During the pandemic, like everyone in entertainment, I found myself with a lot of free time. After weeks of gardening, baking bread, cooking meals from scratch and birdwatching, I went back to the pastime I know best—processing complicated feelings in difficult times through poetry set to music. The resulting album features themes of quiet contemplation, the cultivation of psychological resilience, and the sociology of revolution. Produced by Michael Rush, The Songbirds will be released one song at a time to your preferred streaming service over the course of 2022.

Kerri Coombs - The Songbirds - 01 - Songbirds

Dreams

Piece Yourself Together

All Faces

Summer In London

Sun Brother - Slow Motion

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Safe And Sound

Second single by Philip Whitehead from the debut EP 'Combray', due out Autumn 2019.

Philip Whitehead: Vocals, guitar, bass, programming
Stephen McDade: Violin
Judith Dallosso: 'Cello
Benedict McDowell: Drums

Recorded by Philip Whitehead and Scott Harker
Mixed by Tarek Musa
Mastered by Robin Schmidt

Music & Lyrics by Philip Whitehead

Like a maze, the first half is free
The second takes you farther away from me
What kind of world we'd be
If no-one heard him say I have a dream

They said we'll fight them on the beach, yeah
Like it's a good thing to give each his end
Never mind what the good book teaches
Ignore the gospel that his creatures send

And it goes a little something
Like you wanted it to go
Till we grow a little stronger
Than you wanted us to grow
Now we know a little better
Than you wanted us to know
So we show we stick together
Through the fire and through the snow

Like a crown, I wear my regret
Turns out the truth is just a silhouette
Made of nothing yet
We trace the outline and at once it's set

See my father in my history
And in my future he's still all I see
This kind of symmetry
Is what makes all of us so hard to beat

And it goes a little something
Like you wanted it to go
Till we grow a little stronger
Than you wanted us to grow
Now we know a little better
Than you wanted us to know
So we show we stick together
Through the fire and through the snow

Released 6th September 2019

Combray

The Maze

Listen to Steve Benjamins's new single 'Mushroom', October 11, 2019

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📝 Lyrics:

Mushroom, my love
Grow in secret, hidden, retreating
Light filters around me but like you
I can’t receive it 

I run through the violent dreams 
And corkscrew til I’m gone 
I run through the problems all in my head
Still I can’t receive it

Under the earth’s crust
A rotating centre churns out heating
I lay on the basement, face to the floor
But I can’t receive it 

Satellite up above me
Do you signal transmissions to me? 
I know there are stories above my head
But I can’t receive them

Mushroom

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Steve Benjamins - Mushroom

Daises

‘Moon Seems Lost’ is the new single from Glenn Echo, the second off an EP set to be released in spring of 2020. A nod to the intimate, ‘Moon Seems Lost’ explores the topography of bodies in union.

Each verse is a different timbral season; beginning with a trio of voice, acoustic guitar, and upright bass pulling your ear close, it is elevated by a string section culminating with an interlaced groove.

Featuring Matt Gaydar (vocals, guitars, percussion), Brennan Dugan (upright bass) , Peter Brownlee (piano, percussion), Alex Travers (violin), ‘Moon Seems Lost’ radiates the warmth of a shared bed, the magic of weaving beings in relationship.

Cover painting: “Bella Luna” by Tayo Heuser

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Cover design: Matt Gaydar

Moon Seems Lost

This is a song that at its very core captures a concoction of positive feelings; freedom, happiness, love.

It is a healthy emotional outpour from deep within the soul sparked by a desire for connection and authenticity.

I wrote it when I came back from touring Europe last year (2019) and was high on the elation of performing as well as going through some profoundly positive personal changes. 

I broke away from toxic people, spent more time with my family, was surfing more than ever,  busking a heap in the top park of Byron and re-carving a path that felt right for me.

I want this song to be an anthem for hope, optimism, compassion and being true to yourself.

Alive Again

Glenn Echo is an alt-folk indie project from Matt Gaydar, started in 2015. Finger style guitar, introspective lyrics, and crooning melodies make up the atmospheres of songs, creating intimate spaces for connection, reminiscent of such acts as Big Thief and Feist. Based out of Brooklyn, NY, Glenn Echo has soaked up influences from past residences, such as Nashville, TN and Northampton, MA, ultimately teaming up with engineer/producer Peter Brownlee to record an EP coming out in 2020. The project’s first single, "Overwhelm," was featured on Spotify's Fresh Finds playlist.

Moon Seems Lost

Glenn Echo

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