The Way After

Gig flyer for upcoming live dates: Saturday 28th March: HMV Coventry Date TBC: Springboard Festival, Criterion Theatre, Coventry Wednesday 15th July, Rother Street Arts Venue, Stratford-upon-Avon

While the rest of the band are in the studio, I'm keeping myself out of mischief... If you are in Coventry and/or Stratford over the next couple of months, then why not come along and say "hello"?

‘People think you’re old if you need a hearing aid’: Pete Tong on ageing, all-nighters and hearing loss He helped bring dance music to the mainstream, was a staple of the 90s Ibiza scene and at 65 still DJs on Radio 1. But all those hours in the club have come at a cost. Here, he talks survival, selling...

I'm not 65 (even a well-preserved 65 like Pete Tong) but as someone who has started wearing hearing aids for clarity (and listening to music) I can attest to the importance of getting your hearing checked out:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

For anyone tracking this we're just 7 plays short of the Magic 1000 and Spotify opening the keys to the kingdom and welcoming us in. Or something.
open.spotify.com/album/1TOPQh...

Bus wanker! Got a few live dates coming up, so I'm off to Noise Works in Fargo Village to get my Epi D-12 gig-ready; Having moved to Coventry from London, I must say how nice it is to have a bit of leg room and adequate space for my guitar on the bus 🚌 🙂👏

Just seeing if it works:
thewayafter.bandcamp.com/album/still-...

Me after Spotify are forced to pay me:

FURTHER UPDATE C'mon! Just 23 plays to go! There's a snippet below, but have a listen to the whole thing while I imagine what loaf of bread I'm going to buy with the riches Spotify are about to bestow on me: open.spotify.com/track/5KCX6E...

UPDATE: 31 plays to go - we can do this! Just think: Each $0.03 Spotify will have to give to us is $0.03 less for them to give to AI weapons research... 🤔
open.spotify.com/track/5KCX6E...

You Built A Wall

Our song 'You Built A Wall' is just 41 plays from getting us out of the "sub 1000" category... It was described as "a melodic poetic track with orchestral touches that call to mind late 60s Beatles or Kinks"... so if that tickles your fancy, then check it out:
open.spotify.com/track/5KCX6E...

To paraphrase Robin Williams: $16.2 million Pokemon cards are God's way of telling you that you have too much money.

A copy of 'Chelsea Girl' by Nico

Valentine's Day gift from my Valentine 💝

Photo of the HMV in Coventry

PEOPLE OF COVENTRY (& SURROUNDING AREAS): SATURDAY 28th MARCH - SAVE THE DATE!
I'm very excited to be playing an in-store acoustic gig at the HMV in Coventry to promote 'Still To Breathe', copies of which can be bought from within the store. Really hope to see you there! 🙂👍🎶

Here's some flashback pics to a former incarnation of the band playing in East London - we didn’t know then, but it would be over 12 years before me, James, and Dave would play together again...
Next time the doctor asks me to lose weight, I'll show him these pics and tell him I complied in advance.

BTW, if you're intrigued by the video clips in the previous post, then check out our YouTube channel - it's full of lo-fi, scrappy, goodness: youtube.com/@thewayafter...

Have a good weekend all 🙂🎶

#bandcampfriday today, where all revenue goes to the artists, and is a great way of supporting independent music. Our album 'Still To Breathe' is available as a CD or download, so please consider getting a copy: thewayafter.bandcamp.com/album/still-...

Cheers!

Bandcamp Friday tomorrow; It's a great way to get behind independent artists like ourselves, so please consider buying our mini-album 'Still To Breathe' as it will help support us while we finish it's follow-up... (I'll post the link tomorrow)

Screenshot of 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' video by The Way After

Screenshot of 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' video by The Way After

Anyway, the video: It's a real Frankenstein's monster of animation, photo collage and model work, but I like it which is the main thing 😉

Check out the video on our YouTube channel!
(and like, share, and subscribe, and all that): youtu.be/fnHxQTQRoIw?...

(3/3)

Screenshot of 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' video by The Way After

Screenshot of 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' video by The Way After

I chose the latter, and within 3 months I had a new career, and within a year I'd met my wife. I've been back to New York since with my wife, and this song imagines looking back at the memories of those trips as if they were one construct - a city of the mind. (2/3)

Screenshot of 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' video by The Way After

Screenshot of 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' video by The Way After

ICYMI: Here's a few screenshots from our latest video for 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night'. The song is about one of those "sliding doors" moments in life - a trip to New York, and wanting to live there, but feeling I had unfinished business at home. (1/3)

It's a low-res pic, but there’s plenty of Dylan - all his 60s output, plus a few 70s, and a few rarities:

The video for 'Summer Rain, Ocean Night' is ready! I was trying to get it done for January, and so I've just snuck in under the wire. Watch here from midnight! youtu.be/fnHxQTQRoIw?...

BBC Local Radio - BBC Introducing - West Mids & Warwickshire, 29/01/2026 The best in unsigned music from the West Midlands and Coventry and Warwickshire.

People of Bluesky! 'You Can Talk A Mountain' by The Way After will be played on BBC Introducing - West Mids & Warwickshire tomorrow (Thursday 29th Jan) You can listen here at 8pm tomorrow and for 30 days after if you miss it: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Honestly, this has made my day 😀👍🎶

Do you want to know something terrible? I've started doing the Trump dance. I started doing it ironically, but now it's become force of habit. FML.

⬆️ That should read @blackmarketplay.bsky.social

They do good playlists! Check them out!

Screenshot of Spotify playlist (link in post)

Massive Thanks again to
@blackmarketplay.bsky.social for featuring 'Low River' on their 'Out Of Here'playlist.

I'm proud of how this lyric came out. I'm always trying to reach a certain standard, and this is the closest I've gotten. Why not have a listen? open.spotify.com/playlist/2Fl...

Screenshot of Spotify playlist (link in post)

Massive Thanks Part 1 to @blackmarketplaylist for featuring 'You Can Talk A Mountain' on their 'New Shoegaze From The UK' playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/0bC...

We definitely tried to capture the spirit of early 90s acts like Ride, or The Stone Roses, so check it out, why not? 😀👍🎸🎶

Tim in Muswell Hill pictured with Angelos Epithemiou (Dan Skinner) in 2016

A selfie of Tim in 2026.

I've probably got this 2016 thing wrong, but here is a pic of me in '16 with Angelos Epithemiou, and here's a pic of me 10 years later sans Angelos.
A lot's happened since then, but I reckon I look better in '26 - but only 'cos my GP has had me off the booze, salt, and sugar for over a year now.

Still working on the video; 2759 frames, and taking it one frame at a time...

Ringo Starr

Is the coolest a Beatle ever looked? If you told me this was the drummer in a contemporary band (and I don’t mean the All Starr Band) I'd believe you:

Shire Folk Showcase Best of 2025 - 2nd January 2026 Jonathan Roscoe, Graham Hobbs and Stephen Ottner pick out their favourite albums from the year just past. Very much pushing the boundaries of the "folk" label in the title of the show.

I was very flattered to hear 'Ghosts In The Hallway' played alongside Jeff Tweedy and Big Thief as part of the Best Of 2025 on Shire Folk Showcase. Presenter Graham notes the song is more soft rock than folk, but "very enjoyable" nonetheless...
Check it out:
www.mixcloud.com/kennetradio/...