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Five Things We Liked This Week - 11/09/20

New Music Discoveries

2020/10 October

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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 384

A selection of the best tracks discovered in October 2020. Chosen by the Danish music blog Musik Mig Blidt
www.musikmigblidt.dk

Guldkorn oktober 2020

The Herron Brothers

Michael Palin

Santa is a punk

Birds

She Loves You No More

NKOS - Lonely Ghost-self

Stream / Download / Share - smarturl.it/v1kdwg

Video credits: 
Filmed, directed and edited by Mr Renzoff (Lorenzo Vecchio)
Ghost:  Elisa Abela 
Camera and grip: Fernando consoli
www.lorenzovecchio.com

Lonely Ghost-Self is written and performed by NKOS

NKOS are: 
Nancy Natali - vocals 
Chris Shape -  buttons & production
Flavio Manieri - vocals, synths & sequences
Marcus Billeri - guitars 

Additional production by Jagz Kooner 

Mixed and mastered by Maurizio "Icio" Baggio 
@ La Distilleria - Produzioni Musicali 

℗ Beatbuzz Records 
www.beatbuzzrecords.com

Debut Album October 2020 on Beatbuzz Records

BOW (Brave Old World)

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I cut myself but I’m not bleeding 
Rip my chest, my heart’s still beating 
I’m alone what a crazy feeling 
And I know I’m not forgiven

I’m chained to the love that I’m losing Can’t face
myself can’t stand my feelings 
That’s my sin,  the hell that I’m living 
Maybe tomorrow I’ll give myself a new meaning

In this moment I need you most
But if you come to me will I face my ghost

I’m chained to the love that I’m losing 
Can’t face myself can’t stand my feelings 
That’s my sin, that’s the hell I’m living 
Maybe tomorrow I’ll give myself a new meaning

Meanwhile today doesn’t come to an end 
And I’m waiting here with my lonely ghost-self
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After their debut ‘Little Miss Numb’ last year and follow up ‘BOW (Brave Old World)’ only a month ago, NKOS are now back with synth/electro gem Lonely Ghost-self, their electronic take on break up, grief, solitude and pain. Building a path that will lead to the release of their debut album in October. 
 
Single number three is now edging towards the digital launchpad, once again co-produced by Jagz Kooner, producer and remixer, doyen of ‘electronic rock & roll’ (it’s his own genre dammit). Co-producer of debut single Little Miss Numb’, Jagz lays a trail of aural breadcrumbs as to what you can expect from ‘Lonely Ghost-Self’, a track titled as if to be a winsome Belle and Sebastian B-Side but revealing a darker, heavier, jagged and harder hitting side to NKOS that was concealed by the dreamier, albeit bruising electronica of previous numbers ‘Little Miss Numb’ and ‘BOW (Brave Old World)’. 

Initially a pan-national studio-based project, NKOS has evolved into a full band, one set to thrill on stages around the world. Brought together by friendship, the internet and sometimes sheer luck, NKOS comprise four artists from very different backgrounds – and locations – who share a love of deep, edgy electronica. 

NKOS are releasing their debut album ‘From Dust To Life’ on Beatbuzz Records in October. 
The album will be available digitally via AWAL and OML Sync and physically in a limited edition metal box cassette with the option of cassette + walkman/cassette player also available. 

Social media
www.facebook.com/nkosofficial   
www.instagram.com/nkos_official
www.twitter.com/NKOS_official
www.facebook.com/beatbuzzrecords
www.instagram.com/beatbuzzrecords 
www.twitter.com/BeatbuzzRecords 

www.beatbuzzrecords.com

03 - Lonely Ghost-self

"Fern" by Loaver, released September 4 2020. From debut album "Fern" , to be released October 30th 2020 via Rama Lama Records - pre-order vinyl at ramalama.rocks.

Available on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal etc.: https://ffm.to/forgetallabout
Follow the Rama Lama playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/2yeZLXm
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www.facebook.com/ramalamarecords/
www.facebook.com/loaver.music/

www.instagram.com/ramalamarecords/
www.instagram.com/loaver.music/

Loaver - Forget All About

New single out now on all digital platforms

Written by Hannah Scott and Stefano Della Casa
Produced and mixed by Stefano Della Casa

www.facebook.com/hannahscottuk
 twitter.com/hannahscottuk 
www.instagram.com/hannahscottuk/

All enquiries sdc@casamusic.eu

This song was a long time in the writing. In 2008 I split up with my partner of three years. We were living together and as we dismantled the home we’d built I was struck by the image of two lives having become one for a while and right there in the division of books and CDs, becoming two again. Like everything that moves me, I knew there was a song in it. I had to wait until 2018 when my Mum’s 15 year relationship came to an end to find the right way to express it: she called me and told me she felt like she was “untangling” her life from her ex-partner’s life. At that moment, I knew I could finally write the song.

