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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's a busy week for birthdays in the Land Band™ 🤣 Wishing a very happy birthday to our dear friend and wonderful keyboard player Brin, aka the profilic ambient composer Bing Satellites. Here's some pics of us working on music last year in West Somerset. Have a good day my friend!

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happy birthday to our dear friend and wonderful drummer, Chris Thorpe! Here's a drum cover he did of our recent single, "Snowdrops", in a studio which we may very well using for other purposes soon!

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Snowdrops - Daniel Land (Live Drums)

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Surprise Cast @surprisecast.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

ICYMI Check my interviews with @mtstmtn.bsky.social & @danielland.bsky.social Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Monday, hear my interview w/ #hansolsson. He produced one of the best albums of the year, Jose Gonzalez's "Against the Dying of the Light". www.instagram.com/hansolsson_/

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Surprise Cast @surprisecast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

IT'S OFFICIAL Surprise Cast #264 Launch your week with @danielland.bsky.social. He talks about his gay identity, song analysis, love for Cocteau Twins, and finding his voice through music. A heartfelt episode! #podcast #interview #dreampop #ambient Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Surprise Cast @surprisecast.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

ICYMI Check out my interviews with @glenndonaldson.bsky.social @theumbrellassf.bsky.social @redredpaw.bsky.social from last week. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Tomorrow's episode is with ambient, dreampop master @danielland.bsky.social #podcast #interview #music

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Today I'm releasing my new single, 'Marsha', which honours the participants in the Stonewall Riots, including Marsha P. Johnson. It's not a radical departure from my normal style, but it turns up the drones a bit, and adds some acoustic flourishes, including a string quartet. Hope you enjoy!

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Marsha, by Daniel Land

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

(Sound on!) New music on Friday 🙂 Watch this space... #shoegaze #dreampop #strings

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EchoesAndDan @dan.echoesanddust.com · 18/05/2026

I can not comprehend that this is not already a requirement. Like, who else gets use vast amounts of electricity & not pay for it?!

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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Wrote about the elections for the paper (which went to press last night): www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

"On Wishing a Happy Birthday to my Ex-Boyfriend". A poem I wrote, yesterday.

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Steve @wilbo66.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

#nowplaying New music arrival… The most excellent new 7” release from @danielland.bsky.social … everything about this is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️….the music, artwork & accompanying booklet… I’ve recommended Daniel’s work before, if Roxy, Sylvian & Blue Nile did shoegaze… ❤️

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Jonny @jonnyshoegaze.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

So pleased to receive my copy of the new Daniel Land 7”. Comfortably my favourite track of the year so far. #shoegaze

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Not sure if any of my followers are into physical merch from a marginal shoegaze artist (😅) but just in case! New T-shirts up now at Bandcamp, inc. the "Dream Pop Cult Hero" fan-favourite. Some are tour leftovers, others are pre-orders (window closes Monday!) Link: danielland.bandcamp.com/merch

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Static Sounds Club @staticsoundsclub.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

deary have just delivered a stellar debut album in the form of “Birding”! It’s full of little surprises, come on over to the blog and I’ll explain more! staticsoundsclub.com/2026/04/11/d...

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deary – Birding

The album “Birding” by deary showcases their evolution with eleven tracks embodying themes of grief and self-reflection, balanced by beauty and emotional depth. It marks a significant d…

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11/04/2026

‘I mean, I think Socrates was a bit more prescriptive than Virginia Woolf’s hostesses – but still not dominating, but guiding.’ Jonathan Rée on 𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 as a philosophical novel, in an extended free extract from our Close Readings subscription podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The philosophy of Virginia Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 8 April · 46min

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

My new single, ‘Snowdrops’ is out today. It's a very personal song about mental health, recovery, and a turning point in my life. It’s also the first single from what will be my next album. All proceeds go to Intercom Trust, supporting LGBTQ+ people in the South West. 🎧 Links to listen below

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

“Snowdrops” — a new single about mental health and recovery. All proceeds to charity. Out tomorrow (10 April) on Bandcamp + all streaming platforms. For the full story when it drops, join my mailing list or follow me on Bandcamp—links below.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 07/04/2026

‘In the first years of Donald Trump’s first presidency, I wrote about Harold Pinter’s ranting poem ‘American Football’, and the way it anticipated the language of the president. Now more than ever, Pinter’s poem speaks to the Trump idiocy.’ Inigo Thomas on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

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Inigo Thomas | Pinter’s ‘American Football’ Redux

Nine years ago, in the first years of Donald Trump's first presidency, I wrote about Harold Pinter's ranting poem ‘...

