In one week during the month of September 2021, my brother had a baby, my sister got married and I broke up with my long term boyfriend and had to temporarily move back in with my parents. Someone has to be the hot mess.
During one tragic zoom session in that time period, my hot therapist told me when I was feeling this bad to remember to drink water and get dressed then my dad, passing me in the corridor afterwards, told me I had 'dropped my smile on the floor.' This is a homage to that tapestry of support I got at the time. The first verse is also a letter I wrote to myself to say thanks for getting through it.
I produced this in my Peckham flat and loved getting my violin out for the strings sections!
I also did the artwork with help from my dad on the car!

Credits:
Songwriting, production, singing, violins-Sansha
Mixing and mastering-Darren Woodford
Single artwork-Sansha and Anthony Lewis

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The Chromatics - Tick Of The Clock

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A song about leaving university

Vocals-Sansha
Trumpet-Sansha
Violin-Sansha
Production-Buddy Love

lyrics- 'I must know, are we all gonna turn to dust, no I don't believe that you're gonna keep in contact with me.'

Keep In Contact (prod. Buddy Love)

floods (keep swimming)

MOON PICNIC w/ LZY_GREY

Fetherstone, in collaboration with London-based producer Harry Tarlton, presents 'Two Hands on Deck’, the fourth instalment of her self-titled 4-track EP. Under the guise of Fetherstone, her new electronic-pop-folk infused persona, Australian songstress Briana Cowlishaw brings the tradition of the troubadour storyteller into the modern electronic pop genre through her innate passion for storytelling. 

The single was featured on the Richer Unsigned August 2017 Highlights playlist, which was then later hand picked by Newton Faulkner to feature on the Richer Unsigned record store day vinyl compilation, April 2018. 


A note from Briana.... 

Often as artists we think we need to go the road alone, tough it out and struggle to make things work on our own, because we should be capable, right? In this fight to be strong enough, good enough, noticed, credited as an artist, I often find myself lonely, doubting my art and it's validity. 

This song is about letting that go and celebrating collaboration. Letting people in to bounce off, create with and feel like you are part of something bigger than yourself. This track is intended to capture what it feels like that moment you let go - a feeling of release, weight lifted from your shoulders, excitement, playfulness ... and potentially a little party dance to celebrate!

DOWNLOAD: https://fetherstone.bandcamp.com/

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LYRICS 

The road is speaking, 
It talks to me. 
The road, is whispering, 
Change tactics. 
Go on, and open, 
Those doors you’ve been watching oh. 
Cause doors don’t open themselves. 

I’ve been rowing my canoe, 
Without knowing where I’m going to. 
I’m sinking under soon I’ll have to, 
Throw my ore in. 

Cause I don’t need another morning crying here alone. 
So take my hand it’s easier to steer a boat with two. 
Two hands on Deck, oh. 
Two hands on Deck, oh. 

A rose is blooming, 
Just cultivate the soul. 
It’s opening. 
A chance to feel alive, again. 
Feel the power in your hands. 
This road was made for us. 

I’ve been rowing my canoe, 
Without knowing where I’m going to. 
I’m sinking under soon I’ll have to, 
Throw my ore in. 

Cause I don’t need another morning crying here alone. 
So take my hand it’s easier to steer a boat with two. 
Two hands on Deck, oh. 
Two hands on Deck, oh. 
Two hands on Deck. 

Help me, let me, keep moving forward. 
Help me, let me, move on. 
Help me, let me, keep moving forward. 
Help me, let me, move on. 

Cause I don’t need another morning crying here alone. 
So take my hand it’s easier to steer a boat with two. 
Two hands on Deck, oh. 
Two hands on Deck, oh. 
Two hands on Deck.
credits
released July 7, 2017 
Production: Harry Tarlton 
Music, Lyrics and vocals: Briana Cowlishaw 
Artwork: Original print by Edith Cowlishaw, Digital editing by Ryan Khoury aka Tryangle Man.
tags

Self Titled EP 

Two Hands On Deck

Glume & Phossa - Puppetz (clip) (ltd 12")

Produced & Mixed by Everett Orr
Lyrics by Raveena

Bass: Aaron Liao
Rhodes/Guitar: Cale Hawkins

Spotify

If Only

Chromatics Time Rider

Check out the music video and the song on all other streaming platforms:
https://fanlink.to/GOODVIBRATIONS


Video Filming and editing-James Shearing
Song-writing, production and mixing-Sansha
Mixing and mastering-Darren Woodford
Words from recorded interview in The Gambia, December 2017 are from Lamin Camara
Single artwork-Jamie Bush


This track I wrote and produced shortly after coming back from The Gambia, visiting the charity Wyce who provide support for a village out there called Madina Salam. The song features samples from my recorded conversation with Lamin Camara, a music teacher who lives in the village, which was about the moon and being a musician. I was very inspired by all the singing and layers of drums I heard out there and I'm excited to release something people can dance to. All proceeds from the song will go to Wyce.

Find more out about Wyce: https://www.wyce.org.uk/

The Moon

instrumentalist/producer/singer/comedian

"A voice that could melt your heart if it wasn't preoccupied with rupturing your belly though laughter"-Sofar Sounds Denmark.

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