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A cut above
Well noones perfect love
And right now you’re doing all our heads in
So before this leaving feeling sets in
And we are sentenced 
What’s the lesson?

any kind 
any kind of luck would do today
any kind
any kind of look you'd send my way
my beating heart looks like its got some much to say
any kind of luck
would do today

It was broken before we started
Doomed Bespoke the family parted
bing bags full of broken promises
and now the leaving feeling has set in
and we are blessed with 
the mix message

any kind 
any kind of luck would do today
any kind
any kind of look you'd send my way
my beating heart looks like its got some much to say

and if you’re looking for a stranger baby
well i do well on my own
but its getting pretty dark and we’re worlds apart
so i guess ill get walking home!

any kind 
any kind of luck would do today
any kind
any kind of look you'd send my way
your bitten tongue looks like its got so much to say
any kind of luck
would do today

Any Kind

Fragments

Listen on Spotify

Any Wonder

Rome

I'm Sorry (You're Lonely)

Failure!

8 song album of acoustic folk punk hilarity and dark humour

Asleep

The debut single from Rebel Pharmacists. Written and produced by Phil Bourne.

Avalanche - single

Lucid Dream is fourth single from my debut album 'A Perpetual State of Irony'.

Lucid Dream

You Take Me Higher (Extended Mix)

Blah Blah Blah

Fall Into Innocence

Fall Into Innocence (Digital Single)

I’m Not Staying

In a Dream

"A Story That You Tell" is from the forthcoming album "Songs for the Swung". 

https://kentonhallthenecessarymeasures.bandcamp.com/

A Story That You Tell

The track explores themes of mental health, depression, and the silent struggles many people face.

Lyrics ;
"I would never be some great divide
Like the ocean meets the shore
Take a step there could be more
Shadow figures in the flames
The broken piece with all the blame
I fight it all the same

It's always confusing
Sometimes im caught between the cellar and the sky
Perfect singularity


The feast of fear
come claim this tainted heart
Like grasping smoke
I will never see it coming
There's a thought behind those enemy eyes
watching my own demise
I've the lost element of surprise
Ill never see this coming

I need no match to fire
These bridges burn on their own
Consuming all that's grown
These city streets are filled with ghosts
I seek the guide I trust the most
My ever shrinking coast

It's always confusing
Sometimes im caught between the cellar and the sky
perfect singularity

The feast of fear
Come claim this tainted heart
Like grasping smoke
I will never see it coming
There's a thought behind those enemy eyes
Watching my own demise
I've the lost element of surprise
I never see this coming"

'What Will Be' are: Abe Shimmin, James Holman, JK & Chris Balmer linktr.ee/whatwillbe.band

Stream our music here: open.spotify.com/artist/6e3ibcG1I…xaQkSnuE_i0YO4Rw
Instagram: www.instagram.com/whatwillbe.band/
Twitter: twitter.com/WhatWillBe_Band
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/whatwillbe.band

Produced by James Holman and What Will Be
Mixed by James Holman
Recorded and Mastered @ Room 20 Records, Brunswick Mill Studios, Salford 2023
Distributed by Tunecore

Singularity

'Like Bamboo' reflects a woman’s inner strength, much like the resilience of bamboo: bending without breaking. I was inspired by a visit to a bamboo grove, where I felt a deep connection between the grace and tenacity of bamboo and the strength women show in facing challenges.

Like Bamboo

This song is not a work in progress, you are, and so am I.
====
Everything’s a work in progress
Nothing ever really is done
I’m looking through the eye of a beholder
Because tomorrow we’ll be another day older 

Everything’s a work in progress
Watching the pendulum swing
We’re living in a state of flux
So if you’re not fitting in you must be one of us

Can’t you see it’s all for you and me

Everyone’s a work in progress
You can’t expect you’re always gonna be right
You’ve got to know when to go with your tail 
 between your legs
Or turn around and put up a fight

Everyone’s a work in progress
Measured under scientific conditions
But you’re trying your best give or take more or less
To be defined by unimportant definitions

Can’t you see it’s just for you and me
Can’t you see there’s only you and me

If you’re looking for somebody to trust
I think you and me should become us

Can’t you see it’s all for you and me
Can’t you see there’s only you and me
Can’t you see it’s just for you and me
Can’t you see there’s only you and me
©Jim Pearson 2024

Work in Progress

New Thing

Earlier this year we got into the studio with the virtuosic Otis Lumumba Tabasenge, Congolese guitarist extraordinaire for Kasai Masai and international superstar Kanda Bongo Man. 

Otis’s playing is nothing short of inspirational, and we loved it so much this track turned into a raucous, joyous five and a half minute ode to the music we love.

Funny Old World is a song for anyone trying to make sense of a loss in their life. Or, equally, anyone struggling to come to terms with events thousands of miles away, that nonetheless affect us all. A song for all those who feel alienated by the partisan politics that seems to have become the global standard.

Because however bleak it sometimes feels, the world keeps turning. And we need messages of joy and positivity more than ever.

Funny Old World feat. Otis Lumumba

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