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The Garden Dream

Honeybee

The "Break Free" single is taken from Magana's 'Teeth' LP – https://maganarama.bandcamp.com/album/teeth

Linktree – https://linktr.ee/maganarama

Teeth

Magana - Break Free

The Light

The first single from Eades upcoming EP, 'Fade Away' will be released on the 13th March via Bam Bam Records.

"It’s a story that spans from adolescence, into early adulthood and eventually into being middle aged. It’s about coming to terms with not making a dent in life socially or culturally, making peace with normality and accepting that you’ll eventually fade away to be forgotten, but enjoying the ride nonetheless. Complacently enjoying life and living in the moment to a degree that potentially has a negative effect on the future. 
‘I feel I’m making my peace, I’ll fade away, I’ll fade away’" - Tom O

Recorded and mixed at Bam Bam Studios.
Mastered by Gav McGrath

Fade Away

"Sheet Ghost" is more than just a song—it's a haunting reflection on the invisible struggles we face in life. Like the spectral figure draped in a sheet, it delves into themes of abuse, homelessness, and the unraveling of relationships, capturing the feeling of being alone in a crowd or at a party surrounded by familiar faces yet feeling utterly disconnected. Through poignant lyrics and ethereal melodies, "Sheet Ghost" invites listeners to confront the specters of their own hidden turmoil and find solace in the shared experience of navigating life's unseen challenges.

(single)

Sheet Ghost

Too Late

Deep Waters

Trust Me When I Tell You

Secret Garden

ANNA DE MUTIIS: DRUMS, PERCUSSION
DEBORAH BORG BRINCAT: KEYS, VOCALS
DAVID SAPPA: GUITAR
CO-ARRANGER: HARRY OAKES
KYLE ACAB: BASS,VOCALS, PERCUSSION
RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED AT PEACH STUDIOS BY KYLE ACAB
ARTWORK BY DAVID SAPPA

DON B4

June 14th, what a prodigious day! 

We will be releasing Marcel Wave’s inaugural album ‘Something Looming’, packed with eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Marcel Wave (featuring members of Cold Pumas & Sauna Youth) are part trades club symphony, part itchy serenade and part wistful lament. This heady concoction of ‘Meades meets Pat-E-Smith meets Kirklees Borough Council’ will be formally baptised on stage in London at the MOTH Club that very same day (June 14th) with an album launch (featuring The Pheromoans + LASH), now on sale.

Check out their first single ‘Barrow Boys’, a raucous ode to the death of the docklands. Out now digitally and available to study in this suitably wavy VHS promo: https://youtu.be/7Si1SslYnBU

‘Something Looming’ will be released on June 14th by Upset The Rhythm and Feel It Records (in the USA).

It is available to pre-order now on 180g black vinyl too: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Marcel Wave - Barrow Boys

Written, Mixed and Produced by Carl Yeung
Mastered by Mike Bridavsky

lyrics:

wanted to impress me
hanging off the back seat
shit was getting old so
i looked the other way

you saw the way they left me
running on empty
i'd fall upon a sword before
calling it a day

oh i hang upon a string
oh why is this so menacing?

rolled up in a taxi
thinking he was classy
seeing them all happy
makes me wanna die

it started getting nasty
ran the whole thing past me
he threw out all his candy
when i called out his lie

oh i hang upon a string
oh why is this so menacing?
oh i hang upon a string
oh why is this always a thing?

Bad Taxi

released July 5, 2024
Written, recorded and produced by march

Bass - Frazer Pearce
Percussion - Brian Grogan
Mix - march and Dan Keen
Master - Katie Tavini
Artwork - Chris Riddell
2024 Frictionless

Lyrics: 

Home at 12, you’d been drinking
Not myself, too much thinking
Deep breath in like a baby in the bed
Going through the seasons in my head

Oh, oh

And though I can understand your reasons
It doesn’t make us even
Just complicates these feelings

So keep me in, keep it under wraps
So hide me like we are under attack
No I won’t doubt it, I’ll shout it wherever I go
Cause I just I just I just want them to know

Say you’ll sell me something sweet to savour
You’ll occupy all flavours, and stay up with me later
Crazy that I wasn’t able to tell you at the table
Cause my tongue was tied

Oh is it enough to satisfy me?
I want you to see me cry here underneath the night
When you’re holding me so tightly
I feel that I could die here
So why the need to find me a place where no-one goes?

So keep me in, keep it under wraps
So hide me like we are under attack
No I won’t doubt it, I’ll shout it wherever I go
Cause I just I just I just want them to know

Keep me in, keep it under wraps
So hold me, fold me into your mind
Please, show me you know me, I wanna be kind
And I won’t doubt it, I’ll shout it wherever you go
Cause I just I just I just want you to know

So keep me in, keep it under wraps
So hide me like we are under attack
No I won’t doubt it, I’ll shout it wherever I go
Cause I just I just I just want them to know

I Just I Just I Just Want Them To Know

Happiness by Design

Smokin Eskimo - Footsteps.mp3

The 8th Day

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