Adrian
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social
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
All views my own.
Freq: https://freq.org.uk/tag/adrian
All views my own.
My first @freqzine.bsky.social piece for 2026... ⤵️
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social opens 2026's reviews with two releases via @precrecs.bsky.social from the Twinsets and @jetstreampony.bsky.social #bbcsessions #musicreview
freq.org.uk/reviews/the-...
freq.org.uk/reviews/the-...
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
My first @freqzine.bsky.social piece for 2026... ⤵️
This is a touching, entertaining and illuminating interview, that I've just caught up with quite belatedly...🎙️⤵️
989!
"Bundy" K. Brown, Glenn Kotche & Jim O'Rourke on Tim Barnes
hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
💰: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-989...
☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_nt3DEGk
vk: bit.ly/4n8A2JD
🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna
@steamroom.bsky.social @fkabundy.bsky.social
"Bundy" K. Brown, Glenn Kotche & Jim O'Rourke on Tim Barnes
hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
💰: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-989...
☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_nt3DEGk
vk: bit.ly/4n8A2JD
🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna
@steamroom.bsky.social @fkabundy.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
This is a touching, entertaining and illuminating interview, that I've just caught up with quite belatedly...🎙️⤵️
My last review of 2025 for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
@acloudtotheback.bsky.social asserts that "Impostor Syndrome is arguably one of 2025’s best late-arriving aural pleasures. Don’t let it go unnoticed amidst mid-winter merriment and hibernation"; on #garedunordrecords #musicreview
Alex Marker and Ben Reed – Impostor Syndrome https://freq.org.uk/reviews/marker-reed-impostor/ Whilst the arrestingly cheesy-peculiar front cover .. is rather offputtingly redolent of something you might easily flick past in a car boot sale crate of […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My last review of 2025 for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
My new Q&A feature with Matt Pond for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
#MattPondPA interviewed by @acloudtotheback.bsky.social “I wouldn’t trade lives with anyone — this is who I am.. I love making things — songs, videos, collections of dreams — I keep pushing myself to crack some unseeable code." freq.org.uk/reviews/matt... #musicinterview #musicreview #interview
December 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My new Q&A feature with Matt Pond for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
Feeling the aural benefits today of more intimate elemental essaying from @robertdallasgray.com, with blends of early-Brokeback, Labradford and The Durutti Column. ➡️https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com/album/missals
Missals, by Robert Dallas Gray
6 track album
robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Feeling the aural benefits today of more intimate elemental essaying from @robertdallasgray.com, with blends of early-Brokeback, Labradford and The Durutti Column. ➡️https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com/album/missals
Another new review from me on @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
Tulpa – Monster Of The Week https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tulpa-monster-of-the-week/ after a snaky Sebadoh-infused instrumental prologue to usher us in (“Theme”), we’re firmly thrust into a series of tune-stuffed songs, with Josie’s magnetic vocals pulling […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Another new review from me on @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
My @freqzine.bsky.social review of the new @fuzzylightsband.bsky.social LP...⤵️
Fuzzy Lights – Fen Creatures https://freq.org.uk/reviews/fuzzy-lights-fen-creatures/ Having recalibrated themselves somewhat with 2021’s towering epic Burials, Cambridge’s https://bsky.app/profile/fuzzylightsband.bsky.social return belatedly with the logical […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My @freqzine.bsky.social review of the new @fuzzylightsband.bsky.social LP...⤵️
A fine account (with awesome pictures to boot) by @freqzine.bsky.social's @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social of a transcendental Tortoise stage outing in Bristol.
@intlanthem.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
Tortoise / Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer (live at The Prospect Building) https://freq.org.uk/reviews/tortoise-live-2025/ ...those open-ended adventurers flew fiery from the start. Nevada(ry) soft focus they descend -- all desert twilights and snaky […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A fine account (with awesome pictures to boot) by @freqzine.bsky.social's @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social of a transcendental Tortoise stage outing in Bristol.
