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Suicide Sheep - Mr Suicide Sheep - The Sound You Need - Chill Nation - Trap Nation - COLORS

New Music Friday, Bringing you the sounds of Suicide Sheep - Mr Suicide Sheep - The Sound You Need - Chill Nation - Trap Nation - COLORS and many more!

Stronger (feat. Shaunt.wav)

Music video: https://youtu.be/zhbhe5iF91k Purchase: https://itskelpmusic.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6LboIg5d66U6wICDu8Wwqv?si=cf61eea4522f4f5e
"...From here I had to make a choice. Obviously, I was aware of a long-standing history of Latin music which is as rich and as saturated as any musical folk tradition. I had to avoid submitting a whisper to a room full of shouts. The way I would do this would be to bend/fuse genres and opt for atypical instrumentation. I had to keep some classics as I felt the more I strayed from tradition, the more I would lose what I had set out to create, so there was a balance to strike. What you’ll hear I ended up with is a sort of traditional latin rhythm section supporting some synth lead, bass and arp. It’s drum heavy with 808s battling traditional mambo percussion and synth bass fighting upright bass for listeners attention, and salsa piano bridged with cascading tango synth runs straddling the line between a meringue dance recital and an EDM breakdown, or something; Dancing about architecture is like tyring to music about writing.
So anyways, when the song was nearing completion, I started to think about its context and what it meant and what it would be called etc. I had a note saved on my phone which simply read ‘jardines tropical’. And I was like “I really want this to be the title of a song”. The aesthetic the song brought up for me was inauthenticity. Because it was so clearly lacking in its attempts to “be latin” it made me think of like Irish pubs in Spain, or walled resorts in difficult places in south America, where the interior, not only doesn’t reflect the exterior at all, but fails to be what it thinks it is in the first place. The song looked like a disused swimming pool, or cheap clay souvenir stall in a tiny shop down an alleyway in Chania. It looks, sounds and smells like the real thing, but there’s an uncanny quality that suggests it doesn’t represent what it claims to, at all. This is the MIDI programmed, digitally synthesized piano, sampled percussion and ARP pretending to ambass the old country. I thought this was a beautiful concept and actually, something you see it everywhere you go. A thousand pubs in any one region claiming to be the oldest pub in [insert your country here] Come in and try our local delicacy which none of the locals would ever dare touch. 
Then came naming the track, I wanted it to have cutesy, neatly tied up little name that represented what it “claimed it was”, something the marketing partners would sign off on. Something like Coco Cabana. I went back to the note in my phone ‘jardines tropical’ – Tropical Garden. It definitely had the right feel, it promised what the song was definitely not going to deliver. The finishing touch was to include a spelling mistake. I ended up with Les Club Tropicales, which is a poor translation between French and Spanish with a butchered plural, of the Tropical Club. The Tropical Club has a modesty to it, promises little grandeur and is a clumsy, cumbersome sounding thing. Pluralise the wrong word and you get The Tropicals Club. How beautifully incorrect that sounds. But translate it badly and you get Les Club Tropicales. To someone like myself who only speaks once language, it sounds like it has just enough prestige to perfectly let me down. When I read the title I feel like a yank who has never been to Ireland walking into an Irish pub and thinking this is what it’s might really be like there.
So from there it sort of transformed in my imagination as this actual place – Les Club Tropicales. Welcome to the most inauthentic experience available in your resort. Come and experience insincere and foreign beverages in a venue whose theme doesn’t remotely resemble its location, even slightly, and this is the soundtrack.

Les Club Tropicales

This may be an unlikely title for a catchy singalong, but “Is not everything morbid?” could be Joe's biggest song yet!

After a couple of years where nobody can pretend everything is going great, maybe this is the time to embrace the darker side of things. His new song does this, but also celebrates what we can achieve, nonetheless. 

The song takes its inspiration from American early twentieth century writer Djuna Barnes, who led a very unconventional life and when she was accused of her writing being too dark replied: “Is not everything morbid?” Joe's message here is that no matter how dark and bleak things are, we can confront them and create something new. We can push back against those things in our lives that are unfair and oppressive, but only if we recognise them.

Is Not Everything Morbid?

every single face of
every form, i
see it all, i
feel it all
every single shade of
every colour, i
see it all, i
feel it all

a little too loud, this is a little too bright
hitting me like a fist, bruising legs and arms
a little too loud, this is a little too bright
cutting me like a knife

i feel in four dimensions
seeing beyond horizons

every single face of
every form, i
see it all, i
feel it all
every single shade of
every colour, i
see it all, i
feel it all

one word turns into thousands, i'm
suffocated by my every thought
in colourful oceans, i'm drowning, i
only know how to sink

i feel in four dimensions
seeing beyond horizons

every single face of
every form, i
see it all, i
feel it all
every single shade of
every colour, i
see it all, i
feel it all

I see it all, I feel it all

About ‘Villain’

Garvie is a singer-songwriter who spent too much time playing video games during lockdown… now he’s trapped in one. 

