I really like this catchy song! Well done!

Includes all tracks selected for the weekly Eclectic Picks Playlist on Freshonthenet in 2022.  

Part 1 - https://soundcloud.com/signalcommittee/sets/ep2022-01
Part 2 - https://soundcloud.com/signalcommittee/sets/ep2022-02

ECLECTIC PICKS - 2022 (Part 2) (Freshonthenet)

Lost Age

High Free Blue

Sunsets and Revelry

Remixed by Gnoomes

Video
https://youtu.be/stDNr_QIfQw

Nominate 2LX

Spirits and Jesus

written and performed by Berlue 

__________________

mixed by Alex Farrar
drum engineering by Corey Coffman
drums by Charlie O'Neil
additional production by Michael Kelley
editing by Ross Collier
artwork & design by Abby Clarke Studio
mastering by Joe Hutchinson

___________________

verse

when I look into the mirror
all I see is an anxious kid
running through a labyrinth
it’s a nightmare

when I look into the future
all I see is the same old shit
running through my head
running through my head
running through my head 

chorus

going nowhere
going nowhere now
stuck in crisis
in this fractured house
all of my life
I never can get off the ground
going nowhere
going nowhere now

verse 2

feel like I’m floating in the darkness
feel like I’m clinging to a desperate hope
that there’s something for me in the unknown
or is it all gone

in our corner of the universe
is there something more than misery
coming after me
coming after me
coming after me

chorus 

going nowhere
going nowhere now
stuck in crisis
in this fractured house
all of my life
I never can get off the ground
going nowhere
going nowhere now

outro

will it be this way forever
is it all just in my mind
can I get my shit together 
tonight

going nowhere

37093

Rosewood

A remix of our track Signs of Life by the artist Amongst the Pigeons

Signs Of Life - Amongst The Pigeons Remix

The Great Escape Live Dates
May 12th Jubilee Square 3.15pm
May 12th Fiddlers Elbow 18.30pm
May 13th St Nicholas Church 5.30pm
June 22nd 26th Confirmed at Glastonbury Festival

In The light follows ‘’Look Up At That Sky’’ added to Spotify New Music Friday and Apple Music New In Indie
“The simplest of things can be most effective. Michael’s music is sparse, skeletal yet often deeply moving” 

Mahogany
“Gorgeous, singer-songwriter would give Ben Howard a run for his money” Tom Robinson 
“Michael was phenomenal, really blew us away“ Adam Maestro Head of Booking Sofar Sounds 

Michael released his magnificent debut long player Dust & Bone in 2016 (Michael lived in his van for two and a half years whilst recording the album) working with Producer Dan Brown. It features the critically acclaimed ‘Steady And The Stuck (premiered by The Independent) and Revolving Doors co-written with Ben Christophers (Guy Garvey Bat for Lashes) he followed this debut with his stunning sophomore album ‘Salt ‘in 2020 which Atwood praised as “an achingly honest & heartfelt reckoning full of striking vulnerability & intensely intimate, beautiful songwriting.” Michael released his 3rd studio Album ‘How Come You Sleep’, in 2021 recorded with Lucy Rose band member Andrew Stuart-Buttle & mixed by Oliver Baldwin (Aldous Harding, First Aid Kit). ‘‘How Come You Sleep resonates with soaring melodies & glistening string arrangements that add depth & colour. It weaves stirring wonders, a cathartic release of tension & visceral self-reflection.’’ Atwood Magazine 

After recently releasing a self-produced covers EP, Michael is now gearing up to release his 4th studio Album, produced & recorded with Luke Potashnick (Gabrielle Aplin, Alberta Cross, Tom The Lion) at the renowned Wool Hall Studios (Van Morrison, Tears For Fears). 

Live 
Michael’s newly formed Live trio set- up features Michael on guitar, keys and harmonica, Alfie Weedon on double bass  & Bv’s and Andrew Stuart-Buttle on violin, mandolin, synths, drum machines & BV’s. The trio frequently lean into the possibilities of their set up with songs featuring shimmering electronic chords and drones, and occasional bursts of controlled feedback or skittering drum patterns.

Michael says of the track.
"Often when confronted with something beautiful, a happy moment, I’m overwhelmed with how ephemeral everything is, thus finding sadness. It’s a vicious cycle. I have this tendency to be able to find the blues in most things (I think the medical term is singer-songwriter). 
I originally wrote In The Light imagining that feeling of being ready to die. It came from a memory of Dad turning to me, around the time of his retirement, and saying 'If I died now I would die a happy man.' Imagining that feeling of being fulfilled to the top, actually turned into the realisation of the song.
This song is the spring in your step as you walk down the road, sun on your face, feeling complete. It’s a list of all the beautiful things achieved, and a tip of the hat to the idea that I came, saw and got the t-shirt." 

Producer Luke Potashnick says of the track: 
Arh man - a real cruiser - again built on a live performance at the Wool Hall - regimented drums and bass, with some floaty overdubs trying to match the dreaminess of the lyric - this one takes you somewhere warm and light for a few!

In The Light

In The Light Michael Baker

Different In My Mind (Master)

Wildfire

Cartoon sun
Came flooding in
And onto
Flowers in the sink

I come around
Walk inside out
Through space you're in
Only half-heartedly asking
And I'm the child pretending
To be sick in the bin
So no-one would catch me laughing

In indigo
And even though
It falls to pieces when I think I know
Noise from the hall
Did I miss your call
Just fall into place and I won't ask for more

Cartoon Sun

Deck the Halls

12_8 Beat Live Concert nir  winter wav final (Remix)

Alternative | Psychedelic | Dancey

From Bury UK, Signal Committee carve out their own sound somewhere between New Order, Radiohead and Arcade Fire.

Played on BBC6 Music once or twice, otherwise undiscovered.  

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In The Light Michael Baker

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