place.

Hello! First post here. Abandoned the platform FKA Tw*tter today after far too long deliberating. A shame to erase years of posts & connections, but it’s nice to be over here instead. A fresh start for a new chapter of this band. Music here: thisisradiosilence.com Hello! Ben