Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

ASYLUMS - The Death Of Television
BED - Wayward
BEHLA HUTCHINSON - To The Sea
BENTCOUSIN - Dizzy
CANNON BONE - Horse Cafe
CLEFT! - Onan's Boulder
CURXES - Valkyrie
DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON & JUICE - In Service
DELCAKARA - Fast Asleep
GEORGEINSULL - Am I On Your Mind
GERAINT RHYS - Eternal Sunshine
GYMNAST - Up In Arms
HOMME JASMIN - Hello Kitty
IAN KNOWLES - Kadabada
INDIA MILL - The Hanging Tree
KACY CARMEN - Luxury Dreams
KINGCAPISCE - Never Spoken
LUDWIG AMADEUS - Bad
MERCURY MACHINE - Vultures
PASSPORT TO STOCKHOLM - Imperfections 
P-TENTIAL - Il Be
SILENT PARTY - Remember Your Strategies
THE COLD SPELLS - Make It Quick
THREE KINGS HIGH - Nothing Left To Lose
VIOLA DUST - You're Mine


Listening Post: Batch 119

Horse Cafe

Dark electro meets indie rock: part Simple Minds, part Tears for Fears, part Joy Division.
Mercury Machine are Manchester lads Lee Maguire (vocals and lead guitar), Paul Armstrong (guitar), Shane Welsby (drums) , Carl Street (bass) and Rob Stockton (keyboards). 
They are currently working on their first album. 
Find out more at www.mercurymachine.co.uk

Vultures

www.facebook.com/silentpartyuk

https://twitter.com/silentpartyldn

Silent Party - Remember Your Strategies

Track from the debut album UNDER EVERY SKY; released 24th November 2014. Written & performed by India Mill. Produced by Mark Jones @ mjmrecording.com
Video - http://youtu.be/QU6EAH77Er8 
Played by BBC Introducing in Lancashire.
Lyrics:
I’ve been breathing, disbelieving,
All the sins & signs,
Never knew just what it took,
To make your heart unwind.

And I wonder where you’re sleeping,
Can you still see me?
And I wonder while you’re sleeping,
Do you dream of me?

Did I waste my lonely lifetime?
Just to search for you?
I have waited a lonely lifetime,
Just to be with you.

And the days are never ending,
The nights are wild & long,
With the morning comes no protection,
I guess I’m not that strong.

Did I waste my lonely lifetime?
Just to search for you?
I have waited a lonely lifetime,
Just to be with you.

From this burning there’s no returning,
There’s no relief in heat,
In the fury of this moment,
Your life is made complete.

Web: www.indiamillmusic.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/indiamill
Facebook: www.facebook.com/indiamillmusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/indiamill

Contact: info@indiamillmusic.com

Buy on iTunes

05 The Hanging Tree

Available to license:
tiny.cc/ludwigamadeuscontact

Facebook:
facebook.com/ludwigamadeus.music

Youtube:
youtube.com/size9music

Twitter:
twitter.com/ludwigamadeus_

After meeting at SXSW in 2011 Juice and David kept in contact about possibly working together, but getting together is difficult for artists who are busy with their own projects, particularly if one is based in the Far East. Finally in 2013, during a couple of short trips back, David gathered the group in his home town of Otley to spend a few hours recording. 

The album spans the hymnal to human beatbox, discord to angelic harmony, with lyrical themes displaying the weaknesses of men, via rural imagery and sombre love songs, to the decline of northern industry and pub brawls. David had some basic ideas; Juice had no idea what they would be faced with. After some short discussion and a little practise the part-improvised tracks were recorded live in one take and kept sparse, underpinned by David's gentle and often imprecise guitar playing as the accompaniment to four voices.

David Thomas Broughton occupies a contentious position, divides opinion, unsettles, is self-consciously clumsy, hilarious, beautiful but above all memorable.  Walls of noise and layers of beauty interweave and delight at every turn. Many people use loops these days. Broughton includes the glitches, mistakes, and the resulting comedy in his act, works with what he has, and moves on. Broughton writes songs of beauty, with classic themes of love, pain, hurt, suicide, depression, teenage angst etc… It’s just they come out with a comedic twist and are rarely reproduced in a live setting as they are heard on record.

“If you have a heart, Outbreeding (2011) will put it through the gauntlet. If you have a brain, Outbreeding will make you use it. It’s a perfectly weighted exhibition of its creator’s talents and capacity, both fulfilled. 9/10” - Drowned in Sound
“arguably the most staggering live musician in the country.” - Mojo

Juice Vocal Ensemble are an experimental vocal trio who explore new a cappella music that defies genre. They’ll do anything from ethereal, stratospheric classical sounds to spooky bluegrass, beatboxing to hollering. They have performed fiendish avant-garde pieces by the likes of John Zorn, Meredith Monk and Morton Feldman, but also turn their hand to inventive covers of Guns ‘n’ Roses, Kraftwerk and Rihanna.
They have commissioned and performed work by composers including Gavin Bryars, Shlomo, Mica Levi (aka Micachu from Micachu and The Shapes), Anna Meredith and award-winning folk artist Jim Moray.

“The 21st century’s answer to the Swingles or the King’s Singers” - The Times
“astonishing variety, spark and brilliance – proof that the sap is still rising in classical music”- The Observer
“immense - delivered with perfect pitch and an ear for the most apt harmony” - The Independent

Buy the album

David Thomas Broughton & Juice - In Service

This one is strictly for my kids, i would go to my limit and beyond for them. hope you can relate.

P-TENTIAL - IL BE

Asylums - The Death Of Television

This is my 3rd self-released English Language single 'Eternal Sunshine' . It's a quick snappy song about summer suicide in Swansea and everything in-between. Available to download on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and most online stores 

Geraint Rhys & The Lost Generation- Eternal Sunshine

Hailing from London, but with ties in Surrey (and a little village called Bildeston), Passport To Stockholm have just announced their debut single ‘Imperfections’, with a launch show planned for 16 September, at the Barfly, London.

‘Imperfections’ is the follow up to the band’s ‘Chemistry EP’, which saw love and acclaim from the likes of BBC 6 Music, Amazing Radio and many more, towards the tail end of last year.

The ‘Chemistry EP’ was funded purely by the band’s loyal fan base through a Pledge Music campaign, reaching their funding target in just two short days.

This new single stands as an honest and triumphant step in to the limelight, candidly portraying the idea that it’s people’s imperfections that define us all as individuals, and that without these flaws, the world would be a far blander place to be.

Vocalist Barny, and guitarist Tom have been working on material together since the tender age of 14, but it wasn’t until last year the band’s line up was complete, adding the skills of cellist Sophie English, and percussionist Henri Grimes.

The addition of these final two members, has allowed the band to hone their sound, and with ‘Imperfections’ they’ve crafted a near perfect acoustic indie-folk track. The gorgeous strings snake in and out of the lively rhythm section, with Barnard’s warm vocals acting as the perfect compliment to the expertly produced instrumentals.

The band have been working with acclaimed producers Gordon Mills Jr and Amy Wadge, who collectively have produced and helped write records for Lissie, Ed Sheeran, Newton Faulkner and Lewis Watson to name a few. Additionally, the quartet have been working closely with Carey Willets, of Athlete fame, whom they have built a strong bond with during the production and writing process.

With a whole host of very well received festival performances already under their belt, and more booked for the remainder of the summer, the future looks very bright for Passport To Stockholm.

Their music is one that captivates the listener from the offset, a compelling combination of thought provoking lyrics, acoustic-folk infused instrumentals, and a heart of gold.

Passport To Stockholm are: Barny Barnard, Tom Piggott, Sophie English, Henri Grimes.

https://www.facebook.com/passporttostockholm
http://www.passporttostockholm.com/

FESTIVALS: 

29th August // Brownstock
30th August // Weyfest
30th August // Feastival 
20th September // Southsea fest

LONDON HEADLINE SHOW

16th September // Camden Barfly (14+)
ticket link : http://www.musicglue.com/transmissionmusicgroup/events/16-sep-14-passport-to-stockholm-barfly/

PASSPORT TO STOCKHOLM - IMPERFECTIONS

Download this song for free here or in higher quality at https://georgeinsull.bandcamp.com/track/am-i-on-your-mind

Am I On Your Mind

The second track from 'The future cannot be born yet, it is waiting for the past to die'.


Never Spoken

ALL PROFITS FROM THIS RELEASE GO TO CHARITY. We're donating any profits from this release to CLAPA (Cleft Lip & Palate Association - www.clapa.com ). 

By all means download it for free, but if you can help out - thank you! The suggested donation is £1.   Visit https://cleft.bandcamp.com/album/onans-boulder-me-sugar to download.

Onan's Boulder

To The Sea

The second single from DELCA KARA released on 27th October 2014. Explosive pop with a gentle ambience.

Fast Asleep

Pre-order the upcoming "Klickitat" 12'' EP here:
http://www.bughunt.us/webshop/bedpreorder

written and performed by bed.
recorded and mixed by sean beresford.
mastered by adam gonsalves.



Wayward

Make It Quick

Hello Kitty should not be in 3D.
Hello Kitty should not be in 3D. 
Thus was sung my hostility against there-dImentional Hello Kitty.


------
Hello Kitty
(lyrics/music) copyright uni  2012  

[intro]
(E D A E)
(E Bm A E)

[1]
( E D )
Eyes popping out of orbits　　
( A E )
Skull mashed like potatoes
( E Bm )
Guts streaming out with blood
( A E )
and flies raisin' in haloes

[chorus]
(E E D E )
Hello Kitty
There you are
Dead Kitty
Crushed as you are

[2]
( E                                       D)
(You're) back in the flat-land, squashed on the asphalt
(A                                        E)
gazing at me   with that innoncent look
(E                         Bm )
trying to make me (feel) guilty
( A                         E )　
but it' not my fault


[chorus]
(E E D E )
Hello Kitty, Bad Kitty
Dead Kitty(is a good Kitty), Bye-Bye Kitty 
              
Hello Kitty, Bad Kitty
Dead Kitty (is a good Kitty), Bye-Bye Kitty
               

『ハローキティー』　　作詞作曲 uni 

眼窩から目玉が飛び出ちゃって
頭蓋がじゃがいもみたいに潰れちゃって
内臓が血と一緒にどばっと出ちゃって
蠅の群れが後輪みたいに立ち昇って


ハローキティ
そこにいたね
死んじゃったキティ
こんなぺっちゃんこになって。

アスファルトの上でぐっちゃぐちゃに潰れて
２次元に戻ったね
あどけない顔して僕を見上げて
罪悪感を与えたいんだろうけど
僕のせいじゃないよ。

[コーラス]
ハローキティ、悪キティ
死んだキティ、ばいばいキティ
（死んだキティは良いキティ）

ハローキティ、悪キティ
死んだキティ、ばいばいキティ
（死んだキティは良いキティ）

HOMME JASMIN - Hello kitty

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