Debbie Ball
@debbieball.bsky.social
Design features doctoral researcher currently in social media rehab. Eternal music fan.
Data and Society lecturer at University of Westminster. Music pr at Create Spark, representing Big Joanie, Whitelands, Andy Bell (Ride), Soft Cell & more.
Data and Society lecturer at University of Westminster. Music pr at Create Spark, representing Big Joanie, Whitelands, Andy Bell (Ride), Soft Cell & more.
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Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I get to interview my favourite modern Shoegaze band @whitelands.bsky.social about their awesome new album! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Sunlight Echoes and Serendipty - Jonathan Thornton catches up with modern shoegaze heroes Whitelands in advance of their brilliant second album ...the latest story in Outsideleft
Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Sunlight Echoes and Serendipty
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January 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I get to interview my favourite modern Shoegaze band @whitelands.bsky.social about their awesome new album! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
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Join @whitelands.bsky.social for a @bandcamp.com Listening Party for their new album ‘Sunlight Echoes‘ at 8pm (GMT) on Wednesday, January 28.
Hear the stories behind their stunning second record from the band themselves, and hear it in full a couple days before it’s released.
Hear the stories behind their stunning second record from the band themselves, and hear it in full a couple days before it’s released.
January 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Join @whitelands.bsky.social for a @bandcamp.com Listening Party for their new album ‘Sunlight Echoes‘ at 8pm (GMT) on Wednesday, January 28.
Hear the stories behind their stunning second record from the band themselves, and hear it in full a couple days before it’s released.
Hear the stories behind their stunning second record from the band themselves, and hear it in full a couple days before it’s released.
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📻 TODAY 📻 We'll be LIVE on #SohoRadio from 4-6pm!
🎸 Join us for an eclectic mix of #NewMusic & for a chat with future #shoegaze icons @whitelands.bsky.social about their upcoming album #SunlightEchoes & more! 🎸
🎧 Listen via DAB / Soho Radio’s app / www.sohoradio.com 🎧
🎸 Join us for an eclectic mix of #NewMusic & for a chat with future #shoegaze icons @whitelands.bsky.social about their upcoming album #SunlightEchoes & more! 🎸
🎧 Listen via DAB / Soho Radio’s app / www.sohoradio.com 🎧
January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
📻 TODAY 📻 We'll be LIVE on #SohoRadio from 4-6pm!
🎸 Join us for an eclectic mix of #NewMusic & for a chat with future #shoegaze icons @whitelands.bsky.social about their upcoming album #SunlightEchoes & more! 🎸
🎧 Listen via DAB / Soho Radio’s app / www.sohoradio.com 🎧
🎸 Join us for an eclectic mix of #NewMusic & for a chat with future #shoegaze icons @whitelands.bsky.social about their upcoming album #SunlightEchoes & more! 🎸
🎧 Listen via DAB / Soho Radio’s app / www.sohoradio.com 🎧
Big love to @thelineofbestfit.com for sharing @whitelands.bsky.social heavy, dreamy new track 'Blankspace'. Listen below 👇💙
London shoegaze band Whitelands explore grief and mortality on new single, "Blankspace", the latest preview of their upcoming album, Sunlight Echoes.
Whitelands reveal new single, "Blankspace"
London shoegaze outfit Whitelands have shared new song, "Blankspace", the fourth single from their upcoming album Sunlight Echoes.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Big love to @thelineofbestfit.com for sharing @whitelands.bsky.social heavy, dreamy new track 'Blankspace'. Listen below 👇💙
Things are nicely hotting up for @whitelands.bsky.social new album 'Sunlight Echoes', with NME and @brooklynvegan.bsky.social including them in their most anticipated albums of 2026!
Read all about it here
www.nme.com/features/mus...
And here
www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...
Read all about it here
www.nme.com/features/mus...
And here
www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...
