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Listening Post: Batch 593

Being the 5th track of the new ep LETS GO! WanNbe couldnt be more on point to the sound ENJAY is creating, with a mix of all genres, this one you will be hearing more of for sure, though i Just cant stop playing Piano!

WanNbe

Down In The Dirt

Engineered/co-mixed/co-produced - Fred Bailey
Add. drums/percussion/co-production - Beau Harrison
Mastered - Lavar Bullard
Artwork - Rashidi Noah & Shannon Prince

Lyrics:
Head trails
Echo on the light
Echo on the night
Swallow
The words you want to say
For they will bring you pain 

Still as still has ever been 

Then
Into all this space
Your hopes amid the waste
Tell them
Not to leave a trace
You feign until you daze
Prosaic disarray
No not to leave a trace
Not to leave a trace 
You'll feign until you daze
Feign until you daze
Prosaic disarray
Your hopes amid the waste
No not to leave a trace
Your hopes amid the waste
Prosaic disarray
Prosaic disarray
Prosaic disarray

Still As Still

Death said, Breathe

misunderstood child

i'll always be here

I'm tired of this race
Let's take the view in
Go down the track slow
You've got a lot to say
But I'm not listening here in the back row
Cause I know

It's the same line
We hear all the time
Here in the back row
Here in the back row
And it's an old game
We play it over again
So I'm here in the back row
Here in the back row

You say it's for my good
Why do I feel I'm under attack though
I've worked harder than I should
I think I've earned my seat in the back row
And I know

It's the same line
We hear all the time
Here in the back row
Here in the back row
And it's an old game
We play it over again
So I'm here in the back row
Here in the back row

One day maybe I'll come back around
Plant my feet onto solid ground
I got reason but I've lost my rhyme
I know it's coming back again in time

Reality is strange
We're living in a live maniac show
So while the world's insane
I think I'll hide out here in the back row
And I know

It's the same line
We hear all the time
Here in the back row
Here in the back row
And it's an old game
We play it over again
So I'm here in the back row
Here in the back row

Back Row

Grains Of Sand

Not sure how to describe this one. Angry mental health sea shanty? Enjoy the 'death by triangle' section. My neighbours didn't.

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Written and performed by Never the Bridle

Mixed and mastered by flakebelly @ Flaming Jangle Studios

Feebling

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All in the mind

He told me he would ‘love me always’ but that was a lie! This song is about freedom. About walking away when things don’t feel right. 

I have thought about this song for such a long time. I wanted to write something that wasn’t just another song, but something that gave you hope.
This is the song you play when you suddenly doubt yourself. It’s the song you play for courage to walk away from something or someone. 
It’s the song you play at night when you are alone with your thoughts, and the voice in your head casts doubt on your most difficult decision. 
Karma!

Lyrics - 

It’s only been a month
Anniversary 
Enough was enough
I set myself free

I’m calling your bluff 
I’m sure your ex would agree 
Remember you told me she was crazy 
Learning a lot about you lately 

Turns out we’ve both heard the same empty promise 
Scars in all the same places
Everyday you’d say i’ll love you always 
Everyday LYA

You said this love was for the rest of your life 
Warning signs yeah they couldn’t get any higher
I should have seen it coming in those eyes 
Set your promise on fire  
Guess that makes you a liar 


Was good while it lasted 
Said nobody ever 
One day I might come back to ya
How about never 

Still feel it in my gut 
Sure your ex would agree 
Remember you told me she was crazy 
Learning a lot about you lately 

Turns out we’ve both heard the same empty promise 
Scars in all the same places
Everyday you’d say i’ll love you always 
Everyday LYA

You said this love was for the rest of your life 
Warning signs yeah they couldn’t get any higher
I should have seen it coming in those eyes 
Set your promise on fire  
Guess that makes you a 
L.Y.A.

L.Y.A (Love you always) (Liar)

Greatness

OBSOLETE
Written and Performed by Matthew Frederick
Produced by Matthew Frederick with Jethro Chaplin
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Jethro Chaplin at Mwnci Studios
Released 05.12.25 via Staylittle Music

© & Ⓟ STAYLITTLE MUSIC 2025 • MADE IN WALES • SLM027

Obsolete

Slow my mind, released via Metamorphika Studios on 5th December 2025
Metamorphika vol.1
https://metamorphika.bandcamp.com/album/metamorphika-vol-1


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Slow My Mind - Devil Threw The Night

“Hitch Hiker’s Dream” is a sweeping Americana journey that captures the restless spirit of freedom and the beauty of the unknown. Blending warm acoustic energy with cinematic storytelling, the song follows a lone traveller drifting from town to town, guided only by the open road and the promise of the next horizon.

From dust-covered boots and chance encounters to star-lit nights where the world feels endless, the track paints a vivid portrait of life lived between destinations. The chorus lifts into a celebration of unrestrained independence — “Give me the sky, give me the stars / I don’t need maps I’ll follow my heart” — making the song both a personal declaration and a universal anthem for wanderers.

With its comforting nostalgia, rich imagery, and rolling-road rhythm, “Hitch Hiker’s Dream” stands as a modern road song with classic roots — perfect for lovers of folk, country, and storytelling song writing. Whether heard on a long drive or a quiet evening at home, it invites listeners to escape the ordinary and step into a world where freedom is the only destination.

James blends his lyrical writing skills, guitar playing and (limited) vocal ability, with his professional technical skills in digital engineering and AI to bring his music to live. 

Hitch Hiker's Dream

The track follows the unraveling of a relationship during a trip back home to Cork, where my partner and I hoped to reconnect with the spirit of the land but instead found ourselves drifting apart. Recorded at Frying Pan Studios in Tasmania with Chris Townend (Portishead, DMA's), it explores themes of belonging and love lost, shaped by the landscapes and stories that made me.

The Winding Stair

Never Sell your Soul by Dub Tropico takes you on a trip in the time machine along with Dub Grandmaster Buguinha outta Brazil. It's a track which has echoes of our late 90's influences like 4hero, a bit of Triphop, and Bristol sounds and Dub with a haunting mantra by Madha. Big Analog Tape Dub Vibe from Buguinha which really pushes the sub bass on your speakers! And some really nice rich layers all mixed down by Juan O Mago at 39D studios here in Rio.

DJ Relic: "Music haunts all artists, it's always playing in the different corners of our minds, and that era musically was a very special one for us. We wanted to evoke some of it but also keep it fresh and engineer it bass heavy with all the modern and analogue studio techniques and equipment that now allow you to push things sonically.
The track's been a while in the making. So many layers when you listen close. I think we made a track that will now haunt you too" 


Never Sell Your Soul

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Dub Tropico Never Sell Your Soul

The Beacon is a reflective, folk-leaning single that closes Helen’s year with stillness, warmth and emotional clarity. It blends soft acoustic textures with shimmering harmonies and a grounded, emotive vocal performance. Inspired by a quiet moment inside a cathedral—where the coloured light shifted across the floor and was attracting the attention of passers by —the track explores what it means to return to a place that recentres you. With themes of truth, calm and inner clarity, The Beacon mirrors the gentle power of coming back to yourself. 

This song was entered into the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge in 2024 and marks the start of a new musical chapter for Helen.

The Beacon

Infatuation

Arrival

Just a quick reminder: Life's so precious. Appreciate it!

Life's So Precious

Cinema

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Listening Post: Batch 593

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