Name: Old Mess (Clean) by Alice Kim
Duration: 4 min 28 s
Description: "Old Mess" began as an intimate piano and vocal track, born in the hushed hours of a front room at 2 AM. It's a testament to Kim's refined skill in crafting music that feels familiar, resonating with anyone who has ever yearned for closure. It has since transformed with Kim’s band who provide a rich raw canvas for her soulful powerful melody lines.

'I don’t have a proper job, I'm a metamodern skank'
Varrick Zed's insouciant introduction sets the tone for 'Very', a taut new assault on the dancefloor from NYC avant-pop miscreants, Strange Flesh.

Taking aim at societal expectations as to how a life ‘ought’ to be lived, ‘Very’ is an anthem for those on their own deliciously precarious path, the soundtrack to beloved but ill-paying employment, affordable decadence, no children, and a healthy disregard for the future. 

Underpinned by a pulsating bassline and minimal electro-funk beat, the track’s wickedly catchy sonic palate is peppered with deconstructed synth hooks and subtle ambient flourishes, which, together with Varrick’s ice cool sprechgesang vocals, turn ‘Very’ into a full-blown pop leviathan. 

While we're feeling nebulous, 'Very' is backed by the darker, galloping strains of 'Sugoku', an accelerated club belter that complements its predecessor very well, before the EP's title track is hacked to pieces and rehewn by Digital Equipment Co. into a dementedly hiccupping new beast.

Last of all, legendary New Zealand DJ Stinky Jim elongates 'Very' into a jawdropping eight minute dub extravaganza, closing out this sizzling EP with aplomb.

For the as-yet-uninitiated, Strange Flesh comprises native New Yorker Varrick Zed, and London expatriate Ed Zed. The duo is based in Brooklyn, where they craft left field pop music out of whatever they find lying around in their apartment and their ravaged minds.

Very

Written, produced and performed by Marlee King
Co-produced and mixed by Barnaby Cox

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Lyrics:
Cynical, cynical that’s all I have become
A former shell of a wide-eyed girl
These small town dreams can only get so far
With the state of the world all I can feel is numb

Don’t wanna use my body to get further in my career
Doesn’t it make you tired?
The ways of our world
Yeah yeah
Mmm hmm

Every time I see your face
I wonder how you made it big in the first place
How many hide behind your perfect façade
And how do I get them on my side?
I’m not hating, I’m just saying
Originality’s left the building
One day I hope they see your true colours

So cynical
Oh so cynical
What a world what a world we’re living in
So cynical baby
Mmm hmm
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"Old Mess" began as an intimate piano and vocal track, born in the hushed hours of a front room at 2 AM. It's a testament to Kim's refined skill in crafting music that feels familiar, resonating with anyone who has ever yearned for closure. It has since transformed with Kim’s band who provide a rich raw canvas for her soulful powerful melody lines.

Old Mess (Clean)

Debut release ‘Coming Good’ combines a near-Motorik driving rhythm and chiming guitars with longing twin vocals ruminating on what could have beens and past promises.

The track was recorded at Press Play Studios in Bermondsey and Joe Reeves Recording in Kingston.

Track credits:
James Baldwin - drums
Jim Coburn - bass
Joe Reeves - guitars, vocals
Jack Titcombe - guitars, vocals, string machine

Written by Learn to Surf
Recorded and mixed by Joe Reeves
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk (Stereophonic Mastering)

Coming Good

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Gone Forever

In a world so blue and gray
Where love don't seem to find its way
We've been driftin' for so long
Time to bring love back where it belongs

Can't you hear the babies cry?
They need some love to get them by
Our hearts are longing for a change
Let's bring love back and rearrange

Bring love back
Let it shine so bright
Bring love back
Make everything feel right
Together we can heal the pain
Bring love back
Let it rain and rain

Feel the rhythm in your soul
Let it take control
Lose control
Love's been gone for too long
It's time to bring it back where it belongs


In a world so cold and gray
We need love to light the way
Every day
You and me
We can make a change
Spread the love
Break the chains

Bring love back
Baby
Bring it right on back
Let our hearts align
No more love attacks
Bring love back
Baby
Let's make this world shine
Together we can bring love back
One step at a time

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Hey Y'all it's me, Alice Kim, singa from Leeds releasing original soulful music.  Enjoy

Old Mess (Clean)

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