The 8-bit indie hero’s second single ‘Villain’ is an anthem in using your frustration and anger for good. Garvie’s blunt lyrics and songwriting pull no punches here as he proudly proclaims ‘you’re my villain, and I love to hate you so’. Here’s Garvie’s account of that lyric: “We’re always told we shouldn’t get angry. I think anger gets a bad rep – it can push you forward and motivate you more than a lot of other feelings. Whether it’s a celebrity, politician, an annoying co-worker or your ex - we’ve all got our villains. Sometimes it’s OK to embrace that.”

Villain’s production takes the swagger of AM-era Arctic Monkeys era and the soul of Jack Garratt, blending them in with Garvie’s pure pop sensibilities. Here the producers and Garvie’s co-writers Jamie Biles and Props (a Spotify ‘Fresh Finds’ favourite) strip the driving beat down to it’s bare essentials, leaving Garvie’s storytelling abilities and soaring falsetto vocals space to breathe.

Garvie’s debut single ‘Bad Person’ has so far picked up support from BBC Radio 6 (Tom Robinson called it ‘an irresistible earworm’), Amazing Radio, BBC Introducing and Panic! At The Disco/Weezer producer Suzy Shinn amongst others.

Who’s your villain?

Bad Person was written by Joe Garvey (Garvie), Mark Gilyead (Props) and Jamie Biles, was produced by Jamie Biles and Mark Gilyead and was mixed by Jamie Biles. It was mastered by Hallam Robinson at Abbey Road Studios.

25/08/21

Villain

Belly

This Is Me

Sacred Spaces

Fear of the Water (Recorded Live at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle)

Our most beautiful release to date... especially the alt version (links on our home page). "We Were Made for This" by CHPTRS. The first single from the Chapter Seven EP.

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WE ARE CHPTRS Podcast

We Were Made for This

We Were Made For This

Change

MIDSKY

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High

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smug as david letterman

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Jealousy

High (Remix)

Forget That I Love You

Out Now!
https://open.spotify.com/track/4bfv7qduI11NLm9GaccdrQ

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Bowen - Company

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://ditto.fm/fame-the-satellite-station

This single is about the dark side of fame - the people you hurt, the concessions you make, the life you give up for that single pursuit. The cynical subject matter brings a heavier, more alternative vibe to this song, compared to The Satellite Station’s usual pop/folk sound.

Find The Satellite Station on
Website: https://thesatellitestation.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thesatellitestation/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Cz6z3clgPkPz84faABaDS
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-80706727
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesatellitestationmusic/

The Satelltite Station - Fame

Alternative Facts

Delusional Safety

Listen to James Ghareeb's single 'I Remember', December 17, 2020

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🎧 'I Remember', released 17-12-2020
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📖 About the song:
The song is about realizing that you're living in a constant state of nostalgia and not being able to focus on today.

"I Remember" takes the listener on a musical journey where James Ghareeb showcases his artistic versatility infusing a nostalgic folk style with a modern indie vibe. The emotion-drenched vocals and acoustic instrumentation seamlessly work together for a must-listen record. “I Remember” contains intense lyricism that will hook the listener due to the relatability and captivating story-telling.  The soothing guitar and melodic elements give the vocal an intimate, ethereal feeling.

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📝 Lyrics:

Well I called out your name again
By mistake, It felt so right
You just happened to leave, uncharted territory

But I swore I’d change for you
Yeah I swore I’d change for you

Well, 

I Member staying up all, staying up all
Night, watching the world pass us on, world pass us on 
By, trying not to, trying not to die

Oh that’s life
Watch it burn down deeper
You only call me when you need her
Ahh, ahh

But I swore I’d change for you
Yeah I swore I’d change for you

Well,
I Member staying up all, staying up all
Night, watching the world pass us on, world pass us on 
By, trying not to, trying not to die

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James Ghareeb - I Remember (with lyrics)

Lightning - Single

Lightning

Something About You

NEW TUNE 'EAT ME ALIVE' OUT NOW :))))
https://open.spotify.com/track/4cvea7PHK6EsOxOf7YJLrP?si=87d73aec95744eb7

(i build dimensions with sound)

I see it all, I feel it all

ANDRÆ