The Dragons of Mont Blanc - Extended Play

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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 455

Includes all tracks selected for the weekly Eclectic Picks Playlist on Freshonthenet in 2022.  

Part 1 - https://soundcloud.com/signalcommittee/sets/new-641413272
Part 2 - https://soundcloud.com/signalcommittee/sets/eclectic-picks-2022-part-2-of

ECLECTIC PICKS - 2022 (Part 1) (Freshonthenet)

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 455 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Neil March - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves455

Fresh Faves: Batch 455

I wish I could turn back the clock
Back to 1992
I get a gold in the 100
And the high jump too!
I wish I could turn back the clock
Back to 1992

Give me your hand
I pawn it to the sea
I tell the world of my masterpiece
I will slay the dragons of Mont Blanc
Just to be oh just to be
Heart, heart, heart

With my sweetheart

In the sky lines above
A statue of Columbus
And on the 'Day of the Rose'
I will walk through these bars
To where the beaches were before
To where my hometown was before

Give me your hand
I pawn it to the sea
I tell the world of my masterpiece
I will slay the Dragons of Mont Blanc
Just to be oh just to be
Heart, heart, heart

With my sweetheart
With my sweetheart
With my sweetheart
With my sweetheart

I wish I could turn back the clock
Back to 1992
I get a gold in the 100
And the high jump too!

The Dragons of Mont Blanc (Part I) - Radio Edit

Released July 6th 2022 'Baby Don't You Know' is the second single of CIEL's upcoming EP "Not In The Sun, Nor In The Dark" out later this year. 

Production and mix by Steven Ansell
Mastered by Robin Schmidt
Written and performed by CIEL

Stream Baby Don't You Know + tour dates:
https://linktr.ee/cielmusic

Find CIEL on socials:
https://www.instagram.com/cielcielmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/cielmusic 
https://twitter.com/cielcielmusic

Baby Don't You Know

Lookout

(VERSE 1)

When you can’t quite find the words to say
You try to write it down and out anyway
That you can find out on the day
When we find a little space
Its gonna take some time to heal
The drawn out dread that you now feel
But its a part out of the deal
That we’ve been blessed enough to feel

(CHORUS)

I’m on the lookout,
For someone older,
To point me in the right direction,
To keep my right.

I’m on the lookout,
For someone wiser,
To keep me on my feet,
And treat me right.

(VERSE 2)

I know how you feel now,
Cut up in the world
Your heads a mess, you feel its up in a swirl
But the days will get brighter,
No time in the dark
And now you feel that we’ve been all torn apart

But I’ve been dealing with the same old places
Staring at these walls for ages and ages
Practice on my life has been far from gracious
Building up the walls like a pariah nation
Imagination? Now come pick a destination
Greatest show on earth that we’re about to stage in
Welcome to my paradise, my little oasis
Sorry for my dreams there a little abrasive

(CHORUS 2)

I’m on the lookout,
For someone older,
To point me in the right direction,
To keep my right.

I’m on the lookout,
For someone wiser,
To keep me on my feet,
And treat me right.

Ain’t easy to move on,
But it gets better,
It makes me feel so happy,
That look in your eyes...

Cos times are changing,
And I can do much better,
It makes me feel so happy,
She treats me right.

Lookout

ReFocus

i remember meeting lauren
i remember meeting ivy
i remember meeting amy, then tara
i remember the first show i saw here
and war pigs in the lecture hall
play that champagne supernova solo again
i'll kill you

all in the wrong order
i remember cleaning up glass
smashing it too
no good mornings
and a reading of this tao lin poem
bring me my wine

i left myself in the river
i left myself in the river

i'm in a good place

i'm thinking of a colour
i'm thinking of the nice things
in the river

'Tower of Babel' was born of humming birds and the three years of viscous river ooze dripping from our mouths. a boschian tale of queer fertility, a line under everything, a nervous glimpse of something scurrying under the bed. all this and more explored throughout its monumental twenty minute runtime. this album stumbles naked from noise rock to hyperfolk, always completely delirious, vomiting darkwave and a kind of minimalism onto your lawn.

the first single is called 'manta ray'. something horrible has washed up on the shore, in your room, at the club, in this dream. in this dream i am running towards some glimmer of moonlight, hollow and completely out of my mind.

i am trying to break through to you, the listener; i want nothing more than to be the swirling vortex of feedback and pop sensibilities that you need me to be. this album is a part of that, i think. i hope there is something for you, no matter how brief. thank you.

in the river

Inertia

Touch

6e titre de l'album à paraître en septembre 2022 
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Touch

Download

Be That Guy

Video for Please Write Responsibly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0k39FFV9xw

Subscribe to Granfalloon at https://granfalloonmusic.bandcamp.com... to gain access to the entire back catalogue including a tonne of exclusive music and video.

Credits:
This video was a collaboration between Really Really Final Final Productions and Look Woolly Films.

