O_RLLY band
@o-rlly.bsky.social
DEBUT ALBUM 'Half Life' OUT ON DECEMBER 5th! https://toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com/album/half-life
Post-pandemic synthy guitar pop from Leeds, trying to make sense of where we're all at these days. Posts by Owen.
Post-pandemic synthy guitar pop from Leeds, trying to make sense of where we're all at these days. Posts by Owen.
Not missed anything in the cricket have we? I assume day 1 was steady away, no drama.
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Not missed anything in the cricket have we? I assume day 1 was steady away, no drama.
*RELEASE NEWS*
We are super happy to announce that our debut album Half Life will be released on @toogoodtobetruerec.bsky.social on December 5th!
Pre-order it here: toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com/album/half-l...
#newmusic #synthpop #indiepop
We are super happy to announce that our debut album Half Life will be released on @toogoodtobetruerec.bsky.social on December 5th!
Pre-order it here: toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com/album/half-l...
#newmusic #synthpop #indiepop
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
*RELEASE NEWS*
We are super happy to announce that our debut album Half Life will be released on @toogoodtobetruerec.bsky.social on December 5th!
Pre-order it here: toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com/album/half-l...
#newmusic #synthpop #indiepop
We are super happy to announce that our debut album Half Life will be released on @toogoodtobetruerec.bsky.social on December 5th!
Pre-order it here: toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com/album/half-l...
#newmusic #synthpop #indiepop
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If the Wales On Sunday doesn't go with Evans The Death as their back page headline, in a week celebrating Dylan Thomas, then someone needs sacking. #WalJap
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If the Wales On Sunday doesn't go with Evans The Death as their back page headline, in a week celebrating Dylan Thomas, then someone needs sacking. #WalJap
Whose ears do you have to tickle to get a gig around here anyway?
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Whose ears do you have to tickle to get a gig around here anyway?
Reposted by O_RLLY band
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
#REMtop30
Massive thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for corralling us all in this. It's been a wonderful month of (re)discovery.
And at number one, douze points from the O_RLLY jury...
Massive thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for corralling us all in this. It's been a wonderful month of (re)discovery.
And at number one, douze points from the O_RLLY jury...
September 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#REMtop30
Massive thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for corralling us all in this. It's been a wonderful month of (re)discovery.
And at number one, douze points from the O_RLLY jury...
Massive thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for corralling us all in this. It's been a wonderful month of (re)discovery.
And at number one, douze points from the O_RLLY jury...
#REMtop30
Number 2.
Fall On Me.
Clarion clear, as crisp as a blue-skied winter morning. A love song to the air, interlocking voices spiralling upwards to the wounded heavens. Three minutes of perfection.
Lift your arms up to the sky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHsX...
Number 2.
Fall On Me.
Clarion clear, as crisp as a blue-skied winter morning. A love song to the air, interlocking voices spiralling upwards to the wounded heavens. Three minutes of perfection.
Lift your arms up to the sky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHsX...
Fall On Me
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#REMtop30
Number 2.
Fall On Me.
Clarion clear, as crisp as a blue-skied winter morning. A love song to the air, interlocking voices spiralling upwards to the wounded heavens. Three minutes of perfection.
Lift your arms up to the sky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHsX...
Number 2.
Fall On Me.
Clarion clear, as crisp as a blue-skied winter morning. A love song to the air, interlocking voices spiralling upwards to the wounded heavens. Three minutes of perfection.
Lift your arms up to the sky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHsX...
#REMtop30
Number 3.
You Are The Everything.
The cicadas awaken half-recalled memories of warmth and light. The sound of feeling cocooned and secure. You are safe, and you are loved.
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
and they're there for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9HN...
Number 3.
You Are The Everything.
The cicadas awaken half-recalled memories of warmth and light. The sound of feeling cocooned and secure. You are safe, and you are loved.
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
and they're there for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9HN...
You Are The Everything (Remastered 2013)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#REMtop30
Number 3.
You Are The Everything.
The cicadas awaken half-recalled memories of warmth and light. The sound of feeling cocooned and secure. You are safe, and you are loved.
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
and they're there for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9HN...
Number 3.
You Are The Everything.
The cicadas awaken half-recalled memories of warmth and light. The sound of feeling cocooned and secure. You are safe, and you are loved.
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
and they're there for you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9HN...
#REMtop30
Number 4.
Texarkana.
