The Open Flames band
@theopenflames.bsky.social
Poetic pop noir
New album 'Same Time Next Year' with Subjangle Records!
https://theopenflames.bandcamp.com/music
New album 'Same Time Next Year' with Subjangle Records!
https://theopenflames.bandcamp.com/music
LONDON CALLING SHOW 11am/8pm PST today on EARDRUM BUZZ RADIO
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
April 27, 2026 at 6:59 AM
LONDON CALLING SHOW 11am/8pm PST today on EARDRUM BUZZ RADIO
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
'Drop a Coin' by The Open Flames:
"A splendid debut. No wonder Satan plays it on repeat on his stereo in hell.” – Turn Up the Volume
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5bF...
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"A splendid debut. No wonder Satan plays it on repeat on his stereo in hell.” – Turn Up the Volume
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5bF...
@turnupthevolume.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
Drop a Coin by The Open Flames
YouTube video by The Open Flames
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April 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
'Drop a Coin' by The Open Flames:
"A splendid debut. No wonder Satan plays it on repeat on his stereo in hell.” – Turn Up the Volume
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5bF...
@turnupthevolume.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
"A splendid debut. No wonder Satan plays it on repeat on his stereo in hell.” – Turn Up the Volume
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5bF...
@turnupthevolume.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
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Many thanks to @popintherealworld.bsky.social for featuring the wonderful @theopenflames.bsky.social in their latest, always essential show!
Just thought you'd like to know that 'Drop A Coin' is part of my latest Mixcloud Show. The intro is at 1:08:30 in the linked show.
www.mixcloud.com/Chris2023/po...
www.mixcloud.com/Chris2023/po...
March 31, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Many thanks to @popintherealworld.bsky.social for featuring the wonderful @theopenflames.bsky.social in their latest, always essential show!
Just thought you'd like to know that 'Drop A Coin' is part of my latest Mixcloud Show. The intro is at 1:08:30 in the linked show.
www.mixcloud.com/Chris2023/po...
www.mixcloud.com/Chris2023/po...
Pop In The Real World Uncovered 3
Something a little different for this show. You won't be hearing me until after the third tune, but the reason for that will be made clear. After that we are by turns, electronic, new waveish, contine...
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March 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Tonight on Eardrum Buzz Radio!
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
March 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Tonight on Eardrum Buzz Radio!
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
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🎧 popintherealworld.co.uk/l/fast-and-furious-glowing-and-glorious/
Band names this week to match the great music. Thanks Cast @theswellseason.bsky.social The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Loaded Honey, The Open Flames
@eatyourownears.bsky.social Heavenly The Blue Herons, Retrograph & Arctic Monkeys
Band names this week to match the great music. Thanks Cast @theswellseason.bsky.social The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Loaded Honey, The Open Flames
@eatyourownears.bsky.social Heavenly The Blue Herons, Retrograph & Arctic Monkeys
Fast and Furious, Glowing and Glorious :: Pop In The Real World
Arctic Monkeys, The Blue Herons, Cast, The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Heavenly, Kieran Hebden and William Tyler. Loaded Honey, The Open Flames, Retrograph, The Swell Seas
popintherealworld.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM
🎧 popintherealworld.co.uk/l/fast-and-furious-glowing-and-glorious/
Band names this week to match the great music. Thanks Cast @theswellseason.bsky.social The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Loaded Honey, The Open Flames
@eatyourownears.bsky.social Heavenly The Blue Herons, Retrograph & Arctic Monkeys
Band names this week to match the great music. Thanks Cast @theswellseason.bsky.social The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Loaded Honey, The Open Flames
@eatyourownears.bsky.social Heavenly The Blue Herons, Retrograph & Arctic Monkeys
Gratitude to Pop in the Real World for the kind review of 'Same Time Next Year':
"If there's one thing wrong with this record, it's this. At 23 minutes it's too short by a long, long, way."
www.popintherealworld.co.uk/l/fast-and-f...
@popintherealworld.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
"If there's one thing wrong with this record, it's this. At 23 minutes it's too short by a long, long, way."
www.popintherealworld.co.uk/l/fast-and-f...
@popintherealworld.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
March 16, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Gratitude to Pop in the Real World for the kind review of 'Same Time Next Year':
"If there's one thing wrong with this record, it's this. At 23 minutes it's too short by a long, long, way."
www.popintherealworld.co.uk/l/fast-and-f...
@popintherealworld.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
"If there's one thing wrong with this record, it's this. At 23 minutes it's too short by a long, long, way."
www.popintherealworld.co.uk/l/fast-and-f...
@popintherealworld.bsky.social @subjangle.bsky.social
Preview Dave's new song on Le Bon Virus show on Pop Culture Radio tonight!
@lebonvirus.bsky.social
@lebonvirus.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Preview Dave's new song on Le Bon Virus show on Pop Culture Radio tonight!
