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The queen of gloom-pop She Makes War is back with her much-anticipated third album Direction Of Travel, out on 8 April 2016 via The State51 Conspiracy.

Direction Of Travel was recorded in the winter months of 2014/15 in Bristol, Brighton and London. Produced by Laura, mixed by Dan Austin (Doves, Pixies) and featuring guest appearances from Tanya Donelly and Mark Chadwick, most of the instruments were played by SMW with a cast of supporting musician friends including Clive Deamer and Andy Sutor on drums, The McCarricks and Nicole Robson on strings and Cajita on piano.

The songs on Direction Of Travel reveal widescreen ambition, deepening the glittery, grunge-inflected guitar-driven sound of SMW’s back catalogue while exploring new worlds of cinematic orchestration and heartfelt, confessional songwriting. The songs vibrate with sadness but the album’s message is hopeful - we can all become strong enough to reclaim ourselves, to escape from suffocating situations, process sadness and sorrow, and emerge all the stronger for the experience.

As with all things, there are two sides to the story. ‘Drown Me Out’, ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘Alone’ combine an unabashed love of 90s alt-rock with the gothic undertones of Sisters Of Mercy and early Echo & The Bunnymen. ‘Time To Be Unkind’ (featuring Mark Chadwick) and ‘The Best’ blend melancholy ukulele, cello and piano with a tearstained lead vocal and killer harmonies to deliver the bittersweetest Dear John letters to their anonymous but undeserving miscreants. At the bursting heart of the album sit ‘Stargazing’ and ‘Paper Thin’ (featuring Tanya Donelly); the former unashamedly sharing Kidd’s lowest point - “I don’t believe anybody any more” - and the latter contemplating a period of personal reflection and ultimately redemption – ‘All this is ours…let’s do amazing things with good hearts.

’  ‘I came up with the title Direction Of Travel a few years ago after hearing the phrase many times on trains while I was travelling to gigs, and it’s such a fitting name for this collection of songs. Life truly is about the journey, not the destination, so we should make it as bright and brilliant as we can. My nomadic, lonesome lifestyle has shown me the only direction of travel is onwards, no matter what the world throws at you. 2014 proved to me that I can weather many storms, and once the healing process had begun I was able to trust and love again.’

At the end of 2015, She Makes War teased listeners with the release of 5 track EP Disarm:15, which received praise from the likes of The Line of Best Fit, Gigwise and Songwriting Magazine. Laura has also received support from BBC 6Music’s Lauren Laverne and Tom Robinson and has toured with the likes of tUnE-yArDs, Gruff Rhys, Nadine Shah and Suede.

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“She’s ace” - Lauren Laverne, 6 Music

“The emotional resonance of Elliott Smith colliding with the barbed vigour of Sleater-Kinney” - Gigwise

"Why just sing songs, when you can build worlds?" - The Quietus

She Makes War - Drown Me Out

Lyrics:

*CHORUS*
-take my hand, let's run away
 hold on, please don't stray

*V1*
-the universe wont notice kid
 you're just another life doomed to the back of your eyelids
 the sun will not fail to rise, yet the stars have already died
 guess how it ends (x3)
 you know how it ends (x3)
 if this is our end and ends meet then let's put a fucking end to all'f our, misery

*CHORUS*

*V2*
-is this how it ends (x3)
 this is the end (x3)
 if this is our end and ends meet then let's put a fucking end to our misery

*CHORUS* (x2)

This Is The End

All songs written and performed by Annie Booth & Chris McCrory.

Produced, recorded & mixed by Chris McCrory at Hermitage Works Studios, London and in The West End (of Paisley.)
Mastered by Sam Smith at Green Door Studio.
Additional engineering by Nathan Ridley.

Artwork by Caio Wheelhouse.

Single released by Last Night From Glasgow on 30th October 2020.

Clean Living

WONDERFUL EP
Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Cary Samsel
Mastered by Stephen Pettyjohn

BURN ME DOWN
Written by Jacob Westfall, Hayley Lynn
Musicians: Jacob Westfall (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano), Cary Samsel (Guitars, Synths), Dylan Sundstrom (Bass), Taylor Dawn (BG Vox), Nathan Powell (Drums), Alex Milsted (Organ & Synths)

THOSE DAYS
Written by Jacob Westfall
Musicians: Jacob Westfall (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano), Cary Samsel (Guitars, Synths), Dylan Sundstrom (Bass), Taylor Dawn (BG Vox), Nathan Powell (Drums), Alex Milsted (Organ & Synths), Skip VonKuske (Cello)

WONDERFUL
Written by Jacob Westfall
Musicians: Jacob Westfall (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano), Cary Samsel (Guitars, Synths), Dylan Sundstrom (Bass), Taylor Dawn & Adam Black(BG Vox), Nathan Powell (Drums), Alex Milsted (Organ & Synths)

BETTER DAYS
Written by Jacob Westfall, Kawan DeBose
Musicians: Jacob Westfall (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar), Cary Samsel (Guitars, Synths), Dylan Sundstrom (Bass), Taylor Dawn & Adam Black(BG Vox), Nathan Powell (Drums), Alex Milsted (Organ)

GOODBYE FOR NOW
Written by Jacob Westfall
Musicians: Jacob Westfall (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards), Cary Samsel (Guitars, Synths, Beats), Taylor Dawn(BG Vox)

Burn Me Down

Song & Lyrics by Freyr Flodgren | Produced by Tyler Johnson
Licensed by Nettwerk Music Group Inc.

I'm Sorry

It Is What It Is

Danger Kill ft. Honeyblood

Released Date: 23rd October 2020
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The Mountain Will Come To You

More from Emma Miller: https://linktr.ee/heyemmamiller

 • Lyrics, melody, piano and vocals written and performed by Emma Miller 
 • Arranged and produced by Blanca del Romana and Tobin Jones 
 • Ruby Finch on drums 
 • Additional backing vocals - Blanca del Romana and Floriane Hu 
 • Mixed by Lucas Mendes at The Park Studios (London) 
 • Mastered by Chris Le Monde 
 • Track artwork by Jacob Chandler

Lyric:
Honey I know there’s something in the darkness
Eating at your unrest making you grow cold
You know you can leave oh anytime you want to
Don’t think I’ll forget you even when you’re gone

Go out and find what you are looking for
I might just move on
Know that the answer is out there for us both
Our time was beautiful 

Only the shade
Only the light spaces
Take it away
And bring me to new places
That I’ve not seen
Something to soothe me

Honey I know there’s something in the darkness
Eating at your unrest making you grow cold
You know you can leave oh anytime you want to
Don’t think I’ll forget you even when you’re gone

Go out and find what you are looking for
I might just move on
Know that the answer is out there for us both
Our time was beautiful 

Honey I know there’s something in the darkness
Eating at your unrest making you grow cold
You know you can leave oh anytime you want to
Don’t think I’ll forget you even when you’re gone

© Emma Miller 2020 all rights reserved

Honey

Slow Living

'Yongo / 四五' by Sandtimer

Stream/purchase: https://song.link/gb/i/1538748025
Bandcamp: https://sandtimermusic.bandcamp.com/album/yongo-canadian-boating-song
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandtimermusic

Mastered by Terry Waker at Tonalex Mastering

Cover artwork by Simon Thomas, Photini Knoyle and William Thomas

Yongo / Canadian Boating Song

Yongo / 四五

The Hardest Part

The Hardest Part - Bre Kennedy, Hadley Kennary

Singer & Songwriter- I have no idea what I'm doing.

Album coming... someday- All songs will be released individually on Soundcloud prior to the album release

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This Is The End

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