Granddaddy

Raised By Fools

Get ready
Now pack your bags
I feel unsteady now
'Cause there's something off

The less that you know
They say it's better
But I just don't know
How things can get better
If we don't know

Stopped knowing
Right from wrong
Truth from fiction
In the lines of this song
While you were waiting
For the high to come back
Was it pushing you forwards
Or was it wolves at your back?

The less that we know
They say it's better
But I just don't know
How things can get better
If we don't know
What's going on

What's going on here?
What's going on?

Were you raised by fools?
Do you bend to their rules?
And now you're confused
How can things get better?
What can we do?

What's going on?
What's going on here?
What's going on?


Aaron Neville - keyboards, backing vocals
Adam Kidd - composer, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, lead vocals, production
Adam Whittles - bass guitar, backing vocals
James Crump - drums, percussion, engineering
Tom Alty - lead guitar, backing vocals

Alan Grive - studio engineering
Tristan Maclenahan - mixing and mastering (Aquitaine Sounds)

Play Both Sides

Raised By Fools

Plato had it easy
Right place right time
To write down his lessons
And make them last through time
I'm lacking inspiration
I'm already past my prime
The grass was always greener
When you're on the other side
I don't know what to do
In this world

So I did my research
I looked it up online
I asked Jeeves
He shrugged and deeply sighed
He said, "you're not like Sinatra,
No, you don't have his eyes
And you don't like dancing
When your feet are getting tired."
I don't know what to do
In this world
I don't know what to do
In this world
I don't know what to do
I don't know what to do

I don't want the dreaming
I don't want the hope
I gave my all already
And now I wish I'd never spoke
If "everyone's an artist"
Then who is left to gaze?
Will the seats lie empty
When we're standing on that stage?
I don't know what to do
In this world
world
I don't know what to do
I don't know what to do

Aaron Neville - keyboards, backing vocals
Adam Kidd - composer, rhythm guitar, lead vocals, production
Adam Whittles - bass guitar, backing vocals
James Crump - drums, percussion, engineering
Tom Alty - lead guitar, backing vocals

Tristan Maclenahan - mixing and mastering (Aquitaine Sounds)

Don't Know What To Do

Check out the music video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rN3aUuXsam4

Credits
Taken from ...And Other Wild Things the debut album from Fragile Creatures Out Now on vinyl and digital from Brightonsfinest Presents

Adam Kidd - vocals, guitar
Aaron Neville - keyboards, vocals
Tom Alty - guitar, vocals
James Crump - drums
Adam Whittles - bass guitar

Heather Urquhart - backing vocals

Written by Adam Kidd & Fragile Creatures
Production/additional recording/mix by Ru Garvey
Original recording engineered by Andy Lyden and Antoine Selle
Mastered by Ed Woods Mastering
℗Brightonsfinest Presents 2015 
©Fragile Creatures 2015

Stowaways
There'll be a light outside
My window one day
And if they've come to take me away
I'll ask them to find some space
So the two of us can stow aboard
And leave for a better place

It's getting hard to bear
You're reading it every day
Everybody's talking about the end of the world
Just like it's yesterday's news
And there's nothing we can do about it at all
So we run away

And we will stow away upon the first ship out of here
We'll float into outer space, yeah we'll disappear
And the world seems very small now from the window
Of this vessel and we don't know where they're taking us

You're having second thoughts
I can read it in your eyes
Don't be fooled by the government
When they buy another landslide victory
All they want to do is bleed the planet dry
And the rich ones will survive
Surprise, surprise

And we will stow away upon the first ship out of here
We'll float into outer space, yeah we'll disappear
And the world seems very small now from the window
Of this vessel and we don't know where they're taking us at all

And we will stow away upon the first ship out of here
We'll float into outer space, yeah we'll disappear
And the world seems very small now from the window
Of this vessel and we don't know where they're taking us at all

...And Other WIld Things

...And Other Wild Things

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Stowaways

"Bad Smell" is a stirring, mini-epic ballad that dives into the emotional complexities of a single mother grappling with love, desire, and disappointment, all while striving to provide stability for her child. In just under three minutes, the song moves seamlessly through layers of vulnerability and strength, wrapped in a melancholic soft rock sound. With echoes of early Radiohead and late '90s Manic Street Preachers, it brings a blend of major chord melancholy and emotional depth. As the first release of 2024 from Fragile Creatures, "Bad Smell" sets the stage for the highly anticipated 'Play Both Sides' album, arriving December 31st. Don’t miss this first taste of what’s to come.