@intlanthem.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
Reposted by Adrian
"Hydrology commandingly recalls and fuses together filaments of vintage kosmische, New Age ambience, Brian Eno, Sam Prekop’s latter-day solo works, whilst adding Yorke’s own distinct and enthralling imprint on top of it all"
tysm @freqzine.bsky.social + @acloudtotheback.bsky.social 😌
tysm @freqzine.bsky.social + @acloudtotheback.bsky.social 😌
Hydrology (DiN94), by Loula Yorke
6 track album
din7d.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Hydrology commandingly recalls and fuses together filaments of vintage kosmische, New Age ambience, Brian Eno, Sam Prekop’s latter-day solo works, whilst adding Yorke’s own distinct and enthralling imprint on top of it all"
tysm @freqzine.bsky.social + @acloudtotheback.bsky.social 😌
tysm @freqzine.bsky.social + @acloudtotheback.bsky.social 😌
Reposted by Adrian
Another review in for 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the new album from @loulayorke.bsky.social over @freqzine.bsky.social.
freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
"Across its recordings, osmotically expanded over 42 minutes, the DiN-dispensed Hydrology could be her finest and most approachable outing to date".
freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
"Across its recordings, osmotically expanded over 42 minutes, the DiN-dispensed Hydrology could be her finest and most approachable outing to date".
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Corporal / Sister Ray Davies - Holy Island / Perrache - Letter To Jane EP / Loula Yorke - Hydrology / Polypores - Hungry Vortex
There is undoubtedly no productivity crisis in the broad spheres of nouveau shoegaze and DIY electronica, with complementary manoeuvres and convergence playing out between them to boot. This is certai...
freq.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Another review in for 'Hydrology' (DiN94), the new album from @loulayorke.bsky.social over @freqzine.bsky.social.
freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
"Across its recordings, osmotically expanded over 42 minutes, the DiN-dispensed Hydrology could be her finest and most approachable outing to date".
freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
"Across its recordings, osmotically expanded over 42 minutes, the DiN-dispensed Hydrology could be her finest and most approachable outing to date".
My latest review bundle for @freqzine.bsky.social at: freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My latest review bundle for @freqzine.bsky.social at: freq.org.uk/reviews/nove...
Still listening to this sublime album...⤵️
This is a really beatific belated discovery today...➡️ kisses5eva.bandcamp.com/album/kisses
kisses, by kisses
8 track album
kisses5eva.bandcamp.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Still listening to this sublime album...⤵️
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
A passionate @freqzine.bsky.social take from @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social on the latest Lush archival release, worth some of your weekend reading time.
@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
@skepwax.bsky.social
There now follows a short public information film containing particulars of Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires' autumn tour.
youtu.be/kzJQPPr2FzE?...
youtu.be/kzJQPPr2FzE?...
Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires- No Sleep Til Herne Bay
YouTube video by Skep Wax
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@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
@skepwax.bsky.social
My freshest review for @freqzine.bsky.social...
@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-...
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My freshest review for @freqzine.bsky.social...
ICYMI: my take on the still-fresh new Tortoise LP for @freqzine.bsky.social...
@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...
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ICYMI: my take on the still-fresh new Tortoise LP for @freqzine.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)
(@derrymick.bsky.social)
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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)
(@derrymick.bsky.social)
My latest @precrecs.bsky.social archival release review for @freqzine.bsky.social...⤵️
@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-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My latest @precrecs.bsky.social archival release review for @freqzine.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
This is a really beatific belated discovery today...➡️ kisses5eva.bandcamp.com/album/kisses
My thoughts on the new Tortoise LP for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
@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...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My thoughts on the new Tortoise LP for @freqzine.bsky.social... ⤵️
Agreed...
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
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Agreed...
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
This sounds like a promisingly sublime collaboration...➡️ marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/track/melted...
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
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...
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
A really lovely new low-key side-release from @ianbutton.bsky.social's Papernut Cambridge worth checking out...➡️ papernutcambridge.bandcamp.com/album/tape-s...
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
@skepwax.bsky.social / @slumberlandrecords.com
September's #indiepop round-up from @acloudtotheback.bsky.social includes LPs from The Cords, The Last Of The Lovely Days and
@thisistheloves.bsky.social @simonloverules.bsky.social
via @precrecs.bsky.social
@skepwax.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com
freq.org.uk/reviews/sept...
@thisistheloves.bsky.social @simonloverules.bsky.social
via @precrecs.bsky.social
@skepwax.bsky.social @slumberlandrecords.com
freq.org.uk/reviews/sept...
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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
@skepwax.bsky.social / @slumberlandrecords.com