Alabama shoegaze duo Sister Ray Davies to play Esquires headline gig Alabama indie / shoegaze duo Sister Ray Davies will head to Esquires this weekend to play a headline gig as part of their first tour of the UK.

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Day off on tour, back to the source with @sisterraydavies.bsky.social 😍

A real privilege to witness @sisterraydavies.bsky.social on the opening night of their UK tour. Holy Island is one of my most listened to albums from last year - great to hear these songs live @soniccathedral.bsky.social

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“We tried to include as many friends as we possibly could and capture the wall of sound in real time, versus building it up with the studio,” explains singer/guitarist Adam Morrow. “Music is fun, and it feels good to turn the studio into a big tent and invite people in.”

Here’s @sisterraydavies.bsky.social recording the version of ‘Big Ships’ from their EP, ‘Holy Island Baby’.

The Alabama duo were joined in Portside Sound (the old Muscle Shoals Sound Studio B) by the Guitar Armada – nine acoustic guitar players and a pianist – and recorded the results live to tape.

Buy / listen to the EP and buy tickets for the shows here: linktr.ee/sisterraydav...

The Alabama duo’s first UK tour kicks off tonight. Please note: Jamie Sego is unable to make it because he has had a ‘Holy Island Baby’ of his own, which was born much, much sooner than anticipated. Close friend Todd Beene is coming off the subs’ bench.

‘Holy Island Baby’ – the new EP by @sisterraydavies.bsky.social – is out today. Five new versions of tracks from last year’s debut album ‘Holy Island’, including two remixes by Pye Corner Audio, one by Malaphors and two reworkings by the band themselves, including the recent single ‘Iona’...

Holy Island Baby, by Sister Ray Davies 5 track album

Happy release day to @sisterraydavies.bsky.social @soniccathedral.bsky.social Really looking forward to seeing you tonight sisterraydavies.bandcamp.com/album/holy-i...

(Sneak preview of the Pye Corner Audio mix of ‘Morning Bell’ on the video too.)

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They'll be available from the merch table at their UK tour, which begins tomorrow, and if there are any left we will have them at the Indie Label Market next month...

These rather lovely and ridiculously limited tapes combine the @sisterraydavies.bsky.social album ‘Holy Island’ with the new EP ‘Holy Island Baby’ and their debut single ‘War Machine’...

Seriously underrated records these!

PREORDER: 'More Songs About The Sun' by Pye Corner Audio

A sequel of sorts to ‘Let’s Emerge!’, Jenkins returns to the bright and balmy Balearic, neo-psych, and motorik pop drive of his 2022 ambient-electronic LP.

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UK tour from Friday!!!

Both LP and 10” are back up on @bandcamp.com for bargain prices, either individually or as a bundle. Grab these classics now: mark-peters.bandcamp.com

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He followed it with a four-track EP called ‘The Magic Hour’, which featured two new tracks and two remixes – a gorgeous, Eno-esque navigation of ‘Silver River’ by Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea and Richard Norris’ beautiful Balearic version of ‘Sundowning’...

Mark Peters’ second solo album ‘Red Sunset Dreams’ is a stunning rumination about the subconscious influence of America on our British psyche, featuring Dot Allison and the legendary pedal steel player B.J. Cole...

Grab both of these on vinyl (LP and 10”) now for next to nothing and there’s also a bundle so you can have both of them in your life for just £15: xammusik.bandcamp.com

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They followed it with the ‘XAM Duo RMX’ EP featuring reworkings of three tracks by Richard Pike, The Early Years and the absolute legend that is @jamesholden.bsky.social, whose 11-minute take on ‘Cold Stones’ is so good that Tom Ravenscroft played it twice in a row on his BBC Radio 6 Music show...

XAM Duo released their second album ‘XAM Duo II’ in 2022. They described it as “emotional computer music” which just about sums it up. It ranges from the Aphex-esque banger ‘Blue Comet’ (named after a Sopranos episode) to beautiful beatless ambience like ‘Lifeguard At Mohang Beach’...

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Including @headtech.bsky.social as Track Of The Week! 🏆

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You’d be hard pushed to find a more enjoyable hour and a half!

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Means you’re tote-ally awesome 🙌

New SHOEGAZER tote up for pre-order until April 20.

Screen printed by the legends at Vinosangre in yellow on a black Stanley Stella tote.

Grab one from our @bandcamp.com now: soniccathedral.bandcamp.com/merch/shoega...

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PREORDER: 'More Songs About The Sun' by Pye Corner Audio

Check the ‘summer solstice’ vinyl variant of Martin Jenkins’ latest for a limited-edition signed card.

Also on CD and ‘solar yellow’ vinyl.

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