We’ve been building castles
Everlasting, or so we planned
All our empires will come falling
We’ve been building in the sand

Find a doubt, you hold it in
I let it out and we begin

Unravelling where we were entwining
And I am untangling your life from mine
Unwinding and we are realigning
And I am untangling your life from mine

We’ve been finding changes 
In the faces we used to know
All the spaces we’ve been hiding
Send us sliding as they grow

Find a doubt, you rush on in
I slow it down and we begin

Unravelling where we were entwining
And I am untangling your life from mine
Unwinding and we are realigning
And I am untangling your life from mine

We’re unravelling
I’m still standing

We’ve been building castles
We’ve been building in the sand

Unravelling where we were entwining
And I am untangling your life from mine
Unwinding and we are realigning
And I am untangling your life from mine

Untangling

Trying To Believe

Released 9 September 2020
Lyrics/Music: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones

Vocal, Acoustic Guitar: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones
Synth, BV's: Ruth Shave
Bass Clarinet: Heather Ryall
Percussion: Kendall Perry
Piano: Julia Koelmans

Mix/Master: Green Door Studio, Glasgow
Supported by Help Musicians UK


Lyrics:

Small talk by a bus stop
I was just pretending to be me
It is tricky
Two stops that is just enough
time to sit and hum in solitude
Or time to meet someone new

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

No chance for the sun to dance
Rainy grainy look out on the streets
They need sweeping
But you’re fine there is still time
Do you have to rush round’ to succeed
I don’t think you need to

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

It stayed mild throughout the week
Against my predictions
Against all odds we were speaking

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

Five Day Forecast

“I Saw a U.F.O.” is an upbeat, catchy pop-rock song inspired by an odd episode of the new Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix.  It’s heavily influenced by Big Star and Guided By Voices, and while staying true to our lo-fi recording roots, the sound really pops thanks to some great mixing and mastering!

I Saw a UFO

2045

Sorrow's Golden

'Yeah Yeah' is the new Foreign Television single, to be released on August 31st, 2020. The song was written in early 2020 in Wales, and then recorded in Moscow. 

Lyrics:

Ruins your sleep
Takes up space everywhere
Wanted to get it across and you
Watch it fall in mid-air

Pretend we're in a film 
Didn't we breathe easily
Oh no could have been anybody
Saying something that had never occurred to me
Didn't hear a thing you said
Yeah yeah I know what you mean

Leave it
Fine by me
Perceive as we want to
From a bubble
Haven't you heard the news

Pretend we're in a film 
I'm gonna breathe easily
Voice low oh no I'm nobody
Laugh at everything that's never occurred to me
When it all comes out wrong
Yeah yeah you know what I mean

Pretend we're in a film 
We're gonna breathe easily
Spinning round in the dark with somebody
Who cares how you thought it was supposed to be
Exist belong 
Yeah I know what you mean

For all Foreign Television releases, go to:
https://foreigntelevisionmusic.com
https://foreigntelevision.bandcamp.com
twitter.com/foreigntvmusic
www.facebook.com/foreigntelevisionmusic
open.spotify.com/album/0t0WHZ79Gi…MxSn2Y_x8p7hhIkw

Yeah Yeah

The song ‘’Love Me Do’’ is the second single from the new album ‘’The Club Is Open’’ to be released by Meritorio Records on September 18th. 

Pre-Order the LP here: https://meritoriorec.bigcartel.com/product/fort-not-the-club-is-open-mer-022

‘’Love me do is not a Beatles cover, but the first time Robert’s brother heard it performed live he excitedly announced ”This sounds just like the Beatles, only better!” Humbly, Fort not couldn’t agree more. It has got a lot of Lo-fi charm and with its beautiful melodies it sounds something like Half Japanese poppiest moments, and it will sweep you of your feet’’.

Fort Not - Love Me Do

skeletons

POLEMICS - LIVE IN LOCKDOWN

Audio engineered by Seb at Phantom DS Studios
Mixed by Joe Garcia
Cover art by Pete Smith
Written and performed by Polemics 

Polemics are: 
Nathan Smith - Guitars, Vox
Jeff Ingle - Drums

Live In Lockdown EP available here: polemics1.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-lockdown

Plup Live In Lockdown

Night Summer Waiting

A Birds Story

A Waves of Goodbyes

A Wave of Goodbyes

The closing track of the upcoming Gidge LP, "New Light". 
Pre-order the LP: https://lnk.to/GidgeNewLight

New Light

Gidge - Seems To Be Getting Closer

Lover Ghost

Believe

A song that was written during lockdown, from the inside looking out.

The lyrics were inspired by a baby blackbird that was found sick, with a crossed beak, by our vocalist in her garden. She nursed it back to health by feeding it every day for 6 weeks. Our vocalist used to wait by the window during lockdown - the looking glass - and wait for the bird to arrive each morning. 

The song also explores the concept of identity: if you can just believe, you will see your true self in the mirror.

Looking Glass

White Door "Resurrection"

ASTHMATIC HARP is the musical moniker of Oxford based songwriter and composer Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones. Through the ethereal autoharp, gentle guitar strumming, hushed and tumbling melodies, Asthmatic Harp is synonymous with a sound that manages to be comforting, folksy, eerie, and personal, all at once. 
Born in Denmark before moving to the UK, Hannah began performing on the London music scene with her debut EP in 2015. In 2018 she was handpicked to the prestigious Roundhouse Resident Artist Program. Asthmatic Harp has featured on Danish National Radio and the BBC (6 Music and Radio 3). She has supported Sam Palladio in the Roundhouse and Mary Lattimore during her recent European tour and played gigs across Europe and America, including a gig at the inaugural Kite Festival 2022. Her latest EP ‘Things We Learned To Live With’ was lauded as “a delightfully playful slice of alt-folk” receiving acclaim from blogs ‘For The Rabbits’, ‘Listen With Monger’ and ‘Bristol in Stereo’ and culminated in 21 virtual concerts, including a sold-out concert for Low-Fi Denmark, appearances at The Takeover Fest and at Southside Fringe.