The Light After the Darkest Day

Written in a basic form in 2003 or 2004. The lead guitar line suggested the words. We were living in Treforest outside Pontypridd in Wales, in student squalor in a Victorian semi detached. There's a lot of weather in the valleys. The title was cribbed from a T.S. Eliot poem. I don't remember why I used it but it's the kind of thing I used to do way back when.

My favourite bassline I've managed yet. And a flavour of Syd Barrett in the lead guitar.

Apprentice Green

What The Thunder Said

Released 8th November 2024 on Blaggers Records

Work In TV - The Good Life

Cover Art by Yuko Weiner (www.yukoweiner.com/ )

Signs 22  (English translation)

That wasn’t even funny, no way
Abe-surd-nomics, fabricated ceremony
Disgusting
Nonstop majority paradise
Diversity, you say?
You don’t actually see it, you don’t want to see

We stand at the PM’s residence with signs in our hands
We don’t shut up, won’t shut up
We will make noise, we don’t know our place

Unable to change, this big country, watch people suffer
Help the strong and hurt the weak
Only wasteland remains here

Holding our signs, sitting in at the capital
We don’t shut up, won’t shut up
On each channel
We won’t shut up, won’t shut up
Untucked our shirts, wear no ties

　　　　　　　Translation by Yuko Weiner

Signs 22

笑えない、ありえない事態だ
虚言ノミクス、虚構の儀式
気持ち悪すぎる
とめどないマジョリティ天国
多様性とか口じゃ言うけど
見ない、見たくない

プラカード掲げて官邸前に立とう
僕らは黙らない、黙らない
声に出してわきまえはしない

変われない見殺し大国
強き助けて弱きを挫く
荒地だけ残る

プラカード掲げて議事堂前に座る
僕らは黙らない、黙らない
それぞれのチャンネルで
黙らない、黙らない
シャツは出してネクタイもしない

Hodges - Signs 22

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Basement

Stand Up Comedy 🎭

Not My Own

When the worst of things has happened, 
And the rain goes on and on, 
Still the kids play cricket in the rubble all summer long… 

Fella with his bowler hat on, 
Says we’re bold and brave and strong, 
And the kids play cricket in the rubble all summer long… 

It’s the 1940s Britain, 
I don’t mind admitting that they went through hell and back, 
I guess that I’m proud of that… 

I guess we just remember what we choose,
And paper over things with glue… 

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing

Now the best of things has happened, 
And the war we fought is won, 
And still the kids play cricket, they play cricket, the kids play cricket… 

It’s the 1940s Britain, 
I don’t mind admitting that there’s a lot to feel good about, 
To never forget and to sing about

If only we were brave enough to tell, 
The stories of our gory deeds as well

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing

Ooh la la la, 
Ooh la la la, 
Ooh la la la ooh

And when we muddy the waters, 
We sell out our sons and our daughters, it’s true 

The world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing, 
Love to hear that little bird sing 
And the world is something like a baby bird just hatched in spring, 
How I love to hear that little bird sing

Little Bird Sing

An ode to treasured summers past/future. 
Hopeful
Longing

My heart belongs to the beaches it's a little bit like saying goodbye
To your soul yesterday I've reached through the old leaves of time for a while
The blue throats now will leave us Following the sound of your melody
Blowing in the cool winds of this stone

If we could fly, oh how we'd follow there'd be no mistake, no goodbye
To your soul, walk out and swallowed the cool breeze of time of tomorrow
The field fair now will join us from the other side of the satellite
Fleeting in the cool guidance of gold

My heart belongs to the beaches it's just a little bit like saying goodbye
To your soul yesterday I've reached through the old leaves of time for a while
My heart belongs to the beaches it's just a little bit like saying goodbye
My heart belongs to the beaches it's just a little bit like saying goodbye

(My Heart Belongs To...) The Beaches

Between the Lines

On November 1, 2024, The Agency… released "Harbour Song," the debut single from their highly anticipated upcoming album. This captivating track features a call-and-response waltz with the evocative voices of Elise Shields and Rosa Thomas from The Samphires, Edinburgh and Newcastle’s best-kept musical secret. Their contributions, alongside Steven K Driver's rich baritone vocals, create a mesmerizing blend that embodies the spirit of the myth of Hero and Leander, leaving its denouement open to interpretation.
The Agency…’s distinctive soundscape is brought to life with Ludbrook and Malcolm Jackson’s atmospheric production, which enhances the melancholic melodies and intricate instrumentation. Driver's narrative craftsmanship shines through in the track, which reflects influences from iconic duets like Nancy and Lee and modern echoes such as Campbell and Lanegan. "Harbour Song" offers unique sonic twists and showcases the emerging talent of The Samphires, promising to captivate listeners with its rich gothic allure and evocative storytelling, inviting them to experience its haunting beauty time and again. 
Alongside the single, the band is also releasing Jackson’s, under the name of Linguistic Spermy Dervlish, heavy industrial "Undercurrent Remix," providing a darker, more intense interpretation of the track.

Harbour Song

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The Light After the Darkest Day

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