To badly borrow a quote from a bygone confectionary advert,
"DarkCompass, with these broadcasts, you are really spoiling us."
This time though it's Once Upon A Time, at number 10 on the list in the most recent show, which…

Nov 16 2022
Nov 16 2022
To badly borrow a quote from a bygone confectionary advert,
"DarkCompass, with these broadcasts, you are really spoiling us."
This time though it's Once Upon A Time, at number 10 on the list in the most recent show, which…
Oct 28 2022
Halloween is almost upon us and it just so happens that my creepy orange child (an almost perfectly doom-y accompaniment to the spooky season), Gilded Cage, is five years old this year. For that reason, I've decided to put…
Read moreApr 28 2022
Large thanks to the ever-supportive Rob Harvey for playing In Your Neighbourhood on his lovingly-curated Synth City show and just a little reminder that the song is up as a free download when you join the mailing list (I generally…
Read moreFeb 2 2022
They're back! Bandcamp will be resuming Bandcamp Fridays in 2022. They'll be on February 4th, March 4th, April 1st, and May 6th.
As a small token of appreciation, every order (at least until we run…
Nov 5 2021
As it turns out, I’ve accumulated quite a lot of my own space junk (some of which you can see in the video for The Stars, Like Dust) and whilst you can find Apollo moon landing commemorative plates, NASA…
Read moreMar 31 2021
Potentially your city, even, depending on where you're tuning in from. Anyway, nice to hear In Your Neighbourhood get a little play here whilst I'm working on some new bits and pieces.
Also, on the subject of synth cities, if…
Feb 19 2021
Orange you glad you took some time to read this blog? Because Youth Ascension, from the album with the fright-filled front, is on Resonate's staff pick playlist for February. You can listen to this month's top of the…
Read moreSep 15 2020
These ones are. ⚡
Always exciting to hear a blast of In Your Neighbourhood over the airwaves, especially when it's followed up by Sufjan Stevens (probably the only time I will ever get to say that) and we're coming…
Read moreOct 31 2018
Pretty pleased with my pumpkin carving efforts. Really realistic.
Sep 29 2018
Set your controls for the heart of the Solent and listen to 'The Stars, Like Dust' on BBC Solent Introducing here.
Aug 26 2018
I've just seen that it's National Pet Day, which is a great day to be a good boy.
Milo the chihuahua features in the new video for ‘The Stars, Like Dust’ and The Most Radicalist wrote an excellent little review …
Aug 21 2018
Really enjoyed talking to @styleofsound about the nature of silence, horror synths and a few of my favourite Isle of Wight haunts. Have a read.
Jun 10 2018
Turns out that I only live a few minutes away from a real-life version of The Stars, Like Dust. There’s an extensive article here about the Isle of Wight’s role in the space race, which is amazing and kind…
Read moreJun 10 2018
The Stars, Like Dust is the first song in space (if space is a DOPECAUSEWESAID playlist)! Click here to listen.
Jun 10 2018
New in the neighbourhood, mugs featuring your favourite finger puppet band (includes download of In Your Neighbourhood)!
May 17 2018
Join us for beers and bears when we play the @Kashmir_IW stage at @IsleOfWightFest for #IOW50!
May 15 2018
In dust we trust. The Stars, Like Dust can now be seen from this new playlist via US friends DOPECAUSEWESAID. No telescope required. ⭐
May 15 2018
An image taken from an upcoming book of famous photographs recreated in miniature, which I read about today on @atlasobscura.
Dry cement powder also worked surprisingly well when recreating the surface of the moon for the cover of …
May 1 2018
Thanks to @yesnomusic for letting me blast off about nostalgia gone awry in the night sky.
Apr 30 2018
Eye/I can name that tuna in one! It's The Stars, Like Dust, rounded up among this week's music video picks from The Devil Has The Best Tuna.
Apr 27 2018
Beaming more "ominous organs" and sombre space dust out of your screen, thanks to Fifteen.Gallery.
Apr 23 2018
Thrilled to see ‘The Stars, Like Dust’ playlisted on @Radio3FACH alongside lots of great music like Jon Hopkins and Beach House! View the playlist and tune in here.
Apr 17 2018
Those stars at DOPECAUSEWESAID have made The Stars, Like Dust their video of the week and I'm over the moon! ⭐
Apr 17 2018
Galactic gratitude to Mark from Electronic North for this astronomically good review of The Stars, Like Dust. Still taken by @zomtographer.
Apr 16 2018
Thanks to Eleanor from One More Open Heart music blog for getting lost in space with us. Read what she had to say about new video The Stars, Like Dust here.