very rough phone recording of Nature's Valley. recorded in Lakeside, Cape Town. 

sounds to watch out for: 
1. Cape Town birds 
2. Raffy the dog having a scratch 
3. My necklace clicking against the guitar 

if you'd like to support my music, and see these songs come into the world fully formed, please head over to my bandcamp where you can 'buy' these tracks.

Nature's Valley ~ Demo

Try To Be Good ~ Demo

Archers Gone ~ Demo

Happiest Outdoors // Ode to the Bog 

Did you know, bogs are class? So are woods, and the sea. I see nature as a reflection of our own extremes, from the excruciatingly vulnerable (spagnum moss on a bog affected by a footprint for a hundred years) to the overwhelmingly powerful (the sea eroding solid rock into fine, soft sand). It goes without saying that the natural world needs to be cherished and protected and made accessible to everyone. 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

Happiest Outdoors // Ode to the Bog ~ Demo

Find Yourself Home 

Finding 'home away from home'. 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

Find Yourself Home ~ Demo

Summer's Close

When summer is ending, and you remember that winter isn't so bad. An ode to the seasonal, cyclical nature of life. 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

Summer's Close ~ Demo

Mountain Presence // Other Plans 

Loving a place, and having to leave it. 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

Mountain Presence // Other Plans ~ Demo

The Southern Line 

If we don't allow ourselves to feel our own emotions, how can we ever hope to empathise with others'? 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

The Southern Line ~ Demo

Cape Sea 

A love song to Cape Town, the sea, the moon, frangipanis and paper flowers. 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

Cape Sea ~ Demo

Music // Love // God 

When you move away from home, and you're stripped of all those things that make you you, and you realise there's great opportunity for discovery in that. We're all alike when you strip it all away. We're all just music, and love, and god. 

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music. 

Music // Love // God ~ Demo

A Song A Saturday is a project by myself, Katie Archer, to release a live take of an original song every Saturday (well, most Saturdays) until I run out. Having just moved to Cape Town to do a master's, this was my way of making sure I played music at least once a week. It's a decidedly rough and ready process - these takes are far from perfect - but who/what is? It's all good, it's all good, and it's all music.

White ~ Demo

hi hello. 
 
I write songs and (sometimes publicly) sing them.

if you'd like to support my music, and see these songs come into the world fully formed, you can buy these demo tracks on my bandcamp. 

your support is very much appreciated! 

Katie Archer

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