This is a cover of Tasmin Archer's Sleeping Satellite (vintage 1994) recorded in my little studio using a couple of microphones with support from Adrian Wallington with the set up (Thanks Ade).

Sleeping Satellite (Tasmin Archer Cover)

This is a song off my 2014 EP: My Folks Prefer The Clone. It's a tricky one to play live, but with the aid of a bit of equipment I have got pretty close to the original recording.

The Ball Starts To Move (Live) Rehearsal April '16

Here is a live rehearsal version of Ambient Groceries from 2011's EP1: Time To Think with keyboard support from IndoorGoblin.

'I See Mars Bars"

Lyrics:
The late shift it occupies all my mind 
But the late shift, it takes away, all my light 

When I walk through the aisles, of the shadows of death, I see Mars bars 

Stocking up the aisles, towering high 
When you see a customer, try and hide 
Warehouse walls and these pallets, by my side 
I feel so much safer, than outside 

When I walk through the aisles, of the shadows of death, I see Mars bars

Ambient Groceries (Live)Rehearsal April '16

Here is a song that almost made it into my set list in my August gigs, but  I decided to leave it out.

Hear Me (Live) Rehearsal Aug '16

Here is a track off my forthcoming EP that I performed at Treefest on the Acorn Stage on the 28th August 2016.

It's Hard To Outrun The Villagers (In These Wellingtons)@ Treefest '16

Here is a cover of East 17 that I performed at Treefest '16 on the Acorn Stage on the 28th August 2016

Someone To Love (East 17)@ Treefest '16

On the 27th August I played a gig in the bandstand in the Old Town Gardens in Swindon along with The Big Heart and IndoorGoblin. My final song seemed to bring the heavens crashing down on Swindon and here is a little video made up of footage by me and IndoorGoblin.

The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8unv4sn5CNk

Across The Expanse To The Rig (Live Performance In A Storm)

Here is a rehearsal of 'After The Sea Storm' which will be included on EP3: Small Town Justice which I am recording at the moment.

Thanks to all those that came out and watched me play in 2016 :).

After The Sea Storm (Live) Rehearsal Oct '16

This is a song written for my novel 'Memories of Arma'.

This is an old demo from 2002 of a song the was eventually reworked into Small Dog Club's 'War Song 1', but I like this demo, so I thought I'd share it.

The War Song

This song develops each time I play it and it is quite fun to play and acts as a nice intro to all the grassy places in my head.

Here is the version I played at The Victoria on 24/08/17 

This is a rehearsal recording before the gig.

Welcome To The Grasslands (Live)

Here is a live rendition of 'Perfect Pressure' off my new LP 'Flames, Doorways, Grass and Time', played on a cliff somewhere in Cornwall in July 2018.

Download the LP at https://grasslands.bandcamp.com/album/flames-doorways-grass-and-time

If you listen carefully you can hear a farmer shooting in the distance and the insects buzzing around.

Secret Gig #1 - Perfect Pressure

Grasslands is musician and ecologist Thomas Haynes and Bristol the Badger who play a fusion of alternative rock, electronica, found sounds and folk pollinated with information about meadows, grassland ecology and the environment. 
Grasslands performs with a rig of synths, samplers and DJ decks and acoustic and electric guitars. Grasslands recently produced their first L.P. ‘Flames, Doorways, Grass and Time’ which has been called ‘a collection of sonic wonderment and folktronic experimentation’ by Dancing About Architecture. 

Grasslands also composes DJ mixes, remixes and soundtracks including Danuki Grasshopper’s theatre production of Orwell’s 1984. 

Tom also performs as part of the electronic duo No Side Effects.

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