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Not sure how many Dream Pop / Shoegaze fans are on here, but in case you’re nearby: I’m taking my full band out for two shows in April—Holt, Norfolk (Saturday 18) and Manchester (Sunday 19). Tickets from danielland.co.uk — I'll post some links to my music below!

Ticket links for two Daniel Land (and band) shows, linking to https://danielland.co.uk/shows -- over a beautiful painting by the Cornish artist Katy Barrell, which makes up the cover of Daniel's recent album "Out of Season"

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 20/03/2026

‘The scandal lays bare the entitlement felt and impunity enjoyed by the powerful and crass – an impunity so well captured by Trump’s advice to “grab them by the pussy”.’ Susan Pedersen on Epstein. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Susan Pedersen · Diary: Men explain Epstein to me

A girl doesn’t have to fall into Epstein’s clutches to see sexual abuse up close, and if she gets through childhood...

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Really happy to share my new song "Snowdrops" gets its first play on BBC Introducing South & West tonight ⭐️🥳 8pm on BBC Radio Cornwall, Devon & BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... A deeply personal track—the first glimpse of my next album. Huge thanks to BBC Introducing for the support ❤️

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/03/2026

‘The shot silk shimmer in his music of major and minor modes suggests the lability of thought, whereby a happy certainty can turn, at the drop of a semitone, into sadness or misgiving. He was not given to ecstasy.’ Nicholas Spice on Schubert’s imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Nicholas Spice · Butter wouldn’t melt: Schubert’s Imagination

Schubert’s imagination was unusually literary. Words released music in him: poems about desire, love, loss,...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

are you an oil tanker? because you dress like you're trying to pass with the straights

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A wee personal reflection on the album "Milk & Kisses" by Cocteau Twins, which turns 30 today (at least in the UK), and on what Elizabeth Fraser’s lyrics meant to me as an isolated rural gay man in the mid-1990s: danielland.co.uk/home/blog/77... #CocteauTwins

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

For any shoegaze fans: happy to share my new concept single "Pearl Daddy", out today 🎶 Two companion tracks with a subtle Moroccan twist, pressed on white 7″ vinyl, with a 12-page booklet. Any listens gratefully received! And downloads available too of course! danielland.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-...

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Pearl Daddy, by Daniel Land

2 track album

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15/02/2026

‘With the villainous Gore Vidal (said with utmost respect), there was never a falling out because there was never a falling in. He and Updike were never destined to compare notes on lady gardens.’ @jwolcott.bsky.social reads John Updike’s letters. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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James Wolcott · What you can get away with: Updike Reconsidered

Betwixt and between is a strange place for any major writer to be more than a decade and a half after their death, and...

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Rob Fitzpatrick @robfitzp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I wrote about an unexpected side-note to giving up booze like a thousand years ago. open.substack.com/pub/statesof...

https://open.substack.com/pub/statesofindependence/p/an-unexpected-return?r=4bh19&utm_medium=ios

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'd been thinking of writing something like this. Chinese audiences were mostly responsible for my previous album outselling x4 anything I've released before, and a handful of my tracks have racked up 1.2+ million streams on Chinese streaming services, all totally without promotion in the territory.

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‘It’s a nice surprise to be treated like kings!’ Why are mid-level British indie bands massive in China?

My group, Swim Deep, plays to crowds of hundreds across the UK – but in China, we play to tens of thousands. And we’re not the only ones

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Second of two ambient albums I announced this weekend, and something for the Eno fans out there: a longform, 15-hour variation of the generative "A Secret Cove" composition that I released last year under my ambient side-project, riverrun. Details here: riverrun.bandcamp.com/album/a-secr...

