Oh Boy you're taking the wrong road 
Do you know how fast it goes ? 
Oh god 
Are you drunk enough now ? 

And then, with the daylight 
With your head on fire 
Now the dream is over 
But do you remember 
Do you remember her ? 

It seems to be 
Like it's not so easy to be 
Learn your books 
And see it's gonna be alright 
It's gonna be alright 
It's gonna be alright

Oh Boy!

It left as quickly as it came 
It was here and it was gone 
And it's still inside my head 
And I wish it could hold on 

Cause time, it makes some funny things 
And the memory too 
It likes to fool around 
And as soon as you are thinking of just something else 
Well it plays its tricks on you. 

Here, did you hear ? 
Did you feel it when it came ? 
It was swirling all around our heads 
It was buzzing low 
It was little I know 
But it was no joke.

The Memory Too

A Silver Mount Zion - Microphones In The Trees

The End of History

The Underwood Typewriter

‘Jona Byron & The Dirty Royals’ is a rare, limited edition EP, released in 2003. All songs written and arranged by Jona Byron. ‘Love is the Devil' inspired by Francis Bacon and the film 'Love is The Devil'.

Jona Byron: voice, guitar, piano
Malini Chidzey: violins
Adam Dempsey: drums
Ryan Hughes: bass
Joel Bloom: guitar on ‘Love is the Devil' 
Nick Conolly: extra backing vocals on ‘Music for Eliza'.  

Recorded by Nick Conolly on analogue at Intrepid Studios. Transferred, overdubbed and mixed by 
Ben Hurt at Newmarket Studios in June '03. Jona mixed and played harmonium on ‘Dying on the Vine'.

Mastered by Adam Dempsey at Dex Mastering. Artwork by Richard Ross.  

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In 2000 Fred E Gostein from Melbourne's PBS FM wrote a review for an independent solo acoustic album recorded in 1999, titled 'Rising the Strays'. "Byron's music 
possesses a special magnetism...he is a man not afraid to open his heart to the masses".

The Dirty Royals formed in February 2002, with July seeing the independently released solo EP (recorded in 2001), 'Songs from the Blue Parade'. Iain Fugue from Molotov Records (UK) gave it a 4.8 out of 5 and stated Jona as being "...a class apart" The song ‘Goodnight to The Moon’ became highly praised locally and internationally. 

Jona Byron and The Dirty Royals have been described as a dynamic original line-up, conjuring Latin, folk-noir, dark urban waltzes and alternative rock into a soulful and well-crafted band, comprising Ryan Hughes on bass, Adam Dempsey on drums and violinist Malini Chidzey. 

In the song 'Dying On the Vine' Jona describes his struggles in poetic beauty. It's about 'the song', not the machine, and that's what makes Jona Byron one of the strongest independent singer/songwriters in the country today.

- Miya Deupree (2003)

Music for Eliza

Score for a film soundtrack. Composed and produced by J. Byron, AKA Jonathan Byron.

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J. Byron - Closing In

While I was touring Denmark and Germany july 2010 I got invited to do a Soundcloud session. These are the recordings we made. Thanks to Ian Hooper for making this happen. Backing vocals on "Sail on" by the wonderful Jonas Dahl. Find more on www.facebook.com/myrrarosmusic where you can download some of my songs for free (bandpage tab) 

Sail on live for the SoundCloud acoustic sessions accompanied by the wonderful Jonas Dahl

I thank you

...yes, it's a love song. track 9 on my record "...in fact it's a freak show."

river of time

Jona Byron is a fiercely independent singer-songwriter and soundtrack composer, who has also worked on and off as a producer over the years. Jona has released several independent EPs and 2 albums and his debut album 'Extinct Hearts' was released through Popboomerang Records in 2009. Additionally, Jona has also been a formative member of the instrumental group The Boats, and produced and mixed their second album 'Segundo' and worked on their third and final studio album ‘2 Bears’ with Neil Thomason. Some of Jona’s other projects in the works include, the ambient project – Akuna, and a more recent piano based instrumental project. Byron has recently returned to the live stage with new material, experimenting with electronica, soul and his trademark guitar sound.

Music for Eliza

Jona Byron

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