THE CLEAR - Gaslighting

Finished off that Kelly Lee Owens/Sylvan Esso vibes sweetheart. Tiktok seemed to like her so I thought better shape her up. A nice interlude between my more intense stuff. You deserve something sweet & soothing. Hope you like her. She'll be on the streamers soon. I dunno might f around & pray spotify likes her enough for the new Grimes playlist eh.
All written and performed, produced etc by me in my room since yesterday afternoon. Did the cover too. Thank god for pixlr e, saving us photoshopless souls.

Meet Me

This song is all about the uncertainty, that comes with being in the early stages of developing a crush on a close friend. It's about going back and forth between being convinced you're falling for each other, and questioning whether the relationship is at a 'red light' or a 'green light'. Making you question what you could do to get to some clarity. It's about that classic weird in-between state of not knowing, but riding the wave to see where it goes. A mellow soul song for the summer feels.

Shining


"Echoes of Abbey Road" - Where timeless classics meet contemporary soul.
Inspired by the legendary studio that birthed some of music's most iconic moments, this track captures the magic of Abbey Road's hallowed halls while carving out its own unique path. It's a sonic journey through decades of musical evolution, honoring the past while boldly stepping into the future.
From the moment the first note hits, you'll hear the reverence for the legends who walked these studio floors, mixed with a fresh perspective that could only come from today's generation. This isn't just another tribute - it's a conversation between eras, a bridge connecting what was to what could be.
The echoes you hear aren't just reverb from famous walls; they're the whispers of musical history calling out to anyone brave enough to listen and add their voice to the eternal song.

Echoes of Abbey Road

HYPE MACHINE is the fourth and final single dropped from YVA's upcoming debut EP by the same name. It is a prayer, a satirical sacrifice to the new gods of social media.

YVA cites Radiohead, IRAH, Massive Attack and early Fever Ray as her main inspirations for HYPE MACHINE, drawing from her love of drama and soundtracks to form an EP that is unrelenting in its approach of truth and meaning in a life that's gone fully virtual.

HYPE MACHINE

Hype Machine

'Saint Marie'

At 55 Saint Marie 
How you stole my heart on a summer breeze 
The wind and rains had took this breath away 
We rumbled home on a downtown train 

At 55 Saint Marie 
A piano played with naivety 
A 3 note phrase that would replay
‘I love you’ 
 
We’ll walk this earth as ‘a’ one 
Daughter to mother, father from son 
All is love

At 55 Saint Marie 
Stands a light house to guide this fleet 
The Great Western warms the wanderer 
A soulful song

In this book of days, a day to daydream
Love is all, love is all, love is all that you need
Illuminate
Illuminate

Be still my heart come the fading light
Be still my heart come the changing times 
How the magic comes to the spaces in between
The rain drenched flags of Saint Marie
The rain drenched flags of Saint Marie

At 55 Saint Marie 
How you stole my heart on a summer breeze
A 3 note phrase that would replay
‘I love you’ 
‘I love you’

For Saint Marie read this is Gorstey's take on a 'love song'.
Written on a cold wet morning in Cardiff, January 2020 and then demoed in the Gorstey Shack not soon after to 'keep zee vibe'. 
With the aid of long-term collaborator and friend Gavin Monaghan the song was brought to life at the Magic Garden Studios in Wolverhampton.
Honorary members of The Gorstey Lea Street Choir that feature here:
Gary Hill adds piano and additional guitar
Ash Sheehan (The Twang, Dead Sea Skulls, Glen Hughes band) adds trumpet/flugelhorn and percussion

Mark Gardener (Ride) adds the haunting 'shipwreck' strings and he mastered the tracks @ his OX4 Sound studio in Oxford

Stay safe, be well
Over and out… for now…

The Flat White Kid.
‘The Sunlit Sound of Staffordshire’

extended play one

Saint Marie

9. I NAME MY MIND AND THROW IT TREATS, HOPING IT WILL BECOME TRACTABLE (Music: Roberts/Read / Lyrics: Nagel)

every year it’s the same performance when i sit before the holy trinity / they test my “insight” and my current conformance; i.e. my acquired ability / to kick the ball through shifting goalposts, smile politely when they patronise / because i know when they say “be honest”, they’re not inviting me to speak my mind // (it makes me want to) / take drugs, get mad, abscond, be bad, just sleep / be loved, not judged, self- sabotage, repeat // they discuss my latest diagnoses, prescribe another programme of recovery / when they provoke me with the keys to liberty, i’m expected to feel nothing / they refuse to acknowledge that the system is broken and how it contributes to people getting “stuck” / the elephant in the room, institutional r-word? everyone knows they don’t give a - // (it makes me want to) / take drugs, get mad, abscond, be bad, just sleep / be loved, not judged, self-sabotage, repeat // (it makes me want to) / take drugs, get mad, abscond, be bad, just sleep / raise hell, not tell when something’s bothering me / fight back, change tack, question reality / take notes on those who keep taking notes on me / kick doors, stay calm, gnaw off my arm and scream / be held, get space, get out of this place, repeat

MING NAGEL – vocals / JON READ – keyboards, trumpet / ALAN ROBERTS – guitars / JAMIE VARLEY – Moog bass / DAVE TIDMARSH – drums / HARI TRIVEDI – tabla / LEE SPREADBURY – Moog Sub 37

I Name My Mind And Throw It Treats, Hoping It Will Become Tractable

Rita

TROUBLING TIMES
Written and Performed by Climbing Trees
Produced by Climbing Trees with Jethro Chaplin
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Jethro Chaplin at Mwnci Studios
Released 30.04.21 via Staylittle Music

https://ilikeclimbingtrees.bandcamp.com/track/troublingtimes

© & Ⓟ STAYLITTLE MUSIC 2021 • MADE IN WALES • SLM023

Troubling Times

Birds by Ceitidh Mac 

Ceitidh Mac - Cello/Guitar/Vocals
Will Hammond - Percussion
Calum Howard - Synth

Recording @ Blank Studios by Sam Grant
Production/Mix by Calum Howard
Mastered by Kevin Tuffy

Release date 9th April 2021

Copyright Ceitidh Mac 2021

Ceitidh Mac - Birds

A welshborn tynesider, Ceitidh Mac is a Newcastle based alt.folk cellist/singer with a progressive twist to her music. Growing up in the wilds of Pembrokeshire before heading North, she’s been carving a name for herself across the North East and beyond. Ceitidh is pronounced Katie, spelt the Gaelic way. Think ceilidh with a T. 

While the folk influence is prominent in her songs, the smoky style and lo-fi studio sound combines with a contemporary electronic edge, embellished by unusual instrumentation. Her live show is an innovative take on traditional and alternative folk songs, sitting alongside her own original material which explores topics ranging from illuminating everyday experiences to subjects of deeper self reflection.



Ceitidh Mac - Birds

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