darren francis

There are quite a few widely acclaimed musicians I simply don't get the appeal of (a subject which could, and perhaps will, be the subject of a post to itself). For example, Radiohead, The Smiths, Queen, and…

A bunch of new Logos updates.

I did an interview about Logos for the Real Sounds OK blog - read it here or on the Logos blog here.

Yeah I Know It Sucks gave the album an exceedingly strange…

I now have a YouTube channel, and will be uploading videos of my various spoken word with music tracks (and, in due course, other things). The first two I've put up are Fissure King, from God Thing, and…

The fourth Logos album Santa Susana Blues was released on 9th August 2014. You can find out more about it on the Logos website here, or stream/download the entire album here or via the widget below.

I tend not…

Another spoken word with music track, though this one is a little different. Will I Dream originally appeared on my spoken word with music album God Thing, released in February 2011 - you can hear that version here…

Another new spoken word track, which will likely feature on my in progress album All Things Left On Earth.

The text of this one was written in c.2009, as I was writing the material which became the first draft…

Jack Palmer And The Unspeakable Thing, the pulp teen horror novel co-written with Simon Lewis, is now available in paperback. Click here to buy. You can of course still download for Kindle here.

I was very saddened today to learn of the death of H R Giger, one of my favourite artists, and who has had a profound impact on my writing and art.

Like many others - and in particular nigh…

I've just uploaded another new(ish) track to my soundcloud page, more work in progress from my new and ongoing spoken word album All Things Left On Earth.

The text of this one dates back to c.2008, written in one…

[I know I have something of a reputation - in terms of music taste - for favouring dodgy goth nonsense, wayward industrial dins, self-hacking soundtracks, and guitar-based songs with vocals the depths of which you need a bathysphere to penetrate…