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The latest single by Americana/Alt-rock band The Blue Highways

Nobody Lives Here Anymore

I had seven faces
Thought I knew which one to wear
But I'm sick of spending these lonely nights
Training myself not to care

The subway is a porno
Pavements, they are a mess
I know you've supported me for a long time
Somehow I'm not impressed

But New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)

Subway, she is a porno
Pavements, they are a mess
I know you've supported me for a long time
Somehow I'm not impressed

It's up to me now, turn on the bright lights
It's up to me now, turn on the bright lights

✦

Written by Carlos Andres Dengler, Daniel Alexander Kessler, Paul Julian Banks, Samuel J Fogarino (Interpol)
Produced and mixed by Annie Rew Shaw
French horns by Susanna Stephenson
Mastered by Katie Tavini
Artwork by Natalia Giraldo Giraldo
Original photograph by John Williams

Afterparty

PRESS RELEASE
=============
With its washes of synths strings, tinkering electronic piano, detached vocals and layered harmonies delivered in Cromwell’s lush baritone, ‘The Winter Palace’ evokes an icy cold soundscape fit for the months of winter. Where the title track of his recent album ‘Memory Box’ is about losing the power of recall, ‘The Winter Palace’ is about trying to forget a lost love, but being haunted by them in his memory. Cromwell sings to his former love “I dream of you regardless, whether I am asleep or awake”.

With a majestic sweeping synth solo, that wouldn’t sound out of place on Bowie’s ‘Low’, sonically the song sits between classic new wave artists like Joy Division or OMD and more contemporary acts like Ladytron or Black Marble.

The B-side ‘Rod, Jane and Freddy,’ with its squelchy vintage synths and rumbling krautrock beat, is a playful technicoloured instrumental named after the performance group from 1980’s ITV children’s show Rainbow. 

‘The Winter Palace’ was recorded in Cromwell’s home studio in Catford, South London and was produced in Brooklyn, New York at ACME Hall Studio by Rich Bennett.

Since the release of his debut 'Age of Anxiety' album, Rodney Cromwell has been featured by the likes of NME, Electronic Sound, Huffington Post, Paste, Shindig!, Louder Than War, The Big Takeover, Magic RPM and the Bandcamp homepage. He’s had national radio play in Japan, Finland, Germany and multiple spins on RTE in Ireland, on BBC 6 Music in the UK and RNE3 in Spain for whom he recorded a live session.

The Rodney Cromwell live set is a joyful mixed-media extravaganza, incorporating analogue synths, video visuals and live instrumentation, interjected by Rodney’s 'offbeat wit'' (NME). His debut festival appearance at Indietracks was described as 'like a spiritual experience". He has shared stages with acts including A Flock of Seagulls, Pram, Death & Vanilla, Rowetta, M!R!M and Steve Davis. His sole performance in 2020 was as part of Damo Suzuki's backing band. In 2022 he recorded a live session for Electronic Sound and in autumn 2022 he is playing a number of dates supporting Blancmange.

The Winter Palace

RODNEY  CROMWELL The Winter Palace (Radio Edit)

Written by Spiral Frank and The Spheres 
Engineered and Produced by Jamie Evans 
Mastered by ZVUK Mastering

Blink Of An Eye

Have Some Shame

Last Chance For Romance

Release date - 26/1/2024
Bursting from the gate like a racehorse, this Janglepop thoroughbred chimes at every possible corner with hooks aplenty. Vocals harmonise throughout in typical ‘Shop Window’ fashion. I Run is the next single to be released from The Shop Window's much anticipated third album ‘Daysdream’ - A double LP consisting of sixteen tracks, due out in May 2024. The ‘Days’ side is filled with upbeat  Janglepop, and the ‘Dream’ side with a more melancholic Dreampop/Shoegaze angle to it.

I Run

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LYRICS;

VERSE 1
Here now, you know how it goes
Fears fall down like dominoes 
Leave your questions at home
Take this somewhere we don’t know

Let’s go!

Riding on the fast track 
Rolling with the rat pack 
Hit em with the tap tap 
Get ready for hand clap

Walking like a wild cat 
In a wild habitat
Make them all step back 
Are you ready for the impact? 