Bad Smell

"Garden of Eden" was written in the thick of the pandemic, a time that stirred deep anxieties and expansive thoughts about humanity. Who are we? How did we get here? But ultimately, this track speaks to the art of letting go—letting go of ego, embracing existence, and just being. Musically, it's a thrilling fusion: hints of The Beatles and Queen merge with some funky syncopation inspired by Vulfpeck, but in the hands of Fragile Creatures, it becomes something fresh and unexpected. What started as a chaotic mix of ideas—musically and lyrically—has coalesced into a joyful romp, a song that defied our expectations of what would work.

We're releasing teaser tracks leading up to the December 31st release of our third album, "Play Both Sides," available on CD and vinyl. Grab a free Bandcamp download code for "Garden of Eden" from GetMusic.FM, and don't forget to follow us on Bandcamp to catch every new song as it drops!
https://getmusic.fm/r/fragile-creatures-garden-of-eden

Garden Of Eden

Live Session for BMusic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEL6lnv_L7U

Ready To Go

Are we having a power cut? 
Are your lights still on? (Are your lights still on?) 
Let’s head to the power station 
Find out what’s really going on (I'd like to know)

Keep watching the horizon but it don’t come 
Keep holding back the idle tears of want 
They say you’re not ready to go

Tearing your heart right out
They just say we’ll let you know (We'll let you know)
And was it an accident? 
The way they served you up whole (They served you whole)

Keep watching the horizon but it don’t come 
Keep holding back the idle tears of want 
They say you’re not ready to go

Credits
Taken from ...And Other Wild Things the debut album from Fragile Creatures 
Written by Adam Kidd & Fragile Creatures
Produced by Stuart Bruce
Mastered by Ed Woods Mastering

© Fragile Creatures 2016 
℗ Brightonsfinest Presents 2016

Ready To Go

Recorded at Church Road Studios, Hove by Paul Pascoe. Mastered by Ed Woods. 

Monster
I was holding out a hope that you would fight for me
I was hoping you might see all the things I’ve done for you
Standing on the edge
Hoping I don’t fall into that precipice
I would like to let it loose
Something I’ve learnt not to do

So I’ll wait, I’ll hold
Hold on to that feeling 
Trying not to lose control

I was holding on to hate, instead of lashing out
I was hoping you might stay instead of breeding doubt
Standing on the edge
Hoping I don’t fall into that precipice
I would like to let it loose
Something I’ve learnt not to do

So I’ll wait, I’ll hold
Hold on to that feeling
Trying not to lose control
Cos there’s a monster within
Always scratching at the edges 
Trying to find a way to get in

Hoping I don’t fall into that precipice
I would like to let it loose
Something I’ve learnt not to do-oh-oh-woah
I loved you how can this be true? 
I would like to let it loose
Something I’ve learnt not to do-ooh-oh-woah-oh-woah
I would like to let it loose
Something I’ve learnt not to

So I’ll wait, I’ll hold
But every little monster knows he’s gonna lose control

Unreleased

Monster - Church Road demo

Recorded at Church Road Studios, Hove by Paul Pascoe. Mastered by Ed Woods. 

The Meaning Of Life

He read it in a magazine
A vision of the future obscene
Soon enough when the world begins resembling
It's all too late
As if once he thought of it
somebody was bound to realise it
Don't you know when you open up
Pandora's box there's no closing it
It's right in front of me
The life I was gonna lead
There isn't much hope for it now

Forget about the meaning of life 
I just want to make it through the night
I just want to survive

Now war's not fought for victory
It's just a process to destabilise things
Just a means to an end while they play that lonely game
Behind closed doors
Now nobody reads the magazines
And the shops are filled with vending machines
I wander through near empty streets
Where no one speaks
It's all 2D
And there's no complexity
Just the right and the wrong of things
So it isn't hard to obey

Forget about the meaning of life 
I wish that I could see it all in black and white
I just want to survive
Forget about the meaning of life 
I just want to make it through the night
I just want to survive

Forget about the meaning of life 
I just want to make it through the night
I just want to survive
Forget about the meaning of life 
I wish that I could make you feel alive
But it's too late to try, try, try

The Meaning Of Life - Church Road demo

You can now download our debut double A-side single Dear Michael / She Makes Me Nervous. 
From iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dear-michael-single/id530644061
Or Amazon MP3: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dear-Michael/dp/B0086FPMRW 

Adam Kidd - vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (on She Makes Me Nervous)
Aaron Neville - vocals, keyboards
Tom Alty - lead guitar, backing vocals
James Crump - drums
Adam Whittles - bass guitar

Heather Urquhart - backing vocals
Matthew Twaites - percussion (on Dear Michael)

Recorded at Metway Studios, Brighton, UK - engineered by Matthew Twaites
Mixed at Studio Elisa, Normandy, France by Andy Lyden with Antoine Selle
Mastered at Loud Mastering, Taunton, UK by John Dent

Contact: adam@fragilecreatures.co.uk

Buy on iTunes

Dear Michael

"'Can You?' is the first track to be made available from Fragile Creatures self-produced, self-released Heart Beat EP. The EP drops on May 3rd, 'Can You?' is available for immeditate download now when you pre-order the EP from Bandcamp.

