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acloudtotheback.bsky.social
Adrian
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social
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Sonic hunter gatherer. Past/present scribe for Under The Surface, Comes With A Smile, Delusions of Adequacy, Pennyblack Music, Concrete Islands and Freq.

Freq: https://freq.org.uk/tag/adrian

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My latest review bundle for @freqzine.bsky.social at: freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
Still listening to this sublime album...⤵️
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
A passionate @freqzine.bsky.social take from @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social on the latest Lush archival release, worth some of your weekend reading time.
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
@brianbilston.bsky.social and The Catenary Wires were an absolute joy of a live combination in Bristol yesterday. Two rich creative strands converging with wry playfulness and lateral imagination, for one grand night out.

@skepwax.bsky.social
brianbilston.bsky.social Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Aug 15
There now follows a short public information film containing particulars of Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires' autumn tour.

youtu.be/kzJQPPr2FzE?...
Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires- No Sleep Til Herne Bay
YouTube video by Skep Wax
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November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
My freshest review for @freqzine.bsky.social...
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 23d
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social writes: "Clocking in at mere thirty-six minutes, Love Chant certainly doesn’t overstay its welcome, which means inviting it back for repeat airings is not hard to do. .. a commendable regeneration for The #Lemonheads." #musicreview #altrock freq.org.uk/reviews/the-...
Clocking in at mere thirty-six minutes, Love Chant certainly doesn’t overstay its welcome, which means inviting it back for repeat airings is not hard to do. Although it won’t catapult Dando back to crossover celebrity status -- which is arguably a good thing -- Love Chat is a commendable regeneration for The Lemonheads, one that hopefully won’t take quite so long to spawn a sequel.
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
ICYMI: my take on the still-fresh new Tortoise LP for @freqzine.bsky.social...
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Oct 24
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social: Touch is nevertheless a roundly decent latter-day #Tortoise record that reassures us that the internal alchemical artistry .. retains a distinctive potency. @intlanthem.bsky.social @nonesuch.com #postrock #musicreview #albumreview freq.org.uk/reviews/tort...
Whilst arguably having missed a few opportunities, Touch is nevertheless a roundly decent latter-day #Tortoise record that reassures us that the internal alchemical artistry – even if not as effervescent as it once was – retains a distinctive potency. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait for another best part of a decade to find out if there is more left in the shared sonic tank. #postrock #musicreview
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
A packed and sweaty but utterly exhilarating @prolapseband.bsky.social gig in Bristol made for a fine @freqzine.bsky.social family outing last night. Great to also finally make up for missing them at a Leicester gig (with support from the long-lost Novak) in the late-90s.

(@derrymick.bsky.social)
Prolapse on stage at The Golden Lion, Bristol, 1st November 2025
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
My latest @precrecs.bsky.social archival release review for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 25d
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social: After conducting another targeted rummage through the #BBC’s archival strongrooms, @precrecs.bsky.social takes us back through some of the life and times of Glasgow’s The Primevals #musicreview #lpreview #indierock freq.org.uk/reviews/the-...
The Primevals – Best Of The BBC Sessions After conducting another targeted rummage through the #BBC’s archival strongrooms, Precious Recordings takes us back through some of the life and times of Glasgow’s The Primevals -- in John Peel, Andy Kershaw and Janice Long-commissioned session configurations. #musicreview #lpreview #indierock https://freq.org.uk/reviews/the-primevals-bbc-sessions/
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
This is a really beatific belated discovery today...➡️ kisses5eva.bandcamp.com/album/kisses
kisses, by kisses
8 track album
kisses5eva.bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
My thoughts on the new Tortoise LP for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Oct 24
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social: Touch is nevertheless a roundly decent latter-day #Tortoise record that reassures us that the internal alchemical artistry .. retains a distinctive potency. @intlanthem.bsky.social @nonesuch.com #postrock #musicreview #albumreview freq.org.uk/reviews/tort...
Whilst arguably having missed a few opportunities, Touch is nevertheless a roundly decent latter-day #Tortoise record that reassures us that the internal alchemical artistry – even if not as effervescent as it once was – retains a distinctive potency. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait for another best part of a decade to find out if there is more left in the shared sonic tank. #postrock #musicreview
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
Agreed...
johnmulvey.bsky.social John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social · Oct 23
Not just Tortoise who are back. Very happy to hear the first new Pullman music in basically 25 years... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQy...
Pullman - "Weightless"
YouTube video by westernvinyl
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October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
This sounds like a promisingly sublime collaboration...➡️ marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/track/melted...
Melted Moon, by Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick
from the album Tragic Magic
marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
Gorgeous chamber-pop from Matt Pond PA's expanded twentieth anniversary reissue of the still-sublime 'Several Arrows Later' LP. mattpondpa.bandcamp.com/track/so-muc...
So Much Trouble (acoustic), by matt pond PA
from the album Several Arrows Later 20th Anniversary Album Preorder
mattpondpa.bandcamp.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
A really lovely new low-key side-release from @ianbutton.bsky.social's Papernut Cambridge worth checking out...➡️ papernutcambridge.bandcamp.com/album/tape-s...
Tape Session, by Papernut Cambridge
7 track album
papernutcambridge.bandcamp.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
ICYMI: my takes on some new and old indie-pop wares. Looking forward to seeing The Cords live this coming week in the UK (with support from the previously reviewed Josie).

