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We also don’t accept short previews or SoundCloud Go tracks that can only be heard as 30 second previews, and tracks made private after submission, which cannot be included in playlists. You will be able to resubmit the track in future. Tracks (and remixes of tracks) that have been previously submitted, and tracks from banned artists will also be removed.

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Welsh disco-punkers Stickman have joined the Criminal Records. Their Genre-Meshing Alt.Rock sees them join one of the hottest independent label rosters in the UK right now & rising.

With influences ranging from Beastie Boys to The Bee Gees, their brand new double-A single “Ex-Box Life” / “Binary” is out now, and has seen them added to the playlist of KEXP Punk Rock Show, Seattle.

FFO Electric Six, The Darkness, Lawnmower Deth, Buzzcocks, NOFX, Bloc Party

Ex-Box Life

STICKMAN - "Binary"

Remembering Margaret my sister vand friend, a song written and originally recorded by Steve
Lyrics from Mike
One of the few songs we have, before we lost her along the road of life
She now sings with angels

Margaret - Dreams

I Wish I Never Loved is the first single off Sam-kuns Debut Album 'Solace'.

I Wish I Never Loved

3. Again

Second Track In NATURE Album 
#arkandshan #familiebosswerock #2k22wrldslavery #thebantu #btarkukbwoy #btbshan #bugembetopboyz #nature 

Milk - Btb Ark & Shan (NATURE).mp3

Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat return this Autumn for the release of their second album Northern Flame, a free-flowing, cinematic jazz record inspired by stories of the strength and resilience of Northern women past and present. 

Developed from a commission for Lancaster Jazz Festival 2022, Northern Flame ties together tales from the history of Lancashire about lighthouse keeper Janet Raby (in first track Force of Light) and local hospice founder Sister Aine Cox (in track 3, Sister) with wider themes of light and the feeling of home. 

Celebrating the launch with a debut performance at London Jazz Festival on the 12th November, key Autumn festivals (Marsden, Hull), and tour dates at Howard Assembly Rooms in Leeds, NQ Jazz in Manchester and more, the band share their ‘characteristic Northern warmth & charm’ in live settings through both the music and stories that inspire it. 

Recorded at Giant Wafer Studio in Wales and produced by Ivor Novello nominated James Hamilton, the quintet explores dynamic and interplay further in this new album, which marks a more open and exploratory way of writing and recording for Johnson and Gravy Boat.

Embers - Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat

Gold on the Horizon

Recorded at Flora Recording and Playback Portland Oregon
Produced by Tucker Martine
All songs by Alexander Ellis
©In The Field Recordings 2023

Glad To See You

Birds

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Drunk In Town

it’s not fair

Saw You In The Blue (radio)

BAD DREAM

Trust

Flutter

Supposed To Know is the third single from my debut EP, and is my personal favourite from the release. It's about how I'm currently doing the sort of day job I always thought I wanted but I'm not feeling fulfilled by it. As a result I've spent a lot of time asking myself what I would really enjoy, and had little success coming up with an answer. The song is really about my frustration with this. With not knowing how I want to spend my time, but feeling as if I should know - as expressed in the song's chorus 'I wonder where I'll find a home, it feels like I'm just supposed to know'. Recorded, mixed and produced by Gethin Pearson, who also wrote & performed bass. Mastered by Steven Kerry. Drums were written and performed by Phillip Jenkins.

Supposed To Know

I guess it ain't over until the poet speaks...

I thought I was done with music for 2023. 

But London Poet TheNarratorSpeaks sent me his vocals for my song We Was Once and I simply had to finish it for Christmas.

We Was Once explores the theme of a parent's love and wisdom for their child. The song is based on a poem written by TheNarratorSpeaks, who delivers the poem with his distinctive voice and style making the words resonate with the listener whether a parent or child.

The song is a powerful and moving tribute to the bond between a parent and a child, and the lessons that are passed on from one generation to the next. 

The song will be released on December 18th and will be available on all major streaming platforms, the video is out now.

We Was Once Ft TheNarratorSpeaks

The Line

The Melancholic’s lament, oh the time I’ve spent.
All the lies I’ve told myself, all the stories on my shelf.

If I’d had more sense, saved more for less expense
my liver wouldn’t be so blue, I would have held on to you

with my hands around each glass I tell myself this will be my last
but at the bottom of the jar is another trip up to the lonely bar.

I may be in denial but I can quit for quite a while
when things settle down for me I won’t need this dependency.

It’s a habit I can kick if I loosen up a bit
my luck will change, my mood will lift, my head will clear a way through this.

My mind’s as sharp as it ever was, I’ve every faith in myself because
I’ve every reason to think I can lose myself and become the man I always wanted to be.

I always wanted to be able to choose to lose this man
and become the one I know I can

but then with my arms around this glass reflecting my deadlines past
I know that it’s not true and looking back so do you.

A Melancholic's Lament

Having taken their time and not simply rushed out another release, the band have honed and perfected their art and are now ready to unveil to the world their brand new single release of ‘Do Ya’ 
‘Do Ya’ with its strumming and thrashing guitars and pounding, crashing drum rhythms is perfectly offset with the almost dark and brooding vocals that positively open up in the chorus hook lines with a rousing upbeat melody. Its pure indie rock grittiness personified to perfection!
The band have said of the track: 
“‘Do Ya’ is about asking questions in life really; easy questions, hard questions, and questions you already know the answers to, really. It's funny, as the verses I'd had for a while, but I never found a place for them. It wasn't until I revisited an old song Reece had written that I found the chorus. The chorus echoes a sentiment most listeners will understand when your mood is completely opposite to someone else's, so much so that it's almost an annoyance, as you can't grasp how they're okay with everything and you're not. From there, the song fell into place as Josh and Reece worked together on the rest of the structure, and the band finalised the music.”
‘Do Ya’ was written by Josh Tallis and Reece Howe. It was recorded at The Nave Studio  in Pudsey, Leeds and was produced By Tom Orrell.

DO YA

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