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Crave (Demo)

Weekend #1 is a relaxed yet cinematic piece that captures the calm after the chaos — the quiet moments when life finally slows down. Built around gentle textures, subtle rhythms, and reflective guitar tones, it evokes a sense of stillness and understated emotion. Ideal for film, TV, and visual storytelling, Weekend #1 blends ambient warmth with cinematic depth — perfect for scenes that linger, breathe, and feel real.

Originally written around 1999, when I was playing in a local band called Kerisan, Weekend #1 was performed live at the Oliver Twist in Colchester but never properly recorded — until now. That original idea stayed with me for years, and this new version brings it to life with a modern, cinematic touch.

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Created: 12 October 2025
Mixed using Apple Logic/Suno.
Written and produced by Michael James Collett.
(C) 2025 Michael James Collett. All rights reserved.

Weekend #1 (Mix 1.1)

Performed live in an abandoned school in Liverpool on a battered old piano - watch the live video: https://youtu.be/ly47auRKNXk

Piano and arrangement by Little Rivers 
https://soundcloud.com/littleriversbelfast -https://www.facebook.com/littleriversmusic
Recorded by Saam Jafarzadeh Khamneh

Lyrics: 
I can taste it,
If I look through you.
And on my mind,
And all my body,
We’re scrolling though.

I’ll pick you up, you don’t seem right.
I know it’s late,
And I’m still high!
Don’t give it breath,
Don’t give it life,
I’ll conjure up,
These flashing lights.
These flashing light.

I’ve been wasting,
All my time on you.
Can’t see for stars,
And you know the moons for fools.

See the wolves, wait here for now,
Keep binding heels,
Can’t you hear them howl!
Don’t give it breath,
See it take flight,
And watch it burn,
With firelight.
With firelight.

Because nothing, nothing could hurt me more.
Than those four things.
Than those four things,
Consuming you.
Consuming you.

And you know you find it hard, to come out of your shell,
Your shell.
And I know it makes it hard, to love you well,
Well…

And the truth is, that nothing could hurt me more,
Than those four things.
Than those four things,
Consuming you.
Consuming you.

Artwork by Dominic Veakins 

Huge thanks to all involved!

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Wolves (Live)

Butterflies

Second single from Pictures of the Past EP

Hope you enjoyed listening as much as we did creating it.


Have you heard our other single Outside Inbetween? 
https://soundcloud.com/thepylonsband/outside-inbetween


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Lyrics

I'm looking for a master plan
A place to land
A place where I can stand

There's got to be a place to stay
For all these days
Someone to show the way

Running round chasing 
All that I wanna be
I've never felt so free

There's a light I know it's
Close to me
I just want to see
All you have for me

There's a piece I know it's hard to find
But I know in time
You'll see it's part of the puzzle

Running round chasing 
All that I wanna be
I've never felt so free


Place To Stay

Check out Mar's debut EP Take Care of Yourself. Available in online stores now!

Take Care of Yourself

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Gold

Restful and simple, "Wonderfully Made" by Besides Daniel is an unveiling of the imposter in most all of us. With the whispers of "you're not enough," "cover your flaws," and "be someone else," the song blooms into the resolving refrain, "You are wonderfully made," as a disarming invitation into self-acceptance in a melodic exhale of relief.

Acoustic video performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVNKqXhjxjI

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'T E E M I N G' from Besides Daniel is a stripped away and subtle reflection on the adventure of putting roots in the ground, committing to love, healing through long-suffering, and the celebration of new life. This collection of songs humbly put into perspective the weight of life lessons, true friendship, the risks of marriage, and the triumph of a heart that has healed.

Genres: Folk, Indie, Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic, Coffeehouse, Pop-Folk

RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Wilder Adkins, Tyler Lyle, Iron And Wine, Milk Carton Kids, Death Cab for Cutie

T E E M I N G

03 Wonderfully Made - Besides Daniel

Song I wrote, recorded, and produced in March of 2018

Lyrics:
Well I landed the gold mine
Where it's always been
By mistake but the right kind
When you fall right in

Always, I'll be
Tided over
But living under a rock now?
I'd rather I know how
Than take it from you

Now they write in the headlines
There goes another lottery
Guess I'm set for my lifetime
You can depend on me

Always, you'll be
Tided over
But living under a rock now?
You'd rather you know how
Than take it from me

Just take it from me
(Landed the gold mine)

Gold Mine

"Brothers" is the fourth single from our third full-length album, "Find Light" - out everywhere January 25, 2019.

Connect with us:
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Special thanks to:
Zach Jones - (A Great Big World, Sting, Zach Jones & the Tricky Bits) - Drums 
Riley Byrne - (Cook Thugless) - Bass
Pat Noon (Eight+Sixteen/Trax East Recording Studio, eight16recording@gmail.com) - Recording / Mixing
Alan Douches (West West Side Music, wwsm@mac.com) - Mastering

Lyrics:
I’ve been holding on to something
I can’t always see or feel
But why shy away

Find light in a conversation and a bird dies at your back
The brothers will be there tomorrow too
When the only view’s a roadway with feathers on the track
On the other side there’s just as much to do

And they continue on as I drive away
And in the winter daytime all is gray

Find light in a conversation and a bird dies at your back
The brothers will be there tomorrow too
When the only view’s a roadway with feathers on the track
On the other side there’ll be just as little to do

I find a way to lock myself, I find a way to lock myself away
And I’ll stay buried in a state of mind
‘till I’ve wasted enough time staring faceless at a screen
You can choose what you retrieve
You can lose what you believe in
And leave it
But I won’t leave it
I won’t leave it
I won’t leave it

Find light in a conversation and a bird dies at your back
The brothers will be there tomorrow too
When the only view’s the roadway with feathers on the track
On the other side there’s just as much to do

Find light in a conversation
The brothers will be there tomorrow too
When the only view’s the roadway with feathers on the track
La da da da da da da da da

Find Light

Brothers

Listen to Olivia Reid's new single 'Norfolk Drive', released February 8, 2019

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📝 Lyrics:

Yeah I met you on the first day of August so many years ago
Heard you got into some bad things, no I didn’t want that no
You can keep your keepsakes
‘Cause I tend to let things go

And I run and I run and I run and I run
Just like I’ve always done
And I run and I run and I run and I run
Just like I’ve always done

I ride the train to the end of the line
See the West, and South, and North on the signs
Eastside wind-chill, negative five, 
Got a dead-end mind on Norfolk Drive
I’ve been hidin’ from time to time
No my dear, woven colors in my eyes
Eastside wind-chill, we’ll be just fine
At the end of the telephone lines

Ran into you on the subway, you caught me one foot out the door
Said you got into some bad things, but you don’t want to be anymore
We don’t have to stay here no no, 
I know a place we can go

I ride the train to the end of the line
See the West, and South, and North on the signs
Eastside wind-chill, negative five, 
Got a dead-end mind on Norfolk Drive
I’ve been hidin’ from time to time
No my dear, woven colors in my eyes
Eastside wind-chill, we’ll be just fine
At the end of the telephone lines

Oh we can run we can run we can run we can run
Just like we’ve always done
We can run we can run we can run we can run
Just like we’ve always done

I ride the train to the end of the line
See the West, and South, and North on the signs
Eastside wind-chill, negative five, 
Got a dead-end mind on Norfolk Drive
I’ve been hidin’ from time to time
No my dear, woven colors in my eyes
Eastside wind-chill, we’ll be just fine
At the end of the telephone lines

Norfolk Drive

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Olivia Reid - Norfolk Drive

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