Maniacs

Disorderly

Released on 23rd June. Featured on Spotify's New Music Friday UK & Fresh Finds UK/Ireland editorial playlists & broadcast on Radio X + BBC Introducing Lancashire on the weekend of release.

Led by wild and captivating front-man Fred Farrell, “Saytr Play have a burgeoning reputation for delivering a live show that’ll leave your jaw on the floor, ears begging for more” (This Feeling, Gigslutz). Over the past few years the band have sold-out several headline shows at some of Manchester’s most iconic music venues as well as appearing at YNot?, Kendal Calling, 110 Above and Great Escape Festival. 

Receiving playlisting from Radio X, Spotify (New Music Friday UK, Hot New Bands, Indie List) Amazing Radio and BBC introducing, the band have racked up over a million streams on Spotify & a dedicated fanbase. 

Following their hiatus, Saytr Play came back this January with singles, 'like a Ghost', 'Crowded Room' and 'Serotonin Serenade' amassing over 80k streams on Spotify, BBC Introducing support, playlisting on XS Manchester and national radio coverage on Radio X. Off the back of this success, Saytr Play sold out their hometown headline show at Manchester's Deaf Institute a month in advance. Saytr play release 'The Butterfly Stitches EP' on 23rd June.

“Behind the uptempo backdrop of chiming catchy guitars and choral vocal harmonies, Butterfly stitches is a story of being in love in a small town where everybody knows everyone’s business & the idea that the initial butterflies you have towards someone eventually leave scars”

Butterfly Stitches

An idealised composite of clutching at straws as I often find myself as a digital musician looking for new ideas on how to bring what really amounts to nothing into the foreground and hoping something hangs together using a shit load of programmable virtual synths and effects

Oh I Wish

Clasping At Straws

Sweet Like Rosa

She seeks bad luck to hurt herself
It isn't hard to find
She is beautiful, you can see, with the heartache and struggles
Of a troubled mind

Let love drip down sweet and heavy like the honey from a honeycomb

She undermines everything good
It never seems to be right
When a child, seashell in her hand, hears the ocean roar far away
The ocean hears the child

Let love drip down sweet and heavy like the honey from a honeycomb

Sheet music https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xAEJV86dvw9YaqeHz-19opJf-uoxL7mF/view?usp=drive_link
7.3

LET LOVE DRIP DOWN

Right Hand Man

With creeping synths and hyper-conscious lyricism Dos Floris distils moments of life into sound waves.  In the wake of an emotionally charged separation, “Somebody Else” tackles the struggle to recenter oneself in a compassionate mindset after being deeply wounded by a partner acting out of their wounds. Instead of continuing the pattern of grasping at a futile relationship, the song expresses a will to forgive and move on.

Broken Love

Somebody Else

I hear him on the radio talking, 
I watch him on the TV news, 
Some people tell me he’s a popular fella, 
Some people say they disapprove

On the surface he’s an intellectual, 
On the surface he’s a leader of men, 
I really want to get to know him better, 
I really want to be his friend

He isn’t left, he isn’t right, 
There’s no one specific in my mind, 
He’s a preacher to the choir, 
He’s a cheater, he’s a liar

And we hate him like nobody does, 
We love him…

All he wants is a master narrative, 
Something on which he can rely and build his life around, 
He took a look at religion and bits of conflicting political thinking, 
For all it’s worth, 
And now he’s one stop on the train from his heaven on Earth

I tell you what I think he’s really not worth much more than the price of a ticket to the circus, 
But I find no one likes a visit to the circus like I do… 

He isn’t left, he isn’t right, 
There’s no one specific in my mind, 
He’s a preacher to the choir, 
He’s a cheater, he’s a liar

And we hate him like nobody does, 
We love him…

All he wants is a master narrative, 
Something on which he can rely and build his life around, 
He took a look at religion and bits of conflicting political thinking, 
For all it’s worth, 
And now he’s one stop on the train,
One stop on the train,
One stop on the train from his heaven on Earth…

Pardon me boy, 
Is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? 
Can you afford, 
To board the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
Pardon me boy, 
Is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?

Master Narrative

OUT 01/12/23 on Pity Party Record Collective. Written, performed, recorded and mixed by Sam Paul Robinson. Mastered by John Elleson-Hartley.

Brand New Baby Boy

This is a downtempo electronic track with a melancholic yet hopeful atmosphere, The instrumentation primarily features a sustained, ethereal pad synth providing a harmonic bed, complemented by a prominent, clean electric guitar playing a melodic line with a slight delay effect, A subtle, deep bass synth provides the low-end foundation, Percussion is minimal, consisting of a soft kick drum and a gentle, shimmering cymbal or hi-hat sound, contributing to the relaxed tempo, The female vocals are breathy and airy, delivered with a soft, almost whispered quality, often layered with harmonies, The vocal melody is simple and repetitive, emphasizing sustained notes, The song structure is verse-chorus based, with instrumental sections featuring the guitar melody, The key appears to be minor, contributing to the melancholic feel, while the tempo is slow, around 60-70 BPM, Production elements include a wide stereo image, reverb on the vocals and guitar