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Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social · 5d

There are still a few copies of the @bandcamp.com exclusive red vinyl version of the forthcoming @whitelands.bsky.social album available to pre-order, with or without the one-off tote bag – and as it's Bandcamp Friday today, it's the perfect time to grab one while you still can..

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · 7d

Big thanks to @soundbitesnyc.bsky.social for the amazing support for @whitelands.bsky.social this week! The "soaring dreampop" of 'Glance' makes the best songs of September on @brooklynvegan.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 7d

Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of September 2025 www.brooklynvegan.com/indie-baseme...

Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of September 2025

Featuring: Saint Etienne, Kneecap, Dry Cleaning, Gruff Rhys, Suede, Cate Le Bon, Baxter Dury, Sleaford Mods, and more of September's best stuff.

www.brooklynvegan.com

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · 7d

"'Glance' is the kind of song you listen to in bed while staring at the ceiling, wondering if your crush or recent ex is thinking about you.It’s devastating, sprawling, and searching, with long-limbed guitar riffs and passionate vocals"

Bang on @whitelands.bsky.social review @stereogum.bsky.social❤️‍🔥

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 8d

@whitelands.bsky.social announce new album 'Sunlight Echoes'; hear the devastating, sprawling, and searching single "Glance"

Whitelands Announce New Album 'Sunlight Echoes': Hear “Glance”

London-based group Whitelands are releasing their sophomore album Sunlight Echoes, the follow-up to last year’s Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day, at the beginning of next year. Alongside the anno...

www.stereogum.com

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 8d

@whitelands.bsky.social announce new album 'Sunlight Echoes'; hear the devastating, sprawling, and searching single "Glance"

Whitelands Announce New Album 'Sunlight Echoes': Hear “Glance”

London-based group Whitelands are releasing their sophomore album Sunlight Echoes, the follow-up to last year’s Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day, at the beginning of next year. Alongside the anno...

www.stereogum.com

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · 8d

Big thanks to @clashmusic.com for loving 'Glance' and it's "shimmering sense of beauty".

Sunlight Echoes', @whitelands.bsky.social beautiful second album will be released 30/1/26 on @soniccathedral.bsky.social

Pre-order on yellow, green and red limited LP, CD & digital linktr.ee/whitelandsband

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI the excellent @whitelands.bsky.social return w new album ‘Sunlight Echoes’. The 10 hazy pop songs are packed with melody & attest to the healing power of awesome music💛✨

Watch the incredible 'Glance' video starring #DavidJonsson + #HonorSwintonByrne at CLASH
www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...

Whitelands Announce New Album 'Sunlight Echoes' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

London group Whitelands have confirmed plans for new album 'Sunlight Echoes'. The band emerged from London's DIY community, and their early ultra-noisy

www.clashmusic.com

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Whitelands @whitelands.bsky.social · 8d

Glance is out now in the world have a listen❤️❤️link in the bio

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Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social · 8d

🟡🟢🔴 ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT! 🔴🟢🟡

The wonderful @whitelands.bsky.social will release their second album ‘Sunlight Echoes’ on January 30, 2026.

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · 25d

A great record deserves a repressing! Some info on a neon green version of 'Swallow' by @stevequeralt.bsky.social is below 👇

Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social · 26d

Due to demand, we've repressed ‘Swallow’, the stunning solo debut by @stevequeralt.bsky.social on neon green vinyl.

It features guest vocals by @emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social and Verity Susman and will be in all good record shops from October 17.

Pre-order now: linktr.ee/stevequeralt...

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Steve Queralt @stevequeralt.bsky.social · Jul 8

The mix I did for nts.live is up at www.nts.live/shows/guests... From DnB to Goth and back again. Thanks to @soniccathedral.bsky.social @debbieball.bsky.social & @briandavidstevens.bsky.social for the 📸

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jul 7

I do! @wadeywade.bsky.social's writing is a thing of joy. And then some, when reviewing the revamped #SoftCell Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing:

"a contact high so strong that you’ll be off your tits for the ensuing 26 tracks on the 2CD. Fab."

Tysm Ian 🙏💛🙏😃

Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · Jul 7

it's the return of my MusicOMH column if you like that sort of thing

www.musicomh.com/features/spo...

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Steve Queralt @stevequeralt.bsky.social · Jul 5

My ‘Swallow Songs’ mix for NTS is now online. The mix takes you through some of the musical inspirations for my solo debut album ‘Swallow’ on soniccathedral.bsky.social Featuring tracks from M83 to Mark Pritchard and Joy Division to Ben Lucas Boysen. Enjoy. Pic @briandavidstevens.bsky.social

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jul 1

Big thanks @diymag.com and Peter Martin for including @whitelands.bsky.social new sizzling political pop song in NEU Bulletin ❤️🔥

DIY @diymag.com · Jun 27

The Neu Bulletin (Folk Bitch Trio, For Nina, Nectar Woode and more!): DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

The Neu Bulletin (Folk Bitch Trio, For Nina, Nectar Woode and more!)

DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

diymag.com

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jun 28

Some Saturday listening including the new @whitelands.bsky.social single. Thanks Kate and all at @getinherears.bsky.social ❤️

Get In Her Ears @getinherears.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎧 LISTEN BACK to our latest #SohoRadio show via #Mixcloud! 🎧

Link here: getinherears.com/2025/06/27/l...

❤️‍🔥 There's loads of #NewMusic for you to check out & there's a chat with Kaoru from #TheDeadZoo about the #PostPunk band’s upcoming debut album ‘Suspects’! ❤️‍🔥 (1/2)

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jun 23

Big thanks from me too Ned :)

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · Jun 20

More weekly music thoughts, free to read as ever. This time out, talking about new singles by Whitelands, Nourished by Time and Four Tet as well as the new Pixel Grip album. www.patreon.com/posts/some-w...

The single artwork for the new Whitelands song, featuring what look like white and gray strands of hair on a black blackground, overlaid with my Patreon info.

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jun 22

🙏❤️ @clashmusic.com @whitelands.bsky.social new single praise:

"Imagine Swervedriver covering The Clash with some Spike Jonze thematics in the lyrics and you wouldn’t be a million miles away – the searing political edge matches the barbed, needle-in-the-red sonics"
www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...

Whitelands Channel Political Defiance On 'Heat Of The Summer' | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Whitelands have shared their potent new single 'Heat Of The Summer'. The band emerged from London's lo-fi underground, with their noise pop DIY

www.clashmusic.com

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jun 20

Busy week for me 😛 Today sees the release of Soft Cell's revamped stone cold classic remix album 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing' - and it is @thequietus.com's Reissue of the Week! Big thanks to @paddyclarke.bsky.social 🙌

The Quietus @thequietus.com · Jun 20

Seedy English vignettes supercharged by the bombast of New York's superclubs – the world's first modern remix album found Soft Cell on a seesaw between hedonism and self-destruction...

Reissue of the Week: #SoftCell’s Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing

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Soft Cell’s Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing album cover. The duo pictured amongst the title, band name and musical notes.

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Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social · Jun 18

Steve Queralt of Ride recently released his album “Swallow” via Sonic Cathedral. Here is our review. “‘Swallow’ is a testament to atmosphere in music, whose best moments are a beautifully brooding journey filled with ambiance and emotion.”

www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/swal...

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Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social · Jun 20

Following the release of their new single ‘Heat Of The Summer’, @whitelands.bsky.social have announced their biggest headline show to date at @corsicastudios.bsky.social in London on November 20.

Tickets are on sale now: linktr.ee/whitelandsband

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Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social · Jun 20

London shoegaze outfit Whitelands (whitelands.bsky.social) have shared the new single “Heat of the Summer” along with a video directed by Cameron Perry. The single is out now via Sonic Cathedral (soniccathedral.bsky.social).

www.undertheradarmag.com/news/whitela...

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · May 27

We are currently just a few short of our target 2000 subscribers that'll help sustain The Quietus over the coming year. Will you edge us over the line by taking advantage of the huge discounts in our spring sale?

thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

The Quietus Spring Subscriber Sale is Here! | The Quietus

It’s now exactly a year since The Quietus regenerated, and we got to consign our ancient, anxiety-inducing, terminally tottering original site to the knacker’s yard after 16 fraught years of service, ...

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Whitelands @whitelands.bsky.social · Jun 19

Pleased to announce we are headlining corsica studios on 20th November, new songs, bigger amps, see you there. Tickets on sale from tomorrow 10am Friday 20th June. Link in bio☀️

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · Jun 19

Luigi Mangione has inspired a beautiful dream pop song

Whitelands Share New Song "Heat Of The Summer": Listen

Luigi Mangione has inspired a beautiful dream pop song. Whitelands — the British band who released Night-bound Eyes Are Blind To The Day last year and opened for Slowdive’s tour — are back with the eu...

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Debbie Ball @debbieball.bsky.social · Jun 19

Beyond the pop sheen, the new @whitelands.bsky.social single has a politically potent message at its core, calling for solidarity in the age of authoritarianism.

As @stereogum.bsky.social says in New Music

“Luigi Mangione has inspired a beautiful dream pop song.”
www.stereogum.com/2312262/whit...

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