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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 365

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 365 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Andy Page  - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves365

Fresh Faves: Batch 365

5 Myths EP

Graffiti Vibe Vol 45

Week 2019/43

My weekly 5 picks from the @freshnet Listening Post for 2020.

Tobi's Fresh Net Favs 2020

Do you love it when my hips sway, 
Do you love it when I let you win?
Do you love it when my lips say
That they want you and invite you in?

I could be your notebook today
You could draw on my white page
I could be your chalk-less slate
You could illustrate your headspace -

But this is not a safe space
This is not the space to dive right in.
This is not the kind of safe space
That I could tell you what a mess I'm in.

'Cause I could be all charming today
Charisma on my best face
And I could be all happy today
Give the dolls eye their best glaze

But this isn't me -
This isn't me!
I am balanced out by my mediocrity
But you read me on the front page
And you disregard the other pages.
This isn't me -
This half of me -
I am made of more if you really want to see
But you draw me in your own way
And all you can see is ink and painting.

Would you love me on a Sunday?
Make up off of my bare skin
Would you love me on a bad day?
Would you love me every state I'm in
'Cause I am not performing today
No it's not that kind of day
And I will likely had me away
Where I can't be your Marilyn.

Marilyn

Take Me For A Ride

Here I welcome you to my Sanctuary.
The only issue’s that I cannot leave.
I have safety nets for my dragonflies 
(When they fall easier to categorise)
And my nightingales, well, they guard the door
In case I forget to sing what with you being here.
Being here in the house I made
But not being there to hear the sounds of your own motorcades
But didn’t we give up our time?

As I beckon you through the fallen leaves
I am spun up and sewn in my tapestries
And unravelling as you step inside
I will watch from the walls with my woven eyes.
Believing the threads you have left
Perhaps they can sit in a jar on my shelf
Because you being here is much more for me
Than it is for you.
But didn’t we give up our time?

Maybe one day we’ll…
Maybe one day we will...

Sanctuary

I think I saw you last night for about the thousandth time. I was waiting by the balcony when you went walking by and I thought I saw something soften when you stopped and met my eye. Then I woke up to the cold bed. It's the same thing every night.

You'd always wake before me but sometimes I just can't sleep and I would wake to you beside me and just watch you grind your teeth. You'd be sleeping with your rings on in my old faded band tee. I just wanted to feel close to you, babe, that's all I ever need.

So don't you think this is getting out of hand? It's been six months now without you but I still feel like your man so I'll toss and I'll turn and I'll take what I can get. I'll see you soon, babe. I'll see you sooner in my head tonight.

I'm always counting forward to a future I can't hack. Sometimes I hope we'll be together 'cause I'm always looking back. There's a thousand different reasons that's fucked up and I know that. I don't care if it's the right thing — I just always want you back.

So don't you think this is getting out of hand? It's been six months now without you but I still feel like your man so I'll toss and I'll turn and I'll take what I can get. I'll see you soon, babe. I'll see you sooner in my head tonight.

Harrison Wood Hsiang — Guitar, Bass, Organ, Keys, Synth, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Willoughby Morse — Drums
Thaya Zalewski — Saxophone

Music and Lyrics by Harrison Wood Hsiang.
Mixed, produced, and recorded by Harrison Wood Hsiang
except drums, recorded by Eric Maier at Future Fields.
Mastered by Jacob McCaslin.

in my head

I don’t want your beating heart
pressing up against me
Let me sweat it out.

I don’t want to feel your love
Trembling against my closed door.

I don’t want to yield myself up to
Anything or
Anyone
Anyhow
I don’t want to feel your love
Interferes with my itinerary

But ohhwhwww
You see something changing in me don’t you...

And every time you see my face flush
My body’s warm
but in my head I’m peaceful.
And every time you see this haze
I am ignorant
And unaware
And blissful.

And every time I’m at your place
We are friend to friend
And all in all
We’re equal

But I don’t want your beating heart
That’s a higher cliff from which we both could fall

But osjeneienfnglwkw
You see something changing in me don’t you...

