Alt-rock/indie-pop banger - a lovechild of Florence Welch and Foals. With a dash of ‘RHCP’ this funky/but punchy/up-tempo track, is driving drums, big vocals and bouncy guitar riffs. Celebrating individualism & freedom from social pressures.

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Lyrics:
She’s the baddest social work of art
And we just follow closely to her heart
Where she’s got to go who knows for sure
What will tear her
What will tear her apart
What will tear her apart
In the name of who?
To be a work of art
For the love of what?
To be a work of art
We’re the baddest social works of art
And we won't follow no we won’t follow
And where we’ve got to go who knows for sure
What will tear them
What will tear them apart
What will tear them apart
What will tear us apart
What will tear us apart
In the name of who?
To be a work of art
For the love of what?
To be a work of art
In the name of who?
To be a work of art
My oh my
What a time to be alive
My oh my
What a time
In the name of who?
To be a work of art
For the love of what?
To be a work of art
To be, to be, a work of art (to be a work of art)
To be, to be, a work of art (to be a work of art )
To be, to be, a work of art (to be a work of art )
To be, to be, a work of art (to be a work of art )
What a time

Black Dahlia is a tale about betrayal, as the black dahlia variant symbolises; specifically self-betrayal, and overcoming that. I suppose it’s almost a diary entry into my life, as I got sick of people taking me for granted, and so I kept telling myself “do it for YOU”.

Moss - Black Dahlia Extended Mix

Taken from the Dan Lyons album SubSuburbia
Stream the whole album(or buy Vinyl/CDs)here: bit.ly/3olENTb
or on YouTube here: bit.ly/3INOOD9

The most personal song on the album about isolation and the loss of a friend - "trying to work out why the world keeps spinning even when things are at their absolute worst"

LYRICS// 

These skies 
These blue skies 
Pushing down on me 
Your lies 
Flat eyes you lay on me
Would you risk it all 
For a chance to be alone? 
Would you go back there 
For an easier aperture for all that lens flare? 
I’ll crawl downstairs 
You’ll fall nowhere 
But do you really want to?
It’s not all 
You have got 
Just to follow 
All the people round and round
Climb those walls babe, I know it’s easy to lie 
All across the astral plane, you fall and then you crawl again
 Follow the problems that you hate the most 
And cover the story from coast to coast
Don’t worry, it’s all in the mix 
And everybody’s gonna share their fix with you 
It’s needles and pins all over again
Watch her fall 
See her smiling 
All the while 
She hits the ground 
See her smiling 
All the while 
She hits the ground 
See her smiling 
All the while
Do you really want to?

SubSuburbia

Easy Aperture

13) Dan Lyons - Easy Aperture

Romel / Mind Blown ft. Sweet Billy Boy is available on all digital platforms via this link (please follow for updates):
https://bit.ly/3959wJU

* * * We're pleased to announce that Mind Blown has now made No. 1 on the UK's Music Week Official Black Music Club Chart * * *

Having played to sold-out clubs in Coventry, whooped up the crowds on the floats at Notting Hill Carnival and recently supported Burna Boy, UK based Grafton Entertainment urban-pop artist Romel comes with his latest release, Mind Blown featuring Sweet Billy Boy.

Produced by Slic Vic (currently producing Tinie Tempah and signed to Tinie’s Imhotep/Sony ATV label), plus Kansas City based Matthew Boda (part of the US music production house JTL Group), new single Mind Blown originally came about as a freestyle jam when working with Slic Vic at Pirate Studios - a place where many top artists have worked including BRIT & NME Award winner Kate Nash. Once the track was bangin’ Romel invited friend and fellow singer Sweet Billy Boy (who’s been enjoying support for his own work recently from BBC Three Counties DJ Edward Adoo) to spit some verses to complete the production. 

On the making of the track, Romel says “I was not meaning to write a song like Mind Blown but it just poured out of me in a wave of positivity. This was after spending a fair few years of not working with the right teams, but then things started to go really well, and working with Slic Vic was part of that transition. The spontaneity is really infectious and at this point in time I’m in a really good space with the songs flowing nicely”.

Mind Blown ft Sweet Billy Boy

Here's a taste of what's to come from me later this year. This track I recorded with Fred Abbott (from Noah & the Whale). 

First single Superman is out in the spring with more to come - follow for updates!

If Only They Knew (sample)

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13) Dan Lyons - Easy Aperture

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