'Can You?' is inspired by diverse themes; from Kanye West's "I Am Picasso and Steve Jobs" rant, to Sofia Coppola's film The Bling Ring, and the treatment of the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, at the hands of the conquistadores. It's a tongue-in-cheek critique of late capitalism's obsession with the validation that luxury items can bring.

Fragile Creatures found our previous music industry set-up frustrating, from a combination of bad luck and slow moving partners our debut album came out 2 years late, with no solid plans for the follow-up we had already written. We decided to become self-reliant: we taught ourselves to record on a shoestring and I went back to school, to study the industry at WaterBear college in Brighton. Heart Beat EP is our first experiment with being a self-releasing, DIY band. We hope you like it!" Adam Kidd

Credits:
Adam Kidd - vocal, guitar, composer, production
Aaron K. Neville - vocal, keyboards, composer
James Crump - drums, percussion, engineering
Tom Alty - lead guitar, vocal
Adam Whittles - bass guitar, vocal
Toby Moran - mixing, mastering

Lyrics:
Can you?
Get an invite to the party
Can you?
Pass for glitterati
Can you?
Wear their clothes, act like no one knows,
You're dressed in lies from your head down to your toes

You can talk but can you listen?
You say all the glistens is not gold
Can you tell me truly that your idea of beauty
Ain't turning up in the emperor's new clothes?

Can you?
See me on the TV
Can you?
Believe they've made it into a movie?
Can you?
Watch my show, now everybody knows
I'm real I've got a brand and a cologne

You can talk but can you listen?
They say all the glistens is not gold
Can you tell me truly that your idea of beauty
Ain't turning up in the emperor's new clothes?
Can you?

You can talk, talk, talk, but can you listen?
They say all the glistens is not gold
Can you tell me truly that your idea of beauty
Ain't just stealing Atahualpa's gold?

That Spanish gold it can't help you now
Cos this is just a lie you stole
Can you tell me truly your quest for fame and booty
Ain't just digging you a deeper hole?
Can you?

Heart Beat EP

Can You?

Heartstrings

"Falling was written in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. I found myself questioning authority figures in our culture, and how they seem to constantly disappoint. The number of times concerns were reported about the building's safety before it burnt down are shocking. There's a feeling that the poor don't count any more, after nearly a decade of austerity. Cuts to public services, healthcare, policing, and more, have left us with a system that can't cope with the demand." Adam Kidd

lyrics

You caught the last train out of here
Cashed in and disappeared
There won't be a next time
And it's too late to apologise any more

Was it the worst lie you ever told?
To stay quiet while the trail went cold
I'd destroy the evidence, if I were you,
Pointing to your negligence, while you still can

Falling out of love again
Went to the doctor to ask for a cure
He just said, "Others are suffering more
But these little white pills will make you smile some more
Just never stop taking them
Or you'll fall to the floor
Much worse than ever before"

When the cold light of day slips in
And the old wounds begin to heal
I don't know what it was for
Once skin and bone, now charred remains on the floor

Falling out of love again
Went to the police to report a crime
They just say, "We've got others in mind"

Falling out of love again
Went to the priest to pray for my soul
He just said, "I've got nothing more"

Falling out of love again
Back to the doctor to settle the score
We've seen it before
Kamikaze's all fall
For love we can't afford
A love we can't afford
credits
from Heart Beat EP, released May 3, 2019
Adam Kidd – composer, vocals, guitar, production
Aaron K. Neville – keyboards, vocals
James Crump – drums, percussion, engineer
Tom Alty – guitar, vocals
Adam Whittles – bass guitar, vocals

Toby Moran – mix, master

Falling

Fragile Creatures latest single, A New Low, available digitally from October 4th 2019. The first track to drop from their forthcoming second album, Punk Yacht. 

