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*Note: we don't listen again to tunes we've already heard, and automatically block artists who send more than one track a week (our moderators can manage to work their way through 150 tunes overnight, but 300+ would be impossible!)


ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 188

Flubirds - Overhead, The Albatross(feat. kev barry - the matinée idles, w/vox/lyrics)

Taken from Mr. Dog E.P.
I had the honour of putting lyrics & vocals to the track. I didn't want to take away from this powerful piece of Instrumental music, so I kept the vocals to a minimum, thanks to Vinny & band for allowing me to do this.
Kev Barry

Overhead, The Albatross, are from Dublin, Ireland and are the finest live instrumental act you will ever see, trust me. 
Please support their music, 
https://overheadthealbatross.bandcamp.com/

Lyrics:

I got them to say
That the truth is hidden
Far from here
They'll forgive you today
If you bow to their needs
In every way

Was calling just too say
I'm here for you
Though I'm far away
Calling just too say
I'm here for you
But I'm frightened, everyday
It's okay this way
Cause I'm caught in a Flubirds song
It's okay this way,
I'm caught in a Flubirds song

caught in a Flubirds song
caught in a Flubirds song

© 2013 music - overhead, the albatross 
© 2013 lyrics & vox - kev barry - the matinee idles

Flubirds - Overhead, The Albatross(feat. kev barry - the matinée idles, vox/lyrics)

Released on Monday 13th April 2015.
Written by Alex Moran
Engineered and mixed by Geoff Allan at Ca Va Studios

QUIET AS A MOUSE - Snowflake

Music written & recorded by Samuel Barnes
Artwork by Holly Heathcote

Ordinary World

Cold Hearted Land

When we listened to music on MW in bed at night, tuning into far away transmitters, with other stations creeping into our reception.

Harrison, Dunkley & vintage radio

Club De Pistolet 2

from the forthcoming album The Burning Hell "Public Library" 
(April 1st 2016, through BB*ISLAND for Europe/UK and Headless Owl for Canada) pre-order album: http://bbislandmusic.com/shop/the-burning-hell-public-library
Live in UK/Europe 28.Apr. - 11.June, dates here: http://bbislandmusic.com/tour-dates/2016/1/25/live-the-burning-hell

:: MEN WITHOUT HATS ::
Clutching a ten dollar bill in my hand
Sir John A’s face getting wrinkled and damp
I went down to the mall on Saturday after cartoons
I made straight for the tape store
I knew exactly what to look for
I skipped the candy shop and the clown with the animal balloons I saw it on the rack with the other new tapes
That baby face with the gap-toothed gape
And I grabbed one quick like a pervert in a video store
I guess I was shy, it was my first time
So I joined the girls with the curled bangs in line
And when I got back home I discovered what my ears were for
That was my first day in the world of pop music
Where the sound of a drum or the strum of an acoustic Could pop it all open like a blister in the sun
A world where Johnny played guitar and Jenny played bass And they started a band just to see their face
In a magazine ‘cause what else is there to do for fun
A few years later drawing logos of bands
On backpacks and binders and the backs of my hands
And writing out lyrics with the help of rewind, pause, and play
Math class flashed past in a blur of zeros
Daydreaming about all those musical heroes
Who never needed numbers to say what they had to say
Meanwhile I developed an unholy affection
For the older girls in the smoking section
With the boots and the buckles and the pins and the circle-a shirts Their music was rough but strangely enough
Turned out I liked getting angry and shouting about stuff
I knew the message was meaningful though I didn’t understand a word
And so I discovered another world of music
Where the kids are alright, just like the Who said
You count to four then play the one or two chords you sort of know A world where “hey ho, let’s go” is a legitimate chorus
And you can search the stacks and thumb the thesaurus
But there’s no synonym for rock and roll
Back at that young and impressionable age
I never dreamed some day I’d be the one on the stage
But now that I’m here I guess I have to think of something to say
So to all the young girls and young guys out there
Experimenting with drugs, experimenting with hair
Press record on your four track, or whatever kids are using these days
It’s life or death but it’s also just music
And it chooses you, you don’t get to choose it
But once you’re hooked you’re hooked like a rug or a john So hats off to Ivan and all the rest of the bands
Thanks for giving us so many good reasons to dance Thanks for giving us so many good reasons to sing along

music/words: Mathias Kom

see the video here: https://youtu.be/HIhfLP8Snck

contact:
label: quintus@bbisland.de
booking: sebastian@paperandironbooking.com
http://www.bbisland.de
https://www.facebook.com/theburninghell
http://wearetheburninghell.com/

THE BURNING HELL - Men Without Hats

Tracks taken from our album, 'Push Back The Hurricane'
www.facebook.com/longforthecoast

Home

http://robertnashmusic.com/index.php/music-2/

From the album 'The Ghost of Your Old Love' - released January 22, 2016



Leaves Are Falling

4 Heavy Blues Tracks recorded, mixed & mastered at Metropolis Studios, London. 2016

Peace n Luv E.P.

Hell Yeah

NEW TOWN POP GROUP TACKLES DISAPPOINTING HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

Speedvark, the Hemel Hempstead based duo, took a holiday recently and were underwhelmed.

Promises of spacious accommodation and luxury facilities made in the glossy brochure were not kept; levels of hygiene on site were below par and the service was disappointing.

At best, Speedvark asserted (to each other) that the travel agent through which the holiday was booked was economic with the truth; at worst it was downright misleading.

One upside (possibly) is ‘Holiday Song’, the band’s new single, which was inspired by the experience.

Lead bugle player, backing vocalist and front man Ben Raudnitz was held at gun point and asked for his thoughts on this latest track: “Holiday Song is a rallying cry for a nation of disappointed holiday makers too weak to do anything about it. It’s an anthem for those of us who are too mild and too terrified to do anything about anything.” He stammered before being shot.

Like many law abiding commuters, the members of Speedvark spent much of their vacation noting the various faults and minor disappointments rather than making the most of their time abroad.  And, like most of their middle income compatriots, the band spent much of its time pontificating about legal recourse, official complaint channels, compensation and possibly even an email to Radio 4’s Money Box with Paul Lewis

Holiday Song

Here is a special D&B remix of "Running Through My Brain" re-constructed by DJ Sonic for E13 Music. The track has been supercharged with D&B flava to smash up the dance floors for 2016. Free download, so please share and play it loud. DJ Sonic x

Running Through My Remix (DJ Sonic's 2016 Booty)

Gentlemans Boxing

'Why Not Us?' by Abe
Written, produced and mixed by Matthew Clubbs Coldron, Oliver Rogers and Tom Rogers.
Mastered by Tom Woodhead at Hippocratic Mastering.

'From Under This Wing' is out now!

Order CD or DIGITAL: https://abesmusic.bandcamp.com/

Why Not Us?

Into the Shade (2016)

Yours & Mine

Shaft of light between the shades
Penetrates 
My eternal night curtailed.

Now this light falls at my feet
Drawing me
“Come walk out the door, be free, be free”

Oh what I’ve been missing these years,
To feel the breeze cool my face
And not be kept in a jar like a bug

Come collect just like a bird
Fly away
Please return another day

Take the gifts placed in the tree
Begging you
Just look up and smile tonight, tonight

Oh what I’ve been missing these years,
To feel the breeze cool my face
And not be kept in a jar like a bug

7 gifts placed in the tree just begging you to smile
7 gifts placed in the tree just begging you to smile at me.

When the drunk comes calling
I will be there
When he drags you down to the floor
I will be there

I can stand alone in the house
But I know the feeling that feeling you're close

So I'll stay behind the door
I'll never venture out so far and give you anymore


7 Gifts

Music and lyrics by Flaviyake
Producers Aleks Urbaniak (Bleeding Denim) and Scott Sturgis (BigBreak Music)
Mixed by Slick
E-mail: flaviyake@me.com

From Nowhere

'Rome' is from Hogie's debut album 'River Of Mercy'. Featuring Hogie on vocals, guitar & harmonica, Kenny Dickenson on Hammond organ, piano & BV's, CJ Hillman on guitars, pedal steel & mandolins, Rheinallt Ap Gwynedd on bass and Luke Bullen on drums.

Rome

Dum Punk - Problems Wayout

Modala is the project of British musician & songwriter, and Castellers band mate - Russell Robertson.   His eclectic musical influences, ranging from The Velvet Underground to Claude Debussy, shape a distinctively cinematic sound. Featuring various guest vocalist and collaborations, it is a truly unique and unpredictable must hear musical feast of a project!
Its’ intense, yet laid back, psychedelic spirit weaves perfectly with the beautiful vocals of guest artist Dakota.

Modala - Sealed Fate

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