Hummingbird [2015]

made this playlist for some dude that sucks

On repeat

Chill

Wonderful Acoustic

Boy Crush - Creep

Olive Drab - Falling (For You)

Coming Of Age by Foster The People, live at RTL2
Check my new sounds at https://soundcloud.com/kevin-liyanto/tracks

Coming Of Age by Foster The People

Let You Go

The 3rd & deluxe edition vinyl repress of Ontario Gothic will be available August 27th, 2021. 

Pre-order a copy here: https://shop.orchidtapes.com/product/foxes-in-fiction-ontario-gothic-third-press

"Musicially, “Ontario Gothic” begins where the previous song on the album, “Shadow’s Song” lets off. The the same melody - made from cutting up & copying and pasting singular guitar notes forms the melodic basis for the majority former. The instrumental elements of the middle / transition section make up the Foxes in Fiction song “Breathing In” found on the first Angeltown compilation.

Lyrically, “Ontario Gothic” is written about a close friend name Cait who died in 2010 and to whom the album is dedicated. Cait was one of the closest friends that I had for many years when I was a bit younger. She and I became really close after I had moved back to my hometown in the suburbs of Toronto, away from a farm in rural Ontario that my family lived on from 2001 until 2004. I was coming away from what was the worst and most emotionally tumultuous period of my life at that point and I carried a lot of fucked up anxiety and deep sadness about my life and myself as a person. But more than anything else, getting to know, open up to and spend time with Cait during those first years helped open me up to kinds of happiness and a love for life that I didn’t think was within the realm of possibility at that point in my life. 

She was one of the most remarkable, open and truly good people I’ve ever known, really. The song “Flashing Lights Have Ended Now” was also written about her just a point where we’re drifting apart; a year later she was gone. I wrote this song to crystallize the better parts of our friendship and to remember the healing effect that she had on me as a person which without I would not be the same person or have the same acceptance for life that I do now. I miss her enormously and I feel her influence and presence constantly. "

I was trapped under concrete
Built from the memory
Of all the daydreams
That I buried underneath

Now find me a way to divide
All of the noise on the other side
We’ll change where we live in the fall
Soon it will feel like nothing is wrong

And I could see who I should be
Though a past that casts it’s shadow down over me
In empty fields on summer nights
I feel the flashing lights

Teeth clenched in moonlight
A limitation, want to ignite
Reset my biology
The imitation, the apology

And I felt just like a child
I’m taking it all from the other side
Driving with you in your car
The home that I know seems so far

Spring, fall, I’ve lost it all (the morning fog)
Your empty street where we would meet
These parking lots bless us with peace
Your light has strayed, there’s no release

Ontario Gothic

Foxes in Fiction - Ontario Gothic

Life In A Tree House

Burn

Buy on iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-pleasant-trees-vol.-2-ep/id1066327661

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/iUAjdoYQSIY

LYRICS: 
Its been a little while since I looked in your eyes 
And walked that bridge to the other side 
Mama says its going to get cold in the night 
But if i picture you then i'll be alright
I am ready, i am ready, for you to be here. 

It's been a little while since i've held you hands 
oh my arms won't stretch to your distant land 
Give me every person in the whole wide world 
and i'll pick you out in a second, girl. 
I am ready, i am ready, for you to be here. 

It's been too many seconds since i've seen your face and for all i know you're in outer space 
Dancing to the rhythms of the shooting stars 
thinking of the times that forever are ours
I am ready, i am ready, for you to be here. 

Listen on Spotify

For You To Be Here

"Debut single 'Bunched Up Letters' sits somewhere The Black Keys and The Kinks, Bill Withers and Leon Bridges - soaked in bourbon, the vocal delivery is matched to a strident, muscular arrangement." - CLASH

Bunched Up Letters - Single

Bunched Up Letters

Since the formation of The King’s Parade in 2012, the four-piece’s assured touch of melodic, crossover pop with classic Detroit blues has frontman Olly Corpe and his band evoking the credible sounds of Bill Withers or Leon Bridges.
 
This is a classic sound honed by musicians playing together more than 40 hours a week on a Hawaiian cruise ship. Think the Beatles’ unknown early gigs in Hamburg strip clubs and you’re about there.

It’s not just storyline though: The King’s Parade quickly proved their technical chops after joining the London circuit, securing a residency at legendary blues institution Ronnie Scott's - and since then they’ve played tastemaker shows at The Great Escape, Bestival and Reeperbhan Festival this year as well as embarking on their first European tour in April.
 
With early tastemakers including CLASH and EARMILK expressing their admiration for their debut release ‘Bunched Up Letters’, their second single ‘Silhouette’ further confirms The King’s Parade’s status as one of the most naturally talented and hustling young blues acts this year.

Silhouette - Single

Silhouette

►Available on Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1GbNfup
►Available on iTunes: http://apple.co/1RFAREh

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Softly, slowly 
How am I feeling one thing? 