Music:
Richard Lomax - vocals/guitar
Molly Becker - violin
Andy Lyth - banjo
Daz Woodcock - bass/vocals
Dom Major - guitar

Calendar

Please Write Responsibly by Granfalloon

Featuring Junkyard of Silenced Poets

I wish I could turn back the clock
Back to 1992
I get a gold in the 100
And the high jump too!
I wish I could turn back the clock
Back to 1992

Give me your hand
I pawn it to the sea
I tell the world of my masterpiece
I will slay the dragons of Mont Blanc
Just to be oh just to be
Heart, heart, heart

With my sweetheart

In the sky lines above
A statue of Columbus
And on the 'Day of the Rose'
I will walk through these bars
To where the beaches were before
To where my hometown was before

Give me your hand
I pawn it to the sea
I tell the world of my masterpiece
I will slay the Dragons of Mont Blanc
Just to be oh just to be
Heart, heart, heart

With my sweetheart
With my sweetheart
With my sweetheart
With my sweetheart

I wish I could turn back the clock
Back to 1992
I get a gold in the 100
And the high jump too!

The Dragons Of Mont Blanc (Parts I & II) - Full Length Version

Enter The Dragons - NeonCrow Prelude

Back To Drag - BlackStarLiner Excursion

Junkyard Sweetheart Number 13 featuring The Junkyard of Silenced Poets

I Need You To Understand

Animals

Idim Uwem

Fallen

Summer vibes, funky dance with Latin overtones. Make hay while the sun shines.

Mingo Trumpet

Concept Of Life

Men In Black_ Electronic/ Punk

'A tonic for the times' Chris Hawkins BBC 6 Music 

So here's a story that you may need to grab a cup of tea and the biscuit barrel for, are you sitting comfortably? Then, let us begin...

Gorstey Lea AKA 'The Gorstey Lea Street Choir' formed one cold winters night in 2016. Two friends on a life long journey. 

Michael first met Russ in 1985, Michael was 15, Russ was 19. Russ played in 'the' up and coming local band ‘Soul Exit’. Michael admired his musical craft and ended up following the band around the country. A gig in Manchester was planned. Michael needed to go and went to Russ’s house (on Gorstey Lea) with a gift, a tape in hand. On one side The Pale Fountains ‘… From Across the Kitchen Table’ on the other Dexys Midnight Runners ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’. Russ welcomed Michael in and he attended the gig travelling in the bands van. 

The future was cast... the following year Michael formed his first band ‘The Great Divide’ inspired by what he had seen and the world of endless possibilities and free expression.

Fast forward some 31 years to August 2016 and a big birthday bash for Russ. Michael attends Russ's party. Talk turns to days gone by and Russ pops the question... “It’s about time we got together and did some music Michael, what do you reckon? No pressure. I have converted my garage into a recording studio, you should come round and we’ll have a play”. 

Michael was not sure, for 15 plus years he has not played an instrument, not sung a song, not written down his thoughts. The conversation was left. A mutual friend then messages Michael 4 months later to tell him that Russ is doing a gig and he thinks it would be good if they did a couple of their favourite cover versions together. 

Messages are exchanged and the meeting is arranged at Russ's new house in Gorstey Lea, 4 houses up the road and 31 years since that first knock on the door. Without any rehearsal the two friends agree to play together for the first time on that Friday evening… 

The reaction from the crowd and the landlord is overwhelming 2 songs turn to 2 hours and at the end of the evening the landlord books the duo to play the following month. ‘What’s your band name boys? ‘The Gorstey Lea Street Choir’ is quickly retorted an amalgam of that first meeting point and Van Morrison’s LP ‘His Band And The Street Choir’ … a door is unlocked, a journey is born.

So, to the ‘here and now’. The duo release their first track in October 2019 'The British Isles' which picks up national radio play from 6 Music, BBC Introducing and great digital stations such as Brum Radio, with the wind in their sails a double A side limited vinyl 'Lions' and 'Somedays' follows in January 2020 and in December 2020 their debut EP snazzily titled 'extended play one' hits the digital shops... 

Summer 2021 - the boys release an 8 track mini LP ''...from Prince's Park to Farsley (Volume I)' a tale of new found collaborations and two towns... aided and abetted by Gavin Monaghan, George Shilling, Choque (Black Star Liner) and Mark Gardener... Volume II will be a long before you know it!!!!

Well it should have been... Covid came and went, then Russ and Michael regrouped and decided to put the 5 piece 'live version' together. 
Joining Russ and Michael are:

Martin Betts on Bass
Sean Bradnick on Drums
Swiss Harris on all manner of musical gadgets

New songs are been written and recorded sporadically. Live dates are just  been announced (see Bands In Town Link) 

The first fruits of this new harvest are now available in their latest release '(My Heart Belongs To...) The Beaches'... just like buses there will be more along very soon

Stay safe, be well

The Flat White Kid