Sky Patterns

The new Sky Patterns album 'Night Call' is out now. An album that reaches deep into nocturnal territory — a world of half-spoken fears, flickering thoughts, and the uneasy sense of life seen through dim light Extremely limited CD available from: 🔗skypatterns.bandcamp.com/album/night-ca…

The podcast interview that I recently did with Surprise Cast is now live. It's up across a number of places, but you can hear it here. Hear me discuss songwriting, MBV, Gene Loves Jezebel, the new album 'Night Call' plus LOTS more. Many Thanks to Dubya podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sur…

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TMN Top 100 Highlights | Week Ending: 3/21/26 #Music No. 97 | New Entry Sky Patterns - Night Call @SkyPatternsBand youtu.be/mEbb0qGyID4?si…

CHECK out these upcoming episodes w/ Sky Patterns, Neal and Melissa McCullough, Jeffery James Horan, and Railcard. Thank you for supporting them & Surprise Cast! @SkyPatternsBand #handdrawncreative #jeffreyjameshoran #railcard #indie #coldwave #graphicdesigner #podcast #interview

Available to stream from Monday. This is a hugely enjoyable interview that I did with Surprise Cast. I'll post a link once it's live!

'Fireflies' is the new single from Sky Patterns, released today. A song that describes the dichotomy of speaking out versus remaining silently complicit. Also included is the new song 'It's Too Late Now' plus an instrumental version of 'Fireflies' 🔗 skypatterns.bandcamp.com/album/fireflie…

The new single from Sky Patterns is out on Friday. 'Fireflies' is a commentary on the world in which we live versus the world that we are led to believe in. The dichotomy of whether to speak out against oppression, or instead remain silent and complicit. ditto.fm/fireflies_8d79…

@kneelsham @Top10Nathan I remember seeing an early Editors gig there. Must have been 2005, around the time of 'The Back Room'. I remember seeing The Joy Formidable playing there too.

@SkyPatternsBand @Top10Nathan Yes that's right! Went to Liverpool Barfly a number of times. Now I need to remember who I went to see there 🤣

Four records for a wet Saturday morning. What are you all listening to? #last4albums

@kneelsham @Top10Nathan Brilliant! It was a decent venue. I remember that it changed its name & ownership to Barfly, but they went under several years ago (there used to be a Barfly in Liverpool in what's now The Arts Club down Seel Street).

@SkyPatternsBand @Top10Nathan That's great, Paul! I was living in York at the time so was lucky to see some good stuff there. I bought Jimmy M a pint in Fibbers. I had spoken to him a few times previously 😀

@kneelsham @Top10Nathan Fantastic! I went there only once - in 2000 - to see The Chameleons. I remember buying a pint at a nearby pub and the barman asked what brought me to York. I told him and he said, "Oh, those guys are upstairs eating!". Sure enough, they came down after and I said Hello!

@SkyPatternsBand @Top10Nathan I had a good run at Fibbers. As well as Captain, I got to see Puressence, Lorraine and VHS Or Beta all within a few months 😀 Delays at that time were 🔥🔥

@kneelsham @Top10Nathan It's a fantastic debut. Sadly, their second album remains unreleased, thanks to EMI's private equity takeover and clearing out the roster. Captain have self-released two further albums. I saw them supporting Delays around 2006, and then at Manchester Roadhouse around that time

@Top10Nathan @SkyPatternsBand I got to see Captain in 2006 at York Fibbers just as This Is Hazelville was released. A superb indie pop debut. Has some surprising Radio 1 exposure at the time too.

@Top10Nathan Enjoy! I'm not sure that you'll find the Captain album, but their debut album is an outstanding blend of pop from 2006 (open.spotify.com/album/2AtKlDFn…). The Leona Naess album is streaming-only (open.spotify.com/album/59nyXlfO…). The other couple of albums are available everywhere.

@SkyPatternsBand Thank you mate. These are all new to me, but I trust your taste immeasurably! Will be checking them all out.

I was recently interviewed by @SurpriseCast_ about the new album 'Night Call', songwriting, recording, music-related anecdotes, and numerous other interesting things. Many Thanks to Dubya! The podcast is released on March 18th. I'll post a link closer to the time.

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Tonight 🙌

Tonight! If you're in the Cheshire area, come along. I'll be performing the 'Night Call' album plus songs from 'Answers' and also a few brand new ones.

@Top10Nathan Lots of drone/ambient stuff recently, Nathan. Rikuto Fujimoto - Distant Landscapes Rafael Anton Irisarri - Solastalgia Plus some noisier stuff: Winkie - Here Comes Success Ripcord - Ripcord

Quality over quantity for me this week, largely owing to time away and family playlists on the way and back. What's everyone else been listening to?

'Night Call' has been out a week already! Those of you who use Apple Music may have noticed that it wasn't there on release day. There was an issue at Apple's end that's all sorted now. music.apple.com/gb/album/night… A tiny number of CDs are available from: skypatterns.bandcamp.com/album/night-ca…

Downloads of my debut album 'Answers On A Postcard' from last year are now free until the end of February (well, 'name your price', but you can enter zero in there). 🔗 skypatterns.bandcamp.com/album/answers-…