Second single from Stephen Durkan, a spoken word artist and musician from Glasgow who creates socially (un)conscious brutalist poetry set to dystopian beats.

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Stephen Durkan - The Acid Commune

HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
Download link: https://bandspectra.bandcamp.com/track/human-reciprocator-feat-the-anchoress

I'M A TRAINED ORATOR
A SKILLED MANIPULATOR
I WAS BORN INTO THE RANKS
WHILE YOU WERE BRED FOR FOOD BANKS
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO WANT FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE

I AM A NATURAL LEADER
YOU ARE THE TRUE BELIEVERS
I SEE THEM SCRAPING ON THEIR KNEES
THEY RECOGNISE I’M THE ELITE 
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO WORK FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE

HUMAN RECIPROCATOR

I’M A PUBLIC SPEAKER
FORGIVE MY MISDEMEANOURS
MY MASCULINITY - A CRUTCH FOR MEDIOCRITY 
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO BEG FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE

I AM A NATURAL LEADER
YOU ARE THE TRUE BELIEVERS
SO DON’T LISTEN TO RUMOUR
(WELL DRESSED LIKE THAT WOULD YOU BELIEVE HER?)
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO REPENT FOR A THING IN MY LIFE

HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR

I HAVE ALL THE DATA
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
I HAVE FRIENDS IN SUCH HIGH PLACES
THAT MY PRIVILEGE ERASED IT
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO ANSWER FOR A THING IN MY LIFE

I CAN RADIATE IT
I WON’T RECIPROCATE IT
I WILL ASK OF YOU THE THINGS I’LL NEVER EVER EVER DO
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO WAIT FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE

HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR

I'M A SKILLED ORATOR
A TRAINED MANIPULATOR
I SEE THEM FALLING AT MY FEET
THE MAN THE WOMEN WANT TO MEET
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO ASK FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE

WHILE YOU WERE BRED FOR FOOD BANKS
I WAS BORN INTO THE RANKS
I SEE YOU SCRAPING ON YOUR KNEES
YOU RECOGNISE I’M THE ELITE 
NEVER EVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO WAIT FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE

HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR
HUMAN RECIPROCATOR


Written by Robert Manning // Catherine Anne Davies
Performed by:
Robert Manning// Synethesizers, drum machine
Catherine Anne Davies// Vocals
Leo Abrahams// Guitar
Gary Alesbrook// Trumpet

Produced by Robert Manning, Catherine Anne Davies
Mixed by Dave Sanderson
Mastered by Andy Baldwin, Metropolis Studios, UK
Video Director// Callum Henderson @cal_lum
Single Art// J Rafalet @jrafalet

Band Spectra Feat. The Anchoress - Human Reciprocator

Put It All Back

Filament

Listening in the back seat
Window wiper sounds like 
fingers on guitar strings
The patterns of the rain
Wonder why it falls
Like that

Those were sad times   
It can't have just been me
When the car would idle 
I'd be disengaged
We'd all look out our windows 
Our individual pains

But the sound of the music 
Made it through the the space
The heavy air, the warp 
At the end of side A
A million miles away

And somewhere in the future
There’d be girls like Wendy and Lisa
That you could hope to get with
Maybe, one day, "good to meet ya!"
And they might introduce you
Help you pick out clothes that suit you
A million miles away
And in a future life

Far from family cars
Quietly in neutral
the silent isolation
Emotionless relations
A family like a stopped clock 
In a house that held its breath        

Pulled you in like smoke and 
Wrapped you up in fog
Made your heart so tired
The only thing you liked was
Staring out the window at the 
Patterns of the rain

Wendy And Lisa

The Producers Corner Sample Challenge N° 268
additional guitar, bass, drums, percs, and synth by meorkat.

PRAISETHELXRD [The Producers Corner Sample Challenge N° 268]

But I Do

I Like People (Demo)

78rpm Disc 203: The McNulty Family: Rattigan's Fancy/Blackberry Blossom (reels)

This week's disc again features the melodeon playing of Ann McNulty and the dancing steps of her daughter Eileen. The were recorded in 1942 and released on the Decca label (12258).

From the Ted McGraw Collection, McGraw 78 00-619.

McGraw 78 00-619

The McNulty Family: Rattigan's Fancy/Blackberry Blossom (reels)

Benny Hill

Lyrical and melodic variation on the earlier, "Put Me In A Box." I was looking for something less whimsical and overtly topical.  This is really the same subject however; just presented through a different, more personal lens:

I've been thinking lately, I really hope you know
When it all turns upside down and It's time to go
I'll rely on you, you are like gold
Beautiful and strong

Oh darling I don't know what to think
And I don't know how long we can wait
The wolves are hungry now, clawing at the gate
We can't hesitate

Where, where, where do we go?
Where, where, how will we know?
And when will we be home?

And I have been wondering, did you ever dream
We'd see such days, this gothic scene?
Here comes the terror, the war machine
We've got to get away

Oh my dear, as I say, I look to you
You keep your head in danger, never lose your cool
Your are like gold, immutable
In every fire we have known

Where, where, where do we fly?
When, when do we arrive?
And will, will we know why?

Oh my love, now shine like gold once again

Image by Adam Kring (Unsplash)

You Are Like Gold

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Put It All Back

Joe Adhemar