@lebonvirus.bsky.social
@lebonvirus.bsky.social
Dave emerges from the depths, with a new side project single - look for it on Spotify on Valentine's Day!
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Dave emerges from the depths, with a new side project single - look for it on Spotify on Valentine's Day!
#3 on Expand Your Playlist's Top 20 of 2025!
Songs featured:
"Falling Up"
"UK Trains"
#Bestof2025 #IndieMusicPlaylist #Indiepop #NewMusicPlaylist #Endof2025 #Rock #IndieRock #alternativerock #indie #UKRock
Listen at: expandyourplaylist.com
@subjangle.bsky.social
Songs featured:
"Falling Up"
"UK Trains"
#Bestof2025 #IndieMusicPlaylist #Indiepop #NewMusicPlaylist #Endof2025 #Rock #IndieRock #alternativerock #indie #UKRock
Listen at: expandyourplaylist.com
@subjangle.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#3 on Expand Your Playlist's Top 20 of 2025!
Songs featured:
"Falling Up"
"UK Trains"
#Bestof2025 #IndieMusicPlaylist #Indiepop #NewMusicPlaylist #Endof2025 #Rock #IndieRock #alternativerock #indie #UKRock
Listen at: expandyourplaylist.com
@subjangle.bsky.social
Songs featured:
"Falling Up"
"UK Trains"
#Bestof2025 #IndieMusicPlaylist #Indiepop #NewMusicPlaylist #Endof2025 #Rock #IndieRock #alternativerock #indie #UKRock
Listen at: expandyourplaylist.com
@subjangle.bsky.social
Gobble down a new LONDON CALLING radio show!
This Monday, 11am PST on Eardrum Buzz Radio!
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
This Monday, 11am PST on Eardrum Buzz Radio!
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Gobble down a new LONDON CALLING radio show!
This Monday, 11am PST on Eardrum Buzz Radio!
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
This Monday, 11am PST on Eardrum Buzz Radio!
@eardrumbuzzradio.bsky.social
London Calling on Eardrum Buzz Radio this week! You can download the show from Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-x28m4-...
London Calling for October, 2025
This month your host Dave Eastman, world-traveler and man with an open mind and broad taste in music, begins the show with an experimental ambient track with flute, interviews French band Billy Bonbon...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
London Calling on Eardrum Buzz Radio this week! You can download the show from Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-x28m4-...
August 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Watch the new video by London based indie rock quartet The Open Flames for The Right Pill, a track from their Same Time Next Year album. And yes, that's Dirk Benedict.
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/theo...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #video
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/theo...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #video
The Open Flames: "The Right Pill" video
A blog about music. The good stuff only.
www.herecomestheflood.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Watch the new video by London based indie rock quartet The Open Flames for The Right Pill, a track from their Same Time Next Year album. And yes, that's Dirk Benedict.
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/theo...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #video
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/theo...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #video
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Thanks so much to Hans at @herecomestheflood.com for the superb review of the "Same Time Next Year" album by @theopenflames.bsky.social
www.herecomestheflood.com/search?q=the...
www.herecomestheflood.com/search?q=the...
August 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Thanks so much to Hans at @herecomestheflood.com for the superb review of the "Same Time Next Year" album by @theopenflames.bsky.social
www.herecomestheflood.com/search?q=the...
www.herecomestheflood.com/search?q=the...
Reposted by The Open Flames band
London based indie rock quartet The Open Flames are adamant to proof that literate lyrics can be used in popular music, without losing the excitement of a band firing on all cylinders
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/the-...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #music #review
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/the-...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #music #review
The Open Flames: Same Time Next Year
A blog about music. The good stuff only.
www.herecomestheflood.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
London based indie rock quartet The Open Flames are adamant to proof that literate lyrics can be used in popular music, without losing the excitement of a band firing on all cylinders
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/the-...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #music #review
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/the-...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #music #review
A lovely tightly written review!
Thanks to Hans at @herecomestheflood.com, a fantastic blog.
@subjangle.bsky.social
Thanks to Hans at @herecomestheflood.com, a fantastic blog.
@subjangle.bsky.social
London based indie rock quartet The Open Flames are adamant to proof that literate lyrics can be used in popular music, without losing the excitement of a band firing on all cylinders
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/the-...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #music #review
www.herecomestheflood.com/2025/08/the-...
@theopenflames.bsky.social #music #review
The Open Flames: Same Time Next Year
A blog about music. The good stuff only.
www.herecomestheflood.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A lovely tightly written review!
Thanks to Hans at @herecomestheflood.com, a fantastic blog.
@subjangle.bsky.social
Thanks to Hans at @herecomestheflood.com, a fantastic blog.
