"[Mechanical Owl] expertly merges everything that has ever come before; folk, electro and jingly-jangly guitars included"

- Artrocker Magazine


"Every single sound has a purpose… Leaving you sonically drunk"

- Link2Wales

Winter Songs

Snowdonia

Remote Listening Post

Forgiven

Recorded in North Wales by Mike Payne.

Inspired by the poem "Poppies in July" by Sylvia Plath.

Little Hell Flames

Recorded in a bedroom in 2009 on guitar, accordion, glockenspiel, drums, drums machine, percussion, synths, bass and vocals.

The Mice

Mud River

Half Avian

Charity

Antarctica

Orange Haze

Cartographer

She found love but it's too late for you.

Little Heart (A Debt)

Recorded in my garage (as is everything on this SC).

Turtleshell

Never Be Free

The Unusual Lifecycle of a Butterfly

A Low Point

Prove your salt.
Don't let it go.


Preformed & recorded by Mike Payne 2023

SALT

ForgiveForget

Christmas Died

Always Love Down

Lay Back

No, Never

This one is intended for the new Mechanical Owl album.

Cowboys

Robin Hood's Bay

Disguises

Mechanical Owl - Our Ways

No More Decisions

Live Set October 2024 (mistakes and all)

Frost Beach (Winter Song)

LITTLE HEART

Unbaked (Hold Tight)

hello! I live in a North Wales village. I make odd indie music in my garage. I've started and ended lots of projects. Been in bands. Started a family. 

This profile is various parts of that story and new things I'm working on and little oddities and sketches. Some of it might end up with other projects, on albums, who knows.
 
I am also in a band called Mechanical Owl and do a project called Sightseers and do other things. This is a place for some of that too.

Leave a comment if you enjoy anything here, it's always cool to read.

We still believe in the future x

MJ PAYNE

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