Widescreen melodrama, hurtling along with the irrepressible growl of Mike Mills' greatest bassline, and the biggest sky of Stipe's howl above. Then those stops. Those perfect stops.
Twenty thousand chances I wasted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16q...
Number 4.
Texarkana.
Widescreen melodrama, hurtling along with the irrepressible growl of Mike Mills' greatest bassline, and the biggest sky of Stipe's howl above. Then those stops. Those perfect stops.
Twenty thousand chances I wasted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16q...
Texarkana
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#REMtop30
Number 4.
Texarkana.
Widescreen melodrama, hurtling along with the irrepressible growl of Mike Mills' greatest bassline, and the biggest sky of Stipe's howl above. Then those stops. Those perfect stops.
Twenty thousand chances I wasted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16q...
Number 4.
Texarkana.
Widescreen melodrama, hurtling along with the irrepressible growl of Mike Mills' greatest bassline, and the biggest sky of Stipe's howl above. Then those stops. Those perfect stops.
Twenty thousand chances I wasted.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16q...
#REMtop30
Number 5.
Find The River.
The final question for all of us is how we end. I wish for all of you that it comes with the grace, dignity and mindfulness of Find The River. No notes.
The river to the ocean goes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJG...
Number 5.
Find The River.
The final question for all of us is how we end. I wish for all of you that it comes with the grace, dignity and mindfulness of Find The River. No notes.
The river to the ocean goes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJG...
R.E.M. - Find The River (Official Music Video) [Parallel Video Version]
YouTube video by remhq
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#REMtop30
Number 5.
Find The River.
The final question for all of us is how we end. I wish for all of you that it comes with the grace, dignity and mindfulness of Find The River. No notes.
The river to the ocean goes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJG...
Number 5.
Find The River.
The final question for all of us is how we end. I wish for all of you that it comes with the grace, dignity and mindfulness of Find The River. No notes.
The river to the ocean goes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJG...
#REMtop30
Number 6.
Shaking Through.
Stealth darkness within the jangle. A Trojan Horse of verse and chorus; descending, ascending, too tuneful to be a single. Oh, and throw in a key change why don't you. Sublime.
Are we grown way too far?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGD8...
Number 6.
Shaking Through.
Stealth darkness within the jangle. A Trojan Horse of verse and chorus; descending, ascending, too tuneful to be a single. Oh, and throw in a key change why don't you. Sublime.
Are we grown way too far?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGD8...
Shaking Through
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#REMtop30
Number 6.
Shaking Through.
Stealth darkness within the jangle. A Trojan Horse of verse and chorus; descending, ascending, too tuneful to be a single. Oh, and throw in a key change why don't you. Sublime.
Are we grown way too far?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGD8...
Number 6.
Shaking Through.
Stealth darkness within the jangle. A Trojan Horse of verse and chorus; descending, ascending, too tuneful to be a single. Oh, and throw in a key change why don't you. Sublime.
Are we grown way too far?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGD8...
#REMtop30
Number 7.
Sweetness Follows.
The stark brutality of that opening line leaves nowhere to hide. Nor would you want to. This is succour, a nod that as you grieve, you're expected to, and therein lies dignity.
We were altogether lost in our little lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aH...
Number 7.
Sweetness Follows.
The stark brutality of that opening line leaves nowhere to hide. Nor would you want to. This is succour, a nod that as you grieve, you're expected to, and therein lies dignity.
We were altogether lost in our little lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aH...
Sweetness Follows
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#REMtop30
Number 7.
Sweetness Follows.
The stark brutality of that opening line leaves nowhere to hide. Nor would you want to. This is succour, a nod that as you grieve, you're expected to, and therein lies dignity.
We were altogether lost in our little lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aH...
Number 7.
Sweetness Follows.
The stark brutality of that opening line leaves nowhere to hide. Nor would you want to. This is succour, a nod that as you grieve, you're expected to, and therein lies dignity.
We were altogether lost in our little lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aH...
#REMtop30
Number 8.
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville.
An early Mills masterstroke. Direct, unashamedly tuneful and *just about hokey enough to soar. When a prank transcends its intention beyond all measure.
You'll be coming back before too long.
youtu.be/jk13QjR96mY?...
Number 8.
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville.
An early Mills masterstroke. Direct, unashamedly tuneful and *just about hokey enough to soar. When a prank transcends its intention beyond all measure.
You'll be coming back before too long.
youtu.be/jk13QjR96mY?...
