I have had many requests for the Electric version, so for a limited time...
"Away" was inspired by my sister in law Tracey Dawn Prohaska, who we lost tragically to Suicide. It's a tough conversation but let's, Be The Voice! 
#BeTheVoice

Away (Electric Version 1 Roughcut)

Always Crashing in the Same Car

El concepto de buscar un lugar donde quieras y te apetezca estar.

Mi Playa Ideal

https://youtu.be/0XE1owLw-zI
Windy Hair - Gen XYZ is a song for the postmodern generations that have found its not possible to rely on the previous ways of representing reality. The metanarratives of the past fail to account for where we find ourselves now, or show us the best ways to move forward in a world of relativism. Its a straight forward indie rock song that speaks to the common thread that runs through the lives and experiences of generations X,Y, and Z: how do we find our way in this new landscape when many of the old societal structures, systems, and beliefs are no longer relevant, useful, true, applicable, or reflective of the worlds we live in. 
Do we settle for lives of bare subsistence and servitude to the ideas of the past? Or do we find new ways that are empowering and life affirming! 
Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums and vocals without any lame ass autotuning, no AI, no fake BS, just real playing, real singing about real things in the real world. Get up and dance and sing along!!

"Windy Hair - Gen XYZ"

With your “so what” style 
and you windy hair
ya dress like a punk
on the way to a rave
and ya don’t care
ooo if you aint their fav
Its ok
Won’t change what ya do or say

Riding along on the waves that push you
not really sure where they’re gonna take you
Along for the ride
as long as it feels ok inside
If it all gets too absurd
You can kick all to the curb

With your flashing eyes and your windy hair
the world wants you march 
but you’d rather dance
And ya know it ain’t wrong
to make the most of your only chance
Its ok
to follow your heart today

With your windy hair and your so what style
Ya know that we’re only here for awhile
So you might as well sing
Ya never know what tomorrow will bring
Ya might as well dance
Ya never know if you’ll get another chance

Riding along on the waves that push you
not really sure where they’re gonna take you
Along for the ride
as long as it feels ok inside
If it all gets too absurd
well you can make like a bird 
and fly away

With your flashing eyes and your windy hair
the world wants you march 
but you’d rather dance
And ya know it aint wrong
to make the most of your only chance
Its ok
to follow your heart today

Windy Hair - Gen XYZ

Windy Hair - Gen XYZ - Defiantbutterfly

Beat the Beast est une chanson rock (quelque part entre le pop-rock et le rock progressif). Elle raconte l’histoire d’un couple « un brin » dysfonctionnel, d’une amourette se transformant en quelque chose de plus brutal.

Guitares : Éric Grenu
Basse : Jérémie Vinet
Mastering : Cyril Dabas

Beat the Beast

A Song about someone who is proud to be a Maverick

Maverick

Vista Mare wants to take you and transports you into a carefree world, to youth, where it took 2 beers and a guitar on a beach to be happy. Vista Mare is that song born by a chance, like a friendship, a love. Left for to long inside me, has now taken over. Vista Mare is a country /blues/rock song that mixes the past with the present, without forgetting the melodies.

Vista Mare

Shake that A is a straight ahead indie rock song about getting into
your party mindset no matter where you find yourself or what kind of nonsense life dumps on you. Crank up this song, cuz when the music hits ya, you can’t do nothing else but shake that ass!! Get up and dance!!

Step back and watch the world go by
Now stop and wonder why
They make it so hard
To do what you want to do

It doesn’t matter
Where ya find yourself
When the music hits ya
You cant do nothing else baby

Shake your ass
Out in your car
Shake that ass
Down at the bar
Shake your ass
Out on the dance floor
Get what you came for!

Grinding it out 
On this big treadmill
By this time
We’ve all had our fill
Its time to cut loose
Its time to get your groove on

It doesn’t matter
Where ya find yourself
When the music hits ya
You cant do nothing else baby

Shake you ass
Out in your car
Shake that ass
Down at the bar
Shake your ass
Out on the dance floor
Get what you came for!

Shake That A

Bled Dry

"A Story That You Tell" is from the forthcoming album "Songs for the Swung". 

https://kentonhallthenecessarymeasures.bandcamp.com/

A Story That You Tell

Together was remixed and remastered on 11 January 2025
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[Lyrics follow}
A sweet, gentle pop song.  The original was written over 50 years ago and lost for more than 40.  It was found buried in a pile of old papers that might never have been uncovered if it wasn't for our Covid years.  This version is the first recording of the song, but it's grand entry into the world of song came when a four part harmony version (that I co-arranged with choir leader Susan Stott) was chosen by our local choir for performance.  It was a very special moment when I first heard 50 people singing a song that had only ever been sung by one person its long life.
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Verse 1:
You’ve been a stream
You've been running clear
But you can’t always see the sky
You’ve been afraid of leaving home
Afraid of running dry
I’m feeling blue
And I’m missing you
I wonder where you are
I’d walk all the way
But I fear it’s much too far  

Chorus:
Together          
We’ll be together once again
Together           
Back together once again


Verse 2:
The city so strange
I’m lost in a maze but it's
All making sense somehow
It’s all a dream I’m so confused
And I’m alone for now
I’m feeling down
In this mountain town
I’m lost in something new
I think I’ll lay back
Relax and think of you   

Chorus:
Together          
We’ll be together once again
Together           
Back together once again  

Bridge:
You told me you’d be coming  home to me
But you didn’t say when   
But I’m sure it’s goin’ to all work out 
We’ll be together again

Verse 5:
If we take some time
And watch the signs
While we’re both on our own
We might pick up some dreams
And bring them all back home   

Chorus:
Together          
We’ll be together once again
Together           
Back together once again

Together

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Canadian songwriter, actor and author, adrift in the UK.

Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures is the solo project (with very necessary guests) of Kenton Hall - Canadian songwriter, author and film director, formerly of the band ist. He is also the author of Bisection, a comic memoir of living and parenting with bipolar disorder, the writer/director of the feature film "A Dozen Summers" and co-wrote the 10-Part Audible drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale, Neve McIntosh and Mark Gatiss.

Monkey Basket is a music and film label, responsible for ist's acclaimed Toothpick Bridge, the feature film "A Dozen Summers" (now streaming on Netflix) and the three-part Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures release for 2022: The album Idiopath, the companion album Omnipath (all 36 songs from the Idiopath sessions reinterpreted by other artists) due for release late 2022 and Videopath, a feature-length music video anthology which will launch in 2023.

A Story That You Tell

Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures

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