Combining rock, grunge, pop and catchy melodies, Fragile Creatures evoke the spirit of great musical innovators of the past, from Bowie to Blur and beyond. Resistant to the formulaic, going wherever their musical muse takes them. Hot on the heels of this Spring's Heart Beat EP, the band are gearing up to release their second album Punk Yacht, with a series of self-recorded psych-pop singles. Beginning with A New Low on October 4th, a diatribe against populist hate-mongering that straddles the troubled border between the spiky and the smooth. 

This is a new low
Were you reaching for the gutter?
Cos' you certainly got there
But you should be ashamed of yourself
To sell a few stacks of papers
Made an enemy of the other

Crossed the line, crossed the line
We don't know why we came here tonight
Thoughts collide, worlds collide
We don't know why we read it online

Say what you've got to say
And then please shut your mouth and walk away
Cos we're tired of the hate bombs
Dropped from a cowardly distance
Breathing controversy like it's air
Dining on others despair

Crossed the line, crossed the line 
We don't know why we came here tonight 
Thoughts collide, worlds collide 
We don't know why we read it online
We don't know why we came here tonight
We don't know why we came here tonight

(So full of hate - don't know what to do with that)
Never had no trouble paying the rent
Food on the table money to spend
(So full of hate - don't know what to do with that)
Best education that money could buy
All they did was fill you full of fear and lies
(So full of fear)
There's fear in the city so you're not alone
99 problems? Get a new scapegoat
We've got to deal with that


Fragile Creatures are:

Adam Kidd – composer, vocals, guitar
Aaron Neville - keyboards, vocals
Tom Alty - guitar
James Crump - drums
Adam Whittles - bass

Recorded by Fragile Creatures, Portslade, UK
Mixed by Aaron and Tristan McClenahan in Limoges, France
Mastered by Alex Pettman, Debut Mastering, Bristol, UK

Punk Yacht

A New Low

Big Red Button is the third single from Fragile Creatures forthcoming second album, Punk Yacht. It will be released digitally on January 17th 2020. The album will follow in April.

Here is a vdeo of the band performing the song live: https://youtu.be/fxdPY3kaKgg

They play the Amersham Arms in New Cross on November 16th.
They play the Mesmerist in Brighton on November 23rd.

Punk Yacht will be launched at the Hope & Ruin, Brighton, on April 30th 2020.

Lyrics:

Put your finger down on the big red button
All your stars have inhibitions
Held in check by their big ambitions
Self-destructive demolition

You live a little lie, live a little lie all the time
(Life's too short to waste my time)
You live a little lie, live a little lie and then you die
(It's not what you say it's what you hide)

The big red button
The big red button

Ooh, you're gonna lose
You got every little thing confused
Why'd you even try today
Whispered doubts unfaced
My future's been erased
Why'd you even get out of bed today?

Gathered up fragments of the life you shook
You'd do anything to turn back the clock
Pressed dried flower in the pages of a book
The scent's still pure if you'd open up

You live a little lie, live a little lie all the time
(Life's too short to waste my time)
You live a little lie, live a little lie and then you die
(It's not what you say it's what you hide)

The big red button
The big red button

Ooh, you're gonna lose
You got every little thing confused
Why'd you even try today?
Every little thing you say
Gets taken the wrong way
I only ran a mile
Instead of coming to your aid
Why'd you have to run away?
Why'd you tell me half the tale?
In time things will be okay once again

The big red button

Big Red Button

Fragile Creatures new single, Parallel Lines, is available digitally from May 29th 2020. A fourth teaser single from their forthcoming second album, Punk Yacht, scheduled for release in August the album was recorded by the band in the Portslade rehearsal room they share with Electric Soft Parade. Fragile Creatures are the main project from Brighton musician Adam Kidd, a singer-songwriter who’s been playing the local scene since his early teens, son of Jeremy Kidd, the singer from classic 80s indie band the Red Guitars. Adam has played side-man for groups like ESP side-project The Fiction Aisle, Fierce Friend, and The Mojo Fins, whilst quietly working away on solo projects and fronting the mighty Fragile Creatures. 

Combining rock, pop, grunge and catchy melodies, Fragile Creatures evoke the spirit of great musical innovators of the past from Bowie to Blur and beyond. The band are gearing up to release Punk Yacht, with a series of psych-pop singles. ‘Parallel Lines’, the latest of these, is the most mellow track on the album, reminiscent of John Lennon’s simple ballad writing. Its lyric considering patience in troubling times it seems to resonate with the lockdown conditions of 2020. Speaking about ‘Parallel Lines’ Kidd states;

"I wrote this one three years ago, getting over the end of a long-term relationship and struggling to open up to new possibilities. The refrain, "you can't go back home," is meant to reference Greek philosopher Heraclitus' observation that, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” Time and events in our lives changes us, for better or for worse we become new people, which is something we all must accept if we are to move forwards."