[Don't Go Back To] Rockville (Remastered 2006)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#REMtop30
Number 8.
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville.
An early Mills masterstroke. Direct, unashamedly tuneful and *just about hokey enough to soar. When a prank transcends its intention beyond all measure.
You'll be coming back before too long.
youtu.be/jk13QjR96mY?...
Number 8.
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville.
An early Mills masterstroke. Direct, unashamedly tuneful and *just about hokey enough to soar. When a prank transcends its intention beyond all measure.
You'll be coming back before too long.
youtu.be/jk13QjR96mY?...
Holy moly, The Beths were *exceptional* last night. Every song fizzing with melody, harmony and heart. They're getting better and better. An absolute privilege to witness. @thebeths.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Holy moly, The Beths were *exceptional* last night. Every song fizzing with melody, harmony and heart. They're getting better and better. An absolute privilege to witness. @thebeths.bsky.social
#REMtop30
Number 9.
How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us.
A dusky dusty soundtrack to an auteur's minimalist western. Nothing on the horizon except a Lady Grinning piano breakdown. Like nothing else the band ever did.
Watch the decline from a hazy distance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BC0...
Number 9.
How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us.
A dusky dusty soundtrack to an auteur's minimalist western. Nothing on the horizon except a Lady Grinning piano breakdown. Like nothing else the band ever did.
Watch the decline from a hazy distance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BC0...
R.E.M. - How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#REMtop30
Number 9.
How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us.
A dusky dusty soundtrack to an auteur's minimalist western. Nothing on the horizon except a Lady Grinning piano breakdown. Like nothing else the band ever did.
Watch the decline from a hazy distance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BC0...
Number 9.
How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us.
A dusky dusty soundtrack to an auteur's minimalist western. Nothing on the horizon except a Lady Grinning piano breakdown. Like nothing else the band ever did.
Watch the decline from a hazy distance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BC0...
#REMtop30
Number 10.
I Believe.
Into the top 10 now, and with the most exquisite melodies.
Pop-banjo. A manifesto. Chiming, spiralling, endlessly propulsive, a call to action.
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUS...
Number 10.
I Believe.
Into the top 10 now, and with the most exquisite melodies.
Pop-banjo. A manifesto. Chiming, spiralling, endlessly propulsive, a call to action.
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUS...
I Believe (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#REMtop30
Number 10.
I Believe.
Into the top 10 now, and with the most exquisite melodies.
Pop-banjo. A manifesto. Chiming, spiralling, endlessly propulsive, a call to action.
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUS...
Number 10.
I Believe.
Into the top 10 now, and with the most exquisite melodies.
Pop-banjo. A manifesto. Chiming, spiralling, endlessly propulsive, a call to action.
Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUS...
#REMtop30
Number 11.
Sad Professor.
UP is a profoundly lonely record, and the sense of defeat here is overwhelming. A protagonist so aware of their flaws yet totally incapable of change, stuck, drunk and slumped. Perfectly captured.
I hate where I wound up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYo...
Number 11.
Sad Professor.
UP is a profoundly lonely record, and the sense of defeat here is overwhelming. A protagonist so aware of their flaws yet totally incapable of change, stuck, drunk and slumped. Perfectly captured.
I hate where I wound up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYo...
Sad Professor
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#REMtop30
Number 11.
Sad Professor.
UP is a profoundly lonely record, and the sense of defeat here is overwhelming. A protagonist so aware of their flaws yet totally incapable of change, stuck, drunk and slumped. Perfectly captured.
I hate where I wound up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYo...
Number 11.
Sad Professor.
UP is a profoundly lonely record, and the sense of defeat here is overwhelming. A protagonist so aware of their flaws yet totally incapable of change, stuck, drunk and slumped. Perfectly captured.
I hate where I wound up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYo...
#REMtop30
Number 12.
Country Feedback.
Only the title is descriptive.
No lyric.
One take.
Rawest feeling.
The greatest example of Michael Stipe's ability to dredge an indelible melody from seemingly nowhere.
These clothes don't fit us right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EHB...
Number 12.
Country Feedback.
Only the title is descriptive.
No lyric.
One take.
Rawest feeling.
The greatest example of Michael Stipe's ability to dredge an indelible melody from seemingly nowhere.
These clothes don't fit us right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EHB...
R.E.M. - Country Feedback (Official Music Video) [This Film Is On Video Version]
YouTube video by remhq
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#REMtop30
Number 12.
Country Feedback.
