Ahead of the release of their debut album, ‘Spring Tide’, The Shipbuilders release their latest single, ‘Forest Floor’ via Mai 68 Records on Friday 29th April.
An eerie, psychedelic shuffle that brings to mind the freakier sides of Love and The Coral, ‘Forest Floor’ features a bass-led groove that descends into chaos with an extended outro made up of ghostly, wordless vocals, wailing harmonica and tumbling piano, all blown about by a storm of reverb-heavy guitars and relentless motorik drums.
Speaking of the track, lead singer Matty Loughlin-Day explains “the song sings of an impending storm, prophesised by an old sage and queries whether there is hope left in the town or whether it’s best to return to the land and find safety. Ultimately, the hero of the song is trying to find his best to way to survive on the line between the smug and the damned”

FOREST FLOOR

elkyn has released his debut album, ‘holy spirit social club’, which sees elkyn aka Joey Donnelly put his uncensored inner dialogue on paper, bravely airing the thoughts most wouldn’t dare expose. Whether that’s hurtful messages to one’s self, vague and elusive memories or lingering lessons from childhood, it’s all here on ‘holy spirit social club’, unfiltered and searingly honest. 

This sincerity is matched in the music. While the arrangements on ‘holy spirit social club’ are far more expansive than those heard on 2020 EP ‘beech’, tender finger picks and elkyn’s distinctive half-whisper still remain at its heart. Though the pain is palpable, its impact is meditative, enveloping the listener in a safe haven where you feel free to acknowledge the darker parts of yourself. 

Rainy regret-tinged evenings dominate ‘holy spirit social club’. ‘everything looks darker now’, reflects ruefully on how Donnelly shied away from an old friend who unexpectedly came to a rainy gig in Manchester. While ‘change’ finds him on the streets of Yorkshire, revisiting his family home and wondering whether he had fulfilled his father’s desire for him to ‘become a man’ - a sore point that resurfaces again and again on ‘holy spirit social club’. 

This unflinching honesty has seen elkyn become a streaming success in recent months, with the one-off singles that followed ‘beech’ making it on to a number of Spotify editorial playlists. After a lockdown spent demoing, he entered Nave Studios with producer Mark Gustafson, creating more complete songs than ever before. The process was so cathartic for Donnelly that he went on to name the album after the social club that once existed in the basement below the aforementioned studio. 

Whilst elkyn isn’t exactly kind to himself on ‘holy spirit social club’, it does see him lift a monumental weight from his shoulders. In elkyn’s words, it’s “an interim into writing nicer songs and being nicer to myself”. In creating ‘holy spirit social club’, he has faced demons that he’s shied away from for too long, finding a way back to himself that previously felt impossible. It’s only by sitting with your darkest moments that you can begin to glimpse the light - ‘holy spirit social club’ is proof of that and a whole lot more.

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Light Up The Sky

Drag Behind

Trapped in the Big Room
Written and performed by For Breakfast
© For Breakfast / Glasshouse 2022
Out June 2022

Nervous Boundaries

English :
The BLACK LILYS siblings are back with a powerful single, "INVISIBLE STRINGS" mixed by Odd Martin (known for his collaboration with Aurora and Sigrid...).
A song about the importance of questioning one's beliefs in order to reach for more truth.
Is our vision always clear?
Our thoughts can easily become “invisible strings” that strangle our minds and make us believe those strings are unbreakable, preventing us from acting.
Invisible Strings is an invitation to "Unlearn how to think to learn how to feel"
After releasing a few months ago, Gymnopédie, a sensitive adaptation of Eric Satie's famous masterpiece, BLACK LILYS prove once again their ability to play with contrasts by returning today with an epic single.
The duo is currently touring in the UK, supporting Nouvelle Vague until 17 March.

French:
La fratrie BLACK LILYS est de retour avec un puissant  single, “INVISIBLE STRINGS” mixé par Odd Martin (reconnu pour ses collaborations avec Aurora et Sigrid...).

Ce titre aborde l'importance de remettre en question ses croyances afin de tendre vers plus de vérité.

