Lyrics working well with the " drive " of the riff. I enjoyed.

I love the writing and the delivery, Joseph, and Bryan's work really gives this a superb bounce!!!

Such a great song and this version really comes alive.

Love that thumping rhythmic piano…while piece is tight as a drum!

congrats mate, i like the increasing pace

Huge thanks to Iano @Rosarius for the guitar parts and to Bruce on bass... 

Are you ghosting me? Is that your deal?
Is that what this is and how it feels?
And how the hell does that work for you?
Is there guilt, do you have no clue
How it feels to love and care and trust so much
And share your dreams and fears and such
When suddenly …. There is nothing

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

Verse 2
Emptiness, no sound, no sights
A void once filled with excitement
The thrill of the pace and hunger
Their absence strikes me repeatedly
Not once, not twice, with every ping on my devices
Messages not from you scream the truth
You’re not coming

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

Verse 3
I scroll sometimes through the words
Your wrote to me when you saw my worth
No warning of the savage cut
One day warmth, the next day none
Hours of laughter, not pretending
Now a story with no ending
And I swear that I'll delete them all but don't 
Once more succumbing

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

M8
What does that say about me?
That I could be such a fool
What does that say that 
You could be so cruel

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

Vanished Without Trace

05/July/2023

Angry Sky (featuring Daniele Turani guitar)

Please enjoy the private pre-release album IN FULL!

Meditated (Prod. By Druggy)

Words/Music by Netta&McGill
Available on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes and other music streaming platforms.

How were we to know

Bryan Ciliberto: Drums
Ib Delight: Saxophone
Anna Houck: Backing Vocals
Joseph Houck: Vocals, piano, guitar, bass, synths

Mixed and Mastered by Bryan Ciliberto. 
New Album "Haunts & Wants" Out 10/6/23

My new single "I Will Never Forget" existed in its earliest form some fifteen years ago. While I've not changed some of those initial verses, I've written different versions of the song through the years. A few might remember an earlier incarnation I posted on SoundCloud about a decade ago. While the song has evolved, the central idea has never changed. It comes from the drive to cherish, extol the exploits of romantic love. 

 For the lyric video (below), I filmed short clips of scenes along the road where I live:
 https://youtu.be/TfXZTLraEVk?feature=shared

I Will Never Forget (2023 Version)

Ah, dear listener! I present myself here with my good buddy Gary, rather sheepish and shamefaced at being absent from this church of sonic jewels for the longest time.  I have been a bad listener, I'm afraid.  Bereft of mojo, time and without my little studio. Mea culpa. 

If you've read this far, you already have a whiff of the legendary about you.

So one day, quite recently,  the Phaigester messages me and opens his raincoat to reveal a select library of stellar little ear-nuggets he's been hiding away. What beauties, I tell thee! What beauties!
He lives here and you should visit if you haven't before 
https://soundcloud.com/thephaige

Three grabbed me instantly..deep, swirling soundstrata, complex and intriguing in equal measure. 

Perched on my bed, yodelling into the abyss, I attempt to add to his painting.  Teleported into that great,  inkyblack wonderland of transcendent joy again.

Hats off to Gar. Inventive, musical and patient. Thanks for your art and resuscitating me.

3 tracks..8mins plus..big ask. But hey, if you've read this far whilst listening you're halfway through 

Cheers me hearties, catch  you soon
Be good 

Nick

All music, production and artwork   Gary
Vocal and lead on track 1    Ridiculous

Peripheral

I can’t see you, I can’t be with you
I can’t hold you or feel your welcome touch
As we slip into the water

I always sense you, I always feel you
Moving with me, our thoughts alike so much
As we slip into the water

When you slipped away on that awful day
You made me promise to live my life my own way
As I walk with you into the water

No more peripheral
It is logical
It is you and me

Tlaslila

I feel
Like I want to ride across the desert
Baking sand, tears of sweat in my eyes
Then climb climb the black mountains
Oh-oh-over we go, sail into the grey blue skies
I feel cold, dark deepness,
Feel fearsome rain,
Then fall
Fall into your arms again

Strange Agent

Strange Agent
You're never gonna find the man
Strange Agent
He'll let you run while you can

Fool you summoned him from beyond
Fool you thought he'd give you what you want
But that ain't the deal
Spinning the wheel
He's found something to steal
There's a soul to pay

Strange Agent, running wild in your head
Strange Agent telling you to talk with the dead
He's taking you by the hand

It's In The Room EP ThePhaige with Nicholas Ridiculous

Ive always pursued my music from a very spontaneous perspective  starting with guitar, i try to approach  things in a very organic fashion even with electronic  modular  synths  i have logic + mother keyboard i never use it ! For me the work flow  must synchronise with how & what motivates me in the feeling of the moment in a natural chaos  ..deliberated yes of course but clicking around on a screen while writing makes me wanna blow my brains out . ! Anyway for me personally this track exemplifies that feeling of the moment in Celebration..One shot recorded live job done 🤗 Thanks for  listening 🤗🙏😊.This is a DAW-less production .

Celebration  🤗 🙏 😊

Dark environment

Old photographs

Nebeski

on this version, Josh Guice plays drums and James Abendschan plays bass (but you can't hear that very well).

Mischief Noir

Singer songwriter from the mountains of North Carolina. 
New album "Haunts & Wants" out on vinyl and streaming Oct. 6th, 2023.




www.josephhouckmusic.com

I Will Never Forget (2023 Version)

Joseph Houck

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