What a great mix of styles. The irish-esque folk with the horns is really unique. Works well with the warm voice :)

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Seagulls the new single by Van Susans will be digitally available from most online stores from April 29th.

Seagulls

One Small Step (Space Dub)

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La La Lave Feat. I Am Harlequin

Track taken from our debut album released 17/06/16 

Road You Used To Live

Featuring Erica Nockalls of The Wonder Stuff on Fiddle

Trumpet-Andy Keates. 
Mandolin-Ian Harvey. 
Bass-Giles Wakely. 
Dobro-Mark Howes.

Produced/Mixed by Mark Freegard

Lets Jump Ship! (Lyrics)

This is a song for the disillusioned
The forgotten, the left behind
We’ll jump this endless shipwreck together
Take the weight on our shoulders and be just fine

I’ve taken my time rehearsing these lines
Considered the rhythm the meaning and rhyme
As I try to find answers, I manage to scrawl
A collection of word not written before

I dust myself off and I start again
Cause a life with hope’s worth living
I’ve taken some beatings, been knocked down
I always get back up, both feet on the ground

I’ll pick myself up and start again
Cause this is a life thats worth living
No matter how many bruises I may collect
Broken hearts or sorrowful regrets

My hearts fit to burst with chorus and verse
There’s a fire in my belly now I’ve found the words
My soul’s fit to burst with passion and song
And I ain’t gonna give up until I’m done

End section lines:

I’m gonna sing ‘till my throat runs dry

Open these arms so that they are wide

Let’s grab this life, with both hands

Let’s jump this ship, swim back to land


MATT WATSON - Let's Jump Ship!

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The One is a song that is inspired by love for someone but it could also be interpreted as being tinged with a little sadness about loss and longing and the passage of time. It is a reflective song about life long relationships and those special memories that stay with you forever. It’s also about looking at your feelings for someone who is not necessarily a lover or a partner but someone who has touched your soul in an unexpected and unique way. Much of the inspiration for the song came from the love I feel for my brothers little boy who is just two years old. I feel incredibly lucky to have him in my life and the love I feel for him is quite overwhelming sometimes and has really taken me by surprise. I am his uncle but also his guardian and I feel very lucky to have him in my life. But I think it is best if people listen to the song and relate to it in their own way, it can mean whatever you want it to mean really but I suppose ultimately it is about love. The music video tells a bit of a story which I think illustrates the song from my perspective pretty well.


RUPERT STROUD - THE ONE

New Year In The Rain

By the early nineties R.E.M. found themselves one of the biggest bands on the planet. What they had achieved was beyond their wildest dreams but it had taken them over a decade to get there. This RTÉ Radio One music documentary recorded in Athens, Georgia and North Carolina in the US by Ken Sweeney takes the listener on that journey with R.E.M. out of Athens (Georgia). Without slick videos for the new MTV, or support from mainstream radio, R.E.M. built their following playing an alternative circuit of
gigs across America as evangelists for this new music. R.E.M. blazed a trail for every independent band to follow from Nirvana to Pearl Jam.

R.E.M. | Out Of Athens

Little things

A rough, unmixed and unreleased version of 'How Many Saints?' recorded with Michael Ferentino & Andres Karu in the summer of 2001. Recorded in New Jersey, USA, the intention was to include the track on my Miles Hunt Club album, but it never made the cut. I still think it has some great qualities though. Miles. x

Unreleased Album Session Track

unreleased

How Many Saints?

The Brook (Ami's Tune)

With thanks to Paul Lewis who posted it at https://youtu.be/H79_3Nv_eWo "The song ‘Merrily Upon High’ recorded on 21 December 1978 at Pye Studios in London. It was co-written and performed by Peter Gabriel and Tom Robinson. It was recorded specially for Nicky Horne’s Capital Radio show and broadcast for the first time later that day. The pair played a charity concert at Hammersmith Odeon on 24th December 1978. They were joined on stage by Phil Collins, Elton John and Mike Rutherford, plus members of Tom Robinson Band and Peter Gabriel’s musicians. I found this track in a box of tapes that I had kept for close to 40 years. I was delighted to find it still played OK. As far as I can tell this track has never seen an official release, although a re-recording was released by Tom Robinson sometime in the early 1980’s after TRB had split up."

ROB & GAB - Merrily Up On High

Recorded remotely in the UK . Lockdown May 2020.

Wizbo (Featuring Paul Weston and Mark Howes)

Pretty Little Mama (Featuring Sam Coe)

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MATT WATSON - Let's Jump Ship!

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