Song originally by The Clash

Cover recorded in June '11

Train In Vain (The Clash)

Sounds from Thursday morning

I keep thinking about how the photos on my parents mantelpiece 
will probably be used at my funeral.
and how i don't fear it all.

and jenny told me that i could be
I better man if I tried
that was 2005

I want to get high and fall asleep
Cos she was everything
I want to get high and fall asleep
cos she’s the only thing that made me feel alright

fuck this,
i'm gunna clean up
I want to take all the things i have 
and make them better
fuck this
I’m gunna clean up
i want to make nothing a noun
and make it last forever
it's the only thing that does

and every cold
and bitter
monday morning
I envy the coffee cup
that your tired lips touch
i never asked for much

and it's fireworks night
2005
and you are alone
and that’s alright

old flings, bad habits
part of feels like I've been taken for granted


Old Flings, Bad Habits (2014 demo)

It all feels so distant now
I'm having problems trying to feel about 
the parts of life I'm not coping with
Thinking with a new alternative 
focus on the positives
Like a life not led by sedatives
And I could preach about shit getting better
But I don't know what the weather is tomorrow

and a busker is playing
"Perfect Day”
As I walk from the tube
out and say
that not even Lou Reed
Can wipe the memory
of my mothers eyes
so I withheld the laughter of my town
and left the shadow of my fathers house
for better things, or a better one
that I might never find

but the worlds dream had me taught
that i could leave the sadness i wrought
behind
not stand in line
between the people i forgot
between the people i forgot

and mans needs must be
what it takes for him to live free
but in this freedom i found sin
from those handsome souls who let me in
those handsome souls who let me in



Handsome Souls

Sometimes, I Just Need Time

FFO: Bruce Springsteen, Bright Eyes.The Lemonheads.

Produced by Rob Hales
Recorded and Engineered by Toby Campen
Mixed by Bob Cooper at Propeller Studios
Mastered by Maz Murad at Metropolis Studios
Drums written and performed by Jamie Abela
Bass by Rob Hales
Saxophone written and performed by Luke Armitage

Download "Young Lions" EP for free at: www.burndaylight.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/burndaylight
www.burndaylight.co.uk

Twitter: @burndaylight

Contact:
j.peppermusic@gmail.com

Jane (Once We Were Golden)

‘Young Lions’ is the story of young songwriter Burn Daylight trying to escape the town he grew up in, combining the punk-infused soul of The Gaslight Anthem with the vulnerability and honesty of Bright Eyes, filled with the optimism of a songwriter ready to tackle the world, This EP is a pensive collection of the ‘next step’ that so many twenty-somethings are faced with. 

With a collection of tracks far detached from anything he’d previously written, coupled with a unique voice howling introspective and intelligent words is sure to make this record an outstanding follow-up EP.

FFO: Bruce Springsteen, Bright Eyes.The Lemonheads.

Tracklisting
1. Jane (Once We Were Golden)
2. I Never Showed You My Hometown
3. Euston Didn't Know What It Was Missing 
4. New York, and Me
5. Young Lions

Produced by Rob Hales
Recorded and Engineered by Toby Campen
Mixed by Bob Cooper at Propeller Studios
Mastered by Maz Murad at Metropolis Studios
Drums written and performed by Jamie Abela
Bass by Rob Hales
Saxophone written and performed by Luke Armitage

www.burndaylight.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/burndaylight

Twitter: @burndaylight

Contact:
Press: Rosie at Ebb and Flow
j.peppermusic@gmail.com


I Never Showed You My Hometown

Euston Didn't Know What It Was Missing

New York, and Me

‘Young Lions’ is the story of young songwriter Burn Daylight trying to escape the town he grew up in, combining the punk-infused soul of The Gaslight Anthem with the vulnerability and honesty of Bright Eyes, filled with the optimism of a songwriter ready to tackle the world, This EP is a pensive collection of the ‘next step’ that so many twenty-somethings are faced with. 

With a collection of tracks far detached from anything he’d previously written, coupled with a unique voice howling introspective and intelligent words is sure to make this record an outstanding follow-up EP.

Tracklisting
1. Jane (Once We Were Golden)
2. I Never Showed You My Hometown
3. Euston Didn't Know What It Was Missing 
4. New York, and Me
5. Young Lions

Produced by Rob Hales
Recorded and Engineered by Toby Campen
Mixed by Bob Cooper at Propeller Studios
Mastered by Maz Murad at Metropolis Studios
Drums written and performed by Jamie Abela
Bass by Rob Hales
Saxophone written and performed by Luke Armitage

www.burndaylight.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/burndaylight

Twitter: @burndaylight

Contact:
j.peppermusic@gmail.com


Young Lions

Originally written by Apologies, I Have None
Originally recorded as an exclusive for AlreadyHeard.com

Recorded in June '12

Long Gone (Apologies, I Have None)

Originally written by Bruce Springsteen
Recorded exclusively for Covers EP

Recorded in December '12

Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)

Burn Daylight is the acoustic indie/emo-punk songwriting vehicle of James Pepper. Starting in 2011 with a pay-what-you-want demo that led to his first EP, "Winter Coats, and Some Songs I Wrote" in February 2012,  written and recorded over 6 winter days in his bedroom, and released on a (now sold out) cassette through a Pornography For Cowards Records.

"Young Lions" followed in October 2012, a self-released full band EP based around moving back to the town you grew up in after living away for some years, came out as a free download and features the song Jane (see soundcloud link).

Over the 18 months Burn Daylight has operated as a solo mission as well as with a band, playing 60+ shows including 3 DIY tours, playing with bands such as The Buzzcocks, Into It. Over It, Vinnie Caruana, Great Cynics, Sam Russo and The Arteries.

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