This Weekend's Gigs — Show Times

We’re just about to head out to our last rehearsal before these shows, but I wanted to get ahead of a couple of questions that often come up when we’re on the road!

First: tickets will be available via my

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"Snowdrops" — Thanks

Hello everyone

Thanks so much to everyone who’s bought my new charity single, “Snowdrops”, so far.

I’m especially grateful to those of you who’ve picked it up despite usually preferring physical media, to those who’ve gone over and above by…

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Hitting a Spotify Milestone—Thanks

Hello everyone,

I was going to post this when I got to 25,000 listeners but got distracted. But just to say: absolutely bonkers numbers coming out of Spotify recently, reflecting some things that have been happening quietly with some of…

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On the Cocteau Twins "Milk & Kisses" at 30

The final Cocteau Twins album, Milk & Kisses, is thirty years old today. 

Many would argue it’s not their “best” record but it was the first album of theirs I heard and adored. It’s my favourite of theirs by a…

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"Pearl Daddy" + "Bilal" Available Now

Hello everybody!

On Friday, I released Pearl Daddy, on all digital platforms. That means the full release is available, including the second of its two tracks, Bilal.

If you’ve already purchased Pearl Daddy on Bandcamp, simply…

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Interview with WROTE Podcast

Hello everyone

Just wanted to flag a rather lovely interview I did with WROTE podcast. 

You can watch it here, although there's also a podcast version available from the usual places.

WROTE focuses on LGBTQ+ authors, so we mainly talked…

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Two Ambient Albums Announced!

Hello everyone!

Good news for anyone who likes my ambient side-projects: I announced a couple of albums this week.

First up is the latest album by my droney guitar alias "Alan Lidden" (an anagram of my name!) called The North

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