this is really great.  i like the soft vocals, they completely draw you in.   proper loneliness in this...  you can feel it.  really nice work!

Ache ft Lauren Smith

Leeds artist elkyn returns with delicate new 'lonely folk' track ‘found the back of the tv remote’, released via Tambourine Machine Records.

A personal reflection on dealing with losing someone you care about and finding yourself with a lack of direction, the track follows up the recent singles ‘something’, ‘if only it was alright now’ and last year’s debut EP ‘beech’. It expands upon the soft, half-whispered sound of his previous releases, adding a sonic richness that brings his songwriting to the fore.

“I started writing tv remote after a break-up which left me not knowing what to do with myself," elkyn explains. "I wanted to juxtapose the pretty defeating moments next to the little wins even though they seem pretty small in comparison, like “wasted, alone. Found the back of the TV remote”. There’s a lot about regretting pushing the people away that have been good to me running through the song”.

Behind the moniker elkyn stands Leeds scintillating singer-songwriter Joseph Donnelly. Intricately plucked guitar riffs meet introspective lyricism as this “lonely folk” artist invites you inside his deepest thoughts and fears through beautiful storytelling.

The Yorkshire songwriter’s stirring sophomore release ‘if only it was alright now’ acted as an impressive bookend for the Beech era landing him a feature on Atwood Magazine’s ‘Artists to Watch for 2021’ citing him as “uniquely visceral and vulnerable”. The track also received appraisal from the likes of BBC Introducing, landed a spot on Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ editorial playlist as well as being highlighted on an array of curated playlists. 

With elkyn’s ability to continue building such a strong presence in such a short amount of time, it comes as no surprise that the wordsmith’s most recent single ‘something’, released Feb 2021, has quickly become his greatest success yet with multiple editorial playlist placements and Radio X’s John Kennedy declaring the track “absolutely fantastic”.

In the shadows of the UK’s numerous lockdowns, elkyn resigned to the confinement of his bedroom walls to write, zoom and reflect before finally returning to Leeds Nave Studios to embark on his next chapter with producer Mark Gustafson, but this time instilled with a newly found confidence.

Glimmers of hope are scattered amongst elkyn’s familiar pulses of dark rumination as we’re enveloped in heartrending tales of youth, love and regret. elkyn is currently working on his debut album.

found the back of the tv remote

Gravity

Honey, Have I Lost It All?

Swine Tax - Kestrel of Sticking Dreams (2021)

Music & lyrics by Swine Tax
Recorded & mixed by Chris Mcmanus, Newcastle upon Tyne
Produced by Swine Tax, Newcastle upon Tyne
Mastered by Jason Mitchell
Artwork by Chenzo & Hazel

Kestrel Of Sticking Dreams

On their new single COUNT ME OUT the Amsterdam trio The Hengles are going back to basic. This fine Lennonesque, bitter-sweet, no-nonsense singalong in true Hengles-style does show them at their best. No modern twist. Just Pop-music at its purest.

The Hengles are heading into a new year, with more singles, EP’s and their 1st album to come. In the meantime, relax, settle down and count yourself in with COUNT ME OUT!

In the past year, The Hengles have made considerable progress internationally. That resulted in airplay on radio in among others: Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, USA, UK, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Phillipines, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Hungary and Austria. Singles from the band also entered the iTunes / Apple Music charts in: Netherlands, Finland, Belgium and Switzerland.

The distinguished gentlemen of The Hengles have more than earned their musical spurs in the past. The guys from Amsterdam played in illustrious 80s and 90s bands like Fatal Flowers, Treble Spankers, Supersub and Jack Of Hearts.

The Hengles - Count Me Out

This I Know

Wait For You is out now: https://smarturl.it/margotwait

Wait For You

Margot - Wait For You

Jenny - esmerelda (Release date Friday 19th November 2021)

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Are you mean
Are you lean
Is your mind a machine?
Do you come home in the morning, you don’t know where you’ve been?
Are you a power house not watered down
Coming back to claim your crown
Are you a freak?

And are you six drinks in with a nightmarish dream
Are you the ghost of all the people I wish I didn’t meet?
And she’s so Aeropostale but you’re a freak in the sheets
If you know what I mean

[Chorus]
She said Jenny, Jenny
Watch your self esteem
Jenny, Jenny
Don’t go being mean
Said Jenny, let me be your queen
Jenny won’t you watch yourself
Jenny don’t you watch yourself
Just watch me

[Verse 2]
Are you a scream queen pursuing demons between your ears
Between your cold, black eyes that are brimming with tears?
You can light yourself on fire just to know that it heals
We all know how that feels

[Pre-chorus]
Oh Jenny my dear
Jenny why don’t you disappear?
Jenny, just so you know
I think you just sold your soul

[Chorus 2]
Jenny, Jenny
Watch your self esteem
Jenny, Jenny
Don’t go being mean
Said Jenny, let me be your queen
Jenny won’t you watch yourself
Jenny don’t you watch yourself
Just watch me

[Bridge]
Just watch me
Just watch me
Just watch me
Just watch me
You could be royalty
If you listened to me
You could be royalty
If you listened to me
You could be royalty
If you listened to me
You could be royalty

[Chorus 3]
Jenny, Jenny
Watch your self esteem
Jenny, Jenny
Don’t go being mean
Said Jenny, let me be your queen
Jenny won’t you watch yourself
Jenny don’t you watch yourself
Just watch me.

Jenny

Static in Verona's new album "Maybe Mayhem" will be out November 18, 2022. In the meantime, the most recent album "Let Us Be Reckless" is out everywhere.

Static in Verona is the work of Chicago musician Rob Merz, creating dreamy power pop weaved in an eclectic mixture of experimental, electronic and rock. A towering mass of sound built around uplifting, emotionally powerful choruses and epic arrangements.

All Static in Verona's music is available as a name-your-price (even free) downloads on Bandcamp (staticinverona.bandcamp.com) and on all streaming and download platforms.

Unfinished

Etcetera Ra Ra

Yes it's weird!! But so am I and I like it. I hope you do too.

This tune came to me in shower whilst washing my arse. I had a sudden sharp pain in the back of my mouth. And that was the magical moment that the melody came to me from the songwriting fairies. The production is my representation of how it feels. 

Anyone suffering from wisdom teeth struggles, I'm here for you! X

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/pfinbXn9YY0

Thanks mum for the artwork x
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Wisdom Teeth

Born in an old brewery, formed in a Leeds basement, and refined since 2019, elkyn is an acute reflection of Joseph Donnelly's beautiful heart. Carefully crafted lyrics erupting with honesty and intricately finger-picked guitars make this Yorkshire-based songwriter's unique brand of music equal measures of affecting, compelling, and deeply addicting.

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