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'Watching the War' will be on Daniel's upcoming album 'Um Die Ecke' released later in 2025
www.danielwebstermusic.me

Watching the War

when i meet u

This song is a celebration of platonic love. When you get to know and fall deeply in love with someone who is perfect for you in every way, but there is no romantic "spark".
Part of the EP Scribble on a Cheat Sheet released worldwide on September 12th, 2025.

I Wish I Could Fall

Better About You Now is a raw and fierce alt-rock anthem about reclaiming your power after betrayal. With gritty guitars, punchy drums, and unapologetic vocals, it channels the energy of bands like Nothing But Thieves and Wolf Alice, but with a fresh, emotionally charged edge. It’s about moving on, not quietly; but with fire. This song is for anyone who's done feeling sorry, and ready to cathartically scream it out loud.

Better About You Now

Cyfansoddwyd y geiriau a'r gerddoriaeth gan Siôn Rickard a Liam Rickard (Lo-fi Jones) ym mis Mawrth 2025 mewn ymateb i'r llun "Bydd Goleuni yn yr hwyr" gan Lisa Eurgain Taylor. Mae'r gelf clawr yn rhan o'r paentiad hwn.

This lyrics and music were composed by brothers Siôn Rickard and Liam Rickard (Lo-fi Jones) in March 2025, in response to the painting "Bydd Goleuni yn yr Hwyr" by Lisa Eurgain Taylor. The cover art is a section of this painting.

Wedi'i gomisiynu gan Lyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / commissioned by the Welsh National Library

Mwy ar y wefan newydd newydd sbon, CELF / more on the brand new website, CELF: https://celfarycyd.cymru/cynfas/erthygl/2824/Bydd-goleuni-yn-yr-hwyr

Geiriau/ lyrics:

Bydd goleuni yn yr hwyr
Mae’n hawdd anghofio’n llwyr
O ddydd i ddydd
Beth sydd yn y pridd
O dan ein traed, yn yr aer ac yn y gwaed

Ac wrth i’r cwmwl cuddio’r copa
A’r glaw i lanhau’r clwyf
Pan ti’n teimlo fel rhoi’r gorau i bopeth
A fydd goleuni yn yr hwyr?

Aros mae’r mynyddau
Tawel gwylio megis cynt
Rhuo drostynt awyrennau
Trais peiriannau ar y gwynt

Yn y creigiau hen atgofion
Cyn dyn, a’i mentrau mawr
Ai niwl neu fwg o’r tanau
Sy’n gorchuddio’n llwybr nawr?

Ac wrth i’r cwmwl cuddio’r copa
A’r glaw i lanhau’r clwyf
Pan ti’n teimlo fel rhoi’r gorau i bopeth
A fydd goleuni yn yr hwyr?

Ac wrth i’r cwmwl cuddio’r copa
A’r glaw i lanhau’r clwyf
Pan ti’n teimlo fel rhoi’r gorau i’r ymdrech
Bydd goleuni yn yr hwyr


Cyfieithiad/translation:

There will be light in the evening
It’s easy to forget completely
From day to day
What is in the soil
Beneath our feet, 
In the air and in the blood

And as cloud covers the summit,
And rain to clean the wound,
When you feel like giving up 
On everything 
Will there be light in the evening?

The mountains wait
Quietly watching as before
Roaring over them, (fighter) jets
Machines’ violence wrought upon the wind

In the rocks, old memories
Before man and his great ventures,
Is it fog or smoke from the fires
That obscures our path now?

And as the cloud hides the summit,
And rain to clean the wound,
When you feel like giving up 
On everything 
Will there be light in the evening?

And as the cloud hides the summit
And rain to clean the wound,
When you feel like giving up the struggle
There will be light in the evening

Bydd Goleuni yn yr Hwyr

I saw you in your coat of many colours
I was surprised to discover
You think you understand me
But I know that it's all in your mind

There was a time when I believed I understood
There was a time when I'd believe in anything
There is no time to waste to bring some understanding
There was a time when I believed in anything

Riding the ups and downs of life
Like a wave on the sea
Waving at me while you go 
down, down, down 

There was a time when I believed I understood
There was a time when I'd believe in anything
There is no time to waste to bring some understanding
There was a time when I believed in anything

I've got the blues today
In the news today
I saw a man who would be king

I've got the blues today
In the news today
I saw a man who would be king

How can a man
hate another man
for the colour of his skin?

How can a man
hate another man
for the things that he believes in?

I've got the blues today
In the news today
I saw a man who would be king

King

Tidal Wave is about that flood of emotion when you let yourself feel fully, even if it crashes in all at once. The temporary drowning that can lead to clarity.
This project came together as I let go, as I let the wave take me where it needed to. I was trying to be honest, learning not to hide from what hurts.
Written, produced & mixed entirely by me. 

Love Me Right

VAMPIRE

Lines of Fight return with “Open Plains,” the latest release from their ongoing Double A-Side series. The track drops Friday, October 3, and will be available via Bandcamp, all major streaming platforms, and accompanied by a visual premiere on YouTube at 8PM GMT.

Driven by new wave synths and post-punk rhythms, “Open Plains” examines how power asserts control, erasing lives and reducing peace to a distant memory. Lines of Fight channel this tension into a sound that’s both urgent and reflective, capturing the emotional fallout of displacement and domination.

Inspired by chapters from Mourning Nature, the track echoes the book’s critique of control, displacement, and the pain inflicted by systems that prioritize progress over humanity.

Continuing their exploration of loss, solastalgia, and the emotional toll of modernity, “Open Plains” builds on themes from previous releases. It confronts the destructive relationship between dominant power and the lives it erases, reflecting on histories of people who once lived peacefully, now reduced to ghostly memories scattered across barren landscapes.

Open Plains

This could be everything

A tender and timeless interpretation of one of Ireland’s most beloved ballads, the single showcases the haunting voice of Molly Donnery alongside the group’s instinctive, powerful musicianship.

Molly reflects:
“I have heard this song in sessions from such a young age, so I was extremely nervous to record this version. It’s such a delicate and important song, and a favourite for so many. I hope it brings people as much nostalgia and joy to listen to as it did for me to record it.”

The Galway Shawl

Tides

I sampled one of my old forgotten projects for a bit of an experimental foray into EDM. 

Truth Is

I Guess I'll See You In Reno

Title track from our new album, Songs From A Toxic Box. Out now.

Songs From A Toxic Box

"Soothe" is about begging to feel something real in the face of apathy. When every day feels like an endless news cycle of cruelty, violence and injustice, we can't allow ourselves to become numb to it. This is not normal. 

Soothe

Kumbo

A song about a cartoon character searching for self-knowledge

Diane

The Master

You & Me Vs. The Billionaires

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