Gareth E. Rees
@garetherees.bsky.social
Guitar/vocals in psych-noise band, Black Arches. Author of Unofficial Britain, Car Park Life, Sunken Lands, Marshland & more. Psychogeography. Mythology. Ecology https://www.instagram.com/black_arches_hastings
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Gareth E. Rees
@garetherees.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Been an influx of new people here, so by way of (re)introduction, I wrote some books about place, memory and mythology, pictured below. Fiction, non-fiction and the zone in between. I have since moved on to making music and writing lyrics. Eventually, there will be silence.
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If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.
28 days later on the Forth Road Bridge....
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
28 days later on the Forth Road Bridge....
Spent the past few nights in a pre-WWI gun battery on the Firth of Forth trove.scot share.google/vr3egGRKvcjD...
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Spent the past few nights in a pre-WWI gun battery on the Firth of Forth trove.scot share.google/vr3egGRKvcjD...
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"The Arches trio cover every blade of astral grass with rare Faust-cubed abstraction."
Great to see Black Arches & Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' in @thequietus.com's 'Best New Weird Britain Albums of 2025':
thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
Great to see Black Arches & Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' in @thequietus.com's 'Best New Weird Britain Albums of 2025':
thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
New Weird Britain: 2025 in Review by Noel Gardner | The Quietus
Not content to merely look back at the last 12 months of New Weird Britain’s musical content, fine as it’s been, this evening I’ve looked back eight years to the first of these year-ending listicle bu...
thequietus.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"The Arches trio cover every blade of astral grass with rare Faust-cubed abstraction."
Great to see Black Arches & Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' in @thequietus.com's 'Best New Weird Britain Albums of 2025':
thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
Great to see Black Arches & Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' in @thequietus.com's 'Best New Weird Britain Albums of 2025':
thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
New Weird Britain: 2025 in review @thequietus.com features Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New Weird Britain: 2025 in review @thequietus.com features Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
Occult connections in North Queensferry
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Occult connections in North Queensferry
A herd of sauropods migrates south across the firth.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A herd of sauropods migrates south across the firth.
Life beneath the bridge.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Life beneath the bridge.
Been getting up close and personal with this bridge.
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Been getting up close and personal with this bridge.
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To celebrate the 1st of December we have compiled a 'Best of 2025' playlist of tracks taken from all our Rocket's releases from this year.
It is not really a 'Best Of', just a selection of tracks we have picked - one track per release.
Listen here:
Soundcloud:
on.soundcloud.com/hIZ6JjHe4qdK...
It is not really a 'Best Of', just a selection of tracks we have picked - one track per release.
Listen here:
Soundcloud:
on.soundcloud.com/hIZ6JjHe4qdK...
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
To celebrate the 1st of December we have compiled a 'Best of 2025' playlist of tracks taken from all our Rocket's releases from this year.
It is not really a 'Best Of', just a selection of tracks we have picked - one track per release.
Listen here:
Soundcloud:
on.soundcloud.com/hIZ6JjHe4qdK...
It is not really a 'Best Of', just a selection of tracks we have picked - one track per release.
Listen here:
Soundcloud:
on.soundcloud.com/hIZ6JjHe4qdK...
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Watch Black Arches + Sexton Ming performing the track 'The Sailors Daughter', filmed live at the Other Side Promotion's show at Strongroom in London on 16 August 2025:
youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI
Pick up one of the last copies of the band's debut album 'Folly' here:
rocketrecordings.com/products/folly
youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI
Pick up one of the last copies of the band's debut album 'Folly' here:
rocketrecordings.com/products/folly
Black Arches With Sexton Ming – The Sailor's Daughter (Live at Strongroom)
YouTube video by Rocket Recordings
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Watch Black Arches + Sexton Ming performing the track 'The Sailors Daughter', filmed live at the Other Side Promotion's show at Strongroom in London on 16 August 2025:
youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI
Pick up one of the last copies of the band's debut album 'Folly' here:
rocketrecordings.com/products/folly
youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI
Pick up one of the last copies of the band's debut album 'Folly' here:
rocketrecordings.com/products/folly
My novel 'The Stone Tide' and my short story book 'Terminal Zones' are both half price this weekend via @influxpress.bsky.social BLACK FRIDAY SALE share.google/pCF7QcOufUyJ...
BLACK FRIDAY SALE — Influx Press
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My novel 'The Stone Tide' and my short story book 'Terminal Zones' are both half price this weekend via @influxpress.bsky.social BLACK FRIDAY SALE share.google/pCF7QcOufUyJ...
Black Arches with Sexton Ming 'The Sailor's Daughter' - New live video with added fish and hermit cave via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI?...
Black Arches With Sexton Ming – The Sailor's Daughter (Live at Strongroom)
YouTube video by Rocket Recordings
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Black Arches with Sexton Ming 'The Sailor's Daughter' - New live video with added fish and hermit cave via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI?...
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BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.
