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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 489

Platinum Mind’s Eclectic Picks

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 489 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Steve Harris - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves489

Fresh Faves: Batch 489

My favourite tunes submitted to Fresh On The Net during my first stint as a moderator.

Debris Discs’ Best of the Net

John Rohek (Ro Ek) is a London-based electronic musician, building a uniquely haunting world from atmospheric production, striking visuals, and a focus on lyrical storytelling.

Listen to 'Honestly, Don't Get Up': https://found.ee/jrhdgu

Follow John Rohek:
Mailing List - eepurl.com/intoYw
Spotify - spoti.fi/3EQ8YbT
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@johnrohek
Instagram - instagram.com/johnrohek
Soundcloud - @johnrohek
Bandcamp - http://johnrohek.bandcamp.com

John Rohek - 'Honestly, Don't Get Up'

How do you recognise yourself?
You told me that your father was killed in Sweden
We know that that was someone else
And why do you suppose that would make us even?

Yes, I am calling into check
Listen, I am checking in
I am calling into check

Side to side around me
No, honestly, don’t get up
It would’ve been alright if you hadn’t found me
Cause I would’ve sniffed you out
Something of a crowd building up behind me
Trying to get out the door

Why don’t you do something that we can’t ignore

You’re suddenly beside yourself
And someone had to force you to say the reason
You’re lucky we arrived with help
You’re lucky we were there to absorb the feeling

But obviously I know, that was a while back now
Yeah, obviously, I know
That was a while back now
And I am calling into check

Side to side around me
No, honestly, don’t get up
It would’ve been alright if you hadn’t found me
Cause I would’ve sniffed you out
Something of a crowd building up behind me
Trying to get out the door

Why don’t you do something that we can’t ignore

I’m trying to adjust the lighting
So that we can all relax
Don’t know what it is that is so inviting
Or what we do after that
Something of a crowd building up behind me
Trying to get out the door

Why don’t you do something that we can’t ignore

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Listen, I am checking in
Calling into check
Calling into check

Honestly, Don't Get Up

Spinning Plates is the return of Charlotte Carpenter, her first release since 2019. 

Written by Charlotte Carpenter
Produced by Matt de Burgh Daly
Mixed by Matt de Burgh Daly and Wayne Proctor
Mastered by Wayne Proctor

Spinning Plates

Dreams (On the Strip)  - Radio Edit

Surrenderland

Shoes

An effervescent pop song about depression and self-discovery. It’s fun.

Thick Terrain

Undercover

In one week during the month of September 2021, my brother had a baby, my sister got married and I broke up with my long term boyfriend and had to temporarily move back in with my parents. Someone has to be the hot mess.
During one tragic zoom session in that time period, my hot therapist told me when I was feeling this bad to remember to drink water and get dressed then my dad, passing me in the corridor afterwards, told me I had 'dropped my smile on the floor.' This is a homage to that tapestry of support I got at the time. The first verse is also a letter I wrote to myself to say thanks for getting through it.
I produced this in my Peckham flat and loved getting my violin out for the strings sections!
I also did the artwork with help from my dad on the car!

Credits:
Songwriting, production, singing, violins-Sansha
Mixing and mastering-Darren Woodford
Single artwork-Sansha and Anthony Lewis

Drink Water, Eat Biscuits, Keep Smiling-clean version

Paul F Cook and The Happy Somethings release their collaborative single ‘Something Happy’, a 2½ minute slice of positive pop that aims to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step.

The song is available in three flavours: Original, Acoustic and a Kitchen Disco Mix. It’s £1 a track or £2.50 for all three but you can pay more if you want to and all profits from the track will go to the mental health charity Mind (www.mind.org.uk).

Something Happy

Something Happy - paulfcook and The Happy Somethings

Clueless - Single

Clueless

This song describes a timeless love that never fades.  Fine wine is filled with silky vocals and smooth harmonies.

Fine Wine

FINE WINE

'Either Way' is a record about the rather sour ending /or turbulence of a relationship - love relationship, friendship or even family ties. It lets the other person know that that wasn't ok, and If you didn't love them, it would have gone a whole other way but you are not here to judge.

Either Way

Wrote  and recorded as part of the weekly Iheartsongwritingclub "Latitude' week. Lukas Drinkwater came and added and mixed ..Love this track so much.
LYRICS
I  often dream of  an Estuary
 river connects to the open sea
River rain dilutes the salty tide
I walk gently along the icy  riverside
 
recurring dream..same estuary...and it is real   ...  on my degree 
CHORUS 
52nd parallel north has always been my home
but if I  chose to sail along it's  latitude
find the  estuary  with all its magnitude 
52nd parallel north could still be my resting place 
In New-found Land ...I always dream of  


I often drowin in saltwater tears 
(I can't find home
 never really had one)
It doesn't  get  easy crossing off the  years?
(I can't find home)
 I dream one day I  will feel the ground
(I can't find home
 never really had one)
Know its  the place that's  homeward bound

52nd Parallel North

CatchMeAgain (Clique Remix)

‘Yes’ is a timeless and unapologetic love song bursting with soul, excitement of committing to another forever!

It is influenced by classics such as Etta James ‘Rather Go Blind’ and Aretha's ‘Ain’t No Way’
A song to celebrate love and the joys of tying the knot! A perfect first dance for many happy couples.

Not Just A Hashtag

Take You Back (Clean)

Hey!! Here's my release "Just A Memory"! Releases on Friday 19th May 2023.

You can stream it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5XaIqYO7tkNpZduKeo1XEG?si=078ea6268a524817

Just A Memory - Tara Flanagan

On the 9th of June Codewalkers are back with a new single. 'Nothing 4 Free' is about dysfunctional relationships, in this case a guy who is threatened by the partner of a female friend. He’s not interested in her, and he’s not interested in getting beaten up because of her. Based around a syncopated guitar hook and combining live drums and bass with electronic elements, the rapped verses explode into huge choruses, the band joined by the soulful vocals of Becky Winfield for the first time on record.

The track follows on from the success of their last releases ‘Preternatural’ and 'Santa is a Pimp', which as well as receiving airplay on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio Wales, the former was made Tom Robinson’s BBC6 Music Mixtape Pick of the Week. ‘Nothing 4 Free’ is accompanied by a live video performance of the track, filmed at Theatr Soar, Merthyr.

Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MA6rSahqX0

Nothing 4 Free

DIY Big Pop Productions from a room somewhere - 50°N 0.1°W
http://www.alexhallmusic.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/alexhallmusic

Take You Back (Clean)

CITY LIMITS