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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 390

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 390 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Steve Harris - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves390

Fresh Faves: Batch 390

Indie Bangsmon Playlist

The BBC Introducing Mixtape 🔊 (BBC 6 Music) - 6

on a virgin land, you seem to drift away
on the trail of someone from another plane
from a virgin land, you can't seem to escape
following a scent that comes from nowhere

loud is the chant that no one hears
proud is the man that no one sees

i-i-i-i-i sing to you-u-u-u-u
a-a-a-a-at fifty two-o-o-o hertz

on a virgin land, you seem to waste away
following a voice getting lost in a haze
on a virgin land, you crawl, day after day
following a sound that comes from nowhere

loud is the chant that no one hears
proud is the man that no one sees

i-i-i-i-i sing to you-u-u-u-u
a-a-a-a-at fifty two-o-o-o hertz

52 hertz

Slowly, slowly does it.
I need time to separate my head 
My heart 
Controls it
and I feel
I am prone to overfeeling
But please understand how long I spent so tired of living

But these are only emotions
And none of them matter

I'm well aware that I can be intense at the corner of my eye I see you are rolling yours.
I'm well aware that I can be intense at the back of my mind I can see you are changing yours.

Slowly, slowly does it.
I need time to separate my head 
My heart 
Controls it
(Burns it to the ground)
And I think
I am prone to overthinking
But please understand how long I spent so tired of living

Cause it is all an Illusion
And none of it matters

I'm well aware that I can be intense at the corner of my eye I see you are rolling yours.
I'm well aware that I can be intense at the back of my mind I can see you are changing yours.

Illusions (Radio Edit)

Fine

No Gloom

Hymn For A Droid

Applause

METZ

Wet Blanket

Lyrics

I fall back into my teens
Whenever I get close but

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
But you did once and if time stood still

I’d wait for hours for a glimpse of those child like chills
But all the things i’ve said move further from my mouth

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards

You’re no more than births and funerals
You’re no more than all I’ve been
Where there once was grudge there’s now peace and a sense of end
I’ll mourn your gradual death but cherish every breath

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards
You don’t feel like home
To me any more
You don’t feel like home
But you did once

You Don't Feel Like Home

"We Move" is taken from the forthcoming LP release from Melbourne's S:Bahn.
The song is a dissection of a fading relationship, driven by S:Bahn's trademark brawling guitars and seismic rhythm section.
"Queen of Diamonds" (the bands 2nd Album) will be available from Polaks Records in February.

Queen Of Diamonds

We Move

ben osborn - piano, volca beats drum machine, synths
oras shukur - clarinet 
guy dale -  guitars, vocals, percussion, effects

Matador EP

Matador

Matador (featuring Ben Osborn and Oras Shukur)

Mundungus

None Of My Friends

Blunt (clean)

'Solar System' (released 11 Dec) is the second single from new Hands of the Heron album 13 Moons, available to pre-order here: https://cuculirecords.bandcamp.com/album/13-moons

Following the recent success of atmospheric single 'Moonbloom', their new track 'Solar System' is a step away from minimalist choral storytelling, choosing instead sumptuous layers of shimmering instrumentation and fiercely intimate vocals. 
In a haze of electric guitar glow with dreamlike violin & sax, the song paints a picture of space, each brushstroke loaded with flashing images of yearning and defiance. Bursts of vocal harmony accompany the strong lead voice, telling a story of returning to ourselves and our bodies. With an accompanying surrealist video made by songwriter BEA, 'Solar System' searches for balance amid the swirling constellations of busy humanity.

www.cuculirecords.com/artist/hands-of-the-heron

Hands of the Heron - Solar System (single)

'comma' is the second single to be taken from the new column:inches EP 'reread', with the accompanying superb and distinctive video directed by the super-talented Tokyo-based videographer/ photographer Christopher Rudquist.
The mesmerising video was created from weeks of photography in Tokyo (including an impressive 30k shots!), all with a distinct '90's MTV videos-meets-Dune-meets-Blade Runner' aesthetic in a classic '4:3 format together with glorious footage degradation'!
Check it out!: https://youtu.be/Sr1GC8Fwc80

Guests on 'comma' include: column:inches (Steven Separovich): Songwriting, programming, music production: https://www.musicglue.com/column-inches/
Christoffer Rudquist: Video production: https://christoffer.co/video
Javier Rodriguez-Huertas: The Hang: https://www.facebook.com/jrodriguezhu...
Artur Matheu: Contrabass: https://www.facebook.com/matheuart
Check them out!

The 'reread' EP includes 6 'widescreen alternate musical excursions' - an eclectic mix of contemporary classical, alternative, jazz, folk, blues and beyond, all with instrumentation including guitar, strings (both violins and contrabass), and The Hang drum (or steelpan.)
The EP is released on all major digital platforms, and you can find links to your favourite digital platform via link in my bio (column:inches website: https://www.musicglue.com/column-inch...)
The EP is also available via columninches Bandcamp page: https://columninches.bandcamp.com/alb...

reread

comma

Comma

Downer Disco

Moment

Pivotal Orbit

Look what happened when Rope Store got back in the studio in 2020.

Because 2020's been a very 'different' year, this is a very different Rope Store!

Written, played & sung by Jason & Gemma.

Recorded, mixed & mastered at The Crunch, UK.

Isabella

drip-drop - single

drip-drop

Two brothers versus the machines. Clusters of Eyes debuted at Smugglers Festival 2018 and have since been inhabiting coastal Kent’s subterranean network of tunnels, honing their set of gritty electronica and robot-rock.

This latest track features guest vocals from Troy of punk/hardcore band The Long Knives.

Imagery of a dystopian post-Covid, post-Brexit landscape is set to an irrepressible groove - inspired in equal parts by The Fall’s ‘Blindness’ and Death In Vegas’ ‘Aisha’.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/QaII3ePbDtc

This Is Transformation (feat. Troy)

I Want

"Immensely pleasing...eclectic prog pop" - Nightshift magazine

drip-drop

31hours