Over the coming weeks Fragile Creatures will perform every song from Punk Yacht ahead of its August release on their YouTube channel. In the absence of live performance, the band are creating stripped back lockdown-live versions recorded from their separate homes, and interspersed with cover songs from bands they are influenced by.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4M-VzkemsMN5nT9lIR3XnlCg1LgqtUJF

Parallel Lines

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Teaser single from Fragile Creatures forthcoming second album, Punk Yacht. Featuring a rare lead vocal from the band's keyboard player Aaron Kieran Neville (also known as Neville Sounds)Fragile Creatures are gearing up to release Punk Yacht, with a series of psych-pop singles. ‘Give Me The Rhythm’, the latest of these, is a pumping pop rock beast, that should resonate with those longing for the live stage in these strange times, both as performers and audience members. The song tries to capture one of those brief moments of magical connection between artist and audience. A song Neville had been developing for a long time that finally came to fruition during the DIY recording sessions for Punk Yacht.

LYRICS
Give me the rhyhtm
I'll give you my soul
Give me the rhythm
I'll swallow it whole
I saw you watching
Standing over there
I saw you watching
I like the way you stare

Give me the rhythm
(Give me the rhythm)
Give me the rhythm
(Give me the rhythm)
Give me the rhythm
I'll swallow it whole

The lights go up and the curtains come down
The music has stopped and you're not around
(Where did you go?)
Nowhere to be found
So give me the rhythm

Our eyes connected
Across the great divide
You saw right through me
You saw into my mind
You felt the hunger
The fever in the song
You pulled me under
Underneath the tide

The lights go up and the curtains come down
The music has stopped and you're not around
(Where did you go?)
Nowhere to be found
So give me the rhythm

Give me the rhythm
Give me the rhythm
Give me the rhythm
Give me the rhythm - ooh-hoo

Give me the rhythm (Give me the rhythm)
Give me the rhythm (Give me the rhythm)
Give me the rhythm I'll swallow it whole
(Give me the rhythm) Give me the rhythm

Give me the rhythm (Give me the rhythm)
Give me the rhythm (Give me the rhythm)
Give me the rhythm I'll swallow it whole
credits
from Give Me The Rhythm, releases July 3, 2020
Aaron K. Neville - vocals, keyboard
Adam Kidd - vocals, electric guitar, production
Tom Alty - electric guitar
James Crump - drums
Adam Whittles - bass guitar

Tristan MacLenahan - mixing
Aaron MacLenahan - mixing

Alex Pettman - mastering

GIVE ME THE RHYTHM – PRESS RELEASE Fragile Creatures latest single, Give Me The Rhythm, is available digitally from July 3rd 2020. A teaser for their second album, Punk Yacht, which is scheduled for release on August 21st. The album was recorded by the band in the Portslade rehearsal room they share with Electric Soft Parade. Give Me The Rhythm features a rare lead vocal from the band’s keyboard player and co-writer Aaron K. Neville, also known as NevilleSounds, the solo project he launched this year with his pledge to write ‘tunes to get your heart beating and your feet moving’ – a mantra that’s certainly applicable to Give Me The Rhythm. Fragile Creatures are the main project from Brighton musician Adam Kidd, a singer-songwriter and now indie producer, who’s been playing the local scene since his early teens. Kidd’s father, Jeremy, was the singer for cult 80s indie band Red Guitars, and Adam has played side-man for groups like The Fiction Aisle, Fierce Friend, and The Mojo Fins, whilst fronting the mighty Fragile Creatures. 

Combining rock, pop, grunge and catchy melodies, Fragile Creatures evoke the spirit of great musical innovators of the past from Bowie to Blur and beyond. 

Over the coming weeks Fragile Creatures will perform every song from Punk Yacht. In the absence of live performance, the band are creating stripped back lockdown-live versions recorded from their separate homes, and interspersed with cover songs from artists who have influenced them. A chilled version of Give Me The Rhythm was the most recent of these, accentuating the melancholy hunger at the heart of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nB7mhqgml4

Give Me The Rhythm

Fragile Creatures self-released second album, Punk Yacht. Available August 21st.

Monster

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Mixed/mastered by Stuart Bruce
Additional recording/post-production at GCS by Ru Garvey
Original recording at Studio Elisa, France by Andy Lyden and Antoine Selle

Contact - fragilecreatures@gmail.com
http://fragilecreatures.co.uk
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