The Sanctity Of Crows
@thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social
Award-winning solo indie music project by Ian A Napier (Scotland).
Instrumental music featuring guitars, keyboards and drums. Often layered, cinematic, ambient and/or soundscape-y. Kinda prog-ish, sometimes.
Links: https://linktr.ee/thesanctityofcrow
Instrumental music featuring guitars, keyboards and drums. Often layered, cinematic, ambient and/or soundscape-y. Kinda prog-ish, sometimes.
Links: https://linktr.ee/thesanctityofcrow
90% OF US NEED TO DIE
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
90% Of Us Need To Die [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
90% OF US NEED TO DIE
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated up 1 place to 8th in The Independent Artist Chart on @burtonradio.bsky.social. 😃
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated up 1 place to 8th in The Independent Artist Chart on @burtonradio.bsky.social. 😃
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video - "Concrete Mountains"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
Concrete Mountains [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video - "Concrete Mountains"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
I incorporated a leaf blower recording into the first track on the next album.
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
Pistils At Dawn - leaf blower sound [The Sanctity Of Crows - 'behind the scenes' track promo]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I incorporated a leaf blower recording into the first track on the next album.
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
1 year old today: "Flowers Of The New Dawn" album
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
1 year old today: "Flowers Of The New Dawn" album
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
A video about a cult that requires listening to tSoC music 24x7, bats (well, crows) in the belfry, and an escape into the unfamiliar wilderness via a graveyard.
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Propelled By Fear (Into The Unknowable) [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A video about a cult that requires listening to tSoC music 24x7, bats (well, crows) in the belfry, and an escape into the unfamiliar wilderness via a graveyard.
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Still in 9th place. 😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING is OPEN until end Mon 3rd Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Still in 9th place. 😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING is OPEN until end Mon 3rd Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
Perfect music for Halloween, this spooky instrumental was released (quite coincidentally) on 31st October 2024.
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
Propelled By Fear (Into The Unknowable) [The Sanctity Of Crows - Halloween promo]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Perfect music for Halloween, this spooky instrumental was released (quite coincidentally) on 31st October 2024.
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
Just finished mastering the third track for the next album. 😃
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Just finished mastering the third track for the next album. 😃
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
"For Those Departed" is an instrumental elegy, and yet somehow this YT video flew off the shelves in the early days and was the first to reach 1K streams.
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
For Those Departed [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"For Those Departed" is an instrumental elegy, and yet somehow this YT video flew off the shelves in the early days and was the first to reach 1K streams.
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #12
Oh, I give up!
Oh, I give up!
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #12
Oh, I give up!
Oh, I give up!
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #067 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
STONED THE CROWS! (latest)
open.spotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #067 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #11
No jay-walking here. 😉
No jay-walking here. 😉
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #11
No jay-walking here. 😉
No jay-walking here. 😉
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #10
Would've revealed the dark side of the chocaholic crows. 🥺
Would've revealed the dark side of the chocaholic crows. 🥺
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #10
Would've revealed the dark side of the chocaholic crows. 🥺
Would've revealed the dark side of the chocaholic crows. 🥺
😢 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 3 places in yesterday's The Independent Artist Chart show on Burton Radio.
😎 VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 27th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
😎 VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 27th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
😢 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 3 places in yesterday's The Independent Artist Chart show on Burton Radio.
😎 VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 27th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
😎 VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 27th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #09
Didn't want to give away my age, and got tired of waiting for the doublet and hose to come back into fashion.
Didn't want to give away my age, and got tired of waiting for the doublet and hose to come back into fashion.
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #09
Didn't want to give away my age, and got tired of waiting for the doublet and hose to come back into fashion.
Didn't want to give away my age, and got tired of waiting for the doublet and hose to come back into fashion.
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #08
Tempted to do the weekly groceries shopping in this outfit, but I bottled out. 😆
Tempted to do the weekly groceries shopping in this outfit, but I bottled out. 😆
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #08
Tempted to do the weekly groceries shopping in this outfit, but I bottled out. 😆
Tempted to do the weekly groceries shopping in this outfit, but I bottled out. 😆
REJECTED COVER ART #07
Dunno why I wasn't allowed to go with this one, as it's soooo pretty!
Dunno why I wasn't allowed to go with this one, as it's soooo pretty!
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
REJECTED COVER ART #07
Dunno why I wasn't allowed to go with this one, as it's soooo pretty!