NME’s most anticipated album releases of 2026
2026 is shaping up to be a banger of a year. Here are NME’s most anticipated album releases of 2026 – check them out
www.nme.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Things are nicely hotting up for @whitelands.bsky.social new album 'Sunlight Echoes', with NME and @brooklynvegan.bsky.social including them in their most anticipated albums of 2026!
Read all about it here
www.nme.com/features/mus...
And here
www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...
Read all about it here
www.nme.com/features/mus...
And here
www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...
Featuring #SoftCell's proto-remix classic Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing reissue at number two no less. Thanks @thequietus.com and @paddyclarke.bsky.social 💙
"not just Soft Cell’s greatest individual recording, but one of the greatest in the wider history of dance music."
#tQCharts
"not just Soft Cell’s greatest individual recording, but one of the greatest in the wider history of dance music."
#tQCharts
Our chart rundowns continue with The Quietus Reissues (etc.) of the Year. The (etc) covers everything else that’s excited our ears this year, including compilations, live albums, posthumous releases, DJ mixes and box sets. Dive in! #tQCharts
tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Featuring #SoftCell's proto-remix classic Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing reissue at number two no less. Thanks @thequietus.com and @paddyclarke.bsky.social 💙
"not just Soft Cell’s greatest individual recording, but one of the greatest in the wider history of dance music."
#tQCharts
"not just Soft Cell’s greatest individual recording, but one of the greatest in the wider history of dance music."
#tQCharts
Not so on my music brand but a cheering post for a Sunday morning. This account is great 😊
We have enjoyed this afternoon. Dad's cold didn't develop. Hope by now you have your 3 piece suite. It's a nuisance about your carpet.
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Not so on my music brand but a cheering post for a Sunday morning. This account is great 😊
⚡ Big thanks to @brooklynvegan.bsky.social for featuring @whitelands.bsky.social as their top track in New Songs out Today ⚡
www.brooklynvegan.com/16-new-songs...
@soniccathedral.bsky.social
www.brooklynvegan.com/16-new-songs...
@soniccathedral.bsky.social
16 New Songs Out Today
Hear new songs by Sleaford Mods, Drugdealer, Whitelands, The Leaving (mems Chvrches), Mariachi El Bronx, Deniro Farrar, and more.
www.brooklynvegan.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
⚡ Big thanks to @brooklynvegan.bsky.social for featuring @whitelands.bsky.social as their top track in New Songs out Today ⚡
www.brooklynvegan.com/16-new-songs...
@soniccathedral.bsky.social
www.brooklynvegan.com/16-new-songs...
@soniccathedral.bsky.social
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Hear Whitelands' beautiful new song "Songbird (Forever)"
Whitelands Share New Song "Songbird (Forever)": Listen
London’s Whitelands have so far previewed their new album Sunlight Echoes with the beautiful shoegaze earworms “Heat Of The Summer” and “Glance,” and today they’re back with another great one called “...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Hear Whitelands' beautiful new song "Songbird (Forever)"
Wonderful words from Robin at @clashmusic.com
on the new @whitelands.bsky.social single 'Songbird (Forever)':
"An evocative piece of songwriting...A piece of music to fully immerse yourself in". Agreed that the video is so reflective, it's life affirming stuff: www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...
on the new @whitelands.bsky.social single 'Songbird (Forever)':
"An evocative piece of songwriting...A piece of music to fully immerse yourself in". Agreed that the video is so reflective, it's life affirming stuff: www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...
Whitelands Share Evocative 'Songbird (Forever)' Video | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
Whitelands have shared the evocative video for new single 'Songbird (Forever)'. The band emerged from London's DIY underground, with Whitelands moving
www.clashmusic.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wonderful words from Robin at @clashmusic.com
on the new @whitelands.bsky.social single 'Songbird (Forever)':
"An evocative piece of songwriting...A piece of music to fully immerse yourself in". Agreed that the video is so reflective, it's life affirming stuff: www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...
on the new @whitelands.bsky.social single 'Songbird (Forever)':
"An evocative piece of songwriting...A piece of music to fully immerse yourself in". Agreed that the video is so reflective, it's life affirming stuff: www.clashmusic.com/news/whitela...
