Awaken and Allow / Geist

Geist

Keep Checking up on Me

Put It In My Head

Folly Tree - On & On (feat. iogi)

Written and Recorded by Hejira. Mixed by Hejira and Floating Points. Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering. 

Pinter

(c) Wah Wah 45s

"An atmospheric return" - Clash Music 
"Between the latest incarnation of Arctic Monkeys and a soulful Paolo Nutini" - Gigwise
 "Unadulterated Stax-style soul...they sound like a band that’ s just finding their groove" - The Line Of Best Fit

Sometimes it takes a few bumps to find the right direction; often it involves experience, guts and self-belief to trust yourself and venture from one to find another. The Milk are a band that believe with utter conviction that they've now found their way.  

“Our second record, like many others before us, has been a life affirming but at times painful experience. For  all  the  good we  did  on  our  first  record, we  felt  that  there we're  many  unanswered  questions.  It  was important that this album put the record straight, not just for our fans and peers but for ourselves.”- Dan Legresley

 Fuelled by a rediscovery of the music and artists that originally inspired their formation, the four walls of their studio were ablaze  with a soundtrack of Bill Withers, Isaac Hayes and the Isley Brothers throughout the songwriting process for their new album.   From the swagger of symphonic opener ‘ Wanderlust’  to heartfelt ballad ‘ Lose That Way’  to the thunderous blues of the closing title track; The Milk’ s confidence in these songs and their execution is clearly audible. Captured in a tireless outburst of creativity at the end of 2014, ‘ Favourite Worry’  is The Milk at their soulful, honest and engaging best. 

“‘ Favourite Worry’  is born from the difficulties that everyone feels as they move through life, the dreams that falter, the friendships that struggle or the love that falls away. Each song is born from this very personal atonement that each of us has had to reconcile ourselves with. It was vital that the record demonstrate the many years we have played together, the blood harmonies and sibling rhythm section. Just as importantly the need for the sound to reach deep into the guts of the listener, as so many of our influences do, was always at the forefront.”- Dan Legresley

Eager  to  share  their  new  songs, ‘ Deliver  Me’   was  released  as  a    limited  7”  single  in  November  2014  - finding its  way  onto  the  playlists  of  BBC  6  Music’ s  Lauren  Laverne,  Huey  Morgan  and Gilles  Peterson  - while The Milk’ s dedicated fans packed out Tufnell Park’ s The Dome for the band’ s triumphant live return. The band unveiled their new songs in full for the first time to an intimate sold out show at Hackney’ s Oslo in July to  coincide  with the  release  of  single ‘ No  Interruptions’ ,  one  of  the first  songs  written for  'Favourite Worry'. 

“‘ No Interruptions’  provided us with a tone, musical flavour and a lyrical yardstick to which all of the other tracks on the album had to have in common. The song is about defiance and retribution, emotions that were common in the studio at that time.”- Rick Nunn

The  Bees'  Paul  Butler,  who  proved  his  production  mastery  with  Michael  Kiwanuka's  Mercury  Prize nominated debut, invited the band to record at Chale Abbey, a medieval barn on the Isle of Wight. Guided by Butler, the sessions captured the genuine version of The Milk: the sounds and honesty of soul. 

"There’ s a lot to love about The Milk. Pretty much family they’ ve been together so long, all have a focused passion on making the band work. They’ re equal in what each bring to the team, they practice more than any band I’ ve met. They know what they want now, which is source of the real magic. That quality in bands is becoming rarer, but they’ ve got it now.”
- Paul Butler (Producer)

Favourite Worry

Sophia Bastian's new single produced by Phil Simmonds.
Available on itunes April 12th

Blind Ambition - released

Lydia is the second single taken from the new album 'To The Islands' from The Magic Lantern, written during a tumultuous return to his childhood home in Australia. 

Opening with intricate finger picking, a wistful mood is established before Jamie’s intimate lead vocal takes centre stage. Written at a real liminal point in Jamie's life, Lydia is the most personal song on the album, so when it came to recording, the intention was to focus on the intensity that comes with stripping everything away. 

A defiantly solo song, Jamie chose to record it live in one take. Reminiscent of the personal, oblique narrative songs of Elliot Smith and hushed intimacy of Sufjan Stevens, Lydia demonstrates Jamie’s undeniable conviction. 

Influenced by the likes of folk, jazz and contemporary music, Jamie is dedicated to remedying the anxiety and fear present in all of us. Born in Australia, before moving to the UK at 12, Jamie adopted the stage name of The Magic Lantern and began writing songs while studying philosophy in Bristol. Moving to London in 2007, his debut album was released with a chamber-folk style quintet in 2011 before returning to his solo roots with an intimate second album in 2014. The Magic Lantern has received praise from numerous publications including The Guardian, Acoustic Magazine and Folk Radio UK as well as BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne, Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction and BBC Radio 2’s Jamie Cullum, Mark Radcliffe and Bob Harris among others. 

His third album sees The Magic Lantern return with a new ensemble drawn from London’s thriving jazz scene, exploring memory and hope in a world of near constant uncertainty.

Lydia is out now via Hectic Eclectic Records.

Lydia

Joyful Mind

Helena Deland's new single 'Truth Nugget' out now. Her debut album 'Someone New' out October 16th. Pre-order now: https://helenadeland.lnk.to/TruthNuggetID

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You shed all your layers
And become a truth nugget
My desperately open boy

You say you can’t hold anything back
It’s a habit
You say what’s on your mind
Whatever’s on your mind

Now you haven’t got anything on
It’s a habit 
That dies hard

Watch me do my makeup and hair
While you make up hypotheses out of thin air
I am another solid mystery when it comes to you
Michael, I’m the puzzle in the other room

Mountain park
The gate where you stand guard
And spread a blanket
So you have it
In case I come around

Festively clothed
We’ll shed layers and expose
The naked landscapes of our minds
We’ll crack open our minds

I am one to keep everything on
It’s a habit
That dies hard

Watch me do my makeup and hair
While you make up hypotheses out of thin air
I am another solid mystery when it comes to you
Michael, I’m the puzzle in the other room

Someone new

Helena Deland - Truth Nugget

Helena Deland's new single 'Someone New' out now. Her debut album 'Someone New' out October 16th. Pre-order now: https://helenadeland.lnk.to/SomeoneNewID

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If I could have every thought
As though for the first time
I'd never get sick of
The patterns of my mind
But I am stuck

If things go my way
I’ll stay in this room 
Where tonight I want to lay
Kissing someone new
With a familiar face
I can’t replace

Because remembering, no
It hasn’t been enough
It’s like the partial glow
A bright flower gives off
At night
Color imprecise 

What if I told you
It’ll all just end the same 
And then turned to you
Showed you my game 
You’d believe I’m stuck
Until I get ahold of

A stranger to remind me
I don’t contain the world
It is outside, can’t I see?
And in it I’m this lucky girl
And how to play my role
'Til I get too old

By then remembering, oh
It better be enough
I'll be covered head to toe
In the faded flower patterns of
Memories
Of nights like these
Of good times passed
I'll be home at last

And I will give
Myself a fucking break

If things go my way
I'll stay in this room 
Where again I want to lay
Kissing someone new
Who tells me 
Something pretty 
So that I too
Can feel like someone New

Joyful Mind

Hejira

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