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Blackbirds FC's third album!

This record has been a long labour of love for the band and features ten hand-tooled total bangers including the singles Rings Around the Sun, Lake of Stars and What's the Half-Life of Loving You?

Lyrically it talks about love (mainly gone wrong), politics (also going wrong), the young and the future (could go either way...). Musically it calls on the noisy spirits of all our influences including Wilco, The Church, the Go-Betweens, Beck and. Midnight Oil. 

The record title, Desire Lines, is partly a reference to the informal, unplanned pathways that people create despite the efforts of designers.

These lines typically cut across a planned route or area, often due to a more convenient or direct route and seemed like a good fit on a variety of levels for this record. 

Credits
Released July 11, 2025

Blackbirds FC are: 

Jeff Baker – Guitar 
Phil Campbell – Drums, percussion
Julien Chick – Bass, vocals 
Jeremy Gronow – Vocals, guitar, keyboards, string arrangements 
Gina Hearnden – Vocals, acoustic guitar 
Bec Long – Cello, lighting design

With Cameron McKenzie - Guitars, keyboards, vocals.

Produced by Cameron McKenzie at Station Place Studios, March - December 2024.
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, January 2025.

Cover design: Phil Campbell
Band Photo: Jon Baxter

Made in the country of the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong People of the Eastern Kulin Nation. Blackbirds FC pay respect to their past, present, and future Elders and recognise their continued connection to the land and waters of this place. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Contact: blackbirdsfcband@gmail.com
www.blackbirdsfc.com.au

Copyright: Blackbirds FC 2025
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What's The Half Life Of Loving You?

pieces

still in me

DEAD OR ALIVE

Nowhere to belong

John 15 V2

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Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4mdTHb6YvHwQEj6jVNlwda?uid=90eef869e85f096eeeba&uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A2TegzJUIRDRxIPb7nKsLll
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/heretic-ep/1841267061

Lyrics:
[Verse]
Knock on the door to your sacred cathedral
The Pope
The Bishop
And the Mother Superior
Father O'Connor and your Saint Francis
Say I don't deserve it
Just get in the basket

[Chorus]
Throw in your stone
God bless your soul
Hey
God bless your soul

[Verse 2]
Got a black hat
Matches my black cat
Naked in the woods
Everybody don't like that
Say I'm crazy
A little unholy
But when you're feeling lonely
Baby
Then you all know me

[Chorus]
Throw in your stone
God bless your soul
Hey
God bless your soul

Heretic

The song’s central message is a call to embrace the present moment as the only true opportunity for action and meaning. It rejects the notion of waiting for a promised tomorrow, which is unreliable ("No tomorrow’s promise, today’s the flame"), and urges the listener to act decisively in the present to shape their life. The "fire" of the moment represents the power and potential of now, encouraging a proactive, fearless approach to living despite the inevitability of time’s passage and life’s uncertainties.

No Tomorrow’s Promise

Song Description:
Digital Echoes is a reimagining of the very first piece of music I ever wrote back in 1989, titled First Sound of Music. What began as a few simple notes on a keyboard over three decades ago has now evolved into something entirely new — a collaboration between human emotion and artificial intelligence.

On this remix, AI wrote the lyrics and produced the track, reshaping my original melody into a futuristic, dreamlike soundscape. The result is both nostalgic and forward-looking — a fusion of memory and machine, heart and hardware.

The song explores a young female songwriter’s creative awakening as she builds music with AI, blurring the line between inspiration and invention. With haunting synths & guitars, celestial textures, and lyrics that question the nature of creation itself, Digital Echoes asks: is it magic, or is it something more?

DIGITAL ECHOES

[Verse]
A voice I know but never knew
Sings in tones that cut right through
A silver thread in a sea of sound
Where the old is lost and the new is found

[Chorus]
Digital echoes
They dance in my mind
A remix of the stars
A new design
It's not the same
It's something more
A universe behind a door

[Verse 2]
The words are theirs
The soul's a ghost
A borrowed rhythm
A spectral host
It's strange
It's wild
It pulls me in
Like a clock that ticks where time's never been

[Prechorus]
Familiar but foreign
Close yet far
A melody shaped by circuits and stars

[Chorus]
Digital echoes
They dance in my mind
A remix of the stars
A new design
It's not the same
It's something more
A universe behind a door

[Bridge]
Is it magic or is it theft
A creation born from borrowed breath
The line is blurred
The answer's gray
But oh
The wonder sweeps me away

[Synth solo]

[Chorus]
Digital echoes
They dance in my mind
A remix of the stars
A new design
It's not the same
It's something more
A universe behind a door

[Outro]
Digital echoes
They dance in my mind
A remix of the stars
A new design
It's not the same
It's something more
A universe behind a door
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Digital Echoes

About

I’m Dean R. Chandler — a London based songwriter, recording artist, and storyteller. My music is rooted in a lifelong search for meaning, weaving together themes of love, loss, faith, alien contact, and humanity’s future.

My upcoming double concept album Human Odyssey (set for release in January 2027) is the culmination of decades of writing and reflection. It’s a narrative journey that begins with a search for God and ends with an encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence — exploring not only what it means to be human, but also where we might be heading as a species. Musically, it draws inspiration from the epic storytelling of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, the synth-driven edge of Gary Numan, and the emotional depth of artists like Tori Amos and Chris de Burgh.

I previously released Time Machine – Reflecting Shattered Dreams (2014) and continue to revisit my archive of songs written across 35 years, reimagining them with today’s tools and sounds. Some pieces remain intimate and acoustic, while others expand into dark rock, industrial, or orchestral landscapes — but all are connected by a focus on emotional honesty and cinematic storytelling.

Beyond music, I’m fascinated by the intersection of creativity and technology. I’ve been experimenting with AI-driven composition and production to bring old demos to life and to spark entirely new works. For me, these tools are not replacements for human artistry but extensions of it — ways of unlocking stories and emotions that otherwise might have remained hidden.

At its heart, my work is about connection: to the past, to the future, and to the unseen mysteries of existence. Music, for me, isn’t just entertainment — it’s a chronicle of transformation, a conversation between spirit, science, and sound.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-r-chandler-b19715382/
www.deanrchandler.co.uk