Afterwork Special

Five Things We Liked This Week - 24/09/21

Freshing 9/22

Lyrics:
Let me know when you go
Let me know when you go

I’ve got a mouthful of glass and no one to ask
I’ve got a mouthful of glass and no one to tell about it

There’s something here


Credits:
Music and Lyrics by Macie Stewart
Engineered by Macie Stewart at home
Additional engineering by Dorian Gehring at FoxHall

Mouthful Of Glass by Macie Stewart

The self titled debut album is majorly influenced by Dismal Plight’s heroes from the 80s. You can hear the obvious winks to bands such as Joy Division, The Cure, New Order and Sad Lovers And Giants as well as to Clan of Xymox and early Felt. With synths and drum machines from that period Dismal Plights attempts to create an authentic sound adapted for the 21st century.

I Want To Take You There

I Already Love You

Leeds artist elkyn returns with delicate new 'lonely folk' track ‘found the back of the tv remote’, released via Tambourine Machine Records.

A personal reflection on dealing with losing someone you care about and finding yourself with a lack of direction, the track follows up the recent singles ‘something’, ‘if only it was alright now’ and last year’s debut EP ‘beech’. It expands upon the soft, half-whispered sound of his previous releases, adding a sonic richness that brings his songwriting to the fore.

“I started writing tv remote after a break-up which left me not knowing what to do with myself," elkyn explains. "I wanted to juxtapose the pretty defeating moments next to the little wins even though they seem pretty small in comparison, like “wasted, alone. Found the back of the TV remote”. There’s a lot about regretting pushing the people away that have been good to me running through the song”.

Behind the moniker elkyn stands Leeds scintillating singer-songwriter Joseph Donnelly. Intricately plucked guitar riffs meet introspective lyricism as this “lonely folk” artist invites you inside his deepest thoughts and fears through beautiful storytelling.

The Yorkshire songwriter’s stirring sophomore release ‘if only it was alright now’ acted as an impressive bookend for the Beech era landing him a feature on Atwood Magazine’s ‘Artists to Watch for 2021’ citing him as “uniquely visceral and vulnerable”. The track also received appraisal from the likes of BBC Introducing, landed a spot on Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ editorial playlist as well as being highlighted on an array of curated playlists. 

With elkyn’s ability to continue building such a strong presence in such a short amount of time, it comes as no surprise that the wordsmith’s most recent single ‘something’, released Feb 2021, has quickly become his greatest success yet with multiple editorial playlist placements and Radio X’s John Kennedy declaring the track “absolutely fantastic”.

In the shadows of the UK’s numerous lockdowns, elkyn resigned to the confinement of his bedroom walls to write, zoom and reflect before finally returning to Leeds Nave Studios to embark on his next chapter with producer Mark Gustafson, but this time instilled with a newly found confidence.

Glimmers of hope are scattered amongst elkyn’s familiar pulses of dark rumination as we’re enveloped in heartrending tales of youth, love and regret. elkyn is currently working on his debut album.

found the back of the tv remote

The Other Side of Life: Piano Ballads

This Year (Piano)

Wilds

Jaywalker

Royal Morning Blue

Song written / produced by Stacey Randol & Michael McBurnett

Release Date - 9/17/21

Runaway

as of 12th of March you can buy this over at our bandcamp 

Don't Know

*UPDATE*

The new 4th album is currently in the works but I need a hand getting it up and running. Please check out the Kickstarter page and help me out in anyway you can.

Thanks, Ryan

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1362903932/horsebeach-the-fourth-album-is-imminent

This Year (Piano)

beachfossils