WithGuitars.com October 2017 Soundcloud playlist

Low Light

and yet you miss the sea

To be irregular 
Saint Elmo preaches strength in who you are 
And every kid you knew picked at your scars
Social butterflies that sting 

So home up on the hill
You drop the acid and you watch it spill
On and on, the pop songs come at will
Inside the toilet bowl you sing

So go to Zambia!
That's a name, a place you've heard before
Poster you could splash across your door
On a lip the joint burns through 
On a spit, you're turning too
Most nights alive, you sweat like Zambia 

So don’t they see you roll? 
Aren't the eyes a peep hole to the soul?
Don't you see that your late night shows?
Before you turn the tv on

You got a girlfriend too
Pretty deadly piece of skin to chew 
And you love her, or you think you do
You're sure you'll notice when she's gone

And now in Zambia! 
That's a name, a place you've heard before
No hesitating at the cockpit door
This is where you wanna be
Underneath acacia trees
The cradle rings, but you're in Zambia 

You may yet take a turn
Monday morning's still another world
But the weekend's built on words words words
Not a one of them will change

And if the sky and land
Melt together like a wedding band 
God himself could place it on your hand
And you would let it slip away

So now in Zambia!
You got Victoria to drench your heart!
Hope that any day your life might start!
Any roar may be the cue
Nausea's just a point of view
When you’ve got everything to lose
Is it different down in Zambia?

Zambia

ANNA ST. LOUIS
FIRST SONGS
woodsist092 / mare002
release date: November 3, 2017

Despite her last name, Anna St. Louis was born and raised in Kansas City. She grew up a painter and singing in punk bands, eventually leaving her hometown to attend art school in Philadelphia. After graduating she made the move to Los Angeles where she began teaching herself guitar, writing songs and recording them on her own in her bedroom. First Songs is the sound of someone discovering their talent in real time - a peak into the collage of a wonderful mind that is absorbing their new surroundings and using new tools to put them into the room. Listening to this collection you can feel the sun coming in through the window - Anna on the foot of the bed with a guitar on her knee, finding her voice. St. Louis wears her influences well - think Patsy Cline singing over John Fahey - but has a style all her own. And while you can take the artist out of the midwest, you can't take the midwest out of the artist - so let this be known; this is Midwestern music ran through a California filter. I believe Anna will have many more releases in her lifetime, but let it all begin here - First Songs.

ANNA ST. LOUIS - Fire (Mare Records)

Song by Oliver Girdler 

Produced, recorded and performed by Oliver Girdler & Rudi Maier 

Mixed by Shuta Shinoda 
Mastered by James Bragg 

Artwork by Daniel Cutler 

2017.

Get On

Forced Random were a London based band, led by singer, songwriter and musician Oliver Girdler

2013 - 2018

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