A bouncy folk rock tune that is lyrically inspired by tracks like 'Sympathy for the Devil' by the Rolling Stones and 'Man of a Thousand Faces' by Marillion. Part of a concept album I wrote during my Master's degree but never released.

A song full of badass boasts and outrageous ego. The lyrics were so much fun to write, focusing on the over-the-top claims of toxically-masculine folks regarding their willingness and ability to get into - and easily win - a fight.

The music is a throwback to classic 80's rock that seems to have become popular again - Wig Wam's title track on the Netflix show Peacemaker, Stranger Things, Massive Wagons, etc. - and fits with the excessively masculine bravado of the lyrics. Lots of lush vocal harmony, too.

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I'm Your Monster

Combing sea-shanties, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and the Cthulhu Mythos, the song tells the tale of a murderous crew and the venegance of an old god.

From the Deep

A visceral tale told from the point of view of a Jack the Ripper-esque killer in Victorian London, with touches of Jekyll & Hyde and Bloodborne.

Blood Drunk

An unsettling love song / upbeat folky acoustic number, written from the pov of an ancient, obsessive, vampiric monster.

Until Your Body Grows Cold

A heavy, guitar-driven metal song about Frankenstein's monster and his search for an identity.

I Know My Name

A meloncholic acoustic number about losing the things that make us who we are... and zombies.

Haunted by the Sky

It's a cinematic folk song with atmospheric piano and strings and an anthemic rock ballad feel that is really an intimate acoustic tune at heart. Like most of my lyrics, it attempts to take the obvious and cliché and give it a little twist towards the bizarre and macabre.

Sins

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James Gordon is a guitarist, singer, composer, and music lecturer who dabbles in making things alongside intense bouts of procrastination. Originally from Liverpool, he has been fortunate enough to play and record all over the UK and Europe with a variety of acts, from rock, metal and punk bands to more stripped back acoustic music.

James writes strange little songs about love and death and sea monsters... all the important things in life. His music ranges from acoustic singer-songwriter to folky horror to cinematic rock and has variously been described as: a cross between Queen, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams with a dash of Meatloaf; Supertramp merged with Tommy Emmanuel and Marillion; Twenty One Pilots-esque; Bon Jovi with a touch of H. P. Lovecraft; musical theatre blues; and pound-shop Nick Cave. He's particularly fond of that last one.

One review called his work: "atmospheric rock and folk horror intent on rescuing the obvious with the bizarre."

He's currently a PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham studying music composition.

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