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Spaceboy Radio 2014

Bitter

Potato Soup Weekly: 100% Russett Burbank / www.facebook.com/PlasticInevitable/

Earworms Vol. 4-Top 14 of 2014

Sick Apart

Another track from forthcoming album 'Pash'. This is probably as mellow as it will get. Still keeping to the '1 track in 3 days' challenge i've given myself.  Full album available at http://lolademo.bandcamp.com
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Am I Broken?
(C) 2014 Erika Bach. All Rights Reserved
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I keep my windows shut
My blinds down
And my head deep in the sand
Don't ask me to be sociable
You know I couldn't give a damn
If they come knocking at my door
Tell them I'm dead and gone to heaven
Tell them don't telephone
I won't be resurrected til 11

Chorus:
Am I broken?
On my knees again

Always someone wanting a pound of flesh that I don't have to give them
Wanting too much
Too little
Not enough to make my life worth living
If they ask questions I can't answer tell them I have lost my hearing
Tell them don't write it down
Because to me all words have lost their meaning

Chorus:
Am I broken?
On my knees again
Leave me open
Let the feeling in

When I say fuck 
They run at me with many sharpened knives and scissors
I give them sweets but the taste I leave in their mouth 
Is way too bitter
The little bastards want to chain me to the sink or even better
To the bed I can't get out of 
On a day with such rainy weather

Ooh Aah

If they could spin my head
Into a 360 degree rotation
They'd save themselves from my deliberate menace and aggravation
We're not all happy at the core
We're not all happy in our head
Tell them it's nothing personal it's just that I've been overbled

Chorus


Am I Broken?

On Cloud Tops- Lighthouse

YOU ARE NUMBER SIX is THEO LEFEBVRE.
YOUNG CUBS 2014 via DIGITAL/CASSETTE // Late May '14

YOU ARE NUMBER SIX "Binary Numbers" Weird Tales EP // YC09

Pre-order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/tpo-wh-itunes

Slumberland Records is pleased to announce the signing of London-based neo-psychedelic pop group The Proper Ornaments. Mining the rich territories of The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, their debut album proper "Wooden Head" features fourteen thrillingly taut and melodic pop songs with a deep, dark undercurrent. Comprised of Argentinian Max Claps and James Hoare (also of Veronica Falls) – who both sing and write the songs – and joined by Daniel Nellis (bass) and Robert Syme (drums), the band have already shared stages with the likes of Real Estate, Woods, Crystal Stilts, Toy and Metronomy.

Maximo Claps arrived in London in 2008 on a one-way ticket from Buenos Aires, aided by former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Oldham had produced a record by Claps' Argentinian band of the time but the group had fallen apart in a mess of drugs and acrimony and Claps' family were attempting to intervene by sending him to a mental hospital. The only option seemed to be to flee the country. As Claps recalls, "The day before flying to the UK I got run over by a car and had to escape hospital in order to make it so I arrived with bandages and my head all stitched up."

A few weeks later Max walked into the vintage clothes shop where James Hoare sat behind the counter reading a book on The Velvet Underground, and attempted to cause a diversion while his kleptomaniac girlfriend stole a pair of boots. “She didn't steal them in the end,” says Max. “They weren't her size”. However, the shop assistant and the would-be accomplice bonded over a mutual love of the Velvets, Love, Felt and West Coast pop and began writing together, taking their name from a song by the pioneering soft psych band The Free Design. In 2010 they released their first single, "Recalling", following it up with a five-song EP for London label No Pain in Pop. In 2013 Lo Recordings released all their output to date on a collection titled "Waiting for the Summer", followed by the single “First Step Out” in February 2014.

Their new album was recorded at a studio in Hackney, as well as at home in their old flat in Whitechapel on a broken 8-track reel-to-reel bought off eBay from an angry guy who threatened to shoot them and chop off their balls when they attempted to return it - a terrifying experience for a pair of skinny indie boys. Taking inspiration from Berlin-era Lou Reed, Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Darklands”, The Television Personalities and West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, the songs are breezy and easy on the ear, with sublime harmonies and chiming Byrdsian guitar, but with a darker twist and a pervasive air of melancholy. Stand-out tracks include the beautiful but sad “Summer’s Gone” (about mental illness), “Magazine” (an upbeat number written from the perspective of a bullet in the barrel of a gun) and “You’ll See” (about how when you die you’ll see everyone you know, all there lined up in a row).

With "Wooden Head", The Proper Ornaments prove that it is still possible to create an album of pure pop perfection. Max's girlfriend may not have stolen the boots, but The Proper Ornaments are about to steal your heart.

