04 - O Aurelye

Vintage rock track about picking yourself back up when things go wrong

Crashing Down

27 Roses

Once, in a fit of pique after I'd had enough of the usual rounds of social media self-promotion in all its forms, I posted a poll asking if being amazingly vainglorious was a necessary quality for being successful as a creative. The poll results came back as a resounding "yes".

From the Electric She EP, currently rolling out to streaming platforms. This is essentially a radio edit, the Bandcamp version of the EP also includes the full album version (from Ballyhoodunnit, coming in 2026) and bonus instrumental versions of all tracks.

lyrics:

Never face reality
If you hope to keep your sanity
Dream with fierce ambition
And let nobody say it's wrong
Shine your light out brightly
Though it's not the only one
In a firmament of billions
Burning out but never gone
Ahh...

Sell yourself up and out
Commodify what you're about
Sacrifice integrity
To the chimera of celebrity
Fear to be irrelevant
Don't look at the elephant
Do we really have to discuss
The need to be amazingly vainglorious

The total perspective vortex
Claims another victim
As round the edges merchant ships
Maintain safe orbit
Confidence is influence
And influence is product
And product is to be bought and sold
So don't get high on your own supply
Ahh...

Do your best and do your worst
Before somebody does it first
Build a high and mighty pyre
And feed the haters to the fire
Fear to be irrelevant
Don't look at the elephant
Do we really have to discuss
The need to be amazingly vainglorious

Sell yourself up and out
Commodify what you're about
Sacrifice integrity
To the chimera of celebrity
Build a high and mighty pyre
And feed the haters to the fire
Do your best and do your worst
Be amazingly vainglorious

The need to be amazingly vainglorious
The need to be amazingly vainglorious
The need to be amazingly vainglorious
The need to be amazingly vainglorious

The Need to be Amazingly Vainglorious

NEW MIX BY DREW BANG (Royal Blood, Slaves) @ STRONGROOM STUDIOS

Poly Styrene was talking of societal collapse back in the 1970’s with her lyrics on the X-Ray Spex debut album ‘Germ Free Adolescents’ and the ‘Day the World Turned Day-Glo’ was a standout. A tale of nuclear fallout and capitalist consumerism.

Not much has changed politically or socially since then.

Having previously released songs about health anxiety (I type this now with my “bad thumb), investment fads and Victorian urchin-turned-DJ ‘Oliver Twist’, the stomping, rocket fuelled psychedelic new wave psychonauts; Time Dilation Unit along with Momoe Tasker (lead singer and artist from queer punk band GUTTS) are fusing their sax-oriented sounds and releasing a new version of the track.

The band recently went into Strongroom Studios with Drew Bang to do another mix

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo (ft MOMOE TASKER from GUTTS) DREW BANG MIX

A direct reaction to COVID-19, Dealt With is proud to present Blicero. Providing a firm slap in the face to the virus, Blicero has got Ros T for backup on new single "iwanttogooutside".

Acting as a conduit for a youthful yearning - Blicero exerts his longing lust for the great outdoors... and the dancefloor.

"iwanttogooutside" reminds us of the colossal club sound systems of the past. It's atmospheric tones uplift the track and give it a sonically - big room feel; showing the power of the mind as it was created in a tenement flat in Glasgow. 
Blicero expertly modulates and plays with the energy and more delicate elements to create an electro-house anthem perfect for summer.

Labelmate on Dealt With Records, ‘Ros T’, was offered the chance to remix a track from Blicero’s debut album “Like A Bee Over Something Sweet” released on Rural Sounds in 2019. The album is a collection of ambient works.

"The Cost Of Lies (Ros T Remix)" is an emotionally energised track that pulls on the heartstrings of most people when conjuring the title and the present moment. 
A screaming distorted voice, waves lapping the shore, deep pounding bass and a syncopated wooden chime, a Scottish fiddle playing on through the climactic rush of sound - a beacon of hope through the turbulence.

Blicero - iwanttogooutside

Moon Fever

(Don't You) Darken My Door (feat. Kestra)

A E N G U S’  F O O L
A confession of infatuation and desire. 

‘One of the illustrious and mysterious Tuatha Dé Danann, Aengus was not impervious to pangs of the heart.’

Aengus' Fool

Aengus’ Fool

Gender and genre fluid  singer-songwriter and producer from the UK.

I trained as a jazz musician initially on piano and vocal, but I also have a taste for dark, heavy and satirical music and whatever best matches how I feel at the time.  I play all my own instruments, but then so does everybody these days, it's (rightly) what you do with them that counts. 

This soundcloud represents my various identities, projects and collaborations over the years and is used mostly for  generating playlists for my main site at kjkmusic.co.uk .

The Need to be Amazingly Vainglorious

KerryJK