Name: Ghosts by Alex Couch
Duration: 3 min 26 s
Description: Chill, vibey, somber indie song with a soft bass thump and a mellow rubber bridge electric guitar riff carrying it. Emotive, warm vocals with haunting harmony. It's about goodbyes, and how memories can be recolored or changed. Hence, ghosts.

Cute song Is very melancholic AND emotive

In the Mood for a cold drink
My Mind feels like it’s sticking to my skin
I went out to get my family food 
I’ve been stuck in La Brea ever since 
Long, long nights and the non-existent days are ruining my tan
My social life is the darkness & I can’t even find a band
Ride, ride all night long 
To visit me and the sand
Although we’re 40 minutes apart 
They come to both of us in vans 

Come Ye Lonesome tourists 
Excavate my shell
Make sure you buy a ticket 
You know there’s always something to sell

Yea, I’m Natural History
The Walking, Talking Man
I am Natural History
That’s who I am

Natural History

Chill, vibey, somber indie song with a soft bass thump and a mellow rubber bridge electric guitar riff carrying it. Emotive, warm vocals with haunting harmony. It's about goodbyes, and how memories can be recolored or changed. Hence, ghosts. 

Ghosts

They gave me a plaque
and I gave them a shrug
Said I'd made it
but I still packed lunch in a mug

The mirror bowed politely
the inbox threw confetti
My name misspelled in bold
close enough to celebrate

I've got a title no one uses
a password I forget
My empire fits in folders
still waiting for respect

My paper crown bends in the rain
ink running down the royal face
Every rule I followed
spelled my name wrong anyway

But maybe that's the trick of it
meaning hides in the small print
The joke's on grand ambition
the punchline's in persistence

Because the crown is cheap
but it's mine
Cut from yesterday's plans
lined with coffee stains and time

It may not shine on stage
but it holds when the wind complains
It's proof I showed up
again
and again

My paper crown bends in the rain
but it catches the light just the same
Not gold
not perfect
but honest enough
Every crease is a story
every tear, tough

Maybe greatness was never loud
just someone staying kind
still trying
still around

We wear our paper crowns
the crooked, the flimsy, the proud
We wear them not for glory
but because we're still here
Still building something small
that somehow lasts

Yeah
Call it fragile
Call it foolish
but it fits

Paper Crown

Watch the Official Video on YT @: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wOurC0B-vo

City Lights ft Inis

Complicated Christmas is the new four-song EP from Your New Parents that fuses heartfelt indie rock with modern reflections on faith and the holiday season. The collection balances sacred and secular themes, pairing emotional storytelling with shimmering, cinematic production.

The EP moves from the jingly, earnest title track “Complicated Christmas” and the defiant “Gone for the Holidays” to the introspective “Light in the Dark”, concluding with a haunting reimagining of the classic hymnal “Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella.” Together, these songs invite listeners to rekindle their love for Christmas—even when the season feels complicated.

Gone for the Holidays

This song comes from a very dark place. moments when it felt like the weight of everything might crush me. But even in those moments, I learned something important: no matter how deep the darkness, you can still hold on. You can still fight. You can still believe in yourself.

UNDER

Trippin'

Beneath The Ice opens Sorry’s Not Enough in stark, fragile form — just voice and acoustic guitar, with soft delay giving each word a sense of distance and chill. A touch of piano and viola drift in midway, thawing the edges for a moment before retreating back into the cold. It’s a song about distance — emotional, physical, and the slow freeze between two people who’ve forgotten how to reach one another. Stripped to its bones, Beneath The Ice feels both confessional and suspended in time — a quiet heartbreak set against a winter’s hush.

#acoustic #singersongwriter #folk #indiefolk #folkpunk #acousticpunk #lofiacoustic #ukmusic #britishfolk #indieacoustic #bedroomfolk #acousticstorytelling #modernfolk #britishindie #rawacoustic #lyricdrivenmusic #minimalistfolk #pianoandviola #coldfolk #slowacoustic #emotionalfolk

FFO: Billy Bragg, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Damien Rice, The Mountain Goats, Frank Turner, Iron & Wine, Richard Hawley

Lyrics

Beneath The Ice

And here you are stepping on the cracks
And here am I trapped beneath the ice
We pretend that it's not over
And that no one ever told us
We don't even notice how we are
The things we say and all the scars that we carry
How did we get here? Can we go back?
The years weren't kind
I've seen how you look at me these days
Beneath the ice

And late at night I gaze across the miles
To the pillow where you're sleeping
Only there 'cos there's no spare bed
I turn to face the wall
As the breeze blows through the window
I'm living here beneath the ice
I'm barely breathing
The colder that my body gets
I lose all feeling
How did we get here? Can we go back?
The years weren't kind
I've seen how you look at me these days
Beneath the ice

Middle 8 – Guitar

And there you are, you don't hear a thing
And there am I, hands over my ears
Time has gently bruised our hearts
As we slowly drift apart
How did we get here? Can we go back?
The years weren't kind
I've seen how you look at me these days
Beneath the ice

These Guitars Say Sorry – Beneath The Ice | Acoustic Folk | Indie Singer-Songwriter | Lo-Fi Folk)

Cigarette Break

A track about the struggles of dealing with depression and unemployment at the same time

The only one

The whole live
Your destination is not to die
The whole live
Your destination is simple to live

But never walk alone
This isn’t the way
But never walk alone
You’ll find it

The whole live
Your destination is not to walk alone
The whole live
Your destination is to keep your friends 

But never walk alone
This isn’t the way
But never walk alone
You’ll find it

You will never walk alone never

The whole live
Your destination is not to give up
The whole live
Your destination is to fight 

But never walk alone
This isn’t the way
But never walk alone
You’ll find it

The whole live
Your destination is not to do things you hate
The whole live
Your destination is to do things you love

But never walk alone
This isn’t the way
But never walk alone
You’ll find it

You will never walk alone never

Destination

Just trying to get a good song out there. I do songwriting all the way through production to mix/master. Spurts of music spread out over some years by now. Find me on Spotify at "Alex Couch" https://spoti.fi/3JS2TAx

Ghosts

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