The Last Of Us Demo

A track done a while ago now, that was released as a b side to Sophie's first single. Purchase it here http://sophiejamieson.bandcamp.com/

Sophie Jamieson - Gold

A duo track...

Oh hello. Rosie Swayne is a British theatre composer, sound designer, songwriter and performer who is magically simultaneously based in both the UK and Helsinki. She especially enjoys writing inventively layered music for ensemble vocalists and writing about herself in the third person so as to give the impression she is far too busy and important to write in her own website.

The above playlist is a varied selection of music and lyrics written (and performed) by her and her band Invocal and selected theatre projects in Finland and Sweden. Some are studio produced and others taken from live performances so sound quality varies. Here are some things people have said.

"Rosie Swayne is one of the most distinctive songwriting voices I've heard for a long time" NETRHYTHMS REVIEW

"Wonderful, inventive and unique" SUE MARCHANT, BBC EASTERN COUNTIES

"Great fun, and clever too" JUDY SPIERS, BBC RADIO DEVON

"I've been playing this music all week - it's addictive - funny, but so dark" MONICA WINFIELD, BBC RADIO LEICESTER

"Caustic, funny and so damn harmonic" ALBUM REVIEW, CURVE MAGAZINE

"Five stars" ALBUM REVIEW, OUTNORTHWEST UK

"Truly great songwriting" OUROBOROUS REVIEW

" It’s impossible to categorise this music and I’m inclined not to...rich and compelling" RAINBOW NETWORK REVIEW

"A little bit gypsy, a little bit theatre, a little bit curious and a lot interesting" JANE EAMONN, THE MUSES MUSE

"brilliantly intelligent, funny and talented" GENOVIEVE TUDOR, BBC RADIO SHROPSHIRE

The other performers on the "from Invocal" tracks are Rachel Sanson, Helen Turton, Bee Church, Sarah Moloney and Debbie Frayling, all from Northampton UK.

Other performers on the "Laitos " recordings are Henriikka Hietaniemi, Maia Häkli, Kaija Kauppinen, Jutta Lahtinen, Ronja Levola, Tiina Paananen, Inka Söderström, Jarmo Vuorensola, Juha Pursiainen & Terjo Vihersalo.

Text & dramaturgy of "Saatto..." devised and performed by Outi Condit, Tuomo Rämö and Ahti Pursiainen.

Circle Of Shame (Rosie Swayne & Rachel Duncan)

Sebastian Kole covers Adele's newest hit single "Hello"

Hello - Adele  (Sebastian Kole Cover)

Compass

Vocals, piano, harmonium: Valerio Lysander; cello: Andrea Rocha; violin: Monica Vinoly.

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​​If I stop for a while
Nothing changes outside
Would you notice the difference
Between what I was yesterday and what I’m now?

Sometimes I feel like I’m nothing more than flesh
And I feel the heaviness of being human and limited
Then I wish I could run naked in the streets
Oh, oh, oh

I picked up a cotton thread 
In an empty corridor
When I tried to change its shape
I knew that its essence would stay the same

Sometimes I feel ​like I’m nothing more than flesh
And I feel the heaviness of being human and limited

Then I wish I could run naked in the street
Then I wish I could run naked in the street

I’m toasting a marshmallow
It’s so sweet and I’m so callow
I wish I could change my flavour
Without changing myself, without being someone else

Sometimes I feel ​like I’m nothing more than flesh
And I feel the heaviness of being human and limited
Then I wish I could run naked in the street
Sometimes I feel ​like I’m nothing more than flesh
And I feel the heaviness of being human and limited

Then I wish I could run naked in the street
Then I wish I could run naked in the street

Oh, oh, oh

Valerio Lysander - Cotton

Your Honey

Remember when you were 5 years old
And somebody bought you a barbie doll
so you cut off her hair and with biro you gave her tattoos
But what became of baby-dyke Barbie?
Or for that matter her PVDC hair?
Or the box that she came in
Or the bag she came home in
Or the bin she was thrown in
We may purge and disown
But these moments are STILL HERE

Each hilarious fake dog poo - still here
Every smashed Buckeroo - still here
Deely boppers and cherished space hoppers still here
Shrinky Dinkies, spokie dokies, Tinkky Winkies broken still here
Tamagotchis

Each defiled Action Man it's still here
Somewhere still on this planet still here
And the eyes and the ears still heeeeee-eeeeeee-eeeeee-eeeeere
And the moustache and the feet of mr. potato head
Though not the actual potato
cause that's biodegradable... so it's fine...Just play with potatoes children!

Each plastic bottle you put ya lips to - still here
That White Lightning you sicked through - still here
Tic tacs, pixie sticks, takeaway coffee fixes still here
Kwenchy Kups you sunk with your dairy lea dunkers (I look at you accusingly, you look sheepish) still here it's true
6 billion tonnes of plastic sack-age still here
And that's just from one Amazon package!

Each piece of plastic through your hand will
Still be here in some great landfill or
Floats around with the sad, lost fish in the ocean

Every dayglo bright orange swimming bag - still here
That you and each of your friends had - still here
Rainbow Brite and her STUPID horse Starlight still here
And NO, I'm not still BITTER that I wasn't given a

GUN!
All the gum! all the tinsel, each promotional pen!
All the tape, every chapstick, all the green army men
Every plastic toggle still here, gonks will...

(great pacific cabbage patch kids- still here - , sending our trash to Malaysia and Vietnam tips - all the rubbish goggles still here every game of Boggle will...)

Still be here in some great landfill or
Floats around with the sad, lost fish in the ocean un - un - un
and on
and on
and on
and on
and on
and on ...
credits
from FOSSILHEADS: The Future is Petrifying (4 song EP), released September 18, 2019
All material ©2019 R Swayne All Rights Reserved
Performed by Rachel Duncan & Rosie Swayne
Recorded/produced live by Chris Furner at FitDog Studios Northampton, September 2019

3 Baby Dyke Barbie from FOSSILHEADS

Something positive to come out of lockdown. These songs mean a lot to me. I hope they do something for you. If you love them, or if you hate them - whatever. I just hope they connect in some way. Stay safe.

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