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Listening Post: Batch 572

I saw it clear as I'd hoped
After all these years
You'd say photographs
Leave nothing to talk about
Why stay holding on
If it's all been kept?

Oh, I remember it
So much better now
That I've got nothing to prove
I was there
I was there

You always could
Pull faces right out of the rocks
You'd fill up your phone
With ordinary empty coast
Never needed to show
That you were there

How you'd erase yourself
And I remember it better now
'Cause we had nothing to prove
We were there

Performed by Stray Fossa (W. Evans, N. Evans, Z. Blount)
Lyrics by William J Evans
Music by William J Evans and Nicholas Warren Evans

Produced and mixed by William Evans

Cover art by Melissa Santamaría

Cello by Lillia Keyes
Violin by Sunny Bowers

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I Was There

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Music by Disco Lizards 
Lyrics by Matt Stolworthy

Artwork by Hugo De Jonge

Life Lessons

Dance pop, doom pop, and indie pop rolled into one 40 minute, ten song album. The debut album from thegabe, You Should Be Just Like Me, will scare the spirits away, unclog your neural gutters, and act as a natural viagra for when you have that special someone in your bed with the JBL speaker on. 

How I Want It To End

I'm In Heaven

Old Times - George Bloomfield

Departures

Be Here Forever

Far From LA

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Shadow Self is dedicated to the dark, unconscious side of our personality. Inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of the hidden self, it reflects the parts of us we bury and deny—but still quietly feed when no one’s watching. It’s about losing yourself, becoming someone you don’t recognize anymore. So if you’ve ever danced with your demons, too—this one’s for you

Make me loose my decency 
Let loose all the worst that lingers within me.
I just don’t know myself
I just don’t know myself
There’s a shade that’s around me
Darker than it never ever used to be
I just don’t know myself
I just don’t know myself anymore

I feel like I am on fire
Burning in dark desire
And when the flames are gone
It’s not you , its not mine, that shadow is me
And this time I‘m waiting
Watching my conscious fading
And when it all is gone
It’s not you, its not me its my shadow self

Make me loose my Modesty
There is all the evil lurking in the deep
And it’s creeping up on me
You’re creeping up on me
I love it when you’re hating me
You hate the Monster I became eventually 
Oh you just don’t know me well
You just don’t know myself anymore

Shadow Self

This is a song about the Mountain Hare, found on the uplands of Scotland and known for changing its coat to match the seasons. In winter, it turns its summer coat of brown to white to camouflage against the snow and hide from predators. Due to the increasing effects of climate change and reduced snowfall, the Mountain Hare is off kilter with the seasons and left beaconed on the hillside, making it more susceptible to prey.

Safe Travels

The Mountain Hare

Roi De L'Herbe

Wires

Too Late

The Rest of Your Life

Heal Again

A song about growing up in Sheffield in the 80s and just playing snooker!

sweet-sheffield-days.mp3

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GEORGE BLOOMFIELD is an artist and film composed based in Leeds, who possesses the intriguingly rare gift of being able to perfectly capture a feeling with nothing more than a few microphones and the musical tools laid around him. 

George draws inspiration from a wide variety of genres including Jazz, Indie, Funk & Psych. Influenced by artists such as Skinshape, KOKOROKO, and Khurangbin, he combines soulful horn and string arrangements with a classic indie band setup in a fusion of styles that is all about textural contrast. 

His upcoming second EP 'Space Between' will released with Nice Guys records, and promoted with a run of gigs with his 7 piece band, inviting special guests to perform songs such as 'Intertwined', to make up the vocal section for the harmonies. There will also be a number of music video's, and a BBC Introducing live session and interview.

His upcoming second EP 'Space Between' will released with Nice Guys records, and promoted with a run of gigs with his 7 piece band, inviting special guests to perform songs such as 'Intertwined', to make up the vocal section for the harmonies. There will also be a number of music video's, and a BBC Introducing live session and interview.

“that tune is just breath-taking isn’t it? Big fan of that!” – Emily Pilbeam (BBC Introducing)

“Musicianship and sensitivity of this nature is what I strive to promote” - Bedroom Frequencies 

"wonderfully arranged pieces of melancholic dripped indie-jazz-funk." - Jazz Revelations

Old Times - George Bloomfield

George Bloomfield

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