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New to Bluesky. Irish twins Ashley & Brandon Watson. New album Everything, When Said Slowly out now. On tour now! See dates & more at theocelots.com BC: theocelots.bandcamp.com

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Fantastic gig at BelloBar last night. After being exposed to the worst of what Dublin has to offer - i.e. Brown Thomas (I only go there to use the loo) - I really needed a cure for despair. @theocelots.bsky.social restored my faith. Tongue-in-cheek Elvis was just the icing on the cake.

20.12.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.12.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some of the places we're visiting in Australia in 2026. ๐Ÿชฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ
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#australia #tour #folkmusic

08.12.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank You so Much!

06.12.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Merch from The Ocelots Music Merch from The Ocelots Music

It's bandcamp friday! We have all digital downloads except our latest album as 'Pay What You Want' ๐Ÿซก. theocelots.bandcamp.com

05.12.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Strauss's last four songs really had a hold on me this year.
Shoutout to Scott McMicken and Emile Mosseri for some awesome albums this year as well.

04.12.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Culture Ireland, we're getting back on the road!! As two people that love visiting random places this is really the tour for us ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
tickets at theocelots.com ๐Ÿซก

23.11.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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43.65ยฐN 70.251ยฐW., by E. Jason Gibbs 6 track album

my latest release 43.65ยฐN 70.251ยฐW. is out today as a cassette and download on the german label Frenetic Magic Sounds.
These are all working waterfront and shipping recordings collected in and around Portland Maine.
freneticmagicsounds.bandcamp.com/album/4365-n...

18.11.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Neil Young - Neil Young Archives Vol. III Takes Listen to Neil Young Archives Vol. III Takes on TIDAL

The latest Neil Young Archives are absolutely fantastic, so well recorded and so much vulnerability! Feels like a really strong early album rather than a frantic collection.
#neilyoung

14.11.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Basciville & Ailbhe Reddy - Your Own Head Listen to Your Own Head on TIDAL

Best friends and collaborators Cillian & Lorcan Byrne just released a new song , the first in a couple of years. So proud of them! โฃ๏ธ

13.11.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TIL Pumpkins are much scarier after halloween is over

12.11.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can finally throw this thing away

09.11.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Talk Talk 'Spirit of Eden'

Mark Hollis sings like heโ€™s searching for meaning inside the quiet. โ€œI Believe in Youโ€ still sounds like a prayer whispered in the dark.
Not an album you play, an album you let happen to you. Years on, it still feels infinite.
Pure transcendence.
#nowplaying๐ŸŽง

06.11.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're releasing new music tomorrow, but you won't find it on Spotify. Everyone on our newsletter gets it first. sign up here >
the-ocelots.kit.com/1a97ab1098?f...

05.11.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lรด Borges - Paisagem Da Janela Listen to Paisagem Da Janela on TIDAL

RIP Lรด Borges โฃ๏ธโฃ๏ธโฃ๏ธ

03.11.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're still novices in the grand scheme of things, but we're super happy we decided to give them another spin and we think they sound great. We have the full band on them, the usual suspects Cillian & Lorcan Byrne and Conor Cunningham. Love,
Ashley & Brandon

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That all said, There's a lot of magic in being completely new to these things and allowing mistakes, so we love the old versions of these songs for these reasons, but since we're a bit more aware and our ears have grown immaculately in size, we wanted to give them another crack.

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

mixing, what we wanted to sound like, how to play to a metronome, how to sing into a microphone, how to practice mindfulness in the artful ways of Patrick Swayze, etc

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We recorded five tracks,
completely with our own noggins in the Summer of 2025, in our tiny rehearsal space studio in Leipzig. The songs, being nearly ten years old, written when we just finished school and didn't have the faintest notion about production,

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The EP is called 'Revisions. There are some songs from the younger Ocelots, but it's an attempt to make the young Ocelots sound better by getting the Older Ocelots to produce them. A present to our younger selves from the future, and a cheeky side hustle for us before diving into album three.

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We will make the rest of our catalogue 'Pay What You Want' on Bandcamp and continue to tour and create album three, which is looking now like a big exciting project, we've written at least three good songs for it.

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The EP will go on all the other stream
platforms a bit later:. As very active performers and mildly performative activists, we will not release the full EP on Spotify. If you're wondering why, please google "Spotify Bad"
#boycottspotify #newsletter #independentmusic

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're releasing an EP.
This time in a zesty way.
On the 6th of November we're going to send the EP to everyone that is currently signed up to our newsletter. You can stream it or download it, and it's all yours for free. If you're not on our newsletter yet, all you gotta do is sign up.
#newmusic

30.10.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much, awesome page!

30.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a lovely song... #nowplaying

29.10.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tour starts tomorrow, Irish and Austrian shows! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
#Irishmusic #alternative #indie #tour #newmusic

29.10.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heron - Smiling Ladies
Gorgeous song and inspiration for cover by Tim Bernardes & Madison Cunningham #music #ireland

28.10.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unbelievably great album!

27.10.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our second album was the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2023, and we recorded it between Ireland & Germany. We shot these photos on a hill in Leipzig with Romanian photographer Anca Tintea, dressed as landlords.

27.10.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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