"Everything's Not Lost" by BYFYN

I wrote Everything's Not Lost back in January after being stuck in a higher tier than the rest of my family and therefore unable to go home for Christmas for the first time in my life. I was feeling pretty low and disconnected from everything and everyone. I think the same realisation was had by a lot of people, in the absence of friends and family, you realise how important they are to you and how much you rely on them to get through difficult times. In their absence I wrote this song to make myself feel better and as a kind of thank you to all my nearest and dearest for always being there for me! After the couple of years we've all had, i feel like we need songs like this, unashamedly bright pop songs that can take you out of the doom and gloom and just make you smile.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/rFVMHgetTU0

Produced by BYFYN (Ellie Isherwood)
Additional production from MenCare
Saxophone performed by Andrew Isherwood
Mixed by Josh Baxter
Mastered by Felix Davis

Everything's Not Lost

BYFYN - Blue

Produced and performed by BYFYN
Mixed by Chris Martin (Ramara)
Mastered by Sam Hatchwell

With thanks to #therisingsuncollective
risingsuncollective.com


IN THE DARK

BYFYN cover of the beautiful song by the amazing Laura Mvula. 
Watch the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot2HHTe6r4Q
Second EP coming soon...

Recorded, produced and performed by BYFYN (Ellie Isherwood)
Mixed by Boyan Levchev

Show Me Love - BYFYN (Laura Mvula Cover)

"Almost Rosy" is the second EP from artist BYFYN.
It is produced and performed by BYFYN (Ellie Isherwood)
Mixed by Boyan Levchev
Mastered by Sam Hatchwell

Normal Life

This is my cover of A Little Respect by Erasure.
Watch the live video here... https://youtu.be/dORjU8mXVJ8
This is the second of my #createdinquarantine live cover versions!
I hope it brightens your day a little <3

BYFYN - A Little Respect Erasure Live Cover

I’ve been struggling to sleep with all that’s going on right now, so I felt this sudden desire to produce something soothing and off the top of my head, just capture whatever came out and it seems I made a lullaby. So here is “Byf’s Lullaby”. Enjoy 💖Oh and here’s the view from my studio...

Byf's Lullaby

So this is my fifth #createdinquarantine cover. This one is a special one for a very special person, my stepmum Linda! Watch the video here... https://youtu.be/DdX6_sWR4oU
Enjoy xx

BYFYN - Why Annie Lennox Live Cover

So here's my penultimate #createdinquarantine cover! Thanks to Ramara for collaborating and accompanying me on the guitar for this one! 
Watch the video here... https://youtu.be/HQPGtd7EIEw
Enjoy!
BYFYN x

BYFYN Ft. Ramara- Skinny Love, Bon Iver Cover

So this is my 10th and final #createdinquarantine live cover series!
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/oeoEyBazJU8
From Monday 18/5/20 I'll be releasing all the covers as an album on my bandcamp: https://byfyn.bandcamp.com/
This will be a limited release so it'll only be up for that week.
Pay what you can and all proceeds will go to NHS Charities Together.
BIG LOVE,
BYFYN xxx

BYFYN - Iceblink Luck Cocteau Twins Live Cover

"I Love Me Too" was the final song I wrote for the upcoming EP. I knew I wanted to end on a high. I wanted it to be like, "Hey! I was really struggling, but the writing process has helped me to completely overcome all my anxieties and now I'm fine!" But of course, that's not how these things really work. So instead, I decided to write a song that would reflect that fantasy, that everything was ok now because life is too short to be feeling down and anxious! Like they say, fake it till you make it...