So take my hand 
and feel your toes in the grass 

Take my hand, take my hand... 

And if it's working then 
Maybe I could get you to 
Go on the town with me 
Out underground with me 

And if it's working then 
Maybe I could get you to 
Drive in a car with me 
Kiss in the backseat 

Where have you been 
My dear? 
Sitting right in front of me, silent 

But you'll be gone soon anyway 
So why not 

Take my hand, take my hand... 

And if it's working then 
Maybe I could get you to 
Go on the town with me 
Out underground with me 

And if it's working then 
Maybe I could get you to 
Drive in a car with me 
Kiss in the backseat 


Maybe I'm confusing the two 
Growing old, or do I like you? 
Maybe I don't know 

And I'm only telling the truth 
And I don't wanna scare you off 
We don't have to pair off 

All I need from you 
Is to look me in the eye 
And like me too

Morning Light

Filters

Since the formation of The King’s Parade in 2012, the four-piece’s assured touch of melodic, crossover pop with classic Detroit blues has frontman Olly Corpe and his band evoking the credible sounds of Bill Withers, Leon Bridges and Jamie Woon.
 
This is a classic sound honed by musicians playing together more than 40 hours a week on a Hawaiian cruise ship. Think the Beatles’ unknown early gigs in Hamburg strip clubs and you’re about there.

It’s not just storyline though: The King’s Parade quickly proved their technical chops after joining the London circuit, securing a residency at legendary blues institution Ronnie Scott's - and since then they’ve played tastemaker shows at The Great Escape, Bestival and Reeperbhan Festival this year as well as embarking on their first European tour including selling out London’s OSLO.
 
With early tastemakers including CLASH, NOTION and EARMILK expressing their admiration for their debut releases ‘Bunched Up Letters’ and ‘Silhouette’ – their new EP ‘Vagabond’ cements The King’s Parade’s status as one of the most naturally talented and hustling young blues acts this year.

Belsize Lane

Vagabond EP

Vagabond

Remote

Pre-order the EP: http://hyperurl.co/FrankieEP
Out November 13th, 2015

*Tour Dates*
Mon-Nov-09         New Haven, CT @ The Space
Tue-Nov-10          Providence, RI @ Aurora Providence
Wed-Nov-11         Boston, MA @ Cambridge Elks Lodge
Thu-Nov-12         Burlington, VT @ Arts Riot 
Fri-Nov-13            Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
Sat-Nov-14           Toronto, ON @ The Smiling Buddha
Sun-Nov-15          Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe
Mon-Nov-16         Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop
Tue-Nov-17          Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Wed-Nov-18         Gambier, OH @ Kenyon College - Horn Gallery
Thu-Nov-19          Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
Fri-Nov-20            Allentown, PA @ Muhlenberg College
Sat-Nov-21           Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Sun-Nov-22          New York, NY @ Webster Hall - Marlin Room
Wed-Dec-02         New York, NY @ Webster Hall - Ground Control Touring 15th Anniversary

11.09-22 w/ All Dogs
12.02 w/ Conor Oberst, Superchunk, Kurt Vile, Beach Fossils, Porches and more

Fit Me In

Frankie Cosmos "Young" Official Single

Little Bird

When I'm Not Around

Release: 29.04.16

Release Show: 21st April 2016 - Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, LONDON. Buy tickets here: https://www.facebook.com/events/949317571856028/

Management: evon@bluenilemanagement.com or richie@bluenilemanagement.com

Bookings: mh@contrapromotion.com

https://www.facebook.com/thekingsparade
https://www.twitter.com/thekingsparade
https://www.instagram.com/thekingsparade

Premiered on CLASH: http://www.clashmusic.com/news/premiere-the-kings-parade-gathering-the-pieces-of-a-broken-heart

Gathering the Pieces of a Broken Heart - Single

Gathering the Pieces of a Broken Heart

The War On Drugs' new song released on vinyl for #RSD2017

Original upload: https://vimeo.com/213900454
Definitely check it out if you're interested: https://www.discogs.com/The-War-On-Drugs-Thinking-Of-A-Place/release/10169342

Thinking Of A Place

I can't wait til it'll be
You and me on that rolling train
Sure, I'll miss my family
But I couldn't breath being who I'd be

If I stuck around here
And lay to waste any precious place
The golden part of my heart
Would, without doubt, disintegrate or break

I can't wait 'til I'll be
Rewired on that rolling train
A healthy desire 
To fall asleep without the sirens

If I stuck around here
Faking grace and out of place
The golden part of my heart
Would, without doubt, disintegrate or break

Place EP

Rolling Train

Word of Mouth

I did a cover of Joanna Newsom's 'Peach, Plum, Pear'
If you want to download it for free it's at hellopedro.bandcamp.com

Remote

brightener