the stranger

Steve Maggiora's "Here All The Time". Download and mix yourself at academy.producelikeapro.com/sessions-with-steve

Here All The Time (Sessions With Steve)

"What do you wanna do?" "What do you wanna be?"
These sorts of questions keep bothering me.
"Where do you wanna go?" "Why do you wanna know?"
I wasn't sure but it's all making sense to me now!

Dreaming Under the Hammer

'Incomplete' is the second single from my forthcoming album 'No Cages'.

Watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TTU0NRsAt8

'Incomplete' will be released on 20th June 2025 and will be available to download and stream from all major sites, as well as from my Bandcamp store. 

'Incomplete' began life as a couple of scribbled lines of lyrics that I wrote down when I went on my first solo tour back in 2016. These became the first two lines of the song:

'There's a piece of me missing when you're not there
A ghost that walks beside me'

That tour was the first time I'd spent significant time away from my partner (now wife) since we'd got together and I felt a hole within me that I couldn't explain. 

When it came to writing songs for my new album, I expanded upon that idea. 

'Incomplete' is about a sense of something being absent or missing from our lives, whatever that may be, that leaves us feeling lost and less than whole. 

'No Cages' will be available on CD, and to download and stream from 4th July 2025.

Credits

Gavin Chappell-Bates - vocals & guitars
Tim Gifford - bass
Neil Rogers - drums

Recorded & mixed by Neil Rogers at Half-ton Studios.
Additional recording by Gavin Chappell-Bates at The Drift

Mastered by Pete Maher

Artwork by Tom Jones

No Cages

Incomplete

Written by: Lauren Juzang, Nicholas Velez
Produced by: Lauren Juzang
Guitars by: Tiana Ohara
Bass by: Jason Vance Harris
Drums by: Drew Tachine
Trumpet by: Ethan Avery
Engineered, Mixed + Mastered by: Joey Messina-Doerning

Lyrics:
It’s been awhile since you’ve been in my room
But somehow I can’t get away from you
You come around when you’re needing something convenient

You ask to see me when you get lonely
Ask ‘bout my family, my old hobbies
But you broke me once and I’m sure you’ll do it again

So if you feel better not being together
How come you call me up so late
You want the benefits and the pleasure 
But you can’t have it go both ways

Yeah sure you miss me, you wanna chat
But you won’t stay when things get bad
If you don’t wanna come back
Then why’d you ask?
Then why’d you ask?

You come alive when you lead me on 
On your fingers you like to twist me up
And on the surface you pull it off
Like it’s no big deal, like some party jock
But after games we’ve gotta talk
Can’t just play so nonchalant
That only works for so long

If you feel better not being together
How come you call me up so late
You want the benefits and the pleasure 
But you can’t have it go both ways

Yeah sure you miss me, you wanna chat
But you won’t stay when things get bad
If you don’t wanna come back
Then why’d you ask?
Then why’d you ask?

How I’m doing, or how’s my mom?
You don’t deserve to know at all
What I’ve been up to or who I call 
When i feel lonely or I’m missing ya

How I’m doing or how’re my dogs
Still like to walk and bark, that’s all
I’ll keep it on a need to know
It’s none of your business
So I’ll leave you with this

If you feel better not being together
How come you call me up so late
You want the benefits and the pleasure 
But you can’t have it go both ways

Yeah sure you miss me, you wanna laugh
But you won’t stay when things get bad
If you don’t wanna come back
Then why’d you ask?
Then why’d you ask?


Why'd you ask ?

Summer Vibes was a song that came together while I was out camping—a time that always feels the most peaceful and real. Being surrounded by all my good friends, away from the noise, it's one of those moments where life really slows down and you feel grounded. It’s always been the place where I feel most free and disconnected from all the distractions, and I wanted the song to capture that energy. It’s about living in the moment, not worrying about tomorrow or yesterday—just being here, now.

SUMMER VIBES

I'm falling in love again 
with what I forgot.
I watch you discovering
these things I have loved.

Snapshot
Bringing me back.
Snapshot
Putting me back on track.

And just when I needed to
I opened my eyes
and saw you were looking to
the wide open skies.

Snapshot
bringing me back.
Snapshot
Showing me what I lack.

I see that light in your eyes.
I need that light in your eyes.

The years might encourage you
to forget who you are.
But I see it shine in you
the light from that star.

Snapshot
bringing me back.
Snapshot
putting me back on track.

Snapshot

Seasons

Seasons (Acoustic)

Burnin’ is a high-energy indie-rock track about ambition, self-doubt, and the fire that keeps you chasing a dream. Urgent, raw, and built to be shouted back from the front row.

Dreaming Under the Hammer

Max Ceddo