CHORUS
We make every day a weekend
Come play, every day’s a weekend
You can be free, it’s just a feeling
We make every day a weekend

VERSE 2
Rewrite the rules
Too cool for school
No time to lose 
It’s what we do

HOOK
Ooh
Ah 
Mmmm
La la la la la

Every Day A Weekend

Live Well For Less

Tiger Mendoza vs Killer Kowalski - Live Well For Less (Edit)

Produced, Written, Recorded | JONATHAN STOLBER

Mixed | STEVEN DUROSE

Mastered | AMY DRAGON

Guitars, Drums, Bass, Glockenspiel, Space Echo |
JONATHAN STOLBER

Violins, Viola |
BEN WEEDON

Guitars, Filthy Pedals, Noise |
JAMES SADDINGTON

Cello |
MADDIE CUTTER

Piano |
CHRIS FORDHAM

Recorded |
OUTPOST 31, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 2023

Viola & Violins Arranged & Recorded by Weedon.
Additional strings Arranged by Fordham & Stolber.
Piano arranged by Fordham
Cello Arranged & Recorded by Cutter.
Additional Guitars Arranged & Recorded by Saddington.

Taken From FOR THE BLOOD OF ENGLAND LP

SCATTERED RED, BLUE & BLACK (Single Edit)

'Five Films' celebrating the work of the late, great actor John Cazale.  

Released on the 2nd February 2024. All instruments played, recorded and mixed by Stefan Gordon.

Five Films

This is a re-recording of an old song from 2020.

Production, Mixing, Mastering, Drums & Synths by Manny Montoya https://www.instagram.com/elmannymontoya?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Everything else by me. 

Recorded at Dark Side Studio https://www.instagram.com/drkside.studio?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==



LYRICS:

We used to watch this view
‘til it would get too cold.
It’s been a while and
now I watch it alone.

You’ve got your life and you’re
doing things with it.
I’ve stayed behind, using memory 
to cope.

Cause I,
I can’t believe
what I am seeing.

These two eyes,
they must
be working wrong,
cause of all people, you’re
by his side.

He’s just the type you’d hate,
so now I cannot tell 
what’s on your mind,
it’s like you’re someone else.

Cause I,
I can’t believe
what I’m seeing.
These two eyes,
they must
be working wrong,
cause of all people, you’re
by his side.

How come we were never more than friends
but you gave your heart to him? 
He couldn’t possibly know you
half as well as i do. 

I,
I can’t believe
what I’m seeing.
These two eyes,
they must
be working wrong,
cause of all people, you’re
by his side.

Time Heals (Almost) Everything [Studio Version]

Taken from the latest LP, Corkscrew Soul. 

Written, recorded and produced by me. 

Oh, and it's about you.

About You

Our debut single from our EP “The Cost of Complacency”, which will be released later this year.

Vacant Pavements - Caesium137

Por Você - instrumental

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Austel - aka Annie Rew Shaw - is a Devon-born London-based artist, songwriter and producer, crafting introspective, brooding music led by ethereal vocals and intimate lyricism.

Influenced by a wide range of artists spanning from Bon Iver, Radiohead/Thom Yorke, Cocteau Twins and Jon Hopkins to Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell and Elliott Smith, Austel fuses her background in classical music and indie folk songwriting with ambient textures, cinematic soundscapes and contemplative electronica.

Having cut her teeth as a session musician performing at Glastonbury Festival, supporting Fleet Foxes with Lyla Foy, and touring the UK with multiple bands, Austel began collaborating with guitarist, producer and music technologist Adam Stark (MiMU Gloves, Rumour Cubes) - developing her own songs with a fresh lens. Her 2018 self-released debut EP Unfold received plaudits from the likes of BBC 6 Music, Killing Moon and The Line of Best Fit, while 2020’s Cold Love drew further support from O2 Music, BBC Introducing and Fresh On The Net. 

Austel's self-produced debut album 'Dead Sea' was released in early 2024 - featuring collaborations with Grammy award-winning engineer Guy Massey (The Beatles, Manic Street Preachers, Kylie) and renowned mastering engineer Katie Tavini (Nadine Shah, Arlo Parks, Bloc Party). The artwork is by Colombian visual artist Natalia Giraldo Giraldo; a salt sculpture crafted from a cast of Austel’s head. Exploring the metaphor of salt’s dual qualities of pain and healing, Dead Sea is the culmination of seven year’s work and artistic development. The Dead Sea is one of the harshest, lifeless environments in the world, but Austel finds that even in the most barren of places, we can begin to recover.

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