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And So I Watch You From Afar

LLNN @ ArcTanGent 2024 - Photo by Joe Singh
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ArcTanGent Festival 2024 – Wednesday

10th September 202410th September 2024 Tim C And So I Watch You From Afar, ArcTanGent Festival, Bossk, Cobra The Impaler, Curse These Metal Hands, Din Of Celestial Birds, Hidden Mothers, LLNN, Psychonaut

First established in 2013, ArcTanGent Festival is celebrating its tenth birthday this year and has pulled out all the stops

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Review: And So I Watch You From Afar ‘Megafauna’

15th August 202415th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden And So I Watch You From Afar, Instrumental, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Northern Irish instrumental post-rock outfit And So I Watch You From Afar have been steadily releasing albums and consistently winning

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Bossk @ Portals Festival 2023 – Photo by Lee Beamish
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Portals Festival 2023 – Saturday

3rd July 20233rd July 2023 Lee Beamish A. A. Williams, And So I Watch You From Afar, Bo Ningen, Bossk, EartH Hackney, Human Pyramids, Hundred Year Old Man, London, Ogives Big Band, Portals Festival, The Broken Islands

Having started in 2015 as a one-day event, Portals Festival was created, with the purpose of bringing some of the

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Top Ten Of 2022: Simon Brotherton

13th December 20226th February 2023 Simon Brotherton And So I Watch You From Afar, Black Midi, Clutch, Enablers, Envy Of None, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Russian Circles, Top Ten 2022, Warrington Runcorn New Town Development, Wormrot

It’s fair to say 2022 has been tough. War, floods, famine, economic crisis, oh, and an ongoing pandemic. Thankfully, it’s

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And So I Watch You From Afar 'Jettison'
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Review: And So I Watch You From Afar ‘Jettison’

17th March 20224th May 2022 Richard Murray And So I Watch You From Afar, Equal Vision Records, Post-Rock, Velocity Records

Losing an important aspect of your life is devastating. Maybe that’s not what these lads intended to always enter my

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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