Then we went one better and decided to do it with a mirrorboard sleeve and the end result is one of the most beautiful records we’ve ever put out...

And Sonic Cathedral design guru Marc Jones and I travelled to Margate to scan a pristine original vinyl copy belonging to 4AD and Beggars Banquet archivist Steve Webbon. Using this, Marc managed to reconstruct the sleeve, inner sleeve and labels...

It's great to see the Mojave 3 albums back on the racks today! Ten years ago, after releasing Neil Halstead’s ‘Palindrome Hunches’, the Black Hearted Brother album and putting on @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social’s first comeback show, I thought the time was right for a Mojave 3 reappraisal...

Three years ago yesterday we announced @emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social’s debut solo album ‘Pearlies’ and shared the first single ‘Bend The Round’. We described it as “unexpectedly funky”, not least because of the groovy guitar playing by Richard Oakes of @suedehq.bsky.social...

There are a limited number of Sennen CD bargain bundles up on @bandcamp.com featuring the expanded edition of their 2005 debut album ‘Widows’ and the accompanying live ‘Transmissions’ EP. Grab one here and get up to speed before their tour with The Early Years in November: sennen.bandcamp.com

Just over five years ago we put out an expanded reissue of Sennen’s debut album ‘Widows’. The passage of time, and a great remastering job by @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social’s Simon Scott allowed for a reappraisal of this album, which some called “one of the best shoegaze records of all time”.

ICYMI @nojoy.bsky.social released a new single yesterday. 🐶🌞 ‘Barking at the Sun’ is out now on all digital platforms and is taken from their forthcoming @fire-toolz.bsky.social produced EP, ‘Big Life, Big Leaf’, which released on August 21...

🐶 NEW RELEASE! 🐶 ‘Barking at the Sun’ is the new single by @nojoy.bsky.social out now on all digital platforms. Here’s a clip from the video by Jeremy Dabrowski...

Looks like @pitchfork.com spoke to the wrong member of the Pig family 🤔 #shoegaze #underrated

Video posts weren't working properly yesterday, but here’s a clip from the lovely, lysergic @innerstrings.bsky.social visualiser for the Andy Bell & Masal single. Watch the full thing here: linktr.ee/commonprimit...

ICYMI Andy Bell & Masal released a new single yesterday. ‘The Morning Of The Trip’ is taken from their second collaborative album ‘Common Primitives’, which is released on October 9. Listen to the single and pre-order the album here: linktr.ee/commonprimit... 📸 by @briandavidstevens.bsky.social

We also have a small number of CD bundles of both albums. Pre-order them here: linktr.ee/commonprimit...

The @bandcamp.com version of the forthcoming Andy Bell & Masal album ‘Common Primitives’ comes on gold splatter vinyl and is also available as a bundle with an exclusive T-shirt, which is screen printed on a pale blue sustainable Earth Positive shirt...

Ahead of the release of their new album ‘Common Primitives’, Andy Bell & Masal will be giving two very intimate live performances at SJQ in Dalston, London on October 5th and 6th. Buy tickets here: linktr.ee/commonprimit...

This version is pressed on starburst vinyl, which looks like all the best ice cream flavours rolled into two slabs of vinyl. There are just 500 copies of this one, so pre-order now from linktr.ee/commonprimit... 🍨🍧

This is the indies only variant of ‘Common Primitives’, the new album by Andy Bell & Masal, out on October 9. It’s a two-record set, featuring the new album as well as the first vinyl outing for their debut, ‘Tidal Love Numbers’, which only ever came out on cassette and CD on its release in 2023.

Listen / watch / pre-order and buy tickets here: linktr.ee/commonprimit...

Pre-order now on the following formats: 🩵💜 Translucent turquoise and violet double vinyl 🌟⭐ Indies only starburst double vinyl 🔔🏆 @bandcamp.com exclusive gold splatter double vinyl 💿 CD 🤖 Digital

Their first album – 2023’s acclaimed ‘Tidal Love Numbers’ – consisted of four lengthy, almost ambient tracks and is included here on vinyl for the first time as part of a two-record set. By contrast, the seven tracks that make up ‘Common Primitives’ are almost concise.

The BBC’s Maida Vale Studios closed at the end of June. So much musical history, including all those Peel sessions. Here’s Lorelle Meets the Obsolete (watched over by the man himself) on April 10, 2017, just before they played their first session for @marcrileydj.bsky.social Riley on 6 Music.

The SHOEGAZER World Cup sticker sets are here! Each set contains four stickers including a SHOEGAZER shiny, plus one for each of the host nations: 🇲🇽 Lorelle Meets the Obsolete 🇨🇦 @nojoy.bsky.social 🇺🇸 @sisterraydavies.bsky.social Grab them from our Bandcamp now: soniccathedral.bandcamp.com ⚽⚽⚽⚽

Almost #OTD 20 years ago (June 25, 2006), we put on a gig at @thesociallondon.bsky.social, headlined by Aussie psychedelicists The Lovetones. When England qualified for the round of 16 at the World Cup, we ended up with a schedule clash and had to screen the match against Ecuador at the same time!

For some reason, this other clip of ‘All Ones And Zeros’ from the same show didn't post the other day!

Here’s a clip of The Early Years playing ‘So Far Gone’ at @sxsw.com back in 2007, courtesy of John Carlucci. You can watch the full, mindblowing show and buy tickets for their first UK tour in forever here: linktr.ee/tey3 🤯

To celebrate, here's a clip of him playing ‘Cycle’ at the stunning album launch show at Oslo Hackney in London last night! Buy or listen to the album here: linktr.ee/moresongsabo... 🌞

Incredible to see the new Pye Corner Audio album ‘More Songs About The Sun’ topping both the @officialcharts.bsky.social Dance Albums and Independent Album Breakers charts...

Now reunited as labelmates on Sonic Cathedral, both bands grew out of the fertile UK shoegaze adjacent scene of the early 2000s – the former more influenced by krautrock and drone, the latter combining post-rock and harmonies – but they’ve been silent for the best part of a decade. Until now!

💜🧡 HUGE TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! 🧡💜 The Early Years and Sennen head out for their first live dates together since 2007 on a UK tour this November...

Representing the United States of America we have @sisterraydavies.bsky.social! Listen to them here: linktr.ee/sisterraydav... #antififa #panono #stickers #soniccathedral ⚽🇺🇸

Representing Canada we have @nojoy.bsky.social! Listen to them here: linktr.ee/bugland_sc #antififa #panono #stickers #soniccathedral ⚽🇨🇦