Good overall sound- nice use of those guitar licks- good vocal- Groovy. good luck with it.

I love how you've got a song called What Are you Waiting For? then one called (I Don't Wanna) Do It Today

Incoherent raving multicoloured on the walls
Cries for help that no-one hears above their own fall
Stained grey stones and broken bones, ignore every shout
Shuttered lives, sharpened knives, where’s the way out?

Seems like it’s there,
A nobody, in a place you don’t know.
But this is here,
A somebody, in the place you call home

Come on and show me
What you embody
Don’t say you’re sorry
If you always will be
Wake up! ...
… this is not a drill

Peeling paint, a silent taint, behind every door
Stumbling round in broken shells, can’t fight any more
Walking past, broken glass, the shards in my mind
Black marks from my boots upon the pavement left behind

Seems like it’s there,
A nobody, in a place you don’t know.
But this is here,
A somebody, in the place you call home

Come on and show me
What you embody
Don’t say you’re sorry
If you always will be
Wake up! ...
… this is not a drill

This Is Not A Drill

Never Again

Written by= Mark Johnson.
Crew Members=
Isabella Coulstock= Lead and Harmony vocals.
Mark Johnson= Acoustic and High-Strung guitars.
Angus Cousins (Unit 48 band)= Saxophone.
Paul Midcalf= Bass, drums, percussion, keys.
Vocal arrangements= Isabella and Paul.

Cover art design image- 'The Lost' by Andrew Page= a-page.co.uk 
www.instagram.com/a_page_artwork/ 

Recorded at Audio Sorcery Recording Studios. Royal Tunbridge Wells. UK. TN3 9EJ. - Produced by Paul Midcalf. 

One Stop Song. Contact = markjohnson145a@gmail.com

Also.
www.isabellamusic.co.uk
audiosorcery.com

The Midnight River Crew albums =
'Scirocco' and ‘My City Of Fire’,
are available now from all the usual places!

Lyric=

My mood always swings,
every time the doorbell rings.
Please don’t try to be smart.
It’s never easy, to part.

My bag is hidden under the bed,
in Michael’s house– It’s now Michael’s house. 
I’ve got a suitcase to pack instead.
Back at Michael’s house- At Michael’s house.

Can you whisper rather than mime?
You need to show me more than a sign.
We’ll leave nothing to chance.
Escape to the hotel in France.

When our moment arrives.
Get in the car and drive.
I’ll take one last glance behind.
Then we’ll know, we are alive!

Down the hall his black cat stared.
Watching as I ran-up the stairs.
The cat is now out of the bag.
It’s your name written on the tag.

My phone is hidden under my pillow,
in Michael’s bed- It’s now Michael’s bed.
I’ve got a suitcase to pack instead.
From under Michael’s bed- under Michael’s bed.

Look beyond the mid-day sun.
We both need what needs to be done.
After the church bells ring,
the choir will start to sing.

We are alive!
We are alive!

At Michael's House

At Michael's House- The Midnight River Crew (feat Isabella Coulstock)

I was the biggest Los Salvadores fan back in the early 00's.

The Drinking Song - Los Salvadores

This is the latest original collaboration between me and Mark Johnson, singer songwriter and leader of the Midnight River Crew.

Faith and Hope by Martin Howard and Mark Johnson

I don’t like being me, that’s why I’m here
I like seeing you and overcoming my fear
I like the things you do
But don’t do unto me, as I would unto you.

When does the future start?
For a Prisoner, a Priest, a Partner.
For belief, and for proof
Will you speak and show me the truth?

Beauty is more than skin deep
The water is more than waist deep
Don’t cross your heart and hope to die
Come into my world of faith and life.

When you think you’re above it all.
The dive is the hardest fall
Don’t cross your heart and hope to die
Come into my world of faith and life.

Don’t ask me to travel, that just doesn’t fit
Ask me to unravel, we’ll see how that sits
Life’s adventure exists in my mind
I still see it as a crime.

For the past, the present, the future
Through love, life, through death
For ever and one day
Let me help you to find your way.

Beauty is more than skin deep
The water is more than waist deep
Don’t cross your heart and hope to die
Come into my world of faith and life.

When you think you’re above it all.
The dive is the hardest fall
Don’t cross your heart and hope to die
Come into my world of faith and life.

Guitar Solo

Beauty is more than skin deep
The water is more than waist deep
Don’t cross your heart and hope to die
Come into my world of faith and life.

When you think you’re above it all.
The dive is the hardest fall
Don’t cross your heart and hope to die
Come into my world of faith and life.

Dreams come back to see me
They wake me from my sleep
 
Walking into the tide
My eyes bloodshot wide.

Mark: lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar

Martin: electric and slide guitars, bass, keyboards and synthesiser, drum programming

Faith And Life

pop punk/rock

co produced, mixed, mastered and cover art by @a7-recording-studio

www.a7recordingstudio.com

a7recordingstudio@gmail.com

All That I Ever Wanted

This is a track by the Midnight River Crew led by my friend and musical collaborator Mark Johnson.  It was recorded at Konk Studios in North London, famous for being where the Kinks recorded much of their music.  My minor contribution is some nylon guitar playing on the instrumental reprise towards the end of the track.

Charlie Rainbow is a bonus track on an excellent Midnight River Crew EP called N8: The MRC at KonK Studios - see BandCamp link below.

https://themidnightrivercrew.bandcamp.com/album/n8-the-mrc-at-konk-studios-the-midnight-river-crew-feat-isabella-coulstock

N8- The MRC At KonK Studios- The Midnight River Crew (feat Isabella Coulstock)

Charlie Rainbow- The KonK version (+reprise feat Martin Howard)

Written by Bruce Springsteen – Arranged by Mark Johnson.

Crew members=
Isabella Coulstock- Vocals piano.
Mark Johnson- Vocals guitars.
Angus Cousins (of Unit 48 band)- Sax.
Paul Midcalf- drums, bass, keys, production.
Phil Johnson- Pre-Production.

Lyric=
I'm 25 hundred miles from where I wanna be.
It feels like a hundred years since you've been near to me.
I guess what goes around, baby, comes around.
Just wishing you were here with me, in Sundown.

Sundown ain't the place you want to be on your own.
It's all long, hot, endless days and cold nights all alone.
I drift from bar to bar, here in lonely town.
Just wishing you were here with me, come sundown.

In Sundown the cafes are filled with lovers passing time.
In Sundown all I've got is trouble, on my mind.

I work all day out here on the county line.
I tell myself it's all just gonna work out in time.
When summer's through, you'll come around.
That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down.

Come Sundown………  Come Sundown …………
When summer's through, you'll come around.
That little voice in my head's all that keeps me from sinking down.
At Sundown.

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Sundown

Sundown (Bruce Springsteen cover)

'What You Waiting For?'

Written and recorded by Matt Ellis

What You Waiting For?

In The Land of Grey and Pink [Caravan Cover]

Pictures In A Broken Home v3.1

Started writing songs in 2019, been recording a few at home over the last year.
Still lots to learn, feedback appreciated.

Likes, in no particular order; Radiohead, The Smiths, The Cure, Beatles, Stones, Oasis, Bowie, Arctic Monkeys, Joy Division......

What You Waiting For?

Matt Ellis

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