Our moderators listened to every track we were sent this week and have picked their favourites for your listening pleasure this weekend:

Listening Post: Batch 529

'Halo' taken from our upcoming mini-LP 'Deafening and Silent'

Deafening and Silent

Halo

Dreamy, wonky synth songs.

Upcoming release from composer/performer Rosie Tee for Spring 2024.

Night Creature

The Dogs

Stage Fright

"Sheet Ghost" is more than just a song—it's a haunting reflection on the invisible struggles we face in life. Like the spectral figure draped in a sheet, it delves into themes of abuse, homelessness, and the unraveling of relationships, capturing the feeling of being alone in a crowd or at a party surrounded by familiar faces yet feeling utterly disconnected. Through poignant lyrics and ethereal melodies, "Sheet Ghost" invites listeners to confront the specters of their own hidden turmoil and find solace in the shared experience of navigating life's unseen challenges.

(single)

Sheet Ghost

Headed North

Ruth

‘Why Can’t You Hear Me?’ Our Debut EP lands on Friday 3rd May 2024!

Title track 'Why Can't You Hear Me?' Produced by Richard McNamara (Embrace) at Magnetic North Studios, Halifax

Mixed by John Catlin (The Killers, Inhaler, Richard Hawley, Interpol)

Mastered by Stephen Kerrison at Weird Jungle

Upcoming Shows:

Friday 17th May - Brighton, The Great Escape Festival

Saturday 22nd June - Isle Of Wight Festival

Saturday 20th July - Birmingham, What’s Happenin’? Weekender

Thursday 1st August - Y Not Festival

Saturday 3rd August, Hull, Humber Street Sesh Festival

Why Can't You Hear Me?

Inspired by: 

- Trying to deal with long-covid and covid deniers in the same short breath.

- Climate anxiety and climate-change deniers.

- People who think that positive thinking will save everything so actively trying to make the world better through deeds and actions is a waste of time. (Reality deniers)

- and squirrels... 

Here is our latest offering. 

Viscerally angry lyrics about morons set to a singalong anthemic rock song.

You Know Better

second hand living room

Nessa May - mil.mp3

left me in the dark

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The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home EP

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Lines Of Silence - The Long Way Home (Amaury Cambuzat's La Route des Choux Edit)

Here's one from the back catalogue!

[English below]
Mae fy mrawd a finnau wedi bod yn sgwennu caneuon gyda'n gilydd ers cyfnod hir rŵan. Dyma gân o'n "back-catalogue", wedi'i ysgrifennu nôl ym Metws-y-coed yng nghanol y 2010au, wn ni ddim pryd yn union. Roedd y gân yn poblogaedd iawn gyda'n gynulleidfaoedd ar y pryd (roedden ni'n berfformio o dan enw arall adeg yna). 

Buom ni'n recordio'r gân yn 2018 yn Rhydychen gyda'n ffrindiau, Nico a Jakes (sydd bellach yn berfformio o dan yr enw, Pecq, ewch i wrando arnyn nhw!), ond ni ryddhaom y gân oherwydd doeddwn ni ddim yn gigio lot gyda'r prosiect erbyn hynny, gan fod ni'n ddau yn bwy mewn dinasoedd gwahanol. 

Mae gennon ni prosiect newydd yn bellach, fel rydach chi wedi sylwi, felly, dyma chi'r gân "bwdl ldl lwm bwm bwm", o'r diwedd! Mwynhewch.

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My brother and I have been writing songs together for a while now. Here's one from our back catelogue. We came up with this little ditty while jamming on the piano in our family home in Betws-y-coed at somepoint towards the middle of the 2010s, not sure when exactly. It was a hit with audiences at the time (we performed under a different name back then).

We recorded the song in Oxford in 2018 with our friends Nico and Jakes (who now perform under the name Pecq, checl them out!), but then we ended up not releasing it, because we weren't gigging that much with that band at the time due to us living in different cities. 

Since then, as you've noticed, we started this new project! :D So, the time came to release the "bobl lobl lom bom bom" song at last! Enjoy :)

Music video: https://youtu.be/VCpibcH2lDs
Smart link: https://kycker.ffm.to/mylove

My love, my love
is bigger than your whole world. 
It grows, it grows
and conquers everything
My heart, my heart
is beating just for you,
And for your love
I would do anything
      
I can't help it, I'm in love with you 
You're the only thing I want to do

My heart, my heart,
is hotter than the brightest star
It grows it grows,
and burns up everything
Your eyes, your eyes,
they carry me oh so far
And for one look,
I would do anything

For    your eyes
For    your heart
For    your love   
        
I can't help it, I'm in love with you    
You're the only thing I want to do

My love is bigger and brighter than anything
My love will set you on fire and burn you up
My love is bigger and brighter than anything
You can imagine

My love is bigger and brighter than anything
My love will set you on fire and burn you up
My love is bigger and brighter than anything
You can imagine

Credits:
Siôn Rickard - lead vocals, ukelele, main composer
Liam Rickard - backing vocals, guitar, bass
Niko O'Brien - drums, e-guitar, production
Hannah Jakes - keys, production

Recorded & produced in Oxford by Upcycled Sounds

My Love

Parasite - Angel B Valentine

As Far As I Could Throw You

Time on Our Hands, Spider-Man

WILL YOU ?

A song about the relentless demands made by some people and the reaction. Comical, heavy, hard beats and basslines.

Written by China Shop Bull 2023
Recorded by Rob Hobson and John Yates
Mixed by Rob Hobson
Drums by Sam Tempest

Av It!

Opening track from the album Here Comes The Actual Band, out on 29th May.

Here Comes The Actual Band

This is a homage to Wired for Sound sung by Sir Cliff Richard. By almost entirely ignoring the chorus and focusing on the verses and adding some space, this song is transformed into a very different song. Would Sir Cliff approve, I somehow doubt it. But I adore the original, the video too is amazing and I tried and failed about 15 times to bring this song to life again, Nano Tone style

Wired

When I Close My Eyes

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