Out today for #RecordStoreDay — All These Things I Thought I Knew: A Tribute to LD Beghtol
Feat. Stephin Merritt @themagfields.bsky.social, Jon DeRosa (Aarktica), Linda Smith, and many more.
Available on ltd cassette at motherwest.bandcamp.com
Aarktica drops remix of "Trick of the Light" by The Ellipsist | @aarktica.bsky.social
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Aarktica x The Ellipsist
Burial meets Violator-era Depeche Mode on this soulful reimagining of Aarktica’s “Trick of the Light.” Darkly danceable, irresistible melancholia.
Out today everywhere music is heard. Or direct at: aarktica.bandcamp.com
This is very good to know! PS Much love to former labelmates Hammock always ❤️
One of those bands that, as they evolved and morphed into something new with each album, grew more and more influential for me in new ways. And always the most interesting blend of pastoral and dub.
Aarktica was fortunate enough to open one of their NYC appearances. A career highlight for sure.
#nowlistening
no solace in sleep by Aarktica / @aarktica.bsky.social
Aarktica - “Why Say Anything?” (Black Tape for a Blue Girl remix) out today 🖤
Sam of BTFABG deconstructs Aarktica’s fuzz-folk paean, stripping the guitars and bringing DeRosa’s voice to the forefront, enrobed in ebbing & flowing analog synths.
Out everywhere & at Aarktica.Bandcamp.com
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Top 20: Aarktica - Ecstatic Lightsongs
(oh boy, I forgot how much bluesky dislikes tumblr links)
Sometimes, but not always, LPs I reviewed get shorter blurbs because I've already said my piece there. This is one of those!
@samrosenthal.bsky.social
Hey it’s December 24 and I haven’t been good but I wouldn’t say I was naughty either. Here’s a really good song for you to enjoy together with your family and loved ones. Laughing in The Rain by Aarktica. A personal favorite musician of mine. Thanks for a great year.
🖤🖤🖤
A deep dive on No Solace in Sleep and the making of Aarktica’s new album Ecstatic Lightsongs.
Thanks so much Dreams of Consciousness (@thewizardofawesome.bsky.social) for the thoughtful interview. An honor to be in the four timer club…
A little self-promotion, but I hope you’ll have a listen regardless 🙏
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/no-sol...
This is one reason why I appreciate it so much when you (and others) are able to make time to even listen to something I send your way, let alone review it. I never take that for granted and I really appreciate it.
“Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like ― then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.” ― Jean Cocteau
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
The blissfully hypnotic “To Love is To Believe” ensues, captivating from the get-go with its simmering strings and rhythmic bolstering, finding a middle ground between dream-pop and trip-hop. - @obscuresound.bsky.social
www.obscuresound.com/2025/10/aark...
Your support means the world to us 🖤
a TEST PRESSING vinyl next to a regular vinyl, both of Aarktica No Solace In Sleep. the test pressing has a bunch of text intended for Jon about how to review and accept your test pressing from the vinyl maker the regular album is a horizontal bar of blue at top and bottom, with an out of focus photography in the middle, what seems to be land, but a fuzzy black shape to the horizon, then above it what seems to be cloudy sky. a figure stands near the left, a black fuzzy blog interrupting the sky but blending seamlessly with the land. the figure appears to be a man taking a photograph
just got my @aarktica.bsky.social No Solace In Sleep reissue test pressing in the mail! thank you so much Jon. truly a classic album, dear to me for a long time, and hugely influential on how i developed as a guitarist
i hope all my friends have a listen
New & Notable: L.A.’s Aarktica sculpt magnificent art rock with no easy comparisons—sweeping songs with the scope of a Tarkovsky film.
New blog post! Wrote about new records from Charlie Kaplan @ciwk.bsky.social, Aarktica @aarktica.bsky.social, Friendship Commanders @fcommanders.bsky.social, and People Mover:
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Ecstatic Lightsongs is featured on Bandcamp today as a New & Notable release ❤️🔥
Available for a limited time as a Name-Your-Price download: Aarktica.bandcamp.com
Ecstatic Lightsongs is out today! ✨
“DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to his earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column” - Opus Zine
Available now on all streaming platforms 🖤
The new @aarktica.bsky.social album is a love letter to Jon DeRosa’s earliest influences, including Talk Talk and The Durutti Column. Listen to one of the album’s highlights.
DeRosa delivers ‘a sonic love letter to [his] earliest influences,’ evoking the artists that initially inspired him, like Talk Talk and The Durutti Column.
Indeed, Vini Reilly’s deft touch echoes throughout Trick of the Light’s delicate guitar filigrees.” - @opus.ing
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Bands, I need your recommendations for t-shirt printing. Who do you like?
I’ve had mixed results with print-on-demand…
Ecstatic Lightsongs is out TODAY as a Name-Your-Price Bandcamp exclusive.
aarktica.bandcamp.com/album/ecstat...
“Ecstatic Lightsongs invites us to step into a sound world where memory, rhythm, and emotion converge in haunting, luminous harmony.” - Apricot Magazine