“The joint project of James and Max, through romantic drama that borders on that of The Libertines. And when you hear The Proper Ornaments you’ll see why it’s all worth it. It’s like they’re meant for each other, like Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts” - Loud & Quiet

The Proper Ornaments - Magazine

You Must Let Go
words and music by Chris Pendergraft


When Lost
We turn to Ghosts
Echoes of Out Memories
We can never return

Fear Not 
You Must Let Go
there are moments here and now
Life is Waiting for Your Return

I know its hard to see
When the past is where you're living 

Life is Waiting for You 
Life is Waiting for You

Open the Shade
Take this day
And This Perfect Moment 
Only One Day
that is Today
And this Perfect Moment 


You Must Let Go

live or dead;
the same to me.
so im not buyin' what you're 
sellin' me this week

"close your eyes", she said...
 "and count to ten, 
it's just your jaded heart
 messin' up your head"...

then she said...

"you rolled the dice and lived to tell--
consider yourself a lucky boy;
you made it through."
i dont feel lucky.
(x2)

if not for me, 
you might forget
if not for me, you might forget me,
don't sound so elated

oh, if i've said it once,
i've said it ten times before
the difference is now?
oh, NOW you mean it.

you thought you sold me again
when you said...

you rolled the dice and lived to tell
consider yourself a lucky boy;
you made it through.
i dont feel lucky.


if not for me, 
you might forget
if not for me, you might forget me,
don't sound so elated


Lucky Boy

Cross That Line. Acoustic Original Demo

One Eye Closed

Domani, boh... (blue rmx)

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Recorded and mixed at the TLSS studio, Homerton (May-Oct. 2015
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Steph Laporte: Clarinets
Nik Paravatos: Guitar / Bass / Synths /Effects and Noises
Gary Reeves: Drums

I have always enjoyed being a Dad but things do change so incredibly fast.  One moment you’re getting them ready for school and in seemingly double-quick time, they’re all grown up, with all of the problems the transition into adulthood inevitably entails.  They acquire ‘significant others’, some of whom you like and some you’re pretty sure are never going to make the cut.  From a distance, you look on with increasing interest, watching them struggle with the intricacies of romantic involvement.
This song involves the machinations of my youngest son’s relationship with one particular girlfriend, who seemed to have an issue with any form of commitment.  Sometimes she’d show up out of the blue, wanting to spend every moment with him, then disappear into the ether and not contact him for days.
He and I had quite a few Father to Son conversations about her, primarily because we were both concerned about her mental wellbeing.  He’d try to contact her to check if everything was alright, often without success.  Then, without warning, she’d be back on the scene, the whole merry-go-round starting all over again.  I did my level best to help but she truly was an enigma and I was never really sure if what I had to say was helping the situation.  As with many such tricky equations in life, no obvious solution came to light and things slowly ground to a halt.  To this day, though, he says she was one of the most confusing people he ever met.
As is my habit, I decided to write a song about her, calling it ‘Take’ because it was an anagram of her name (by all means have a guess…), hoping to delineate the complexities of the things she both said and did.  Gal really loved the song and going through a marriage break-up as he was at the time, asked if he could contribute a few lines to the lyrics as a way of describing the bewilderment he was feeling, which proved an interesting window into his thinking.
Our brilliant engineer Nick thought slowing it down would give it a kind of Massive Attack feel, an approach that suited it to a tee.  But we needed something else, something magical in the mix, so Gal suggested asking our good friend Steph Laporte (‘DDJohn’ to his SC friends) to record a lead break along with some additional, extra-slurpy licks on his clarinet.  Steph is a wonderful player and as I’m sure you’ll agree, his contribution proved exactly what was needed.  It’s a real favourite of mine - so different from anything we’ve done before.  By the way, anyone worked out that anagram yet?  (Terry Reeves)

Would like to thank Gordon (https://soundcloud.com/gordon_m) for his invaluable help.  I sent him a copy of the penultimate mix and he was good enough to return a detailed list of possible adjustments, all of which were entirely spot-on and made the job of getting the final mix completed in the allotted hour very achievable, something in some doubt but for his assistance. 
(Gary Reeves)

You can say what you like but don’t say what you want to
You can think what you like but don’t think like you need to
You want to like how you look but don’t look how you like to
You never see in the dark ‘cause the darkness is inside you

Guarded observations unexplained
Is there any need?

You like to hide from the truth but the truth always finds you
You want to stay out of sight when you’re always in full-view
How can you look to the past when there’s so much behind you?
How can you be brand new with those voices to remind you?

Redundant complications unexplained
Is there any need?

