The Sanctity Of Crows
@thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social
Award-winning solo indie music project by Ian A Napier (Scotland).
Instrumental music featuring guitars, keyboards and drums. Often layered, cinematic, ambient and/or soundscape-y. Kinda prog-ish, sometimes.
Links: https://linktr.ee/thesanctityofcrow
Instrumental music featuring guitars, keyboards and drums. Often layered, cinematic, ambient and/or soundscape-y. Kinda prog-ish, sometimes.
Links: https://linktr.ee/thesanctityofcrow
Well, that's another track completed for the next album! 🙂
Just three more to create before the album drops [ETA Q1 2026]. Busy, busy, busy. 🙄
Just three more to create before the album drops [ETA Q1 2026]. Busy, busy, busy. 🙄
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Well, that's another track completed for the next album! 🙂
Just three more to create before the album drops [ETA Q1 2026]. Busy, busy, busy. 🙄
Just three more to create before the album drops [ETA Q1 2026]. Busy, busy, busy. 🙄
🎬💥 RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video for "Journey's End".
Video for track 6 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released in June 2025.
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/6SOFodoKnjA
🎧 Hear here: song.link/s/2N1o2QZZxh...
Video for track 6 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released in June 2025.
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/6SOFodoKnjA
🎧 Hear here: song.link/s/2N1o2QZZxh...
Journey's End [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎬💥 RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video for "Journey's End".
Video for track 6 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released in June 2025.
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/6SOFodoKnjA
🎧 Hear here: song.link/s/2N1o2QZZxh...
Video for track 6 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released in June 2025.
👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/6SOFodoKnjA
🎧 Hear here: song.link/s/2N1o2QZZxh...
I haven't forgotten than each stream is an actual person who listened/viewed (mostly intentionally).
Thank you! 🧡
Thank you! 🧡
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I haven't forgotten than each stream is an actual person who listened/viewed (mostly intentionally).
Thank you! 🧡
Thank you! 🧡
I haven't forgotten than each stream is an actual person who listened/viewed (mostly intentionally).
Thank you! 🧡
Thank you! 🧡
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I haven't forgotten than each stream is an actual person who listened/viewed (mostly intentionally).
Thank you! 🧡
Thank you! 🧡
🤨 I don't know how people coped in the olden days, without all the things we take for granted today.
Like, before 20 Mar 2024 ... there was no The Sanctity Of Crows! 😧
linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
#thesanctityofcrows #IndieMusicCommunity #indiemusic
Like, before 20 Mar 2024 ... there was no The Sanctity Of Crows! 😧
linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
#thesanctityofcrows #IndieMusicCommunity #indiemusic
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🤨 I don't know how people coped in the olden days, without all the things we take for granted today.
Like, before 20 Mar 2024 ... there was no The Sanctity Of Crows! 😧
linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
#thesanctityofcrows #IndieMusicCommunity #indiemusic
Like, before 20 Mar 2024 ... there was no The Sanctity Of Crows! 😧
linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
#thesanctityofcrows #IndieMusicCommunity #indiemusic
🎬💥 RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video (Life version) for "The Endless Life Of Water".
This is the alternative video for track 5 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released Jun 2025.
Who doesn't like watching living things doing their thing? 🙂
youtu.be/CBwTC84bQbw
This is the alternative video for track 5 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released Jun 2025.
Who doesn't like watching living things doing their thing? 🙂
youtu.be/CBwTC84bQbw
The Endless Life Of Water [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video; Life version]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎬💥 RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video (Life version) for "The Endless Life Of Water".
This is the alternative video for track 5 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released Jun 2025.
Who doesn't like watching living things doing their thing? 🙂
youtu.be/CBwTC84bQbw
This is the alternative video for track 5 of 6 from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" that was released Jun 2025.
