A collection of songs that have been brewing since the days of lockdown, trapped in the grounds of a castle in southern England with a Lord and Lady and their six kids. Being forced to go right to the roots...walking the grounds, letting melody emerge in voice, no instruments, just voice, natural melody to soothe and reflect the mood. Finally emerging with the next later of song structure, lyrics and guitar, this collection of acoustic tracks may very well be the seeds of a debut studio album, with many more layers having been conceived of already.

Forgetting The Natural

Jubilee (original demo)

Improvised live recording.  Synthesiser and bouzouki. Liverpool, March 2016.  With David Barnicle.

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Sweet Melody (demo)

In and out of the Liverpool music scene since 2001. Once it was bands, other peoples music. For a long time since it's been acoustic gigs. Periods of silence are the products of hibernating to produce home recordings, which always announce emphatically that there is a bigger vision to be realised in this long process of 'getting there'. 
Music ranges from chorus-led pop anthems to introspective balladry to psychedelia and big guitar  - all of which contain vital hooks, grooves and vocal melodies that translate ultimately due to their emotional content. 

Forgetting The Natural

David Barnicle

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