This is a very well written and performed song

Ahead of the release of their debut album, ‘Spring Tide’, The Shipbuilders release their latest single, ‘Forest Floor’ via Mai 68 Records on Friday 29th April.
An eerie, psychedelic shuffle that brings to mind the freakier sides of Love and The Coral, ‘Forest Floor’ features a bass-led groove that descends into chaos with an extended outro made up of ghostly, wordless vocals, wailing harmonica and tumbling piano, all blown about by a storm of reverb-heavy guitars and relentless motorik drums.
Speaking of the track, lead singer Matty Loughlin-Day explains “the song sings of an impending storm, prophesised by an old sage and queries whether there is hope left in the town or whether it’s best to return to the land and find safety. Ultimately, the hero of the song is trying to find his best to way to survive on the line between the smug and the damned”

FOREST FLOOR

The circuitry of melancholy

A song inspired by the place where we grew up.

Lyrics:
Climb the slag heap before it gets dark
Trees are whispering, the wind is picking up
From up here I can see the valley and its scars
Where hammer blows and gunpowder forever left their mark
Above the rusted iron rails, above streets where we played
Before the wheels of capitol conveyed us on our way

I couldn’t tell you my place in this mad world
I don’t have answers when truth is so absurd
But here I see a shape to things mapped out in earth and stone
The chiselled crags and contour lines that etch into my bones
It aches my heart to leave this place but surely must I go
From these my mountains, my sanctuary

They say this land of ours was built on slate and coal
Running through that vein 
The blood that made us whole
On this hillside their machines grow cold
But I still feel the ghost of the men who work below
And I wonder how far is left to go
To reach that promised land
Of which they spoke

Sychwch ddagrau a ddisgynnodd gynt 
Hen ofidion sy’n anochel ar ein hynt
Wrth droi am adre, yr haul wedi mynd
Daw'r hiraeth i’m gofleidio fel hen ffrind.

(Dry the tears that fell before
Old worries that are inescapable on our way
When turning for home, the sun is gone
The longing comes to hug me like an old friend)

Composed and produced by Siôn Rickard

Performers:
Siôn Rickard - vocal, synths
Liam Rickard - guitar, bass
Frankie Archer - violin

Llanast yn y Llofft

Slag Heap

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Cities have no memory

The song inspired by a radical allotment group. It follows three people trying to manoeuvre themselves out from their own situations. Get rich, destroy the world, and if you do it quick enough at least you'll be at the top of the pile when it happens. Boom. 
Inspired by the new book of Eleanor Catton, of the same name.
Note: There is a cuss word in the song, not used in vain. The version uploaded to BBC Introducing is a radio friendly edit (shorter and clean).

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Lyrics
You sing to me your love song
sing it form your heart
you bring me such delight
right from the very start

sing to me, oh sing to me
sing me your wonderful songs
oh sing to me, oh sing to me
sing me your wonderful songs

you play the guitar in such a style
a talent that’s hard to find
you make me forget my woes
 calming to my mind

sing to me, oh sing to me
sing me your wonderful songs
oh sing to me, oh sing to me
sing me your wonderful songs


sing to me, oh sing to me
sing me your wonderful songs
oh sing to me, oh sing to me
sing me your wonderful songs

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Sing me your wonderful songs

Lo-fi Jones - 4-piece alt-folk-pop-indie band based in Machynlleth.
Enillwyr brwydr y bandiau gwerin 2023 yn yr Eisteddfod Cenedlaethol, a'r canu traddodiadol grŵp yn yr Ŵyl Pan-Celtaidd, 2024.
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Winners of "Battle of the folk bands" at the National Eisteddfod, 2023, and "traditional group singing" in the Pan Celtic Festival, 2024.
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Finalists on "Cân i Gymru"
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Wedi'i gefnodi gan y Gronfa Lansio Gorwelion Cymru 2024
Supported by the Horizons Cymru Launchpad Fund 2024
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Forged in slate and small-town angst in the foothills of Eryri by bearded brothers Liam and Siôn Rickard in 2020, Lo-fi Jones weave tales of love and loss in an ever changing landscape. Some highlights from 2023 include winning battle of the folk bands at the National Esiteddfod, performing at Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau and at the Swansea Fringe, competing in the final of Wales's annual Welsh language song competition, Cân i Cymru, and performing in the annual Mari Lwyd celebrations in Dinas Mawddwy. Lo-fi Jones's song "Slag Heap" from thier debut EP, "Llanast Yn Y Llofft" was nominated in the "best original English language song" category in the Welsh folk awards 2023. The band have appeared on S4C's Noson Lawen and have been featured in Y Selar and Fresh on The Net.
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Cafodd Lo-fi Jones eu sefydlu yn 2020 gan Liam a Siôn Rickard, dau frawd barfog o Fetws-y-coed. Maent yn plethu straeon o gariad a cholled mewn tirwedd sy'n newid yn barhaus, gan fynd a’r gynulleidfa ar daith lle caiff momentau o addfwynder eu cyfosod â swrealaeth, anarchiaeth, ac awyrgylch parti.

Rhai o'r uchafbwyntiau Lo-fi Jones yn 2023 oedd ennill brwydr y bandiau gwerin yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, perfformio ar Gân i Gymru a Noson Lawen ar s4c), yn ogystal â Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau, Gŵyl Ffrinj Abertawe, a Noson Y Fari Lwyd yn Ninas Mawddwy. Cafodd eu cân "Slag Heap" ei enwebu yn y categori "Cân Saesneg gorau" yn y Gwobrau Gwerin 2023. Mae cerddoriaeth Lo-fi Jones wedi cael ei chynnwys ar gylchgronau ar-lein Y Selar a Fresh on the Net.

Slag Heap

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