It’s that time of year again. Yes, the Spectral Nights Top 5 albums of the past 12 months. There have been some exciting new releases and long-awaited returns in 2024. Now it’s time to celebrate some of our favourites. As always, it’s important to note music is not a competition hence we’re hesitant to use…
With parenthood, redundancy, job hunting, a very busy new job and a steam-powered laptop all taking up time, we’ve not been able to post anywhere near as much as we’d like to throughout 2023 – but we still love music and what’s December without some Top 5s. Here is five of our favourite tracks of…
Bill Ryder-Jones has shared ‘This Can’t Go On’ – the first song from upcoming fifth album ‘Iechyd Da’ (out on 12 January 2024). Featuring stirring strings from a 1978 Flashlight song, it finds Bill recounting walking the streets at night while feeling lost and empty, describing how he wants to be ‘your dog’ and how…
Dublin’s Bedrooms have shared ‘For Today’ ahead of the release of their debut EP ‘The Afterglow’ in April. The band recorded the new songs with Bill Ryder-Jones and they incorporate the same kind of emotional and sonic space as the singer-songwriter and producer’s solo material into this track. Bedrooms bassist Dane Staunton says: ”For Today’ is…
Following an appearance at Glastonbury Festival and ahead of the release of ‘Yawny Yawn’ (a piano and vocals version of last year’s ‘Yawn’ album – Pre-order via Dom Mart now) Bill Ryder-Jones has shared a goosebump-inducing video for ‘And Then There’s You’. The stripped-back nature gives more focus on the reflective lyrics as the lead character…
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