Who doesn't like watching living things doing their thing? 🙂
youtu.be/CBwTC84bQbw
🧑🎄 "After Christmas" 🔥 Not your typical Xmas song! 😮
Single AND Official Music Video released on Monday, and so far:
🎧 Heard on SpottyFly 132 times
🎬 Watched on YouTube 100 times
If you haven't done either, then there is still time. 😉
🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
Single AND Official Music Video released on Monday, and so far:
🎧 Heard on SpottyFly 132 times
🎬 Watched on YouTube 100 times
If you haven't done either, then there is still time. 😉
🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🧑🎄 "After Christmas" 🔥 Not your typical Xmas song! 😮
Single AND Official Music Video released on Monday, and so far:
🎧 Heard on SpottyFly 132 times
🎬 Watched on YouTube 100 times
If you haven't done either, then there is still time. 😉
🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
Single AND Official Music Video released on Monday, and so far:
🎧 Heard on SpottyFly 132 times
🎬 Watched on YouTube 100 times
If you haven't done either, then there is still time. 😉
🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #073 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🐦⬛ LATEST week [9 songs, 29 min 35 sec]
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🐦⬛ LATEST week [9 songs, 29 min 35 sec]
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #073 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🐦⬛ LATEST week [9 songs, 29 min 35 sec]
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🐦⬛ LATEST week [9 songs, 29 min 35 sec]
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
In 2025, nine tSoC releases:
💿 1 EP with four singles, plus two bonus vocal collab singles
💿 one micro-EP (two tiny tracks)
💿 and a (kinda) festive single.
In 2026 ... a new album IS in the pressure cooker. 😎
🎧 For now, all things tSoC: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
💿 1 EP with four singles, plus two bonus vocal collab singles
💿 one micro-EP (two tiny tracks)
💿 and a (kinda) festive single.
In 2026 ... a new album IS in the pressure cooker. 😎
🎧 For now, all things tSoC: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In 2025, nine tSoC releases:
💿 1 EP with four singles, plus two bonus vocal collab singles
💿 one micro-EP (two tiny tracks)
💿 and a (kinda) festive single.
In 2026 ... a new album IS in the pressure cooker. 😎
🎧 For now, all things tSoC: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
💿 1 EP with four singles, plus two bonus vocal collab singles
💿 one micro-EP (two tiny tracks)
💿 and a (kinda) festive single.
In 2026 ... a new album IS in the pressure cooker. 😎
🎧 For now, all things tSoC: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
😃 OUT TODAY! "After Christmas" ...🔥 Single AND Official Music Video.
This track probably works a lot better with the video, so lookee hear 👀👂🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
but my music streaming platform stats could do with a kick in the pants so ALSO hear here 🎧: song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
This track probably works a lot better with the video, so lookee hear 👀👂🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
but my music streaming platform stats could do with a kick in the pants so ALSO hear here 🎧: song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
😃 OUT TODAY! "After Christmas" ...🔥 Single AND Official Music Video.
This track probably works a lot better with the video, so lookee hear 👀👂🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
but my music streaming platform stats could do with a kick in the pants so ALSO hear here 🎧: song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
This track probably works a lot better with the video, so lookee hear 👀👂🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PKj...
but my music streaming platform stats could do with a kick in the pants so ALSO hear here 🎧: song.link/s/11Y0bVig6O...
😃 TWO DAYS TO GO!
⛄ Kicking off December with maybe the naffest Xmas single you'll ever hear. 🙄 Coming to a playback device near you on Monday 1st Dec ... ready or not. 🤪
The accompanying Official Music Video is cool, though. 🎁🎄🦌
#thesanctityofcrows #newrelease #christmassingle
⛄ Kicking off December with maybe the naffest Xmas single you'll ever hear. 🙄 Coming to a playback device near you on Monday 1st Dec ... ready or not. 🤪
The accompanying Official Music Video is cool, though. 🎁🎄🦌
#thesanctityofcrows #newrelease #christmassingle
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
😃 TWO DAYS TO GO!
