*OUT NOW* If you like Prefab Sprout, Byrds, Kinks, Edwyn Collins, Simon/Garfunkel, Roddy Frame, MelodicIndiePop. La's, Lightning Seeds, Folk, Beatles, Bluebells, Bernard Sumner, Synths, 1950sto1990stopresent you may like new CD ALBUM 'HANDICRAFTS' by ARMSTRONG armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/handic...

Some rough live mixes, BBC radio 1 and radio 4 excerpts and studio single / unreleased recordings archive of ARMSTRONG 1996-98 "popumentary" FREE album THE EARLY BAND YEARS compilation on BANDCAMP here ... @countrymile.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/armstr...

Some rough live mixes, BBC radio 1 and radio 4 excerpts and studio single / unreleased recordings archive of ARMSTRONG 1996-98 "popumentary" FREE album THE EARLY BAND YEARS compilation on BANDCAMP here ... @countrymile.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/armstr...

ARMSTRONG - 2025 Digital Single Releases - available to listen to and purchase on Bandcamp here: armstrong2.bandcamp.com If you like melodic happy/sad indie pop like Lightning Seeds, Aztec Camera, Smiths, Electronic, ABC, High Llamas you may like these songs too... #indiepop #alternative #janglepop

4 x Great Albums that I love and right up there with the best, & probably still available at a low price... Madder Rose - Bring It Down (1993) Strangelove - Time For The Rest Of Your Life (1994) Soul Family Sensation - New Wave (1991) The Railway Children - Reunion Wilderness (1987)

'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)' by ARMSTRONG - A NEW Digital Bandcamp Single. A piano pop song influenced by Prefab Sprout, High Llamas, Paul McCartney, vibes 😎https://armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/close-yet-so-far-which-way-the-stars-a-side-not-just-a-tree-b-side-november-2025-release

Thank you Monolith Cocktail for including Armstrong's Double CD Album 'HandiCrafts' in your 2025 end of year Choice Cuts selection. It's a big honour - thanks again, Julian!! 😊

Thank you to those who kindly bought a digital copy of MERRY CHRISTMAS TONIGHT by ARMSTRONG on BANDCAMP. All money after Bandcamp fees go to CRISIS UK. We had £12 worth of sales approx (before fees) so I just donated £15 into Crisis UK a moment ago. Every bit helps! 🙂

Dec 13 8-10AM EDT/1-3PM GMT on @nwrbroadcast.bsky.social @54-40.bsky.social @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social #DM3 @lovejoy-official.bsky.social #Massage #Rikas #SmashPalace #SUDS @thebangles.bsky.social @dunbartunes.bsky.social #TheQuarterlies #Tristen #Tülpa #Vetiver @yorickvannorden.bsky.social

Sunday's FRESH INGREDIENTS (7pm on Untidy Radio) features @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social, @thephotocopies.bsky.social, @vernonsfuture.bsky.social, @lovejoy-official.bsky.social, The Goon Sax, The Lemonheads and 3 tracks from a featured (festive) compilation. And some scenic chat, of course.

Thank you Monolith Cocktail for including Armstrong's Double CD Album 'HandiCrafts' in your 2025 end of year Choice Cuts selection. It's a big honour - thanks again, Julian!! 😊

ARMSTRONG - 2025 Digital Single Releases - available to listen to and purchase on Bandcamp here: armstrong2.bandcamp.com If you like melodic happy/sad indie pop like Lightning Seeds, Aztec Camera, Smiths, Electronic, ABC, High Llamas you may like these songs too... #indiepop #alternative #janglepop

Thank you to those who kindly bought a digital copy of MERRY CHRISTMAS TONIGHT by ARMSTRONG on BANDCAMP. All money after Bandcamp fees go to CRISIS UK. We had £12 worth of sales approx (before fees) so I just donated £15 into Crisis UK a moment ago. Every bit helps! 🙂

My choice list of albums from the year: most loved, returned to and sometimes underrated or lost in the hubris. Part One covers the As to Ms selections. @ajogmusic.bsky.social @swcrecords.bsky.social @armstrong-wales.bsky.social @audioobscura.bsky.social + monolithcocktail.com/2025/12/11/e...

Originally written especially for the 2022 'Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas vol.1 compilation album supporting Crisis UK: v4velindre.bandcamp.com but now also available -Armstrong's Bandcamp page & still supporting CRISIS UK #crisisuk 🙂 armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/merry-...

My Hometown. I cross Newport Bridge on so many occasions. It's a wonderful cold blue sky day today & the river is high, you can't beat days like this to just wander around & listen to music in your headphones & Newport looks beautiful, it's got some great architecture and history.😊

My Hometown. I cross Newport Bridge on so many occasions. It's a wonderful cold blue sky day today & the river is high, you can't beat days like this to just wander around & listen to music in your headphones & Newport looks beautiful, it's got some great architecture and history.😊

Thanks very much @luetgewatz.bsky.social for making me the lucky recipient of one of those gifts! Look forward to listening to it!

Excellent work ... so enjoyed being a part of this wonderful series of releases! Take care!

I loved this song allready when I listened to it the first time back in 2022 ... Perhaps you shouldn't limit the download price to £0.99 ... I wanted to contribute more to the fundraising, but it wasn't possible ... So I sent out some bandcamp-gifts. #BandcampGiftSaturday #HolidaySongs

Originally written especially for the 2022 'Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas vol.1 compilation album supporting Crisis UK: v4velindre.bandcamp.com but now also available -Armstrong's Bandcamp page & still supporting CRISIS UK #crisisuk 🙂 armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/merry-...

We are very pleased to be working with @toogoodtobetruerec.bsky.social on this special CDEP release! The label have released some fine music and it is an honour to be associated with them. Copies will be available for preorder from our own BandCamp page as well as the record label.

