It's very exciting to present my latest release created in collaboration with producer Dean Munch and folks from the town of Stranraer on percussion, guitar, vocals and spoken word.

The lyrics were based on conversations and workshops with people in the community, with the aim of inspiring and igniting new imaginative possibilities for their town. Beyond Stranraer, it could apply to any city, town or village that seeks renewal...and maybe it has resonance for people as well as buildings.

It's part of What We Do Now, a regional arts project in the nationwide Culture Collective network coordinated by Creative Scotland and supported by The Stove in Dumfries and the Stranraer Millennium Centre. Big thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!

What Could Happen Here

From my EP 'Could Do Better' - out now!

Vocals & songwriting by Hope London
Synths, songwriting & production by Dean Munch
Additional mixing by Ben Seal
Mastered by Taz Mattar
Music video by Daniel Hughes 

Lyrics:
Locked down, so crazed, can't tell my nights from my days
Nothing to do but watch my hair grow - oh no! I look like a scarecrow
Like zombies living in a nightmare, masked up faces and Halloween fright hair
Bad hair day, feeling desperate, gonna grab some scissors - I'm gonna mess with it!

At home with a homemade haircut, stuck at home with a homemade haircut
You know I used to be scared but now I can do it with my eyes shut!
At home with a homemade haircut, stuck at home with a homemade haircut
You know I used to be scared but now I can do it with my eyes shut! 

Hair do's, fair do's what have ya got to lose? 

Mind sinking, too much thinking I discovered the power of positive drinking
If you make a mistake and you can't undo it, don't fret you can always glue it!
I really miss my hairdresser, she was my mother confessor
When we're done with all this madness, I can only hope she'll still be in business!

At home with a homemade haircut, stuck at home with a homemade haircut
You know I used to be scared but now I can do it with my eyes shut!
At home with a homemade haircut, stuck at home with a homemade haircut
You know I used to be scared but now I can do it with my eyes shut! 

Pick up a scissor, pick up a razor, 
Do what you wanna do and don't let it faze ya 
They say that life ain't fair but no one told me about homemade hair 

At home with a homemade haircut, stuck at home with a homemade haircut
It's a Halloween scare cut, I'm stuck with a homemade haircut
I can do it with my eyes shut

Pick up a scissor, pick up a razor, do what you wanna do don't let it faze ya 
They say that life ain't fair but no one told me 'bout homemade hair 
At home with a homemade haircut stuck at home with a homemade haircut
You know I used to be scared but now I can do it with my eyes shut

I can do it with my eyes shut

Homemade Haircut

Title track of first album...songwriting, piano and vocals by hope London...about expectations, relationships, giving it all you've got and above all, aiming LOW (better chance of hitting the target!)

Aim Low

from first album Aim Low
Relationships, gender roles (ho hum), metamorphosis...all in a day's work

Gotchakafka

Song inspired by real life events deals with the futility of hatred and revenge...and you can dance to it!

Two brothers

A long story about a street in Brooklyn and how hard it can be to go back home again

Albemarle Road

Story of people falling through the cracks in Los Angeles

Lost Angel

Writing songs about life the way I see it.   Performing them the way I feel it.