⛄ Kicking off December with maybe the naffest Xmas single you'll ever hear. 🙄 Coming to a playback device near you on Monday 1st Dec ... ready or not. 🤪
The accompanying Official Music Video is cool, though. 🎁🎄🦌
#thesanctityofcrows #newrelease #christmassingle
⛄ Kicking off December with maybe the naffest Xmas single you'll ever hear. 🙄 Coming to a playback device near you on Monday 1st Dec ... ready or not. 🤪
The accompanying Official Music Video is cool, though. 🎁🎄🦌
#thesanctityofcrows #newrelease #christmassingle
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #072 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
LATEST week [7 songs, 29 min]:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
LATEST week [7 songs, 29 min]:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #072 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
LATEST week [7 songs, 29 min]:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
LATEST week [7 songs, 29 min]:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
After Christmas [The Sanctity Of Crows - single promo]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
💲 15% OFF during Black Friday week (use "BLACKFRIDAY15" on checkout).
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
💲 15% OFF during Black Friday week (use "BLACKFRIDAY15" on checkout).
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
So, who's gonna give me my 5th sale of an audio-tangible goodie? 🤔
elasticstage.com/thesanctityo...
PS: Let me know it was you ... I always love to know what home these go to! 😎
PRE-SAVE the impending tSoC single: AFTER CHRISTMAS (Mon 1st Dec)
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
After Christmas
Listen to After Christmas
ditto.fm
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
PRE-SAVE the impending tSoC single: AFTER CHRISTMAS (Mon 1st Dec)
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
I don't think that Pre-Saves would help feed the algorithm for me in any material way unless there were hundreds or thousands of them, but if it helps YOU to get reminded on release day then pre-save. 😎
ditto.fm/after-christ...
Promoting your next release be like ...
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Promoting your next release be like ...
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
(But you can always listen to the old stuff: linktr.ee/thesanctityo...)
Christmas music will never be the same again.
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Christmas music will never be the same again.
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
Coming to an audio-playback device near you ... soon-ish (Mon 1st Dec).
#thesanctityofcrows #newmusic #singlerelease #Christmas #xmas #Festive #postrock #instrumentalmusic #indiemusic #IndieMusicCommunity
Work on the next album is progressing well enough for me to be getting VERY excited about it. 😁
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Work on the next album is progressing well enough for me to be getting VERY excited about it. 😁
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
Four of the nine tracks are in the bag, and a fifth is on the production line. 🙂
Probably only out Q1 2026, but hey ... I don't mind if you start getting excited too. 😏
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 2 places to 9th in The Independent Artist Chart on Burton Radio with Graeme Drayton. 🤨
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 2 places to 9th in The Independent Artist Chart on Burton Radio with Graeme Drayton. 🤨
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
😎 If you'd like to keep me flying in radio heaven, then VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 24th November (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏
Let it crow, let it crow, let it crow!
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Let it crow, let it crow, let it crow!
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
I have an instrumental post-Christmas number coming out on Monday 1st December. 😮
All I can say is that you probably won't ever hear carollers singing along to this, and it isn't future karaoke fodder either.
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video (Explorer version) - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
Everywhere The Wind Blows [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video; Explorer version]
YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
RELEASED TODAY: Official Music Video (Explorer version) - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
4th track from the EP "Terra Incognita". This is the latest OMV in the "Explorer of ancient worlds" video sequence for that EP.
🎬 Bring your popcorn this way ... youtu.be/YeKD6WNs4aU
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #070 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🐦⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #070 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
🎼 This week, bringing you beauty and dark power:
🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
RELEASED TODAY: 🎬 Official Music Video - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
RELEASED TODAY: 🎬 Official Music Video - "Everywhere The Wind Blows"
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
4th track from the guitar-free experiment EP "Terra Incognita" (released 6th Jun 2025).
The extended (full EP track length) version of the "Globe" video that was created for the radio edit. 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/9gOMNqkqTCQ
🎄🦌🧑🎄 !!!!!!! I just uploaded a Christmas-ish single !!!!!!! 😮
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎄🦌🧑🎄 !!!!!!! I just uploaded a Christmas-ish single !!!!!!! 😮
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎
As you can imagine, it's not something Mariah or Bing would go near. 😄
Diarise Monday 1st December in your calendrical thingy for putting this one on repeat (and every day until New Year, every year). 😎