'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)' by ARMSTRONG - A NEW Digital Bandcamp Single. A piano pop song influenced by Prefab Sprout, High Llamas, Paul McCartney, vibes 😎https://armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/close-yet-so-far-which-way-the-stars-a-side-not-just-a-tree-b-side-november-2025-release

'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)' by ARMSTRONG - A NEW Digital Single available on Bandcamp. A piano pop song influenced by Prefab Sprout, High Llamas, Paul McCartney, Gilbert O'Sullivan vibes armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/close-...

'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)' by ARMSTRONG - A NEW Digital Single available on Bandcamp. A piano pop song influenced by Prefab Sprout, High Llamas, Paul McCartney, Gilbert O'Sullivan vibes armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/close-...

*Brand-New* ARMSTRONG digital single 'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)' - a piano pop song OUT NOW with flip side 'NOT JUST A TREE' an instrumental - available to listen to and purchase on BANDCAMP right now. armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/close-...

*Brand-New* ARMSTRONG digital single 'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)' - a piano pop song OUT NOW with flip side 'NOT JUST A TREE' an instrumental - available to listen to and purchase on BANDCAMP right now. armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/close-...

Some excellent recommendations here ... Thanks Jonathan @assistant.bandcamp.com & Mat @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social for including Julian @armstrong-wales.bsky.social in this list with many of my favorites as well! 😊

Thank you for the wonderful music🎶👊😎

#NotKnownEnough #MusicChallenge Day 21: ARMSTRONG @armstrong-wales.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social “Keep on Walking” (highlighted by @purepop4nowpeople.bsky.social as “A Few Of My Favorite Things” from 2022 below) purepop4nowpeople.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-fe... m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Zg...

Today's download: The very melodic end-of-the-year songs "Close Yet So Far (Which Way The Stars)" & "Not Just A Tree" by @armstrong-wales.bsky.social ... #ArmstrongWales #IndiePo #JanglePop armstrong2.bandcamp.com/album/close-...

Brand new digital ARMSTRONG single release on Bandcamp this evening... 2 songs and this is the A-SIDE - 'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)... it's a 3 minute piano pop song... and you can hear it right here... 🙂https://armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/close-yet-so-far-which-way-the-stars-a-side

ARMSTRONG - 2 songs released this evening on Bandcamp Here is the B-Side which is an instrumental entitled 'NOT JUST A TREE' which I wrote on guitar and did some D.I.Y. attempts to orchestration work.... both songs available to hear on Bandcamp right now... armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/not-ju...

ARMSTRONG - 2 songs released this evening on Bandcamp Here is the B-Side which is an instrumental entitled 'NOT JUST A TREE' which I wrote on guitar and did some D.I.Y. attempts to orchestration work.... both songs available to hear on Bandcamp right now... armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/not-ju...

Brand new digital ARMSTRONG single release on Bandcamp this evening... 2 songs and this is the A-SIDE - 'CLOSE YET SO FAR (WHICH WAY THE STARS)... it's a 3 minute piano pop song... and you can hear it right here... 🙂https://armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/close-yet-so-far-which-way-the-stars-a-side

Thank you very very much if you listened to my first radio show tonight. This is the last song, and it is by the wonderful @armstrong-wales.bsky.social. I truly love this song so much that I have put envy aside, more or less. armstrong2.bandcamp.com That was episode one of #freshingredients.

Still busy working on many songs for next Armstrong album, I got guitar & piano ones, fast ones, mid tempo & slow ones. Only @wallytbm.bsky.social has heard rough versions of some so far. I wrote a piano song last week... could be a Bandcamp digital single/ep release soon - we'll see how it goes 🙂

Still busy working on many songs for next Armstrong album, I got guitar & piano ones, fast ones, mid tempo & slow ones. Only @wallytbm.bsky.social has heard rough versions of some so far. I wrote a piano song last week... could be a Bandcamp digital single/ep release soon - we'll see how it goes 🙂

Guitar practice 'Rainfall' by Armstrong - I have to practice playing this song often as I easily forget how to play these kind of guitar songs 😬 The original recording of this song is found on CD Album 'Songs About The Weather' available from @wallytbm.bsky.social Beautiful Music records (Canada) 🙂

*Brand-New* TAKING ME OVER AGAIN - ARMSTRONG (Brand New Digital Single available on Bandcamp. A Synth-Indie-Pop song influenced by New Order, Charlatans, The Associates, Talk Talk, OMD, ChinaCrisis, Beloved, FraLippoLippi, etc - Click here to listen... armstrong2.bandcamp.com/track/taking...

Wonderful to hear you playing this live!!

Guitar practice 'Rainfall' by Armstrong - I have to practice playing this song often as I easily forget how to play these kind of guitar songs 😬 The original recording of this song is found on CD Album 'Songs About The Weather' available from @wallytbm.bsky.social Beautiful Music records (Canada) 🙂

Armstrong - HandiCrafts @armstrong-wales.bsky.social "Too lo-fi and steeped in emotional immediacy to be sophisti-pop and yet too 'considered' to disregard such inferences." #indiepop #janglepop #indiefolk #60spop #sophistipop #sunshinepop #music getmusic.fm/l/sjyuyR

More of my favourite albums by Bands/Artists beginning with B (this time not including Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds or Bowie).

My favourite albums by Bands/Artists beginning with B - here's the Fab 4 - Beatles, Byrds, Beach Boys and Bowie.. which I need to get out of the way and then some more bands/artists great singles and albums beginning with B coming soon.

The Tempest and 'Didn't We Have A Nice Time (All My Friends Are Here)' - 7" single from 1986. Should have been a massive hit and they recorded many other excellent songs (and brilliant B-Sides too) youtu.be/_hJyC0cDf0Y?...