Tranquilize | Easy Listening for Winding Down and Relaxing

I'm back with another one! This one is a remake of an older song I released on the channel. I was very inspired by shows like "Miami Vice" when making this. I wanted to encapsulate the feel of the 80's nostalgia (and hope I succeeded) I hope you enjoy :)

Coast Drive

Brook (small stream)

07 Aphrodite

Written and performed by William William Rodgers

with

Oliver Pyper: bass
Hamish Campbell-Legg: drums

Engineered and mixed by Nathan England-Jones.

Hanging With The Boys

Johnny’s on the Water was learned from the singing of Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie (1922 - 2015). It twists the archetypal story of a woman left behind by a sailor, the singer rejecting grief and finding empowerment: ‘if he can live without me, I can live without him’. This line became the heart of our arrangement. 

We created this arrangement in residence at Snape Maltings in 2022. In slowing down the tempo, destabilising the rhythm, and replacing Ritchie’s sparse dulcimer accompaniment with an ensemble of modular synths, guitars and affected strings, we explore the way that the open sea warps our understanding of time and distance. The trumpet solo was played by Lissie Daly, a tireless campaigner for women in brass.

Musicians:
Lauren Spiceley - fiddle and vocals 
Joseph Woods - guitar and vocals
Martha Wiltshire - cello and vocals
Denis Wouters - electronics and vocals
Lissie Daly - trumpet
Tom O’Connor - fretless bass
Florence Brady - vocals 

Trad. arr. by Lauren Spiceley, Martha Wiltshire, Joe Woods, Denis Wouters, Lissie Daly, Tom O’Connor and Hannah Jacobs
Recorded at Pony Studios by Upcycled Sounds
Mixed by Denis Wouters
Mastered by Felix Davis
Artwork by Floortje Kattemölle, photographed by Martijn Petrus

Johnny's On The Water

1974 (that's how it was in those days)

But it’s the first singular thing you notice, 
Knee length socks so with lederhosen,
Fueling the flames of her desire…

Golden days, at a cottage in the Cote D’Azure
Sleeping in late,
Waking to the sweet smelling Galouises haze

Breakfast in bed, offers her a glass of German wine
I’m sorry my dear, it’s a little early for me,
Apologies I’m rocking on Bavarian time 

In the evening, she taught him to dance, 
Do the Charleston, a funny little turn for funny romance
Tired out they traipse back to bed, cliff top nightcap, watching the sun go down overhead (watching the sun go down)
	
Five nights
Becomes five days
But on the sixth, she wants to go

But the Fraulein
With her lovely little frown lines
Oh Mein Fraulein, don’t go!

But it’s the secondary thing you realise
Unkempt hair with roving bug eyes
Fueling the flames of his desire 
		
Five nights
Becomes five days
But on the sixth, she wants to go

But the Fraulein
With her lovely little frown lines
Oh Mein Fraulein, don’t go!

But it’s the most peculiar thing you notice
Sleazy smile and dubious motives
Finding it hard to say (I really wanna)
Taking the time to explain (That I really wanna)
That you are my only love and life

But I’m tired of feeling like nobody loves me!
Tired of letting my loving hang out!
Tired of taking another one down and out
(Down)
And Out

Mein Fräulein

Chimpanzee’ is the earliest written track on the album, inspired by country influences and Bonneville’s experience of moving away for the first time. Looking out of a high-rise flat in Oxford Street Manchester, Bonneville felt like the chimpanzee shot into space in the 1960s. Many will relate, floating away on this melancholic melody and meeting the Chimpanzee and Bonneville in these feelings of being lost and confused.

Chimpanzee -Clean

A Short Ballad For Frankie And Everything We Shared (in E Flat)

Honey And Cinnamon

SINGLE #8

Music video: https://youtu.be/IIj854nYs6o

A love song I wrote when I was 17.

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Don’t believe when you say, pretty baby
You’re not right for me
But I know what I know, so come on, pretty baby
Put a little faith in me

Give you the world if you want it, pretty baby
Girl, I’m on my knees
What do I have to do if I want to get with you
Could you draw a picture please

It doesn’t matter what the others say, it’s what we do
Cause you’re my pretty baby and I really don’t mean maybe
When I say I wanna spend my life with you

But she said…

Baby, you don’t get in for free
You gotta learn the rules like the ABC
You better slow down, you’re only seventeen
Don’t be hanging signs on me

BREAK

I make you smile when I call you pretty baby
But it’s not of the kind I want
You’re just laughing at me, failing miserably
Maybe it’s the time I stop

It doesn’t matter what the others say, it’s what we do
Cause you’re my pretty baby and I really don’t mean maybe
When I say I wanna spend my life with you

But she said…

Baby, you don’t get in for free
You gotta learn the rules like the ABC
You better slow down, you’re only seventeen
Don’t be hanging signs on me

Then she said…

Baby, you don’t get in for free
You gotta learn the rules like the ABC
You better slow down, you’re only seventeen
Don’t be hanging signs on me

Pretty Baby

Hope

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Jerk

Quirky indie-popster from London.

SINGLE #10, 'Country Boy, Country Girl', out now!

Pretty Baby

Garlen Lo

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