Any artist is welcome to send us ONE track via freshonthenet.co.uk anytime between Monday lunchtime and Thursday morning - and all our moderators, including Tom Robinson, will listen to every track*. This is our full inbox from the week beginning Mon 12th Dec - from mid-day on Friday you'll be able to hear our shortlist and pick your favourites on this week's Listening Post which will appear at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch223

*Note: we don't listen again to tunes we've already heard, and automatically block artists who send more than one track a week (our moderators can manage to work their way through 150 tunes overnight, but 300 would be impossible!)

ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 223

Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 223 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 Louis Barabbas of Debt Records - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves223

Fresh Faves: Batch 223

missing:
KID CANAVERAL - Callous Parting Gift
BRUDINI - The Nightcrawler

January 2017 Jingles

Random

SEVEN BILLION LIKE YOU

THE RETURN

The Return

From First Tiger's debut album, Dedicated.
Contact: firsttigermusic@gmail.com

Songs by Stephen McCormick and Peter McGinty
Produced and mixed by Stuart McCredie

Smiley's Funeral

demo that Justin and I did, as allmeadow, a few years back.

walk in the park

Don't Mean - Lyrics

Don't Mean by Dead Days (lyrics)

Let me begin
Start over again
Let me get into this 
Before it all ends 
I'll start over again 
That's just how I've always done this 

You know me 
I don't mean 

To skip through the start 
Right to the best part  
And give the whole end away 
It's just who I am 
Start over again
So maybe I won't have to say 

You know me
And I don't mean to  

Wash you away with it all 
Don't mean to
Take what I need and let you go 
Don't mean to
Play any part in your downfall 
Don't mean to
Wash you away with it all 

Go back to the start 
This time with more heart 
So I could get into this 
It's just who I am 
I'm that kind of man 
I kinda thought the you knew it 

Cause you know me
And I don't mean to 

Wash you away with it all 
Don't mean to
Take what I need and let you go 
Don't mean to
Play any part in your downfall 
Don't mean to
Wash you away with it all 

I don't know why I need your love 
Try all I can won’t get enough
I don't know why I need your love 
I don't mean 

To wash you away with it all 
To take what I need and let you go 
To play any part in your downfall 
And wash you away with it all 
Don't mean to

Wash you away with it all 
Don't mean to
Take what I need and let you go 
Don't mean to
Play any part in your downfall 
Don't mean to
Wash you away with it all 

Watch the video here -

Don't Mean

"Rain" Is the final song in our "Baako-Baako Collection".. it brings together everything we love about writing music, Ghanaian rhythms, Weird timings and lots of groove! We've loved releasing singles that are all slightly different and this sticks to that trend. Its quickly becoming a band favourite to play.

Written and performed by Zongo

Produced by Dave Pemperton

Artwork and design by Zongo

Rain

Widdershins by James Edge and The Mindstep
From the album Machines He Made
Written by James Edge

James Edge - acoustic guitar, vocals
Andy Waterworth - double bass
Avvon Chambers - drums

Recorded by Tom Aitkenhead at Milk Studios
Mixed by Tom Aitkenhead and James Edge
Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone
Artwork by James Newman Gray

Machines He Made

Widdershins

Single released 16/11/2016

Produced and Engineered by Dean Edward Thompson at Blast Studios, Ousburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Mastered by DoctorMix.com

Goodnight, Vienna!

Blue Deep

I Don't Want To Fight Anymore

Taken from the new album, Reversing Sideways In An Upward Direction, This track is all about 'indentity'....That, & a terrible accident between Action Man & a giraffe. Be prepared to dance rather fast!

Reversing Sideways In An Upward Direction

Action Man With A Giraffe's Head

Taken from the forthcoming debut album from Invaderband.

Invaderband - Not Alan Rickman

Review at Louder Than War: http://louderthanwar.com/one-way-song-dr-spraza-lies-track-review/

Review at Velvet Sheep: http://velvet-sheep.com/song-for-ewe/luke-gilfedder-of-one-way-song-song-for-ewe/

Vocals: Angus Macalister // Drums: Keiron Melling // Guitar & Bass: Mat Arnold // Produced by Hilltown Studios

Dr. Spraza Lies (Single Edit)

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4jsTKHPPYM

Music & Lyrics by HEZEN
Mixed by Marta Salogni
Mastered by Pete Maher

Oil Fire

How To Start A Revolution - Some Velvet Morning

Keyboard-player, 'visual performer', singer/writer of songs that explore the peculiarities of the ordinary. Alternative Pop with a quirky & Surreal sense of humour...& a few stage props! 
Motto: Two's company, three's an audience (if I'm lucky!).

Action Man With A Giraffe's Head

Graham Graham Beck