TJ Allen Selected Discography

Ocean Shell

Thirstier

Hug From a Dinosaur

Arcadia (Music From The Motion Picture)

Blood In The Soil

All songs written and performed by Annie Booth & Chris McCrory.

Produced, recorded & mixed by Chris McCrory at Hermitage Works Studios, London and in The West End (of Paisley.)
Mastered by Sam Smith at Green Door Studio.
Additional engineering by Nathan Ridley.

Artwork by Caio Wheelhouse.

Single released by Last Night From Glasgow on 30th October 2020.

Clean Living

Receive

Released 9 September 2020
Lyrics/Music: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones

Vocal, Acoustic Guitar: Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones
Synth, BV's: Ruth Shave
Bass Clarinet: Heather Ryall
Percussion: Kendall Perry
Piano: Julia Koelmans

Mix/Master: Green Door Studio, Glasgow
Supported by Help Musicians UK


Lyrics:

Small talk by a bus stop
I was just pretending to be me
It is tricky
Two stops that is just enough
time to sit and hum in solitude
Or time to meet someone new

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

No chance for the sun to dance
Rainy grainy look out on the streets
They need sweeping
But you’re fine there is still time
Do you have to rush round’ to succeed
I don’t think you need to

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

It stayed mild throughout the week
Against my predictions
Against all odds we were speaking

Five day forecast
Winds are sweeping past
Fast strong winds
Soon to batter Britain again

Five Day Forecast

http://penfriend.rocks

I can’t do much of anything when I’m feeling down, let alone write a song about it, but one day in 2019 when I was trudging my way back, I made an attempt to leave a breadcrumb trail for my future self. 

"The Only Way Out Is Through" is my attempt to trap the "shapeless forces" that "pull at me", making them solid by assigning words to them, reducing their power and size to something I might feasibly be able to overcome. The aspirational sentiment that “resistance is crucial, forgiveness is beautiful” is one I find very hard to enact in the moment, but something I can at least continue to strive for. 

Ironically, this song is being released during my lowest fortnight of the last 12 months, so the safety line of lyrics I knotted inside the music is a helpful reminder of brighter days. 

The choice to release music in a universally dark time isn’t one I take lightly. “The Only Way Out Is Through” is the most resonant and useful piece of music I have to offer right now, a rescue raft for whoever needs one. 

That’s what this song is for me.

LYRICS 

Gotta get out of this 
Making a meal of distress 
Fatalistic to the bone 
Thunderclouds in every home 
Gotta get out of this 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through 

Gotta get out of this 
Drowning in yesterday's tears 
Intimate conspiracies 
Shapeless forces pull at me 
Gotta get out of this 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart 
I never meant to wish on a falling star 
But I won't let it go 

Denial take me away 
Pretend like I'm not the queen of stretching the days 
In all the wrong ways - til they break 
Denial take me away 
I crave your sweet mistakes but 
Resistance is crucial 
Forgiveness is beautiful 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through

CREDITS
released September 8, 2020 
Written, produced, performed and engineered by Laura Kidd. Mixed by Dan Austin. Drums by Max Saidi.

The Only Way Out Is Through

Hot Money

We've Only Just Begun

Take Me To A Place

Infinite Wisdom

Released as part of PostMap Club, 21st October 2020.

'Fear It' is taken from the album Take Care, to be released on limited edition CD, and cassette tape, on Lost Map Records / Negative Hope / Gold Mold Records in January 2021.

Sulka - 'Fear It'

'Old Flaw'
Track n.4 from The Actions' new album 'Flourish', out now via Niteo Records.
Stream | Buy 'Flourish' here:
https://theactions.fanlink.to/flourish

Song by Marta Argenio | Maurizio Stellato
Produced by The Actions
Recorded at Crash Site Studios, Bristol
Engineered by Stu Matthews at Invada Studios, Bristol
Mastered by Shawn Joseph at Optimum Mastering, Bristol 
Album Artwork Photography by Vaskar S. Kayastha
Graphics by M-Star Design

℗&© Argenio | Stellato/Niteo Records 2021
theactions.uk

Flourish

Old Flaw

My Life. Your Life. Our Life is released on Friday December 4 2020. From debut album Distance which is now available wherever you listen: https://ffm.to/distancealbum

My Life. Your Life. Our Life - Popcorn Fiend

Forthcoming PostMap Club release, out February 1st - with two exclusive b-sides.

'The Circular' is taken from Firestations upcoming Melted Medium EP - which will be released on March 5th 2021. Pre-orders will be available soon.

Firestations - 'The Circular'

New single from Supermilk! New album coming later in 2021 on Specialist Subject Records

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GtvFrvgJjN9biM7KWUB5P
https://supermilk4u.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS

You’ve got an axe to grind
There’s a place in town that haunts me
It’s true, setting fire to it earned
a death before you warned me
Their grue trickles into the forest
(where) shallow is the whole stay

Pelican Pete
You’ve gone too far this time
Pelican Pete
You’re out of your mind

You’ve got grave defined
In the shadow of the arcade
It’s all we can offer you now
As a memory of the old way
Your blood barely filled up the bath
Now as shallow as the first day

Pelican Pete

SUPERMILK - Pelican Pete

Mixer, Engineer & Producer. Makes noise & wiggles faders for nice folk like Bat For Lashes, Portishead, Hannah Peel, Torres, Anna Calvi & Laura Groves.

MESADORM
Management - daisy@babylegsrecords.com

Take Me To A Place

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