Gareth E. Rees
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Gareth E. Rees
@garetherees.bsky.social
Guitar/vocals in psych-noise band, Black Arches. Author of Unofficial Britain, Car Park Life, Sunken Lands, Marshland & more. Psychogeography. Mythology. Music. Ecology. https://www.instagram.com/black_arches_hastings
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Been an influx of new people here, so by way of (re)introduction, I wrote some books about place, memory and mythology, pictured below. Fiction, non-fiction and the zone in between. I have since moved on to making music and writing lyrics. Eventually, there will be silence.
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2020 #82
The final book finished in 2020 was this eclectic novel full of psychogeography and strange goings on in Hastings from @garetherees.bsky.social and @influxpress.bsky.social . There's some blurb in the alt text as usual and this remains one of my personal favourite.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This was one of the locations I explored in 'Unofficial Britain': the site of the former steelworks where my grandfather and uncle worked in the '70s. share.google/vpOu9fvu4J03...
Wrexham: 'Creepy' sculptures appear near former Brymbo Steelworks
The statues prompted a flurry of speculation among locals before their origin was revealed.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Hackney-based artist, Nick Jensen has made a series of paintings inspired by my book 'Marshland' for his exhibition at the Paul Smith Gallery, which includes a new short fiction I penned for the occasion www.meer.com/en/102905-dr... cc @influxpress.bsky.social
Driftwood dragon
16 Jan — 15 Mar 2026 at the Paul Smith Gallery in London, United Kingdom
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January 21, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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the sheer weirdness of Victorian classifieds
January 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Afrosound - El Regreso de E.T. el Extraterrestre [Colombia, Cumbia/Afrobeat/Disco/Space/Rock] [1983] - this is just crazy as it sounds
https://redd.it/518rng
https://youtu.be/R_5xtN8CUYk
Afrosound - El Regreso de E.T. el Extraterrestre [Colombia, Cumbia/Afrobeat/Disco/Space/Rock] [1983] - this is just crazy as it sounds
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December 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In March, we released 'Folly' a collaboration with Sexton Ming on @rocketrecordings.bsky.social blackarches.bandcamp.com/album/black-... "The Arches trio cover every blade of astral grass with rare Faust-cubed abstraction." - The Quietus
Black Arches with Sexton Ming - Folly, by Black Arches
7 track album
blackarches.bandcamp.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
And I made a video about bins youtu.be/OXvHXTFfI-w?...
Black Arches With Sexton Ming – Bin Day
YouTube video by Rocket Recordings
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December 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Also this year, I played some guitar and shouted some vocals on some of the tracks on 'Things that never happened' by Black Adastra @blackadastra.bsky.social
on.soundcloud.com/C0rENUavzU9Z...
Things that never happened
Available on vinyl from elastic stage
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December 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
From earlier this year - my tuppenceworth on inner city motorways and cardigans - 'Monstrosities Mon Amour: Junction 3 of the M32 in Bristol' - with @grindrod.bsky.social johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: Junction 3 of the M32 in Bristol with Gareth E Rees
#5. John Grindrod meets writer Gareth E Rees to explore the strange hidden life of a pedestrian junction of a motorway and the haunted power of cardigans.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wrote a micro piece about midwinter sunshine and interstellar visitors for @necessaryfiction.com's 'Points of Light' necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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2020 #55
My first encounter with the distinctive work of @garetherees.bsky.social , one of the best chroniclers of modern Britain around. Love the quote that described this as a "retail park Heart of Darkness." 😄 There's info in the alt text and I loved it. @influxpress.bsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Day 2 of our solstice gathering features writing by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, Catherine Reedy, Kendra Cardin, @garetherees.bsky.social, @nonabiding.bsky.social, @erinkeane.bsky.social, @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social, Lleyton Michael Kane, and Warren Stoddard II. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Day One of our solstice gathering features writing by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social, @travisflatt.bsky.social, @raymondbrunell.bsky.social, @eileentomarchio.bsky.social, @janewords.bsky.social, Talya Byrd, Carol M. Quinn, Tanya Kornilovich, and Joe Kalovac. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
28 days later on the Forth Road Bridge....
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The crossing.
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Spent the past few nights in a pre-WWI gun battery on the Firth of Forth trove.scot share.google/vr3egGRKvcjD...
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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"The Arches trio cover every blade of astral grass with rare Faust-cubed abstraction."

Great to see Black Arches & Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' in @thequietus.com's 'Best New Weird Britain Albums of 2025':

thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
New Weird Britain: 2025 in Review by Noel Gardner | The Quietus
Not content to merely look back at the last 12 months of New Weird Britain’s musical content, fine as it’s been, this evening I’ve looked back eight years to the first of these year-ending listicle bu...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New Weird Britain: 2025 in review @thequietus.com features Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' thequietus.com/tq-charts/co...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Occult connections in North Queensferry
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A herd of sauropods migrates south across the firth.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Life beneath the bridge.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Been getting up close and personal with this bridge.
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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To celebrate the 1st of December we have compiled a 'Best of 2025' playlist of tracks taken from all our Rocket's releases from this year.

It is not really a 'Best Of', just a selection of tracks we have picked - one track per release.

Listen here:

Soundcloud:
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December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Watch Black Arches + Sexton Ming performing the track 'The Sailors Daughter', filmed live at the Other Side Promotion's show at Strongroom in London on 16 August 2025:

youtu.be/GsERp-1YlSI

Pick up one of the last copies of the band's debut album 'Folly' here:
rocketrecordings.com/products/folly
Black Arches With Sexton Ming – The Sailor's Daughter (Live at Strongroom)
YouTube video by Rocket Recordings
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November 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM