what a wonderful song. the piano floats so easy to this nice lyrics. your voice are exactly on the point. nice!

My weekly 5 picks from the @freshnet Listening Post for 2020.

Tobi's Fresh Net Favs 2020

The debut single ‘LUNGS’ from Freyja Elsy - an epic, yet introspective look at the end of a relationship.

“This gave me goosebumps that haven’t subsided since I first heard it … Off-the-scale evocative” 
- Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales

Freyja Elsy is an independent singer songwriter and composer with a nomadic past and a sound that pushes into the future. Creating songs with a keen ear whilst pursuing music education, she found herself within the vibrant, engaging Cardiff scene. Through both outside musical influence and internal personal conflict she started to establish a clear identity, forging a path forward to create ‘Lungs’, her first single.

Based around very real, very intimate voice recordings, ‘Lungs’ starts small and reserved, fragile in its form and structure. The track slowly unfolds and develops into rising crescendos alongside uncompromising percussion. A mixture of glitchy synthesisers and rising strings interweave around Elsy’s voice, which sits unwavering and steadfast. Her bold lyrics are strong in the face of a contrasting anguish found in the recordings nestled within the music.  

With other musical endeavours in the form of collaborations within the band Blue Amber, alongside orchestral compositions performed by members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and thematic interludes created for commercial use - this single is her first, strikeout release and sets the course for a prolific career ahead.

LYRICS:

“Okay, I’m gonna voicenote because um… I think it’s probably just easier just to brain splurge rather than type because there’s just so much… stuff that doesn’t seem very logical in my head and I can’t string it together in a sentence...Um, and also...there’s people who aren’t here today so I can be quiet and just talk for a bit…”

Chorus:

I’ve tried so hard
Time and time again
Maybe this time 
It won’t feel so bad
But I know, I know, 
I’ve heard every love song under the sun
And I know, he knows, 
He’s the same.

“I think I’m struggling with the idea of… don’t… don’t throw away what’s not broken, but at the same time … it’s not okay...anymore? It’s not been okay for a while, and I think it all came out.”

Verse 1:

Over there, to your left, there’s a girl
She’s remembering what it’s like to be alive:
She’s searching, again and again for love. 
She’s searching, again and again for love. 

Chorus: 

I’ve tried so hard
Time and time again
Maybe this time 
It won’t feel so bad
But I know, I know, 
I’ve heard every love song under the sun
And I know, he knows, 
He’s the same.

“And there were really, really good times...and… I, I… I feel really heartbroken and I can’t… I don’t think I can do this to myself anymore.”

Verse 2:

What about the gifts he left? 
The oil lamp did wonders for your lungs. 
And the names, he gave you, to try:
You could be everything, anyone, he wanted and more. 

Chorus: 

I’ve tried so hard
Time and time again
Maybe this time 
It won’t feel so bad
But I know, I know, 
I’ve heard every love song under the sun
And I know, he knows, 
He’s the same.

“He thinks that I’m just gonna… Just carry on as usual… I think. ‘Cause he’s so used to me putting him first, he’s not used to… not getting what he wants.”

Chorus: 

I’ve tried so hard
Time and time again
Maybe this time 
It won’t feel so bad
But I know, I know, 
I’ve heard every love song under the sun
And I know, he knows, 
He’s the same.

Lungs

FORMER LIVES (Single Version)
https://bfan.link/former-lives-1

Sat in the back seat
Sat in the back seat
Feeling like a wrecked car
Feeling like a wrecked car
Head full of strange thoughts
Head full of strange thoughts
Night full of strangers
Night full of strangers

Split divide
I’m pulled in every direction at the same time
Former lives
Disappearing under the tension caught in my mind
Caught in my mind

Will you help me let go
If I help you let go?

Hole in your memory
Hole in your memory
Days that I’ve never known
Days that I’ve never known
I heard it’s ending
I heard it’s ending
Why are you holding on?
Why are you holding on?

Split divide
I’m pulled in every direction at the same time
Former lives
Disappearing under the tension caught in my mind
Caught in my mind

Will you help me let go
If I help you let go? 

Help you let go
Help you let go

Help you let go (Split divide)
Help you let go (I’m pulled in every direction at the same time)
Help you let go
Help you let go

Help you let go (Former lives)
Help you let go (Disappearing under the tension caught in my mind)
Help you let go
Help you let go

Will you help me let go (Help you let go)
If I help you let go? (Help you let go)
Help you let go
Help you let go

·

Written by Annie Rew Shaw and Billy Wright
Produced by Tom Donovan
Additional arrangement by Brendan Void
Mixed by Tom Donovan
Mastered by Katie Tavini
Artwork by David Schmitt (Tuyo)

Former Lives

Former Lives (Single Edit)

Lock yourself in a cave
Pull the stone across the hole you made
So you no longer hear the sea, the never-ending waves
That crash against the door, you’re not out there anymore
You’re hiding away

Is it lonely?
You must be lonely

We are so cold
In our beds of stone
How I long
To feel warm

Days drift apart in the clouds
Try to hold them, but air runs out
And I no longer see the stars, the never-ending space
That’s howling at my door, I’m not out there anymore
I’m hiding away

Is it lonely?
You must be lonely

We are so cold
In our beds of stone
How I long
To feel warm

✦

Written by Annie Rew Shaw
Piano, bass and vocals by Annie Rew Shaw
Drums by Louie Rew Shaw
Additional programming by Guy Massey
Produced by Guy Massey and Annie Rew Shaw
Mixed by Guy Massey
Mastered by Katie Tavini
Artwork by Natalia Giraldo Giraldo

Dead Sea

Beds Of Stone

All-female upbeat Garage Anthem. Catchy chorus, inspiring bars from Truemendous, Lavz and MC Deadman. A fun, uplifting track to celebrate women in sport and music. Raising funds to help end violence against women and girls. 

@lionesses_be_brave

Lionesses Be Brave

Go slow, I see you fall
Your thigh met mine under the glass
But your eyes don’t know me at all
A mirage to soothe what you’d lost

And honey, I have never known myself
In the company of someone such as yourself
And we circle ‘round the fuel like flies
I turn to your many eyes, your many eyes

Slow break, fibres tearing loose
As I work my way out of this noose
One last message to myself
That you are empty under your shell

And honey, I have never known myself
In the company of someone such as yourself
And we circle ‘round the fuel like flies
I turn to your many eyes, your many eyes

And honey, I have never known myself (Honey, I have never known myself)
In the company of someone such as yourself (In the company of someone else)
And we circle ‘round the fuel like flies (Honey, I have never known myself)
I turn to your many eyes, your many eyes
I turn to your many eyes, your many eyes

✦

Written by Annie Rew Shaw
Vocals, synth and guitar by Annie Rew Shaw
Drums by Louie Rew Shaw
Drums recorded at Small Pond Studios
Programming by Guy Massey
Produced by Guy Massey & Annie Rew Shaw
Mixed by Guy Massey
Mastered by Katie Tavini
Artwork by Natalia Giraldo Giraldo

Company

Stream and listen here: http://bit.ly/tibe-doro-one

ONE, is the debut single for Fox Lane Music, penned by the label’s own Viennese Producer-Duo Fabian Suske and Leonard Cuscoleca. 

The song exhibits a dialogue between the unknown and manifested inspired by the beauty of improvisation and minimalism. ONE unfolds as a chase for perfection in the unintended tiny moments of artistic freedom. It is the first piece laying out the path to TIBE D'ORO the equilibrium and utopia visualized by Philipp Müller, Viennese painter and artist.

Credits: 
Composed & Produced by Leonard Cuscoleca & Fabian Suske 
Piano - Leonard Cuscoleca 
Bass - Fabian Suske 
Vocals - Amy Yon 
Trumpet - Ludwig Ascher 
Drums - Stefano Illotta
Artwork: Philipp Müller

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2019 Fox Lane Music

TIBE D'ORO - ONE

No Good

'Leave Us To Fate' is a bittersweet reflection on love's subjugation to fate as a relationship is torn apart by separation.

Leave Us To Fate

My Home (demo)

They told me to dream big
So I dreamt of the sun
And its gravitational pull
its gravitational pull
And all the life it breathes into everything
And its gravitational pull

How can I ensure when I am fully grown
That the Milky Way will make room 
So that I can ever-glow?

How can I be centre of this universe 
(I know I know)
How can I be anything but disappointed?

(I can't match up, I can't match up, to any of my own...)

And now it's reached the stage
Where I am jealous of birds
and their levitational art
and their levitational art
And how their lightest hearts
Can help them reach the stars
and their levitational artistry

How can I ensure when I am dead and gone
That my legacy endures
My reputation twinkles on?
How, when I explode, can I shoot eight million eons?
Then how can I get further still?

(and yeah, I think I was about 16 when I learnt about the greeks and mythology and how they could talk mostly deeply about what it means to be a human being... and I learnt about Icarus and all of those events before his fall.... and I wondered... and I kept wondering.... and I kept wondering... how he must've felt in those few minutes just before he melted... to be the highest one... to be the highest one... to be the closest one...)

Icarus

From the new album 'Seven for A Secret' out 01/01/20 in all digital stores. The first track on the album, it sets the scene for what's to come. The album tells the tale of two murders from the perspectives of the people involved. Produced by Gavin Monaghan (The Blinders, The C33's, Pagans SOH)and recorded at Magic Garden Studio, Wolverhampton. The album started life as a rough screen play which spawned a song and grew into a full album. Next stop is a graphic novel and/or video clip if funds allow.

Seven For A Secret

THE BALLAD OF BROKEN BONES

The Ballad Of Broken Bones

Burden

My hands are dry
I haven't touched you for a long time
My lips are dry
I haven't loved you for a long time

I don't want to let you go
But it's cruel to keep you
I don't want to let you go
But I still need to leave
I don't want to let you go
But it's cruel to keep you for myself

And my light 
Lived in the shadow for a long time
Pretend I was already sleeping 
When you'd come home at night

I don't want to let you go
But I don't want to keep you
I don't want to let you go
But I still need to leave you
I don't want to let you know
That I feel like I need you
I've been trying for so long
To be here without you

____________________________________

Written by Annie Rew Shaw and Adam Stark
Produced by Adam Stark
Mastered by Tom Waterman
Artwork by Emily Lindsay Brown

Dry - Single

Fire On At Me - T.E.G


“I’m on my way home, I want to get back,
I know it feels good, and I don’t wanna leave”

Fire on at me if you don’t have more to say
Come and get it cos you’ve got nothing to stay
You and I both know that it don’t work this way
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
We both got reasons but these reasons aren’t enough
It’s my vendetta and yours, you just had it rough
But things are changing and though I know it’s tough
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Here we are -  away from home
I close my eyes I visualise 
I wanna go home
Not on your own - but fighting solo
The end is near, I feel the fear
I wanna go home

We take our prisoners who just want their release
They say they’re sorry but we’re not easy to please
Their freedom’s ours and we’ll sort ‘em out with ease
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
Any action will so make you pay the price
So no decision is without sacrifice
Just ‘cos I pity doesn’t mean I am nice
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Feel these tears, they’re filled with rage
Fell off my horse I’ve got back up
I wanna go home
Don’t pretend, that your not scared
This war right here’s been on years
I wanna go home

Don’t think you can stop me
I am trying and succeeding 
You cannot see me I’m invincible
And I stop stop wanna come home

Fire On At Me

Lyrics

V1
paint me in colours that you want to see
I'll be the person that you wanted to know before you met me
and I'll hold your hand until my blood runs blue
I'll be the person that you wanted to know, the girl you once knew

Pre Chorus
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I'm just a little stuck on you

Chorus 
oh I'd mould my brain to fit with yours
and I'd sing this song until my lungs are sore
oh I'm sorry if you're bored of questions 
and second guessing
oh I'm hopelessly asking for more
cause I'm not sure I love you really means that much at all

V2
tell, tell me something is on your mind 
cause I can't talk for the two of us and I know something isn't quite right
and is this how I'm meant to spend my time
oh staring into dead eyes wondering if I cross your mind

Pre Chorus
oooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I guess I gave it all for you

Chorus

Outro
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I just can't give it all for you

ALEX CARROLL- Paint Me In Colours

Austel is the musical moniker of UK artist, producer, and songwriter Annie Rew Shaw. Blending ethereal vocals with cinematic textures, Austel creates a distinctive brand of alt-pop that fuses electronic minimalism with indie-folk intimacy and emotive storytelling - inspired by artists such as Eva Cassidy, Bon Iver, Cocteau Twins, The National and Nils Frahm.

Following years spent working as a session musician performing at festivals such as Glastonbury and touring the UK, Austel released her debut EP Unfold in 2018, drawing plaudits from the likes of BBC 6 Music and The Line Of Best Fit. Her 2020 sophomore EP Cold Love drew further support from Fresh On The Net, O2 Music and BBC Introducing. 

Austel’s 2024 debut album Dead Sea is a dreamy exploration of loss, recovery, and transformation. Self-produced and featuring collaborations with Grammy award-winning engineer Guy Massey, the record is the culmination of seven years’ work and artistic development. The lyrical content and album artwork - a salt sculpture created with Columbian artist Natalia Giraldo Giraldo - explore the poeticism of salt: its dual qualities of pain and healing. The Dead Sea is one of the harshest, lifeless environments on earth, but Austel finds that even in the most barren of places, we can begin to recover.

Powerfully uncool electronic pop grooves for sarcastic introverts.
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