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Driven By Data

Sitting down to my fifth pie and pint of the week, I realised that something must change.
There’s an unnerving feeling that you get when you know that you are digging your own grave.
Deep down in the dirt, covered in the muck. Always up to something, never up to much.
They know my name there, you know? There’s no shame in there, you know?

Is this the time to discard bases?
Lose ourselves in separate places?
Drown in seas of strangers faces?
All these changes.

And as the old gents left and they drew the curtains, suds fell flatter and I flatter still.
Past pride and dignity, there is just, still, one more bitter pill.
Deep down in the depths, I stop to catch my breath. I jump up on my feet. It is never safe to rest.
They’ve seen it all in there, you know? From brown to blue, to green to blow.

And down South’s a million miles away, from pot banks and pits and men of clay.
I fear it’s true, what they all say, “you are free to leave but you will always stay.”

Between the Oak and the Oatcake Shop, is where I stop to cut my cloth.
They say it’s true, we know it’s not, you can always twist on what you’ve got.

Gaze at moon and start to trot, to chippy’s fryers, spitting hot.
To poultry packaged perfectly, I drift across an endless sea.

Patio Gas are:
Jack Melvin: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizers, Drum Machines, Orchestral Arrangement
Lewis Fernyhough: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals
Adam Heath: Drums, Tambourine, Cowbell, Shakers, Backing Vocals
Accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Produced by Jack Howorth
Additional Production & Mixing by Sam Carrick
All songs Written by Jack Melvin
Engineers: Jack Howorth, Sam Carrick
Mastered by Jack Howorth at The Warren Studio, Sheffield

Sleeve Concept, Design, & Art Direction by Jack Melvin
Photography by Jack Melvin

© 2023 Patio Gas

Digging Your Own Grave

Wallsend Weekend Television

Eureka, I Can See!

Islands in the Sky

All That Is Not of Me

GET THE PLANES HERE - https://onerpm.link/870018378888

“The Planes”, is a gorgeously twinkly retro gem that instantly pleases on the ear with its silky-smooth
layers of haunting psychedelic harmonies and fuzzy guitar leads. There’s a crisp organic sound
encasing the track as stunning streams of consciousness collide in shimmering audio gold.
Recorded in a farmhouse in the English countryside, “The Walls” brings Holly full circle from her
previous Los Angeles recorded album. Finely crafted arrangements, sonic musings, and playful
themes take us on a journey with Holly as she deconstructs her Brit Pop and classic influences and

reassembles them into progressive-folk wonderment. 

On “The Walls”, Holly said, “This album sits within a sense of place. As a songwriter, I can only speak
of my own thoughts of home and belonging. I suppose this record is a wandering eye over the fleeting
moments from the last few years, of when I felt at home, and when I didn’t. When I felt like the walls
were tumbling, when they kept me safe, and when they became my prison. I learned the only way of

breaking these patterns, was to let people step over the threshold.

Holly Henderson - The Planes

Something About This Place

Winlaton (win-lay-ton) is the third single released by the Ilfords since their 2022 rebirth.

Our David on Winlaton: 'Winlaton was written during deep lockdown. Nothing was open and late night running was the only space I had to myself. I suppose it reflects on what methods you can try to use when you feel lost. On one late night trek however, I realised I wasn’t just lost mentally at that time but geographically as I’d managed to run all the way to Winlaton.'

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Ady Hall and Lee McCarthy of Sugar House Productions
Recorded at Catalyst Studios, St Helens
Mastered by Nick Watson of Fluid Mastering

Winlaton

Alison Eales - Ever Forward

Why would we girls be sad - lyrics 

Mitä me tytöt suremma
Olkaamme tytöt yhessä
Rinnatusten rinkilöissä
Laulakaamme laatuisasti
Vetäkäämme vienoisesti
Mitä me tytöt suremma
Kuta hullut huutelemma
Ei meitä veroista vieä

Mitä me tytöt suremma
Olkaamme tytöt yhessä
Rinnatusten rinkilöissä
Laulakaamme laatuisasti
Tanssikaamme taitavasti
Tuota kaunot katselevi
Tuota kullat kuuntelevi
Ulkona oven takana

Mitä te pojat suretta
Sitäkö pojat suretta
Ett' on meillä pienet piiat
Piiat pienet ja matalat
Jos on pienet niin on pystyt
Jos matalat kaksi maksoi
Siinä pieni pisteleksen
Kussa suuri käänteleksen

Mitä te pojat suretta
Sitäkö pojat suretta
Ett' on meillä pienet piiat
Piiat pienet ja matalat
Vielä meiän pienet piiat
Ja nämä tytöt matalat
Tuntevat tupansa pestä
Rappusensa raivailla

Nyt me outona olemma
Ja kulemma kummempina
Kun tulevi toinen vuosi
Toinen vuosi ja parempi

Nyt me outona olemma
Ja kulemma kummempina
Kun tulevi toinen vuosi
Toinen vuosi ja parempi

Hei hei 
Hei hei

Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt
Mitä me tytöt

Why would we girls be sad

New single by Geordie punk group Swine Tax, featuring guest vocals by Robyn of bigfatbig fame.

Words & music by Swine Tax.
Artwork by Vince L.

Swine Tax - Annual Leave

'Watching the War' will be on Daniel's upcoming album 'Um Die Ecke' released later in 2025
www.danielwebstermusic.me

Watching the War

Better About You Now is a raw and fierce alt-rock anthem about reclaiming your power after betrayal. With gritty guitars, punchy drums, and unapologetic vocals, it channels the energy of bands like Nothing But Thieves and Wolf Alice, but with a fresh, emotionally charged edge. It’s about moving on, not quietly; but with fire. This song is for anyone who's done feeling sorry, and ready to cathartically scream it out loud.

Better About You Now

Tidal Wave is about that flood of emotion when you let yourself feel fully, even if it crashes in all at once. The temporary drowning that can lead to clarity.
This project came together as I let go, as I let the wave take me where it needed to. I was trying to be honest, learning not to hide from what hurts.
Written, produced & mixed entirely by me. 

Love Me Right

Tides

I Guess I'll See You In Reno

The Master

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