You never sing out of key when the music suits you
How can the melody change when the words serve to mute you?
You laugh so loud when your good friends entertain you
You don’t understand that the real joke is about you

Another conversation unexplained

TAKE (Cripple Club collab with DDJohn) *download

premiered via @pigeonsandplanes:
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/04/premiere-listen-to-l-a-duo-r00ms-seductive-new-single-bittersweet-company/

BITTERSWEET COMPANY
written and produced by Rooms
mixed and mastered by Jeff Ellis

roomsrecords.com

Did I lose you from talking a little too much
But if I choose to be silent
It’s never enough
How does it feel to be smooth
Why do you have to be smooth
Cause I can’t figure it out

Bittersweet company
I cannot ignore the way
You do you, I do me
Maybe it’s taboo
Bittersweet company
You’ve got a hold on me
And I know now I should have seen that coming

So refined so desired and suggesting
You’re persuasive I’m tired watching you win
How does it feel to be smooth
Why do you have to be smooth
I still can’t figure it out

Bittersweet company
I cannot ignore the way
You do you, I do me
Maybe it’s taboo
Bittersweet company
You’ve got a hold on me
And I know now I should have seen that coming

Bittersweet Company

OUT NOW, ON LOLIPOP RECORDS!!!
Gregg Garvey - "This World Is Mind" (CASS)
super stellar song writing from Minnesota bred / Los Angeles resident Gregg Garvey!!! get the debut cassette now, only on lolipop records!!!

GREGG GARVEY - "Stay Out Late"

&lt;3 this on HYPEM  xx
http://hypem.com/track/2gjjy/Kiri+-+Leave

On Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/7fvaMQ0DkHeoobs6Le5kn3
On iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1110916364?ls=1&app=itunes
On Apple Music
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1110916364

Written and Produced by Kiri Tse
Mixing engineer: Matthew Sim @ Germano Studio @matthewyhsim
Vocal Producer: Max Mckellar
Mastering engineer: Tom Coyne @ Sterling-sound. 
Guitars: Jernei Bervar



I never wanna tell you why
I drench myself in the pouring rain
I never wanna tell you lies
Cuz it’s your heart. I’ll never break

I saw the walls tumbling down
But you told me I’m insane

Sirens Running in my mind
I’m trying hard to believe it’s fake 
try to kill the warning signs
But it’s running wild inside my brain

would you save me from catching flames
while I’m still wide awake

Now my nights are running longer than the days



I wanna run around the hills see them melt into the sky
put the years behind my mind 
and remember all the people who were kind
leave this broken place behind

I wanna scream across the shore hear the echoes of my voice
not afraid to disappoint 
anybody anywhere
and I’ll do it as I care


Would you promise never ever let my heart freeze
when I’m not me

This city got me feeling not too pretty
got me wake up feeling lonely

Don’t let me slip into hate 
don’t let my demons dominate


I’m afraid I gotta say goodbye-
cuz I’m losing my mind I’m missing my pride
I’ll imagine your face on my lips 
when I lose my grip
And My memories slip

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Leave

Benzedrine Magazine

Benzedrine magazine
Nothing is just what it seems
Between the cover and the lies
You'll see yourself with an evil eye

You read the words,
You feel them burn
You lose yourself as the pages turn
How does it feel to be told
What is dirt and what is gold

Benzedrine magazine
Nothing is what it seems

I knew this girl
She had it all
Her smile hit like a cannonball
But she swallowed every crooked lie
Now she's hanging from
The edges of page 29

Benzedrine magazine
Nothing is what it seems

Benzedrine Magazine

We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars
[Oscar wilde]

Just enough love to keep me afloat in this world
try to watch the seconds slipping past by themselfs
If we could keep on moving though the jetstream and the air
if we could find an answer in a dream or in a prayer

Dont wanna lose reflections from the past
just give me ten good reasons if you had to ask
we are in the gutter looking at the stars
still searching for some answers to make our dreams just last

let me lay beside you under an open sky
let me taste the freedom without pity or loss of pride
let me find a reason to be on your side
like a changing season we are gonna glide

just enough moments to find a reason just to laugh
we gotta keep on smiling till we walk the final path
i guess i will survive not living someone elses life
to much time in the shadows i need to find some light

gotta find and capture all the moments that life brings
just to feel and savior all the memorys of the living things
if your clinging to an empty box and remembering what you had
theres no turning back across the rocks the future lies ahead

jim x [june 2016]

Glide

Taken from the EP "DEM NO GOOD" by Froxie
For sale on bandcamp : froxie.bandcamp.com/releases

Delivered by Froxie and Cranky Fox
Mixed by Froxie
Mastered by Jack Daniels.
Artwork by Stefan Custers.






Dem no good

Froxie & Cranky Fox: "Never At Ease"

Taken from the EP "DEM NO GOOD" 
Available on bandcamp froxie.bandcamp.com/releases
More Froxie/Fox stuff here : @froxie-dub

Delivered by Froxie and An Di Yi
Mixed by Froxie
Mastered by Jack Daniels. 
Artwork by Stefan Custers.

Many thanks to Franky Cox for inviting me to be part of this amazing project.





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Froxie & An Di Yi: "Never At Ease" (Remix)

Tweak Bird - Lights In Lines

Mik Dagger's debut EP out now on Stereo Era Records!🗡️ https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mikdagger1/deadly-love

Lucky Boy

Matt Byron