Eat This Music for 1 April 2022

Any artist is welcome to send us a track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Wednesday evening (or when we receive 200 submissions, whichever is sooner) - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 2nd May: from Friday afternoon you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch445

If a track you submitted does not appear in this list, it’s probably because another of your tracks appeared in our Fresh Faves or on the BBC Music Introducing Mixtape during the last three months — we ask that artists featured on either wait three months before resubmitting to give others a chance. 

We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 445

„Nigel The Gannet“ by The Burning Hell 
off forthcoming album Garbage Island (June 24) https://bbislandmusic.com/shop/the-burning-hell-garbage-island-vinyl-cd


The Burning Hell preview the upcoming and highly anticipated opus/epic Garbage Island with a sweet-hearted examination of the life of an individual in society, a world filled with good intentions but inevitable misunderstandings. 

It just so happens that it’s the story of a bird: Nigel The Gannet. 

(Nigel the Gannet is the true story of a gannet in New Zealand, who briefly became an international media star when he died of old age next to the concrete decoy gannet he had chosen as his mate. Though the press spun his story as a lonely one, the band takes a different perspective:)

Gently referencing XTC’s own Making Plans for Nigel, but trading the capitalist alienation and dread for a warmer new wave of synth hooks and programmed swing, The Burning Hell celebrate the loner, the non-conformist, and a life on the edge, aware of the difference between being lonely and being alone.

The animated video for the song was done by Ariel Sharratt, who says: "Ultimately, as a smallish band if there's something we want to do, we usually have to do it ourselves. That was the case for this video, where I learned some basics of animation and then taught myself on the job. This was my first animation project, and I absolutely loved the process of creating a world for Nigel to navigate -- a world that's like ours: full of incredible beauty, colossal waste and destruction, and hopefully some sort of happy ending."

Video: https://youtu.be/ST4BCEu88po

The Burning Hell - 2. Nigel The Gannet

PXNK

Fever Dream

The first single from The Blackheart Orchestra's forthcoming album. Set for release 26.08.22.

Under The Headlights (Radio edit)

#CalistaKazuko #Panda 🐼

Watch the music video at: https://youtu.be/xn7ubZqHiR0 🎥

'Panda' the single available at: https://ffm.to/ckpanda 🐾

'Panda'

Written and performed by Calista Kazuko Georget
Produced by Calista Kazuko Georget and Ru Lemer
Vocals and piano - Calista Kazuko Georget
Drums - Fred Claridge
Bass - Sam Weston
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Ru Lemer at Temple Music Studio

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Panda

Levitation

Taken from 'Profound Mysteries' out now on Dog Triumph.

Breathe

Breathe (feat. Astrid S)

Go Freek, Mickey Kojak, Thandi Phoenix - Lose You

Released by Sweat It Out Music 2022

Go Freek, Mickey Kojak, Thandi Phoenix - Lose You

Ultraverse

Neck-Deep in the Blyth

Denied

Our second professional studio album done at Empire Sound Studios in Dallas, TX, with our favorite engineer Matt Kennedy! If you like what you hear, come see us on Facebook!

01 Together Alone

A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for cinematic genre-bending and controversial boundary-pushing, Calista studied classical/jazz piano and composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music, and has since been performing and winning fans across the world with her dynamic voice and captivating songs.

She founded charity-based arts collective Voice of Aiko in 2018 and is currently penning music-theatre with playwright Stephanie Martin. Having composed several international floor-fillers under pseudonyms, Calista’s impact in the world of music is matched in that of fashion, where Stella McCartney has used her tracks as catwalk openers and Parisian fashion house Jitrois actually named its couture ‘Callista’ jacket after her.

Following the success of the critically acclaimed ‘Project: Love Me’ EP, Calista has just released her highly anticipated debut solo album, ‘Empress’. Continuing to modify the norms of modern songwriting, this stunning concept album considers the stories of women in history, challenging complex themes while never losing its sense of fun. Accompanying each release are awareness-raising charity campaigns addressing themes which include LGBTQ+ rights, period shame, prescription-drug dependency and domestic abuse.

Out on 15th November, Empress is fan funded and supported by Help Musicians UK’s Do it Differently Fund. Available now at: https://ffm.to/empress

“An undoubted talent.” Sir George Martin

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