1962: An Expedition to Post-Apocalyptic Britain | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
BBC Archive just uploaded The Lonely Shore (1962), a surreal 15-minute short that takes the form of a scientific report from an abandoned and desolate future Britain. Written by Jacquetta Hawkes, an actual archaeologist, and directed by Ken Russell, an actual madman.
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LIVE : Black Arches with Sexton Ming, 16/08/2025 Strongroom Bar / Other Side Promotions - London (UK)
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
Black Arches with Sexton Ming, 16/08/2025 Strongroom Bar / Other Side Promotions - London (UK)
YouTube video by alternative teKen
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LIVE : Black Arches with Sexton Ming, 16/08/2025 Strongroom Bar / Other Side Promotions - London (UK)
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
youtu.be/kDmUcQPbgq4
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There’s now ten episodes of Monstrosities Mon Amour available! That’s a lot of cheery chat about unloved and unfairly maligned places… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
Monstrosities Mon Amour
Places & Travel Podcast · Monthly · In Monstrosities Mon Amour we celebrate places and things that have been unfairly monstered in popular opinion. Host John Grindrod will be your excitable guide to a...
podcasts.apple.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
There’s now ten episodes of Monstrosities Mon Amour available! That’s a lot of cheery chat about unloved and unfairly maligned places… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
- The Golden Mile with Kathryn Ferry
- The Drum, Margate, with Dan Thompson
- The Blue Bridge with Catherine Croft
New arrival by @drtombolton.bsky.social via @strangeattractor.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New arrival by @drtombolton.bsky.social via @strangeattractor.bsky.social
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Here's the sound from canal level, under the road almost 50 years later.
We haven't had a #BrutalMonday start to the week for a while. Here goes...
Episode 72 - The tunnel, the towpath and the window under Spaghetti Junction (24mins)
A hidden space next to the canal under the motorway. Bright sunshine leaks through windows in the road.
🛣️ bit.ly/LenSpaG
Episode 72 - The tunnel, the towpath and the window under Spaghetti Junction (24mins)
A hidden space next to the canal under the motorway. Bright sunshine leaks through windows in the road.
🛣️ bit.ly/LenSpaG
September 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here's the sound from canal level, under the road almost 50 years later.
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Archive footage of Spaghetti Junction, the day before it opened in 1972. The reviewer was a bit worried about the tight turns.
1972: Welcome to SPAGHETTI JUNCTION | Wheelbase | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Archive footage of Spaghetti Junction, the day before it opened in 1972. The reviewer was a bit worried about the tight turns.
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Cracking Andrew Weatherall soundtrack. Preferably immerse yourself whilst reading the excellent @garetherees.bsky.social 'Marshland', exploring the wonders of #Walthamstow marshes and beyond. To enter this wonderland you must shrink yourself at the 5ft bridge...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
Marshland: The Andrew Weatherall Mix
www.mixcloud.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Cracking Andrew Weatherall soundtrack. Preferably immerse yourself whilst reading the excellent @garetherees.bsky.social 'Marshland', exploring the wonders of #Walthamstow marshes and beyond. To enter this wonderland you must shrink yourself at the 5ft bridge...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
www.mixcloud.com/Hackneymarsh...
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Monstrosities Mon Amour is on a summer break, but will be back soon. In the meantime I can’t believe there’s already nine episodes! What a lot of cheery chat about unloved things johngrindrod.substack.com/podcast
Monstrosities Mon Amour | John Grindrod | Substack
In Monstrosities Mon Amour we celebrate places and things that have been unfairly monstered in popular opinion. Host John Grindrod will be your excitable guide to a world beyond the lazy stereotypes o...
johngrindrod.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Monstrosities Mon Amour is on a summer break, but will be back soon. In the meantime I can’t believe there’s already nine episodes! What a lot of cheery chat about unloved things johngrindrod.substack.com/podcast
This Saturday catch Black Arches doing our weird thing with Sexton Ming at our first ever London show, supporting Japanese psych band Quajaku at the Strongroom in Shoreditch. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
August 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This Saturday catch Black Arches doing our weird thing with Sexton Ming at our first ever London show, supporting Japanese psych band Quajaku at the Strongroom in Shoreditch. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
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#NewMusic2025
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
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Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
Black Arches with Sexton Ming - Folly, by Black Arches
7 track album
blackarches.bandcamp.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#NewMusic2025
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
Black Arches & Sexton Ming - Folly
@brucegeob.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social @coinneachrooney.bsky.social
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The 'ship goo' story immediately reminded me of "We Are The Disease" from @garetherees.bsky.social "Terminal Zones"
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
Great Lakes Ship Goo Is Actually An Undiscovered Life Form - Jalopnik
Researchers who docked a vessel for an "unanticipated repair" last September found the cause of the problem wasn't just unanticipated, it was downright bizarre.
www.jalopnik.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The 'ship goo' story immediately reminded me of "We Are The Disease" from @garetherees.bsky.social "Terminal Zones"
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...
www.jalopnik.com/1906461/grea...