I Forget

I Forget (feat. Mr. Silla)

On his debut album "Every Heaven," Loren Vanderbilt establishes himself as a talented songwriter and master of melody across 10 tracks brimming with jangly guitars and lovelorn vocals. His dreamy new single "Eternal Blue" feels like an all-time classic, a mid-tempo senior prom staple of the future that could be a mid-90s New Order or Cure tune from a John Hughes soundtrack. Gorgeously melodic and utterly timeless.

Every Heaven

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Humdrum "Eternal Blue"

07 - Rinascita

Vacancy

‘Ghosts’ is the debut single from South / East London band Cloud Studies.

For Fans of: The Cure, Beach Fossils, Cool Heat, Beach House, Black Marble, Galaxie 500

With plaintive vocals, a neo-krautock beat, layers of spacious reverb-drenched guitars, and a floating atmosphere that is perfect for spooky season, it is not quite shoegaze and it’s not quite goth. Apparently Gothgaze is a thing now, so let’s call it that.  

Despite being influenced initially by the Usbourne book, ‘World of the Unknown: Ghosts’, a vintage cult classic filled with screaming skulls, phantom ships and demon dogs, the lyrics tells a more human story. After the loss of a loved one, the protagonist is haunted by their memory and each night in his dreams he is visited by their apparition which dances and serenades him.

Cloud Studies was formed in 2024 and comprises of Adam Cresswell (of Saloon & Rodney Cromwell), graphic designer Martin J Langthorne on guitar and drummer Nat Guest.

‘Ghosts’ is released by Happy Robots on 18th October. The band play their debut show in London at The Castle in Whitechapel on 19th October with The Leaf Library. 

Cloud Studies:
Adam Cresswell, Vocals, bass; Nat Guest, Drums; Martin J Langthorne, Guitars.

Produced by Adam Cresswell. Mix consultant: Richard Bennett. Mastered by Toby Campen

Ghosts (Single)

CLOUD STUDIES: Ghosts (Radio Mix)

wavy shoegaze,  Psychedelic flow,  Funky bass, ,  wavy shoegaze,  Ethereal lo-fi,  Vintage 70s,  dream pop, Trippy reverb, 70s retro,  Timeless,  60's,  Nostalgic,  Acoustic Guitar,  sultry,  

bonanza

Amidst the global cacophony, my friend mannu's track 'the stratagem in daylight' really cut through. It was a great privilege to collaborate with him on this. Discover his remarkable compositions here: https://soundcloud.com/the-mannu  

break free

(horror of the now)
what / has got / into us?
it's got me / it's got you
we've all got each other / by the throat

is there no way / is there no way / out  / of  / this  /abyss
this stupid, senseless / darkness?
______________________________

(rambling mumbles - not far off)
. . . well it seems . . . we've run out of road . . . climbing and falling . . .
and all those things that we'll never know . . . now they're gone . . . through 
. . . done for, done for, done for . . . no more leaves to fall . . . 'n you can't count all the signs saying . . . never again, never again
______________________________

(life on Mars?)
I don't know this sun / I loved / to feel / the wind
Ohoh ohh / lifelines fed into the meme-stream
as the / cold / light / screams
______________________________

(realising)
in my heart the headlines / all things were far / but in my / head / I . .

______________________________

(find the path)
Ooowoowoow oowoowoow ooowoowoow aaaaaawwwwwoooo
break free, break free / forget about / you and me / break free, break free, break free, break free! aaah!!!

break free

Ten minutes left, the clock runs wild,
like thunder breaking, untamed and riled.
Routine cuts deep, it tears you apart,
not slow, but straight through the heart.

You’re holding on to the final song,
the choice was made, where you belong.
In the shadows, standing still,
if you ever move, you bend your will.

[Instrumental break – echoing guitar riffs with dark synth underlayer]

⸻

Chorus
Where do you wanna go?
What do you wanna reach?
Who are you gonna meet?
[ bridge]
Feel it first, before you speak.

[ electric leading guitar solo ]

Verse 2
No way around, the walls close in,
killing you fast, not under the skin.
Every morning, the same old fight,
waking up but losing the light.

Resist, collapse, no voice replies,
no savior comes, no alibis.
Just one song left, in your head,
playing louder than words unsaid.

⸻

Chorus
Where do you wanna go?
What do you wanna reach?
Who are you gonna meet?
[ bridge]
Feel it first, before you speak.

⸻

Bridge
Your chosen song keeps burning on,
pulls you deeper where you belong.
Through the dark, the echoes stay,
footprints fading, but they show the way.

⸻

[Outro – melodic guitar riff with reverb, dark synths swelling, fading into silence]

world for us?

City Motion

'Peaks' it's our first compilation, with fifteen pieces going from ambient to techno. Including some new and familiar faces on Faint, like Mykja, Araceae, Powlos, Data Domain or SVLBRD.

Mastered by Emanuele Pertoldi.
Faint008 // FaintCD008
Faint / 201

Faru - Ella

London based electronic robot-pop label. 

Contact: info@happyrobots.co.uk
Web: www.happyrobots.co.uk

Releases include those by artists CLOUD STUDIES, ALICE HUBBLE, MOOD TAEG, ROMAN ANGELOS, HOLOGRAM TEEN, RODNEY CROMWELL and ARTHUR & MARTHA. Distributed by Cargo Records.