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Slow melodic, electronic, big harmony's and plenty of coll FX.

Thanks for listening. please leave a like if you did.

tell me its nothing when the lights go out
tell me theres no reason to scream or shout
better the devil you know than the devil you dont
better in the light, than walking in the unkown

and im so far away 
so x4

ive been walking through this nightmare for so long
walking a fine line between whats real and wahts not

is it too late  is it too late to change who i am
ive been a spectre of myself for so long

looking at life through the barrel of a gun
feeling all the ties now slowly coming undone 
listen to your heart through the undertone
better in the light, than walking in the unkown
and im so far away 
so x4

ive been walking through this nightmare for so long
walking a fine line between whats real and wahts not

is it too late  is it too late to change who i am
ive been a spectre of myself for so long

In The Light - Ft. Synthia - Ghost KixX

Dandelion Wishes

Feat Benjamin Grospiron

<a href="https://theartistunion.com/tracks/ba1d9c" rel="nofollow">Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

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Crackophobia Pt. 26

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 

Memories Of The Flamingo

"An Atmospheric mix of charged fiddle and acoustic guitar" - Lee Trewhela

01 Abeyance   Kesunyans

It's Just Love

Dear Daddy (Prod. Westy)

Produced by John Elliott
Mixed by Graeme Stewart
Recorded by Graeme Stewart, Michael Griggs and Stuart Jones at Woodworm Studios, Oxford
String session engineered by Giles Barrett at Soup Studio, London
Pre-production sessions by Michael Griggs at Waratah Records
Mastered by Tim Debney at Fluid Mastering

All songs written by John Elliott
Arrangements by John Elliott, Tim Heymerdinger, Mariya Brachkova and Alison D’Souza
Strings arranged by John Elliott

Performed by:
Tim Heymerdinger - drums, percussion and backing vocals
Mariya Brachkova - Moog bass and backing vocals
John Elliott - vocals, guitars, piano, harmonium, programming

Strings performed by:
Alison D’Souza, George Hoult, Molly Cockburn and Michael Jones

Cover photo by Phoenix
Design by Mariya Brachkova
Additional artwork by Amy Windridge

02 - The Little Unsaid - Tumbling Snow

Lead track taken from Spectrum EP - Release date: 27.02.17

Available as a free download if you pre-order the full EP from https://yellowcreatures.bandcamp.com

LYRICS

Constantly searching for the sides of the Spectrum
I’ll keep on teaching till I learn my lesson

So tied up I can’t feel
The ribbons unravelling

A massive failure in the story telling
You remember but it’s me you’re forgetting

Untying your hands from mine
My fingers will slowly lose their bind
Some acts of kindness can seem so unkind

We’re face to face this is real time telling you
Overloading every time I talk to you

Can you see the patterns that will make us fit
There’s another way of running round the lemniscate
We’re just wired differently

Spectrum EP

Spectrum

Byron Hare's first release of 2017 - as recorded in the kitchen of a Redditch semi.

Preach

Track one from my EP 'Statues'.

Available on Spotify and Apple music from January 20th.

LYRICS__
What can I do to save you?
It's not easy, you tell me, it's not complicated.
But I bet to differ, I can't quite understand you
(What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?)
My love
It don't make sense to me, you're bleeding from your envy.
It kills me, inside.
Inside.
Why are you watching the cars go by?
(What can I do? What can I do?)
Do you think the rumble of engines can hide your cries?
You don't know why,
You don't, you don't know why.
Christmas is coming and you're gonna be so far away.
I can't appreciate, the loneliness.
What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?
What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?

What Can I Do

"It's kind of funny now to think
I know the name of your perfume"

Strawberry Afternoons

Debut single from Excelsior.
Watch official video as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCaWqbARwxM

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/excelsiordk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/excelsior_upup/

More info soon.

Excelsior - Martha Graham

HELLO MASTER MIX 1

Revelations of a Whiskey Soaked Past [Explicit]

Do You Remember

Oyari is a blend of house music, afropop and fuji.

Yemisi Fancy - Oyari

Written and Produced by Memory Flowers.

Neoclassical piano ballad lain over 90's Hip-hop beats. With UB40-esque saxophone funk. And the obligatory Post-rock guitars. Oh, and an orchestra. File under: no fucking clue.


Lyrics:

Promise me you’ll always try
even when you are tired
promise you’ll always fight a good clean fight
promise me you won’t give in
when you are old and thin
promise you’ll always fight a good clean fight

and so goodnight to all the doubt
i’ll leave the stage without a sound
a giant heart to you, my friends
you spun me round at the dead ends
your atoms go back in the pot
The endless spiral stirs it up
You get to glimpse a bit of it
So won’t you relish every bit of that glimpse…

stifling the battlecry
allow me to apologise
for any offence that I may have caused
and now the reservoir is dry
I’ve finally fallen quiet
please tell the aliens I said hi

and so goodnight to all the doubt
i’ll leave the stage with just a bow
a bankrupt heart to you, my friends
oh we spent all that we could spend
your atoms go back in the pot
The endless spiral stirs it up
You get to glimpse a bit of it
So won’t you relish every bit of that glimpse…

and so the show continues on
Another dusk another dawn
One day you’re here the next you’re gone
And no one’s travelling alone
your atoms go back in the pot
The endless spiral stirs it up
You get to glimpse a bit of it
So please just relish every bit of that glimpse

Atoms

Wolf In A Suit blogger describes Portraits as a 'beautifully crafted track that hypnotises the listener as it engulfs us completely in the story behind it...'

Portraits

in the woods

Sleepwalking

Abigail, Rick and Tomo from all over but spriritual home of Bristol and memories of late night, early morning clubs

Autu - Leaving Me Here

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