Name: Spoof Horror by CITY LIMITS in Full Inbox: Batch 574
Duration: 3 min
Description: Spoof Horror is a punchy, bittersweet ballad about a breakup gone wrong—and weirdly right. It laughs through the pain, dances on the ruins, and grins at the ghost of love with a wink and a beat you can’t ignore.

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Still Hurts

Better Days Are Coming

Fire Escape (Clean)

Actress (Clean)

Memories

Pretty Soon

Toffee

[Verse 1]
Woke up with rain on the windowpane,
Heavy heart but I’m still in the game.
Mug in hand, mind in a spin,
But I take a breath and let the light in.

They say, “Chin up,” and I hear their voice,
In the noise, I make a quiet choice.
To keep calm, keep carryin’ on,
Even when the night’s feelin’ way too long.

⸻

[Chorus]
Keep calm and carry on,
Every cloud’s got a light that’s strong,
Chin up, love — you’re not alone,
Bob’s your uncle, you’ve found your home.

The sun will rise, just wait and see,
Good things come, eventually,
You’re smashing it, don’t live in doubt,
It’ll be all right — it all works out.

⸻

[Verse 2]
They laughed when I said I’d chase that dream,
Called me soft, said life ain’t what it seems.
But I’ve learned not to fold too soon,
Some flowers only bloom past June.

“You’re havin’ a laugh,” well maybe I am,
But I’d rather dance than stick to the plan.
“Don’t worry,” I say, “it’ll sort itself out,”
Got fire in my heart and a louder shout.

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[Chorus – repeat]

⸻

[Bridge – Rap/Spoken Word style if pop-hip-hop version]
Yeah —
Took my knocks, wore the bruises like medals,
Turned breakdowns into new instrumentals.
No map, just the grit in my soul,
Each setback? Just part of the goal.

I’m not lost — I’m just finding the view,
Truth is, I’m stronger than I ever knew.
Say it loud — “It’ll be all right” —
’Cause I’ve got hope and I’ve got fight.

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[Final Chorus – stripped down first half, then full beat returns]
Keep calm and carry on,
Every cloud’s got a light that’s strong,
Chin up, love — you’re not alone,
Bob’s your uncle, you’ve found your home.

(Full band)
The sun will rise, just wait and see,
Good things come, eventually,
You’re smashing it, don’t live in doubt,
It’ll be all right — it all works out.

It’ll Be All Right

Spoof Horror is a punchy, bittersweet ballad about a breakup gone wrong—and weirdly right. It laughs through the pain, dances on the ruins, and grins at the ghost of love with a wink and a beat you can’t ignore.

Spoof Horror

Dani Ela - Evenings

Politician

Elephant releases self-titled album on Southern Summer

Album follows the self-managed artist’s acclaim from BBC introducing
Recorded in a friend’s barn in Lymington, Hampshire over summer 2012, Alex Hall (who goes under the pseudonym Elephant), left his job as a garden nursery worker to embark on recording a collection of songs he had unearthed over a frustrating twelve month period.

“I moved backed home from London, and I was crashing between sofas, living in a trailor and moving between jobs - all over the place you could say. I thought it was a good time to take some needed time out and reassess. Making this album was like sweeping the junk out of the closet - it felt totally right and natural to be doing it”

Armed with a laptop and a modest array of all sorts of instruments from banjos to Bodhrans (either collected over the years, or borrowed from friends), Hall moved into a disused cabin in the rural surroundings of the New Forest and over a two month period impressively performed, engineered and mastered everything heard on the album.
Nearing the end of the process, he sent tracks to BBC Introducing, and host Melitta Dennitt played a track within a week of Hall uploading it. As well as this, a local label (Southern Summer) said they would assist in physical release of the album - which is due to be released on 1st March.

The album is very much a bold statement of the DIY ethos, and it was with total intent Hall wanted to record it independently, devoid of studios, engineers and session musicians. It takes influence from 90‘s indie, anti-folk, fuzz rock, and electronic music. Southern Summer lauded it as ‘Genuinely inspired contemporary take on 60’s pop’.
“As you may expect - It’s a lonely album, but it’s certainly not depressing. it’s got all the broad themes, and takes influence from a strange sort of spectrum - but people will find heart and humour a well as some of the heavier stuff. I don’t think it’s particular easy for any artist to make ‘honest’ music. I just hope people recognise the honest element of it - and feel it’s represented in a way that deviates from the norm - and I hope they can understand and enjoy it in that way”

Digital downloaded of the album are released via MadeFromClay and are now available through Hall’s artist website (www.theelephantwebsite.com) and can be bought for £4.99. Physical release via Southern Summer is scheduled for 1st March and can be p re-ordered from the same website.

Alec Sala

Pterodactyl - [Bootleg 2012]

Neon Light

Pterodactyl

Pocket Of My Heart

Your Silence is an introspective and reflective song which stems from a scientifically proven fact that the brain responds to being ignored in the same way as it does to physical pain. Your Silence captures both the agony and ferocity one encounters in this situation, as well as the elements of undisputable beauty experienced alongside silence itself. 

Made in collaboration with hugely talented Alex Hall, praised by DJs, press and critics for his DIY approach to his 'British Pop' sound, and heavyweight mix engineer Jay Pocknell (whose past associates include Alt-J and Marika Hackman).

Your Silence

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