My weekly 5 picks from the @freshnet Listening Post for 2020.

Tobi's Fresh Net Favs 2020

Vine Song

We have to let this go 
just can't take it anymore
it is weighing us both down
cut you loose so you don't drown 

As I sink into the abyss 
im watching you not surface
where do I begin?
I did not know that you could not swim

I see you when my eyes are closed
I feel you like the night is cold
I hear you when there's no one near
In the undertow it will all disapear

we don't have to suffocate
when the feelings inundate
all the things are left to fate
it won't make the nightmares go away 


there is no need to asphyxiate 
a love turned into hate
why you got to devastate?
it won't make the night mares go away.

I'll swallow
the rain 
just to sink down to the bottom 
in the flood we drown again

the Damage

Drown

No Souvenirs

Fightmilk - No Souvenirs

Airsum Sheikses

Inhabited by a Cry

Dial in the drive, make the lights goes red and enjoy the journey. Inspired by a love of all things electric, eclectic and that sit outside of the distribution curve. When it comes to pitching tracks, it can be difficult to decide on genre. I love this…keep translating mental imagery, those swirling or distinct sounds that you wake up with and all is well. Hope you enjoy and if you can dance to this…even better. Retro Fitted Memory is the outcome of a cumulative residual set of memories of sound that have swirled around my head for decades. Was it that episode of Miami Vice or that album by Rock legends (…….) I don’t know. It’s the ‘tone’ that was and still is cemented in my mind that I was trying to convey rather than the notes. There’s a silvered gold colour for me. Hopefully, you can immerse a little and capture 3 minutes of well-being through sound. Thanks for stopping by 😎

Retro Fitted Memory

Wake Up! It's Another Day

layered collage of recordings of pc fans, dehumidifier and oven

resonant bandpass filters applied to bring out key frequencies in each layer for more drone like effect

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More on the 661st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Consumer Drone Product — The Assignment: Record a piece of drone music using sounds from your home — at https://disquiet.com/0661/

disquiet0661 - rpm

They told me to dream big
So I dreamt of the sun
And its gravitational pull
its gravitational pull
And all the life it breathes into everything
And its gravitational pull

How can I ensure when I am fully grown
That the Milky Way will make room 
So that I can ever-glow?

How can I be centre of this universe 
(I know I know)
How can I be anything but disappointed?

(I can't match up, I can't match up, to any of my own...)

And now it's reached the stage
Where I am jealous of birds
and their levitational art
and their levitational art
And how their lightest hearts
Can help them reach the stars
and their levitational artistry

How can I ensure when I am dead and gone
That my legacy endures
My reputation twinkles on?
How, when I explode, can I shoot eight million eons?
Then how can I get further still?

(and yeah, I think I was about 16 when I learnt about the greeks and mythology and how they could talk mostly deeply about what it means to be a human being... and I learnt about Icarus and all of those events before his fall.... and I wondered... and I kept wondering.... and I kept wondering... how he must've felt in those few minutes just before he melted... to be the highest one... to be the highest one... to be the closest one...)

Icarus

From the new album 'Seven for A Secret' out 01/01/20 in all digital stores. The first track on the album, it sets the scene for what's to come. The album tells the tale of two murders from the perspectives of the people involved. Produced by Gavin Monaghan (The Blinders, The C33's, Pagans SOH)and recorded at Magic Garden Studio, Wolverhampton. The album started life as a rough screen play which spawned a song and grew into a full album. Next stop is a graphic novel and/or video clip if funds allow.

Seven For A Secret

THE BALLAD OF BROKEN BONES

The Ballad Of Broken Bones

Burden

Fire On At Me - T.E.G


“I’m on my way home, I want to get back,
I know it feels good, and I don’t wanna leave”

Fire on at me if you don’t have more to say
Come and get it cos you’ve got nothing to stay
You and I both know that it don’t work this way
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
We both got reasons but these reasons aren’t enough
It’s my vendetta and yours, you just had it rough
But things are changing and though I know it’s tough
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Here we are -  away from home
I close my eyes I visualise 
I wanna go home
Not on your own - but fighting solo
The end is near, I feel the fear
I wanna go home

We take our prisoners who just want their release
They say they’re sorry but we’re not easy to please
Their freedom’s ours and we’ll sort ‘em out with ease
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away
Any action will so make you pay the price
So no decision is without sacrifice
Just ‘cos I pity doesn’t mean I am nice
Put your gun down, I put mine down, put them away

Feel these tears, they’re filled with rage
Fell off my horse I’ve got back up
I wanna go home
Don’t pretend, that your not scared
This war right here’s been on years
I wanna go home

Don’t think you can stop me
I am trying and succeeding 
You cannot see me I’m invincible
And I stop stop wanna come home

Fire On At Me

Lyrics

V1
paint me in colours that you want to see
I'll be the person that you wanted to know before you met me
and I'll hold your hand until my blood runs blue
I'll be the person that you wanted to know, the girl you once knew

Pre Chorus
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I'm just a little stuck on you

Chorus 
oh I'd mould my brain to fit with yours
and I'd sing this song until my lungs are sore
oh I'm sorry if you're bored of questions 
and second guessing
oh I'm hopelessly asking for more
cause I'm not sure I love you really means that much at all

V2
tell, tell me something is on your mind 
cause I can't talk for the two of us and I know something isn't quite right
and is this how I'm meant to spend my time
oh staring into dead eyes wondering if I cross your mind

Pre Chorus
oooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I guess I gave it all for you

Chorus

Outro
oooooh what am I to do
call me crazy but I just can't give it all for you

ALEX CARROLL- Paint Me In Colours

Crying All The Time

Georgia, Steve, Si & Jack. 4-piece rock band from Sunderland. Bringing riffs & vibes. Supported by BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio and BBC 6 Music.

“Hivemind bring all the rock you need to the places you need it most”
Al Murray (Comedian) 
“Punk-esque flair…a dynamic listen”
(BBC Introducing)

Powerfully uncool electronic pop grooves for sarcastic introverts.
Working the Recovery Chronic Depression/Anxiety
Trekkie 🖖

Crying All The Time

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