Beating Heart (an ode to oxytocin)

My Lady

You kiss me with one eye open
You strip me for spare parts

Show me the gallows
The spotlight
Give me a reason
A stop sign

You move me from ocean to ocean
Arrest me with tear gas and zip ties

Show me the gallows
The spotlight
Give me a reason
A stop sign

You love me with all good intentions
Release me with time and reflection

Take me to the gallows
Take me to the gallows

The Gallows

Let's Go Home

Shhh I can hear you
It’s just what I feared, you
Are open but full
I am empty but fool
And you
Are planting this tree
Seed by seed
Growing small to big wildly
And foolish me follows you
And it forests me
When I follow you
Oh it covers me
And I have good intentions with you
I have excellent intentions with you

Which I carry round with me
Whether I wanted to or did not want to

Shh can we stop
For a moment and clock
All our hours of wanting 
And wishing
And wasting this
And turn back around to be front facing
Towards and
Touching and
Reaching out
Reaching in 
And you’ll woman me
And I’ll hero you
And you’ll woman me
And I have good intentions with you
I have excellent intentions with you

Which I carry round with me
Whether I wanted to or did not want to

Shh I can hear we are creeping at snail’s pace
But my heart is running 
And tripping up
Needlessly
and my head is tugging its lead 
Trying terribly in vain to reign it back in
But you look at me 
And I look at you
And you look at me
And I have good intentions with you
I have excellent intentions with you

Which I carry round with me
Whether I wanted to or did not want to

Hood&wolf

‘Shapeshifter’ will be in digital stores on the 18th of October.

www.deelunar.com
facebook.com/deelunarmusic
instagram.com/dee_lunar

DEE LUNAR - Shapeshifter

‘Time’ will be in Digital Stores on the 25th of October.

facebook.com/BrunoMusicOfficial 
instagram.com/brunomusic_official

BRUNO - Time

They told me to dream big
So I dreamt of the sun
And its gravitational pull
its gravitational pull
And all the life it breathes into everything
And its gravitational pull

How can I ensure when I am fully grown
That the Milky Way will make room 
So that I can ever-glow?

How can I be centre of this universe 
(I know I know)
How can I be anything but disappointed?

(I can't match up, I can't match up, to any of my own...)

And now it's reached the stage
Where I am jealous of birds
and their levitational art
and their levitational art
And how their lightest hearts
Can help them reach the stars
and their levitational artistry

How can I ensure when I am dead and gone
That my legacy endures
My reputation twinkles on?
How, when I explode, can I shoot eight million eons?
Then how can I get further still?

(and yeah, I think I was about 16 when I learnt about the greeks and mythology and how they could talk mostly deeply about what it means to be a human being... and I learnt about Icarus and all of those events before his fall.... and I wondered... and I kept wondering.... and I kept wondering... how he must've felt in those few minutes just before he melted... to be the highest one... to be the highest one... to be the closest one...)

Icarus

From the new album 'Seven for A Secret' out 01/01/20 in all digital stores. The first track on the album, it sets the scene for what's to come. The album tells the tale of two murders from the perspectives of the people involved. Produced by Gavin Monaghan (The Blinders, The C33's, Pagans SOH)and recorded at Magic Garden Studio, Wolverhampton. The album started life as a rough screen play which spawned a song and grew into a full album. Next stop is a graphic novel and/or video clip if funds allow.

Seven For A Secret

THE BALLAD OF BROKEN BONES

The Ballad Of Broken Bones

The single depicts the fragility of romantic love as Keener’s smoldering vocals float around a slowly pulsing, retro groove.  It’s off the album, I Do Not Have to Be Good, due out May 22.

https://glgmusicpr.com/2020/01/13/emily-keener-releases-do-you-love-me-lately-single-on-february-10/

Publicist: Janelle Rogers, Green Light Go
janelle@glgpub.com.com

I Do Not Have to Be Good

Do You Love Me Lately

Burden

Fire On At Me - T.E.G


“I’m on my way home, I want to get back,
I know it feels good, and I don’t wanna leave”

Fire on at me if you don’t have more to say
Come and get it cos you’ve got nothing to stay
You and I both know that it don’t work this way
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
We both got reasons but these reasons aren’t enough
It’s my vendetta and yours, you just had it rough
But things are changing and though I know it’s tough
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Here we are -  away from home
I close my eyes I visualise 
I wanna go home
Not on your own - but fighting solo
The end is near, I feel the fear
I wanna go home

We take our prisoners who just want their release
They say they’re sorry but we’re not easy to please
Their freedom’s ours and we’ll sort ‘em out with ease
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
Any action will so make you pay the price
So no decision is without sacrifice
Just ‘cos I pity doesn’t mean I am nice
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Feel these tears, they’re filled with rage
Fell off my horse I’ve got back up
I wanna go home
Don’t pretend, that your not scared
This war right here’s been on years
I wanna go home

Don’t think you can stop me
I am trying and succeeding 
You cannot see me I’m invincible
And I stop stop wanna come home

Fire On At Me

Lyrics

V1
paint me in colours that you want to see
I'll be the person that you wanted to know before you met me
and I'll hold your hand until my blood runs blue
I'll be the person that you wanted to know, the girl you once knew

Pre Chorus
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I'm just a little stuck on you

