In no particular order, some of my favourite tracks from favourite artists over the past year or so

Some Favourites from 2021

Friend Like You - Single

Friend Like You

Animal Fat

The 1st single from the album Lazybody (Last Night From Glasgow)

Written, arranged and performed by Annie Booth
Produced and mixed by Chris McCrory
Strings arrangement by Rhona Macfarlane
Recorded at Chem19, Blantyre and Green Door, Glasgow
Mastered by Samuel J. Smith

Vocals: Annie Booth
Piano: Juan Laforet
Bass: Jack Richardson
Drums: Gavin Lamont
Violins: Rhona Macfarlane 
Cello: Rachel Wilson 

℗&© 2021 Annie Booth

Cocoon

Lyrics

The beat on the concrete, run
quicken the feet and blood,
Beckon breath to come.
Rattle of bone behind
Off-beat but keeping time,
That net ain’t mine.

While out on the water
a pull on the line,
and I take up from under
The cold, white gleam of bone tied. 

On to an empty road
Buildings left long ago
Concrete over-grown
The rattle of bone behind
I’m fading with the light, the light. 

Sing to the bones, cut and cut the net.
It’s caught in the throat, a hip, a bone, a neck
Until sleep calls me home, singing for the dead
And in the night she sits up, covers her bones with skin and says

No Nail rest upon my hand
Took to a Northern land
Built a boat for man
Sailed upon the flood then came back when all was done
But that is only half a lie, half

Sing to the bones, cut and cut the net.
It’s caught in the throat, a hip, a bone, a neck
’til sleep calls me home, I’m singing for the dead
And in the night she sits up, covers her bones with skin and says

Fecund flesh, I’m breathing deeper this time
Made my arms, thighs stronger
Rooted to the earth I am fine
Made it like I never saw that sea
I feel the answer to all that these bones can be
I feel the answer to all that

Sing to the bones, cut and cut the net.
It’s caught in the throat, a hip, a bone, a neck
’til sleep calls me home, I’m singing for the dead
And in the night she sits up, covers her bones with skin and says

Feather and Bone

From the upcoming 'PCPQ EP'

We wander
We wander

Wait wait
What if we bumped into someone we did not know had the key
Wait wait
What if we knew the clue somehow worked out in these sleepless nights

We know we know where it's buried where it's buried
Dirt under your nails
We wander
We wander

Wait wait
What if we bumped into someone we did not know had the key
Wait wait
What if we knew the clue somehow worked out in these sleepless nights

Wait wait
What if we knew the clue somehow worked out in these sleepless nights

Wait Wait Dig

Gaze is Ghost is the pseudonym of Northern Irish composer and singer-songwriter Laura McGarrigle. She currently lives in Scotland and is frequently joined by drummer Casey Miller (of Zed Penguin)and  Keith Mannion (who records under the moniker Slow Place Like Home). 

Their album shall be released soon.