Going to be a busy year - two more albums to go after this for 2026. I have a huge stockpile of finished albums I need to get out from under.

New album - out now.
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For March's #releaseofthemonth it's a double whammy....taking in dual two CD sets of Creature Comforts and Why I Went to the Woods by @400lonelythings.bsky.social. bit.ly/4aWbldV #COLDSPRINGHQ

Thank you. This is mind blowing!

OMG thanks so much! Please send a link I can share. Funny you posted this - William Burns and I were just discussing your show.

Thank you so much!

Multi-Genre Music, Sound & Film Webzine <p>A project that has been releasing works for twenty-three years, Craig Varian’s 400 Lonely Things (co-member Jonathan McCall passed away in 2020) should be a haunted household name when it comes to ...

Sharing this extraordinary 5 Star review from one of my favorite resources for obscure music and movies, Musique Machine. The author really gets what I was going for with these albums and I have to say, it feels nice when someone connects like this. www.musiquemachine.com/reviews/revi...

We strongly suggest that you enjoy it in silence, savoring each and every one of the endless nuances that fill it, as if it were a Byzantine mosaic.

An arduous but exciting task.

This impressive album has been released by the British label Cold Spring alongside another twin release that we will discuss later.

It is commendable to perceive the way in which he knows how to make the bass lines dialogue with the treble lines while dressing them up with white noise and field recordings. 400 Lonely Things wants you to find yourself within your own labyrinth, using sound as your only guide.

We do not recommend overlooking such highly recommended experiences as listening to the fifth track, “Machine Manitous Of Loving Grace,” or the cabalistic genetics enclosed in “Twirled Hurtling Nights.”

Most of the tracks are less than five minutes long, which creates a balanced tension that gives the album a powerful dynamism. The cold and gloomy essence of most of the tracks embraces the listener, leading them to solitary corners where, inexplicably, they manage to feel comfortable.

Once again, this musician's compositions are devoid of vocals, but filled with countless sound resources that are deliberately juxtaposed, scaffolding acoustic cathedrals of ineffable beauty. This work invites you to travel without leaving home.

Everything is valid in order to achieve the end in itself, and that goal is to narrate the microcosm enclosed in Why I Went To The Woods.

In addition to a well-stocked arsenal of synthesizers and effects pedals, this wizard of sound does not hesitate to draw on classical instrumentation ranging from strings to wind instruments to percussion.

offering us a handful of melancholic and twisted tracks, invoking a Dionysus overcome by ecstasy.

400 Lonely Things knows how to please a fan of dark ambient, projecting tunes guided by spiraling cadences, which are masterfully and tastefully crafted.

One of the most commendable aspects of this project is its unusual ability to generate totally disconcerting compositional formulas dominated by calm and tyrannized by darkness. The lysergic and the psychedelic come together in Why I Went To The Woods,

Craig Varian once again manages to encapsulate dreamlike subworlds through sound. “Why I Went To The Woods” is an extensive and mesmerizing collection of tracks compiled on a double CD that surprises with its incredible soundscapes brimming with mystery.

400 Lonely Things – “Why I Went To The Woods” PULIENDO EL ENIGMA Cold Spring – Enero de 2026 – dark ambient – CSR361CD 1-1 Badger 1-2 The Woods Within 1-3 Mayday1-4 Deflective Hours 1-5 Machine Manitous Of Loving Grace 1-6 Me…

"We strongly suggest that you enjoy it in silence, savoring each and every one of the endless nuances that fill it, as if it were a Byzantine mosaic."
Thank you, No Melody. AI English translation in comments.

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Huge thanks to @spectrasonicsound.bsky.social for letting 400 Lonely Things kick off this mix with a track from Why I Went To The Woods.

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Cold Spring just added this photo of the two new double albums - can't wait to get my hands on them. 400lonelythings.bandcamp.com

Minty fresh reviews from Loop!
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Top Ambient Albums of 2025 There are more records worth your time than there are hours to absorb them. There are more thoughtful drones and slow-blooming atmospheres than a single nervous system can comfortably process in one…

Top Ambient Albums of 2025

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Merry Christmas, everybody.
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Creature Comforts + Why I Went To The Woods
Details here: 400lonelythings.com + here: coldspring.co.uk/csr360cd-csr...

This Saturday's @black-ops.bsky.social with a special shout out to
@somnimage.bsky.social for their help, check out the label somnimage.bandcamp.com 🙏

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Thank you for including Sartorius. That whole Solaris compilation is pretty amazing.

Grainy black-and-white image of the face of Arthur Rimbaud and text overlay listing music tracks and artists for "black_ops" event on 31.05.25, with TAKTENT Radio Station logo.

Many thanks to @postdoomromance.bsky.social and
somnimage.bandcamp.com
for much of this week's set, check em out!!
Thanks too:
@larshaur.bsky.social
@400lonelythings.bsky.social
@meadowargus47.bsky.social‬
@seah-artist.bsky.social‬
@tremosphere.com‬
@sylviasolanas.com
@sndassassin.bsky.social‬