fall23

Novo e irado: Indie

Rick and Sarah

tiacorine - freakyt (but it's goth)

"Fifteen Forever," the new single from Psychic Shakes. Off of the album, "Forever Now," out November 17th via Good Eye Records. ~ linktr.ee/goodeyerecords

Psychic Shakes - "Fifteen Forever"

THOSE EYES

Copyright 2023 Tate/O'Brien/Ros; All Rights Reserved
Music by Simon Tate, Ana Ros; Lyrics by Alex O'Brien, SOCAN

Simon Tate: guitars, Moog, programming
Du Brae: mixing/mastering
Ana Ros: vocals

I try not to remember
That smile of yours so bright
I try to hide your picture
That I stare at each night
I try not to think of you
When I’m all alone
But all I do is think of you
And wish you were my own

I try not to remember
Those moments we did share
I try not to remember
Those days that you were there
I can’t forget those eyes
I can’t forget those eyes
I try, try, try

I do everything I can
To help you leave my mind
And I just can’t understand
Why I still pray that you were mine
You were mine

Those eyes are the eyes
That I want to wipe the tears from
Those eyes are the eyes
That I want to take the fear from
Those eyes, eyes
Those eyes
Those eyes
I can’t forget those eyes

RELEASED ON SOUNDCLOUD: September 28, 2023

Those Eyes - DuBrae Mix

www.facebook.com/jacobbellens
www.hfn-music.com
www.facebook.com/hfnmusic
www.youtube.com/user/hfnmusicTV
www.twitter.com/hfn_music
www.instagram.com/hfn_music

Off My Meds is Jacob Bellens’ new solo album and will be released in October 2023 on hfn music.

Off My Meds took shape over two turbulent years in Jacob’s life. Several major life events happened back to back in a very short time, and it ended up breaking him down to a point of total exhaustion. The energy needed to uphold the outer self we all need to function was no longer there, and his inner actual beliefs and values began to show themselves one by one, which was not pretty to look at. Change was inevitable, simply because the price of not changing would be much higher in the long term.

As a result, he experienced a reconnection to an inner world that had been buried and locked away since his late childhood. A period of extreme emotional highs and lows, but also blossoming creativity ensued - equally thrilling, productive, exuberant and nerve wrecking. The result is Off My Meds - an album like no other in his previous repertoire. It is a summary of the death of an intellectually constructed version of himself, originally created for selfprotection, that no longer served a purpose. And the following rebirth of a new and more emotionally authentic version that was difficult, but necessary.

The album is a pop-poem about accepting the premise of the life given to you. It is an ode to the perils of modern existence and our birthgiven right to love, laugh and cry, whatever hand we may have been dealt to begin with. Lyrically it is centered around self care and the courage to love someone and be loved in return. About taking responsibility for everything in your life instead of using your life history as an excuse for not living, no matter how tragic or unique your situation might be or seem to yourself. 

Musically it draws upon an eclectic mix of influences and genres, while still maintaining a distinct underlying red thread throughout the album. It is a melancholic funk hybrid with a positive DNA, and though it sounds like pop music in the best sense of the word, it doesn’t quite look and feel like pop music. It is rather a collection of sounds and feelings put into words that are deeply personal - but personal for all. 

”I made the album while doubting everything in my life.” says Jacob. “My ability to function in society, my perception of who I was at the time, my worth as an artist and as a father and caregiver. I took up painting, wrote poems and began making more physical and intuitive music than I had been doing earlier. Learning who you really are can be an extremely hard pill to swallow and to me, the choice appears binary, almost Matrix-like; If you choose to see all the shameful and horrible sides of your personality for what they are, you can’t go back. But, if you do that instead of keep running from yourself, a new life awaits you on the other side. During the two years that passed, I wrote the songs that became Off My Meds, and it feels like the last pages in the first chapter of my life as a recording artist. With room for something new to follow, it is a body of work that is all about transition, but most of all about gratitude for being able to reclaim a life I thought was gone forever.”

Off My Meds

Nothing Comes Easy

Jacob Bellens - Nothing Comes Easy [CLIP]

Broken is the man

Yard

Paradise

Savion is an enchanting soundscape that blends the icy wind of winter with the warmth of a Stockholm apartment fireplace. Savion is also the soaring poetry of well-chosen words, blending with electro-acoustic instrumentals tinged with an indie pop folk flavor. Their first single Broken Into sets the scene for the album in preparation, with Charlotta Ribbefjord's magnetic voice accompanied by hypnotic backing vocals, deep bass and Anders Pihlgren's gentle guitar chords. The gentleness of the instruments contrasts with the harshness of the lyrics, which depict the pain of a break-up.

Broken Into

Savion - Broken Into

Tristan Peach – guitar, vocals
Matt Liveriadis – drums, vocals
Rob Remedios – bass, vocals

Mixed by Matthew Ford
Cover painting by Trevor Ludlow

In 2013 Tristan dreamt George Harrison and Tom Petty were on motorcycles circling one of those huge roundabouts in Canberra. Their long hair was blowing as they sang "You can't hide in time".

The Small Intestines play spare room rock'n'roll with a penchant for three-piece harmonies.

They formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2016 while Matt and Rob were taking some downtime from Chook Race and Tristan was on the tail-end of his solo project, Peach Happening.

Their debut album Hide in Time will be released on September 29, 2023. It was self-recorded by the band, mixed by Matthew Ford (Tenth Court) and will be released in Australia by Lost and Lonesome and in Europe and North America by Meritorio.

For fans of early Go-Betweens, The Bats and Felt.

Buy vinyl

The Small Intestines – L.O.V.E. Love

Late Night Thoughts III

Seaside Night Walk

Seaside Nightwalk

Playful and sexy, this track evokes the romance of a different age.

Superman

I wrote this contemporary jazz piece after watching Rick Beato's wonderful interview with Keith Jarrett. This features Ric Fierabracci on bass, Larry Salzman on percussion and Mannuel Trabucco on soprano sax.

Looking To Allentown

Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster (How To Dress Well Remix)

Go2DaMoon Feat. Kanye West

To celebrate 2000, I took a year off to write songs, novels, plays, and stories - and I've been doing that since. At the end of my first year, I won first prize in the USA Songwriting Contest in the Lyric Category for 'Drum Machines and Beauty Queens.' This led to co-writing songs with many excellent musicians, including those represented in songs posted here. 

More recently, I was one of seven finalists in the Crisis Lyric Category of the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest for 'Lockdown Blues,' and one of nine nominees in the 2021 International Song Awards with 'Didn't the River Know' and 'Blue and Gold.'

For the past two years, I've been collaborating with many talented musicians on Kompoz. I release many of these songs here and compile the best into albums released under Captain Stormfield's Trip on Spotify and other platforms (see links below).

Those Eyes - DuBrae Mix

AlexEOB