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The Sanctity Of Crows

@thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social

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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

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The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 12h

Just finished mastering the third track for the next album. 😃

Duration now sitting at 11:40.

I suppose I'd better get started on the next one, then? 🙄

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 1d

"For Those Departed" is an instrumental elegy, and yet somehow this YT video flew off the shelves in the early days and was the first to reach 1K streams.

Now, 15 months after release, it's my first music video to break the 2K barrier. 😃

Lookee hear: youtu.be/BKnOxI2EZDQ

For Those Departed [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]

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The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 1d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #12

Oh, I give up!

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 2d

🐦‍⬛ STONED THE CROWS! Week #067 🎵 playl1sts [≈ 30 mins] @ SpottyFly & YooToob ... a careful selection of (often woefully underheard) indie music.

🎵 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3y1...
🎵 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

STONED THE CROWS! (latest)

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The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 2d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #11

No jay-walking here. 😉

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 3d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #10

Would've revealed the dark side of the chocaholic crows. 🥺

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 4d

😢 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 3 places in yesterday's The Independent Artist Chart show on Burton Radio.

😎 VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 27th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏

🐦‍⬛ "THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIND" single:
🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 4d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #09

Didn't want to give away my age, and got tired of waiting for the doublet and hose to come back into fashion.

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 5d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #08

Tempted to do the weekly groceries shopping in this outfit, but I bottled out. 😆

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 6d

REJECTED COVER ART #07

Dunno why I wasn't allowed to go with this one, as it's soooo pretty!

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 6d

🎬🎧 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: "Discovery" [4:30]

"Discovery" is the main part (part iii) of the five-part title track from the guitar-free experiment album "Terra Incognita" (released 6th June 2025), released as a single.

👀🎧 Lookee hear: youtu.be/fhJoSA1Uzu4

#thesanctityofcrows #musicvideo

Discovery [The Sanctity Of Crows - official music video]

YouTube video by The Sanctity Of Crows

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The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 7d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #06

The Marketing Department deemed this one too suggestive and risque. ☹️

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 8d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #05

Crows On The Run.

Sadly, this one might have 'triggered' all those people who've spent serious time in the FB slammer. ☹️

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 9d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #04

Another tSoC cover art concept that never made it off the drawing board.

I must've been nuts not to use this one.

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 10d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #03

Silly season continues, with another tSoC album cover concept that didn't fly. 😏

The Legal Department shot it down in flames ... 😟

#thesanctityofcrows #rejectedalbumart #indiemusic #indiemusiccommunity

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 11d

😮 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" floated back up 1 place in yesterday's @burtonradiochart.bsky.social on @burtonradio.bsky.social . 😃

😎 VOTING for next week is OPEN until end Monday 20th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏

🎧 song.link/s/3HR9Q1ULYM...

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 11d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #02

You've got to do SOMETHING creative when procrastination keeps you from music-making. While waiting for musical inspiration to poop on my head, sometimes I create cover art.

Here's another one I didn't think would fly ... 😏

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 12d

🖼️ REJECTED COVER ART #01

I've mentioned before that I've created a load of cover art for music that doesn't exist yet. 😮 Weird, maybe ... but it inspires me to create the accompanying music.

There are a few that I decided not to go with, however. Here's one ... 😏

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 13d

🤔 Know what my next release is gonna be?

Nope, me neither. Whatever it is doesn't exist yet. 😬

I really need to get back to work in the music factory ... but, you know what they say: procrastination makes perfect. 😒

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 14d

"Just A Minute"
🎧🎬 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO release ("Future" version)

Psychedelic post-rock shoegaze from the "IV" EP.

Continuing in the archive footage groove for this alternative OMV version. 😎 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/DCOLR1MeLpg

#thesanctityofcrows #OfficialMusicVideo #videorelease

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 15d

How to make those trick or treaters flee. linktr.ee/thesanctityo...

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 16d

"Another Three Minutes Of Your Life You Won't Get back"
🎧🎬 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO release ("Experiments" version)
Psychedelic post-rock shoegaze from the "IV" EP.

Someone said this track would go well with people doing science experiments, so ... 😎

👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/8m-o699kaos

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 18d

😮 "This Wasn't What I Had In Mind" dropped 1 place to 7th in yesterday's . 😃 But, it's still there ... and it's the longest serving track currently in the chart (by far)! 😃🙏

😎 VOTING for next week's show is OPEN until end Monday 13th October (GMT): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 18d

"Just A Minute"
🎧🎬 OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO release ("Fractals" version)

Psychedelic post-rock shoegaze from the "IV" EP.

Fleeting glimpses of something or other. 😎 👀👂 Lookee hear: youtu.be/c4WlOHW9h7Q

#thesanctityofcrows #OfficialMusicVideo #videorelease

The Sanctity Of Crows @thesanctityofcrows.bsky.social · 20d

🎉 THE CROW FLIES FREE 🥳

With your amazing help 🙏 the ransom has been paid 😃

He's back at home, feet up and listening 🎧 to the track that led to being taken hostage but also freed him.

🎧 "Journey's End (feat. Sonia Hutchinson of Crowsilver)": open.spotify.com/track/740TZc...