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The Herron Brothers

Michael Palin

Santa is a punk

Lyrics

I fall back into my teens
Whenever I get close but

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
But you did once and if time stood still

I’d wait for hours for a glimpse of those child like chills
But all the things i’ve said move further from my mouth

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards

You’re no more than births and funerals
You’re no more than all I’ve been
Where there once was grudge there’s now peace and a sense of end
I’ll mourn your gradual death but cherish every breath

You don’t feel like home
To me anymore
You don’t feel like home
When I fall backwards
You don’t feel like home
To me any more
You don’t feel like home
But you did once

You Don't Feel Like Home

Released Date: 23rd October 2020
www.arboristmusic.com

The Mountain Will Come To You

http://penfriend.rocks

I can’t do much of anything when I’m feeling down, let alone write a song about it, but one day in 2019 when I was trudging my way back, I made an attempt to leave a breadcrumb trail for my future self. 

"The Only Way Out Is Through" is my attempt to trap the "shapeless forces" that "pull at me", making them solid by assigning words to them, reducing their power and size to something I might feasibly be able to overcome. The aspirational sentiment that “resistance is crucial, forgiveness is beautiful” is one I find very hard to enact in the moment, but something I can at least continue to strive for. 

Ironically, this song is being released during my lowest fortnight of the last 12 months, so the safety line of lyrics I knotted inside the music is a helpful reminder of brighter days. 

The choice to release music in a universally dark time isn’t one I take lightly. “The Only Way Out Is Through” is the most resonant and useful piece of music I have to offer right now, a rescue raft for whoever needs one. 

That’s what this song is for me.

LYRICS 

Gotta get out of this 
Making a meal of distress 
Fatalistic to the bone 
Thunderclouds in every home 
Gotta get out of this 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through 

Gotta get out of this 
Drowning in yesterday's tears 
Intimate conspiracies 
Shapeless forces pull at me 
Gotta get out of this 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart 
I never meant to wish on a falling star 
But I won't let it go 

Denial take me away 
Pretend like I'm not the queen of stretching the days 
In all the wrong ways - til they break 
Denial take me away 
I crave your sweet mistakes but 
Resistance is crucial 
Forgiveness is beautiful 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through

CREDITS
released September 8, 2020 
Written, produced, performed and engineered by Laura Kidd. Mixed by Dan Austin. Drums by Max Saidi.

The Only Way Out Is Through

Vultures the new single from Twist Helix release date 25/09/20
©2020 Twist Helix
Label: Paul Back Music
Recorded at Blank Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne
Mixed and Mastered by Iñaki Martínez, Organic Audio

LYRICS:
There's a man at the back he's standing getting ready to jump your bones.
There's a man all in black he's staring, won't rest 'til he takes you home.

He's a vulture.

Casual as he makes his offer of the life you dream about,
sell your soul as you put pen to paper, chews you up and spits you out.

He's a vulture.

Chews you up, spits you out, he's a vulture.

You followed him to the end of the trail but we know what that led you to.
We pick apart what we can if you fail, turn you 'round into something new.

We are vultures.

VULTURES

Watch the talk show numb yourself numb yourself
Watch the talk show numb yourself numb yourself

Put your doubts in a box
take a blue pill and a walk
just pretend that you never saw anything at all
Put your doubts in a box
take a blue pill and a long walk

-----------
all music and words by Antony Walker
Recorded in Jersey @ Mapley St.
Mixed by Jeroen Nees @ Wooolf Sounds (Belgium)
Mastered by Jeroen Nees @ Wooolf Sounds (Belgium)

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In Ruans

Honey

Folds

'Leap' is the opening track and first single taken from The Actions' new album 'Flourish', out now via Niteo Records
Stream I Buy 'Flourish' here:
https://theactions.fanlink.to/flourish

Watch the video for Leap here:
https://youtu.be/gG7KwlEtzQ0

Song by Marta Argenio | Maurizio Stellato
Produced by The Actions
Recorded at Crash Site Studios, Bristol
Engineered by Stu Matthews at Invada Studios, Bristol
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering, Bristol 
Artwork Photography by Maddrat
Graphics by M-Star Design

℗&© Argenio | Stellato/Niteo Records 2020 
theactions.uk

Flourish

Leap

A song that was written during lockdown, from the inside looking out.

The lyrics were inspired by a baby blackbird that was found sick, with a crossed beak, by our vocalist in her garden. She nursed it back to health by feeding it every day for 6 weeks. Our vocalist used to wait by the window during lockdown - the looking glass - and wait for the bird to arrive each morning. 

The song also explores the concept of identity: if you can just believe, you will see your true self in the mirror.

Looking Glass

White Door "Resurrection"

Track 11 of 12 

A crippled space laboratory falls rapidly towards the Earth...

We're Losing The Will To Survive (The Skylab Disaster)

Released on all digital platforms and through our bandcamp page - www.gu-ru-.bandcamp.com - on Friday Feb 5.

Pre-Save- https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/guru5/teach-me-lee-spreadbury-acid-remix

Teach Me - Lee Spreadbury Acid Remix

Following on from the spacious, glacial electronica of previous single, Opaque Crater, 5 March 2021 sees Ritual Cloak release their latest track, White Noise. Written from the perspective of a close friend of the band before they passed away, and drawing on real-life conversations, the track marks the first introduction of lyrics and vocals (Daniel Barnett) into their sonic arsenal. Woven seamlessly into their traditionally synth-based approach, these new melodic textures work symbiotically with the track’s inherent, bittersweet gravity.

Amidst the darker weight of the subject matter and lyrics, White Noise also evokes an ever-burgeoning cocoon of light, offering some calm amidst the chaos. Initially built on the backdrop of arpeggiated synth strings and heart-wrenching vocal melodies, the track swells and evolves unexpectedly over its four minutes. This culminates in an almost triumphant progression of minimalist techno beats that boldly carves out the path forwards, only reaching its full power when each element is conjoined to the next.

The track was completed just a couple of days before the untimely death of their friend, Chris, who was its inspiration. Given he was such a big supporter of the band, it’s a massive shame he was never able to hear it. Naturally, it is dedicated to him.

White Noise will be released across digital platforms on March 5, 2021 with Divine Invasions following on 7 May, 2021.

Divine Invasions

White Noise

I make beats but mostly dig crates. Love rare grooves and global funk

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