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. Ecology https://www.instagram.com/black_arches_hastings
New arrival by @drtombolton.bsky.social via @strangeattractor.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New arrival by @drtombolton.bsky.social via @strangeattractor.bsky.social
This Saturday catch Black Arches doing our weird thing with Sexton Ming at our first ever London show, supporting Japanese psych band Quajaku at the Strongroom in Shoreditch. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
August 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This Saturday catch Black Arches doing our weird thing with Sexton Ming at our first ever London show, supporting Japanese psych band Quajaku at the Strongroom in Shoreditch. Tickets: www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
Short snippet of yesterday's noisy shenanigans - Black Arches with Sexton Ming at Tough Love records in St Leonards
June 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Short snippet of yesterday's noisy shenanigans - Black Arches with Sexton Ming at Tough Love records in St Leonards
Getting all the right notes in the wrong order tomorrow afternoon at Tough Love record shop in St Leonards.
June 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting all the right notes in the wrong order tomorrow afternoon at Tough Love record shop in St Leonards.
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk Hi Paul - details of tomorrow afternoon's gig (if you happen to be free)
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk Hi Paul - details of tomorrow afternoon's gig (if you happen to be free)
"Like trauma regression therapy carried out in the back room of a jazz club" - great review by @spennyt.bsky.social of Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social in the latest issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Like trauma regression therapy carried out in the back room of a jazz club" - great review by @spennyt.bsky.social of Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album via @rocketrecordings.bsky.social in the latest issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
The sadness in its eyes...
May 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The sadness in its eyes...
The couples you meet on the street.
May 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The couples you meet on the street.
A few shots of our townsfolk from yesterday's Jack-in-the-Green shenanigans (Hastings edition).
May 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A few shots of our townsfolk from yesterday's Jack-in-the-Green shenanigans (Hastings edition).
Sexton Ming (masked) and me (knob twiddling) on stage - come and check us out in our first ever Black Arches London gig in August, supporting the Japanese heavy psych band QUJAKU www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Sexton Ming (masked) and me (knob twiddling) on stage - come and check us out in our first ever Black Arches London gig in August, supporting the Japanese heavy psych band QUJAKU www.gigantic.com/other-side-p...
I'm spinning a few of my favourite Fall tracks at this tomorrow night.
April 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm spinning a few of my favourite Fall tracks at this tomorrow night.
Clip of Black Arches' Easter Friday live session at Wow and Flutter record shop in Hastings. Tickets for our London show in August here:
www.gigantic.com/osp-presents...
www.gigantic.com/osp-presents...
April 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Clip of Black Arches' Easter Friday live session at Wow and Flutter record shop in Hastings. Tickets for our London show in August here:
www.gigantic.com/osp-presents...
www.gigantic.com/osp-presents...
The Grin of the Demented Machine God...or 'variations on a rusted winch on the beach at Dungeness'
April 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Grin of the Demented Machine God...or 'variations on a rusted winch on the beach at Dungeness'
'Bin Day'. A slice of everyday urban psychedelia. Video by me, music by Black Arches with Sexton Ming -watch/listen here: youtu.be/OXvHXTFfI-w?...
April 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
'Bin Day'. A slice of everyday urban psychedelia. Video by me, music by Black Arches with Sexton Ming -watch/listen here: youtu.be/OXvHXTFfI-w?...
"According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring" - William Carlos Williams
when Icarus fell
it was spring" - William Carlos Williams
April 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring" - William Carlos Williams
when Icarus fell
it was spring" - William Carlos Williams
"The universe is a machine for the making of Gods.”
— Henri Bergson
— Henri Bergson
April 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"The universe is a machine for the making of Gods.”
— Henri Bergson
— Henri Bergson
Broke down engines
April 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Broke down engines
Sound mirrors in the sun
April 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sound mirrors in the sun
Impressed by my stepson's minimalist design concept for his Easter bonnet. For some reason he also fried the egg and put it in the fridge.
April 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Impressed by my stepson's minimalist design concept for his Easter bonnet. For some reason he also fried the egg and put it in the fridge.
This just slid through the letterbox - a new collection of weird stories from the reliably excellent @willwiles.bsky.social via @saltpublishing.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This just slid through the letterbox - a new collection of weird stories from the reliably excellent @willwiles.bsky.social via @saltpublishing.com
Postie just delivered the triple vinyl edition of Cindy Lee's hypnogogic pop opus 'Diamond Jubilee'. Bonus points for a cover photo of the Alberta Terminals grain elevator - for ye nerds out there, here's more info on the 'grain elevators of Canada' www.grainelevators.ca/alberta/leth...
March 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Postie just delivered the triple vinyl edition of Cindy Lee's hypnogogic pop opus 'Diamond Jubilee'. Bonus points for a cover photo of the Alberta Terminals grain elevator - for ye nerds out there, here's more info on the 'grain elevators of Canada' www.grainelevators.ca/alberta/leth...
This week I was interviewed on Urgent FM in Belgium about Black Arches' new album 'Folly' - along with an airing of our smash hit 'This is What Admin Does to You' www.mixcloud.com/urgentfm/the...
March 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This week I was interviewed on Urgent FM in Belgium about Black Arches' new album 'Folly' - along with an airing of our smash hit 'This is What Admin Does to You' www.mixcloud.com/urgentfm/the...
Gorsedd Circle, Merthyr Tydfil (erected 1900. Hub cap circa 2019.)
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Gorsedd Circle, Merthyr Tydfil (erected 1900. Hub cap circa 2019.)
Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' is the penultimate entry in this handsome hardback - 'Out Of The Void – The Art Of Rocket Recordings: 1998 – 2024' rocketrecordings.com/products/out...
March 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Black Arches with Sexton Ming's album 'Folly' is the penultimate entry in this handsome hardback - 'Out Of The Void – The Art Of Rocket Recordings: 1998 – 2024' rocketrecordings.com/products/out...
One more pylon lover gone...
March 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
One more pylon lover gone...