Wow. Legit fess.

April Fool's used to be fun - wake up and spot the hilarious fake news article!
When that's every day, it's not so fun.
Daffodils, anyone?
#happyaprilfirst

Thanks! Good to know.

It's International Women's Day!

I proudly give my time to #WomenInTransport and to #ITFUEngland , 2 amazing organisations that hold women up and encourage women to achieve.

I've been lucky to be supported myself, and it's good to give back.

#IWD
#givetogain

Don't forget the associated rebrand of "annoying soccer mom" into "violent terrorist".

Great thinking here!

Just in the past year, Google directions sent me to places I'd never contemplate.

It's also worth thinking about the directness of a route - the more novelty turns there are, the more I have to check my phone and the harder it is to keep an eye on my surroundings.

#safety

This is my Spotify playlist of my picks of tracks from each Advent album: open.spotify.com/playlist/44B... .
If any of the albums have struck a chord with you, please support the artists by following them, buying their music / merch, or seeing them live. Every little helps them realise their dreams!

It's Christmas Eve and time for my last Advent Album, (and Album of the Year!) Altogether Stranger by Lael Neale.

Lo-Fi neo-60s songsmithery. Gorgeous and strangely edgy. Utterly bewitching.

All good things will come to pass.

#albumoftheyear
#adventalbums

Happy Holidays!!

Christmas Eve Eve - the penultimate day of Advent. Out-of-offices are on across the board.

Accompanying this day of Christmas crazy is The Bad Fire by Mogwai.

Relaxing and uplifting, the best aural companion.

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

Monday of a Christmas week - what kind of day is that? A day of lots of driving to lunch with my lovely daughter and swap gifts, is what.

And my accompaniment was today's Advent Album, Imaginary Reflections by @dreamcoasterband.bsky.social

Gorgeous wall-of-sound dream pop.

#albumsoftheyear

The #WinterSolstice.
The album I'm choosing for this mystical day is Unfolding by #JessicaMoss.

It's atmospheric strings-laden modern classical.
I saw Moss open for Swans last month and it was beautiful and intense.

Later, I'll be symbolically burning away what I want to leave behind me. #newyear

Another chill record for this 20th of December: Dim Probs by @gruffrhys.bsky.social

Gentle but interesting indie - a big Advent cwtch and perfect for these crazy days. ❤️

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

My choice of Advent Album is Sinister Grift by Panda Bear. It's a glorious dose of Portuguese sunshine!

As a bonus, I'm also including Funeral Folk by Maria W Horn and Sara Parkman. It's a doomy take on Swedish folk music. It's actually my favourite album of the year but it came out in 2023.
❤️

One week left of Advent. Are you ready?

Today's album choice is The Pattern Speaks by @sklossduo.bsky.social

Heavy rock, Heavy metal.
So heavy it broke my headphones.

Fun for all the family. Bring your own shovels.

17th of December and yet another of too many days apparently without sunshine.
Today's Advent Album is Landfill by @young-knives.bsky.social .

Challenging, vulnerable, and dissonant, but compelling and very often surprisingly catchy.
I absolutely love it.

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

My Advent Album for 16 December is National Average by #BigSpecial.

Shouty modern magpie music.
Home to one of my favourite lines from a song this year:

"The Night will free us!
The Day is Judas.
I'd spill blood to stay in bed;
I'D SPILL BLOOD TO STAY IN BED."

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

The Ides of December and near perpetual darkness prompt me to choose Songs From The Free House by Smote as today's Advent Album.

Doom metal with flute. Tremendous.

If you like this, #Smote put another album, Clyppan, out at the beginning of the year and it's also very good.

#albumsoftheyear

This album is awesome, but their newest, Songs from the Free House, is tremendous!!

On a pre-Christmas Sunday where it feels like (but probably isn't) a break from festive havoc, my 14th Advent Album is Phonetics On And On by Horsegirl.

The very definition of #Lo-Fi Indie.

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

In honour of my friends who are off to see #Stereolab tonight in Oxford, today's Advent Album is their new album Instant Holograms on Metal Film.

Harmonic and otherworldly but jaunty electronica.
Also excellent for a sunny winter post-beer festival day.

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

It's not a year if #TySegall hasn't put out a top-24-worthy album.
Whilst there's a lot of 2025 that can get in the bin, Ty's newest album Possession reassures us that a year has definitely happened.

Perfect psych rock. The 70s done properly with the benefit of hindsight.

#albumsoftheyear

10 December - long day, but enjoying Advent Album Ghost Palace by #TheBurningHell.

Quirky indie. A bit Handsome Family, moments of Modern Lovers.
Somehow, the title track reminds me of the deeply weird film #CarnivalofSouls. But that's probably just me.

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

December 9th and the party continues with Who Let The Dogs Out by @lambrinigirls.bsky.social !!
(Extra party because my brand new business has banked its first sales today!)

Prepare for propulsive #rrriotGirrl punk.

Absolutely Epic live.

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

Monday the 8th of December:

Advent Album of the day is GOOD FOR THE SOUL by #GANS.
(And no, I'm not shouting at you, but they might be)

A little Snapped Ankles, lashings of AK/DK. Hard to describe, but fantastic live - they get the whole joint genuinely Jumping!

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums

Sounds interesting! Recommend me an album, pls!

Don't know them! What are they like?

They're so lovely! I saw them for the second time this year opening for their favourite band, The Primitives!
The first time Danish band Josie opened for them - if you don't know Josie, check them out, too!

December 7th is a rainy grey day here. The Scots have the excellent word #dreich for this kind of weather, which is partly why my choice of album today is Sunwise by #Scottish artist Brighde Chaimbeul.
Modern classical mixed with Scottish folk; the wildness of a Hebridean island.

#albumsoftheyear

Out of the traps early on the 6th day of Advent with Viagr Aboys by Viagra Boys.

Sleazy, funky killer rock.
(And see them live if they come to your town!)

#albumsoftheyear
#adventalbums
#viagraboys