Name: Bananagun - People Talk Too Much by fulltimehobby in [Weekly Mix] 2020.04 (4)
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Description: The True Story of Bananagun is out 26/06 - pre-order here: https://smarturl.it/thetruestory

[Weekly Mix] 2020.04 (4)

Shooting Star from the Richard In Your Mind album 'Ponderosa'

Shooting Star

Running in the Gutter”, BABAL’S 13th album, the 1st to be released on Fruits de Mer label Friends of the Fish, definitely hits the ground running and keeps you locked in to their immersive world of intense lyricism and potent musical ideas.
The resulting album is a beautifully crafted selection of hypnotic and rhythmic pieces, each delving deeply into the world we think we know.
BABAL have come up with an immersive, yet accessible blend of songs that illustrate the band’s superlative improvisational skills, whilst still retaining cohesive musical ideas that weave poetry and dynamic vocalizations that are central to the band’s alternative core.
Opening track “One Big Family” is a full-on attack on social media; the rise of the biggest brain-washing experiment in history; “eye sockets sore, mind in chaos, thoughts flying round, like a bird in a cage, manic with facts and terrible rage! Nowhere to go, I can’t turn the page!”.
“The Best Restaurants” is a sharp take on poverty consciousness and opposing huge wealth, and a vain hope that religions may save us, but very probably not.” All I saw was a crowd of starving souls, chewing at their wishes”
“The World that we Know” is a plea for the World to wake up to the real possibility of extinction, “I wanna green world! I wanna green world! I want it to smell good; I don’t want it to stink like it does at the moment! Open your arms and let it in!”.
“Cake Music” is a high-energy satire on the virtues of neo-liberalism, “recycle now and do your bit! Be a match when the fires are lit; move a little closer to the cholera pit! Ha Ha!”
“We shall be Fables” is a sweetly enchanting song that lulls the listener, yet reminds us ultimately of our mortality (one of Karen’s recurring lyrical themes), “life is eating us up, we shall be Fables, when the noon-tide beckons and the reaper reckons; we shall be Fables” It ain’t gonna last forever……..
Title track, “Running in the Gutter” is a truly majestic love song, poignant yet hopeful that love can still make the difference in all our lives; “you won’t applaud, it has a drive, it’s not a lot till love arrives! Love is not a number, it lives, it dies, running in the gutter, it doesn’t strive”. We can all get there, no matter how far down in the gutter we are.
“Running in the Gutter” is available on the Fruits de Mer label, Friends of the Fish, on vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming. Pre sales from 1st July, release date August 8th 2025.
BABAL will be launching the album at the Son Of Sardonicus festival of Psychedelic Delights on Saturday August 2nd, the Cellar, 25/26 Quay Street, Cardigan, SA43 1HU. Advance copies of “Running In the Gutter” will be available at the festival.
“Could it be argued that Crass are joining force with Cardiacs to deliver a Beefheart take on Byrne? Possibly, but instead of attempting to work out the influences and wonder how to describe them, instead say this is classic BABAL with the band putting their troubles behind them and being at full strength and power. Long may they continue as for prog to survive it needs to be as uncompromising and challenging as this.”
Kev Rowland: Prog Archives (author of the Progressive Underground vols 1-5).

Babal - Running In The Gutter - 04 - Cake Music

Fold – Something Gives
Released September 12, 2016
CD & digital download

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Having included this track among his favourites of 2016 on the last day of the year Huey Morgan also provided the UK national radio debut on BBC 6 Music followed by a hat trick of spins from Gideon Coe. Kara Manning broadcasted the US radio premiere courtesy of WFUV, New York.

Something Gives is a timely vehicle for the keen eloquence of James Baldwin whose voice, along with that of the wonderful Alice Walker, is the basis of the track.

We've been feeling urgently compelled to respond somehow to the heavy sociopolitical escalations of late on both sides of the pond. This release is our way of bridging the distances & expressing universal solidarity as human beings. Musically the tune bears similarities to A Tribe Called Quest's jazzy hip hop vibes and Arthur Verocai's Brazilian way of joy and despair all at once.

All music written, arranged, performed, engineered, produced & mixed by Seth Mowshowitz apart from tenor saxophone arranged and performed by Emma Johnson.
http://www.johnsonmusic.co.uk/

Mastered by Erik Aldrey
http://www.erikaldrey.com/

LYRICS
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[James Baldwin]

[REFRAIN]
I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country.

These people have deluded themselves for so long they really don't think I'm human. I base this on their conduct, not on what they say, and this means that they have become in themselves moral monsters.

It doesn't matter any longer what you do to me: you can put me in jail, you can kill me. By the time I was 17 you'd done everything that you could do to me. The problem now is: how you gonna save yourselves?

How you gonna save yourselves?

[REFRAIN]
I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country.

There are days, one of them, when you wonder what your role is in this country and what your future is in it. How precisely are you going to reconcile yourself to your situation here, and how you're going to communicate that you are here?

