IRL by talker

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Wake up
You don’t know what you’re saying
You talk in your sleep again

Make this
A little less complicated
We don’t need to pretend

We can fly on by
Floating in the air and stopping time
And you can read my mind 
Like we’re never not seeing eye to eye
But we don’t do that in real life

Are we
Living inside a circle
Thinking we’re seeing straight?

Can’t help
Thinking about the after
Will we go back to before

We could fly on by
Floating in the air and stopping time
And you can read my mind
Like we’re never not seeing eye to eye
But we don’t do that in real life

I keep jumping in
I keep jumping in
I keep jumping into the sun

I keep jumping in
I keep jumping in
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong

I keep jumping in
I keep jumping in
I keep jumping into the sun

I keep jumping in
I keep jumping in

Wake up, you don't know what you're saying

We can fly on by
Floating in the air and stopping time
And you can read my mind
Like we’re never not seeing eye to eye

And we can burn it down
Until there’s nobody else around

And we can dive in blind
But we don’t do that in real life
We don’t do that in real life
We don’t do that in real life

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Written by Celeste Tauchar and Daniel Murcia
Produced by Daniel Murcia
Drums by JR Kurtz
Mixed by Kyle Mangels
Mastered by Alex Gordon

elkyn has released his debut album, ‘holy spirit social club’, which sees elkyn aka Joey Donnelly put his uncensored inner dialogue on paper, bravely airing the thoughts most wouldn’t dare expose. Whether that’s hurtful messages to one’s self, vague and elusive memories or lingering lessons from childhood, it’s all here on ‘holy spirit social club’, unfiltered and searingly honest. 

This sincerity is matched in the music. While the arrangements on ‘holy spirit social club’ are far more expansive than those heard on 2020 EP ‘beech’, tender finger picks and elkyn’s distinctive half-whisper still remain at its heart. Though the pain is palpable, its impact is meditative, enveloping the listener in a safe haven where you feel free to acknowledge the darker parts of yourself. 

Rainy regret-tinged evenings dominate ‘holy spirit social club’. ‘everything looks darker now’, reflects ruefully on how Donnelly shied away from an old friend who unexpectedly came to a rainy gig in Manchester. While ‘change’ finds him on the streets of Yorkshire, revisiting his family home and wondering whether he had fulfilled his father’s desire for him to ‘become a man’ - a sore point that resurfaces again and again on ‘holy spirit social club’. 

This unflinching honesty has seen elkyn become a streaming success in recent months, with the one-off singles that followed ‘beech’ making it on to a number of Spotify editorial playlists. After a lockdown spent demoing, he entered Nave Studios with producer Mark Gustafson, creating more complete songs than ever before. The process was so cathartic for Donnelly that he went on to name the album after the social club that once existed in the basement below the aforementioned studio. 

Whilst elkyn isn’t exactly kind to himself on ‘holy spirit social club’, it does see him lift a monumental weight from his shoulders. In elkyn’s words, it’s “an interim into writing nicer songs and being nicer to myself”. In creating ‘holy spirit social club’, he has faced demons that he’s shied away from for too long, finding a way back to himself that previously felt impossible. It’s only by sitting with your darkest moments that you can begin to glimpse the light - ‘holy spirit social club’ is proof of that and a whole lot more.

fell

With support from BBC Introducing Across the Line, playlisted on BBC Radio Ulster Where Music Matters playlist, including notable plays on national radio, Temporary State is the 6th release from Jackie Beverly, and the first track from her Debut EP due for release in early 2022. 

"A career high moment" - Goldenplec
"Surefooted serenity" The Last Mixed Tape
"Intricate storytelling at it's finest" - Gemma Bradley, Across the Line

Temporary State

Inspired by the work of Phillip Glass

Recorded at Campbell Road Studios in Brighton by Ree Melody in October 2021
Mixed by Bob Cooper 
Mastered by Grant Fader of FaderMastering

Print by Richard Marsden 
Type and Layout by Ronan O'Brien

Clap Song

Happy to be Here (I might die tomorrow)

Drag Behind

"Disappear" by Palma Louca

Palma Louca: www.facebook.com/PalmaLoucaMusic

Lyrics:
Thrones, were always made for the chosen,
The kid was born to be golden, now, his heart's made of stone. 
Homes, were never made to be broken,
It's not the life he was hoping for, he's never felt so alone.

And he's building a wall now, of insecurities, he's not the sweet kid that he used to be, he doesn't care anymore.
And he's taking it all now, it helps him with his poetry, spending his days in a woken sleep, he paints his words on the floor.

When it feels likes, there's no meaning, he takes a second to remind himself that he's still got you. 
It's a steel spike, then it feels like, it's all going to disappear. 

There's nothing left that he owns, 
His pockets are empty, he used to think he'd be wealthy now, but he couldn't have known. 
That'd he'd taken it all, now,
He needs it more than food to eat, he needs it every night so he can sleep, he makes his bed on the floor. 

When it feels likes, there's no meaning, he takes a second to remind himself that he's still got you. 
It's a steel spike, then it feels like, it's all going to disappear. 

If it don't make a dollar then it don't make sense,
Live by the mantra 'til you've got no friends,
Live by the mantra 'til you're almost dead,
Live by the mantra 'til it all turns red.

And it seems like he's trying not to lose his mind, now, it feels like he's dying, he just needs a sign in here.

If it don't take you higher then it don't make sense,
Live by the mantra 'til you've got no friends,
Live by the mantra 'til you're almost dead,
Live by the mantra 'til it all turns red.

Now he's feeling so tired that he lying down and he needs peace and quiet so don't make a sound in here.

Disappear

Palma Louca - Disappear

A track that talks about the internal Battles that we all face within our own minds.  The doubt and insecurities that creep in and hold us back and how we have to battle through these thoughts to achieve our dreams.
Track Created & Produced by Talman
Lyrics and Vocals by Sanjioker

Battles of the Mind

Battles of the Mind (Feat. Sanjioker)

what's new scooby doo? (cover)

girl of my dreams

There is two wolves that live inside all of us, which one will you feed?

Tale of Two Wolves

a motorcar rally
email: heyfraulein@gmail.com
bookings: clairecourtney@earth-agency.com

Drag Behind

Fräulein