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Listen to the single, pre-order the album and grab a ticket for tonight’s show at Corsica Studios in London – with support from Adele Dazeem – here: linktr.ee/whitelandsband
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Listen to the single, pre-order the album and grab a ticket for tonight’s show at Corsica Studios in London – with support from Adele Dazeem – here: linktr.ee/whitelandsband
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Tonight
19:00 doors
19:45 adeledazeem
20:15 whitelands
22:00 curfew!
19:00 doors
19:45 adeledazeem
20:15 whitelands
22:00 curfew!
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tonight
19:00 doors
19:45 adeledazeem
20:15 whitelands
22:00 curfew!
19:00 doors
19:45 adeledazeem
20:15 whitelands
22:00 curfew!
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The new @whitelands.bsky.social single ‘Songbird (Forever)’ is out now.
The song is taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Sunlight Echoes’ (out on January 30) and is available on all digital platforms...
The song is taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Sunlight Echoes’ (out on January 30) and is available on all digital platforms...
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The new @whitelands.bsky.social single ‘Songbird (Forever)’ is out now.
The song is taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Sunlight Echoes’ (out on January 30) and is available on all digital platforms...
The song is taken from their forthcoming second album ‘Sunlight Echoes’ (out on January 30) and is available on all digital platforms...
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January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
Men At War – Lusting Loving Fighting Remembering 1939-1945
Join author Luke Turner to explore how the social upheaval of the Second World War had a profound impact on the sex lives of Londoners.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
The entirely excellent human and talented musician @stevequeralt.bsky.social talks to @clashmusic.com about his sublime debut 'Swallow'. And if you haven't heard Steve's elegiac debut full of incredible heavy, gauzy instrumentals and a couple of indie rock bangers, what's keeping you?? 💙
@rideox4official.bsky.social bassist Steve Queralt is a formative figure in the evolution of shoegaze - yet he's never embraced his solo identity, until now.
Speaking to CLASH, he goes deep on the process behind new album 'Swallow'.
www.clashmusic.com/features/rid...
Speaking to CLASH, he goes deep on the process behind new album 'Swallow'.
www.clashmusic.com/features/rid...
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The entirely excellent human and talented musician @stevequeralt.bsky.social talks to @clashmusic.com about his sublime debut 'Swallow'. And if you haven't heard Steve's elegiac debut full of incredible heavy, gauzy instrumentals and a couple of indie rock bangers, what's keeping you?? 💙
A wonderful, heartfelt tribute to Dave Ball by @paddyclarke.bsky.social for @thequietus.com. It acutely reminds us what a musical trailblazer Dave was, is, and always will be.
Dave Ball of #SoftCell and #TheGrid, should be remembered as a hitmaker, but as one of the most ceaselessly explorative, pioneering musicians of his generation, says Patrick Clarke
Remembering #DaveBall
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Remembering #DaveBall
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October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A wonderful, heartfelt tribute to Dave Ball by @paddyclarke.bsky.social for @thequietus.com. It acutely reminds us what a musical trailblazer Dave was, is, and always will be.
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now blasting This Last Night... In Sodom, such an astonishing album, how the noisy chaos of Slave To This goes into twinkling pop and then perv goth show tunes Murder My Angel and L'Esqualita, absolutely magnficent. One of the best records of the 80s. RIP.
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Soft Cell's Dave Ball Has Died, Aged 66 | The Quietus
Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell made iconic synth-pop hits like ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Bedsitter’, has died at the age of 66. Representatives for the artist said he “passed away peacefully in his...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
now blasting This Last Night... In Sodom, such an astonishing album, how the noisy chaos of Slave To This goes into twinkling pop and then perv goth show tunes Murder My Angel and L'Esqualita, absolutely magnficent. One of the best records of the 80s. RIP.
thequietus.com/news/soft-ce...
thequietus.com/news/soft-ce...