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

For any ambient fans, I announced a couple of ambient albums this weekend: first up is the latest album by my droney guitar alias "Alan Lidden" (an anagram of my name!) here: alanlidden.bandcamp.com/album/the-no...

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

One of the best podcast episodes I've listened to in a good few years

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Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show @cobwebsandstrange.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Cobwebs And Strange Radio Show #441 is now available for your listening enjoyment - anytime night or day. www.mixcloud.com/CobwebsAndSt...

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COBWEBS AND STRANGE #441 [2026-01-21]

Listen to COBWEBS AND STRANGE #441 [2026-01-21] by CobwebsAndStrange

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/01/2026

‘Harris claims she was bubbling with ideas to improve the lives of ordinary Americans. Yet most of the specific proposals she mentions relate to government positions and the people who might occupy them.’ David Runciman reads Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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David Runciman · Calling Dr Jekyll: What Kamala Harris got wrong

Normally, being revealed as a hypocrite is kryptonite for a politician running for office. But Harris doesn’t know...

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Power of Poetry

with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,

it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,

so he reached for his copy
of The Complete Works of Yeats

and bludgeoned the President
of the United States

Brian Bilston

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15/01/2026

‘Auden, like Yeats before him, had begun to feel guilt over lines he himself had written, lines that began to haunt him – what he called “false emotions, inflated rhetoric, empty sonorities”. He strove instead to trust his gift.’ Colm Tóibín on Yeats, Eliot and Auden: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Colm Tóibín · Yeats, Auden, Eliot: 1939, 1940, 1941

Who was English; who was American? If Auden was English, was T.S. Eliot American? Or was it the other way around?...

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WRitten On The Edge Podcast @wrotepodcast.com · 16/01/2026

@authorsmstevens.bsky.social shares her novel Beautiful & Terrible Things about a diverse cast of friends, social justice activities living in today's America. Plus a free short story & novelette cut from the book for you. buff.ly/m209fTg #booktalk #bi #queer #black #latino #filipino #socialjustice

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Grammar nerd thought: perhaps once a month I smile thinking of how Leonard Cohen followed his album "Death of a Ladies’ Man" with his poetry volume "Death of a Lady’s Man". Quite envious of that: the sly humour in that apostrophe change. I often wish to do something similar with two of my releases 🙃

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Steve @wilbo66.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I can genuinely highly recommend any release from Daniel, this is no different ⭐️

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WRitten On The Edge Podcast @wrotepodcast.com · 09/01/2026

Daniel Land returns to share his concept single: Pearl Daddy. He wrote two singles that compliment each other and tell a love story with each track from one lover's perspective. We also discuss the North African influences that ghost into the music. buff.ly/UWTkBBj #music #gay #pearldaddy #bilal

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

For any shoegaze fans out there! I’ve just announced my latest release: a limited-edition 7-inch "Concept Single", exploring desire and queer middle age, inspired by writers like Forster, Burroughs & Ginsberg in North African locations, particularly Tangier: danielland.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-...

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Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Be gentle… my @theguardian.com debut. All about levenslied.

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Rehearsals, birthday edition, and band Christmas gathering. What a lovely day.

Four fifths of a band in a break in rehearsals

Chris Thorpe, our drummer, adjusting his kit

Rob Sykes, our bass player, regarding a bass amp as big as he is...

Gary Bruce, our guitar player, dialling in just the right amount of reverb

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

There are worse places in the world to be putting the finishing touches to an album, that's for sure 😊 In all the many years I have been coming to West Somerset, this has been the sunniest and loveliest autumn I can remember.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/10/2025

‘A succession of prime ministers persuaded themselves that their country was somehow different from the rest: it could pick and choose from the menu of European options in the way that suited it best. They were all mistaken.’ David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem

From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...

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Daniel Land @danielland.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Excited to see this lovely bunch again tomorrow for rehearsals ❤️

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