Chorus 
oh I'd mould my brain to fit with yours
and I'd sing this song until my lungs are sore
oh I'm sorry if you're bored of questions 
and second guessing
oh I'm hopelessly asking for more
cause I'm not sure I love you really means that much at all

V2
tell, tell me something is on your mind 
cause I can't talk for the two of us and I know something isn't quite right
and is this how I'm meant to spend my time
oh staring into dead eyes wondering if I cross your mind

Pre Chorus
oooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I guess I gave it all for you

Chorus

Outro
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I just can't give it all for you

ALEX CARROLL- Paint Me In Colours

If you’re free to leave, it's easy to stay
But it's not always simple to do
Show off your weaknesses, misunderstand
& be the worst version of you

A leaf from a tree in the autumn will fall
Like a feather, floats to the floor
Be a new one next year, we grow strong over here 
So hold on, you’ll be back for more 

It’s never the end of the world
It just stops for a minute while you unfurl 
It goes on without you, whatever you do
So, stand up for something, all the way through

Take a leaf from my story
Don’t disappear ‘til its time
I used to be sad, and then I forgot
I remember who’s on my side

They say that you’re larger than life
So, you live like maybe it’s true
But don’t take it from me, wait & you’ll see
Life is much larger than you

It’s never the end of the world
It just stops for a minute while you unfurl 
It goes on without you, whatever you do
So, stand up for something, all the way through

Never The End Of The World

Time slows
I can feel my feet again
Fresh airflow
Under the weight of your sentence

Everything you’ve said I can’t relate
Else you would have stayed
Anything you say now only proves
You want me to lose

Life?
You only see it spent
Inconsequent and oft unkempt
Through the lens of your discontent

Everything you’ve said I can’t relate
Else you would have stayed
Anything you say now only proves
I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not
Up your nose or in your cup

Self?
False claims and masquerade
You fake it all but half the way
While you smear my no-good name

Everything you’ve said I can’t relate
Anything you say now only proves

I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not
And it breaks my heart

What happened cocksure?
The soft of your lips can’t hide your lockjaw
I prayed for your bite to make more
You shook me apart and left my cock sore

I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not
I can see you for all you’re not

All You're Not

I Want You was written by Akin Soul, co-written and produced by Steve Holmes. Mixed by Alex Fletcher. Mastered by Mike Cave. Shango on the Saxophone.

Download/Stream I Want You Now: https://akinsoul.com/#62009801-60fa-45ba-a513-37b321f56a56

Watch The Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K0iBHpwwE8&feature=youtu.be

Akin Soul is a South London bred, 18-year-old jazz-soul multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter who plays trombone, keys, and guitar. He founded the 12 piece band - Akin Soul & The Soul Tribe which he sings, plays guitar and keys in performing at venues such as All Point's East Festival, Off The cuff, The Garage, Nambucca, BBC Music Day at Pop Brixton, and a plethora of other venues performing songs he has composed himself. He has been making his way into the music scene from a very young age. He grew up listening to the likes of Marvin Gaye, Ella Fitzgerald, Kim Burrell, Lalah and Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Omar, Sarah Vaughn, Quincy Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae; having an older brother, Shango who is a saxophonist, who tours with Kokoroko, Joe-Armon Jones, and founded the band: Hypernova.

►Follow Akin Soul Online
Instagram: @akinsoul
Twitter: @akinsoulmusic
Facebook Page: Akin Soul & The Soul Tribe

Lyrics:
V1
a minute ago
I was feeling something missing inside
I didn’t take time to realize you’re the missing piece in my life

I guess I never thought I’d ever need
a someone like you
See that's probably the reason why
I didn't chase after you

V2
The sight of you leaves me weak
see I can’t believe what I see
and it feels so mad like
is this really ality

feels like fairytale baby
once upon a time I met you
And it’s no white lie that
I feel I need you

Prechorus
I hope this don't come across shocking
I know I never gave you a warning
it's just a Lil simple phrase
I’ve been meaning to say:

Chorus
I want you
I want you
I want you
I want you

V3
I know it may come accross cheesy
seem a lil bit crazy for you
but i can’t seem to help this feeling
so, is that a maybe?

I’m thinking the sun me and you
a mojito the beach just relaxed ahh
I feel that we can be a fling
a thing

Prechorus

Chorus

Bridge
I need to feel alive why I need you, I ought to feel alive

Chorus
I want u...

I Want You

I Want You ft. Xvngo

French Sunset

My People

SATURDAY NIGHT LOCKDOWN

FAULTRESS /fɒltrəs/ n. a female criminal (1838) 
NOCTURNES OUT NOW
Stream here: https://songwhip.com/faultress/nocturnes

Hood&wolf

Faultress