My first EP, from 2023, now available on Soundcloud. Bubbly ultraviolet weirdwave synth shading into dark belltones that bats linger in gothic towers to enjoy.

Sombre Hombre

Written and performed by Marc Laidlaw

Will Fox: Guitar, pedal steel, bass
Ryan Pollie: Drums and piano
Bailey Mae Gardener: Vocals

Produced by Ryan Pollie
Mixed by Brian Rosemeyer
Mastered by Rob Dobson

Too Much X On Xmas Eve

Dont Pop My Bubble

The Ages of Man

A haunted House track for spooky season...or all year long. Perfect for long drives to nowhere in your self-driving car.

Background vocals by ASHERAH
https://soundcloud.com/asherahofficial

Co-produced by Bunny Kay-Traynor
Mixed and mastered by Bunny Kay-Traynor

Cover photograph by Mimi Raver

Ghost Car

An improvised synth jam with layered harmonies, created for a School of Song workshop taught by Laraaji.

Mixed and mastered by ByteMapper

Cover by hfm.

Above The Treeline

A short tune with words, a longer one without.

Mastered by Rob Dobson

Animus/Anima

A mental breakdown followed by a light application of gauze.

I Don't Need Anything More

An intense little ditty composed while high above the Earth.

Mastered by Rob Dobson

Verify My Edict

A synth-heavy cover of the Velvet Underground classic.

Written by Lou Reed

Mixed by Gal Bushy at Room 2 Studios
Mastered by Adam "Yukon" Harr at Blue Oak Mastering

Ocean

A Jamuary Compilation: A record of a jam a day created throughout the month of January 2024.

Cyberstunk

U Waived

Ishnik Bellicose

Deep Magnetic Throne

Just a rough jam to work out some new ideas for a live show I will be doing on December 11th at Old Towne Pub in Pasadena. The volume on the sampler is way too loud in this mix, I realize now. But this is just a rough WIP. Normally I would post this stuff to share with a few friends and then delete it but hey, might as well use my next pro account.

Old Towne 04

Another WIP jam, working out a patch for the December 11th set. 

Old Towne 02

A 14-minute remix of "Ages of Man" from The Dubwitch Horror!

https://soundcloud.com/the-dubwitch-horror

Ages Of Man (The Dubwitch Horror Doom-Dub Remix)

First single from After the Pulse (releasing February 7, 2025).

Weird Little Hill

Second single from After the Pulse (out February 7, 2025).

New Now

An instrumental track inspired by '60s film strips and educational films and a short essay by Robert Benchley.

Composed and mixed by Marc Laidlaw
Mastered by ByteMapper

Cover photo by Spencer Hoffman

The Wreck of the Sunday Paper

On December 11, 2024, I played a set as part of the Los Angeles Synth Club at the Old Towne Pub in Pasadena, CA. The LASC is starting to play more regular shows, and this was our second time at the Old Towne. There will be more!

Full Set: December 11, 2024 - Old Towne Pub

"Too Much X on Xmas Eve" but 70 minutes long. Sound collage. Contains multitudes.

Much Too Slow on Xmas Eve

Easygoing afternoon jam with Streichfett string synth going through Chroma Console pedal, sequenced by Squarp Hapax, while TR8S loops, SE-02 dabbles in bass. 

Held Over Till Next Kalpa

Messing around with the Chroma Console and my acoustic Tacoma Chief, plus a little beat from the TR8S.

Chiefly Absent

Smile in Your Sleep (demo)

This is the first single from my forthcoming album, AFTER THE PULSE. The single is out on Bandcamp and will come out for wide streaming release on January 2nd. The full album is due on February 7, 2025. This and the Bandcamp version of the single are the only ones that will have this cover art by Spike Milliken, who did the cover for the full LP.

You can buy it here: https://marclaidlaw.bandcamp.com/track/weird-little-hill-2

WEIRD LITTLE HILL

We were looking at the lights of a sleepy little town
From the top of a hill with a chain-link crown.
Oh, the hill was dark but I didn’t really care.
There was light in her eyes, and oh, oh, oh weeds in her hair.

Every little town has a weird little hill
And I’ve climbed them all, and it’s done no ill.
Oh every little town has a weird little hill
And I’ve climbed them all and I always will

The moon never moved and the dogs didn’t fuss
And a transmitter tower kept watch over us.
We never did sleep, and we never saw dawn,
Till I said I gotta go, and she said with a yawn:

“Every little town has a weird little hill
But this one’s mine, it’ll be here till
You come back to my town, you come back to my hill.
Come and rest by me. Come and get your fill.”

I used to hitch a ride but now I got a car.
I drive a lotta miles but I never get far.
I fill her up myself, there’s nothing else inside,
Nobody waiting, no one wants a ride.
There’s always a hill I think I could be for real
I get to the top, it’s another bad feeling,
Another horizon, another shitty deal,
Another little town with another weird hill.

Every little town has a weird little hill
And I’ve climbed them all, not against my will.
Don’t remember that town, can’t remember her hill,
So I’m climbing them all and I always will,

Till I find that tower and I find her there:
With light in her eyes,
Arms outstretched,
Holding out my life,
And weeds, weeds in her hair.

Cause every little town has a weird little hill
And I’ve climbed them all and I’m climbing,
I’m climbing,
I’m climbing still,
Climbing still,
Climbing still,
Climbing still,
Climbing still,
Climbing still,
Climbing still,
Climbing still.

Marc Laidlaw: Vocals, rhythm guitar
Will Fox: Guitars, bass guitar, keyboards
Ryan Pollie: Drums, harmonica
Bailey Mae Gardener: Backing vocals

Produced by Ryan Pollie

Mixed by Brian Rosemeyer

Mastered by Rob Dobson

Cover art: Spike Milliken

Bandcamp

Weird Little Hill (Soundcloud Single)

I can now announce that this track was composed especially for MUSICAL AID: A FIRE RELIEF COMPILATION FOR THE POC COMMUNITY OF ALTADENA, assembled by a friend and containing 56 tracks of music for a small minimum donation of $10. While I hope you enjoy my track here, I urge you to buy the album on Bandcamp and get so much more music to enjoy--including previously unreleased tracks by Deerhoof, Finnish Postcard, Ryan Pollie, and more!

https://musicalaidcomp.bandcamp.com/album/musical-aid-a-fire-relief-compilation-for-the-poc-community-of-altadena

Sunrise
Moonrise
Set into the ocean
The moon set into the ocean
Only the ocean can slake the ocean
Sunrise
Moonrise
Set into the ocean
The ocean

e-Phoex

It's Jamuary 16th, so by definition if I made this song today, it's a Jamuary jam. (Actually I made it as homework for a School of Song class taught by Brian Eno. But whatevs.)

Jamuary 16, 2025

The track that started it all. Just me, a copy of Ableton, and no idea what I was doing. No plan, as the song goes.

Marc Laidlaw

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