The country has arrived at a place where it can no longer contain revolt. Human beings are not by nature non-violent, you know? You can only survive so many beatings, so much humiliation, so much despair, so many broken promises before something gives.

Before something gives.

[REFRAIN]
I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart…

[Alice Walker]
We are being killed by people who don't feel – if we get down to that, that is the problem.

[James Baldwin]
I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart…

[Alice Walker]
If you don't feel it you kill it because you think it doesn't feel either…

[REFRAIN]
I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country.

[Alice Walker]
So away with that, we don't want that.

[James Baldwin]
I'm aware that something terrible has happened, which is very hard to describe.

Something Gives

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The Crossing

Every Day a Dream

AMO AMO is Love, Omar, Shane, Alex and Justin 
Produced by Jim James 
Mixed by Kevin Ratterman 
Recorded by Alex Krispin and Jeff Fettig in Los Olivos CA 
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering 
Photo by Wyndham Garnett

Closer To You

“The days were long at the cabin we stayed in for the summer. Daring to touch an electric fence for the first time. Having to escape cows on your way to the beach...

When you already finished the magazine you brought in the first couple of days, you turned to the books that were available. Jack London. Jules Verne. Always classics in those kinds of shelves. I read some of them. Never read Don Quijote, though. 

One day, I will (it's in my shelf now).”

Hot, quiet and long childhood summer days with nothing to do – we've all been there. Feelings of boredom and restlessness in the most cheerful way. It's memories like these that sets the scene for Orions Belte's new, sundazed EP "Slim".

Orions Belte first displayed their exotic flair on 2018 debut album "Mint". As the perfect soundtrack for lazy, summery days, the album opened people's eyes to the Norwegian psychedelic trio. Carefully arranged by the band, "Slim" contains song by artists they strongly admire – and contains ingenious reworkings of Ghostface Killah and Milton Nascimento, as well as a Robert Maxwell original paying tribute to Norwegian beat group The Pussycats and the late Mac Miller.

Orions Belte - Cherchez La Ghost

"Rust" finds Manycolors exploring new sonic spaces. The initial groove is a lush and spacious lofi soundscape that surrounds the listener with layers of subtle textures and heavy backbeat. The song builds to culmination with a psychedelic bridge featuring heavy synth pads and swirling guitar interplay in both speakers. An analog rewind drops in to a classic lofi outro with piano improvisation over grooving bass and drums.

Producer - Mike Tallman

Credits:
Brant Williams - Electric Guitar
Braxton Kahn - Drums,  Tambourine,  Percussion instrument
Eric Luba - Keyboard, Synthesizer
Kirwan Brown - Bass Guitar

Tracking Engineer - Mike Tallman
Color Red Studios

Mixing Engineer - Mike Tallman
Add Noise Studios​

Mastering Engineer - Doug Krebs
Doug Krebs Mastering

Rust

Color Red Music

Manycolors - "Rust" - Color Red Music

Summoning the Monkey God

Summoning the Monkey God (45 Edit)

From the Letter EP

sir Was playing live in 2020 as follows:

27, 28 February, Oslo, by:Larm Festival
18 March, Gothenburg, Oceanen
19 March, Aarhus, Atlas
20 March, Copenhagen, CPH:DOX @ VEGA Ideal Bar
03 May, Glasgow, Stag & Dagger Festival

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sir Was - Letter

Uneasy

"Favourite Kind Of Girl ft @flikkamusic

Released via Blue Flowers Music
www.blueflowersmusic.com
@blue-flowers-music

Stream here - https://smarturl.it/GOTTS_FKOG

Favourite Kind Of Girl Ft. Flikka

Tella Viv with single "inky" taken from their debut album "I".
"inky" is out on Bolero Recordings April 17th

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Contact: mail@bolerorecords.se
© 2020 Bolero Recordings

inky

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Tella Viv - inky

The True Story of Bananagun is out 26/06 - pre-order here: https://smarturl.it/thetruestory

Bananagun - People Talk Too Much

So excited for this new release !  'Daylight' feat. Ben Kessler is out everywhere ! Stay tuned for the upcoming music video !

Available everywhere 👉 https://smarturl.it/pastelday

Follow https://soundcloud.com/benkesslermusic

Daylight

Daylight (Feat. Ben Kessler)

STREAM NOW ON ALL PLATFORMS OR DOWNLOAD ON  OUR BANDCAMP  

Eades’ latests single “Same Guy” uses bollywood rhythms to tackle the foreboding of growing older. With a steady groove reminiscent of 90’s classic Loaded the band carry you through the track with sample-esque guitar riffs and and a pocketed percussion section, held together with their self produced lo-fi recording style.

“The song started out with a pair of riffs Dave had been working on inspired by Bollywood music in an attempt to force us down a different style sonically. Making us break away from a certain writing style that had become typical in the writing process of our first EP Then there was the chorus melody Dave brought forward and instantly I knew it was a keeper.”

Enjoy,
Eades

Same Guy

Please send any demo submissions to info@fulltimehobby.co.uk

Full Time Hobby is a small independent label based in London.

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