Released 11th June 2021.

As I lay on the ward,
I’ve never felt as safe and reassured,
Than when I see you standing by my side,

What a way,
What a fine way to make my day,
It’s wonderful to hear you say there’s nowhere else that you’d rather be,

I don’t mind, you can go,
There’s a world outside your window,
But I’m glad you’d choose to spend your time with me,

What a way,
What a fine way to make my day,
I’d never assume you’d wish to stay and help me bear the strain,

But it’s wrong, and it’s cruel,
To lay my wounds on you,
I’m ashamed, I’m a fool,
But what else can I do?

You’re divine, you’re a treasure,
You can turn my pain to pleasure,
You’re the one who gave me cause to go on living,

What a way,
What a fine way to make my day,
How can I ever repay the life you gave away to make my day,

What a way to make my day,
What a way to make my day,
What a way to make my day,

Make My Day

Get the song: http://penfriend.rocks/seventeen

Seventeen. Is there a more complicated age? Not quite yet an adult, but impatient to be treated like one; navigating an avalanche of new experiences and urgent emotions, dismissed by the grownups as “teenage angst” or “just a phase”. An exhausting quest to negotiate a new space for ourselves, juggling the interests of parents, teachers and friends while not knowing to question their motives. 

This song is an excavation, a letting go, an act of self-forgiveness.

Traumatic events from the past can feel just as fresh, years later, the ghosts of our former selves creeping up to tap us on the shoulder with icy fingers. 

Sometimes we need to package up our memories with tidy words to dispel the haunting. 

Sometimes we just need to stop blaming ourselves. 

Sometimes writing songs is like painstakingly sculpting sounds from thin air; other times they arrive in a whoosh, fighting to be heard. “Seventeen” appeared on a summer Saturday evening, falling out of me in jagged swathes.

Facing up to our ghosts isn’t a pleasant experience, but this song helped me over a major stumbling block from my past, bringing me a fresh perspective and new freedom.

CREDITS
Written, produced, performed and recorded by Laura Kidd at The Launchpad, Bristol. Drums by Max Saidi. Piano arranged by Laura Kidd, performed and recorded by Catherine Anne Davies. Mixed by Dan Austin. Mastered by Katie Tavini. Artwork by Alex Tillbrook, concept by Laura Kidd.

PENFRIEND - Seventeen

I've recorded a cover of my favourite Kate Bush song 'Under the Ivy'

Under The Ivy

"Being With You" by Pisces 
Produced by Joel Morales
Additional Production by David Newton
Mastered by Marc Chalecki

Being With You

Debut single from London based New Zealander Hemi Hemingway. Taken from the debut EP The Lonely Hunter out June 18 via PNKSLM Recordings on vinyl and digitally. Listen/buy: smarturl.it/hemihemingway

www.PNKSLM.com/hemi-hemingway

The Lonely Hunter

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye

Magazine Girls

‘End Credits’ is a nihilistic yet optimistic track about slipping into the unknown of the afterlife. Musically joyous, lyrically dower this track perfectly sums up the highs and lows of realising our human condition as we hopelessly and defiantly trudge towards the end.

End Credits

Hide - PLAY DEAD
Released on Blitzcat Records on 26/03/21
Recorded and Mixed at Perry Vale Studios by Pat Collier
Mastered by Neil Pickles

Hide

From the upcoming 'PCPQ EP'

We wander
We wander

Wait wait
What if we bumped into someone we did not know had the key
Wait wait
What if we knew the clue somehow worked out in these sleepless nights

We know we know where it's buried where it's buried
Dirt under your nails
We wander
We wander

Wait wait
What if we bumped into someone we did not know had the key
Wait wait
What if we knew the clue somehow worked out in these sleepless nights

Wait wait
What if we knew the clue somehow worked out in these sleepless nights

Wait Wait Dig

Written, recorded, mixed and produced by Yulia Bizyukova at her home studio in London.
All instruments and vocals by Yulia Bizyukova except:
Drums by Manoela Alencastro, recorded and engineered by Rohan Budd at Press Play Studio, London.
Bass guitar on "Novocaine" by James Christian. 
Additional synths, vocals & bass guitar on "Death Like A Dream" by Jukka Rintamäki. 
Mastered by Andy ‘Hippy’ Baldwin at Metropolis Studios, London
Artwork by Yulia Bizyukova

Under The Ivy

Mere Child