Dunno why I wasn't allowed to go with this one, as it's soooo pretty!
🎬🎧 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: "Discovery" [4:30]
"Discovery" is the main part (part iii) of the five-part title track from the guitar-free experiment album "Terra Incognita" (released 6th June 2025), released as a single.
👀🎧 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fhJoSA1Uzu4
#thesanctityofcrows #musicvideo
"Discovery" is the main part (part iii) of the five-part title track from the guitar-free experiment album "Terra Incognita" (released 6th June 2025), released as a single.
👀🎧 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fhJoSA1Uzu4
#thesanctityofcrows #musicvideo
Discovery [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎬🎧 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: "Discovery" [4:30]
"Discovery" is the main part (part iii) of the five-part title track from the guitar-free experiment album "Terra Incognita" (released 6th June 2025), released as a single.
👀🎧 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fhJoSA1Uzu4
#thesanctityofcrows #musicvideo
"Discovery" is the main part (part iii) of the five-part title track from the guitar-free experiment album "Terra Incognita" (released 6th June 2025), released as a single.
👀🎧 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fhJoSA1Uzu4
#thesanctityofcrows #musicvideo
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #06
The Marketing Department deemed this one too suggestive and risque. ☹️
The Marketing Department deemed this one too suggestive and risque. ☹️
October 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #06
The Marketing Department deemed this one too suggestive and risque. ☹️
The Marketing Department deemed this one too suggestive and risque. ☹️
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #05
Crows On The Run.
Sadly, this one might have 'triggered' all those people who've spent serious time in the FB slammer. ☹️
Crows On The Run.
Sadly, this one might have 'triggered' all those people who've spent serious time in the FB slammer. ☹️
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #05
Crows On The Run.
Sadly, this one might have 'triggered' all those people who've spent serious time in the FB slammer. ☹️
Crows On The Run.
Sadly, this one might have 'triggered' all those people who've spent serious time in the FB slammer. ☹️
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #04
Another tSoC cover art concept that never made it off the drawing board.
I must've been nuts not to use this one.
Another tSoC cover art concept that never made it off the drawing board.
I must've been nuts not to use this one.
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #04
Another tSoC cover art concept that never made it off the drawing board.
I must've been nuts not to use this one.
Another tSoC cover art concept that never made it off the drawing board.
I must've been nuts not to use this one.
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #03
Silly season continues, with another tSoC album cover concept that didn't fly. 😏
The Legal Department shot it down in flames ... 😟
#thesanctityofcrows #rejectedalbumart #indiemusic #indiemusiccommunity
Silly season continues, with another tSoC album cover concept that didn't fly. 😏
The Legal Department shot it down in flames ... 😟
#thesanctityofcrows #rejectedalbumart #indiemusic #indiemusiccommunity
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #03
Silly season continues, with another tSoC album cover concept that didn't fly. 😏
The Legal Department shot it down in flames ... 😟
#thesanctityofcrows #rejectedalbumart #indiemusic #indiemusiccommunity
Silly season continues, with another tSoC album cover concept that didn't fly. 😏
The Legal Department shot it down in flames ... 😟
#thesanctityofcrows #rejectedalbumart #indiemusic #indiemusiccommunity
😮 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated back up 1 place in yesterday's @burtonradiochart.bsky.social on @burtonradio.bsky.social . 😃
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Monday 20th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Monday 20th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
😮 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated back up 1 place in yesterday's @burtonradiochart.bsky.social on @burtonradio.bsky.social . 😃
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Monday 20th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Monday 20th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #02
You've got to do SOMETHING creative when procrastination keeps you from music-making. While waiting for musical inspiration to poop on my head, sometimes I create cover art.
Here's another one I didn't think would fly ... 😏
You've got to do SOMETHING creative when procrastination keeps you from music-making. While waiting for musical inspiration to poop on my head, sometimes I create cover art.
Here's another one I didn't think would fly ... 😏
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #02
You've got to do SOMETHING creative when procrastination keeps you from music-making. While waiting for musical inspiration to poop on my head, sometimes I create cover art.
Here's another one I didn't think would fly ... 😏
You've got to do SOMETHING creative when procrastination keeps you from music-making. While waiting for musical inspiration to poop on my head, sometimes I create cover art.
Here's another one I didn't think would fly ... 😏