I am dribbling with happiness to let you know that the second Shining Tongues album will be released on the 31st of May, 2024.  The album is called THIS BODY OF MINE WILL DISINTEGRATE.

This is, ultimately, true. But is…

Thanks to everyone who came out and listened and watched us moving about and making noises on purpose at The Macbeth last month. We had a great time and it felt good to let some of the new songs rumble…

We just released a three-track EP with some new TONGUES music.

Armed With Simplicity contains two re-worked and highly embellished solo acoustic versions of new songs: Muscle and Visions From…

We're playing at The Macbeth, Hoxton on Thursday 31st August.  We'll be performing elongated and recombobulated versions of songs from Milk Of God, as well as some new pieces from the forthcoming second album.  This is a FREE show… but…

WORDS ABOUT RUBBISH!  We made a lyric video for our recent single, I Eat Rubbish.  Watch / Read / Breathe / Eat right here:

HOW TIMES FLIES WHEN YOU'RE DISSOLVING THE "SELF" It is time (again) for us to present to you our annual sonic ritual for the Summer Solstice.  

Listen / download here: https://theshiningtongues.bandcamp.com/track/summer-solstice-xxi-vi-mmxxiii

This is…

Thanks to everyone who came out to The Spice Of Life last month, it was TRANSCENDENT! Thanks and love to Rogue Awakening, Lou Raymond, Barn and especially to Dynamic Calories for generously rescuing us when Sam broke a bass string…

A gentle reminder that we'll be playing live this Friday 21st April at The Spice Of Life, London.  This is our first show in over a year so it would be extra special to see you there if you…

Our new single, I EAT RUBBISH, is out today. Today is happening now. Behold the fruits of our no-mind and dance yourself into divine stupidity.

Apologies for the relative silence in recent months. I've been toiling, working on new songs for what I hope will be a second Shining Tongues album for this year.  So far things are sounding stranger, more atmospheric and nocturnal, but…

Here's a (very) short clip of us photosynthesising some NEW music at Pirate Studios this weekend. Dan Knowler, Willie Nash, Sam Mclaughlin and (just out of shot to the right) Robin Jax.

A new EP (or something) approaches in the…

Here, for you, is the third in our series of Summer Solstice channelings, sculpted with LOVE from lumps of sound and matter. 

As is our way, we present a new longform hallucinatory piece of music for you - this time…

Our new single, WONDERFUL PIG, is now released on all the music streaming places for your convenience, comfort and consumption: https://music.theshiningtongues.org/wonderfulpig

The song was recently New Noise Magazine's Bandcamp Release of the Day - and the good people at Psychedelic…

It is Spring and all the plants are oozing translucent glowing slime which ascends to heaven and becomes a wet bird. 

Soon we are/am/will be hacking away at new music with the full band line-up. But before we do that…

I am FILLED WITH JOY to tell you that the new live linep of The Shining Tongues will be performing songs from Milk Of God at The New Cross Inn on Wednesday 23rd February.  We'll be joined by guests Gino…

Huge thanks to the mighty Tom Robinson for playing our track 'Rice' on the BBC Introducing Mixtape on BBC Radio 6 Music on Monday morning - along with a plethora of other fine new music. You can hear the whole…

A brief pellet of a song for your pleasure. Soon to be re-embellished and enviscerated by the whole band. But for now here is the singular vessel of vibration.

The song is up on our Bandcamp page right now and…

I am pleased to announce that the following gang of intrepid sound makers have agreed to join me in the live incarnation of The Shining Tongues.  Left to right in the image below: Lucie Arnoux (cello and vocals), Sam Mclaughlin…

Our debut album MILK OF GOD is released today in full view and replete with all its feathers.  I'm immensely proud of this record and I really hope it pleases you all to finally hear it. My endless and boundless…

Our debut album, MILK OF GOD is coming soon. From today you can hear the new song Annihilation exclusively at Spill Magazine.

Go here: https://spillmagazine.com/spill-music-premiere-the-shining-tongues-annihilation/ and put the sound in your ears.  I'm especially pleased with Annihilation - it feels…

Our debut album, Milk Of God, is coming in October - and today our esteemed friends at New Noise Magazine wrote about the upcoming album and shared the SO-CALLED POP VIDEO for the song 'It Is Fear'.  Which is a…

Today we release a new song from the forthcoming album - You can hear the new track over at Treblezine today.

Listen and rejoice! https://www.treblezine.com/hear-the-shining-tongues-dark-psychedelic-buildings/

It is nearly time to eat the cosmic meat. Our debut album is coming later this year and we'd like to tell YOU all about it. If you've not done so already we highly recommend joining our mailinglist for exclusive…

To mark one full year of The Shining Tongues, we present to you our second SUMMER SOLSTICE offering. Ten minutes of psychedelic drones, bells, noises, shouting and sonic exuberance.. plus a funky little song about John The Baptist.

https://theshiningtongues.bandcamp.com/track/summer-solstice-xxi-vi-mmxxi

The new Shining Shining Shining Tongues single, It Is Fear, is now available for you to hear and absorb. It Is Fear It Is Shining It Is Clear and covered in glowing fluid (don't worry this is natural and harmless)

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