Debut single from Liverpool based electronic punk band Shoplifter..

Plastic Doll Head

Shoplifter - Plastic Doll Head

Blank Sky

This song is a toast to all the dreamers and doers – the ones who came before us, the ones grinding right now, and the ones still trying to find the courage to take their first step. It’s for the people who fell and stood back up, who kept building, kept creating, kept us free. As you listen, let yourself believe in you, believe in us, and believe that we can make it through together – one small brave step at a time.

Here's to the burning heart - Live Mastered

Sun’s up, but the sky looks mean. This track paints a picture of a seaside nightmare where beach patrols count profits and justice is sold like bubblegum. It's a surfin' rebellion against a system where cruelty isn't a glitch, it's the code. We’re the virus in the overload, surfing the chaos until the system pops.

(Verse 1)

Sun’s up, but the sky looks mean
Red tape wrapped in kerosene
Boardwalk ghosts with plastic grins
Smile wide while they reel you in

Cut the cord, they pull the plug
Gaslight’s burning, kiss the thug
Shockwave justice, twisted fun
They sell the pain like bubblegum!

(Chorus)

Cruelty’s the policy — hey! hey!
Kicks you down and calls it free — hey! hey!
Laugh it off, it’s tyranny in flip-flops
We surf the chaos till the system pops!

(Verse 2)

Beach patrols with mirrored eyes
Counting profits while freedom dies
Wave breaks on the TV screen
Neon sins in a washed-out dream

Blood in the sand, flags in the breeze
A nation kneels on bended knees
They call it order — we call it crime
We’ll crash their wave in double time!

(Chorus)

Cruelty’s the policy — hey! hey!
Spray-paint justice on the sea — hey! hey!
Ride the line, defy the tide
We’re the noise they can’t confine!

(Bridge)

You can’t drown a movement, man
Even in your master plan
We’re wired, wild, uncontained
You build walls — we build waves!

(Breakdown)

Cruelty’s not a glitch — it’s the code!
And we’re the virus in the overload!

(Final Chorus)

Cruelty’s the policy — hey! hey!
But we’ll rewrite that melody — hey! hey!
Surf the storm, don’t sink or hide
We’re the riptide, we’re the other side!

(Outro)

Cruelty’s the policy... not anymore... not anymore...

Conduit - Cruelty’s the policy

wish i could

Available to download/purchase on Bandcamp: https://elliejamesmusic.bandcamp.com

Apathy

Final Night (Edit)

Angel Follows Me Out

Magic Wool

Weakness

Each track drags the listener into a little world, introducing them to a roster of pitiful characters. These no hopers have come to terms with their bad fortune and not only embrace it but flaunt it.
Celebrating the beauty and art behind the acceptance of failure in a world that champions success may seem alienating on paper but in practice draws out the ‘bread and butter boy’ in all of us.

Una And The Lion

Haystack Monolith is a hunter-gatherer, time traveller and retired skimmy thrower…