Written and recorded at home between December 2020 and April 2021.
Production by Tom Broshuis at Heirloom Studios
Mixed by Simon Akkermans at Epic Rainbow Unicorn Studios
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp

Rabbit

Music by Pete Barnes
Additional guitar and synths by Tom Broshuis
Drums by Koen Klarenbeek

Production by Tom Broshuis at Heirloom Studios
Drums recorded by Tom Wesseldijk & Daan Wopereis
Mixed by Simon Akkermans at Epic Rainbow Unicorn Studios
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp 

More info: www.thistlesifter.com

The Great Conjunction

All songs by Pete Barnes.

Guitar, bass, piano, synth, glockenspiel and samples by Pete Barnes.
Additional guitars and synths by Tom Broshuis.
Drums and percussion by Koen Klarenbeek.
Cello by Marta Jimenez.
Bass on The Forgotten Man and In Abundance by Rob Wickham.

Production by Tom Broshuis at Heirloom Studios.
Drums recorded by Roy Rosendaal at Studio Ruisendaal.
Mixed by Simon Akkermans at Epic Rainbow Unicorn Studios.
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp.

Artwork by Nici Metselaar.

Nothing To See Here

In Abundance

Solitude

No Sense Of Place

To Kingdom Come

Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do

Forlorn

Old Man's Beard

The Forgotten Man

Morning Has Broken

The Forgotten Man is taken from new album Circles, which will be released on 26th January 2024.
Pre-order on cd and vinyl at www.thistlesifter.com/merch

Music by Pete Barnes.
Additional guitars by Tom Broshuis.
Drums by Koen Klarenbeek.
Bass by Rob Wickham.

Production by Tom Broshuis at Heirloom Studios.
Drums recorded by Roy Rosendaal at Studio Ruisendaal.
Mixed by Simon Akkermans at Epic Rainbow Unicorn Studios.
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp.

Artwork by Jop van de Kam.

Pre-order new album Circles here: www.thistlesifter.com/merch

Music by Pete Barnes.
Remix by Dotlights.
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp.

More information:
www.thistlesifter.com
www.dotlights.net

To Kingdom Come (Dotlights Remix)

Music by Pete Barnes
Remix by nthirteen
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp

More information:
www.thistlesifter.com
nthirteen.bandcamp.com

The Forgotten Man (nthirteen remix)

All songs written and performed by Pete Barnes.

String arrangements by Mark Tersteeg. Drums and percussion by Koen Klarenbeek. Cello by Marta Jiménez Ramírez. Viola by Maria Garcia. 
Violins by Damián Cabedo Vicente & Begoña Hernández Gallardo. 
Additional guitars by Nils Breunese & Tom Broshuis. 

Production by Tom Broshuis & Pete Barnes. Drums & strings recorded by Roy Rosendaal. 
Mixed by Roy Rosendaal at Studio Ruisendaal. Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp.

Artwork by Nici Metselaar. 

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Ghost Acres

Written and performed by Pete Barnes.

Additional guitars by Nils Breunese.
Drums by Koen Klarenbeek.
Production by Tom Broshuis & Pete Barnes.
Drums recorded by Roy Rosendaal.
Mixed by Roy Rosendaal at Studio Ruisendaal.
Mastered by Pier-Durk Hogeterp.

New album Forever The Optimist will be released on 6th February 2026. 
Pre-order on cd and vinyl at www.thistlesifter.com

One Fleeting Glance

‘An ethereal and almost spiritual journey’ - The Sounds Won’t Stop (US)
‘Unique soundscapes and fascinating ambience’ - Post-Rock Central (UK)
‘For fans of calm, ambient-oriented post-rock’ - AM:plified Magazine (DE)
‘A Spectral Moon is a hauntingly beautiful debut’ - Luminous Dash (BE)
‘Cinematic and fairytale-esque’ - 3voor12 Utrecht (NL)

An ambient instrumental post-rock project by English musician Pete Barnes (Utrecht, NL). 

The Forgotten Man is the first track to be released from second album Circles, due for release on Friday 26th January 2024. Pre-order Circles on vinyl at www.thistlesifter.com 

The Forgotten Man represents the various struggles Barnes has been through in the last couple of years, after being literally catapulted into disarray by a serious cycling accident in November 2020. Injuries arising from this accident forced him to put his life on hold and reassess, resulting in a somewhat dysfunctional existence, as well as a growing sense of dislocation from many aspects of his life which had previously been taken for granted.

Following the release of A Spectral Moon, Thistle Sifter played a handful of audiovisual concerts across the Netherlands in 2022, including AFAS Live in Amsterdam (with Sigur Ros) and Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht. The live line-up features Pete Barnes (guitar), Tom Broshuis (guitar), Rob Wickham (synth & bass), Koen Klarenbeek (drums) and Thomas van Gaalen (live visuals).

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