SPRING SHOWS 2025:

13/03 - Studio Gonz, Gouda (w/ Dorr)
21/03 - Muziekcentrum The Box, Katwijk (w/ Downriver Dead Men Go)
04/04 - Gigant Filmtheater, Apeldoorn (w/ Downriver Dead Men Go)
09/04 - De Helling, Utrecht (w/ Oh Hiroshima & Torzs)
13/04 - Paard, Den Haag (w/ Oh Hiroshima & Torzs)

These dates will be the first with newest addition Nils on guitar.

Thanks to Davy at IDVI Agency
Poster by Nici Metselaar

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Second album Circles was released in January 2024 and is available on limited edition vinyl and cd.
Each unique vinyl copy is made of 100% recycled granulate and available in an array of colours.
5% of sales will be donated to brain recovery support charity, GETaHEAD.
ORDER CIRCLES ON CD & VINYL

A Circles (Remixes) EP was released in September, featuring seven new versions of songs from second album Circles.
The EP includes remixes by Thought Forms, Dotlights, Dawn of a New World, BRDN, The Glass Pavilion & Oldernar.
Listen on Bandcamp

Circles (Remixes) is dedicated to Ashley Owens from The Glass Pavilion, who sadly passed away shortly after completing his remix of Old Man’s Beard. Ash was an inspiration for me, on both a personal level and through his music.

Artwork by Nici Metselaar

Thistle Sifter is an ambient instrumental post-rock project by English musician Pete Barnes (Utrecht, NL). Second album Circles is the follow-up to 2022’s debut A Spectral Moon, based on a serious cycling accident that literally catapulted Barnes into disarray in November 2020. Circles is inspired by personal struggles with health, acceptance and letting go of the past. The result is a powerful ambient instrumental record inspired by Brexit, Covid and the difficult, ongoing path to Barnes’ recovery.

'Arguably one of the most engaging and under-appreciated creative forces around today' - Broken8Records (AUS)
'Dreamy, floaty compositions that are a counterweight to darkness' - Luminous Dash (BE)
'Serene post-rock guitar work and spacey synth ambience' - Obscure Sound (US)
'A sonic immersion that transcends the expectations of conventional post-rock' - Radio Armazem (BR)
'A journey through emotional highs and lows, captured in artfully woven sound carpets that captivate the listener' - AM:PLIFIED (DE)