Notre vision est-elle toujours bien claire?
Certaines de nos pensées deviennent parfois ces "fils invisibles" “ invisible strings qui étrillent notre esprit, nous conditionant souvent à croire qu’ils sont indénouables et nous empêchant ainsi d’agir.

“ Unlearn how to think to learn how to feel “
Une invitation à " Désapprendre sa façon de penser pour apprendre à ressentir " 

Après avoir sorti leur dernier single, Gymnopédie, une sensible adaptation piano-voix du célèbre chef-d'œuvre d'Eric Satie, BLACK LILYS nous prouve une fois encore leur capacité à jouer avec les contrastes en revenant aujourd’hui avec un single percutant et épique.

Le duo est actuellement en tournée au Royaume-Uni en première partie de Nouvelle Vague jusqu'au 17 mars.

New Era

Invisible Strings

BLACK LILYS - Invisible Strings

Written and Produced by supergloom
Recorded by Chris Philippi & Shane Graham
Mixed by Shane Graham
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk of Stereophonic Mastering
Artwork by Connor McIntyre & Ethan Walden

supergloom is:

Bertrand Vellky- Lead/Harmony Vocals & Guitar
Peter Doherty- Lead/Harmony Vocals, Keys & Rhythm Guitar
Shane Graham- Drums/Percussion
Ethan Walden- Bass

Cut The Ties

Show Me

"I'll Die A Little" from 'If one thing were different, nothing would be the same' by Luke De-Sciscio

Available for streaming on Bandcamp and Soundcloud immediately
and Spotify and other DSPs December 16th 2022

Released via Luke's label, Folk Boy Records

Lyrics:

I feel like I died three years ago
it's so hard to offer hope
when you feel like you're alone

If everything's a feeling I could offer mine
but why?
when I can't face the sight

I know I could fall in love again
see the world with fresh eyes
but sooner or later I'd start again
seeing to the other side

Even devotion knows
it's hard to play the chords
give any thief an apple he'll just get worse
have you ever known love without the fall?
the floor on your knees at a strangers door

Baby, deer roam
swans fly
herons nest
I'll die a little

www.lukedesciscio.co.uk

I'll Die A Little

Zen in linen shirts
They sap upon the day
Like every other morning star
Acceptable and fey
December dismembered my instruments
I can’t tell you that now
But I say

No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
Anyway
No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
Go away
Go the fuck away

Implicated 
I don’t know
I said myself a dozen times
Once or twice I fell below it
I remember bottom lines
But never being like you
Never being like you
I won’t “peace out, dude”
Away with you

Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
Anyway
No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
No Jared Leto
Go away
Go the fuck away

No Jared Leto

“Calling the Light” is a ceremonial journey through sound a fusion of mystical melodies, hypnotic rhythms, and ethereal female voices. Designed for psychedelic plant medicine journeys, this album guides you from shadow into radiance, weaving ambient layers with trance like energy to awaken the spirit and open the heart.

A Journey

Black Lilys, c’est le doux mélange qui se crée naturellement entre la voix déchirée de Camille et les mélodies sombres de guitare de Robin. A eux deux, ils nous livrent une « Dark Pop » puissante aimant allier les contrastes.
Suite à leur EP «  Memories of a Blind Mind » sorti en 2014, le duo frère soeur saupoudre le paysage musical de leur force sensible, nous invitant dans l’intimité d’une rage qui ne nous laisse pas indifférent.
Une sincérité soutenue depuis leurs début par La Ruche • Le Label, comme une lueur sous l’orage. 
C’est sur scène que leur complicité semble la plus évidente. En duo ou accompagné par Jean-Noel Godard aux percussions, Black Lilys nous plonge dans un univers très personnel où l’on comprend pourquoi douceur et douleur ne sont qu’à une lettre d’écart.
Le groupe annonce un 2ème EP « Blood Ties »  le 7 avril 2017 ainsi que leur tout premier album «  Boxes », prévu pour octobre 2017.

BLACK LILYS - Invisible Strings

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