Produced/Performed by BYFYN
Mixed by hoyahelper
Vocal recorded and engineered by Shuta Shinoda at Hackney Road Studios
Mastered by Felix Davis at Metropolis Studios

This release was supported by Help Musicians UK

I Love Me Too

“I wrote and produced this track especially for The Rising Sun Collective’s ‘Emo’ Compilation’. As soon as I heard the theme “Emo” I thought, ok so how does BYFYN do “Emo” and what does it mean to me? My gut reaction was that in its simplest form it meant “emotional”, so how was I feeling right then at that point? And with that I went into my studio and wrote and produced the track in one sitting! I didn’t realise or question what I was truly expressing until I had finished it. Upon reflection I realised it was about the constant battle I face with my inner saboteur, the evil little voice that berates and criticises from the hidden lofty nooks of my mind. Through this track I wanted to exorcize the pure frustration and rage that sometimes comes with “being stuck in your own head”. It can leave you feeling like you truly are your own worst enemy and that is tough to navigate!”

Produced by BYFYN
Mixed by Ramara
Mastered by Hoyahelper

Byfyn - Enemy

This is the first song I wrote for the new EP, coming out this December. It was as people say, a bit of a sneeze, it just came out and it set me off on writing what I think is my most open and honest piece of work to date.  At the time I had been going through a bit of a crisis of identity and I was struggling with anxiety. I began to realise just how co dependent I had become on my boyfriend of 6 years. I hate being alone, I always have, but it had kind of reached a crisis point for me, where I was like, I'm in my mid 20s now, I need to examine what's going on here, so I wrote this song as a start.

Produced/Performed by BYFYN 
Mixed by hoyahelper
Vocal recorded and engineered by Shuta Shinoda at Hackney Road Studios
Mastered by Felix Davis at Metropolis Studios

This release was supported by Help Musicians UK

Ain't Gonna Be Lonely

I always used music as a way to escape the difficult things in my life, so I’d usually write about things that made me feel good; love, friends, partying, good times! But this time round I felt I needed to work through some real stuff and lay it all on the table, for once take off the mask. I can’t believe how helpful and therapeutic it has been to be truly honest in my writing and be vulnerable for once. Hopefully you will listen and relate, because if there’s anything I’ve learnt from talking about the songs so far, is that 99% of the time we’re not alone in how we are feeling/what we are going through! I hope you enjoy "In Blue With You". 💙
Produced/Performed by BYFYN
Mixed by hoyahelper
Vocal recorded and engineered by Shuta Shinoda at Hackney Road Studios
Mastered by Felix Davis at Metropolis Studios

This release was supported by Help Musicians UK

What's Stopping You

I'm Getting Better

2021 is looking like i'm still not going to be able to seek inspiration through my usual means; going out to gigs and exhibitions and all of that lovely stuff, so i've decided to embark on following "The Artist's Way", a course in discovering and recovering your creative self. It gives you a number of tasks to complete weekly and this week I had to write down 5 imaginary lives that i would love to be living right now instead of my own. So i wrote (AND NO JUDGEMENT PLEASE!), pilot, ballet dancer, MUA, baker (fancy patisserie kind) or radio presenter. It then tasked me with actually doing something related to one of those imaginary lives, for instance say you wrote cowboy, could you go and ride a horse for the day this same week? So i chose radio presenter and created this podcast full of tracks that are really inspiring me right now. Indulge me in living out this one of five imaginary lives as a radio presenter and lets get inspired together!
Link to stream all the tracks here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7pUg9vIo5nBkyU8TTxgmsg?si=5q4WVK4BTGuuiZNlNoSO9Q 

Tracks Featured:
BYFYN - What's Stopping You?
Fabiana Palladino - Waiting
Caroline Polachek & Lauren Auder - Some Small Hope
John Maus - Believer
Jockstrap - Acid
Nova Twins - Taxi
Shlohmo - Heaven Inc.
Two Tribes - Cruel Sensuality

Byfyn's 30 Minute Eargasm

BYFYN is producer and singer songwriter Ellie Isherwood. Influenced by the likes of Grimes, Animal Collective and Fka Twigs, BYFYN fuses Ambient Electronic with Synth Pop to create atmospheric, yet catchy tracks.

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