Only the title is descriptive.
No lyric.
One take.
Rawest feeling.
The greatest example of Michael Stipe's ability to dredge an indelible melody from seemingly nowhere.
These clothes don't fit us right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EHB...
Number 12.
Country Feedback.
Only the title is descriptive.
No lyric.
One take.
Rawest feeling.
The greatest example of Michael Stipe's ability to dredge an indelible melody from seemingly nowhere.
These clothes don't fit us right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EHB...
#REMtop30
Number 13.
Diminished.
A masterpiece of world-building, pulsing with intrigue. A man on trial, desperately flailing for anything to prevent the inevitable verdict. The lonely slide guitar tells him what he already knows.
I have given myself away.
youtu.be/zq4lWHbgXmE?...
Number 13.
Diminished.
A masterpiece of world-building, pulsing with intrigue. A man on trial, desperately flailing for anything to prevent the inevitable verdict. The lonely slide guitar tells him what he already knows.
I have given myself away.
youtu.be/zq4lWHbgXmE?...
R.E.M. - Diminished (Official Visualizer from "UP" 25th Anniversary Edition)
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#REMtop30
Number 13.
Diminished.
A masterpiece of world-building, pulsing with intrigue. A man on trial, desperately flailing for anything to prevent the inevitable verdict. The lonely slide guitar tells him what he already knows.
I have given myself away.
youtu.be/zq4lWHbgXmE?...
Number 13.
Diminished.
A masterpiece of world-building, pulsing with intrigue. A man on trial, desperately flailing for anything to prevent the inevitable verdict. The lonely slide guitar tells him what he already knows.
I have given myself away.
youtu.be/zq4lWHbgXmE?...
#REMtop30
Number 14.
Half A World Away.
An arrangement from another time, a subtle chord reordering between the first and subsequent verses which shifts the song from uncertain and ambiguous to more urgently regretful. Stately, dignified, beautiful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiB...
Number 14.
Half A World Away.
An arrangement from another time, a subtle chord reordering between the first and subsequent verses which shifts the song from uncertain and ambiguous to more urgently regretful. Stately, dignified, beautiful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiB...
R.E.M. - Half A World Away (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#REMtop30
Number 14.
Half A World Away.
An arrangement from another time, a subtle chord reordering between the first and subsequent verses which shifts the song from uncertain and ambiguous to more urgently regretful. Stately, dignified, beautiful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiB...
Number 14.
Half A World Away.
An arrangement from another time, a subtle chord reordering between the first and subsequent verses which shifts the song from uncertain and ambiguous to more urgently regretful. Stately, dignified, beautiful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiB...
Reposted by O_RLLY band
Queen
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Queen
#REMtop30
Number 15.
So. Central Rain
An immaculate presentation of the band's early bass-led melodicism. Stipe mourns the loss of connection. By the end there are no words left to say.
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi...
Number 15.
So. Central Rain
An immaculate presentation of the band's early bass-led melodicism. Stipe mourns the loss of connection. By the end there are no words left to say.
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi...
R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by REMVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#REMtop30
Number 15.
So. Central Rain
An immaculate presentation of the band's early bass-led melodicism. Stipe mourns the loss of connection. By the end there are no words left to say.
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi...
Number 15.
So. Central Rain
An immaculate presentation of the band's early bass-led melodicism. Stipe mourns the loss of connection. By the end there are no words left to say.
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi...
#REMtop30
Number 16.
World Leader Pretend.
The compromised heart of Green, caught between a fallible present and regret for the past.
Worth the price of admission for 'raise / raze' alone. L. Cohen nods appreciatively.
This is my mistake. Let me make it good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMe...
Number 16.
World Leader Pretend.
The compromised heart of Green, caught between a fallible present and regret for the past.
Worth the price of admission for 'raise / raze' alone. L. Cohen nods appreciatively.
This is my mistake. Let me make it good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMe...
World Leader Pretend (Remastered 2013)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#REMtop30
Number 16.
World Leader Pretend.
The compromised heart of Green, caught between a fallible present and regret for the past.
Worth the price of admission for 'raise / raze' alone. L. Cohen nods appreciatively.
This is my mistake. Let me make it good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMe...
Number 16.
World Leader Pretend.
The compromised heart of Green, caught between a fallible present and regret for the past.
Worth the price of admission for 'raise / raze' alone. L. Cohen nods appreciatively.
This is my mistake. Let me make it good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGMe...