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Gasoline (Radio Edit)

From the new album 'Memento Mori', released 6th Oct 2017 on Lamplight Social Records.

Memento Mori

Stateless

From the new Johnny Kowalski and the Sexy Weirdos' album European English, which is available on Bandcamp, Spotify and I Tunes.
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09 Juniper Johnny Kowalski And The Sexy Weirdos

Secret, taken from debut 2017 album 'When Worlds Collide'. 

Beautiful acoustic folk love song - Story of naivety in love. 

LYRICS:

I am your secret
and you’re my biggest mistake
you gave me your love
just to take it all
just to take it all away

I am your you secret
and she will never know
you made me promises
just to break them all
just to break them all

oh now you say that you care
but your heart isn’t there
did you ever think twice
oh and you’re glad that we met
but now you regret flying me out

Oh I would go to foreign lands
Cause I dare to take a chance
I believe in everything 
everything

I am your secret
and I was naive
Thinking you would stay 
thinking you would stay
thinking you would stay with me

Now you say that you care
but your heart isn’t there
did you ever think twice
oh and you’re glad that we met
but now you regret flying me out

Oh I would go to foreign lands
Cause I dare to take a chance
I believe in everything 
everything

Oh I would fly to see the face
of the one I can’t erase
I believe in everything
everything

Oh I would go to foreign lands
Cause I dare to take a chance
I believe in everything 
everything

Oh I would fly to see the face
of the one I can’t erase
I believe in everything
everything

www.circumnavigatemusic.com

When Worlds Collide

Secret

Ragmans Daughter - Lazy

Produced by Leon Dee
Mixed by Michael Smith at RYP
Mastered by Hippy at Metropolis Studios, London.

Premiered on BBC Introducing

Lazy (Radio Version)

Ain’t it funny how it worked out?
Well, my friends all had their doubts,
They said that’s the reason why we quit, not the reason why we fit,
Well did it seem to you, all I ever wanted to be used, you must be confused

But that’s fine with me, I guess I was only a daydream
But that’s fine with me, I guess I was only a daydream

Do you ever think of me? 
Do you ever think of me? 
Do you ever think of me? 
Do you ever think of me?

Da da da da, Mmmhmm
Da da da da, Mmmhmm

Should’ve known you were trouble way back when, 
I wish I had listened to them, listened to my friends
But I've always been the one to go for the guys who always tell the lies
Wonder if I’ll ever learn or if I’ll ever realise

But that’s fine with me, I guess I was only a daydream
But that’s fine with me, I guess I was only a daydream

Do you ever think of me? 
Do you ever think of me? 
Do you ever think of me? 
Do you ever think of me?

Da da da da, Mmmhmm
Da da da da, Mmmhmm

You say you get a lot of attention 
Is that the only reason you’re confessing, 
That you’re over and gone and clearly moving on,
But is there something else that you forgot to mention
I don't want to try and aim to be perfection,
Just for a minute of your time and your affection 
But it’s fine, you’re no longer mine...
I’ve been wondering if you ever think of me?

Do you ever think of me?
Do you ever think of me?
Do you ever think of me?
Do you ever think of me?

Written by Hannah Slavin
Produced by George Platt

Daydream

Gem   Andrews’   powerful   new   album   ‘North’   is   an   intimate   and   stirring   collection   of   songs   which   tackles themes   of   mental   illness,   poverty,   community   and   destitution.   In   this   dark   country   album,   Andrews   opens up   the   murkiest   corners   of   her   mind,   and   tells   stories   which   are   in   turn   despairing,   hopeful   and   furious. Running   through   every   song   is   Gem’s   spiritual   home;   the   North   East   of   England,   sometimes   as   subject and   sometimes   as   backdrop.   The   album   is   infused   with   the   warmth   and   energy   of   the   region,   and   pays tribute   to   local   legends,   including   the   late,   great   poet   Julia   Darling.   Her   songs   capture   the   rage   of   the North,   railing   against   a   political   class   who   have   destroyed   their   livelihood   and   pride   and   left   them   to waste.

*RELEASE DATE 14TH JANUARY 2018 on Market Square records.

Two Lighthouses

Leeches

In the Middle is the first single to be taken from Rat The Magnificent’s debut album The Body As Pleasure, coming out on the fiercely independent TTWD Records in Spring 2018. 

Featuring Ian Catskilkin of Art Brut/ Future of the Left, Ross Davies and Anna Dodridge of Hot Sauce Pony, RTM are a much darker and more foreboding prospect. 

A motorik stampede of a song In The Middle is an ode to lust and the carnal acts where Anderson sings of the immediacy of desire. 
The video looks at this paradigm, a ritual essay on the bright lights of the flesh and the darkness that can surround such things.
The single’s exclusive 2 b-sides feature Jen Macro (Hurtling, MBV, Graham Coxon, Charlotte Hatherley) on guitar.

“Muscular, fuzz-drenched post-punk” Joyzine
“Stomping, Cramps’ish, punk-blues” Dexter Bentley, Resonance FM
“I’d have no problem with you being my house band” Steve Albini
“The happy vibes take a bit of a kicking” Raw Meat
“Slick, dark and hypnotic” Roadie Reviews
“Dark sensual beats and basslines for this unique take on slacker rock” Clark Kents Rock and Roll Revue
“Something really special” Criminally Underrated Podcast

Written & Performed by Perry M. Anderson, Ian Catskilkin, Ross Davies and Anna Dodridge
Recorded by Brad Hemsell
Mastered by Shawn Joseph, Optimum Mastering

In The Middle

A track from Iyam's debut EP album that just released on November 17th 2017.

World Of Magic

Hydref

From 'A Cave In The Inside' 
Releasedate: 26/01/2018

Musicvideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYnQShwHIs

Viola on Nightwalk by: Maria Grigoryeva

A Cave in the inside

Nightwalk

'I found home' pretty accurately sums up the life I've chosen to live.  We recorded this version of the song on the 9th of January 2017 and as I listened to the playback, the lyrics pierced my heart with the unblemished truth of it all.  I know that I wouldn't change anything even if I could.

I Found Home

You can grab this free download now of 'Time Machine' which will be out later this year on Spotify and why not get tickets to see us play the 02 Academy Islington in London on Saturday 10th March as we open up for the Blockheads! Message us for tickets on Facebook, soundcloud or email civilianradio@gmail.com

Time Machine

Time Machine  [RADIO EDIT]

A little fun number to brighten the winter spirits!

Singing The Blues

Hope And Magazines is the single from brand new EP 'Renegade Heart' by The Cold Heart Revue. Portsmouth born frontman/lead guitarist David Robinson began releasing a solo acoustic EP - which became 'Time Out Critic's Choice for New Music'. This first single from 2nd EP 'Renegade Heart' is a 4 piece band and marks a big departure in direction - this new single has again been awarded 'Time Out Critic's Choice' with the magazine stating 'Robinson strengthens his reach with a new band sound. A compelling talent'.

Renegade Heart

Hope And Magazines - The Cold Heart Revue

Machine 7 is taken from the mini album 'Living In A Radio City' Recorded at Lightship 95 in East London and produced by Rory Attwell (The Vaccines, Palma Violets, Telegram) 

Living In A Radio City is out now on iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp, Amazon etc

Machine 7

We are strangers in our home town.
We were lions with the lights out.
The clothes on the attic floor... smell of warring roses; but you brought the guns, Kid.
...So I just smiled and stared, Malachi Constant in his underwear.

The wax on the bed-sheet talks of a burning nightlife, underneath the skylight.

To be the way we were, is all I asked of her.

The sun is coming up... why are we always coming down?
To think, I still have dreams we made our peace in an airport departure lounge.
I couldn't help but laugh at the way you almost sang when you said you're leaving... but believe me, this feeling? ...It's just fleeting.

To be the way we were, is all I asked of her.

So, show me motorway lines, and pieces of ships that die at night to haunt the seasick... I still laugh at the way you sang when you said you're leaving... but believe me, this feeling? ...It's just fleeting.

To be the way we were, is all I asked of her.

Malachi Constant

A song for the new year - 'Hit The Road Running' gives the message that you don't need permission to be yourself - just be brave and be kind. With a supporting video of beautiful still photographs, taken from Tamzin Forster's 'The Art of Running' project from 2016.

Bring yourself into 2018 with a positive start.

Hit The Road Running

Single /// Recorded at Tom Donovan Studio 2016

Burnout Syndrome

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