'Commercial' - an EP by James Leonard Hewitson. Release TBC.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jack Wait at Quarry, Liverpool, 2020.

All songs by James Leonard Hewitson.

James Leonard Hewitson - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Synths, Misc.
Jack Wait - Drums, Programming, Percussion, Misc.
Josh Ingledew - Additional Synth on Commercial Vibe.
Fielding - Remix of Commercial Vibe.

Commercial EP Playlist

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Commercial Vibe - Fielding Remix (Free Download)

Out 04 june.

Ive heard it all before, everything twice.
When your eyes look to the door, it only tightened the vice.

Now I feel the pain coming
I feel the pain coming
I feel the pain coming 
I feel the pain coming

So pick me off the floor, turn off the lights.
For when my mind goes overboard, it'll crave your advice

Still I feel the pain coming
I feel the pain coming
I feel the pain coming 
I feel the pain coming

So don't you go and tell me, that I mean nothing to you now.
Don't you know it hurts me, to hear those words come out your mouth?

So don't you go and tell me, that I mean nothing to you now
Don't you know it hurts me, to hear those words come out your mouth?

Still I feel the pain coming
I feel the pain coming
I feel the pain coming 
I feel the pain coming

So don't you go and tell me, that I mean nothing to you now.
Don't you know it hurts me, to hear those words come out your mouth?

Pain Coming

Deprived is the first single by Brinkman - a singer-songwriter of latvian descent based between Venice and Milan in Italy. Deprived is a solo comeback after many years of staying quiet

Brinkman

Deprived

‘Summer’ the new single from Lewis McLaughlin is a testament to the simple joys of being young, having few cares in the world, whatever the weather. It brings musical escapism - asking us to leave our worries in the house and enjoy a moment with others in the sun. It draws influence from traditional forms and filters them with a contemporary lens to blend alt folk and rock into something unique.

A choir of Lewis’ rich musical network gels the track; “the song has always been very strongly focused on inclusion, community and togetherness. I hope that comes across in this version and the music video.” 

It was recorded in Glasgow where he currently lives. He is 20 years old and was inspired by the likes of John Martyn and Villagers to begin writing and recording his own songs.

Summer - Single

Summer - Radio Edit

Summer (Radio Edit)

i see the words

Drift

What Happened Here

Tiny Tears

Talk, just keep talk to me, 
i'll been waiting for... you so long.
Say, what you feel when you're alone, 
close the door, forget the world, 
just let it out.
Walk , let's walk out of here, 
cuz we are stuck into a foolish land,
Days, you say are empty without love, there's no more, 
that love has gone,
just let it out.
Lying in grass then bones collide graves,
time cut it all, tear down your wall,
even the sun will be faded away,
time cut it all, don't let you drag.
We fall asleep, we hit the ground,
being melted into a foolish land,
we fall asleep, we hit the ground,
surrending us against the sky...

Ashtray

Lyrics

I fall back into my teens
Whenever I get close but

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
But you did once and if time stood still

I’d wait for hours for a glimpse of those child like chills
But all the things i’ve said move further from my mouth

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards

You’re no more than births and funerals
You’re no more than all I’ve been
Where there once was grudge there’s now peace and a sense of end
I’ll mourn your gradual death but cherish every breath

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards
You don’t feel like home
To me any more
You don’t feel like home
But you did once

You Don't Feel Like Home

Waiting For A Call (Free Download)

From 'Commercial' EP.

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Temporary Values (Free Download)

From the 'Commercial' EP released July 2021 - a song about the prevalence of materialism and ego in a crisis-stricken society, written and recorded during the Coronavirus pandemic. 

Featured on Steve Lamacq's New Music Fix on BBC Radio 6.

Commercial Vibe

Commercial Vibe (Free Download)

Ave Life

Helly Hansen 4

Pivotal Orbit

Look what happened when Rope Store got back in the studio in 2020.

Because 2020's been a very 'different' year, this is a very different Rope Store!

Written, played & sung by Jason & Gemma.

Recorded, mixed & mastered at The Crunch, UK.

Isabella

Two brothers versus the machines. Clusters of Eyes debuted at Smugglers Festival 2018 and have since been inhabiting coastal Kent’s subterranean network of tunnels, honing their set of gritty electronica and robot-rock.

This latest track features guest vocals from Troy of punk/hardcore band The Long Knives.

Imagery of a dystopian post-Covid, post-Brexit landscape is set to an irrepressible groove - inspired in equal parts by The Fall’s ‘Blindness’ and Death In Vegas’ ‘Aisha’.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/QaII3ePbDtc

This Is Transformation (feat. Troy)

I slept with faith,
i was drinking and dancing 
with a dead body between my arms,
without regrets, 
so much joy after crawling, 
a bleeding nose from the dusk to dawn,
i need the loneliness and silence to be  fine, 
Intoxication is my daily psalm, 
i need a rest of my thougts of this lowlife,
and shut the voices in my head for now

just let the rytmh shake the hysteria

it's kinda fun that this wicker man cant  burn, 
some years of youth has been wasted for love,
what kind of love we are looking for this  time?, 
we know the law, and we know how  destroy
so let me jump throught your window this  morning, 
i get addicted to your sweetness and kind,
we dont deserve all the sorrow of this cage, 
so here's the key i will follow you down...

No Bliss

Contact/booking: jamesleonardhewitson@gmail.com

'Energetic and thought-provoking songs with a wry, unexpected beauty' - End of The Road Festival

2024

23rd Mar - s/ Mr Ben and The Bens, Pop Recs, Sunderland

6th Apr - Aelius Alternative Fest, Newcastle

20th Apr - s/ Scott Hepple and The Sun Band, Claypath Deli, Durham

30th May - Newcastle, RPM Music (instore gig)

1st June - Newcastle, Head of Steam

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