Thank you @clashmusic.com 🖤
And thank you to the very nice, heartfelt comments to my previous post about Dave Ball. Of course Dave will live on through his music - and he was so prescient in his electronic music work that we can continue to be inspired for years to come.
And thank you to the very nice, heartfelt comments to my previous post about Dave Ball. Of course Dave will live on through his music - and he was so prescient in his electronic music work that we can continue to be inspired for years to come.
Enormously sad news: Soft Cell co-founder and synth pop pioneer Dave Ball has died.
Marc Almond leads the tributes to his band mate of some 46 years.
www.clashmusic.com/news/soft-ce...
Marc Almond leads the tributes to his band mate of some 46 years.
www.clashmusic.com/news/soft-ce...
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thank you @clashmusic.com 🖤
And thank you to the very nice, heartfelt comments to my previous post about Dave Ball. Of course Dave will live on through his music - and he was so prescient in his electronic music work that we can continue to be inspired for years to come.
And thank you to the very nice, heartfelt comments to my previous post about Dave Ball. Of course Dave will live on through his music - and he was so prescient in his electronic music work that we can continue to be inspired for years to come.
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Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died at 66 www.brooklynvegan.com/soft-cells-d...
Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died at 66
"Thank you Dave for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me. I wouldn't be where I am without you" - Marc Almond
www.brooklynvegan.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died at 66 www.brooklynvegan.com/soft-cells-d...
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Soft Cell's Dave Ball dead at 66
Soft Cell’s Dave Ball Dead At 66
Dave Ball, one half of the pioneering synthpop duo Soft Cell, has passed away. Soft Cell’s Instagram account confirms that Ball died peacefully at home in London on Wednesday. No cause of death has be...
www.stereogum.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Soft Cell's Dave Ball dead at 66
Happy 21st @soniccathedral.bsky.social 💛✨
21 years ago tonight, we bought some silver balloons and put @theradiodept.bsky.social on at The Legion in Old Street… and the rest is history! 🎉
October 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy 21st @soniccathedral.bsky.social 💛✨
Dave Ball was a prodigiously talented, warm-hearted & wonderful person to work with over the 7 years I've represented Soft Cell. It's been terribly sad to represent his passing, yet I have done my 'Not Dad' proud in getting the news everywhere
Rest in Power Dave! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Rest in Power Dave! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as one half of Soft Cell, dies aged 66
Synth player and producer had huge success with Tainted Love and other Soft Cell hits, and later returned to UK Top 10 with dance project the Grid
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dave Ball was a prodigiously talented, warm-hearted & wonderful person to work with over the 7 years I've represented Soft Cell. It's been terribly sad to represent his passing, yet I have done my 'Not Dad' proud in getting the news everywhere
Rest in Power Dave! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Rest in Power Dave! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
A delightfully pounding remix of gothic pop dancefloor classic 'Martin' by #SoftCell is featured on @brooklynvegan.bsky.social.
Taken from the 'Martin' EP and lavish 6CD boxset of 'The Art Of Falling Apart', their classic 1983 album, both out 31/10 on UMG
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Taken from the 'Martin' EP and lavish 6CD boxset of 'The Art Of Falling Apart', their classic 1983 album, both out 31/10 on UMG
softcell.lnk.to/TheArtOfFall...
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A delightfully pounding remix of gothic pop dancefloor classic 'Martin' by #SoftCell is featured on @brooklynvegan.bsky.social.
Taken from the 'Martin' EP and lavish 6CD boxset of 'The Art Of Falling Apart', their classic 1983 album, both out 31/10 on UMG
softcell.lnk.to/TheArtOfFall...
Taken from the 'Martin' EP and lavish 6CD boxset of 'The Art Of Falling Apart', their classic 1983 album, both out 31/10 on UMG
softcell.lnk.to/TheArtOfFall...
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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..
October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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..
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 ❤️🔥
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
October 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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 ❤️🔥