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"Ashes in the Rain" is a gothic post-punk song that explores the lingering traces of a lost love, haunting the protagonist like a shadow. Inspired by the melancholic and minimalist style of The Cure during the "Boys Don't Cry" era, the song blends clean and reverberated guitars, pulsing bass, and painfully restrained vocals, sometimes layered with ghostly echoes.

The lyrics navigate nostalgia, loss, and obsession. The sonic world is introspective and timeless, dominated by sensations: rain, ashes, silence, haunted sleep.

Sound effects amplify this atmosphere: distant whispers, heavy reverberations, subtle vocal modulations. The bridge loses its melody, giving way to ghostly percussion and distorted murmurs, before the final chorus returns in a kind of emotional catharsis.

"Ashes in the Rain" is both a lament and a dance frozen in memory. It touches those who love sadness set to music, with elegance and restraint.
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« Ashes in the Rain » est une chanson post-punk gothique qui explore les traces persistantes d'un amour perdu, hantant le protagoniste telle une ombre. Inspirée par le style mélancolique et minimaliste de The Cure à l'époque « Boys Don't Cry », la chanson mêle guitares claires et réverbérées, basses pulsées et voix douloureusement retenue, parfois parsemée d'échos fantomatiques.

Les paroles naviguent entre nostalgie, perte et obsession. L'univers sonore est introspectif et intemporel, dominé par des sensations : pluie, cendres, silence, sommeil hanté.

Des effets sonores amplifient cette atmosphère : murmures lointains, réverbérations lourdes, subtiles modulations vocales. Le pont perd sa mélodie, laissant place à des percussions fantomatiques et des murmures distordus, avant que le refrain final ne revienne dans une sorte de catharsis émotionnelle.

« Ashes in the Rain » est à la fois une complainte et une danse figée dans la mémoire. Il touche ceux qui aiment la tristesse mise en musique, avec élégance et retenue.
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„Ashes in the Rain“ ist ein Post-Punk-Gothic-Chanson, das die anhaltenden Spuren einer ewigen Liebe erforscht und dem Protagonisten ein Ombre erzählt. Inspiriert vom melancholischen und minimalistischen Stil von The Cure aus der Epoche „Boys Don't Cry“, ist der Chanson eine Mischung aus Gitarren, Klar- und Halltönen, pulsierenden Bässen und zurückhaltenden Stimmen, parfümiert durch fantasievolle Echos.

Die Parolen navigieren zwischen Nostalgie, Frechheit und Besessenheit. L'univers sonore ist introspektiv und intemporel, dominiert von Empfindungen: Pluie, Cendres, Stille, Sommeil Hanté.

Die Klangeffekte verstärken diese Atmosphäre: Lendenwirbel, laute Widerhall, subtile Modulationen und Gesang. Der Brückenkopf liegt in der Melodie, an einem ruhigen Ort mit fantasievollen Perkussionen und verzerrten Geräuschen, bevor der letzte Refrain in einer Art emotionaler Katharsis wiederbelebt wird.

„Ashes in the Rain“ ist eine Klage und ein Tanz, der im Gedächtnis ertönt. Es berührt die Tristesse der Musik, mit Eleganz und Zurückhaltung.

Ashes in the Rain

The Indie Pea – Electric Bloom

With Electric Bloom, The Indie Pea unveil their most vibrant single yet — a radiant showcase of growth in both songwriting and composition.

From the very first notes, it's clear: this is a band hitting its creative stride. The signature elements are all here — blooming piano, sweeping strings, soaring vocals, glistening guitars — but this time, everything breathes wider and shines brighter. There’s a clarity and freshness to Electric Bloom that feels like a new season breaking through.

Campbell Anderson’s vocals float effortlessly above layered arrangements that are both intricate and immediate — like a kite held aloft by a storm of melody. It’s a sound that’s lush, considered, and undeniably alive.

As the third release from their upcoming EP (due October 17), Electric Bloom cements The Indie Pea as one of the most exciting acts in indie orchestral pop today. Grand yet grounded, this is music that blooms in every sense of the word.

The Indie Pea - Electric Bloom

Nobody Likes Me

Distillation of Patti Smith and Mazzy Star influences  , wrapped up in Lucigenic’s distinctive sound. 
Will feature on LUCIGENICs first Album set for release 10th October 25. 
Features Simon Wolstencroft on Drums 
Thomas Twemlow on Bass / Co Producer 
Guitar /Keys /composer - Gary Wyatt 
Vocals / composer - Lucy Davies Wyatt 
Recorded at Hope Mill Studio Mcr

Silence Counts for Nothing …

BUILDINGS TO BURN

Ferris

A new surf blues rock track I wrote, a cover of one of my guitar recordings, performed by my Suno AI surf rock persona. 

I hope you like it!

Lyrics © Señor Barends

The words I saved never made it through  
Every moment I lost, I lost with you  
I reach out for you, but you were gone 
Whatever I held was already wrong  

Like broken glass in my hands  
It didn’t work out like I planned  
Broken glass in my hands  
I can’t undo where I stand  

The silence grows when the room is bare  
I turn my head, but you’re not there  
I counted the cost, it was more than I knew  
Every step I take only leads back to you  

An empty chair where you should be  
That’s the only truth I see  
An empty chair, it doesn’t change  
Everything’s gone, it stays the same  

I dig through the dark, nothing to find  
Every word I lost still claws at my mind  
I call to the night, but it answers in pain  
With a silence that puts me to shame

Broken glass! Broken glass!  
Cut too deep, cut too fast!  
Broken glass! Broken glass!  
In my hands, in my hands!  
Empty chair! Empty chair!  
You’re not there, you’re not there! 

Broken glass…Broken glass…
Broken glass… empty chair…  
Nothing left but the weight we share ...

Broken Glass

Tired Of Trouble

Mason Dixon Byway

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crashed into you

I keep going
I can't stop
The fire remains in me
I will not drop

The times I wanted to give up
I almost won
The times I wanted to give up
I felt I was done

Then something inside me
Said keep going on
This is what you're meant to be
If you so choose
Not to be done

In a world where life does not seem fair
You have to keep working harder
Don't despair
For your time is going to come

Hold on tight
Hold for love
Hold for dreams
Hold on, you’ve begun

Everyone has their own way
What you do
Should not copy
What they say

Be you
Be who you're supposed to be
Be the one who loves
Be the one who dreams

I know you can win
I know you can dream
I know you will shine
Like all the stars above the sea

In a world where life does not seem fair
You have to keep working harder
Don't despair
For your time is going to come

Hold on tight
Hold for love
Hold for dreams
Hold on, you’ve begun

Angel, Number 309 (Reprise)

Manchester based collective fronted by lead members Lucy Davies -Wyatt (vocals/songwriter) and Gary Wyatt ( guitar/keys/composer) with a passion for hypnotic post punk flavours mixed with swirling melody and varied influences including Kate Bush , Patti Smith , Mazzy Star, Blondie , Chameleons , Siouxie …. Recent tracks feature Simon Wolstencroft ( The Fall, Ian Brown) Dave Barbarossa ( Bow Wow Wow , Republica/John Dwyer) Mark Refoy ( Spiritualised, Spacemen 3) Latest singles were co-written /produced by David Tolan ( Chameleons, Denise Johnson , Tori Amos) , Simon Wolstencroft ( The Fall / Ian Brown) and producer Thomas Twemlow ‘Twem’ .. Hope Studios Mcr

First Album set for release in Oct 25 

Album Launch event Night & Day 12th October 25

Silence Counts for Nothing …

Lucigenic

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