Instrumental Archives - The Sleeping Shaman

With three EPs out in quick succession – 2022’s Polar Night alongside Fever Canyon and The Last Stop Ranch, both

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Review: Din Of Celestial Birds ‘Takeoffs & Landings’

25th September 202625th September 2026 Lee Beamish Big Scary Monsters, Din Of Celestial Birds, Instrumental, Post-Rock, Tomato Records

Way back in May 2024, while attending the much-loved (and now lost) Portals Festival, two acts caught my attention that

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Review: Coyote Man ‘Prosthetic Memories’

24th September 202624th September 2026 Lee Beamish Coyote Man, Independent, Instrumental, Post-Rock

Having first materialised in the early 2000s, it wouldn’t be until 2015 that the Chicago-based three-piece Coyote Man officially became

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Review: Russian Circles ‘Nine’

22nd September 202622nd September 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Post-Rock, Russian Circles, Sargent House

Chicago-based instrumental pioneers Russian Circles have long been synonymous with complex songwriting, powerful emotional narratives, and bridging the gap between

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Review: Poly-Math ‘Something Deeply Hidden’

22nd April 202622nd April 2026 Reza Mills Instrumental, Poly-Math, Prog, The Laser’s Edge

Poly-Math formed in 2013 and are from Brighton, East Sussex. They’ve had several line-ups during their lifespan, but the mainstay

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Review: Lesotho ‘A Flashing On Plain Glass’

27th March 202627th March 2026 Matthew Williams Independent, Instrumental, Lesotho, Post-Metal, Post-Rock

Over the past few years, I’ve started to enjoy more post-metal bands, having dived into the genre to expand my

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Review: Jagged City ‘There Are More of Us, Always’

19th February 202619th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Jagged City, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Taking inspiration for their name from Hanif Adburraquib’s memoir There’s Always This Year, Jagged City began as a collaborative, cross-continental

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Review: Lord Elephant ‘Ultra Soul’

16th February 202616th February 2026 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Instrumental, Lord Elephant, Stoner

Florence, Italy’s chasm-opening, instrumental, cosmic doom trio, Lord Elephant, return with their second full-length, released once again through Heavy Psych