Name: Spending my time by JetVal
Duration: 3 min 42 s
Description: A tune born from the frustrations of a fascist led society from which we are unable to escape from due to the controlling influence of the one percent who strive for power and greed. I tried to replicate the disgust and immense dislike of these individuals by way of uneasy guitars to create a disturbing backdrop that seems to be the world we live in.

Protect the Spores

Living In My Skin

HACKING☆PARADISE
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Written, produced & performed by:
Vi Ellis - https://soundcloud.com/v1xl3t
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Dark Transfiguration

Interlude

Ferris

Blackbirds FC's third album!

This record has been a long labour of love for the band and features ten hand-tooled total bangers including the singles Rings Around the Sun, Lake of Stars and What's the Half-Life of Loving You?

Lyrically it talks about love (mainly gone wrong), politics (also going wrong), the young and the future (could go either way...). Musically it calls on the noisy spirits of all our influences including Wilco, The Church, the Go-Betweens, Beck and. Midnight Oil. 

The record title, Desire Lines, is partly a reference to the informal, unplanned pathways that people create despite the efforts of designers.

These lines typically cut across a planned route or area, often due to a more convenient or direct route and seemed like a good fit on a variety of levels for this record. 

Credits
Released July 11, 2025

Blackbirds FC are: 

Jeff Baker – Guitar 
Phil Campbell – Drums, percussion
Julien Chick – Bass, vocals 
Jeremy Gronow – Vocals, guitar, keyboards, string arrangements 
Gina Hearnden – Vocals, acoustic guitar 
Bec Long – Cello, lighting design

With Cameron McKenzie - Guitars, keyboards, vocals.

Produced by Cameron McKenzie at Station Place Studios, March - December 2024.
Mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering, January 2025.

Cover design: Phil Campbell
Band Photo: Jon Baxter

Made in the country of the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong People of the Eastern Kulin Nation. Blackbirds FC pay respect to their past, present, and future Elders and recognise their continued connection to the land and waters of this place. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Contact: blackbirdsfcband@gmail.com
www.blackbirdsfc.com.au

Copyright: Blackbirds FC 2025
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What's The Half Life Of Loving You?

"Blue Lightning Storm" is another instrumental that shows how AI keeps opening up new territories for me musically. This one's completely different from my heavy, fast tracks - at 76 BPM in E minor, it's got this massive, anthemic feel that's more stadium rock than speed metal.

The blue guitar surrounded by lightning perfectly captures what I was hearing in my head. This isn't about destruction like "Nuclear" - it's about power and energy that builds into something epic. That slower tempo gives every note room to breathe and really hit hard when it needs to.

I described it as "anthemic, stadium rock, pop rock, r&bish, aggressive and anthemic" because it pulls from all these different influences. The R&B elements give it this groove that my pure metal tracks don't have, but it's still aggressive enough to pack a punch. E minor keeps it moody and powerful without being too dark.

At 76 BPM, every hit matters. This isn't about overwhelming speed - it's about building to these huge, fist-in-the-air moments that would fill an arena. The lightning in the artwork represents those peak moments when the whole track just explodes into pure stadium energy.

This track proved to me that AI doesn't just help with one style of music. Whether I'm hearing brutal 150 BPM metal or slower, anthemic rock like this, the technology adapts to whatever's bouncing around in my brain. "Blue Lightning Storm" is probably my most accessible instrumental yet, but it still hits like a thunderclap when it needs to.

Blue Lightning Storm - Instrumental

still in me

Hitman (slowed)

A tune born from the frustrations of a fascist led society from which we are unable to escape from due to the controlling influence of the one percent who strive for power and greed. I tried to replicate the disgust and immense dislike of these individuals by way of uneasy guitars to create a disturbing backdrop that seems to be the world we live in.

Spending my time

[Verse]
Knock on the door to your sacred cathedral
The Pope
The Bishop
And the Mother Superior
Father O'Connor and your Saint Francis
Say I don't deserve it
Just get in the basket

[Chorus]
Throw in your stone
God bless your soul
Hey
God bless your soul

[Verse 2]
Got a black hat
Matches my black cat
Naked in the woods
Everybody don't like that
Say I'm crazy
A little unholy
But when you're feeling lonely
Baby
Then you all know me

[Chorus]
Throw in your stone
God bless your soul
Hey
God bless your soul

Heretic

“If You Talk in Your Sleep” thrashes with raw urgency : distorted guitars slash in angular bursts, a driving bassline holds steady beneath, and vocals cut through with unfiltered intensity. Equal parts grunge chaos, garage rock immediacy, and post-punk tension, it’s a restless anthem that feels both jagged and alive.

If You Talk In Your Sleep

New tune "Spending my time" out 19 August 2025!! Gig to support it will be Mid October. More details to come for the locals, can't wait !

Spending my time

JetVal

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