The Sanctity Of Crows
@thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social
Award-winning solo indie music project by Ian A Napier (Scotland).
Instrumental music featuring guitars, keyboards and drums. Often layered, cinematic, ambient and/or soundscape-y. Kinda prog-ish, sometimes.
Links: https://linktr.ee/thesanctityofcrow
Instrumental music featuring guitars, keyboards and drums. Often layered, cinematic, ambient and/or soundscape-y. Kinda prog-ish, sometimes.
Links: https://linktr.ee/thesanctityofcrow
After Christmas [The Sanctity Of Crows - single promo]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
💲 15% OFF during Black Friday week (use "BLACKFRIDAY15" on checkout).
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
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PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
💲 15% OFF during Black Friday week (use "BLACKFRIDAY15" on checkout).
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
PRE-SAVE the impending tSoC single: AFTER CHRISTMAS (Mon 1st Dec)
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
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I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
After Christmas
Listen to After Christmas
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November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
PRE-SAVE the impending tSoC single: AFTER CHRISTMAS (Mon 1st Dec)
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
Promoting your next release be like ...
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Promoting your next release be like ...
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
Christmas music will never be the same again.
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Christmas music will never be the same again.
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
Work on the next album is progressing well enough for me to be getting VERY excited about it. 😁
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Work on the next album is progressing well enough for me to be getting VERY excited about it. 😁
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 2 places to 9th in The Independent Artist Chart on Burton Radio with Graeme Drayton. 🤨
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 2 places to 9th in The Independent Artist Chart on Burton Radio with Graeme Drayton. 🤨
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
Let it crow, let it crow, let it crow!
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Let it crow, let it crow, let it crow!
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video (Explorer version) - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
Everywhere The Wind Blows [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video; Explorer version]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video (Explorer version) - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #070 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #070 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
RELEASED TODAY: 🎬 Official Music Video - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
RELEASED TODAY: 🎬 Official Music Video - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
🎄🦌🧑🎄 !!!!!!! I just uploaded a Christmas-ish single !!!!!!! 😮
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎄🦌🧑🎄 !!!!!!! I just uploaded a Christmas-ish single !!!!!!! 😮
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" (song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...) floated up another place to 7th in The Independent Artist Chart on @burtonradio.bsky.social . 😃
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Mon 17th Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Mon 17th Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" (song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...) floated up another place to 7th in The Independent Artist Chart on @burtonradio.bsky.social . 😃
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Mon 17th Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Mon 17th Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
90% OF US NEED TO DIE
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
90% Of Us Need To Die [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
90% OF US NEED TO DIE
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
I stumbled across this old OMV on my YT channel the other day, and realised how much I still loved it.
youtu.be/-FshaAkG6Ic
It's not cheery, but then plague-level population leading to destruction of the planetary ecosystem just isn't. 😒
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated up 1 place to 8th in The Independent Artist Chart on @burtonradio.bsky.social. 😃
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated up 1 place to 8th in The Independent Artist Chart on @burtonradio.bsky.social. 😃
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 10th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video - "Concrete Mountains"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
Concrete Mountains [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video - "Concrete Mountains"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The audiovisual journey continues ...
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fVpGs5QFzVc
I incorporated a leaf blower recording into the first track on the next album.
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
Pistils At Dawn - leaf blower sound [The Sanctity Of Crows - 'behind the scenes' track promo]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I incorporated a leaf blower recording into the first track on the next album.
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
Sadly, you'll have to wait to hear the full track, but here's a small appetizer. 😎
youtu.be/5oBLIlBVVGE
1 year old today: "Flowers Of The New Dawn" album
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
1 year old today: "Flowers Of The New Dawn" album
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
Not only crows liked this! 😎🐦⬛
🎧 Hear here: album.link/s/4sTclTiqnn...
A video about a cult that requires listening to tSoC music 24x7, bats (well, crows) in the belfry, and an escape into the unfamiliar wilderness via a graveyard.
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Propelled By Fear (Into The Unknowable) [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A video about a cult that requires listening to tSoC music 24x7, bats (well, crows) in the belfry, and an escape into the unfamiliar wilderness via a graveyard.
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Not Halloween-specific, but the visual and sonic vibe is well suited. Happy Halloween! 👀👂 Lookee hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoaV...
Still in 9th place. 😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING is OPEN until end Mon 3rd Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Still in 9th place. 😎 If you'd like to keep me flying up there in radio heaven, then VOTING is OPEN until end Mon 3rd Nov (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
🐦⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...
Perfect music for Halloween, this spooky instrumental was released (quite coincidentally) on 31st October 2024.
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
Propelled By Fear (Into The Unknowable) [The Sanctity Of Crows - Halloween promo]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Perfect music for Halloween, this spooky instrumental was released (quite coincidentally) on 31st October 2024.
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
youtube.com/shorts/C-908...
Just finished mastering the third track for the next album. 😃
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Just finished mastering the third track for the next album. 😃
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
Duration now sitting at 11:40.
I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄
"For Those Departed" is an instrumental elegy, and yet somehow this YT video flew off the shelves in the early days and was the first to reach 1K streams.
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
For Those Departed [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"For Those Departed" is an instrumental elegy, and yet somehow this YT video flew off the shelves in the early days and was the first to reach 1K streams.
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃
Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #12
Oh, I give up!
Oh, I give up!
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #12
Oh, I give up!
Oh, I give up!
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #067 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
STONED THE CROWS! (latest)
open.spotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #067 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...