Any artist is welcome to send us ONE track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Thursday morning - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track*. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 05th September 2016: from mid-day on Friday you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch209

*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!)

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Free Unicorn

'Decades' is taken from Edinburgh-based Errant Boy's debut album 'A Wayward Mirror',  out now on Errant Media. 'Decades' released 07/10/16.

A Wayward Mirror

Decades

ERRANT BOY - Decades

Jerome Silver - That You Miss

Me & The Universe Blues by Paddy Garrigan and The Stroller Priests

Me and the Universe took a little trip
We took a little trip to see me friends
Bought some beer and some wine
And we had ourselves a time
And we drank till we were nearly at the end

I believed things were going to improve
My condition wouldn't waver any more
Then me and the Universe had a little fight
And they found me rocking gently on the floor

Walked in me den, the highest of all me
Went to bed believing me a God
I awoke next morn wishing I had not been born
And never thinking any of it odd

In love and lust, in God you cannot trust
Nor in matters of the heart will he attend
He will come ot you when you least require him to
And he may not be disguised as a friend

If you're feeling down, he may hand to you the crown
If you need a new idea, you cannot lose
If your head is full, he'll knock you down until 
You're walking with the Universe Blues

Fear or flight: I never want a fight,
I'll never make a runner in these shoes
Come with me and I'll tell you all about
Me and the Universe Blues

From the album 'I Jumped Ship', released 29 April 2016.

Recorded, engineered and mixed by Darren Leadsom
Produced by Darren Leadsom, Ben McCabe and Paddy Garrigan (but mostly by Darren Leadsom)
Words and music by Paddy Garrigan (c) 2016
Horn arrangements by Ben McCabe and performed by the Burst Horns

Songs performed and arranged by Paddy Garrigan and the Stroller Priests, who are:
Paddy Garrigan - Vocals, Mandolin
Ben McCabe - Backing Vocals, Drums
Darren Leadsom - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals

Find us at www.strollerpriests.com

Me And The Universe Blues

all music and lyrics, written, arranged and produced by George Montague

mastered by Stuart Hawkes (Metropolis Mastering)

© George Montague 2016

Curiouser and Curiouser George

Umbrella

Greatest Dancer - Da Rockwildas (Main Mix)

Gypsy folk telling a dark tale about living in hard luck town

1 Hard Luck Town

Paint Me Red

A Ninja Slob Drew Me is the project of Daniel James Brown, who has on previous albums brought in other musicians for individual tracks to add to the range of sounds available for what was essentially a solo project. For Retreat, he has embraced the spirit of collaboration, with the majority of tracks utilising the violin and vocal talents of Jo Stevens and Oliver Barnett on drums. This gives the album a rich, full sound and feel, which benefits from this extra input whilst continuing to explore the possibilities established by previous albums. 

The songs are inspired by a range of ideas, but what unites them is a concerned and sometimes pessimistic look at the outside world. The album opens with the most optimistic song, Retreat, inspired by the natural wonders and culture of Iceland. This is followed by songs inspired by the rise and fall of empires through history, the conflict between capitalism and the environment, and even a song inspired by the film Robocop's portrayal of a future shaped by out of control business greed. 

More concise and darker than previous offerings, Retreat is ambitious both in its exploration of the possibilities afforded by its collaborative nature and in the range of themes it portrays in an atmospheric, often cinematic style.

Retreat

Kees Toft, vocals, guitar
Jeff Bradley, guitar, drums
Jamie Boyd, vocals, drums, banjo, guitar
Matt Adkins, bass, synth
Helen Weeks, vocals, pedal steel

Recorded at Troubador Studios Cornwall
Mixed by The Screechy Badman
Mastered by Iwan Morgan

Eclipse of the Supermoon Photo by Melanie Davies
Artwork by Wives of Farmers 

Modern Song

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Kool N***az With Gold (BONUS) [featuring Kri$Truth]

Christa Vi shares another album track from her forthcoming debut album. 'Fade Away' is an intimate melancholic ballad co-written and produced by Bristol-based Dan Brown (Massive Attack, Karin Park).
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-bmxEIOPv_I
Press: http://wonkysensitive.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/christa-vi-fade-away.html
Buy Album: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/makeshift-happiness/id1171452079

Follow: 
www.facebook.com/ChristaViMusic
twitter.com/ChristaViMusic
www.christavi.com/

Makeshift Happiness

Fade Away

Buy on Bandcamp

SCOTT DEAN - Neon (TIJUANA Remix)

How Much Time

Verna Hark create vocal-driven cinematic synth music influenced by retrowave, nostalgia and science fiction. With a definite nod to the 1980s, our new single Kingdom pairs light, sensitive vocals with heavy, electronic melodies to create an eerie, dark-pop dystopia.

Spotify - http://bit.ly/vh-spotify
iTunes - http://bit.ly/vh-i-tunes
Amazon Music - http://bit.ly/vh-amazonmusic

Kingdom

Comfortable

Special Friend

Download & stream 'Your Boyfriend':
iTunes: geni.us/YourBoyfriendiTunes
Spotify: geni.us/YourBoyfriendSpotify

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Your Boyfriend

Claudia

Taken from the brand new album 'Down on the Farm'
Written by Ed Stones & The BD3
Produced by Leigh Green
Copyright 2016
Full album available here: https://edstonesandthebd3.bandcamp.com

Down On The Farm

Dead Dog

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