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Lawn Song

4D Continuum

"Everyone has stories, 
and everyone a reason and a song
But you can't change the road behind you, 
only choose the next to go along..."

This song seems as appropriate as ever. 

The Immigrant was released as a single in January 2024 and is featured on the new album by The Family Grave titled 'The Family Grave play Songs About Love', released 30th September 2024.

The Family Grave play Songs About Love

The Immigrant

Mastered by George Shilling
Artwork by Alice Beasley

Dog Dirt (clean version)

Is it really half past eight ? Wipe the make-up off my face,
and I`m feeling so sad cos you hurt me real bad, again.
Left me standing at the bar, while you performed your repertoire,
and I`m feeling so sad cos you hurt me real bad, again.

You live your life in a mask, now it`s broken at-last,
and I don`t want to dance with you no more.
You live your life in a play, hope you wake up one day,
and I don`t want to dance with you no more.

Spent the night dancing at the Q, only went there just for you,
and I`m feeling so sad cos you hurt me real bad, again.
You didn`t even say good-bye when you left with that other guy,
and I`m feeling so sad cos you hurt me real bad, again.

You live your life in a mask, now it`s broken at-last,
and I don`t want to dance with you no more.
You live your life in a play, hope you wake up one day,
and I don`t want to dance with you no more.

LIFE IN A MASK

So I Heard

02 Scuttle

WISH I NEVER STAYED

SO MANY DAYS HAVE GONE
(words and music by The Ox Prison)

So many days have gone
with sunshine and with rain.
So many friends have died alone.
So many broken hearts
have sung the same old song
of loneliness and tears and pain.

But when I see you smile,
I know you smile at me.
I long for your embrace.
That’s where I wanna be.

I love you night and day.
I love your sparkling eyes.
You fill my life with rays of light.

I never knew how much
my soul cried for your love.
And when I touch your hand,
there’s nothing I’m frightened of.

And when I see you smile,
I know you smile at me.
I long for your embrace,
That’s where I wanna be.

So many days have gone
with sunshine and with rain.
So many friends have said goodbye.
So many places have been
run into the sand
of distant dreams of broken minds.

Mikey P – guitars, vocal
Tora – bass guitar

Special warm thanks to John Simm - drums
Please visit TheDrumTamer.co.uk

So Many Days Have Gone

You Are

Venus In Noise - Deep End

Written by:
Aphrodite Goulioumi
Pablo Casadey

Aphrodite Goulioumi - Vocals, Lyrics
Pablo Casadey - Guitar, Bass, Synths, Programming, Backing Vocals

Dewan-Dean Soomary - Mix and Master @ Trashy Trashy’s Moving Studio

DEEP END

“Wanting and Waiting” captures that bittersweet tension between what we desire and what we fear losing. It’s about standing on the edge of transformation, knowing that the change you seek is within reach but uncertain whether you’re ready to let go of the comfort you’ve built. Whether it’s a shift in your career, a dream unfulfilled, or a longing for something more meaningful in life, this song speaks to anyone caught in that fragile balance.

"Wanting and Waiting"

Wanting and Waiting

Everything is a circle and history repeats itself. Prove me wrong ;)

"The Circle" is a moving neoclassical piano composition, rich in both passion and melancholy. With the gentle sound of rain and distant thunder as its backdrop, this piece transports you to a place of introspection and imagination. It’s the perfect soundtrack for those moments when you need to escape into your thoughts and let your mind wander.
credits
from Felt Perception, released January 10, 2025
Written, performed and recorded by Valeska Rautenberg
Mixed by Thomas Lemmer
Mastered by Chris Pavey Mastering

Felt Perception

The Circle

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Valeska and the River - The Circle

Fleeting

Yo
As the sun arises
The wind sheer cold 
This winter doesn’t surprise me 
My skin well conditioned the struggle 
Won’t be my fall 
The clear blue skies present to me 
Opportunity the money comes and goes 
I’ll never chase it like ya’ll
Taste of life’s satisfaction 
Spare me the cost 
My peers wanted glory and bad bitches 
Defrost the mirror hidden is God 

Can’t cover this with a cough 
My time here
I’ve let my eyes rest on the shadows 
While blind stares were given 
The mind blurs the vision 
My youth I spent distant in preparation for now 
I crept through them alleys never did crack a smile 
My mother hoped and dreamed for a suitcase , hunnit’ thou’ like a new Wraith 
The keys never belonged to thou
Many surprises burned bridges
The finale I escaped 
Mind, body and soul 
Well intact Alive like the canal
Five finger discount how  I use tell ‘em
I was caught in 480p with intrusive dwellin’s
Police badges never did intimidate our section 
Cause if it weren’t for that I’d be in Rikers in Jail sextin’ your bitch 
Many prices I’ve paid I’ve shattered my innocence ever since ever since
Too toned my body for God I represent

I understand if rappers I make jealous and 
My style heaven sent like guzzlin’ excedrin
The illest out the Spring cant cure him wit’ medicine 
Tribulations occur I’m watching you from within
Bloodshed body’s done hit the pavement a binge 
If Christ did return you’d crucify him again
Been fake all your life don’t homie me not my twin 

What the fuck I need subtitles or somethin’
Ya’ll must not understand I’m above rappin’ with bums
He say this shit for fun ok I ain’t the one I’m ghost
Cheers up to the sky lets make a toast 
My homie put a ring on his shorty but he don’t boast 
No IG pictures or Reels to let you know 
We just livin’ life in the matrix gettin’ started like day 6 
I focus on me and not the globe
That’s all I know

EGO PAIN III

Sheer Cold (Prod. Planit Earf Music)

SHEER COLD (Prod. by Planit Earf Music)

What a day.mp3

The Boy Who Turned His Face Towards the Sun

That feeling when you get to Friday Night. this song is inspired by our common love for the weekend.

Friday Night

An ambient re-working of an old trad folk song written in 1864. Solo electric bass artist OUTRI is joined by Imogen Bose-Ward on vocals and fiddle to create an ambient landscape around this haunting melody. 

Her Bright Smile (live at Blank Studios)

OUTRI feat Imogen Bose-Ward - Her Bright Smile (live at Blank Studios)

latest single from new VSP album HOLES, which is out in April 2025

Polka King of the Midwest

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