STOP PRESS The Wild Swans - Bringing Home The Ashes (1988) Release Date: 3rd April 2026. 750-numbered copies on 180g 'Crystal Clear' vinyl. Music On Vinyl records. x

If ABBA were Greek, this is how I’d imagine they’d sound.

Howdy, just set up a Bandcamp page for anyone interested. Cheers! themoonbirdsuk.bandcamp.com

We had a praccy tonight, exclusively working on new stuff. It felt - and sounded - amazing. Albums One and Two were written pretty concurrently, so this felt like getting back to basics, starting from scratch. It felt like the early days again; exciting & fresh. Album 3 will be HUGE.

..just a little boost of this, for the evening shift..

Ghetto Brothers - There Is Something In My Heart (1971) This Band/Gang from the Bronx might’ve come up with the most Merseybeat melody I’ve ever heard. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8KIY...

Matty found his old iPod this week, with about 20 years worth of music thought long lost - so we thought we'd share some of it Listen to the Sunday Service here for a mix of Georgian Folk, rockabilly, Rajasthan ragas and recordings of shortwave spy stations.. www.patreon.com/posts/149619... 📡

Throwback: Pistol Pete Higham, in the studio, absolutely transforming 'Daydreaming' with his surging brass line. The man with the horn, indeed. What a guy.

Throwback: The wonderful Victoria Reid of The Mono LPs played some cello for us during the recording of 'This Blue Earth', including the gorgeous, swirling parts she laid down for 'La Dolce Vita'. Hearing this in the studio was a real 'hairs on end' moment. Glorious.

A brilliant shot of the band peering through shoji doors while on tour in Kyoto, Japan, January 1984. A quiet moment captured on the road. 📷 Koh Hasebe / Shinko Music / Getty Images

The Shipbuilders' delayed Staff Christmas Night Out. An absolutely great set of lads.

After recording our sensational album 'This Blue Earth', a record label raved about how much they loved it, but didn't want to pick us up, as our social media wasn't up to scratch. No idea what they meant by that.

SUNSTACK JONES RAINY ditto.fm/rainy_9eba6f10

Might make a concept album about this persona. "Just a crazy centrist, with a crazy dream.." I'll call it 'Hashtag Satire'. Not really. But a double album *is* coming next, providing that fugging lunatic hasn't had us all blown up, so God help us all either way.

Back in Kempston Street Studios with @brookecombe.bsky.social

Demoing Album Three, is it? Just when I thought I was out...

SPACE FLOWER RELEASE DAY I am a Gemini, twins co-existing in one body. Sometimes they fight. One of me is appalled by the high-fructose Wild Swans on purple vinyl, the other f*cking loves it. Analyse This. x

like heaven, Delmore Schwartz

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXt7... ft @jamesskelly.bsky.social and the late great Alan Wills as dancing GI

HNY

2025 was the year we said goodbye to the best fella I’ve ever known. Tonight I’ll be raising a glass and celebrating his life. 🍾🍺🥂x

There’s only four words on my C.V… The Moon Birds- I am the Breeze. open.spotify.com/track/5Z9ifO...

Oh, our shining stars and body. We released our second album this year, and things like this make it all seem worthwhile. In the latest Violette Newsletter, Jasmine Nahal picks a song of ours as the best thing she's discovered this year - in stunning, beautiful fashion. Thank you.

Bob, Peter & Bunny is the coolest shit ever. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5R94...

All the very best, you lot. Be merry. Be peaceful. Be happy. Eat too much cheese. Fall asleep on the couch. Pop some rennies. Listen to This Blue Earth. Listen to Big Unit Agricultural Regime. Free Palestine. Tell bad jokes. Kiss & hug your loved ones and tell them you love them.

Across the land, over Christmas dinners, families are debating the only pressing issue of the day - the best track on THIS BLUE EARTH. What says us, gang?!

All three episodes of Shipwrecked Christmas Specials are here now - two and a half hours of Christmas tinged reggae, soul, jazz, post-punk and further oddities.. All the best, you lot X www.mixcloud.com/ClubShipwrec...

Good times with good friends should never be taken for granted.🎄

The 2025 Shipwrecked Christmas Special is HERE, gang! www.mixcloud.com/ClubShipwrec...

This just in from our friends at Boss articles.boss.info?p=57823&prev...

www.av8records.co.uk Get them Xmas orders in fast.

Even more Good Stuff® here, gang. Some fantastic music from 2025; do get involved

Off our heads on PG tips and custard creams. Care (Ian Broudie and Paul Simpson), the summer-1983 demos. 500-copies only. x @needlemythology.bsky.social Link: burningshed.com/needlemythol...

This is good stuff - shoegaze from around the globe..

The Third Annual Radio Shipwrecked Christmas Special is primed and ready to go - catch up with the first episode here, featuring Herb Alpert, Otis Redding, Lee Scratch Perry and more.. www.mixcloud.com/ClubShipwrec...

I made a playlist of tunes I’ve enjoyed this year. Check it out if you fancy something to listen to over the weekend. open.spotify.com/playlist/1SW...

Silk Road @theshipbuilders.bsky.social headlining a great bill of music and spoken word @futureyard.org last night.

I've been playing for 20 yrs and Saturday was probably our best gig ever. There's been times over the last few months where I'd considered making it our last hurrah, but seeing what we've built up and the community around Shipwrecked.. well, we're already planning for 2026.. Diddley-aye-ey, gang ⚓

love this! Sounds like Joe Meek producing the official song of the 1972 USSR Olympic curling team. youtu.be/zBeUVFD7Og8?...

2 new pomes up at Blood + Honey www.bloodhoneylit.com

Next Shout out 🎶 @theshipbuilders.bsky.social give them a follow please 👍 youtu.be/Q2tczszprY4?...

Our Big Bonanza Shipwrecked is tomorrow, and we can't wait. It's at @futureyard.org and we've been working on a few things to make it special. Things like this..

Howdy folks 🚨🚀🚨 We’ve been conspicuous in absence for the best part of 2 years now But…There’s new Mariner music on the horizon. Mixes have been signed off on our “comeback” single and with a good wind behind us you might be hearing a lot more from us in the new year To infinity and beyond 🛰️

LIVERPOOL O2 ACADEMY HEADLINE ON SALE NOW. TICKETS HERE BE QUICK - thedreammachine.os.fan?utm_source=i...

2nd anniversary of the publication of Revolutionary Spirit - a Post Punk Exorcism. Whoop Whoop. x

Some are saying 'This Blue Earth' is the greatest album of 2025. We agree. Largely because that's us saying it. But either way, amidst the flurry of End of Year album lists we're not yet making, we'd wholeheartedly recommend you get to know it Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3lQCzz...

This Is great. A ghost story for Christmas!