The Sanctity Of Crows
@thesanctityofcrows
The Sanctity Of Crows is an award-winning solo indie music project by Ian A Napier, who lives in Scotland. Distinctive genre-agnostic flights high above the confluence of the two great rivers Prog and Post-rock. Links:
🐦⬛ 🫤 DROPPED another 2 places!!! 😓 I need votes to stay aloft so, if you'd like to KEEP me soaring in the radio heavens (🙏), then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until 7pm Monday 17th August (GMT) and takes seconds: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Audio🎧 ffm.to/another-thre...
Out tomorrow: "The Waiting Room (feat. Across The Frostlands)" Pre-save for Thu 13th Aug: ditto.fm/the-waiting-... You lucky people in Kiritimati (Christmas Island) will get to hear it first. Original instrumental album version: 🎧 ffm.to/the-waiting-... 🎬 youtu.be/a2RY1PrjT7w
🎧 Until tomorrow, listen [11:10]: ffm.to/sleep-a-mill...
Single "The Waiting Room (feat. Across The Frostlands)" drops Thu 13 Aug 2026 ... pre-save: ditto.fm/the-waiting-... Veronica MoonRay (@acrossthefrostlands) vocals turned a post-rock prog-metal piece into a gothic drone doom dark jazz experience.
UP TO 20% OFF: Spend enough on Vinyl and CD with elasticStage before the end of August, and get a discount. All tSoC albums/EPs are available there on both vinyl and CD. Just saying ... 🐦⬛ tSoC on elasticStage: elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #108 🎵 playl1sts ≈ 30 mins @ SpottyFly & YooToob 🐦⬛ LATEST week [7 songs, 30 min 48 sec] ... links never change, contents just get updated each week - so SAVE, and play often! 🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1... 🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🐦⬛ Dropped OUT of the top 10 🤨 in yesterday's The Independent Artist Chart show on Burton Radio. 🤨 If you'd like to KEEP me soaring in the radio heavens (🙏), then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until 7pm Monday 10th August (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
World getting on your t1ts? Chill with some crow music. ffm.to/the-quiet-in...
💿 VOCAL COLLAB SINGLE: "The Waiting Room (feat. Across The Frostlands )" [7:23] drops Thursday 13th August 2026. I am SO sorry that you have to wait to hear this! 😬 #thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #newsingle #collaboration #Collab #gothic #progmetal
😃 The next single will be a vocal version of "The Waiting Room" (from my recent "Time" album). Guess who'll be doing the vocals on this? 🤔 (Lucky for you, it's not me!) 🎧 Hear the original instrumental album version: ffm.to/the-waiting-... #newsingle #collab #vocalcollab
Not bad for the first two years, eh? 😏 Probably enough for me not to seem like a complete idiot if I ever refer to my "oeuvre" (which, until now, I don't think I had). 😅 NB 1: Includes singles different from album versions. NB 2: Excludes singles that have been released ahead of the next album.
💥 THE NEWS: The next single will be a vocal collab!!! You have two weeks to get ready. DROPPING Thursday 13th August 2026 CE (Crow Era). ⏰ #thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #newsingle #collaboration #collab #vocalcollab #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
🐦⬛ IN THE TOP 10!! The Independent Artist Chart show on Burton Radio. 😃 If you'd like to KEEP me soaring in the radio heavens (🙏), then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until 7pm Monday 3rd August (GMT) and takes seconds: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
DAY 1 FEEDBACK: "A Sea Of Mysterious Particles" Established practices in this corner of the crowverse dictate the gathering of feedback received for a single after it's been out for a day, with the choicest words framed and hung up for posterity. 🎧 Hear here [6:09]: ffm.to/a-sea-of-mys...
💿 "A Sea Of Mysterious Particles" has escaped its quantum containment chamber and is now audible wherever you go. 😃 😎 This latest 6 minutes of whogivesaflockcore is simply sound that pleased my ears. Let me know if it also pleases yours? 🎧 Hear here: ffm.to/a-sea-of-mys...
I got over my recent blockage. 😃 A fantastic (IMHO) track has just been put to bed, and I no longer feel useless and incompetent. 😎 But ... what to do next? 🤨
➡️ Pre-save "A Sea Of Mysterious Particles": ditto.fm/a-sea-of-mys...
🤔 It is a bird? Is it a train? Well ... it's me, but no train. 🙄 I'm waiting for my next single to appear. Are you? 💿 "A Sea Of Mysterious Particles" arrives Thursday 23rd July 2026 ... courtesy of my inability to keep everything to myself until I have a full album. 😉
I'm not saying I'm old, but ... this was my first passport photo! 🙄 Happy Silly Sunday, Crowlings! 😜
Experience the recent "The Quiet Inside": ffm.to/the-quiet-in... A gentle instrumental with a "hint of menace" ... "I was thinking about shitty work bullsh1t in the back of my head, then now I’m not. it’s calming the nerves!!".
Of all tracks: ▪️only 21% get more than 5,000 streams ▪️25% get fewer than 100 streams So even with my low streaming numbers, I can be proud of how many times my music has been heard. 😊 Much gratitude to all those who have listened. 🙏 linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
In truth, I missed a trick when coming up with the artist name "The Sanctity of Crows". If I'd gone with "The Sanctity Of Cows" then I could've released an album called "The Dark Side Of The Moo". 🙄 #thedarksideofthemoon
🐦⬛ STILL FLYING AFTER 72 WEEKS! 😃 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" remained at 11th in yesterday's The Independent Artist Chart show (@burtonradiochart.bsky.social). I do feel the top 10 calling, though😉 ... so vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Shooting myself in the foot? 🤔 Currently, all my most popular tracks on SpottyFly are the shorter ones. Perversely, I continue to make long ones. Doh! 🙄 open.spotify.com/artist/2fsa5...
Usually, I find an inspiring sound and things flow (with a lot of hard work). A piece of music that I can be proud of gradually forms out of thin air. 💨🎶 These last few weeks it seems that I've forgotten the combination.🫣 But, old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
I'm not big on Apple Music. 😯 Or (in Swiftian terms) anywhere else, frankly. 🙄 But (two years in) I am genuinely amazed at how many people have listened to my music in total. 🤗 You are appreciated 🙏 (🍎 people included). 👍 linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
🤔 GUESS THE TITLE of the next single [Thu 23 July 2026] 💬 Go on, amuse me. Five words: A... S... O... M... P... NB: Blurred cover included for algorithmic delight, and as a (perhaps not too helpful?) clue. 🙄 #thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #newrelease #newsingle #GuessTheTitle
The lengths that some people will go to to avoid listening to indie music!!! 😮 I mean … I just found out that there's bunch of football and tennis going on! 😬 Priorities, people! Priorities!! 😠
I have a HUGE ... announcement. 💿 Another single drops in 3 weeks! 😃