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🎵 Dylan Purser & Lauren Walton - Hold You
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Dylan Purser & Lauren Walton - Hold You

Winlaton (win-lay-ton) is the third single released by the Ilfords since their 2022 rebirth.

Our David on Winlaton: 'Winlaton was written during deep lockdown. Nothing was open and late night running was the only space I had to myself. I suppose it reflects on what methods you can try to use when you feel lost. On one late night trek however, I realised I wasn’t just lost mentally at that time but geographically as I’d managed to run all the way to Winlaton.'

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Ady Hall and Lee McCarthy of Sugar House Productions
Recorded at Catalyst Studios, St Helens
Mastered by Nick Watson of Fluid Mastering

Winlaton

I Like It

Thank You

Another Lad Insane

Sometimes it all gets too much
And you lose your head 'cause you're losing touch
And you go to the moon and you dance with the stars
'Cause there's pain that remains in the scars

On Mute

New single by Geordie punk group Swine Tax, featuring guest vocals by Robyn of bigfatbig fame.

Words & music by Swine Tax.
Artwork by Vince L.

Swine Tax - Annual Leave

Glue is a lively and energetic song that's sure to get your toes tapping, but beyond the catchy beat and upbeat tempo lies a deep exploration of vulnerability, connection, and the power of interpretation.

Overall, the lyrics of Glue are poignant and evocative, capturing the feeling of finding safety and comfort in someone else's care.

Glue

The Point Of No Return

Lazy Hunter are back on 23rd June 2023 with their new single Ritual. The song and its accompanying artwork were chosen by fans on the band's social media channels.

In contrast to their usual off-kilter style, Ritual is a straight up indie rock banger. Ever the experimentalists, the song started with salvaged drum tracks from an early recording the brothers made together in 2014. Revisiting it almost a decade later gave a new perspective and breathed new life into the song. Frontman Chris Gibson shares his thoughts:

"Ritual is one of those songs that sounds like a love song but isn't… It's actually about the concept of success. We are all conditioned to continuously strive for more money, more possessions, better jobs, accolades - as if, once we achieve it, we will finally find happiness. But it's a mirage: once one goal is reached, it dissipates, another appearing in its wake. Work, eat, sleep, repeat. So I guess the song is about my own personal relationship with the idea of success.”

Lazy Hunter continue to work on their album, intentionally taking their time. In a world of instant gratification, their aim is to allow as much time as needed for the body of work to come together organically.

Lyrics:

This is my ritual
Repeat it every day
I'm feeling sick and tired
As I pass the time away
You are my talisman
You make my wish come true
As long as I just keep my
Beleaguered eyes on you

Success is a mirage
But we soldier on regardless

You know my tendencies
Predict my every word
You love me even when 
I'm being stupid and absurd
My eyes are fixed on you
There's nothing I can do
I need to get to you
I need to get there

But success is a mirage
And we soldier on regardless

Everything I do, I do
In tribute to you
Every time I move
I move towards you, yeah
Everything I do, I do
In tribute to you
Every time I move 
I move towards you, yeah
Yeah

Everything I do, I do
In tribute to you
Every time I move
I move towards you, yeah
Everything I do, I do
In tribute to you
Every time I move 
I move towards you, yeah
Yeah





Ritual

Stand In The Light

Lucifuge Rofocale

Treat Yourself

Silent Forum - Treat Yourself

'Nothing To Lose' is the new single from Bradford alternative rock trio 'Drella'.
The single was produced by Sugar House Music (Corella, VENUS GRRRLS, Viola Beach) at Catalyst Studios, St. Helens.

Nothing To Lose

1977

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Chris and his brother Pete Gibson formed Lazy Hunter precisely to escape the rules which normally govern what indie artists should and shouldn't do. The resulting music recalls alt rock elder statesmen Radiohead and Talking Heads - wilfully bizarre, with melodic sensibility.

"We had been chasing success for a long time," says frontman Chris. Stints in previous bands yielded sporadic victories - a national radio spot here, a television placement there - but they never quite achieved the elusive breakthrough moment. "It was exhausting, we were constantly second-guessing everything, and it was affecting the music." So, burnt out and bored, the duo formed a band with no rules whatsoever: "you want a song with a jazz beat in 13/8 time? Great! There's no-one here to tell us 'no, you can't do that'."

From 2019 to 2021, they knuckled down to write. Gradually building a vault of off-kilter prog-inspired art rock, they quietly released two EPs - paradise and antisocial - in 2021. This was swiftly followed by mini-album Fast Track to the Peach Blossom Spring in 2022, the lead singles of which were positively reviewed in the blogosphere and caught the attention of BBC Introducing in Sheffield.

Now, they are stepping up a gear - taking on the challenge of independently writing, recording and releasing a full-length album in 2023. As paradoxical as ever, they plan to openly share the making of the album throughout the year, allowing fans to see how it's made, whilst also constructing a surreal, obtuse, AI-generated visual world for it to exist in, simultaneously exposing and concealing themselves. It's this penchant for paradox, along with their fearless musicality, that makes Lazy Hunter one of the most interesting alt rock artists in the UK underground scene right now.

The first offering from their album, 'I Want to Save the World but I Don't Know How', will be released on 03 February 2023.

Ritual

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