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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 524

Vocals, Guitars - Anna Roenigk
Bass - Emmanuelle LeCann
Drums - Kevin Butler

Co-produced by Emmanuelle LeCann & Anna Roenigk
Engineered / Mixed by Emmanuelle LeCann
Mastered by Kevin Butler at Test Tube Audio

LYRICS

So what is original sin?
Is it not making God into a token?
For your using
A sanctified bruising

If Jesus came back to this land
He would only be crucified again
We were never told how you got your wings
And now you blame us 
For believing in the dream

And I don’t wanna have your babies
I don’t wanna make your money
You will never own my body
Here comes blood for the payment!
I never took your name willingly
Now everywhere I go 
You follow me

So I will bite the hand that feeds
Molars crush
Swallow, repeat
But
Still enjoy life’s great amenities
The wheels turn, bones split
And the marrow gleams

And I don’t wanna have your babies
I don’t wanna make your money
You will never own my body
Here comes blood for the payment!
I never took your name willingly
Now everywhere I go 
You follow me

Bird of prey we are your bastards
Watch your baby eat its brother
Bird of prey we are your bastards
But you taught us to hunt
So you should fly a little faster

And I don’t wanna have your babies
I don’t wanna make your money
You will never own my body
Here comes blood for the payment!
I never took your name willingly
Now everywhere I go 
You follow me

Bird Of Prey

alx frncs' second release; a gentle upbeat exploration into the inadequacies of depression and isolation during lock-down in the UK. It will be on all streaming platforms on 05.04.

Lyrics:

i don't wanna brush my hair 
mistakes were made im not quite there
i don’t wanna cook for one
address my choices one by one

I've got too much on my plate
I’ve got too much in my brain

you may think i'm lazy
when i fail to wash up dishes daily
hardly got a grasp on life
when death is constant on my mind 

I’ve got too much on my plate
I’ve got too much in my brain 
I’ve got too much in this state
I’ve got ten hundred and ninety-six days left of this mess.

i cant do anything right

farewell to what we love,
and all of the above,
i'm standing on the shore (am I really like this?),
never felt like this before...

the light, provides, a sense, of time...

Lyrics and vocals by Karl McCann. Music by forthaven.

Am I Really Like This?

The Vibe feat. Hannah Varghese

The Vibe Feat. Hannah Varghese

Prior to its official release date of April 17th, Parasite has already had its first radio play last week on BBc Music Introducing. 
The song unfolds a sinister tale about your alter ego taking form of a Parasite. Sometimes submissive and at times destructive, wanting to take over, wanting to break you! Supporting the release of the single is a breathtaking music video on Youtube that compliments and captures the chaos and beauty of the song, revealing the alter egos through a creative artistic vision.

Parasite_Amy Dx.wav

Written in Spring 2023, Sold on a Rhyme is a song about the idea that we grow up force-fed a dream (successful career, big house, family) that has become increasingly harder to achieve. 

Musically it's inspired by Stevie Wonder's Master Blaster, Walking on the Moon and London Calling, with Cable Street Collective's trademark African guitars and big bass lines.

Sold on a Rhyme

Forthaven is a Liverpool based musical collective, which at the time of writing (2024)  Jay Roberts as composer and producer, Alistair Ligertwood on cello, and Karl McCann on vocals, synths and composition. We have been away for a long time, having some significant success in 2014, now re-formed and looking to the future.
We passionately all believe in mental health related matters, and strongly endorse any causes which are related to this.