Lauren Barley
@RarelyUnable
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Rarely Unable - music PR. Anagram appreciator. (she/her)
London
Joined September 2010
We are no longer posting here but please come and find us on the *other* app @rarelyunable.bsky.social for new release/tour news, random musings about music & probably some stone related content too. Thanks for all the tags & sharing, we deeply appreciate it.
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I got to talk with Einar Selvic for the @the_stone_club podcast today. We talk about nature, wildness. the bear, music & poetry and more, much more. Have a listen
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Stone Club believes the journey is as important as the destination and encourages people to pause and think about place in new ways; connecting ancient sites through community and conversation. Stone...
Our guest on our podcast today is Einar Selvik, musician & ethnomusicologist. Einar is the founder of the band Wardruna. We talk about ancient sites, nature, wild places, landscape, Einar’s life growing up in Norway, Wardruna’s new album Birna & much more https://t.co/9lxCMFkSRu
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Had the pleasure of writing about my year in music for our friend Simon at @sun13music - a precious site I love to read! ♥️
.@RarelyUnable's Lauren Barley shares her top releases of 2024. Ft. @CravenFaults ׀ @uniform_nyc ׀ @Jlin_P ׀ @daisyrickman (@weirdwalk) ׀ Nala Sinephro ׀ Milkweed ׀ Future Sounds of Kraut Vol.2 @CompostRecords ׀ Dame Area ׀ Uboa & more. https://t.co/6BANGswso9
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“The Body drags their audience into a fresh version of hell.” Album review: The Body’s 'The Crying Out of Things - out now via @thrilljockey. @RarelyUnable
https://t.co/E02OxJaOYk
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Absolutely fabulous list - thanks so much Simon for all the RU-affiliated love
Sun 13's Top 50 albums of 2024 Featuring: BIG|BRAVE | The Body & Dis Fig | @jimwhitedrums and @Marisamusic | WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN | @uniform_nyc | @thouband | @thisisduster | @pallbearerdoom & more... https://t.co/y5r5NxSrfY
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the Jesus Lizard and Blood Incantation included in @DanielPCarter AOTY show on the #BBCRadio1 #rockshow
https://t.co/Sm3gEAz17m
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Daniel P Carter takes us through his favourite albums of 2024!
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Contributed some selections in the Constellation AOTY list for @hhvrecords
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hhv.de Charts - HHV Mag Artist & Partner Vinyl Charts of 2024 - picked by Lauren Barley, Joseph Chamandy & Ziad Nawfal
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Thanks @roadburnfest for including me in this week's Essential sounds playlist! 🙏 @RarelyUnable @qabarpr @LaRubiaProduce
https://t.co/rIUYNsJOIi
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Playlist · Roadburn Festival · 37 items · 7.2K saves
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Blood Incantation’s Absolute Everywhere is the Metal Hammer album of the year! See our full top 50 here
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Blood Incantation’s progressive death metal opus tops the Metal Hammer 2024 album of the year list. See the other 49 entries here.
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We are proud to share the title track of our album, "Birna". The song illustrates a dialogue between man and bear, exemplifying the traits and abilities we humans have sought to borrow from these totemic animals throughout history. Watch/listen here:
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"Present Day" by Earthen Sea having a Hit Reset moment on Mary Anne Hobbs' @BBC6Music show today: https://t.co/6a4C0SnfWp New album Recollection out now @krankyltd
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Sustainability in Sound: Renewable Raving with Club Sol & ecodisco
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Blood Incantation: Messages From The Stargate In our latest digital issue, we spoke with Blood Incantation to find out more about their new album 'Absolute Elsewhere' and more! Now, read our interview here! @centurymedia @RarelyUnable
https://t.co/d107reIOoM
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My head is particularly big and fuzzy today because there's a VERY nice news feature about The Distaff in this month's edition of @ProgMagazineUK following some great chat with the ever patient and delightful Julian M 🖤 @RarelyUnable 🌹
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.@HumanImpactband have announced a headlining European, and one date in the UK, tour for April and May next year! Check out the tour dates here on Distorted Sound! @IpecacRec @RarelyUnable
https://t.co/sIVZWGTgjO
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"Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds (Excerpt II)’ @room40speaks has subtlety, delicacy but a sense of huge scale. Symphonic drones merge harmonically and float in suspension while a searching piano rescues fragments of melody." - @BackseatMafia
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Lawrence English has now devoted nearly 25 years to exploring sound as an idea, as a physical thing, as an experience and as a phenomenon. A theorist, writer, artist, curator and composer, to simpl…
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MINOR THREAT reissue of the original 1st 7'' landing soon. Newly pressed in 2024. The cut was initially created for the Dischord 7" box set @dischordrecords
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Featured Video | @maudthemoth – 'Siphonophores' Spellbinding, sensuous siren-song in a sea of subconscious brought to the surface in Elena Brea's silvery celluloid. From Distaff releasing Feb 2025 – the Year of the Moth. https://t.co/kG0MCD2nBi
@rarelyunable @healthylivingband
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Mary Anne Hobbs playing out an excerpt of Lawrence English's recently announced album Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds @BBC6Music arriving @room40speaks on 31st January. An album reflecting on how sounds haunts architecture.
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Mary Anne throws down a whole heap of great music to help you over your hump.
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'There is a lot of frustration [that comes with] living life in a meaningful way. It’s tough being alive and bearing witness to how the world works and not having it affect you, if you have any empathy towards life in general.” Keeping Score: An Interview With The Body
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What a glorious performance by Asso - every rich detail of his solo music captured and piercing the pin drop silence. What a beautiful venue to witness this in. @IpecacRec
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