@subjangle.bsky.social
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Have a listen to the Unknown Sounds Show 62 Spotify Playlist - Smile Like a Demented Chimpanzee - featuring music from @moonlighteclipseie.bsky.social // @theopenflames.bsky.social // @elucidether.bsky.social
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fL...
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fL...
Unknown Sounds Show 62 Spotify Playlist - Smile Like a Demented Chimpanzee
Playlist · Pete@UnknownSounds · 11 items
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July 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Have a listen to the Unknown Sounds Show 62 Spotify Playlist - Smile Like a Demented Chimpanzee - featuring music from @moonlighteclipseie.bsky.social // @theopenflames.bsky.social // @elucidether.bsky.social
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fL...
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fL...
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Little girls were swept away by the dozens & killed by the flood while at summer camp & without FEMA FUNDING bedridden & disabled American are going to die from natural disasters they could have been rescued from & warned against.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
July 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Little girls were swept away by the dozens & killed by the flood while at summer camp & without FEMA FUNDING bedridden & disabled American are going to die from natural disasters they could have been rescued from & warned against.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
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Been looking for "The Right Pill"? It's ok, treacle, @theopenflames.bsky.social can hook you up on the new @unknownsounds.bsky.social show. Find it here: podopshost.com/unknownsound... & Mixcloud & wherever you get your podcasts, as long as it's not from Spotify.
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Been looking for "The Right Pill"? It's ok, treacle, @theopenflames.bsky.social can hook you up on the new @unknownsounds.bsky.social show. Find it here: podopshost.com/unknownsound... & Mixcloud & wherever you get your podcasts, as long as it's not from Spotify.
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
#UnknownSounds #PeteSaxer
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You can hear a new Photocopies song (Constant Reminders) + interview on this show tomorrow, hosted by Dave Eastman of @theopenflames.bsky.social. The new song’s more like darker new wave than most Photocopies tracks, and happened very spontaneously. No plans to release it yet, so tune in!
#indierock
#indierock
June 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You can hear a new Photocopies song (Constant Reminders) + interview on this show tomorrow, hosted by Dave Eastman of @theopenflames.bsky.social. The new song’s more like darker new wave than most Photocopies tracks, and happened very spontaneously. No plans to release it yet, so tune in!
#indierock
#indierock
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Today's Daffy's Discs from Sunny Govan Radio including tunes from @lightningseeds.bsky.social (with some chat about Ian Broudie's book and production work), @theopenflames.bsky.social Swansea Sound, The Twistettes, The Underclass Academy, Pugwash, TV21 and more www.mixcloud.com/SunnyG103/da...
Daffy's Discs 21st June 2025
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June 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today's Daffy's Discs from Sunny Govan Radio including tunes from @lightningseeds.bsky.social (with some chat about Ian Broudie's book and production work), @theopenflames.bsky.social Swansea Sound, The Twistettes, The Underclass Academy, Pugwash, TV21 and more www.mixcloud.com/SunnyG103/da...
'Can you believe it? It's almost summer!'
Before the sun goes down on the longest day of the year, June 21, DM us a streaming screenshot of our latest single 'The Right Pill' and get a free download link to our debut album!
#sametimenextyear #freedownload #jimmykimmellive #summersolstice #june21
Before the sun goes down on the longest day of the year, June 21, DM us a streaming screenshot of our latest single 'The Right Pill' and get a free download link to our debut album!
#sametimenextyear #freedownload #jimmykimmellive #summersolstice #june21
June 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
'Can you believe it? It's almost summer!'
Before the sun goes down on the longest day of the year, June 21, DM us a streaming screenshot of our latest single 'The Right Pill' and get a free download link to our debut album!
#sametimenextyear #freedownload #jimmykimmellive #summersolstice #june21
Before the sun goes down on the longest day of the year, June 21, DM us a streaming screenshot of our latest single 'The Right Pill' and get a free download link to our debut album!
#sametimenextyear #freedownload #jimmykimmellive #summersolstice #june21
UK Trains’ reviewed by @MUSICnGEAR:
‘fast, loud, and brimming with anticipation... It’s the perfect soundtrack for kicking off the season; press play as your train pulls out of the station’
musicngear.com/blog/rock-so...
@subjangle.bsky.social
‘fast, loud, and brimming with anticipation... It’s the perfect soundtrack for kicking off the season; press play as your train pulls out of the station’
musicngear.com/blog/rock-so...
@subjangle.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
UK Trains’ reviewed by @MUSICnGEAR:
‘fast, loud, and brimming with anticipation... It’s the perfect soundtrack for kicking off the season; press play as your train pulls out of the station’
musicngear.com/blog/rock-so...
@subjangle.bsky.social
‘fast, loud, and brimming with anticipation... It’s the perfect soundtrack for kicking off the season; press play as your train pulls out of the station’
musicngear.com/blog/rock-so...
@subjangle.bsky.social