@skepwax.bsky.social / @slumberlandrecords.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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ICYMI: my take on the new Sloan LP, officially released on Friday. ⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Sep 15
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social: At this point ... a new Sloan studio album is not really about reaching out to new audiences. It’s much more about sustaining creative consistency & keeping the Canadian #powerpop institution’s adherents attached. #musicreview LP out via @yeproc.bsky.social t.ly/m1SlT
Sloan – Based On The Best Seller At this point in the lifespan of Sloan, a new studio album is not really about reaching out to new audiences. It’s much more about sustaining creative consistency and keeping the Canadian #powerpop institution’s adherents attached. #musicreview https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sloan-based-on-the-best-seller/
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
My freshest synth-centric review bundle for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Sep 27
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social: Venturing once more into the overflowing world of wires, elemental sounds and wordlessly channelled conceptualism #musicreview #electronica @thrilljockey.bsky.social
@scholarspeak.bsky.social @woodfordhalse.bsky.social @1sampre.bsky.social
freq.org.uk/reviews/roun...
September 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Always good to be reminded how elementally soothing this Land Observations album of ten years ago from @muterecords.bsky.social is... landobservations.bandcamp.com/album/roman-...
Roman Roads IV-XI, by LAND OBSERVATIONS
8 track album
landobservations.bandcamp.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
My thoughts on the new Sloan studio album for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Sep 15
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social: At this point ... a new Sloan studio album is not really about reaching out to new audiences. It’s much more about sustaining creative consistency & keeping the Canadian #powerpop institution’s adherents attached. #musicreview LP out via @yeproc.bsky.social t.ly/m1SlT
Sloan – Based On The Best Seller At this point in the lifespan of Sloan, a new studio album is not really about reaching out to new audiences. It’s much more about sustaining creative consistency and keeping the Canadian #powerpop institution’s adherents attached. #musicreview https://freq.org.uk/reviews/sloan-based-on-the-best-seller/
September 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
Another indie-pop centric review bundle from me on @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
September 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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ICYMI: my recent review of the sublime new @aviengel.bsky.social album.⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Aug 17
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social : @aviengel.bsky.social's Mote
"... casts a spell across any continental boundaries through its stunningly intimate yet deceptively intricate arrangements and desolate but dreamlike atmospherics." Via @woodfordhalse.bsky.social #musicreview #folk #canada t.ly/6TrMf
Avi C Engel – Mote ...a collection that casts a spell across any continental boundaries through its stunningly intimate yet deceptively intricate arrangements and desolate but dreamlike atmospherics. #musicreview #folk #canada https://freq.org.uk/reviews/avi-c-engel-mote/
September 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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My freshest album review for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
freqzine.bsky.social Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · Aug 31
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social notes the "deeply omnivorous plundering from whatever sources serve the band’s collectivist broken mirror reflections upon the world" from @prolapseband.bsky.social via @tapeterecords.bsky.social - with @derrymick.bsky.social

freq.org.uk/reviews/prol...
September 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A great @freqzine.bsky.social family outing last night in Bristol.

A truly sublime languid and expansive set from @6organs.bsky.social...
Ben Chasny (AKA Six Organs Of Admittance), on stage at Strange Brew, 30 August 2025.
August 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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An ear-opening and informative episode of @stuartmaconie.bsky.social's curatorial Freak Zone, really worth catching up with... ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - 20th Century Classical Special - BBC Sounds
Stuart presents a 20th century classical special with special guest Elizabeth Alker.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
acloudtotheback.bsky.social
This is an interesting new @davidc86.bsky.social podcast interview with @minutebook.bsky.social, on his new book about David Ackles and his own past musical ventures. ➡️ thec86show.podbean.com/e/mark-brend...
Mark Brend - David Ackles | C86 Show - Indie Pop
Mark Brend in conversation with David Eastaugh http://jawbonepress.com/down-river/ Down River: In Search Of David Ackles is an illuminating study of mythmaking, the popular music industry, and a forgo...
thec86show.podbean.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM