The "Carrolls" like this one lots Johnno - :) x

lovely mate as i've said before....and better without my piano playing! x

Happy-Melancholic and that's a difficult balance to achieve.  Lovely song, supreme vocals DD :)

Strong week, Strong track! (Like a Warped Disney Masterpiece! 'Get a cat!' Love it) Respect :-D xo Dan <3 xo

Loving that. Fantastically understated, hauntingly poignant.

Definitely turn off the TV! This is lovely

Happy melody & merrily jaunting along, yet such powerful & sometimes vitriolic words. Tongues. Cheeks. Great job!

I'm late to this party - great lyrics ;-)

The Best Of Johnno Casson - Snippet - Old Tramp

From the Slowly Slowly Catchee Monkey album
Download links
Bandcamp https://snippetcuts.bandcamp.com/track/bee-stings
iTunes https://music.apple.com/gb/album/slowly-slowly-catchee-monkey/1458768730

Her loves like bee stings, bruising my heart
It always takes my breath away, pulse off the chart
All the meetings and cheating, just tear us apart
Don’t play on those mood swings, sending bee stings to my heart

I’ve got a runny nose and itchy feet
She’s got an upwardly mobile reputation to keep
I’ve got a wing and a prayer and that’s all I need
Getting those goosebumps ,I guess that all I need
(Repeat chorus)
She has a most excellent way of attracting me
She knows I’ve always had a weak spot for delightful company
She’s used to getting what she wants and not being told
Don’t pull on my heart strings
I’m some weakling or fool

God knows not everybody’s perfect
God knows not everybody’s right
We put our heart and soul in black and white
Now it’s driving us up the wall and its taking a heavy toll on both of us

Bee stings

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Broken Soldier [Radio Edit]

With the constant barrage of noise from 'man made' things, fighting for our attention every waking second, many of us forget the soft call of natures voice.
'Jeanes' songs tell stories of sleeping fields, breathing trees & drunken bees.

Inspired by an article by Ian Macdonald about Nick Drake which said 'sensitive young people often have a horror of being understood for fear of losing their uniqueness, and in the process finding that they are not as unique as they like to think. The vocal was recorded in Catherine Hershey's Parisian home, with wonderful notes of morning bird song coming through the open windows.

Simple Jayne is the first track from the Sleeping Leaves EP.


written by Russell Jeanes, keys: Russell Jeanes
vocal: Catherine Hershey
https://soundcloud.com/catherine-hershey

I once met a girl,
she chose slowly
…what she told me 

we talked for a while,
…she said something
but then nothing,
..lips moved no words came

hides in her thoughts,
what she feels,
can’t be said,
they’re just her thoughts,
shes frightened others feel the same,
then she wont be unique again,
… just simple jayne.

with lapwing she plays
and humms slowly
….for him only … 

whatever she plays
the bird smothers, with feathers
no words can away

hides in wood groves,
with eyes never painted,
fringe grown past nose.
afraid if others hear her words,
her deepest thoughts wont be just hers
shes hiding words

I once met a girl she chose slowly what she told me.

Sleeping Leaves

Simple Jayne (With Morning Blackbirds)

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JEANES - Simple Jayne (with morning blackbirds) Performed by Catherine Hershey

"A Brief Introduction To Failure" by Daudi Matsiko, Out on May 20th.

Houston In The Blind

Thanks to a cast of unlikely characters, the fantastic support of Creative Scotland and the ever wonderful Olive Grove Records we have a new 10 track album to release named "The Things I Love Are Not at Home". 

The sleeve features artwork courtesy of acclaimed artist/photographer Alastair Cook and there are collaborations with RM Hubbert (courtesy of Chemikal Underground) and Pete MacDonald from our label mates The State Broadcasters. 

"The Things I Love Are Not at Home" will be available to buy on October 27th in record shops and online via Olive Grove Records & our Bandcamp on heavyweight 12 inch vinyl (and download).

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Simon Johnston, Blind Spot Audio Recorded in Granton, Leith, Portobello, Gorgie, Shandon, Edinburgh & Aberdeenshire! 

Cover photography by Alastair Cook (www.alastaircook.com) 


Death, With Castanets

Taken from the new album The Best Of Johnno Casson
https://snippetcuts.bandcamp.com/album/the-best-of-johnno-casson

Web - johnnocasson.co.uk

Lyrics
Leave the gas on ,blow your brains out ,close the door 
Shrug your shoulders, pull the curtains and keep your emotions raw
Don’t go out much, hate your neighbours , buy a gun
Eat for England, sleep forever and weight a ton

They’re only feelings, they ain’t real they just float about
They’re just feelings, try to shut them out

Ain't it a marvellous life
Ain't it a marvellous life

Uncross your fingers, open your windows. go outside
Talk to strangers, listen to music and dress with pride
Smile at babies, turn off the TV, get a cat
Walk for breakfast, dance past midnight, be happy and fat

We all have choices, some we can take and some we can’t
If we all have choices lets lay down our arms

Ain't it a marvellous life
Ain't it a marvellous existence

They’re only feelings, they ain’t real they just float about
They’re just feelings, try to shut them out

Ain't it a marvellous life
Ain't it a marvellous life

© Johnno Casson 2015

Marvellous Life

Little Black Cloud has been added to Tom Robinson Mixtape June 8th 2015, from This, That & The Other

written: Florance/Fox Allen
Date 2/62015 uploaded completed mastered track, Mastered by Tonalex Mastering

Recorded: i by Marina Florance and all instrumentation, LVs and production by Marina Florance, 2015


Lyrics: I used to look into the sky, on the horizon there would be a little black cloud way up high with a whole lot of rain for me it followed me like a shadow would, never gave me a moments peace rained on me whenever it could, when I expected it the least Chorus but when it rains I'll watch the flowers grow and in the dark I'll find a face in the moon and when I live I'll live each day like my last and it won't be a moment too soon and when I love it will be with my heart and soul and I will never be afraid to fall and that little black cloud won't hold me back because tomorrow doesn't come for us... Verse 2 So I took a sideways look at myself, it was then that I could see that my misfortune had become a self fulfilling prophecy so i'm gonna search for the good in everything and when that black cloud is overhead,  I'll walk towards the sun instead Chorus and now I know the meaning of a life lived to the full because a life lived in shadows is not living much at all and i'm gonna search for the good in everything and when that black cloud's overhead,  I'll walk towards the sun instead Chorus but when it rains I'll watch the flowers grow and in the dark I'll find a face in the moon and when I live I'll live each day like my last and it won't be a moment too soon and when I love it will be with my heart and soul and I will never be afraid to fall and that little black cloud won't hold me back because tomorrow doesn't come for us all.

This, That & The Other

Little Black Cloud

Taken from the forthcoming album 'Night Songs' released March 25th on Sugarcoat Records
Preorder here: https://benedictbenjamin.bandcamp.com/album/night-songs

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Had What You Had

Llun o'r peiriannau o broses lle mae pethau anamlwg yn esblygu. Er eu bod yn wagleoedd. 

Snapshot of the machinery of irreversible process where imperceptible things evolve. Even if they are spaces.

Yn Dod Allan - EMERGENT

She sits there slowly working away,
Her eyebrows curved like the half moon of a parade.
Lift it up, you can bring me down no more,
I have been a part of your demise before.
She's my gold my frankincense and mur.
Frankly I am happiest when I am with her.
Silicone Jews worded eloquently, I provide my pitch to you.

'it sounds like someone is panting in my ear'

An uplifting track about someone special. 

Grab this song now - https://snippetcuts.bandcamp.com/track/lets-talk-about-us

Taken from the DIY album https://snippetcuts.bandcamp.com/album/d-i-y

The video is here- http://youtu.be/Wdfjq6WX53I
Grab a Ltd Edition handcrafted CD or Cassette here http://pethaugarw.tumblr.com/

DIY-Snippet delivers a wonderful mini album of sharp & fresh new music that defies easy categorisation,its just great music! But don't take our word for it-have a listen for yourself & let us know what you think.
Unexpected and delightful, Snippet let’s us into his unique world with 12 short stories lovingly bound together like a melodic home crafted mix-tape.
Written.recorded & produced by Snippet(& his kids as you will hear) this album has a special kind of D.I.Y. spirit built into its very core.

These are the Desk Mixes.
The mastered version by Wim Oudijk will come with the Cassette & digital release

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Lyrics:-

We set out our stall
But our conversations mental
I’m not unhinged
More totally unique
I might be keen
But I'm not guided by my winkle
Its not obscene if this is all to do with love	

Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about us
But think about me

Our open arms have gone flying in the wind
I’m not religious but God deliver me a drink
I’ve always charmed the birds out of the trees
So why can’t I just once not practise what I preach

Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about us
But focus on me

I’ve always been the biggest pain in the arse
I’ll change for you ,ain’t you the lucky one

Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about us
But think about me

Lyrics by Johnno Casson © 2012

Lets talk about us

https://snippetcuts.bandcamp.com/album/the-best-of-johnno-casson

Money never meant a lot to me
Don’t tell me what I see
Never demean or take for granted

Working til my arteries go hard
No visiting card 
I know it’s a screen
I know you’re really mean
And like a fool I listened
I listened to you woo a nation
You charmed me, you played me, I didn’t get nothing back

I’ve a living to make
I’ve got some breathing to do
I’ve got a hell of a schedule
I’ve got some weight on my back 
But life in my sack
And I keep hearing you say
Believe me

Come to my party
It’s a wonderful do
Come to my party
It’s a hell of a life

I’m sick of hearing that we ain’t got nothing
Nothing to smile about
I’m sick of hearing from politicians
Nothings sorted out

Come to my party
It’s a wonderful do
Come to my party
It’s a hell of a life

Ain’t you had enough of politicians
Come to my party
Ain’t you had enough of politics
It’s a wonderful do
Ain’t you had enough of politicians
Come to my party
See how the other half live
Ain’t you had enough of politicians
Come to my party
Ain’t you had enough of politics
It’s a wonderful life
Ain’t you had enough of politicians
Come to my party
Ain’t you had enough of politics
Come take in the view

Come to my party

We don’t need your kind, hanging round our neighbourhood
We don’t even like you, we want rid of you

Kiss my arse you don’t deserve my point of view
Kiss my arse I’ve better things to do
Kiss my arse you don’t deserve my time of time
Kiss my arse find someone new to screw

My Mother said you always need a friend
But I don’t need a friend who’s got your name
My Brother said are people getting weirder
Coz I don’t need no weirdness on my case

Kiss my arse or stick it where the sun don’t shine
Kiss my arse you haven’t got a clue
Kiss my arse you’re getting on my bloody nerves
Kiss my arse find something else to do

Kiss my arse you don’t deserve my point of view
Kiss my arse I’ve better things to do
Kiss my arse you don’t deserve my time of time
Kiss my arse find someone new to screw

(c) Johnno Casson

Kiss my arse

Taken from the slowly slowly catchee monkey album 

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/slowly-slowly-catchee-monkey/id441618704

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I’m a man, man without mobile
I’m a man, man without text

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah

I’m a man, man without mobile
I’m a man, man without text

I’m a man, man without mobile
I’m a man, man without text

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah

I’m a man, man without mobile
I’m a man, man without text

Man without mobile

Johnno Casson is a London reared/Colchester based Indie Music Maker and you will find lots of his work under the guise Snippet https://soundcloud.com/snippet . 
The album Future Melancholy Pop Music is out now on Folkwit Records. 
iTunes -
itunes.apple.com/gb/album/future-…sic/id1207835048
Bandcamp/CD -
folkwitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/futur…y-pop-music

Snippet's We Luv The Sunshine features on the soundtrack to the movie The Space Between thespacebetweenfeaturefilm.com/soundtrack/

Grab the Window Shopping album here:-
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/window-shopping/id564047104

The Remix album 'Window Dressing' is available a FREE Download now http://rashrecords.co.uk/album/window-dressing

Johnno Casson’s album 'Window Shopping' (produced by Wim Oudijk) was recently released on Folkwit Records.

Full Biography:-

London born/Colchester based Singer/Songwriter also performing as 'Snippet' https://soundcloud.com/snippet and Old Tramp https://soundcloud.com/oldtramp

Johnno was born in a wonderfully multi cultural Hackney,London and grew up to the sounds of British Pop music,lovers rock,ska & funk echoing around his head.
In recent years he has taken the time honoured route of moving from the East End to Essex and is now firmly based in Colchester. 

In a wonderfully chequered career Johnno has wore many hats,bought many T Shirts,had all sorts of jobs from the shop floor to the corporate boardroom and throughout has continue to make vibrant British Pop music.

Formerly the lead singer in Deep Joy (who worked with Andrew Weatherall,James Lavelle ,Adrian Sherwood and toured with The Farm )
Colchester artist Johnno may be also known to you as Snippet , the funky folky wonky pop multi instrumentalist, who has delivered an extremely well received range of vibrant releases in the last few years in the shape of 4 e.p's and the debut album ‘Slowly slowly catchee monkey’. In the process Snippet became the most played artist in the history of BBC Introducing and was described by Q Magazine as “reminiscent of early Beck”.

Whilst preparing for a run of Snippet live shows, Johnno found time to write an album's worth of new songs with a new acoustically minded sound and decided to release this under his real name of Johnno Casson.

Many people have said Johnno has an innate ability to deliver quirky, intelligent and infectious songs. On Johnno's forthcoming album 'Window Shopping' he takes a sidestep from the bouncy left-field electro pop music of Snippet into a collection of beautiful, personal, melancholic, honest & acoustic flavoured songs which capture the most interesting nuances he finds in people, in his own experiences and life in all its seeming simplicity. 

This is music with a bitter-sweet bite that lingers like that a big kid spoiling for a fight at the end of the school day without seeing that you have a light saber behind your back,this is a light that just refuses to go out, refuses to lose its shine or turn its back on you.  A sense of longing never felt this good.

Snippet is London reared/Colchester based songwriter, recording artist, Johnno Casson. 
English Fables Vol.1 Out Now - https://snippetcuts.bandcamp.com/album/english-fables-vol-1
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The back story

For the last 16 years Johnno has been releasing independent music under his own name, as Snippet, Old Tramp and Walken400, creating a unique catalogue of recordings and performances, and having been named by Tom Robinson as the most played BBC Introducing artist ever on his BBC 6 Music show, Johnno has continued to release vibrant music with plenty of bounce to the ounce.

Former caretaker, London Underground railman and local council relationship manager Johnno Casson aka Snippet started out writing songs at 15 in his bedroom on a Hackney council estate with a tennis racket for a guitar and a soap-on-a-rope microphone.

Johnno played for Adrian Sherwood’s (On-USound) 5-a-side football team (silky smooth striker), gloriously beating The Sun newspaper’s team at a championship for charity at Arsenal’s stadium, and for the last 12 years he has been perfecting his coleslaw making skills, whilst getting M.E and becoming a well respected figurehead on the British D.I.Y./Wonky Pop scene.

Johnno also runs the award winning community group The Warm and Toasty Club, running special live events for the last 9 years www.facebook.com/thewarmandtoastyclub

Marvellous Life

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