luv jonez submission for Sample Challenge #203 at The Producers Corner.

Word 2 God 86bpm Fsm 24bit

If LAMF was part 1 then Dinner & D!ck is part two of the jam. This bumps hard as f with influences of dubstep , southern rap, and pure wit.

North Wales Psychedelic rock band 'Holy Coves' return with a brand new single 'Desert Storm' which is set for release on 29th of April via prolific North Wales Label 'Yr Wyddfa Records'.

Dropping swiftly into the slip-stream and following on from the successful 'The Hurt Within' which was released last month, 'Desert Storm' really sets the psych mood with droney riffs, hazy vocals on an epic musical landscape.

Lead by Welsh Singer-Songwriter Scott Marsden, 'Holy Coves' find themselves crossing an unseen threshold on a fantastical new journey where new psych-hazed material spells an exciting new era for the collective.

Through long time friend and Producer David Wrench, 'Holy Coves' were put in touch with Texan Producer Erik Wofford (The Black Angels / Explosions In The Sky) and have built quite a magical working relationship, one where Wofford found himself on Mixing and Mastering duties for the material and certainly contributes to their new sound.

Desert Storm

Eye Down

Always Repeating Demos

Heliotrope (demo)

So far away is a dark, sad, alt-pop ballad that was written for a film soundtrack for a film that never got filmed. Still...sounds like something you'd hear in the background of a shot where something awful was happening to a character that you had grown to love dearly.

Faint Line - So far away

‘End Credits’ is a nihilistic yet optimistic track about slipping into the unknown of the afterlife. Musically joyous, lyrically dower this track perfectly sums up the highs and lows of realising our human condition as we hopelessly and defiantly trudge towards the end.

End Credits

'Facade' from Honest Men's sophomore album 'Field of Vision', out now: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/honestmen/field-of-vision-2

Written and produced by Honest Men.

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Lyrics:
Tell me yet again now, why do you
Leave another letter on the floor
Telling me I'm due to face my trial
It's another caller on the line
It's another reaper of my time
It's another way to say I'm done

But I'm trying so hard to
Face my feelings oh my
It got away
I told you, it's almost embarrassing
Lying for you, no
Dying for you to know
I told you
I have no opinions

Give me another day like that
Belief when I fall away off track
It sounds like you're telling me
It's all a dream
So I carry another big let down
Tell you I never left this town
Cause faith is just admitting I was wrong

But I'm trying so hard to
Face my feelings oh my
It got away
I told you, it's almost embarrassing
Lying for you, no
Dying for you to

Know
I was gone
But I'm fine
I think I got it wrong

Tell me I don't need this
Thing they call ability
I don't need this
Thing they call man's sorrow no

Tell me I don't need this
Thing they call ability
I don't need this

Pulse flat in the mezzanine
When you dared to hold my hand
Cold sweat when you're listening
What's it take to be a man

Restart on the seventeenth
Another year to learn it all
Become who I wanna be
I won't fall oh

Tell me I don't need this
Thing they call ability
No I don't need this
Thing they call man's sorrow
Not alone without you
I'll walk off against the pack
No I don't need this
It's all a facade

Field of Vision

Facade

'Stuck!' from Honest Men's sophomore album 'Field of Vision', out now: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/honestmen/field-of-vision-2

Written and produced by Honest Men.

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Official website - https://honestmenmusic.com

Listen to Honest Men:
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Amazon Music - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BNBCLLD
Tidal - https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6945815
SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/honest-men

Lyrics:
I tried
Too many times
To find the high of my life
Most times
Ended up imploding
Well I'm doing my best
Stuck in a fall
I keep repeating, void of meaning
While they're bringing me down
Cut ties
With the preacher and the missionaries
In the back row

I walk a tightrope
Take all the high roads
Pretending it's the time of my life
Watching the right shows
Hitting the high notes
But everything's been catching my eye
It's stuck in my mind

I'm in a state
Stuck in a way
I need a change
Gonna innovate
They're gonna pay
Feels like someone beat the hell out of me

Dreamer, believer
Waisting on the other side
Cold air, blank stare
Coughing up a little blood 
High on a feeling
Got my feet up on the ceiling
While they're pulling me down
I did it again
So unappealing
When their fists are always swinging
Hear the deafening crowd
It turns out
I did it again
Again, again, again, again

I'm in a state
Stuck in a way
I need a change
Gonna innovate
They're gonna pay
Feels like someone beat the hell out of me

I'm in a state
Stuck in a way
I need a change
Gonna innovate
They're gonna pay
Feels like someone beat the hell out of me

I hear a sound
It's deafening
Above the crowd
A signaling
I shrug it off
A love remiss
A cosmic force
I'll never glimpse

I'm in a state
Stuck in a way
I need a change
Gonna innovate
They're gonna pay
Feels like someone beat the hell out of me

I'm in a state
Stuck in a way
I need a change
Gonna innovate
They're gonna pay
Feels like someone beat the hell out of me

Stuck!

I am the garden
that backs on to your train;
graffiti on a hoarding
sordid reading at close range.
Tights in the gutter.
Another shutter down forever.
I am bouquets at the side of the road.

Look for me in the tailback
as you drive the flyover.
I’m the wall of the underpass
Everyone’s eyes slide off me like egg. At last.

I’m the dark sockets
of a house with no power.
Trip switch lips.

Look for me in the now.

Have I broken into your heart yet?
Have I broken into your heart yet?
I’m talking in tongues again, I know. I know.
But have I?
Broken into your heart yet?

Look for me in the trees
at every roundabout you approach,
in hot black rubber tracks.

I am nettles in the hedgerow
a balloon, a blister pack.
I’m teething again
but this time it’s words, it’s words.

Stand firm Kate:
I make a sweep of my face,
and fake my forehead terror proof.
This is not the time to step out into your headlights.
Look for me in the now.
This is not the time to step out into your headlights.
Look for me in the now.

It’s in the words, the words, the words.
The words, the words, the words.
Look for me in the now.

The Now

Following on from the spacious, glacial electronica of previous single, Opaque Crater, 5 March 2021 sees Ritual Cloak release their latest track, White Noise. Written from the perspective of a close friend of the band before they passed away, and drawing on real-life conversations, the track marks the first introduction of lyrics and vocals (Daniel Barnett) into their sonic arsenal. Woven seamlessly into their traditionally synth-based approach, these new melodic textures work symbiotically with the track’s inherent, bittersweet gravity.

Amidst the darker weight of the subject matter and lyrics, White Noise also evokes an ever-burgeoning cocoon of light, offering some calm amidst the chaos. Initially built on the backdrop of arpeggiated synth strings and heart-wrenching vocal melodies, the track swells and evolves unexpectedly over its four minutes. This culminates in an almost triumphant progression of minimalist techno beats that boldly carves out the path forwards, only reaching its full power when each element is conjoined to the next.

The track was completed just a couple of days before the untimely death of their friend, Chris, who was its inspiration. Given he was such a big supporter of the band, it’s a massive shame he was never able to hear it. Naturally, it is dedicated to him.

White Noise will be released across digital platforms on March 5, 2021 with Divine Invasions following on 7 May, 2021.